Card of the Day: Walrein
Walrein (DRE # 31) {8/21/12}
- Thread starter Vulpix Yolk
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Its an interesting card. It could be paired with Keldeo EX to switch out and back in to remove the "This Pokemon cannot use Ice Entomb during your next turn effect" It has a nice HP, and I think it has some potential.
I think Walrein could also be paired with Blastoise, but then its slower to set up, but is more consistent.
I think Walrein could also be paired with Blastoise, but then its slower to set up, but is more consistent.
It's got some nice HP, a decent first attack, a irrelevant weakness and a awful retreat cost. The second attack is of course the reason to play the card. It's retreat cost is too heavy to be retreated. The cards RogueChomp mentioned (Keldeo EX, Blastoise) work well, of course. But I think a deck with Mew EX and Skyarrow bridge could be interesting. Set up 2 Mews and a Walrein (And probably a Blastoise) and keep retreating the Mews into each other to negate the effect of Ice Entomb.
Because of Mews awful HP, once you have the kill on something, you send up something less fragile to KO the opponents Pokemon, hopefully that can work well with Skyarrow as well. The Keldeo Promo seems like a good one. Walrein/Mew/Blastiose/Keldeo might become one of the kings of the fun league decks. But probably nothing more
Because of Mews awful HP, once you have the kill on something, you send up something less fragile to KO the opponents Pokemon, hopefully that can work well with Skyarrow as well. The Keldeo Promo seems like a good one. Walrein/Mew/Blastiose/Keldeo might become one of the kings of the fun league decks. But probably nothing more
The card doesn't have a lot going for it.
Obviously, it is a Stage 2 so it requires a lot of time and resources to set up effectively. Secondly, it is not playable on its own. You will need to Retreat each turn in order to use Ice Entomb and keep paralysis on your opponent's active Pokémon. The Retreat cost is high, so this cannot be done manually. The HP is acceptable on a Stage 2 but more would have made this card a little better. It absolutely blows my mind that TPCi can release cards like Garchomp that do 60 for one Energy and 100 for two, then go and release a card like Walrein which requires much more for less results. Arguably, however, Garchomp is a tad overpowered, but that's another topic.
Obviously, it is a Stage 2 so it requires a lot of time and resources to set up effectively. Secondly, it is not playable on its own. You will need to Retreat each turn in order to use Ice Entomb and keep paralysis on your opponent's active Pokémon. The Retreat cost is high, so this cannot be done manually. The HP is acceptable on a Stage 2 but more would have made this card a little better. It absolutely blows my mind that TPCi can release cards like Garchomp that do 60 for one Energy and 100 for two, then go and release a card like Walrein which requires much more for less results. Arguably, however, Garchomp is a tad overpowered, but that's another topic.
I haven't noticed that this wasn't flippy. Paired with Darkrai EX to get it a free retreat. Found the problem: Forgot that it needed 4 energies.