Kangaskhan-GX, Jolteon, and Other Gym Promos Revealed! By: Water Pokémon Master Posted 9 months ago to TCG 21 comments So much news today! Ahhh!!! The next batch of Gym promos will feature Kangaskhan-GX and a few other cards! As usual, players who participate in Japan’s Gym tournaments will receive a promo booster pack containing one of the following cards. Paras – Grass – HP70 Basic Pokemon [C] Scratch: 10 damage. [G][C] Slash: 20 damage. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 (An alternate art reprint from SM9.) Jolteon – Lightning – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Eevee Ability: Electromagnetic Wall As long as this Pokemon is your Active Pokemon, whenever your opponent attaches an Energy from their hand to 1 of their Pokemon, put 2 damage counters on that Pokemon. [L][C] Thunderbolt: 90 damage. Discard all Energy from this Pokemon. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Metal (-20) Retreat: 0 Carvanha – Darkness – HP50 Basic Pokemon [D] Agility: 10 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokemon during your opponent’s next turn. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Psychic (-20) Retreat: 1 Clefairy – Fairy – HP60 Basic Pokemon [C] Lead: Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a Supporter card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. [Y] Pound: 10 damage. Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: Darkness (-20) Retreat: 1 Dragonair – Dragon – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Dratini [W][L] Twister: 30 damage. Flip 2 coins. For each heads, discard an Energy from your opponent’s Active Pokemon. If both are tails, this attack fails. Weakness: Fairy (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 (An alternate art reprint from SM9.) Kangaskhan-GX – Colorless – HP180 Basic Pokemon [C] Split Spiral Punch: 20 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Confused. [C][C][C] Hysteric Blow: 80+ damage. If your opponent’s Active Pokemon is Confused, this attack does 80 more damage. [C][C][C] Family Combo GX: 150 damage. Draw 5 cards. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) When your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Tinnitus Bell – Trainer Item Attach a Pokemon Tool to 1 of your Pokemon that doesn’t already have a Pokemon Tool attached to it. If the Pokemon this card is attached to is your Active Pokemon and is damaged by an opponent’s attack (even if that Pokemon is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokemon is now Confused. You may play as many Item cards during your turn (before your attack). Thanks goes to tunu for the translations!
Jolteon - Good ability, good RC, bad atk. Who cares that atk? 4 Geodudes Carvanha, Clefairy, Dragonair - ehh Kangaskhan GX - You mostly need Choice Band for a Buzzwole KO, not the bell one. 3 Tiny Bell - This, Parasect, and Kangaskhan can make confusion interesting but not fitting to the format right now. 3
Sky Field. Jolteons. Gengars. 160 dmg to attach an energy. Wailord/Mag Tag Team GX in active. Hammers in the wings. Max Potion at the ready.
I think jolteon would be better suited in Zoro control. It would help getting knockouts on larger pokemon, and lowers the amount of hammers and plumeria needed at all times.
I hope it's a promo. Please have it be a promo. If they put it in the set, I'll pull 5 of them. It'll be Kommo-o all over again.
It seems confusion is really getting a lot more focus on it than it has before. It's interesting, probably still one of the less useful status conditions, but still interesting. Once Parasect is out and the Tinnitus Bell I might try something. However, I think just using Parasect with the Tag Bolt Tentacruel, Nihilego GX, and Seviper (More Poison ability) would be at least a little more consistent. Still, relying on residual damage from status is always less reliable than just straight up attacking with big numbers. I can't remember, are there any pokémon with "Hex" attacks that do more damage to defending pokémon inflicted with status in the current format?
Use fairy energy in Kagaskhan GX so you can use Nihilego GX and Comfey combo to prevent yourself being confused by your own Nihilego GX.
Salazzle's usually do stuff with conditions, I think the Ultra Prism one does 60+ damage if your opponent has existing special conditions
So I could see Kangaskhan working with nihilego maybe also poliwrath from base set idk help I want to make one of my favorite Pokemon good ;-;
Jolteon has to be the active pokemon for its ability to work tho, so its a max 100 damage per energy with 4 Gengar & Jolteon in the active... Then mag/lord is pretty useless if its just chillin on the bench lol
So Kangaskhan is the last GX? What will come next generation? I hope Tag Team GX don't last long and in my opinion GX were a very good solution as extra cards, compared to EX.
We do have a Dedenne GX coming in Night Unison, so I think the main set will mainly focus on Tag Teams, while minisets will have both Tag Teams and regular GX's
