It also has the Poké-Power Flash Bite which allows the player to put 1 damage counter on the opponent’s pokémon every time Crobat G is switched to the bench. The second ability, Toxic Fang, poisons the defending pokémon while putting 2 damage counters on it in between turns. It also features a free retr
Belonging to the Sun & Moon expansion, Decidueye GX is a Stage 2 pokémon with a considerable 240 HP, and abilities Feather Arrow, Razor Leaf, and GX-attack Hollow Hunt. Feather Arrow allows the player to deal two damage counters to the opponent’s Pokémon once during their turn before their own attack. Razor Leaf deals a considerable damage of 90, while the GX attack costing only one Grass energy, allows the player to take three cards from their discard pile into their h
Having powerful Pokemon and lots of energy is important but one should not forget to support them with the appropriate trainer cards. There are a few that can speed up the process of charging one's Pokemon with ene
Tin boxes are the classic metallic boxes, each featuring a particular Pokemon, which include several booster packs and a promo card of the particular Pokemon in question. Pin sets are those that include booster packs and a pin featuring a particular Pokemon or group of Pokemon (i.e. a recent "Small But Mighty" collection included an adorable Igglybuff, Cleffa, and Togepi pin/keychain). Over-sized card sets replace pins with a giant version of whichever special promo card they also happen to incl
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
Having a core strategy to focus on is ideal in that this allows one to concentrate on doing one thing really well as opposed to doing multiple things in a mediocre manner, though relying on a single card is a bad i
Golisopod GX is a Stage 1 Pokémon belonging to the Burning Shadows expansion with a massive 210 HP, as well as a trio of brilliant attacks. The first attack is First Impression, which deals a base damage of 30, but has the potential of dealing 90 more damage, if this Pokémon becomes the active Pokémon during the ongoing turn, for the cost of only one ene
It also has the attack Psychic Lock, which, at the cost of 1DCE and 1PE, deals 60 damage and locks the opponent from using any Poké-power of their pokémon during their next turn. The card has also been part of the World Championships winning deck in 2008 used by Jason Klaczyn
Heat [Fire] Energy cards are special energies introduced in the Darkness Ablaze expansion that came out during the summer of 2020. In addition to giving a Pokemon one Fire-type energy, they also heal the selected Pokemon for 20 HP upon being attached to them. Another excellent one is the Burning Energy card, which can be re-attached to a Fire-type Pokemon after it is used up by an att
The trading card game has a number of different archetypes associated with it, one amongst which is the powerful Dark-type Pokemon Cards. The dark type represents a group of pocket monsters who are not just powerful, but quite menacing and scary, as well . The highlights of this type of card includes quick setup, the flexibility to adapt, high potentials for damage, powerful attack effects, and abilities. While there are many pokemon that belong to this type, some can easily be regarded as the strong
One such card belonging to the dark archetype is Mandibuzz BREAK, belonging to the BREAK-Evolution expansion. Having an HP of 140, this stage two Pokemon tcg card is a master disrupter owing to its ability Wings of Disaster. This attack not only deals 20 damage to each of the opponent’s pokémon, but it also removes any tool cards that might be attached to them, thereby disrupting effective setups that the opponent might have m
One such card is the evolution of Vanillite found in the Darkness Ablaze expansion, Vanillish. For only a single water energy, this stage 2 pokemon can deal minor, but quick, 30 damage per attack with a chance to make the foe Paralyzed. With a bit of luck during the coin flips, this can leave the adversary crippled and weakened, unable to respond. Not only can this allow trainers to dominate the battle, but it can also give them time to draw and play Vanillish's evolution, Vanilluxe; an ice pokemon that is even more adept at freezing f
Yanmega Prime from the Triumphant expansion is a Stage 1 Pokémon with 110 HP and has a list of three unique abilities, each of which is extremely powerful and useful. The first ability is the Poké-Body ability called Insight, which allows the player to use each of Yanmega’s attacks for zero energy-cost if the player and the opponent happen to have the same number of cards on their ha
