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==Key cards== | ==Key cards== | ||
[[File:PokemonNurseExpedition145.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{TCG|Pokémon Nurse}}]] | [[File:PokemonNurseExpedition145.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{TCG|Pokémon Nurse}}]] | ||
* '''{{TCG ID|EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua|Sceptile ex|93}}''' - | * '''{{TCG ID|EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua|Sceptile ex|93}}''' - With three attacks, Sceptile ex was quite versatile: ''Green Heal'' was useful for healing damaged Pokémon, ''Poison Ring'' did moderate damage and prevented the opponent from retreating, and ''Slashing Strike'' was capable of Knocking Out many opposing Pokémon in one hit. With 150HP, Sceptile ex could withstand at least one attack from most Pokémon, giving the option to heal it with ''Green Heal'' or Pokémon Nurse. It also resisted {{TCG|Water|Water-type}} Pokémon, giving it an advantageous matchup against decks such as {{TCG|Wailord/Fossils}} and {{TCG|Walrein/Milotic}}. However, its Weakness to {{TCG|Fire|Fire-type}} Pokémon made it near-worthless against {{TCG|EX Ruby & Sapphire|Blaziken|3}}-based decks, which were very popular at the time. | ||
* '''{{TCG ID|EX Ruby & Sapphire|Sceptile|20}}''' - The non-ex Sceptile was not a particularly strong attacker, but its ''Energy Trans'' {{TCG|Poké-POWER}} (along with the obvious fact that it utilized the same evolution line as Sceptile ex) justified its inclusion in the deck. The Energy movement effect Sceptile provided was useful for switching between attackers and negating the downside of Pokémon Nurse. | * '''{{TCG ID|EX Ruby & Sapphire|Sceptile|20}}''' - The non-ex Sceptile was not a particularly strong attacker, but its ''Energy Trans'' {{TCG|Poké-POWER}} (along with the obvious fact that it utilized the same evolution line as Sceptile ex) justified its inclusion in the deck. The Energy movement effect Sceptile provided was useful for switching between attackers and negating the downside of Pokémon Nurse. | ||
* '''{{TCG ID|EX Dragon|Muk ex|96}}''' - Muk ex provided the deck a secondary strategy alongside the attacking/healing strategy provided by the Sceptile line. Its ''Toxic Gas'' Poké-BODY was capable of shutting down many decks that relied on Poké-POWERS and Poké-BODIES; even relatively poor matchups like {{TCG|RAMBO}} struggled when deprived of Delcatty's ''Energy Draw'' and Blaziken's ''Firestarter''. Though not a particularly strong attacker in a vacuum, Muk ex's moderate damage output combined with ''Toxic Gas'' was enough to overrun some decks, or at least provide the Sceptile/Muk player with enough time to set up Sceptile ex and Sceptile. | * '''{{TCG ID|EX Dragon|Muk ex|96}}''' - Muk ex provided the deck a secondary strategy alongside the attacking/healing strategy provided by the Sceptile line. Its ''Toxic Gas'' Poké-BODY was capable of shutting down many decks that relied on Poké-POWERS and Poké-BODIES; even relatively poor matchups like {{TCG|RAMBO}} struggled when deprived of Delcatty's ''Energy Draw'' and Blaziken's ''Firestarter''. Though not a particularly strong attacker in a vacuum, Muk ex's moderate damage output combined with ''Toxic Gas'' was enough to overrun some decks, or at least provide the Sceptile/Muk player with enough time to set up Sceptile ex and Sceptile. | ||
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[[File:SceptileEXRubySapphire11.jpg|thumb|left|200px|{{TCG ID|EX Ruby & Sapphire|Sceptile|11}}]] | [[File:SceptileEXRubySapphire11.jpg|thumb|left|200px|{{TCG ID|EX Ruby & Sapphire|Sceptile|11}}]] | ||
''The following cards were sometimes used in Sceptile/Muk in place of certain cards included in the above list.'' | ''The following cards were sometimes used in Sceptile/Muk in place of certain cards included in the above list.'' | ||
* '''{{TCG ID|EX Ruby & Sapphire|Sceptile|11}}''' - | * '''{{TCG ID|EX Ruby & Sapphire|Sceptile|11}}''' - This Sceptile was included in some Sceptile/Muk builds as a tertiary attacker. Though its ''Solarbeam'' attack was usually prohibitively expensive, ''Lizard Poison'' was a low-Energy attack that could be used in a pinch to slow down the opponent by putting his or her Active Pokémon to sleep. | ||
* '''{{TCG ID|EX Sandstorm|Dunsparce|60}}''' - | * '''{{TCG ID|EX Sandstorm|Marill|68}}''' - An error on some versions of this Marill resulted in it having a Retreat Cost of zero. These versions were ruled "play as printed" (this was one of the last error cards to receive such a ruling). A Basic Pokémon with free retreat was extremely useful to the deck, as it allowed the player to promote Marill after his or her Active Pokémon was Knocked Out (or use Switch or Warp Point to promote it), use {{TCG|Poké-POWER|Poké-POWERS}} for a turn, and then retreat into Muk ex to attack. | ||
* '''{{TCG ID|EX Dragon|Roselia|9}}''' - | * '''{{TCG ID|EX Sandstorm|Dunsparce|60}}''' - Though Wurmple was capable of searching out more Pokémon onto the user's Bench, Dunsparce was preferred in versions of the deck that utilized Marill (as Wurmple was limited only to {{TCG|Grass|Grass-type}} Pokémon). Additionally, by switching into a different Pokémon after attacking, Dunsparce preserved the Energy it used to attack for later redistribution with ''Energy Trans''. | ||
* '''{{TCG|Copycat}}''' - | * '''{{TCG ID|EX Dragon|Roselia|9}}''' - Roselia's ''Speed Growth'' attack, though primarily useful for Energy acceleration early in the game, could also be used to recover from an otherwise crippling knockout later in the game. It was also searchable via Wurmple's ''Call for Friends'' attack. | ||
* '''{{TCG|Pokémon Reversal}}''' - | * '''{{TCG|Copycat}}''' - Copycat fulfilled essentially the same shuffle/draw consistency role as Professor Oak's Research; use of either was largely personal preference. | ||
* '''{{TCG|Pokémon Reversal}}''' - Pokémon Reversal, though not in many builds due to space constraints, was used occasionally as a utility card. It served several functions similar to {{TCG|Pokémon Catcher}} in later years (stalling for time while setting up or finishing off a wounded Pokémon), but was dependent on a coin flip to succeed. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[2004 World Championships (TCG)]] | |||
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