Shiftry and its evolution line were revealed from the Japanese set Lost Abyss, which releases in Japan on July 15th. We should see most of the cards from this set become part of our Lost Origin set in September.
Seedot – Grass – HP50
Basic Pokemon
[G] Absorb: 10 damage. Heal 10 damage from this Pokemon.
Weakness: Fire (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1
Nuzleaf – Grass – HP80
Stage 1...
Like what I can say, if you can T1 it. That's what Stage 2s reason why they havent made any success in any major tournaments, they lack speed. Stage 2s normally slow, even with Rare Candy. Rare Candy won't help you most of the time since it is most likely discarded a couple of copies or prized early-game. That's a reason why Inteleon is an exemption, because it has Drizzile. Drizzile gives speed to your decks, that a normal stage 2 decks don't have. Inteleon is just a toppings to your deck. Ludicolo in Suicune decks do run Rare Candy, but as a tech and not all the time it mostly need every game, Suicune V can just normally hit the numbers anyway. Ludi was there if it wants to get rid of VSTAR/VMAX on its path. Plus the deck was played with Inteleon, which what I said, gives speed to your decks with Drizzile.
Yeah, even with Inteleon, the deck consistency is the main problem, since your deck is loaded with Stage 2s, and no room for consistentcy cards early game.
That's just part of the issue. Stage 2s aren't playable, because you invest multiple cards and energies into a Pokemon that ultimately has less stats than a powercreeped V card and gets knocked out in one attack. Shiftry cannot get KO'd, because it disappears immediately after attacking. That by itself wouldn't be anything to write home about, but since Lost Zone already has some ridiculous cards available, Shiftry becomes both a damage dealer and an engine. You shouldn't care about committing resources to a Shiftry, if a few turns later you'll be attaching energies for free and doing dumb stuff.
agreed, this may not be instant tier 0 material, but it is still very good. interesting design space, and there are ways to make it work. It even attacks for G, so it has quite solid synergy with lost march Jumpluff. Definitely something to keep an eye out for. With a single high HP /safeguard mon to pivot into, you can hit for 210, followed by at least 100 from a lost march attack. That's without any setup or other lost zone shenanigans. Its on color, and its possible (like, theoretically possible) by turn 2.
actually, this should be a fairly consistent deck. probably on the same consistency level of turbo dialga.
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you don't know this yet. This might be a really good card if, say, you have an attack that counts Pokémon in the Lost Zone, doing 210 damage and then sending the entire family to the lost zone could be awesome.
