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Tornadus-EX · Dark Explorers (DEX) #90

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Tornadus-EX · 170 HP · {C}
Pokémon (Tornadus) › Basic · is: EX

{C}{C} → Blow Through : 30+
If there is any Stadium card in play, this attack does 30 more damage.

{C}{C}{C} → Power Blast : 100
Flip a coin. If tails, discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.

weak: {L}×2 | resist: {F}-20 | retreat: 1
· Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
illus. Shizurow
Black & White › Dark Explorers (DEX, BW5) › #90/108 : Rare Holo EX · ↘ May 9, 2012
Formats: Modified: 2012, 2013, 2014 · Expanded: 2015, 2016, , 2021, Current
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Rating

Overall: 84.62% (33 wins, 6 losses)

Within Set & Formats:

  • Dark Explorers: n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2015): 67% (2 wins, 1 loss)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2016): 0% (0 wins, 1 loss)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2017): n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2018): n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2019): n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2020): n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2021): n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded Current): n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Modified 2013): 100% (6 wins, 0 losses)
  • HS-on (Modified 2012): 100% (4 wins, 0 losses)
  • NXD-on (Modified 2014): 0% (0 wins, 2 losses)

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8 comments

  1. WilliamH.

    There are no comments for this card and, yet, 14 of your seem to think it’s “Extremely Good/BROKEN”.

    Seems to me like the weakness to Lighting is awful in today’s format (though by that same token its resistance to Fighting is always good). 60 for two energy (or a single DCE) is very good. The vanilla 100 is also very cheap. Perhaps that’s why everyone loves this card? Well, that an potential donks? Though I think that may be less common with 70+ HP Basics out.

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    • Quarter-TurnWilliamH.

      This card is strong for a number of reasons:
      -Colorless typing: This is big: it can be slotted into any deck.
      -Resistance: It’s one of the best splashable Fighting counters.
      -It can hit for 100 with very little drawback very easily from T2-onwards, and in some decks, on the first turn.
      -Retreat cost: Free, with Skyarrow Bridge
      -Donking: After the speculated rotation in the fall, this will likely become one of the best ways to put pressure on early. 60+ damage on the first turn is just too easy with Tornadus EX.

      True, it’s no good in the Lightning matchup, but it’s a great card all around, and can easily find a place in any deck running DCE.

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      • WilliamH. Quarter-Turn

        Wow! Very well said! I’ll have to add him to my ZekEel deck then! :D

        Colorless splashing will always remind me of my first years in Pkmn when all my decks were two colorless plus Colorless. haha :p

        Seems like things are easier to manage, and yet endlessly more complex for those of you working in the Modified format. I’m often impressed by the grand knowledge base of such players as yourself.
        Good going! ^_^

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