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Crobat G (Platinum)
And the runner –up in our Top 10 countdown is . . .
little Crobat G.
Mediocre HP, terrible Weakness, pathetic attack . . .
what on earth is this card doing on our list?
Oh right . . . THAT Power . . .
Put simply, Crobat G’s Flash Bite PokePower turns this
card into an easily searchable, re-useable way of
putting a damage counter on any of your opponent’s
Pokémon. Doesn’t sound too spectacular when you spell it
out, but Crobat G wins games.
It wins games by making sure that you are not 10 damage
away from a KO and a Prize. It wins games by avoiding
Gengar SF’s Fainting Spell. It wins games by taking an
easy prize from a heavily-damaged Pokémon on the bench
without even needing to declare an attack. Run Crobat G
with a few PokeTurns and it can do these things
repeatedly.
A good test of a card’s versatility and utility is when
it becomes widely used outside of the deck for which it
was originally designed. This has most definitely been
the case with Crobat G as it can often be seen in decks
alongside the likes of Gengar, Kingdra, and Gyarados,
just to name a few of the most common.
Crobat is one of those cards that is unique and useful
enough to see play for as long as it is in the format.
Rating
Modified: 4.75 (a potential game-winner in almost any
deck)
Limited: 4.75 (amazing here too, especially with
Honchkrow G and PokeTurn from the same set)
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