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Hey all you crazy folks at home! This is aroramage
tuning in to give commentary on the Pokécards of the
future!
Coming into the middle of the week, we're taking a
look at Milotic from the new Flashfire set. Now this
card's interesting not for its vanilla 3-for-60
Waterfall attack. No, this card's far more fascinating
aspect is its Ability, Energy Grace:
"Once during your turn (before you attack), you may
Knock Out this Pokemon. If you do, attach 3 Basic Energy
cards from your discard pile to 1 of your Pokemon
(excluding Pokemon-EX)."
That's a nice chunk of effect text ya got there.
Luckily, Milotic doesn't need to be the active Pokemon
in order for this effect to go off - not that you'd want
either her or her pre-evo Feebas hanging around out
front. Still though, it's easy to see what this card was
meant to do: you'd ideally attach 3 Energy to Milotic,
Knock her Out, then use those 3 Energy to attach to
another Pokemon.
There are a couple of problems with this though.
Right away, you're having to KO one of your guys in
order to pump another up, so you're already giving your
opponent a Prize for doing nothing. The other main issue
is that Pokémon like Yvetal-EX and Keldeo-EX are primary
targets for this kind of effect - except that you can't
give them the energy because of Milotic's restriction.
So who's a good partner for this? Well, pretty much
any Pokemon that could use 3 Energy. We've still got
Suicune (PLB) with his Safeguard to fight off opposing
Pokemon-EX, or maybe if you're weird you could use
Kecleon (PLF) for a casual mirror deck. Maybe Goodra
(FLF) with his regenerative powers would be a better
option for gathering energy or obtaining ?
That's Milotic's greatest problem: there's no good
partner for her. The ones you'd partner her with can't
be used with her restriction, and the ones you can
partner her with aren't good enough for competitive
play. Still, as casual goes, it can be fun to try out
what combinations would work with her, but then you have
to ask yourself, "Is it worth giving my opponent a prize
in exchange for some extra energy?"
Rating
Modified: 2/5
Limited: 1.5/5 (she's really not that much better
here, especially given the limited options available)
Arora Notealis: Don't let the evil eye of Milotic
intimidate you.
Next Time: The Phantom Menace Strikes Back...Again
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