Bellibolt ex, Tadbulb Officially Revealed!

By: JustInBasil · Posted Posted onApr 3, 2023 at 3:14 AM · 14 Comments

Two Tadbulb were revealed alongside the official reveal of Bellibolt ex from SV2D Clay Burst, which we translated previously. The set will release in Japan on April 14th.

The cards from Triplet Beat, Snow Hazard, and Clay Burst will combine to form our Paldea Evolved set on June 9th.

Tadbulb – Lightning – HP50
Basic Pokemon

[L] Thunder Wave: 10 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: None
Retreat: 1

Tadbulb – Lightning – HP60
Basic Pokemon

[C] Stampede: 10 damage.

[L][L] Static Shock: 30 damage.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: None
Retreat: 1

Bellibolt ex – Lightning – HP280
Stage 1 – Evolves from Tadbulb

[C][C] Jump Press: This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.)

[L][L][C] Paralyze Ball: 160 damage. You may discard 2 [L] Energy from this Pokemon. If you do, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Paralyzed.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 3

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Because Pokemon designers cannot survive without putting some overpowered ramp in the format, anything Lightning needs to be evaluated in that context - even mid cards become crazy, even Bellibolt here. Guaranteed Paralyze is very good. There are probably stronger Lightning attackers, but it might be played as a one-off a well.
 
Yaginku said:
Because Pokemon designers cannot survive without putting some overpowered ramp in the format, anything Lightning needs to be evaluated in that context - even mid cards become crazy, even Bellibolt here. Guaranteed Paralyze is very good. There are probably stronger Lightning attackers, but it might be played as a one-off a well.
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Luxray V has the same second attack but does 190 instead, has a better first attack and is a Basic ?‍♂️ this won't really see play until it rotates
 
Yaginku said:
It actually does 120 and it's much more susceptible to OHKOs.
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Oh right, I don't know where I got 190 from ? more consistent than a Stage 1 pokemon though, and a 50-60 HP basic is far to easy to snipe with Sableye or take out with Boss
 
Yaginku said:
Because Pokemon designers cannot survive without putting some overpowered ramp in the format, anything Lightning needs to be evaluated in that context - even mid cards become crazy, even Bellibolt here. Guaranteed Paralyze is very good. There are probably stronger Lightning attackers, but it might be played as a one-off a well.
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Guaranteed paralyze is sometimes good. Most of the time it's too costly to pull off
 
Yaginku said:
Because Pokemon designers cannot survive without putting some overpowered ramp in the format, anything Lightning needs to be evaluated in that context - even mid cards become crazy, even Bellibolt here. Guaranteed Paralyze is very good. There are probably stronger Lightning attackers, but it might be played as a one-off a well.
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Miraidon existing means this thing has no chance of ever seeing play outside of a prerelease. I can't imagine anyone would want to waste time with paralysis when you can just KO them with Miraidon instead.
 
I like what Celios Network said on initial reveal, this card just needs a third atribute to be good. Like, you didn’t play alolan Ninetales water GX for 2 traits. You played it for all 3 traits. That also applies to Bellibolt ex.
 
Da idiot said:
I like what Celios Network said on initial reveal, this card just needs a third atribute to be good. Like, you didn’t play alolan Ninetales water GX for 2 traits. You played it for all 3 traits. That also applies to Bellibolt ex.
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THREE ATTACKS!!!! They never, ever should've left Three Attacks in X and Y.
 
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