11/17 - COTD - Nidoqueen & Nidoking (EX: Fire Red & Leaf Green)

[Gokey Shuckle]

Thanks to Water Pokemon Master from www.pokebeach.com for the scans.

Rate & Review.

 

[Charaxes]

Of the two, Nidoking has the better art.

Nidoqueen:

HP: 120. She's staying put.

Family Bonds: A power that could do come in a pinch.

Toxic: Pity it doesn't do damage outright but it's still good.

Power Lariat: Strong damage with a special effect if you can exploit it. Good for Evolution decks.

Energy Cost: Has to be a mix deck to get the full benefit.

Retreat Cost: Expected.

Extra: No Lightning resistance? Geez.

Overall. A nice short and sweet powerhouse with extra effects if used right.

Nidoking:

HP:120. Not going anywhere.

Power Gene: Great in a pinch.

Earth Poison: High damage and poison. Well done.

Bound Crush: Wonderful Bench attack and with Earth Poison to hit the Active, hard to fight that.

Energy cost: Best in a Fighting deck. Monoish.

Retreat cost: Expected.

Extra: No Lightning Resistance, geez again. And Water weakness. Nice variety.

Overall. An extremely strong powerhouse that can take care of itself nicely. Power is the perfect word for it.

 

[John Denver]

The instant nooB idea is to want to run 2 4-4-4 lines of these guys...*vomits*

I'm judging them by themselves. Nidoqueen is alright, way too situational.

Nidoking is a bomb. Bound Crush will get you prize after prize, and combo that with a gust, geez...what can survive 100 damage + poison.. 0_0

 

[Forci Stikane]

The instant nooB idea is to want to run 2 4-4-4 lines of these guys...*vomits*

I'm judging them by themselves. Nidoqueen is alright, way too situational.

Nidoking is a bomb. Bound Crush will get you prize after prize, and combo that with a gust, geez...what can survive 100 damage + poison.. 0_0

EXs of the final versions of the starters, that's what...

Ok, everyone else did them separetely, so now I'll do them when together:

First off, Nidoking gives some extra punch to Nidoqueen's Toxic...makes poison look even better.

Also, with Nidoking in play, that's another 20 damage for Nidoqueen's main attack (10 for being evolved + 10 for poke power) for a grand total of 60 so far...AND another 10 for Nidoqueen herself...70 damage for 3 energy (2 of which are colorless)?? That's too much.

Now, as for the other side...there's the obvious Toxic then Bound Crush when they retreat, but there's the other part of it, too...NIDOKING'S RETREAT COST GOES FROM 3 TO ZERO!!! That's too powerful of a card to have no retreat cost...

So, yeah, they're powerful by themselves, but even more so when combined...