It featured prominently in the devastating Night March deck and rendered decks prioritizing cards like Yveltal/Darkrai and Mega Rayquaza completely defenseless. However, it does have a weakness in its low HP of 30, but its ability to deal exponential damage overpowers that limitation. Sadly, owing to its OP abilities, it has been banned from the standard formats of the game, but it is very much relevant in the expanded form

Legendary Pokemon are usually extremely powerful , though this is not always the case. Lugia, also from the Aquapolis expansion, proves this with its relatively low HP and mediocre attacks. Its Psychic can be useful against foes loaded with energy cards, though its Steam Blast attack can only realistically be used a couple of times before it becomes a burden to the trainer's energy ne

This graceful dragon in the form of a Colorless-type card is also a healer, but one that can recover a bit of HP for all of its trainer's Pokemon that are currently on the field, regardless if they are Active or Benc

The Pokémon franchise has evolved since its inception, diversifying into various ventures which include brilliant toys , gift choices , and even the media in the form of anime, manga, and movies. Therefore, it is no surprise that even a trading card game by the name of Pokémon Trading Card Game or PTCG exists and has garnered a huge fan following, with online iterations of the same being hugely popu

Belonging to the XY-BREAKthrough expansion, Octillery is a stage 1 Pokémon with 90 HP and evolves itself from Remoraid. Having abilities such as Hug, which can stop the defending player from retreating at the cost of water-water-colorless energy cards, Octillery’s most powerful ability is Abyssal Hand, which allows the player to draw cards once during their turn and before they att

This move is especially useful for players who use switching decks and allows them to trap the opponent in a loop of attacks. Furthermore, it only has a retreat cost of one-energy and has also been a part of a World’s Deck in 2012 because of Zachary Bohkari, a semifinalist in 2012's Junior Divis

This amounts to 30 damage every turn for very quick damage over time compared to similar moves from other Pokemon. Crobat's Squared Attack should not be ignored either, as it can do a maximum of 80 damage to an adversary with some good fort

Golem from the Skyridge set is a bit more useable, though not by much. Its Rock Throw is as generic as TCG attacks come, though at least its energy cost is not ridiculous. Golem's Earth Bomb attack, however, is a risky move to use as it is uniquely designed to injure friends as well as f

Furthermore, the ability of Dragon Steam for the cost of one water energy card can deal 60 base damage to the opponent’s pokémon, but the value changes to 20 if the opponent has a fire pokémon in play. It is a card that allows players to boost their damage throughout the game, instead of focusing on a one-time hit, and provides consistency to the player’s gameplay, helping him/her to attack benched pokémon and knock out as many as possi

Initially, Decidueye GX was a huge success in decks revolving around it, owing to the existence of Forest Giant Plant cards like Vileplume (before it got banned), but later molded itself to act as a brilliant supporting Pokémon for cards like Golisopod and Zoro

Although the "Frozen" status does not technically appear in the TCG , the Paralyzed special condition fills in for it as a more versatile mechanic. Making a foe Paralyzed is not a water-exclusive strategy, as grass and electric pokemon can unleash this effect as well, albeit for different lore reasons. However, some modern water Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket cards can launch attacks with a chance to inflict this condition with less average cost than m

However, in such a manner it is also possible to overextend oneself. Though this is less of a problem for certain water pokemon in the TCG because they get exponentially more powerful as they gain energy as opposed to most pokemon who only get additively stronger. They can also paralyze foes as well as string together some cool combos. Water type decks are all about manipulating energy, as well as possibly stunning the opponent's pokemon, while utilizing unique secondary strategies for an unpredictable and appropriately fluid offense. Much like a rogue wave that the enemy won't see coming until it crashes down upon t

Each type in the Pokemon TCG represents one or more types from the video game franchise. Water in the card game comprises all pure Water-types, many dual-types, as well as the same for Ice-types. This gives the whole group a variety of strategies to draw from that can be mixed due to elemental synergy. Needing the same type of energy card for two or three different tactics can really overload one's opponent and leave them stretched for resources as well as keep them on the defens

Celebi Prime is a Basic Pokémon, which belongs to the Triumphant expansion and has an HP of 60. It comes equipped with Poké-Powers Forest Breath and Time Circle. Forest Breath allows the player to attach one Grass energy-card to any of their Pokémon before making an attack if Celebi happens to be the active Pokémon in p