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Pokémon Power ⇢ Downpour
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may discard a {W} Energy card from your hand. This power can’t be used if Feraligatr is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
{W}{W}{W} → Riptide : 10+
Does 10 damage plus 10 damage times the number of {W} Energy cards in your discard pile. Then, shuffle all {W} Energy cards from your discard pile into your deck.
illus. Ken Sugimori · LV.69
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It is hard for it to support its own weight out of water, so it gets down on all fours. But it moves fast.
reshikrom64
This was so good! Who gave it a three???
coolestman22
It’s like Feraligatr prime, except the attack works with it. And you discard the energy.
Mantidactyle
Riptide / Trash Exchange ftw
Mantidactyle
I think this is the perfect example of the importance of Weakness in the game.
Give this card a Grass Weakness. It’s a top-tier.
Give this card a Lightning Weakness. It’s unplayable.
Aalacer
And giving it no weakness make it… A bit overpowered, as always xD
MarxForever
Design wise I liked how this card was the opposite of Blastoise · Base Set (BS) #2. Blastoise let you use your water energy right away and was very supportive of your other Pokemon. Feraligatr threw your water energies away and was rather selfish. Regardless, it was a very creative card and got very popular over here because of it’s speed and power.
I’ve always wondered if that was the case in Japan though, since their competitive scene allowed every card that were ever printed, there was no such thing as modified over there. Plus they had way more cards then we did. I’d imagine you’d have a hell of a time keeping your Totodiles alive, with all the Gusts of Winds and Scythers that were floating around (one in particular who could deal 80 damage on the second turn to the poor little crocodile). And probably even saw direct competition for potential users by the Rain Dance engine which could shrug off energy removals a lot better, and was given an ever expanding pool of great new combos, like Energy Flow and Pokémon Center.
Still a good card, but I’m willing to bet it was less easy to abuse-able thanks to a far larger and more diverse atmosphere. I wish there was some place I could read about the about the Japanese TCG competition. I mean, it is where the card game originated and was the type of play the creators would’ve been the most influenced by.
Shiny Shinx
Interestingly, the artwork on this card is in Ken Sugimori’s newer, more heavily shaded, style, which wasn’t used for official art until Gen III, while the other Feraligatr in this set has art in Sugimori’s more washed-out classic style.