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2010 UK
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Seniors
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#7 G Booster
Today’s card on our Plasma Blast countdown is another
ACESPEC. Unlike Scoop Up
Cyclone, however, it can’t just be slotted in to any
deck: like with Victory Piece and
Victini-EX, G Booster only works with one
specific Pokémon.
Luckily, that Pokémon happens to be the already
very-good-indeed Genesect-EX,
and this is the card that may well put that Pokémon over
the top. It is a Pokémon Tool which functions very like
the Technical Machine cards that we saw in the past, in
that it gives another attack option to the Pokémon that
has it attached.
And what an attack it is. For two Grass and one
Colourless Energy you get the guaranteed
OHKO-on-anything holy grail of 200
damage (which is what made Black
Kyurem-EX so great in
Blastoise decks). But the fun doesn’t stop
there: G Booster also has the ‘Shred’ effect (as seen on
Rayquaza DR and
Giratina-EX) which means
that the damage isn’t affected by any effects on the
Defending Pokémon. This gives
Genesect an answer to blocking effects like the
Safeguard Ability or the Silver Mirror Trainer, allowing
it to hit through them and take the Prize.
G Booster needs a bit of care when playing: it
is a single
copy ACESPEC and so vulnerable to being Prized or
discarded via Tool Scrapper. The Shadow Triad Supporter
is invaluable here, as G Booster is a Plasma card which
it can recover from the discard pile. The fact that you
need to discard two Energy to use G
Booster is somewhat of a problem too, as Grass
doesn’t really have the type of acceleration that would
allow you to chain G Booster easily. Nevertheless, G
Booster is probably the single most powerful
damage-based attack in the history of the TCG. And it
costs three Energy.
Wow.
Rating
Modified: 4 (not always easy to use, but when you do use
it, you are taking a Prize)
Limited: 3 (you won’t pull both this and
Genesect, and even if you
did you wouldn’t need it)
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virusyosh |
Hello once again, Pojo readers! Today we're reviewing
the #7 card on our Top 12 countdown, an ACE SPEC that is
thought to see a lot of play in one or two of the new
hyped decks to come out of Plasma Blast. Today's Card of
the Day is G Booster.
G Booster is an Item card that is also Team Plasma, a
Pokemon Tool, and an ACE SPEC. As a Plasma card, it
gains access to Plasma support, so it can be fetched
with cards like Shadow Triad. As an ACE SPEC, you can
only have one in your deck, and as such, can't use any
other ACE SPECs (like Computer Search, Scramble Switch,
or Dowsing Machine) either. Finally, as a Pokemon Tool,
G Booster has an effect when attached to a Pokemon. If
attached to a Genesect-EX, that Pokemon can use the G
Booster attack, which does 200(!) damage while breaking
through opposing effects for two Grass and a Colorless,
with the added effect of discarding two Energy attached
to Genesect. Normally these Pokemon-specific ACE SPECs
are rarely worth it, but G Booster's sheer power makes
it a very worthy candidate in Virizion/Genesect builds
(and MAYBE some normal Plasma lists containing Genesect,
as well). G Booster's attack damage will easily OHKO
anything in the format, making it a very powerful move
against many of the powerful Pokemon-EX. Unfortunately,
once your Genesect-EX is KO'd or your opponent Tool
Scrappers, you'll lose the effect, so be sure to have a
plan other than just "G Booster three times, good game."
Modified: 3/5 G Booster is a fantastic card in builds
containing Genesect-EX, but the same caveats for all ACE
SPECs apply here. When building your list, make sure to
get the maximum amount of value/power from G Booster as
you can, or else you're probably better off with
Computer Search, Dowsing Machine, or Scramble Switch.
Likewise, since G Booster only works with Genesect-EX,
it is only limited to decks that run it (obviously).
Finally, as a Pokemon Tool, G Booster is very
susceptible to cards like Tool Scrapper and Chatot,
though Shadow Triad helps mitigate this somewhat.
Therefore, even though this rating seems somewhat low,
it's more a reflection of the number of restrictions on
this card than the card's abilities itself. That being
said, G Booster can be a truly frightening proposition
for the opponent, and will easily blow away any opposing
Pokemon if you manage to get it powered up.
Limited: 3/5 Since G Booster is specifically for
Genesect-EX, you should only run it if you pull a
Genesect-EX to go with it. If you do, have fun, because
your opponent's definitely won't.
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