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Floatzel GL LV X
Wow . . . this week seems to be all about LV Xs. Today
it is Floatzel’s turn.
Floatzel is another Rising Rivals LV X that has received
attention mainly for its PokePower. Water Rescue allows
you to return a KO’d Water Pokémon and all cards
attached to it to your hand. This obviously makes for a
great addition to any Water deck, especially one with
low Energy costs, and which benefits from swarming. In
case you haven’t guessed, yes I’m talking about Kingdra.
Combined with Broken Time-Space, Floatzel GL LV X allows
you to return a Kingdra, fully charged, to the field
right after it was just Knocked Out. As Kingdra is a
deck that likes to keep the pressure on the opponent by
doing a constant 60 + 20 spread, Floatzel is a real
bonus, saving you from using cards like Night
Maintanence or Time-Space Distortion in order to keep
the swarm going. It does have mediocre HP, and a dodgy
Weakness to Lightning, but the fact that it can Retreat
for free makes it easy to Level Up and retreat safely to
the bench.
Floatzel has an interesting attack too. Energy Cyclone
will do 20X the number of Water Energy in your hand, and
then return them to your deck. Bronzong SF, with its
Cycler Power, would combine well with this, ensuring
that you have at least a couple of Energy every turn. At
a cost of [W][W] though, it is a little expensive and
underpowered, and means that Floatzel will see little or
any play as a main attacker.
Rating
Modified: 3 (great tech for Water decks)
Limited: 3.5 (limited decks have a high Energy count so
the attack is better here)
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