12/2 - COTD - Lure Ball & Mirage Stadium

[Gokey Shuckle]

Minor Change of plans. I decided to start off the week early since I missed a few days without COTD. Also, I decided that there will be 2 cards each day, instead of 1 since there are a lot of Trainer cards. Now, time for a secret. The way I go about doing the next two weeks is simple, I went to the List Randomizer website, typed a list of ALL trainer cards from E-Skyridge and below, and selected the frst 24 cards from the list and paired them up in order. These two cards were the first two on the list, so they will be paired. The list was random, and so on. The next two cards will be the next two on the list and so on. You will see some of the best, and possibly some of the worst Trainer Cards ever created. So let Blast From The Past - Trainer Edition begin!

Rate & Review.

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

 

[Cipher 2008]

Lure Ball
It's a good card, to be sure, but I think Night Maintenance and Time-Space Distortion have the upper hand here: Night Maintenance due to the fact that there are no coins involved (though they do go into your deck), and Time-Space Distortion because it's not limited to Evolution cards (though it is ridiculously rare). Modified rating 7/10.

Mirage Stadium
Can't really see much point in it. It might be usable depending on the deck, but there doesn't seem to be that much point in it these days. Modified rating 5/10.

 

[Charaxes]

Mirage Stadium works best with Status or Gust of Wind attacks. Since the newer Retreat rules/lesser coats can kinda wreck things, need something to keep the Active there. Of course, it could work against you, too. So, for Modified, I'd say 7/10.

Lure Ball, I'm going with Cipher's take. For something cheap and effective for Mod, take it. 6.9/10.