Although not a hugely powerful pokemon, Mega Sharpedo EX is powerful enough to deal adequate damage if played in the correct setup. Capable of dealing 120 damage, this 210 HP pokémon can additionally deal extra damage of 10 to all of the opponent’s benched pokemon based on the retreat cost that they h

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 cards can launch attacks with a chance to inflict this condition with less average cost than m

As a Rapid Strike card, this Censtiskorch lives up to its classification pretty well. On the first turn that it is in the Active Pokemon slot, it can use Coil to deal a bit of damage to the opponent as well as to buff itself. Coil will cause Centiskorch's next attack to deal an additional 90 damage. Therefore, if Centiskorch then uses their other move, Burning Train (which has a base damage of 120), this Fire-type Pokemon can slam the foe with 210 damage with no downsides besides a 1-turn buil

Reshiram & Charizard began burning up the scene when this card was released with the Unbroken Bonds expansion. Their Flare Strike attack, although it cannot be used on consecutive turns, can sufficiently scorch foes. During turns when they can't, they can use Outrage instead, which increases in damage as Reshiram & Charizard lose health, potentially doing a maximum of 290. Last but not least, their Double Blaze GX move can decimate the opposing pokemon's HP with 300 damage, which is enough to knock out most adversaries in a single t

Water types have "Plus" energy attacks, moves with a plus sign to the right of the damage number. These kinds of moves get a flat bonus to their damage output for water energy, and they mostly only exist on water type cards. The Wailord card from the Vivid Voltage expansion is a great example of this. Even though it takes a total of 4 energy to unleash their Hydro Pump attack, Dead Space Remake it will always deal massive damage when launched. The base 10 damage plus the optimal attachment of 4 water energy results in a 170 damage assault that has no negative downside for the u

In the Pokemon TCG , if a player does not have any pokemon on their side of the field, they automatically lose. Garchomp & Giratina's final attack, GG End GX, forces the opposing trainer to discard up to 2 of their pokemon and all attached cards. If the foe only has 2 pokemon on the field, this attack will win the battle. The "GG" stands for "Garchomp & Giratina", however, due to this duo's battle-ending potential, it can very well also stand for "Good Ga

Kyurem is a Basic-type pokémon with 130 HP, which belongs to the Plasma Freeze expansion. Equipped with Frost Spear, Kyurem can deal 30 damage to one of the opponent's benched pokémon at the cost of one water and one colorless energy card. It also has the ability of Blizzard Burn, which deals 120 damage for two water and one colorless energy card, but it restricts Kyurem from attacking in the next ro

Blastoise has been an extremely potent Pokémon card, throughout its different publications, and has to be the most powerful TCG Water-type pokémon to exist. However, the Boundaries Crossed Blastoise is arguably the most powerful, with abilities like Deluge and Hydro P

Mega cards are usually not very powerful, but, when it comes to Mega Tyranitar EX, the story is absolutely different. This 240 HP pokémon is known to deal some of the highest damage counters in the history of PTCG . Its primary attack is Destroyer King, which has a base damage of 110 but deals additional damage of 60 for every damage counter that has been placed on the opponent’s active poke

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

There may be times when this strategy does not go as planned, due to it needing 4 specific cards for it to work, though there is another tactic that can be added on with minimal effort and resources. Including some Barraskewda cards, which Arrokuda can evolve into, can give one an excellent fallback strategy. If one's Cramorant gets knocked out before they can use Continuous Gulp Missile, this will leave their trainer with a bunch of comparatively week Arrokuda, which would get knocked out fairly quickly. Evolving them into Barraskewda will result in a fast, moderate-HP card that can directly damage the active opponent or even assault their benched poke