I think you're not seeing the fact Blue is just key in Mewtwo decks for the mirror matchup. Sure, Giovanni counters it, but barely no one runs it as more of a 1-of, but the same goes for Blue I guess. I've seen some madmans run 2 in top finishing Mew2 decks from small tournaments. So who knows who'll be the chosen supporter for those decks, only time will tell. I also love how they made the contrast, as Blue ends up being the gym leader Giovanni used to be when visiting Kanto in gen 2, and them being literally the 2 opposite sides of the same coin! I think that's a small, but neat fact for us who played those old games!
Mythical Slab and mew Ex might actually make Gengar EX decks far less awkward. A wall that wards away powerful one shotters, while also letting gengar safely set up.
the thing is gengar as a finisher is not as good as other psychic types. disabling enemy trainer cards is decent but why prefer that over just oneshotting stuff with something like alakazam or mewtwo, especially in the lategame
Something interesting I’ve found with Aerodactyl EX is that its ability is really good when combined with a card like Sabrina. You can trap cards in the active spot that haven’t fully evolved, forcing your opponent to either let them die, or waste an energy or x speed to retreat back to evolve. This is especially good for catching support three stagers like Butterfree, Serperior, and Greninja before they can use their abilities. Combine it with some fast-hitting fighting cards like Primeape or Marowak EX to take down their EX or tough basic pokemon, and you have a good chance of disrupting your opponent’s ability to set up pretty badly. Aerodactyl doesn’t even need to be in the active slot, it just needs to sit on the bench! And when Marowak is taken down, it has a guaranteed and easy 80 damage to swoop in and finish things off.
@@chaninakosovske6567 Big downside of Gyarados is that even the new Magi has only 30 HP, so it's 1 shot by so many basic Pokémon. If it's your only starting Pokémon, you are ripped.
Hello, some helpful criticisims for the rest of the community 1. Blue as you said, doesn't look that good at first glance, however, once you look at the current metagame, you suddenly see its most important use in the Mewtwo EX vs Mewtwo EX match-up (which is heavily favored for the Player 2). This is because without a turn 3 Gardevoir (on curve), the Player 1 usually loses right away because the Player 2 gets to attack first. Obviously with Sabrinas and Leaf, this match-up is still entirely draw dependent. This is where Blue comes in handy, since most Mewtwo EX decks dont run Giovanni, this allows the Blue player to attack with Mewtwo EX without worry of it getting knocked out right after. (An example would be attacking into a wall, then next turn tanking the hit and finally attacking for win) 2. Aerodactyl is not meant to stop Control decks that run Stage 2 Evos. It is meant to stop aggro and tempo cards that immediately pressures damage on Turn 2 (or turn 1 as player 2). Think of Weezing, Starmie/Tentacruel, Rapidash/Salandit, Dugtrio, Exeggutor EX. A lot of these decks can be countered just by having an Aerodactyl in the back. Aerodactyl itself can be run with an Aggro deck (Dugtrio, Marowak, Hitmonlee), forcing opponents to spend energy to retreat early.
I don't know if you are stupid or anything. But Many Mewtwo EX deck run Giovanni to deal 60 dmg on turn 2 to kill basic pokemons. Aerodactyl EX is a good card, I cannot deny it, but its usage for stopping stage 2 Evos is as right as it can be, Aerodactyl EX cannot stop Stage 1 Evos with aggro playstyle, unless they happen to draw the evolution line late, most of the time, Marrowak EX/Starmie EX/Exeguttor EX/... Blah blah blah will run faster than Aerodactyl EX because they are all stage 1 - with the exception of Amber cannot be guaranteed to be drawn on opening hand as well as by using poke balls. Just think, if your opponent's basic pokemons are stuck at the bottom of the deck, your amber is there as well, you know who's gonna be faster?
Is it just me or dhelmise is just very good? Like its more consistent than celebi and doesnt give 2 points, can deal early dmg but good dmg once serperior arrives
youre supposed to run it with Serperior/Celebi because draws can be that way where you dont pull Celebi. 6/2/2 and 10 trainers but you have a Serperior and two Dhelmise from Pokeball. literally thats the deck they show you in solo battles
It's jack of all trades, but it's so heavily relying on serperior with an upside damage of 90 is what makes it mediocre. I can recall the pain when I'm stuck with it early game when u can only deal 20 each turn but when serperior is up you had 4 energy with it. Good card with overall bad tempo.
Aerodactyl is way better than the strength of just it's ability. The fossil lines add complexity to a deck that focuses on guaranteeing their opening basic. The ability is a complementary strength and can straight up win you the early game sometimes or FORCE out X-Speed or even Leaf. Very good card.
Feels like people missed how much and it can slow down Exeggcutor/Marowak/Starmie EX rush if you go first, and all Aerodactyl needs to do is act as a nice option for Amber.
Can't PokeBall. That's why fossil Pokemons are C tier cause your only option to find them is professor oak and 40 hp baseline without any abilities is crap.
I have btfo Celebi meta using only Aerodactyl and our boy promo Mankey with 4 winning streak. He is right about Aerodactyl being early overhyped but forgot that there are situations can force people to evolve in the Active spot depend on how you play. The good thing about Aerodactyl EX is that it doesn't need to be in Active spot to activate the ability so it just casually sitting on the bench and wait for delivering the final blow.
imo the new Rapidash kind of defeats the point of a Blaine deck (aggro), it's basically a worse Nintetales in terms of energy requirements vs damage. I do think the new Magmar replaces the old one as a clutch nuke in case you haven't drawn Ninetales though, just slot in a Leaf to retreat him because he's a sitting duck after his attack.
@@reaperreaper3071 I had the same idea initially, but old rapidash proved much better when going first, and one copy didn’t feel like enough to me. the new one makes the deck too reliant on the initial coin flip, if you don’t go second you’re basically doomed. new ponyta is definitely an upgrade though
@deiondre0 while true when running Fighting card builds, it is far less flexible when mixing it up with other pokemon. I run my OG Golem behind two Weezings and start building him up with Dark energy. Once I'm on my last requirement for a Fighting energy, I pop a Brock and Golem can be used no problem. It doesn't work all the time, but catching people off guard with niche decks is what makes this game fun.
I think the new Golem line can make a Brock Deck be more competitive. Dealing 120 damage and taking 30 less from attacks is a lot more appealing than 150 damage and taking 50 damage, almost 1/3rd of your hp lol
@@unitesupportking3439 If the Golem gets to attack into something first, it can take a hit from almost everything in the game besides those that hit above 190 damage. (Charizard, Celebi, etc) Thats insane value for a pokemon that only gives your opponent 1 prize point. And since it really only costs 3 energy with brock support, its only problem is the Stage 2 RNG it has to deal with.
blue is a niche card when the meta call for him, like mew2 mirrors happening often in tourneys so teching blue can change the tide there to stop one shot.
Kinda crazy Pidgeot EX is weak to lightning, yet it can tank a full bench hit from Pikachu EX, and then use that full bench of the opponent against them and KO the Pikachu EX. In most scenarios, Pidgeot EX would get KOed by whatever is waiting on the bench in a Pikachu deck, but that would be a great mid/late game way to get 2 points to win after you have 1 already.
Pidgeot EX is wild. It's become my new staple deck because of how consistent it tends to be. 170 HP is massive, and tanks Mewtwo EX with ease, as well as Celebi EX with a roll of 3 or less heads, and even Mew EX with full Genome Hacking. I run it with Druddigon as my wall to help deal chip damage or simply force my opponent to burn their Sabrinas, Potions, and X Speeds. Then, I bring in Pidgeot to sweep away their big EX mons. While no deck is 100% perfectly consistent, I'm seeing great success with this combination thus far. It eats Pikachu EX decks for breakfast (I've seen no more of them since the new booster dropped and everyone has shifted towards Mewtwo and Celebi decks). 140 damage or 150 damage (with Giovanni support) makes quick work of most of the common EX cards right now, and very rarely can they one shot Pidegot in return.
@@Pikmaniak Im playing Pidgeot EX with Wheezing and its amazing. Gives you huuuge advantage against Mewtwo deck. Only 1 energy, and this damage realy stack.
I went and checked and not only Pidgeot can't be one shot by Pikachu, it cannot be one shot by any lightning Pokémon in the game right now without resorting to coin flips and Giovanni (Genetic Raichu is 10 shy from doing so😂)
Blue can potentially work in a Melmetal deck against Mewtwo EX. Melmetal has 130 HP and reduces damage by 20, so you still get OHKO to Psydrive. With Blue you can have Melmetal survive at 10 HP and if you've already hit the Mewtwo EX, you can score a KO. Blue is the Anti Giovanni, and I can see where that -10 damage can come i to play. If your Pokémon gets on shot exactly by some meta Mons, you may want to consider Blue as a one off tech option.
While it would be coin-heavy, I could see Moltres EX and Volcarona working very well together. One supplies the energy for the backline, and then with some swaps you have a powerhouse to hit the enemy backline. Also, I think Leaf would work very well with Earth decks, because a lot of those have high retreat costs, and could help make them much more viable.
cards like aerodactyl heavily depend on the meta. as you mentioned, the best decks right now don't evolve their active pokemon, but if for example the grass spam determined a rise of blaine decks, aerodactyl would be pretty disruptive against those. in the future sets we might see more lines like machamp's that do like staying active and attack while they evolve. the main issue will be getting aerodactyl early which is harder to achieve with fossils compared to normal stage 1s.
I could see Mew and Mythical Slab mixing into an Alakazam deck. Mew stalls, but can also attack for 20 for a couple rounds while you get your bench powered up, and you have an extra two items just helping you get to that alakazam.
The primeevil law is like the inverse of what it should have been. I mean with how strong other abilities are like surperior, u think it would be like “while aerodactyl is in active slot opponent can’t evolve on bench” would be so much better
I'm of two minds with Blue. Either it's the most useless card in your hand, or it single-handedly saves you the game that you had no business winning. I actually think it's the ultimate tournament card, where each hp breakpoint is measured against the meta--where Blue is literally the mathematical 10 damage difference between winning and losing. It WILL make up for hype plays in tournaments. But in normal versus play where you can literally face anything, not so much I think.
People are sleeping on Scolipede-Weezing with both Koga and Leaf, the flexibility and ability to constantly move your pokemon from the active spot to the bench is absurd and sinergize so well with scolipede attack and retreat cost, im currently on a 12 win streak the deck is just insane
For Psychic I slotted Sigilyph into my mewtwo deck and it makes it that much more consistent, I like it more than Mythical Slab because it basically has payday but at 80 HP it can also take a couple of hits meowth can't while you setup your mewtwo/evolve gardevoir. And Blue is actually pretty good for the Mewtwo deck too, as it fucks up the Mewtwo mirror match by making the enemy miss the OHKO on your mewtwo if they don't play Giovanni. Also Dedenne is very good for Zapdos/Pikachu decks, very fast and annoying to delay if you need a little more time to setup.
I made a Druddigon deck with two frosmoths and two Salazzles (one from mystich island and the other from genetic apex) and it is working surprinsigly well, its pretty fast, you can use Misty to power up the frosmoths, put enemys to sleep, Salazzle can poison with one fire energy and the other can do 60 damage with one fire and one colorless, and you can powerup two Druddigons or just leave them to tank, the only downsides are the fact that is a double energy deck and kinda frail, but I have some fun using it and leave my recomedention here
New rapidash is a nice addition for the Blaine deck. I don’t know if anyone noticed but I can see the new exeggcute and exeggutor being really good down the road. You can literally play them in any deck because cute will give tor the one leaf needed for his attack. Could see that being used later down the road
6:45 I wish someone did an indepth analysis on Leaf, as I think this card is a trap in most decks. You cannot use this card as often as an X Speed, since it takes up the Supporter play. For instance, Prof research into this card does nothing to save you, while the X Speed could win you the game. It also cannot be combined with Sabrina in the same turn. I'm too dumb to do this analysis as there are way too many variables, but I think overall this card is worse than an X Speed (most of the time you really only need 1 discounted anyway) and you can also chain 2 X Speeds, so I personally do not see myself running it in any of my decks. It is downright unplayable is decks with more Leaders, including Koga, Blaine, or Erika dekcs. Misty decks could still run it/might not care, since Misty is used turn 1 very often anyway. IMO, not the best card in the set by a mile.
It's hard to tell at this stage. It depends how many 2-retreat-cost cards the deck runs and whether Prof + X speed is important in the early game. For example: 1) I'm running 2 X-speed + 1 Leaf in my Moltres EX deck because Prof + X Speed is important in the early game, while Leaf lets Arcanine EX switch cleanly into Charizard EX for games where a 2nd attacker is needed. 2) I'm running 1 X-speed + 1 Leaf in my Mewtwo EX deck because X-speed suffice for retreating Mew EX or Ralts/Kirlia, while Leaf is needed to retreat Mewtwo EX or Gardevoir.
Yeah I think it’s just super deck dependent. Which just makes it situational which I like. In a lightning deck XSpeed is waaaay better if you even want to use it. But in a Arcticuno/Gyrados/Vaporeon deck, Leaf feels absolutely necessary
I have volcarona in with arcanine and it allowed me to knock out a pokemon and keep my arcanine safe for one turn since it was within 1 shot to win me the game. It’s way too early to judge these cards at this current stage. I use it at 1/2 then same way arcanine was splashed in Charizard
Aerodactyl ex at least stops the opponent from evolving to cure poison/statuses. I can see Blue maybe be used with Pikachu ex just because there are a decent amount of Pokemon that can hit 120 now. Those might find their niche.
Haven’t seen much mention but I’ve tried a lot of new decks and Scolipede/weezing with Koga and leaf is absurd. Poisoning with weezing then koga out to scolipede for 130 damage for only 2 energy.
Feels bad knowing out of the whole set so far I got Aero and he isn't even good.....to top off the fact that Blue is my fav character and his support is weak too....Damn this game is bring me down :(
The Exeggutor is honestly way more underwhelming the longer I looked at it for anything that isnt NOEX since the 80+20(e) thresholds fall flat of all the important EX HP rolls. Celebi for example would take 120 by default, inefficient 3-energy Mewtwo the same, and even Marowak which takes the weakness dmg only will hit 140. The exception to this is Pika EX, which feels like this is another of the cards designed to be a (justified) harassment campaign against the old meta.
I think Blue is interesting. Like yes at first it seems kinda meh, but I think you actually highlighted some of his use cases yourself in this video - 10 damage breakpoint on Mewtwo EX, the multiple pokemon that hit benched mons like Raichu - he might actually be a staple depending on which meta decks turn out on top
Aerodactyl EX might be good with Weezing or other status cards since it's ability stops you from healing status effects by evolving. He's potentially backbreaking into certain leads if you can get him online early, too, but that's really match-up dependent. It sounds like a solid card to build around in a pick and ban format or in certain metas, but not great for random netplay.
7:10 this but unironically. I was having more success playing Blaine than Mewtwo because the gardevoir line was just making it too inconsistent and not getting them going would just lose me the game.
Just saying, Chattot is absolutely amazing for pure Stage 2 decks. You can set up stuff like Golem or Pidgeot Ex quickly without the need for basic stall cards. I hope we get to see it more often in tournaments these upcoming weeks.
Volcarona is cool, does a good job patching up possible weaknesses of Arcanine. Arcanine does a good job being fast and being itself a "fast deck counter," but misses kills on slower decks with heavier hitters. However, Volcarona can finish off those EX's that try to shy away after taking a big Arcanine hit, so all that really needs to happen is to have Arcanine/Moltres kill a frontliner or something. Not to mention a total counter to Marshadow, doesn't matter if you want your allies to die if you die first. As a finisher, Volcarona's energy discarding and retreat cost never really matter. Starting with Larvesta is a total brick tho, which is why you want two Leafs and only one Larvesta in the deck. Never liked Arcanine/Charizard anyway since that's just opportunity hedging rather than real synergy, so these kinds of plays are a lot of fun instead, opponents usually surrender when they realize the checkmate position they're in from Volcarona.
I like to run a split Caterpie/ Delmise to support the Serperior Celebi deck. Both Delmise and Caterpie are strong frontline supports while you wait for your Serperior to come online. Caterpie I think is especially slept on in this deck
I think Volcarona still has a chance because it can snipe the middle evolutions of powerful stage 2 Pokémon. It's too slow sometimes, but the opponent doesn't always have the turbo stage 2, as hard as that is to believe. Stage 2 Pokémon are the strongest in the game, and their decks function a lot worse without them, enough to make the tempo loss of losing 2 energy worth it, imo. It's just a question of how often does this actually take place in a game
Yeah as a standalone Volcarona isn't enough because it isn't sweeping even if you get 5 energy on there with moltres. As a tech card to snipe it could maybe do something alongside charizard or arcanine since I don't think a deck will run zard, arcanine, and volc lines. We'll see how the meta shakes out adaptations happen over time.
@@dark_rit well Zard decks don't need Volcarona since it just oneshots anything anyway; Arcanine decks not only have more deckspace but can also use Volcarona to chip/finish off the higher HP exes or snipe the evolving Stage 1s to prevent ramp decks from gaining an advantage over Canine
I don't fully agree with you on Blue, but I think he can be situational. He's been VERY good with Druddigon in my Drugg/Drag deck. It's nice being able to also counter things like M2/Gio combos with my drag
I've messed around with the new Riachu. I feel if lightning comes back into the meta it is actually super legit- 20 damage to all benched pokemon is ridiculous
I havent tried it yet but im very excited about aerodactyl. He seems to pair very well with old primeape. You get a guaranteed mankey because its basic and primeape puts so much early pressure with 100 damage. Aerodactyl can stop them from setting up by having primeape push their cards to the active
AerodactylEX completely replaced MarowakEX for me. No more coin flip crap, has a cool ability that works in the backline, and best of all the Amber is an item card. This means i will always start with Machop as my starter card and just Machamp my opponents into submission
Aerodactyl’s only use case is to stop the Starmie, 9T, Rapidash, Sandslash, Marowak, Machamp, Clefable etc from evolving in your face. I feel it’s at the mercy to get an old Amber on first turn and can evolve into Aerodactyl out the gate. Otherwise, your opponent will most likely have evolved before old Amber makes its appearance in your hand
Mythical slab and Sigilyph are quite helpful for a Mewtwo/Gardevoir deck. Combine that with pokeballs and researches, and you'll get Gardevoir in no time. I've tried this deck, and it's pretty fun. I'm still on the fence if I need to include chatot to increase the drawing odds.
Psychic has all the drawing power it needs with those 2 cards. I've been trying Chatot to combo with Cinccino and a 2 cost wall + Marshadow, and so far I've nothing to show for it yet lol. Maybe it needs to marinate a bit more.
I think the new Golem is pretty good, stage 2 that can be powered up relatively quickly with 1 Brock, does a lot of damage and is super tanky, definitely one of my favorites
Golem got some love with leaf too since their retreat costs are atrociously high where x speed wasn't enough unless you drew 2 at once to retreat active geodude. New graveler is nice too since it attacks for 2 energy so you can curve out with attacks with 1 energy geodude, evolve, 2 energy graveler, evolve, brock the golem and attack in. Now it resembles a machamp line curve kind of.
The Aerodactyl EX expert deck was a nightmare for me to beat in Solo. That thing was always on the field within 3 turns at most and constantly has me trapped because my deck is so evo heavy. God forbid the Marowak not one hit KOing every mon on the field. That thing his a Heads flip machine, against me at least.
It is wild that I am hearing such mixed opinions on Gyarados, I have no idea if its good or bad. Some of these meta spenders say it is terrible, some say it is amazing
my weezie/arbok deck got a great upgrade with the addition of a Mew EX. now it can deal easily with those OHKO heavy hitters, since Mew EX sets up much faster than Charizard/Blastoid/Mewtwo EX and Dragonite. 🙂
I have had a lot of fun matches with Lt. Surge new Raichu and Jolteon. The new Eevee feels pretty good with Jolteon. I also had no luck with mew. Its fun but it feels like its missing something.
There's a lot I'm loving in this new set Dhelmise is very good and works well with serperior The new rapidash card is a lot of fun and has the potential for amazing damage early on Florges is crazy, every pokemon on your bench and itself gets a free potion heal every time it attacks Shiinotic can be pretty funny, basically grass type frosmoth with more damage Lumineon is interesting, same thing as volcarona but one less energy and doesn't discard any but it does 50 damage, might not be amazing, but fun to mess around with, 50 to the bench can really catch the opponent off guard Scolipede is also pretty fun, I've been using a scolioede and genetic apex koffing deck and enjoying that a lot
Druddigon's attack is disappointing in standard, but it's straight up busted in NOEX. It's definitely the best basic, potentially best pokemon in the format.
All you need to know is, mewto got a crazy Buff and is with Mew the best Deck BY FAR in the entire game when it comes to consistency. Yugioh players love to play it
Volcarona is INSANE. Everybody uses ex pokemon so it usually gets points easily after you deal with an ex pokemon. Just don't use Volcarona as your main pokemon. Power up something else with moltres, and as your charged up pokemon is in the active zone, sneakily power up your larvesta. Won so many games like that.
I'd like to comment on Aerodactyl Ex. But...I'd need to pull it first! What I will say is that I've found Pidgeot Ex (which I have somehow pulled 3 times) really quite good! The flute is good for maintaining momentum since the bench gets smaller as you take down Pokemon. And it hilariously does fine against Pikachu Ex since that bench needs to be full anyways! Mew Ex is super fun as well. It's best in that counter position, but it does a great job. Overall I'm enjoying this set. Grass decks have gotten a ton of life for sure with Celibi and Serperior (especially this guy being an elite grass supporter).
IMO Aerodactyl ex is good. Allowing you to start with cards like Onix and Marshadow while building it for late game. Add some brocks to the deck and onix can hit for 70 on your second turn with great hp for walling. If onix dies then marshadow can come in and revenge for 100dmg and both don’t cost you 2 prize points. 80dmg for two energy is really good and allows aerodactyl to clean up
one thing to note about blue is that it also protects your bench with its effect, not just your active. since this set added a bunch more bench-targeting pokemon like volcarona and new raichu, i can see the logic of wanting to add a trainer to serve as an option to protect some bench targets. that doesn't make the card much better though imo, bench targeting already isn't a very common strategy and the cards that utilize it definitely leave something to be desired. and there's not much utility in it over something like a standard potion, which can heal your most crucial bench target for 20 instead of protecting for 10 without also eating up your trainer use for the turn. i can see the logic but i doubt it'll ever be anything better than super situational.
Blue is definitely not among the worst cards. It is definitely situational, e.g. it can help Mewtwo EX against mirror matches or make the opponent Celebi EX require 1 more coin flip.
I think Blue gets a lot of value in a Dragonite deck seeing as something like Sabrina doesn’t have a ton of value with Dragonite plus you can avoid OHKO from Mewtwo+Giovanni. Very niche but I kinda see the potential for some big saves.
Victreebel’s ability does exactly that, and can be repeated as often as desired. I ran into a very interesting deck earlier today that abused that ability and poke flute to KO a weak pokemon, summon it from the discard pile, bring it to the front and then KO it again. If it were a general-purpose supporter card instead of a three-stage’s ability, that’d be really broken I think.
"Another card that no one probably expected" It's obviously Serperior "Its Serperior" To the surprise of no one, lmao. Everyone knew that that card would be the nuts and suolid for grass pokemon
hey spargels ive been running a set of the og 2xmankey+2xprimeape, 2xkabuto+2xkabutops, 2xmarshadow and it feels pretty great. u should start looking into nicher decks that could come out from mythical island :0
I have been DESTROYING all types of decks with volcarona, toros and 1 of each rapadash+blaine. Although when I get Larvesta as my basic in the beginning it does feel like I am fighting an uphill battle
Blue is definitely not a "Splash this in" card...It's strictly gonna be for decks that are very commonly in the "if I had 10 more HP, I would've survived that" situation...I don't even know if a deck like that would want the card, cause you can't use it the same turn you Oak or Sabrina or Giovanni... If I'm wrong, I'm wrong...
Druddigon was a good tank... You can put in any deck and you don't need to invest your energies on it... Blue on the other hand was a great tech especially in tournament plays but in casual pvp it just a niche card... Leaf was super good.. I use her a lot in all my deck... I only have 1 aerodactyl ex so i can't judge it at this moment...
honestly Aerodactyl ex should of been this: *get rid of it's ability* but for 2 or 3 energy do 80 damage and flip a coin if heads the opponent can't evolve any Pokemon next turn.
Honestly Aerodactyl ex if it’s position was reversed would be op if it blocked evos on bench especially since it doesn’t need to be active though making it have to be active might have been a decent way to balance it but still it was either going to be practically useless or OP with evolution stoping
Pidgeot ex makes the players think before crowding the bench, but also makes the hand very vulnerable to Red Card, means take more damage or possibly lose your backup in hand. We are not safe anymore from this tanky war bird
aerodactyl is fun with kabutops + one basic pokemon, either onyx and 2x brocks, chatot or my favorite promo mankey with primeape. I often beat celebi decks and other meta decks
By the way I think they should increase the number of decks that we can build. 15 i not enough when u can basically do 3 times more decks even to just try it once.
No it's not. It's not consistent and most of the time you use Rapidash for chip damage and wall to setup Ninetails in bench. New Ponyta however is better than old one.
I'm sorry but I have to completely disagree with Gyarados EX. Gyarados EX is great as a standalone card, but you have to account Magikarp as the full package. Considering we only have one version of Magikarp, a 30 HP card, it's easy to have it killed off with Sabrina or other Pokemons that can attack benched pokemon unless you have a deck that can fill the bench easily. We direly need a better magikarp, I was quite disappointed they didn't come out with an alternate version alongside Gyarados EX.
I wish they increased Deck size, bench size, and Prize Cards to win in the future for a possible ranked mode 🤔 it’s too much RNG with the current way it works
I think you're not seeing the fact Blue is just key in Mewtwo decks for the mirror matchup. Sure, Giovanni counters it, but barely no one runs it as more of a 1-of, but the same goes for Blue I guess. I've seen some madmans run 2 in top finishing Mew2 decks from small tournaments. So who knows who'll be the chosen supporter for those decks, only time will tell.
I also love how they made the contrast, as Blue ends up being the gym leader Giovanni used to be when visiting Kanto in gen 2, and them being literally the 2 opposite sides of the same coin! I think that's a small, but neat fact for us who played those old games!
Mythical Slab and mew Ex might actually make Gengar EX decks far less awkward. A wall that wards away powerful one shotters, while also letting gengar safely set up.
My Scolipede Weezing deck can still one shot Mew ex. 70+50 (if opponents pokemon is poisoned)+20 (from weakness).
yes but mewtwo ex is just more consisent with garde support and mew ex for big hitters like chard
I'm using it in my mewtwo ex deck, it's pretty good
the thing is gengar as a finisher is not as good as other psychic types. disabling enemy trainer cards is decent but why prefer that over just oneshotting stuff with something like alakazam or mewtwo, especially in the lategame
Something interesting I’ve found with Aerodactyl EX is that its ability is really good when combined with a card like Sabrina. You can trap cards in the active spot that haven’t fully evolved, forcing your opponent to either let them die, or waste an energy or x speed to retreat back to evolve. This is especially good for catching support three stagers like Butterfree, Serperior, and Greninja before they can use their abilities. Combine it with some fast-hitting fighting cards like Primeape or Marowak EX to take down their EX or tough basic pokemon, and you have a good chance of disrupting your opponent’s ability to set up pretty badly. Aerodactyl doesn’t even need to be in the active slot, it just needs to sit on the bench! And when Marowak is taken down, it has a guaranteed and easy 80 damage to swoop in and finish things off.
you can also add a marshadow to let it sit on your bench and deal 100 damage after your active pokemon get knocked out to take out their ex.
Can also catch a voltorb in the active so they gotta spend to retreat it.
I don’t think anyone didn’t think serperior wasn’t going to be really good, ramp is always absurd in formats with almost no ramp
Same with vaporeon. Also stage 1s are so good compared to stage 2s, making the starmie/gyrados/vaporeon deck seem great to me.
@@chaninakosovske6567 Big downside of Gyarados is that even the new Magi has only 30 HP, so it's 1 shot by so many basic Pokémon. If it's your only starting Pokémon, you are ripped.
@@chaninakosovske6567 with only one starmie not 2
Hello, some helpful criticisims for the rest of the community
1. Blue as you said, doesn't look that good at first glance, however, once you look at the current metagame, you suddenly see its most important use in the Mewtwo EX vs Mewtwo EX match-up (which is heavily favored for the Player 2).
This is because without a turn 3 Gardevoir (on curve), the Player 1 usually loses right away because the Player 2 gets to attack first. Obviously with Sabrinas and Leaf, this match-up is still entirely draw dependent. This is where Blue comes in handy, since most Mewtwo EX decks dont run Giovanni, this allows the Blue player to attack with Mewtwo EX without worry of it getting knocked out right after. (An example would be attacking into a wall, then next turn tanking the hit and finally attacking for win)
2. Aerodactyl is not meant to stop Control decks that run Stage 2 Evos. It is meant to stop aggro and tempo cards that immediately pressures damage on Turn 2 (or turn 1 as player 2). Think of Weezing, Starmie/Tentacruel, Rapidash/Salandit, Dugtrio, Exeggutor EX. A lot of these decks can be countered just by having an Aerodactyl in the back. Aerodactyl itself can be run with an Aggro deck (Dugtrio, Marowak, Hitmonlee), forcing opponents to spend energy to retreat early.
nice input, love you
I don't know if you are stupid or anything. But Many Mewtwo EX deck run Giovanni to deal 60 dmg on turn 2 to kill basic pokemons. Aerodactyl EX is a good card, I cannot deny it, but its usage for stopping stage 2 Evos is as right as it can be, Aerodactyl EX cannot stop Stage 1 Evos with aggro playstyle, unless they happen to draw the evolution line late, most of the time, Marrowak EX/Starmie EX/Exeguttor EX/... Blah blah blah will run faster than Aerodactyl EX because they are all stage 1 - with the exception of Amber cannot be guaranteed to be drawn on opening hand as well as by using poke balls. Just think, if your opponent's basic pokemons are stuck at the bottom of the deck, your amber is there as well, you know who's gonna be faster?
Great comment 👍🏻
@@Counter_curious Could have easily said all of this without being an asshole tho
@@self1sch shiet, my bad😓
Is it just me or dhelmise is just very good? Like its more consistent than celebi and doesnt give 2 points, can deal early dmg but good dmg once serperior arrives
Ikr? just wait till someone notice it...
youre supposed to run it with Serperior/Celebi because draws can be that way where you dont pull Celebi. 6/2/2 and 10 trainers but you have a Serperior and two Dhelmise from Pokeball. literally thats the deck they show you in solo battles
Gd....just not very gd. Failing to otk is wha lose game when u hit late game....especially mew plus the new supporter basically remove the dmg
It's jack of all trades, but it's so heavily relying on serperior with an upside damage of 90 is what makes it mediocre. I can recall the pain when I'm stuck with it early game when u can only deal 20 each turn but when serperior is up you had 4 energy with it. Good card with overall bad tempo.
It's a great counter to Mew EX too.
Aerodactyl is way better than the strength of just it's ability. The fossil lines add complexity to a deck that focuses on guaranteeing their opening basic. The ability is a complementary strength and can straight up win you the early game sometimes or FORCE out X-Speed or even Leaf. Very good card.
Feels like people missed how much and it can slow down Exeggcutor/Marowak/Starmie EX rush if you go first, and all Aerodactyl needs to do is act as a nice option for Amber.
Can't PokeBall. That's why fossil Pokemons are C tier cause your only option to find them is professor oak and 40 hp baseline without any abilities is crap.
I have btfo Celebi meta using only Aerodactyl and our boy promo Mankey with 4 winning streak. He is right about Aerodactyl being early overhyped but forgot that there are situations can force people to evolve in the Active spot depend on how you play. The good thing about Aerodactyl EX is that it doesn't need to be in Active spot to activate the ability so it just casually sitting on the bench and wait for delivering the final blow.
Koga deck is also affected by the Aerodactyl EX deck.
the basic pokemon should be either chatot, onyx with brocks or the best one, promo mankey with primeape
I think a new blaine deck could be interesting, because with the new rapidash and magmar it has the potential to one shot a celebi
imo the new Rapidash kind of defeats the point of a Blaine deck (aggro), it's basically a worse Nintetales in terms of energy requirements vs damage. I do think the new Magmar replaces the old one as a clutch nuke in case you haven't drawn Ninetales though, just slot in a Leaf to retreat him because he's a sitting duck after his attack.
@@Mainimi I run one of each magmar and one of each rapidash to create variety of Blaine targets. It works better that way to support Ninetales.
@@sallmon3689 ninetales can already one shot celebi with blaine tho
@@reaperreaper3071 I had the same idea initially, but old rapidash proved much better when going first, and one copy didn’t feel like enough to me. the new one makes the deck too reliant on the initial coin flip, if you don’t go second you’re basically doomed. new ponyta is definitely an upgrade though
The new Golem is a serious upgrade from the first one. It can really take and give damage if you’re able to get it on the field
@deiondre0 while true when running Fighting card builds, it is far less flexible when mixing it up with other pokemon. I run my OG Golem behind two Weezings and start building him up with Dark energy. Once I'm on my last requirement for a Fighting energy, I pop a Brock and Golem can be used no problem. It doesn't work all the time, but catching people off guard with niche decks is what makes this game fun.
I think the new Golem line can make a Brock Deck be more competitive. Dealing 120 damage and taking 30 less from attacks is a lot more appealing than 150 damage and taking 50 damage, almost 1/3rd of your hp lol
Yeah new graveler can attack on curve too instead of being a 3 energy attack that you almost never got to use unless a game is going badly.
Sadly 120 isnt enough for a late stage mon. You need one shot capability that it doesnt have…
@@unitesupportking3439 If the Golem gets to attack into something first, it can take a hit from almost everything in the game besides those that hit above 190 damage. (Charizard, Celebi, etc) Thats insane value for a pokemon that only gives your opponent 1 prize point. And since it really only costs 3 energy with brock support, its only problem is the Stage 2 RNG it has to deal with.
@ the issue is they often cant get there fast enough even with brock. 2 stage pokemon…
120 is just awkward. A lot of Pokemons have 130hp so you're 10 dmg short of killing them.
blue is a niche card when the meta call for him, like mew2 mirrors happening often in tourneys so teching blue can change the tide there to stop one shot.
Chatot's a pretty underrated cool card. Draw is always helpful if your hand isn't immediately beneficial.
Kinda crazy Pidgeot EX is weak to lightning, yet it can tank a full bench hit from Pikachu EX, and then use that full bench of the opponent against them and KO the Pikachu EX. In most scenarios, Pidgeot EX would get KOed by whatever is waiting on the bench in a Pikachu deck, but that would be a great mid/late game way to get 2 points to win after you have 1 already.
Pidgeot EX is wild. It's become my new staple deck because of how consistent it tends to be.
170 HP is massive, and tanks Mewtwo EX with ease, as well as Celebi EX with a roll of 3 or less heads, and even Mew EX with full Genome Hacking.
I run it with Druddigon as my wall to help deal chip damage or simply force my opponent to burn their Sabrinas, Potions, and X Speeds. Then, I bring in Pidgeot to sweep away their big EX mons.
While no deck is 100% perfectly consistent, I'm seeing great success with this combination thus far. It eats Pikachu EX decks for breakfast (I've seen no more of them since the new booster dropped and everyone has shifted towards Mewtwo and Celebi decks). 140 damage or 150 damage (with Giovanni support) makes quick work of most of the common EX cards right now, and very rarely can they one shot Pidegot in return.
@@Pikmaniak Im playing Pidgeot EX with Wheezing and its amazing. Gives you huuuge advantage against Mewtwo deck. Only 1 energy, and this damage realy stack.
@@KillerKeeton Pikachu EX probably got hurt the most by the expansion overall
I went and checked and not only Pidgeot can't be one shot by Pikachu, it cannot be one shot by any lightning Pokémon in the game right now without resorting to coin flips and Giovanni (Genetic Raichu is 10 shy from doing so😂)
Blue can potentially work in a Melmetal deck against Mewtwo EX. Melmetal has 130 HP and reduces damage by 20, so you still get OHKO to Psydrive. With Blue you can have Melmetal survive at 10 HP and if you've already hit the Mewtwo EX, you can score a KO.
Blue is the Anti Giovanni, and I can see where that -10 damage can come i to play. If your Pokémon gets on shot exactly by some meta Mons, you may want to consider Blue as a one off tech option.
While it would be coin-heavy, I could see Moltres EX and Volcarona working very well together. One supplies the energy for the backline, and then with some swaps you have a powerhouse to hit the enemy backline.
Also, I think Leaf would work very well with Earth decks, because a lot of those have high retreat costs, and could help make them much more viable.
cards like aerodactyl heavily depend on the meta. as you mentioned, the best decks right now don't evolve their active pokemon, but if for example the grass spam determined a rise of blaine decks, aerodactyl would be pretty disruptive against those. in the future sets we might see more lines like machamp's that do like staying active and attack while they evolve. the main issue will be getting aerodactyl early which is harder to achieve with fossils compared to normal stage 1s.
I could see Mew and Mythical Slab mixing into an Alakazam deck. Mew stalls, but can also attack for 20 for a couple rounds while you get your bench powered up, and you have an extra two items just helping you get to that alakazam.
The new Rapidash has surprised me a lot. Hitting the heads and getting 100 damage, especially early game swings the game in my favor so often.
The primeevil law is like the inverse of what it should have been. I mean with how strong other abilities are like surperior, u think it would be like “while aerodactyl is in active slot opponent can’t evolve on bench” would be so much better
I'm of two minds with Blue. Either it's the most useless card in your hand, or it single-handedly saves you the game that you had no business winning.
I actually think it's the ultimate tournament card, where each hp breakpoint is measured against the meta--where Blue is literally the mathematical 10 damage difference between winning and losing. It WILL make up for hype plays in tournaments.
But in normal versus play where you can literally face anything, not so much I think.
People are sleeping on Scolipede-Weezing with both Koga and Leaf, the flexibility and ability to constantly move your pokemon from the active spot to the bench is absurd and sinergize so well with scolipede attack and retreat cost, im currently on a 12 win streak the deck is just insane
For Psychic I slotted Sigilyph into my mewtwo deck and it makes it that much more consistent, I like it more than Mythical Slab because it basically has payday but at 80 HP it can also take a couple of hits meowth can't while you setup your mewtwo/evolve gardevoir. And Blue is actually pretty good for the Mewtwo deck too, as it fucks up the Mewtwo mirror match by making the enemy miss the OHKO on your mewtwo if they don't play Giovanni. Also Dedenne is very good for Zapdos/Pikachu decks, very fast and annoying to delay if you need a little more time to setup.
Most of my rare cards from Mythical island is from wonder pick.
7:49 "Looking to pull Gard"
BJJ guys foaming at the mouth with this one
I agree with a lot of this, good video!
I made a Druddigon deck with two frosmoths and two Salazzles (one from mystich island and the other from genetic apex) and it is working surprinsigly well, its pretty fast, you can use Misty to power up the frosmoths, put enemys to sleep, Salazzle can poison with one fire energy and the other can do 60 damage with one fire and one colorless, and you can powerup two Druddigons or just leave them to tank, the only downsides are the fact that is a double energy deck and kinda frail, but I have some fun using it and leave my recomedention here
New rapidash is a nice addition for the Blaine deck. I don’t know if anyone noticed but I can see the new exeggcute and exeggutor being really good down the road. You can literally play them in any deck because cute will give tor the one leaf needed for his attack. Could see that being used later down the road
The moment i saw serperior, i knew grass decks was gonna be insane. Little did i know that onion fairy is gonna haunt us all with coin flips
6:45 I wish someone did an indepth analysis on Leaf, as I think this card is a trap in most decks. You cannot use this card as often as an X Speed, since it takes up the Supporter play. For instance, Prof research into this card does nothing to save you, while the X Speed could win you the game. It also cannot be combined with Sabrina in the same turn. I'm too dumb to do this analysis as there are way too many variables, but I think overall this card is worse than an X Speed (most of the time you really only need 1 discounted anyway) and you can also chain 2 X Speeds, so I personally do not see myself running it in any of my decks. It is downright unplayable is decks with more Leaders, including Koga, Blaine, or Erika dekcs. Misty decks could still run it/might not care, since Misty is used turn 1 very often anyway. IMO, not the best card in the set by a mile.
It's hard to tell at this stage. It depends how many 2-retreat-cost cards the deck runs and whether Prof + X speed is important in the early game. For example:
1) I'm running 2 X-speed + 1 Leaf in my Moltres EX deck because Prof + X Speed is important in the early game, while Leaf lets Arcanine EX switch cleanly into Charizard EX for games where a 2nd attacker is needed.
2) I'm running 1 X-speed + 1 Leaf in my Mewtwo EX deck because X-speed suffice for retreating Mew EX or Ralts/Kirlia, while Leaf is needed to retreat Mewtwo EX or Gardevoir.
Yeah I think it’s just super deck dependent. Which just makes it situational which I like.
In a lightning deck XSpeed is waaaay better if you even want to use it. But in a Arcticuno/Gyrados/Vaporeon deck, Leaf feels absolutely necessary
I have volcarona in with arcanine and it allowed me to knock out a pokemon and keep my arcanine safe for one turn since it was within 1 shot to win me the game. It’s way too early to judge these cards at this current stage. I use it at 1/2 then same way arcanine was splashed in Charizard
Aerodactyl ex at least stops the opponent from evolving to cure poison/statuses. I can see Blue maybe be used with Pikachu ex just because there are a decent amount of Pokemon that can hit 120 now. Those might find their niche.
The mythical slab makes playing alakazam and Gengar SO SO SO much better
Haven’t seen much mention but I’ve tried a lot of new decks and Scolipede/weezing with Koga and leaf is absurd. Poisoning with weezing then koga out to scolipede for 130 damage for only 2 energy.
Feels bad knowing out of the whole set so far I got Aero and he isn't even good.....to top off the fact that Blue is my fav character and his support is weak too....Damn this game is bring me down :(
The Exeggutor is honestly way more underwhelming the longer I looked at it for anything that isnt NOEX since the 80+20(e) thresholds fall flat of all the important EX HP rolls. Celebi for example would take 120 by default, inefficient 3-energy Mewtwo the same, and even Marowak which takes the weakness dmg only will hit 140. The exception to this is Pika EX, which feels like this is another of the cards designed to be a (justified) harassment campaign against the old meta.
Scolipede/Og weezing is amazing!
I think Blue is interesting. Like yes at first it seems kinda meh, but I think you actually highlighted some of his use cases yourself in this video - 10 damage breakpoint on Mewtwo EX, the multiple pokemon that hit benched mons like Raichu - he might actually be a staple depending on which meta decks turn out on top
Aerodactyl EX might be good with Weezing or other status cards since it's ability stops you from healing status effects by evolving. He's potentially backbreaking into certain leads if you can get him online early, too, but that's really match-up dependent. It sounds like a solid card to build around in a pick and ban format or in certain metas, but not great for random netplay.
7:10 this but unironically. I was having more success playing Blaine than Mewtwo because the gardevoir line was just making it too inconsistent and not getting them going would just lose me the game.
Just saying, Chattot is absolutely amazing for pure Stage 2 decks. You can set up stuff like Golem or Pidgeot Ex quickly without the need for basic stall cards. I hope we get to see it more often in tournaments these upcoming weeks.
Volcarona is cool, does a good job patching up possible weaknesses of Arcanine. Arcanine does a good job being fast and being itself a "fast deck counter," but misses kills on slower decks with heavier hitters. However, Volcarona can finish off those EX's that try to shy away after taking a big Arcanine hit, so all that really needs to happen is to have Arcanine/Moltres kill a frontliner or something. Not to mention a total counter to Marshadow, doesn't matter if you want your allies to die if you die first.
As a finisher, Volcarona's energy discarding and retreat cost never really matter.
Starting with Larvesta is a total brick tho, which is why you want two Leafs and only one Larvesta in the deck.
Never liked Arcanine/Charizard anyway since that's just opportunity hedging rather than real synergy, so these kinds of plays are a lot of fun instead, opponents usually surrender when they realize the checkmate position they're in from Volcarona.
I like to run a split Caterpie/ Delmise to support the Serperior Celebi deck. Both Delmise and Caterpie are strong frontline supports while you wait for your Serperior to come online. Caterpie I think is especially slept on in this deck
I think Volcarona still has a chance because it can snipe the middle evolutions of powerful stage 2 Pokémon. It's too slow sometimes, but the opponent doesn't always have the turbo stage 2, as hard as that is to believe. Stage 2 Pokémon are the strongest in the game, and their decks function a lot worse without them, enough to make the tempo loss of losing 2 energy worth it, imo. It's just a question of how often does this actually take place in a game
Yeah as a standalone Volcarona isn't enough because it isn't sweeping even if you get 5 energy on there with moltres. As a tech card to snipe it could maybe do something alongside charizard or arcanine since I don't think a deck will run zard, arcanine, and volc lines. We'll see how the meta shakes out adaptations happen over time.
@@dark_rit well Zard decks don't need Volcarona since it just oneshots anything anyway; Arcanine decks not only have more deckspace but can also use Volcarona to chip/finish off the higher HP exes or snipe the evolving Stage 1s to prevent ramp decks from gaining an advantage over Canine
I don't fully agree with you on Blue, but I think he can be situational.
He's been VERY good with Druddigon in my Drugg/Drag deck. It's nice being able to also counter things like M2/Gio combos with my drag
Someone hasn't seen mogwai play his new dactyl deck it's 🔥🔥🔥
Aerodactyl active just is too easy for people to work around
@natorade4987 but he's still a solid on rate attacker two energy for 80 damage is good even if his ability isn't that great
Mogwai thinks everything is good even if it's bad.
@@xanxusvongola6413The biggest issue is that it's an evolution and the fossil nor aero can be searched.
@@Semystic I didn't say it was the best deck chill bro
I've messed around with the new Riachu. I feel if lightning comes back into the meta it is actually super legit- 20 damage to all benched pokemon is ridiculous
I havent tried it yet but im very excited about aerodactyl. He seems to pair very well with old primeape. You get a guaranteed mankey because its basic and primeape puts so much early pressure with 100 damage. Aerodactyl can stop them from setting up by having primeape push their cards to the active
AerodactylEX completely replaced MarowakEX for me. No more coin flip crap, has a cool ability that works in the backline, and best of all the Amber is an item card. This means i will always start with Machop as my starter card and just Machamp my opponents into submission
Aerodactyl’s only use case is to stop the Starmie, 9T, Rapidash, Sandslash, Marowak, Machamp, Clefable etc from evolving in your face. I feel it’s at the mercy to get an old Amber on first turn and can evolve into Aerodactyl out the gate. Otherwise, your opponent will most likely have evolved before old Amber makes its appearance in your hand
Mythical slab and Sigilyph are quite helpful for a Mewtwo/Gardevoir deck. Combine that with pokeballs and researches, and you'll get Gardevoir in no time. I've tried this deck, and it's pretty fun. I'm still on the fence if I need to include chatot to increase the drawing odds.
Psychic has all the drawing power it needs with those 2 cards. I've been trying Chatot to combo with Cinccino and a 2 cost wall + Marshadow, and so far I've nothing to show for it yet lol. Maybe it needs to marinate a bit more.
I think the new Golem is pretty good, stage 2 that can be powered up relatively quickly with 1 Brock, does a lot of damage and is super tanky, definitely one of my favorites
Golem got some love with leaf too since their retreat costs are atrociously high where x speed wasn't enough unless you drew 2 at once to retreat active geodude. New graveler is nice too since it attacks for 2 energy so you can curve out with attacks with 1 energy geodude, evolve, 2 energy graveler, evolve, brock the golem and attack in. Now it resembles a machamp line curve kind of.
@dark_rit Exactly! Old Geodude + new Graweler and Golem with only one brock does curve nicely
I pulled 2 serps when I opened 10 on drop night and I was so stoked! Beautiful card with awesome playability! I love my grass decks😁
The Aerodactyl EX expert deck was a nightmare for me to beat in Solo. That thing was always on the field within 3 turns at most and constantly has me trapped because my deck is so evo heavy. God forbid the Marowak not one hit KOing every mon on the field. That thing his a Heads flip machine, against me at least.
It is wild that I am hearing such mixed opinions on Gyarados, I have no idea if its good or bad. Some of these meta spenders say it is terrible, some say it is amazing
Double Energy counts for Jynx and Alakazam too 😁
Blue will be great in a future meta where a lot of cards splash damage onto your bench. More cards like articuno ex are coming
my weezie/arbok deck got a great upgrade with the addition of a Mew EX. now it can deal easily with those OHKO heavy hitters, since Mew EX sets up much faster than Charizard/Blastoid/Mewtwo EX and Dragonite. 🙂
I have had a lot of fun matches with Lt. Surge new Raichu and Jolteon. The new Eevee feels pretty good with Jolteon. I also had no luck with mew. Its fun but it feels like its missing something.
There's a lot I'm loving in this new set
Dhelmise is very good and works well with serperior
The new rapidash card is a lot of fun and has the potential for amazing damage early on
Florges is crazy, every pokemon on your bench and itself gets a free potion heal every time it attacks
Shiinotic can be pretty funny, basically grass type frosmoth with more damage
Lumineon is interesting, same thing as volcarona but one less energy and doesn't discard any but it does 50 damage, might not be amazing, but fun to mess around with, 50 to the bench can really catch the opponent off guard
Scolipede is also pretty fun, I've been using a scolioede and genetic apex koffing deck and enjoying that a lot
I think the main use case for blue is the mewtwo ex mirror, problem is that mirror is ussually decided by whoever sets up gradevoir first...
Blue with poliwrath and druddigon and Butterfree sounds fun
Druddigon's attack is disappointing in standard, but it's straight up busted in NOEX. It's definitely the best basic, potentially best pokemon in the format.
All you need to know is, mewto got a crazy Buff and is with Mew the best Deck BY FAR in the entire game when it comes to consistency. Yugioh players love to play it
Volcarona is INSANE.
Everybody uses ex pokemon so it usually gets points easily after you deal with an ex pokemon.
Just don't use Volcarona as your main pokemon. Power up something else with moltres, and as your charged up pokemon is in the active zone, sneakily power up your larvesta.
Won so many games like that.
Blue pairs well with Druddigon on early setup as offense rather then defense
i think Aerodactyl ex can maybe shine with the addition of new sets, if evolving your frontline becomes more common for example
Great video, love the content!
I'd like to comment on Aerodactyl Ex. But...I'd need to pull it first!
What I will say is that I've found Pidgeot Ex (which I have somehow pulled 3 times) really quite good! The flute is good for maintaining momentum since the bench gets smaller as you take down Pokemon. And it hilariously does fine against Pikachu Ex since that bench needs to be full anyways! Mew Ex is super fun as well. It's best in that counter position, but it does a great job.
Overall I'm enjoying this set. Grass decks have gotten a ton of life for sure with Celibi and Serperior (especially this guy being an elite grass supporter).
IMO Aerodactyl ex is good. Allowing you to start with cards like Onix and Marshadow while building it for late game. Add some brocks to the deck and onix can hit for 70 on your second turn with great hp for walling. If onix dies then marshadow can come in and revenge for 100dmg and both don’t cost you 2 prize points. 80dmg for two energy is really good and allows aerodactyl to clean up
I love Druddigon, Fits into multiple decks. But with Greninja it's fun, Koffing. Although I also use it in my Mew Alakazam deck.
Mythical Slab + Pokedex is the prime combo
also Aerodactyl combos well with status decks like sleep paralyze so you can 100% trap the pokemon
one thing to note about blue is that it also protects your bench with its effect, not just your active. since this set added a bunch more bench-targeting pokemon like volcarona and new raichu, i can see the logic of wanting to add a trainer to serve as an option to protect some bench targets. that doesn't make the card much better though imo, bench targeting already isn't a very common strategy and the cards that utilize it definitely leave something to be desired. and there's not much utility in it over something like a standard potion, which can heal your most crucial bench target for 20 instead of protecting for 10 without also eating up your trainer use for the turn. i can see the logic but i doubt it'll ever be anything better than super situational.
Blue is definitely not among the worst cards. It is definitely situational, e.g. it can help Mewtwo EX against mirror matches or make the opponent Celebi EX require 1 more coin flip.
I think Blue gets a lot of value in a Dragonite deck seeing as something like Sabrina doesn’t have a ton of value with Dragonite plus you can avoid OHKO from Mewtwo+Giovanni. Very niche but I kinda see the potential for some big saves.
I think Aerodactyl needs a card that's basically Sabrina, but the user chooses which Pokemon to pull. That would be a devastating combo breaker.
Victreebel’s ability does exactly that, and can be repeated as often as desired. I ran into a very interesting deck earlier today that abused that ability and poke flute to KO a weak pokemon, summon it from the discard pile, bring it to the front and then KO it again. If it were a general-purpose supporter card instead of a three-stage’s ability, that’d be really broken I think.
"Another card that no one probably expected"
It's obviously Serperior
"Its Serperior"
To the surprise of no one, lmao. Everyone knew that that card would be the nuts and suolid for grass pokemon
hey spargels ive been running a set of the og 2xmankey+2xprimeape, 2xkabuto+2xkabutops, 2xmarshadow and it feels pretty great. u should start looking into nicher decks that could come out from mythical island :0
Articuno + Vaporeon deck is solid now. 2 old eevee 2 vaporeon 2 articuno + trainer's cards
I have been DESTROYING all types of decks with volcarona, toros and 1 of each rapadash+blaine. Although when I get Larvesta as my basic in the beginning it does feel like I am fighting an uphill battle
blue might work in druddigon decks since it benefits from having better chances to survive attacks to deal recoil damage
Blue is definitely not a "Splash this in" card...It's strictly gonna be for decks that are very commonly in the "if I had 10 more HP, I would've survived that" situation...I don't even know if a deck like that would want the card, cause you can't use it the same turn you Oak or Sabrina or Giovanni...
If I'm wrong, I'm wrong...
Druddigon was a good tank... You can put in any deck and you don't need to invest your energies on it...
Blue on the other hand was a great tech especially in tournament plays but in casual pvp it just a niche card... Leaf was super good.. I use her a lot in all my deck... I only have 1 aerodactyl ex so i can't judge it at this moment...
Shout out to my friend ningcredible. He's been through a tough year and your videos bring joy to his eyes again! keep it up @spragels
honestly Aerodactyl ex should of been this: *get rid of it's ability* but for 2 or 3 energy do 80 damage and flip a coin if heads the opponent can't evolve any Pokemon next turn.
I’ve been giving these new grass decks the Cinnabar special.
If the ability of the Aerodactyl swap which pokemon cannot evolve on the bench, that card will be OP af
Aerodactyl-EX wiped me out in 5 turns earlier. All my mons had evos, he had it ready by turn 2.
i havent tried it but the new golem and graveler look really fun to use
Honestly Aerodactyl ex if it’s position was reversed would be op if it blocked evos on bench especially since it doesn’t need to be active though making it have to be active might have been a decent way to balance it but still it was either going to be practically useless or OP with evolution stoping
Pidgeot ex makes the players think before crowding the bench, but also makes the hand very vulnerable to Red Card, means take more damage or possibly lose your backup in hand. We are not safe anymore from this tanky war bird
aerodactyl is fun with kabutops + one basic pokemon, either onyx and 2x brocks, chatot or my favorite promo mankey with primeape. I often beat celebi decks and other meta decks
Blue will be clutch in decks when the meta shows certain thresholds matter. You have a lot of 100 or 150? Well Blue might help vs Celebi.
By the way I think they should increase the number of decks that we can build. 15 i not enough when u can basically do 3 times more decks even to just try it once.
No mention to rapidash? New rapidash is a huge upgrade on a very good card!
No it's not. It's not consistent and most of the time you use Rapidash for chip damage and wall to setup Ninetails in bench. New Ponyta however is better than old one.
It is actually supposed to be poke'flute lol that's what its called in the main line games as well as the anime.
I'm sorry but I have to completely disagree with Gyarados EX. Gyarados EX is great as a standalone card, but you have to account Magikarp as the full package. Considering we only have one version of Magikarp, a 30 HP card, it's easy to have it killed off with Sabrina or other Pokemons that can attack benched pokemon unless you have a deck that can fill the bench easily. We direly need a better magikarp, I was quite disappointed they didn't come out with an alternate version alongside Gyarados EX.
I wish they increased Deck size, bench size, and Prize Cards to win in the future for a possible ranked mode 🤔 it’s too much RNG with the current way it works
I think vaporean blastoise is gonna be fun with the new vaporean
This pack should’ve just been called a grass buff pack because outside of a revenge deck grass is the only thing I’ve been using
If Aerodactyl had it's ability just taget a pokemon so it won't evolve next turn would have been way more versatile and useful