Stunfisk
42/101 (Noble Victories)
Hello, and welcome to a
derpy start
to the week here on
Pojo’s CotD.
Yep, we’re kicking off with the second
of the two Stunfisk
in the Noble Victories set, which
explains why I saw so many of these at
prerelease.
Not that I recall anyone being happy
when either of the
Stunfisk turned up in their
packs.
This one is actually worse than last
Friday’s card. It’s an
unevolving
Lightning Type Basic with 90 HP
(shouldn’t really complain about that,
even though the Dragons make me want
to); a Fighting Weakness which is not
too bad, seeing as
Donphan
usage has been in decline for months,
and it won’t make much difference
vs
Terrakion;
and an annoying Retreat cost of two.
As far as attacks go you have two
options, neither of which is especially
good. Slap a Double Colourless on
Stunfisk and
you can use Mud Shot for 20 points of
effect-free damage. Not the best use for
a DCE in the format, eh? Add a Lightning
Energy and you get to do Thunder for 60
damage. Not great? Wait until you see
the drawback: you have to flip a coin
and, if tails,
Stunfisk does
30 damage to itself.
It’s quite tempting to see
Stunfisk as
a kind of poor man’s
Zekrom, with
its similar attack costs and
self-damage. I’m going to resist that
temptation because a)
Zekrom has
been released in so many versions
already that it is affordable for
practically everyone and b) even if you
can’t get hold of a
Zekrom, there are loads of
cheaper cards that are much better than
this. In other words, please do not use
Stunfisk as a
Zekrom substitute.
Just put it in the binder or shoebox,
and forget about it.
Rating
Modified: 1.25 (no use for this really)
Limited: 2 (relatively high HP Basics
have a role as deck filler here)
