It will never stop being funny to me that "Draw 2" cards are so awful in the Pokemon TCG when they're considered horrifyingly powerful in many other card games.
To be fair it was, in fact, ridiculously powerful when it wasn't tied to a one per turn resource. Long gone is the era of four mandatory Bill per deck.
pot of greed being banned for so many years in yugioh, and then cards like profs research and iono are not considered gamebreaking is crazy. 1 card in hand? now ive got 7.
@@Heriarka Indeed. Bill as an item card would likely be ridiculous even today. Supporters being a shared once-per-turn (so carrying a hefty opportunity cost) is a significant drawback.
Man it's wild as somebody who hasn't played since Potions healed 20 hp seeing stuff like "This attack only does 130 damage, what a fuckin waste of cardboard."
As someone that played the TCG quite a lot back in the day but stopped before Gen3 pokemon were added, it's wild to hear statements like "80 damage is horrendous" and "200 damage doesn't KO anything". Power creep is a hell of a drug.
I genuinely, desperately wish they'd end this era of "multi-prize cards with stats so massive they invalidate literally everything else". They're not even mechanically unique, their entire gimmick is always just being obnoxiously powerful. Vmax, Gmax, EX, whatever. I actually want matches to take time and involve KOing _multiple_ pokemon.
I think the sheer fact that 250 damage in one turn isn’t nearly enough to be viable just shows how ridiculous the power creep is The card series needs a reboot
It's getting a little better, since the next block will be rotating the last major relevant 3 Prize Pokemon who were responsible for the ridiculous HP Creep in the first place during the Tag Team years. Hopefully stuff starts to stabilize once Mew VMAX + his ilk are shown the door around April.
Geez I just saw a new "Great Tusk ex" that only has one move with 4 energy costs and only does 260 damage. What's worse is that Great Tusk ex has an ability that forces you to discard 5 cards from your deck if it's your active Pokemon when you end your turn. ...What were they thinking?
It says a lot about the power creep in the game when that Hawlucha is fundamentally identical to Hitmonchan, yet the passage of time makes one OP and one trash
Eh, Shielbert's design isn't that bad, his name is stupid though. Sordword is straight up "what the hell were they thinking?!" territory. Dude looks like a walking penis and his name is just abysmal.
Riley is even more hilarious considering that Colress’s Experiment, which essentially does the same thing but gives you the choice, was released in the same set lol
Just adding as watching, funny thing is I got back into the TCG when xy evolutions was printed. When I first got back into the game and played ptcgo a nidoking deck was the best I could build for a bit, and yeah good memories with actually doing well with it considering being new and the ELO 😂
7:54 speaking if Electivire, Stellar Crown introduced an Electivire that deals 220 for two electric and then shuts you off from making any attacks for next turn
I’m sure this isn’t going to include cards like the un-evolving Pokémon that deal 10 damage, so I’m interested in what this will be! If Molayne isn’t on this list, I’ll be very disappointed.
Such a great video, so glad I found your channel. I love this kind of content about TCGs & these are easily some of the highest quality & most enjoyable videos I have ever seen, absolutely loving going through your older videos now, so had to give credit to the video that helped me find you!
Oh wow thank you so much! 😭 Needed a little pick me up today so i appreciate your feedback so much 🙌 I have a feeling you will like my next upload so keep an eye out for it 🙌
This was great, even though it reminded me of some of the worst pulls I ever had 😂 I would have put Mega Steelix on here, a card that should have been fun, being both fighting and metal, but required 5 energies for 160 damage, even if you got one into play, it was near impossible getting a second ready. I tried so hard getting it to work, but it was just really, really bad.
Slacking is just a worse version of snorlax imo, since its a stage 2 compared to a basic for 60 more damage, but running therapeutic energy turned it into a monster because that energy card prevents slaking and snorlax from being able to be put to sleep, so it's definitely not bad. Id just rather run thumping snore snorlax sonce it was a basic for three energy and you could add charm, giving it 200.
I think you jumped the gun on Ryme. That card really isn’t so bad, specifically in Gholdengo. It’s not a good card, but it’s not the worst thing ever, certainly not worse than some of the cards printed later in the era (Love Ball, Picnicker, Shauntal, Paldean Student, Bianca’s Devotion, Boomerang Energy, Raifort, Community Center, Cook, and Caretaker are all worse trainers/energies imo). Also disagree with the worst card being Riley (though it is still complete garbage), and a bunch of other nitpicks which don’t matter either way since this is all speculation and this isn’t my list lol. This video is cool and I respect your opinion
I have two Imakuni cards (Doduo and Foul Play) and they're some of my all time favorites. In standard play they may be useless but in a collection they're lots of fun
Haven't gone through all 50 but is Paradise Resort on here? That one should be on the list since it was made to suck as badly as possible replacing the previous world championship promo card of Champion's Festival which became a competitive option which is not a good thing for a card with a set very limited production run.
I guess in hindsight I could off added it but it probably falls into the same camp as Imakuni where since it was deliberately made bad it takes the fun away from the other cards 🤣
I’m working on a custom cube that alters the numbers on Pokémon cards to try and remove power creep as much as possible to ensure that “the best cards ever” isn’t just “pick an era and use all the Pokémon from that generation” type nonsense. If you adjust some of these to base set levels of Hp/Damage I don’t think they’d be bad at all, they’re just comparatively bad given how bloated the numbers are on everything around it
I mean if you adjust number back to base set ratios surely every card is okay? Do u have any examples of cards that are still standouts when numbers have been adjusted?
@@BurtsPTCG My exploration into the card pool has kind of met my expectations: That when the only thing you change are the numbers, the strong EFFECTS are what really begin to stand out. I have played 0 games with this so take these with a grain of salt, but to me it seems like stuff like item/trainer lock in seismitoad ex, slowking, and various printings of vileplume, draw abilities such as telepass gardevoir, ramp like buzzap electrode and disruption a la fossil Aerodactyl, are what I expect will end up rising to the top by the time I'm done curating the list. As far as efficient attackers go, anything that scales damage seems to be very strong- trashalanche garbodor and the fleet footed Dogs from brilliant stars among others will be fantastic, I expect
This was really great enjoyable! I have to strongly disagree with #2 solely on the basis of the artwork! It’s really goofy and bold, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki is my first or second favorite illustrator. Yeah the text stinks! Also super impressive you remembered what the character in #1 did from your childhood, lol! Fun video!
a burts order give away at next regionals? one my earlyest memories from you was a regional before 2019 might of even been london internats and you was dishing out some funny alter cards
as a yugioh player it's fascinating to me how in Pokemon Riley is one of the worst cards but in Yugioh we have a similar card called Painful Choice that only lets you draw 1 of the 5 cards and it is arguably the most broken card ever printed
I'm definitely more of a pokemon fan than a yu-gi-oh fan, but I know more about YGO TCG meta, so I did a spit take at 7:03. You mean that's not a BANNABLE CARD? How something as integral as draw power can have such different levels of value/brokenness in different TCGs is interesting.
@@BurtsPTCG That's the Pot of Pride that causes any yugioh player who uses it to be immediately ejected from heaven. Though as the replies to a similar comment to mine got into, pokemon's draw cards would either be gamebreaking or near useless depending on whether "supporter" was translated over as "bars you from all other cards of this type for this turn" and how specific that was...a lot of them are "effect monsters" (pokemon) so that wouldn't stop most of them.
Was expecting Base Set Gastly at the top spot due to it's infamous status as a terrible card, but I can see the arguments for the others up there. As for Slaking, I feel like the reason it was designed that way is it's because it was supposed to be combined in a Deck with Therapeutic Wigglytuff to nullify it's starus, but yeah outside of that limited branch it is kinda bad.
Today I played a match with someone who had a Roaring Moon with an attack that just KO's the opponent, no it doesn't do a lot of damage, it straight up just KO's the enemy no matter what, the attack is simply "KO the opponent" with the drawback of getting TWO HUNDRED of damage knockback, but ofc, he had it with a held item that nulifies knockback damage
@@BurtsPTCG ahahaha 😂😂 I’m running the budget venomoth deck you posted on tcgplayer infinite with some adjustments, can’t wait for counter catcher to be legal in two weeks it needs it 🙌
well... its looking spicey! got some to catch up on! been mad on the paradox rift banter and desperately trying to throw pokemon cards at my oponnent using make it rain :P @@BurtsPTCG
17:20 a 2 energy attack doing 120 is trash!?!? People call YGO players crazy, but I think some of you Pokemon players have crazy expectations for your attacks.
I don't think most of these cards are bad. If anything it shows how bad the Pokemon TCG is nowadays, making so many older cards completely useless. When did oneshotting enemy Pokemon become the norm? It just removes any interesting gimmick in favor of beatsticks, literally reverse of what happened to Yu-Gi-Oh
Im judging these cards on there immediate launch for the most so therapeutic energy is a non factor unfortunately! Surely not😂Why would you ever play it when snorlax exists 😂
One thing to Note with Ledian; it's only 6.25% of the time you do 0 damage. But more than a third of the time you get 2 heads, which means 80 damage... for 3 energy... which is still very much trash!
genuinely shocked M Heracross EX isn't on the list. it forces your turn to end because of the mega clause. didn't have a spirit link and all you got was 180 for 3 energy. however it does 10 less for each damage counter on heracross. so at 220 HP you can do 3 energy 0 damage. on a 2 prize mon that forced you to end your turn early
The reason mega Herascross didn't make the list (even though it's very bad) is because there is a chance that it could sweep 3 180 hp ex mons like yvetal or genesect if it goes unanswered 🤣 super rare tho for sure
@ dead draws can still attack. Sometimes it becomes enough damage to survive. Unless the opponent decides to mega and not use a spirit link they will be attacking. Even if it does 30 damage that now brings you to a 150 damage move.
2:05 But hey this girl look quite hot for some people I guess 2:50 Or in the current case, Prime Catcher it is. 3:23 Unless what you pick up is so stupid that no one would believe that you even used it in play (Yes I ‘m talking bout you Ryme) 4:45 To give a reason for such a hot girl to exist? 7:04 The reason for it to exist: Your mom. She’s your mom. 7:27 Not only has a better effect but also a better card art (Sorry mom, but Cynthia is a gorgeous) 32:43 First thing first, why you have to make them John Cena? 37:06 Like… like what???
geeze, the tcg has really changed. Mostly played back in base through Neo Genesis, when this one started falling out of the game. Guess it's like trying to compare early yugioh to modern yugioh though
Its funny, i run a super unnecessary poison stacking deck. I have trouble dealing with some things and have little to no trainer support but im seeing this going, yeah, i could use that.
@@BurtsPTCG I managed third in a group of 12 at locals which I thought was frankly insane. I run two ex pecharunt and okidogi, basic crobats, and pecharunt. Trainer support is binding mochi, Janine, night stretcher and dark badge. Stadiums are 2 perilous and 2 academy at night. The academy is purely for giggles. So does it work, sorta. Is it good, not really.
i wouldn’t say riley can NEVER benefit you. it was ruled that if your opponent has dew guard milotic in play, it prevents your opponent from being able to choose the cards off riley so all five cards go directly into your hand :p
This was a fun video to watch. I was up scratching my head at some thinking, "Why are they bad?". This is coming from someone who hasn't played TCG pokemon since 2007 and im not looking at these cards from purely a meta standpoint. A number of these cards are indeed bad, but I think close to half falls into a mediocre and outclassed category because there's something better even for casual play.
I only took a cards power level into account from there relevant standard formats for this list :) but if you wasn't then yes gen 1 cards would always be worse😭
Damn, the worst card in pokemon would literally be the best card in Yugioh. Imagine a draw 5 where the only draw back is the opponent gets to know how fucked they are. Would be banned before it ever saw play.
@BurtsPTCG painful choice basically picks 5 from your deck of your choice and your opponent chooses one card from that five and discards the rest. Basically a slightly different process but highlights that your opponent knowing anything about your deck or tossing it into your graveyard is not a big deal or even a downside
@BurtsPTCG Yeah, the thing about Yu-gi-oh is that the graveyard in most decks is just a second hand. So even if the card tossed all 5 into the graveyard it'd still probably be overpowered.
It's much better if you showcase any relevant energy accel to show why cards are bad since some cards in the Advanced era have ridiculous energy costs but are still bad.
gotta disagree on Bill. Originally he was a 4 of in every deck because he was just a TRAINER, because the item/supporter split hadn't been made yet. Could play 4 in one turn if you wanted. The only reason he was printed as a supporter was because of the unlimited format. If a card gets reprinted as a supporter there you had to treat it as such, otherwise ti was treated as an item. This was effectively a nerf to it in specifically that format
I placed bill from hgss on this list not base set bill. And i only took there effect on standard for this list. And hgss bill had zero effect on the standard format
Fossil Geodude should have topped this list. You know how Thought Wave Machine and what's-her-name's Impulse saying "flip a coin until you got tails" meant they had a 50% chance of doing nothing? Geodude had that as a 2 energy attack. And the payoff was a pathetic 10 damage per heads. This is at a time when 2 energy attacks on a basic, evolvable mon were averaging at 30 damage. The odds of hitting that number were a measly 12.5%. Note: this was its ONLY attack. And, yes, it could at least evolve into something... But those were awful too! At least Riley draws you three cards. Geodude was probably the worst card put out when the game was in its infancy, and 'mons have only gotten stronger since then (trainers have sorta bounced around and mostly gotten weaker)
Oh really? 👀 So if a card that when you summoned it sent the top 5 cards of your deck to the grave with no other effect, would that be good/be played?👀
@BurtsPTCG Tearlament is an archtype that gets a lot of their effects if their monsters are sent from deck to grave. They do a lot of milling to achieve it. In fact, several cards that mill 3-5 cards are limited or banned because of this deck. It was even called "Tear 0" at 1 point because it dominated the game at its peak. 😅 One (banned) mill example is "Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon" which on summon reveals 5 top cards in deck, add 1 specific monster, then send the other 4 cards to grave (discard pile). It basically benefits as a searcher and triggers the Tearlament monsters as they go to grave (discard). "Agido the Ancient Sentinel) is probably an example closer to gyradoes, but it has to be sent from hand or deck to grave to mill 5. Tearlaments themselves cause Fusion summons using/ shuffling materials from grave back to deck whenever a Tearlament is sent to gy through milling so its essentially recycling and lowering the odds of deck out while getting a beefy boss monster. Gyradoes would probably find some form of play. Being water helps too. 😅 Hope this explanation helps.
Aha i see! I have a very limited knowledge of yugioh (mostly 02-05) so always like to learn about the new meta stuff too :p your explanation was perfect! I understood just fine 🙌
@BurtsPTCG Glad that helps! Sorry if it was lengthy. A month or so ago, the hot topic in yugioh was new player experience and long card text. Tearlament was also used as an example of how complicated the game is just because there is a meme where there are like 80 cards on the table because of how often they mill and how many effects being triggered. Just imagine gyradoes in that pile. 😅
Slaking is not that bad compare to all the otther card Bc if you play a deck with slaking you can play around its ability with switch card or condition heal
@@BJGvideos Do I have to? How is "Draw 3 and opponent has to switch out" in the list when there's "Draw 3"? And even staying on the "Draw X" topic, he didn't mention that Bill was actually broken when it was introduced in base set because supporters had no once per turn limit, so he was more akin to a Pot of Greed (or, simply, if today came out an ITEM that said "draw 2" instead of a supporter). We play way worse items like trekking shoes. In the case of Bill context was everything. Of course, yes, HGSS Bill was always shit (they reprinted it 1:1 but updated to the new rules, instead of giving him a rework) but there has been a point in the history of the game where Bill was not only not a shit card, but a 4x must have staple. Also most of these effects, as I said, are "meh". Just not good enough, but not actively harmful. While the game is full of cards that have literal NEGATIVE effects lmao Take Cedric Juniper (which wasn't in the first 30 minutes of the video, idk if he's in the video. If he isn't, that for example is a UNBELIEVABLE absence in a video about the 50 worst cards ever, because he would easily make top 10). You tell to your opponent the name of a pokemon you have in your hand and they have to guess its height. If they get it wrong, then you draw 3, which is already an effect that tons of cards have. If they get right, THEY draw 3. So while it is unlikely that your opponent knows the height of all pokemons, maybe it's a mirror match and they could check their own cards, or maybe he could guess and get lucky. No reason to risk it when there are like a bazillion different cards that just say "draw 3". Not only that: you HAVE to have a pokémon in your hand, which is already a limit that those simple "draw 3" cards don't have. If it's the last card in your hand, unlike those generic draw 3 supporters, that would give you 3 cards, you're stuck with Cedric Juniper until you draw a pokémon. This is "worst card ever" material. Not "damage is kinda low for such an energy cost". Thankfully he included (found him by "hopping" here and there around the second half of the video) Call of Legends Dialga, the one that does 70 damage for 4 Steel Energy and shuffles your hand in your deck. That is indeed worst-cards-ever worthy. But if you have to include cards that just aren't competitively worth it to make a TOP 50, just make a top 20 or 10. No need to make me waste half an hour whining about meh cards being meh as if they're the worst thing ever. Especially when you DON'T include some of the worst cards ever like the previously mentioned Cedric Juniper, Alph Litograph #2 (the other Litographs have a SOMEWHAT useful effect, even if meh and not worth playing) or Maintenance, that effectively gives you a -2 in hand size (you play it, discard two and draw one). Or Dark Explorer's Slowbro, that can't attack if you have 2, 4 or 6 prizes and when he attacks, he puts himself to sleep. To be "worst card ever"-worthy, imho a card has to actively hinder the player, not just be disappointing. Meh is the norm. 90% of cards are meh, probably more, only a tiny fraction of all existing cards sees competitive play. The "worst of the worst" has to be astonishingly bad.
Ok so it has brought to my attention that my Ledian maths was bad 👀😂 but cut me a little bit of slack now come on 😉
ye its 1/16 for no heads
It will never stop being funny to me that "Draw 2" cards are so awful in the Pokemon TCG when they're considered horrifyingly powerful in many other card games.
To be fair it was, in fact, ridiculously powerful when it wasn't tied to a one per turn resource.
Long gone is the era of four mandatory Bill per deck.
pot of greed being banned for so many years in yugioh, and then cards like profs research and iono are not considered gamebreaking is crazy. 1 card in hand? now ive got 7.
@LuckyyBrawl could you imagine discard ur hand amd draw seven on yugioh? How fast would the game fall apart?👀😂
@@Heriarka Indeed. Bill as an item card would likely be ridiculous even today. Supporters being a shared once-per-turn (so carrying a hefty opportunity cost) is a significant drawback.
Imagine if Pot of Greed would lock you out of any other spell cards that turn.
Man it's wild as somebody who hasn't played since Potions healed 20 hp seeing stuff like "This attack only does 130 damage, what a fuckin waste of cardboard."
That hp powercreep be crazy though 😂
130 damage would oneshot my entire binder 😂
Haha that is funny 🤣
All of these would have broken the og format if a time traveler pulled up.
Ikr. The most HP you'd see in a card was like, 180
As someone that played the TCG quite a lot back in the day but stopped before Gen3 pokemon were added, it's wild to hear statements like "80 damage is horrendous" and "200 damage doesn't KO anything". Power creep is a hell of a drug.
Absolute wild for sure!
I genuinely, desperately wish they'd end this era of "multi-prize cards with stats so massive they invalidate literally everything else". They're not even mechanically unique, their entire gimmick is always just being obnoxiously powerful. Vmax, Gmax, EX, whatever. I actually want matches to take time and involve KOing _multiple_ pokemon.
Yeah a one prize only meta would be super interesting 🙌
Try glc or retro formats, or the lost box deck
Now with Briar Noir Dragapult running around, it feels like tag team again with the 3 and 4 proze turns
I think the new Shauntel from paradox rift belongs on this list. It’s a supporter with 50% for a boss 50% for a switch and you can’t even choose😭😭
Omg that probably would of made it if paradox rift was taken into account 🤣😭
At least the art is good… but yeah, damn
The card text doesn't say your opponent chooses the new pokemon so you do get to choose
@@superdragn2382 it’s a coin flip
@@superdragn2382 I think they mean you don't choose if it's boss or switch as I think it's based on a coin flip
I think the sheer fact that 250 damage in one turn isn’t nearly enough to be viable just shows how ridiculous the power creep is
The card series needs a reboot
I think its a problem across many tcgs too right? 👀😭
It's getting a little better, since the next block will be rotating the last major relevant 3 Prize Pokemon who were responsible for the ridiculous HP Creep in the first place during the Tag Team years.
Hopefully stuff starts to stabilize once Mew VMAX + his ilk are shown the door around April.
Geez I just saw a new "Great Tusk ex" that only has one move with 4 energy costs and only does 260 damage.
What's worse is that Great Tusk ex has an ability that forces you to discard 5 cards from your deck if it's your active Pokemon when you end your turn.
...What were they thinking?
That card is REALLY something eh! Definitely would of made this list 🤣😭
is that EX card a runaway Lightsworn from Yugioh? XD
I actually have that card in my garchomp ex deck
It says a lot about the power creep in the game when that Hawlucha is fundamentally identical to Hitmonchan, yet the passage of time makes one OP and one trash
Yeah making this video made me realise how crwzy the power creep is :p
@@BurtsPTCG man, I grew up in the days of 120 being a great HP value. Now that’s laughable.
It's somewhat comforting to know that even Creatures hate Sordward and Shielbert.
Haha this is very true🤣😭
Eh, Shielbert's design isn't that bad, his name is stupid though.
Sordword is straight up "what the hell were they thinking?!" territory. Dude looks like a walking penis and his name is just abysmal.
They were far more loathsome than the actual villain of the game. And more overtly hostile and malicious as well.
you’re such an underrated creator! love your videos
Thank you so much! Appreciate your support my friend! 🙌
Riley is even more hilarious considering that Colress’s Experiment, which essentially does the same thing but gives you the choice, was released in the same set lol
Aha! Never even thought about that 😂
These videos are so well done, keep it up!
Thank you so much Kurtis! I enjoy making them so much! So im overjoyed they are received well :)
Great job on the video! Always is creative and well put together.
Thank you so much! Appreciate your support so much :)
Also the call out of that Primeape + a rare 😳
Just adding as watching, funny thing is I got back into the TCG when xy evolutions was printed. When I first got back into the game and played ptcgo a nidoking deck was the best I could build for a bit, and yeah good memories with actually doing well with it considering being new and the ELO 😂
Oh wow no way! U actually used thr Nidoking!? You my friend are an absolute WARRIOR!
I'm surprised Radiant Steelix didn't make an appearance on the list
That's a pretty much guaranteed tbf! 👀🤣
You're killing it with the content lately mate
Thank you so much! Means a lot 🙌🙏
the case of Arcanine is worst because even Growlithe, its previous stage, deals 40 damage for one energy less XD
Omg yeah 🤣😭
7:54 speaking if Electivire, Stellar Crown introduced an Electivire that deals 220 for two electric and then shuts you off from making any attacks for next turn
I’m sure this isn’t going to include cards like the un-evolving Pokémon that deal 10 damage, so I’m interested in what this will be!
If Molayne isn’t on this list, I’ll be very disappointed.
Well it doesn't so happy days!... But about that 👀
Such a great video, so glad I found your channel. I love this kind of content about TCGs & these are easily some of the highest quality & most enjoyable videos I have ever seen, absolutely loving going through your older videos now, so had to give credit to the video that helped me find you!
Oh wow thank you so much! 😭 Needed a little pick me up today so i appreciate your feedback so much 🙌 I have a feeling you will like my next upload so keep an eye out for it 🙌
@@BurtsPTCG so glad you appreciate it
This was great, even though it reminded me of some of the worst pulls I ever had 😂
I would have put Mega Steelix on here, a card that should have been fun, being both fighting and metal, but required 5 energies for 160 damage, even if you got one into play, it was near impossible getting a second ready. I tried so hard getting it to work, but it was just really, really bad.
Mega steelix was SO close to making the list! Its dual typing saved it though cause it could hit gardes for weakness 😂
Its a good day when burt uploads!!
Haha! Well hopefully today is a good day then! 🤣🙌
Great tusk isn’t bad , just use choice band to hit 280
Gutsy pickace also accelerates fighting energy
Even if you find a choice band you get one Shot immediately back and you definitely aren't getting another great tusk out next turn 🤣
problem is the VSTARs you really want to kill are Arceus and Lugia, Arceus is already weak to fighting and Lugia resists it
Oh yeah lugia resist is horrible😭
@@BurtsPTCGfantastic*
It’s not great but I don’t think it’s up there with swordward and shieldbert I also have seen it used as a one off fighting decks
Slacking is just a worse version of snorlax imo, since its a stage 2 compared to a basic for 60 more damage, but running therapeutic energy turned it into a monster because that energy card prevents slaking and snorlax from being able to be put to sleep, so it's definitely not bad. Id just rather run thumping snore snorlax sonce it was a basic for three energy and you could add charm, giving it 200.
It is yeah but when snorlax exists its a hard sell 🤣😭
I think you jumped the gun on Ryme. That card really isn’t so bad, specifically in Gholdengo. It’s not a good card, but it’s not the worst thing ever, certainly not worse than some of the cards printed later in the era (Love Ball, Picnicker, Shauntal, Paldean Student, Bianca’s Devotion, Boomerang Energy, Raifort, Community Center, Cook, and Caretaker are all worse trainers/energies imo). Also disagree with the worst card being Riley (though it is still complete garbage), and a bunch of other nitpicks which don’t matter either way since this is all speculation and this isn’t my list lol. This video is cool and I respect your opinion
Comments like yours are the true upside of making a personally biased list like he did 😊 gotta love all the discussion happening down here
at this point man i'm just waiting for you to blow up
these videos are great both to listen to and to watch
Aha! Aww thank you so much! I like making them so im glad its received well 🙌
Flipping 4 tails is not a 25% chance lol
Yeah had a few people point that out now 😭😂
I have two Imakuni cards (Doduo and Foul Play) and they're some of my all time favorites. In standard play they may be useless but in a collection they're lots of fun
Oh yeah forcsure super fun 🙌
Pangoro was a recurring joke in my family. It's not only that bad, but EVERY Pangoro card is that bad.
Yeah Pangoro has been done DIRTY 😭
havent played the tcg in a long time and hearing "a measly 210 damage" is still really funny
Back when I started 180 was a good one shot, now it's middly two shot that doesn't even get the support pokemon 😂😭
Haven't gone through all 50 but is Paradise Resort on here? That one should be on the list since it was made to suck as badly as possible replacing the previous world championship promo card of Champion's Festival which became a competitive option which is not a good thing for a card with a set very limited production run.
I guess in hindsight I could off added it but it probably falls into the same camp as Imakuni where since it was deliberately made bad it takes the fun away from the other cards 🤣
I’m working on a custom cube that alters the numbers on Pokémon cards to try and remove power creep as much as possible to ensure that “the best cards ever” isn’t just “pick an era and use all the Pokémon from that generation” type nonsense. If you adjust some of these to base set levels of Hp/Damage I don’t think they’d be bad at all, they’re just comparatively bad given how bloated the numbers are on everything around it
I mean if you adjust number back to base set ratios surely every card is okay? Do u have any examples of cards that are still standouts when numbers have been adjusted?
@@BurtsPTCG My exploration into the card pool has kind of met my expectations: That when the only thing you change are the numbers, the strong EFFECTS are what really begin to stand out. I have played 0 games with this so take these with a grain of salt, but to me it seems like stuff like item/trainer lock in seismitoad ex, slowking, and various printings of vileplume, draw abilities such as telepass gardevoir, ramp like buzzap electrode and disruption a la fossil Aerodactyl, are what I expect will end up rising to the top by the time I'm done curating the list. As far as efficient attackers go, anything that scales damage seems to be very strong- trashalanche garbodor and the fleet footed Dogs from brilliant stars among others will be fantastic, I expect
Great Video, had a lot of fun! Although i almost didn't catch that i was a new video haha
Glad you liked it! 🙌
God, the stat creep on Pokemon cards is disgusting.
Absolutely disgusting
This was really great enjoyable! I have to strongly disagree with #2 solely on the basis of the artwork! It’s really goofy and bold, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki is my first or second favorite illustrator. Yeah the text stinks! Also super impressive you remembered what the character in #1 did from your childhood, lol! Fun video!
Haha the artwork is fun I can't argue :p i played gen 4 so much its hard not to remember :p appreciate your support my friend! 🙌
Great video Burts 👍
Thank you so much! Means a lot 🙌🙏
The 25th Anniversary Kyogre also won World Championship 2024 in Junior Division, that is such a great game.
Oh yeah! Aqua storm is goated! 🙌
a burts order give away at next regionals? one my earlyest memories from you was a regional before 2019 might of even been london internats and you was dishing out some funny alter cards
That's funny cause as im typing this im cutting up some new Burts Orders 🤣 will try keep some with me to all the regionals i go too 🤣🙌
as a yugioh player it's fascinating to me how in Pokemon Riley is one of the worst cards but in Yugioh we have a similar card called Painful Choice that only lets you draw 1 of the 5 cards and it is arguably the most broken card ever printed
Yeah ikr! I dunno how I completely forgot about painful choice cause it I remembered I probably would of mentioned it 😂😭
I'm definitely more of a pokemon fan than a yu-gi-oh fan, but I know more about YGO TCG meta, so I did a spit take at 7:03. You mean that's not a BANNABLE CARD? How something as integral as draw power can have such different levels of value/brokenness in different TCGs is interesting.
Haha pokemon draw power is insane! We has cards that let you draw 7 at a time 😂😭
@@BurtsPTCG That's the Pot of Pride that causes any yugioh player who uses it to be immediately ejected from heaven. Though as the replies to a similar comment to mine got into, pokemon's draw cards would either be gamebreaking or near useless depending on whether "supporter" was translated over as "bars you from all other cards of this type for this turn" and how specific that was...a lot of them are "effect monsters" (pokemon) so that wouldn't stop most of them.
Aha pot of heaven 🤣 that cracked me up! And yeah that's a fair point they would probably get nerfed otherwise would be too crazy 😭
Was expecting Base Set Gastly at the top spot due to it's infamous status as a terrible card, but I can see the arguments for the others up there. As for Slaking, I feel like the reason it was designed that way is it's because it was supposed to be combined in a Deck with Therapeutic Wigglytuff to nullify it's starus, but yeah outside of that limited branch it is kinda bad.
Today I played a match with someone who had a Roaring Moon with an attack that just KO's the opponent, no it doesn't do a lot of damage, it straight up just KO's the enemy no matter what, the attack is simply "KO the opponent" with the drawback of getting TWO HUNDRED of damage knockback, but ofc, he had it with a held item that nulifies knockback damage
Frenzied gouging is wild :p
Ahhhh ready to tuck into this whilst testing my new PAR decks !!!!!
Haha! As ik typing this im cutting some proxys 🤣
@@BurtsPTCG ahahaha 😂😂 I’m running the budget venomoth deck you posted on tcgplayer infinite with some adjustments, can’t wait for counter catcher to be legal in two weeks it needs it 🙌
@kitsaitogames aww yeah counter for that deck is HUGE!
@@BurtsPTCGexciting times 🙌 love the persona music too 👏
@kitsaitogames ayo! Glad you liked it! 🙌
lush to see your chaneeel popping off!
Wouldn't go that far :p (don't jynx it 😉) just nice to see the longer form content getting received well I guess! 🙌
well... its looking spicey! got some to catch up on! been mad on the paradox rift banter and desperately trying to throw pokemon cards at my oponnent using make it rain :P
@@BurtsPTCG
The funniest part about the great tusk ex is that it has a day 2 result in bird control 😂
I actually played against it at EUIC. Wrecked it with Dialga tho 👀😉
I can’t believe some of these cards are bad. They are better than what some bad cards I can think of in other card games.
17:20 a 2 energy attack doing 120 is trash!?!? People call YGO players crazy, but I think some of you Pokemon players have crazy expectations for your attacks.
Those kind of vidéo are how I made my decks, "worst" possible card to give them à chance. Most of the time, they make the most fun deck
Glad you like them! 🙏
I think the ones demi drew in his finals match could maybe make the list 😅😅
HA! This made ms chuckle can't lie 😭
When Bill came out, the supporter rules weren't in the game. At the time it was very good but nowadays yeah it's bad.
I am referring strictly to supporter Bill from hgss not base set bill! Base set bill was nutty 😂
You can easily accelerate metal energy with the Metang from Temporal Forces. (10:10)
This video was made way before metang was released 😭
I don't think most of these cards are bad. If anything it shows how bad the Pokemon TCG is nowadays, making so many older cards completely useless. When did oneshotting enemy Pokemon become the norm? It just removes any interesting gimmick in favor of beatsticks, literally reverse of what happened to Yu-Gi-Oh
Slaking saw play in Lugia decks though because therapeutic energy prevents it from sleeping
Im judging these cards on there immediate launch for the most so therapeutic energy is a non factor unfortunately! Surely not😂Why would you ever play it when snorlax exists 😂
@BurtsPTCG oh whoops I was thinking of Slaking V. Therapeutic came out same set tho.
@radaf4429 oh snap i thought Slaking was brs for some reason 😂 should still just use snorlax tho 👀
I just builded a deck using slaking, aroma lady and full heal. It's kinda fun.
I shuttered at the thought!....although it's funny how that all works together 🤣
One thing to Note with Ledian; it's only 6.25% of the time you do 0 damage. But more than a third of the time you get 2 heads, which means 80 damage... for 3 energy... which is still very much trash!
Thank you for correcting my awful maths 😂😂
Ryme is literally Prof Research and Sabrina combined into one card. Both powerful in Pokémon TCG Pocket
Strong in pocket = super weak in TCG 😭
I use great tusk in my mill deck. Basically just to absorb damage
Burt that's not Wave Ocean, that's Windmill Island from Sonic Unleashed
got them mixed up didn't I 😭
genuinely shocked M Heracross EX isn't on the list. it forces your turn to end because of the mega clause. didn't have a spirit link and all you got was 180 for 3 energy. however it does 10 less for each damage counter on heracross. so at 220 HP you can do 3 energy 0 damage. on a 2 prize mon that forced you to end your turn early
The reason mega Herascross didn't make the list (even though it's very bad) is because there is a chance that it could sweep 3 180 hp ex mons like yvetal or genesect if it goes unanswered 🤣 super rare tho for sure
@ as an Ex M-Hera user this doesn’t happen as often as it should. Why wouldn’t you smack the 2 prize pokemon
If the opponent dead draws and mega Heracross is swinging the Heracross player can't lose
@ dead draws can still attack. Sometimes it becomes enough damage to survive. Unless the opponent decides to mega and not use a spirit link they will be attacking. Even if it does 30 damage that now brings you to a 150 damage move.
Would have expected sleep anywhere on the list for its 75% chance to do nothing
2:05 But hey this girl look quite hot for some people I guess
2:50 Or in the current case, Prime Catcher it is.
3:23 Unless what you pick up is so stupid that no one would believe that you even used it in play (Yes I ‘m talking bout you Ryme)
4:45 To give a reason for such a hot girl to exist?
7:04 The reason for it to exist: Your mom. She’s your mom.
7:27 Not only has a better effect but also a better card art (Sorry mom, but Cynthia is a gorgeous)
32:43 First thing first, why you have to make them John Cena?
37:06 Like… like what???
Bedrock Breaker? More like Plywood Denter
Exactly 🤣😭
geeze, the tcg has really changed. Mostly played back in base through Neo Genesis, when this one started falling out of the game. Guess it's like trying to compare early yugioh to modern yugioh though
Yeah i think the unfortunate truth is all tcgs over such time frames go through similar transformations! 😭
Have you seen the great tusk in shiny treasure ex? Its gonna be even worse than this one...
Haha yeah i saw it yesterday! Definitely would of made this list! The attack cost amd damage are so bad 😭 as well as that abilty 😭
Its funny, i run a super unnecessary poison stacking deck. I have trouble dealing with some things and have little to no trainer support but im seeing this going, yeah, i could use that.
How does it work for you? :)
@@BurtsPTCG I managed third in a group of 12 at locals which I thought was frankly insane. I run two ex pecharunt and okidogi, basic crobats, and pecharunt. Trainer support is binding mochi, Janine, night stretcher and dark badge. Stadiums are 2 perilous and 2 academy at night. The academy is purely for giggles.
So does it work, sorta. Is it good, not really.
@darkerblaze as long as your having fun 🙌🙏
Sun and moon killed the tcg, the gx were the shot of grace and the tag teams were just kicking the corpse.
No V or EX can help us anymore.
I think a one prize meta would be 🔥
I mean, for Ryme, you still can draw 3 cards on top of an Escape effect so
The escape rope could vety easily be a benefit for your opponent tho😭
@@BurtsPTCG All worth it for 3 cards copium ☠️
Yeah! Let's hope those three cards are golden 😂😭
i wouldn’t say riley can NEVER benefit you. it was ruled that if your opponent has dew guard milotic in play, it prevents your opponent from being able to choose the cards off riley so all five cards go directly into your hand :p
I actually know that ruling! But thats a lot of stuff that needs to go your way 😂🤣
That Primape is a good turn 3 cheese in a gym leader challenge format.
Aha is it really? 👀🤣 Thought fighting is pretty bad in glc though right? 😭
@@BurtsPTCG it's a small chance of happening. But a mankey with 1 energy on turn 1, then primape 2 energy on turn 2 for a knockout. Lol.
This was a fun video to watch. I was up scratching my head at some thinking, "Why are they bad?".
This is coming from someone who hasn't played TCG pokemon since 2007 and im not looking at these cards from purely a meta standpoint.
A number of these cards are indeed bad, but I think close to half falls into a mediocre and outclassed category because there's something better even for casual play.
Appreciate your support! 🙌🙏 But the second half of your comment has confused me a little bit 🤣
@@BurtsPTCGI think they're saying that you're discussing top level play versus how the majority of people will play
As a Ledian fan, the fact that all his cards are usually bulk is quite sad
I actually like Ledian a lot too! We need some respect on its name!
Man, no FST Luxray? 90 for 2 on a stage 2...and that's it, no other attacks or abilities
Thata pretty bad can't lie 😂
I would argue that every card from gen 1 sets are way worse that’s all these due to constant power creeping
I only took a cards power level into account from there relevant standard formats for this list :) but if you wasn't then yes gen 1 cards would always be worse😭
Damn, the worst card in pokemon would literally be the best card in Yugioh. Imagine a draw 5 where the only draw back is the opponent gets to know how fucked they are. Would be banned before it ever saw play.
Even if your opponent picked?👀 Funny how different games can be eh!
@BurtsPTCG painful choice basically picks 5 from your deck of your choice and your opponent chooses one card from that five and discards the rest. Basically a slightly different process but highlights that your opponent knowing anything about your deck or tossing it into your graveyard is not a big deal or even a downside
@reicherwallace6774 well learn something new every day! 🙌
@BurtsPTCG Yeah, the thing about Yu-gi-oh is that the graveyard in most decks is just a second hand. So even if the card tossed all 5 into the graveyard it'd still probably be overpowered.
@reicherwallace6774 yeah that would definitely lead to some crazy cards 🤣
I think it'd be good if you kept the card's ability as text on the screen during that cards section, I kept having to rewind to hear you say it again.
It's much better if you showcase any relevant energy accel to show why cards are bad since some cards in the Advanced era have ridiculous energy costs but are still bad.
Fair point! I took what energy accel was in format at the time when making the list but probably could of verbalised it🙏
@@BurtsPTCG Thanks man, also I noticed that I actually wrote the thought wrong lol 😆, ridiculous but still bad
dang gyradose is my favorite pokemon but those two cards are really dissapointing
Yeah gyarados has got done dirty 😭😭
damn i remember when 210 hp was competitively viable
I know right 😭
Instructions unclear, posted my list to Friendster…
Ayo! Someone pays attention to the video haha! Love to see it 🤣
gotta disagree on Bill. Originally he was a 4 of in every deck because he was just a TRAINER, because the item/supporter split hadn't been made yet. Could play 4 in one turn if you wanted. The only reason he was printed as a supporter was because of the unlimited format. If a card gets reprinted as a supporter there you had to treat it as such, otherwise ti was treated as an item. This was effectively a nerf to it in specifically that format
I placed bill from hgss on this list not base set bill. And i only took there effect on standard for this list. And hgss bill had zero effect on the standard format
Okay so big numbers are a bad idea in this game too. Gotcha.
What game do you play? 👀
@@BurtsPTCG the one with the tribute summons.
Numbers arent as important over there though are they? 👀 Thought it was all negation and that? 👀
Worst cards of all time? Anything my siblings used.
😂😂 Touche!
Will you make a video on powercreep?
It's something I want to cover but will take time to give the topic justice 🙏
@@BurtsPTCG thank you very much for the reply, I'm so glad you saw this! Awesome content 👏
Honorable mention- Cedric Juniper
I ADORE THAT CARD😂❤️
Fossil Geodude should have topped this list. You know how Thought Wave Machine and what's-her-name's Impulse saying "flip a coin until you got tails" meant they had a 50% chance of doing nothing?
Geodude had that as a 2 energy attack. And the payoff was a pathetic 10 damage per heads. This is at a time when 2 energy attacks on a basic, evolvable mon were averaging at 30 damage. The odds of hitting that number were a measly 12.5%. Note: this was its ONLY attack.
And, yes, it could at least evolve into something... But those were awful too!
At least Riley draws you three cards.
Geodude was probably the worst card put out when the game was in its infancy, and 'mons have only gotten stronger since then (trainers have sorta bounced around and mostly gotten weaker)
Unown vstar did strike me as extremely win more in shadow caly.
Apparently when Evolutions had its prerelease it was a hoot whenever someone played Imakuni?'s Doduo
Yeah imakuni cards are wild :p
It’s kinda scary how many of these cards I’ve tried using over the years
Haha no way 👀🤣
@@BurtsPTCG the muk, pincurchin v, and the Machamp break specifically lmao
The muk and pincuchin?! Cmon 🤣😭
@@BurtsPTCG I know 😂
Your an absolute warrior no arguments from me!
Rhyme was a bit harsh. It's a card that provides value even if it does not make sense to use it over other cards.
If it doesn't make sense to use it over other cards Sounds pretty bad to me! 😂
If that untamed gyradoes was in yugioh, Tearlament players would love it.
Oh really? 👀 So if a card that when you summoned it sent the top 5 cards of your deck to the grave with no other effect, would that be good/be played?👀
@BurtsPTCG Tearlament is an archtype that gets a lot of their effects if their monsters are sent from deck to grave. They do a lot of milling to achieve it. In fact, several cards that mill 3-5 cards are limited or banned because of this deck. It was even called "Tear 0" at 1 point because it dominated the game at its peak. 😅
One (banned) mill example is "Chaos Ruler, the Chaotic Magical Dragon" which on summon reveals 5 top cards in deck, add 1 specific monster, then send the other 4 cards to grave (discard pile). It basically benefits as a searcher and triggers the Tearlament monsters as they go to grave (discard). "Agido the Ancient Sentinel) is probably an example closer to gyradoes, but it has to be sent from hand or deck to grave to mill 5.
Tearlaments themselves cause Fusion summons using/ shuffling materials from grave back to deck whenever a Tearlament is sent to gy through milling so its essentially recycling and lowering the odds of deck out while getting a beefy boss monster.
Gyradoes would probably find some form of play. Being water helps too. 😅
Hope this explanation helps.
Aha i see! I have a very limited knowledge of yugioh (mostly 02-05) so always like to learn about the new meta stuff too :p your explanation was perfect! I understood just fine 🙌
@BurtsPTCG Glad that helps! Sorry if it was lengthy. A month or so ago, the hot topic in yugioh was new player experience and long card text.
Tearlament was also used as an example of how complicated the game is just because there is a meme where there are like 80 cards on the table because of how often they mill and how many effects being triggered.
Just imagine gyradoes in that pile. 😅
@ghostsisterspookydogwood4360 aha nah i love the detail don't worry! Gyarados would definitely be great in that kinda deck by the sounds of it! :p
Rhyme is actually getting a lot of play in Japan right now
3rd Strike music let's goo.
3rd strike music is goated 👌
Riley won me a gaming tournament in New Jersey grand I had to give my opponent a very expensive Lucario so he could throw the game
No way 😂😭
Great tusk being ok now in the meta shows don’t judge a card by it’s set
The expection not the rule 🤣
5:32 😂
Personally unown vstar is better now. Because of gardevoir, scream tail, drifloon, And turo's scenario. (broken)
This is probably true but would be shocked if it saw any meta play 😭
Slaking is not that bad compare to all the otther card Bc if you play a deck with slaking you can play around its ability with switch card or condition heal
A stage two that attacks for 3 energy that also needs a ton of switching cards to still not one Shot everything is pretty bad 🤣
Yea but it is a least useable in a fun deck most of the card before are way worst
Useable? Well if you really wanted to maybe, but fun?! 👀🤣
I've been baited. I was promised the worst cards ever printed, I got meh cards instead. These are not even CLOSE to the worst.
And you .. don't say what your suggestions would be?
@@BJGvideos Do I have to? How is "Draw 3 and opponent has to switch out" in the list when there's "Draw 3"? And even staying on the "Draw X" topic, he didn't mention that Bill was actually broken when it was introduced in base set because supporters had no once per turn limit, so he was more akin to a Pot of Greed (or, simply, if today came out an ITEM that said "draw 2" instead of a supporter). We play way worse items like trekking shoes. In the case of Bill context was everything. Of course, yes, HGSS Bill was always shit (they reprinted it 1:1 but updated to the new rules, instead of giving him a rework) but there has been a point in the history of the game where Bill was not only not a shit card, but a 4x must have staple. Also most of these effects, as I said, are "meh". Just not good enough, but not actively harmful. While the game is full of cards that have literal NEGATIVE effects lmao Take Cedric Juniper (which wasn't in the first 30 minutes of the video, idk if he's in the video. If he isn't, that for example is a UNBELIEVABLE absence in a video about the 50 worst cards ever, because he would easily make top 10). You tell to your opponent the name of a pokemon you have in your hand and they have to guess its height. If they get it wrong, then you draw 3, which is already an effect that tons of cards have. If they get right, THEY draw 3. So while it is unlikely that your opponent knows the height of all pokemons, maybe it's a mirror match and they could check their own cards, or maybe he could guess and get lucky. No reason to risk it when there are like a bazillion different cards that just say "draw 3". Not only that: you HAVE to have a pokémon in your hand, which is already a limit that those simple "draw 3" cards don't have. If it's the last card in your hand, unlike those generic draw 3 supporters, that would give you 3 cards, you're stuck with Cedric Juniper until you draw a pokémon. This is "worst card ever" material. Not "damage is kinda low for such an energy cost". Thankfully he included (found him by "hopping" here and there around the second half of the video) Call of Legends Dialga, the one that does 70 damage for 4 Steel Energy and shuffles your hand in your deck. That is indeed worst-cards-ever worthy. But if you have to include cards that just aren't competitively worth it to make a TOP 50, just make a top 20 or 10. No need to make me waste half an hour whining about meh cards being meh as if they're the worst thing ever. Especially when you DON'T include some of the worst cards ever like the previously mentioned Cedric Juniper, Alph Litograph #2 (the other Litographs have a SOMEWHAT useful effect, even if meh and not worth playing) or Maintenance, that effectively gives you a -2 in hand size (you play it, discard two and draw one). Or Dark Explorer's Slowbro, that can't attack if you have 2, 4 or 6 prizes and when he attacks, he puts himself to sleep. To be "worst card ever"-worthy, imho a card has to actively hinder the player, not just be disappointing. Meh is the norm. 90% of cards are meh, probably more, only a tiny fraction of all existing cards sees competitive play. The "worst of the worst" has to be astonishingly bad.
Thanks for the comment!
@@TheSpartanS196 So, you ARE open to explaining what you meant
Sordward should have been draw 5 or 6 instead. Not "draw until 6" mind you. Make it an actually interesting decision for the opponent.
That would of been fun 😂
Im a simple man I see another Shai notification I press like
Haha I love the sound of that 🙌🤣