2/19 - COTD - Claydol EX (EX: Power Keepers)

[Gokey Shuckle]

Rate & Review.

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

SOMEONE REPLY PLEASE!

 

[Jaimes]

SOMEONE REPLY PLEASE!

Lol. Alright thren.

Claydol ex is a relatively good card, but not great. Statwise is has a very good HP. It has an okay weakness for modified and the retreat cost can be worked around easily with Phoebes Stadium. Eitherway, it has the ex ability making this card hard to obtain and an annoyance when you're KOed.

Type shift is a great power, with this you can be one of two types! Especially handy since there are lots of non ex Pokemon weak to [F] and [P] in modified (eg Raichu d) or you can use it to work around resistances.

Attackwise, its also okay. However not something that should be deck based upon, or exactly good enough for an ex card. Psychic Boom is okay but can be avoided by the opponent to do only little damage. Shadow Crush has a very good effect, but slightly pricey for 60 damage from an ex.

Yawn.
5.8/10

 

[Cipher 2008]

People clearly don't like Power Keepers very much...

Claydol ex, dull and weak. 5/10.

 

[QFred]

Power Keepers was a set made in a desperate moment of Pokémon USA to launch a new US/EU set, since DP won't come till April... Although some cards are pretty cool!

They used Sugimori's art in most cards due to the lack of available art from Pokémon Company other professional artists. The ex are others, and I love the art on this one.

Type Shift is an awesome Power, though I prefer those Dual Type powers which appeared in some few cards... (no not dual type Pokémon cards... Dual Type Poké-Power).

Psychic Boom is great, not only because it has some base damage, it scales with the ammount of Energy attack to the Defending Pokémon, which can be a wipe.

Shadow Crush is also very good. Causing 60 damage (nuff to kill most Basics and few Stage 1's), it makes attach P energy useful, to take a possible Rainbow, Double Rainbow, Boost or stuff energy from a pumped up foe.

I'd use this card in a match, even if it ain't that good.

 

[~Solarys~]

OMGWTFBBQHAX!!! Claydol has double beam rifles!!! It reminds me of Strike Freedom... - It should have a set of DRAGOONs as well....

Apart from the beam rifles, nothing makes this doll worth playing... It's power is so not a power... so pointless... and only the first attack is worth using against energy spammers but it's not great, the second attack's cost is such an overkill - 60 for 3 with discard = WTFness...

120 HP is OK but 2 RC is not, because it's a rather useless type and has an annoying weakness...

4/10 - use a normal rock type or the one with Wide Laser instead...