2/23 - COTD - Salamence EX (EX: Power Keepers)

[Gokey Shuckle]

Rate & Review.

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

 

[QFred]

Can't like the art...

Volcanic Flame is cool, straight 150 damage, which is enough to kill most Pokémon, even at DP standards. Major Drawback is the discard of the cards straight from the top deck, without the player being able to choose which the discard, though you can recover most.

Hydro Wave is also pretty cool, causing 30 damage to all benched. 2 of these kill most basics and some Stage 1s.

 

[~Solarys~]

=o=....

A big OMG @ the costs of attacks...

First one is pure pwnseek so don't use it at all unless you are desperate to KO something annoying. BUT - it's the ONLY attack it has to hit the active... WTFBBQness... (Red Gyarados + Delcatty ex > it... =3)
Second one is too weak for its cost and stage, and requires discarding ALL water energy so you can't stack them to use it twice in a row... Wide Laser (Registeel ex, Claydol) does the job better as it hits the actives as well as the benched, and no discards.

3/10 - It's so S(hi...) that they can't even be bothered drawing the picture properly...

=o=?

 

[Drifblim]

It's a Mitsuhiro Arita holo, that's why the picture isn't too great.

You could easily have two Fire Energy and two Water Energy to support the attacks, which in themselves are fine as far as effect, but since Hydro Wave requires you to discard the two Water Energy and Volcanic Flame requires you to throw out 5 cards in your deck, this card is best used in a double-battle environment with Trainer cards that act on the discard pile. Against a Stall deck, this card isn't worth the trouble. Add the exclusion from many Trainer cards (hello, it's an EX)....

6/10

 

[~Solarys~]

this card is best used in a double-battle environment

Uh... NO!
Then you'll have even less benched ones to hit...