Kingler · Great Encounters (GE) #20

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   coolestman22

   (9 years ago)

   I wish there was a good Kingler.

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     Krisi92coolestman22

     (9 years ago)

     Me too. I really like Kingler.

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     TheFlubcoolestman22

     (8 years ago)

     Kingler from Crystal Guardians was pretty good at the time of the format, doing 80 for 3 on a stage 1 was pretty nice, and there were a fair amount of tools to support it, especially Cessation Crystal.

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       HEZ TheFlub

       (8 years ago)

       I loved that guy! Prop Up Pinchers is his attack, I didn’t even have to look :P It’s just a good name.

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   feyblade

   (8 years ago)

   Other than a few very marginal differences, this stage 1 pokemon is strictly worse than the best printing of Keldeo.

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     Ziggmiceterfeyblade

     (8 years ago)

     okay??? this was never a good card, the only similarity between the 2 is that they’re both water types with no resistance?

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       feybladeZiggmiceter

       (8 years ago)

       The point is that powercreep should not be so thorough that a rare evolution that originated from one of the previous generation’s mainline packs (as opposed to a beginner’s pack) would be outperformed across the board by a basic pokemon, even if the rare was jank.

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         Adam Capriola feyblade

         (8 years ago)

         Which Keldeo are you talking about? This is the best printing of Keldeo: https://pkmncards.com/card/keldeo-ex-boundaries-crossed-bcr-49/

         None other is very much relevant in competitive play.

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           feybladeAdam Capriola

           (8 years ago)

           http://i2.wp.com/pkmncards.com/wp-content/uploads/keldeo-boundaries-crossed-bcr-47.jpg?resize=600%2C825 This.

           I’m treating Keldeo EX as a completely separate pokemon here, as the TCG generally does.
           This printing of Keldeo doesn’t see much competitive play; Keldeo EX is the obvious superior option, but this card’s overall statistics (including its low retreat cost) make it “strictly better” than a lot of old cards.

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           Ziggmiceterfeyblade

           (8 years ago)

           Probably one of the worse examples of power creep I’ve seen. Normally you don’t even have to think when talking about power creep (180HP EXs, etc)