Actually, I have to say it IS VIABLE. With dimension valley and BKT florges attacks for free and 2hkos most things. The added discard can also be a counter for target whistle based decks. Oh yeah and it helps NM. If you can fit it in NM that is.
Seems to take up too much space and is too difficult of a combo to pull off. Just play more hammers and team flare grunts.
I'd argue that the solution to a lack of space wouldn't be throwing in more cards. Hawlucha and Lysandre were mentioned so that one might be able to end Jirachi's walling effect, not so that one could simply stop it from happening next turn. Hawlucha and Lysandre would be a much more viable option, considering that you wouldn't have to depend on coin flips in any way, and you could always choose a different Pokémon instead.
I think it has a lot of use; namely if the opponent's active has an ability that's impairing you, like Trev or
The opponent chooses, so it's not like the Catcher. It's more akin to a one-sided Escape Rope.
Not quite Wobbuffet as Wobb turns off Sudden Cyclone. But you are right about turning off Trev being very useful.
D'oh you're right. My mind broke for a moment; I was thinking it'd activate from the hand before Wob for some reason.
You must've misread it. Like Purrloin said, It's more like a nerfed escape rope. However if it did have the same effect as Pokémon catcher, I don't think it would be quite as broken as you think. You know bench space doesn't always come easy? For some decks it is even quite impossible or bad for it's strategy to include another basic Pokémon. Not to mention it isn't very bulky so it can easily become another target Pokémon like Shaymin EX. Also the fact that it's an ability doesn't make it that much better than Lysandre. I don't remember to be any supporter lock in the current competetive format?
