Initially, Decidueye GX was a huge success in decks revolving around it, owing to the existence of Forest Giant Plant cards like Vileplume (before it got banned), but later molded itself to act as a brilliant supporting Pokémon for cards like Golisopod and Zoro
The second allows players to discard as many cards as they liked from their hands while removing the same number of damage counters from Ludicolo. The final ability Circular Steps deals 10 damage multiplied by the total number of active pokémon in play including the player's and opponent's Pokemons and excluding the Ludicolo, therefore, making this card an absolute powerho
Granted, Electrode has a low HP of 80, and its primary attack, Head Bolt, also deals low damage of 70, but the factor that makes this card extremely useful and powerful in the PTCG is its ability Buzzap Thun
A basic Pokemon with 170 HP, Keldeo EX is a brilliant Water-type pokémon that can be used to recycle the player’s active Pokemon with a Keldeo EX sitting on the bench, using its ability Rush In, which requires no energy. Combining the same with a Float Stone, this tactic becomes even more potent allowing the player to switch any attacking Pokemon as and when requi
Therefore, players can always retreat, use cards like Guzma, or switching abilities, to deal the max damage from First Impression. The remaining two attacks of Golisopod GX makes it an even bigger monster. Armor Press, deals 100 damage, while also shielding Golisopod by reducing the opponent’s damage by 20 during their next turn. The GX attack Crossing Cut deals a damage of 150 while allowing the player to switch Golisopod GX with any of their benched Poké
The evolved version of Joltik, this XY-Steam Siege card is a brilliant one to have in the deck for dealing snipe attacks on the opponent's pokémon. The cheap Double Thread attack is capable of dealing 30 damage to two Benched Pokémon of the opponent, which can easily increase to 60 owing to the ability to take resistances and weaknesses into considerat
Vileplume has been a hugely powerful Pokémon in its various iterations over the years, including cards like Vileplume EX, Dark Vileplume, and Vileplume belonging to the Undaunted expansion. These were effective cards to use when planning to shut off Trainer and Item Ca
Raikou, belonging to the BREAKthrough expansion, is the quintessential snowballer, with its complementary abilities Shining Body and Thunder Lance. With an HP of 120 Raikou is capable of reducing damage from the opponent's attack by 20 using its ability Shining Body, which can be activated by attaching any number of electric energy cards to
It is also crucial to have the right number of Pokemon, trainer, and energy cards. Most decks use between 15 and 25 energies, though since Fire-types drain fuel a bit quicker it is recommended to lean toward having more of them than l
The second ability is Surf Together, which requires two water and one colorless energy card and deals 50 damage, as well as 10 extra damage for every one of the player’s benched pokémon. Furthermore, after flipping a coin, if it lands on tails, there is an extra 10 damage to each of the player’s benched pokémon. All in all, it is a powerful attacker that works efficiently, and, therefore, has found its place in many successful decks on the world st
The way to heal a Burn is by flipping a coin after taking damage and getting heads. Otherwise, a trainer can use a trainer card like Full Heal instead. While not particularly dangerous to foes with a lot of HP, unevolved Pokemon and those resistant to regular damage from fire attacks can be weakened or knocked out passively from a Burn, making it a useful secondary strat
Ludicolo is a stage 2 100 HP pokémon that belongs to the EX Deoxys Extradimensional Crisis Expansion and provides players with the unique ability to stack cards on the top of their decks as and when they please with the help of abilities such as Swing Dance and Healing Steps. The first allows a player to draw a card once during a turn and before their attack, but it cannot be used if Ludicolo was affected by any special condit
Fire-types in the Pokemon TCG are known for hitting harder than most, though this method alone can be risky as the best cards and strategies for a fire deck can require a lot of time or energy to pull off. To properly scorch foes, every trainer aiming to fight alongside the flames needs to consider a few things if they want to be success
Vespiquen is a Stage 1 Pokémon from the Ancient Origins expansion, having two abilities, Intelligence Gathering and Bee Revenge. The relevant attack that needs to be taken into consideration is the second one, which requires two colorless energy and deals a damage of 20, plus an additional 10 damage for every Pokémon that the player has in his/her discard p
This ability is an extremely useful protection against cards like Hypnotoxic Laser and Virbank City Gym, protecting the player from poison attacks. It furthermore, provides the player with a secondary ability of Emerald Slash, which has a damage of 50 and allows him/her to search the deck for two grass energy-cards and attach the same to any of his/her benched Pokémon while being able to shuffle the deck as well after the ability has been u
