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Charizard
(Legendary Treasures)
Yep, this is a reprint of the card we saw in Boundaries
Crossed, and which already got a shiny reprint in Plasma
Storm. That doesn’t matter though, right? I mean, this
IS Charizard we are talking
about and you can never have too many of them.
What would be nice though is if we got one that was
actually good. The one from the
Arceus set came close, but really
Charizard has a history of
constantly disappointing his fans when it comes to the
TCG. This one follows the pattern rather well.
That’s because like most Charizards,
this one has superficially attractive attacks: 40 damage
to 2 Pokémon with Split Bomb! A massive 150 with
Scorching Fire! This is easily enough to sucker fans of
the ‘Zard into believing
that a tournament-worthy deck can be made out of this
card. Sadly, that’s not the case. I mean, you can
certainly make a deck out of it, but you would need an
awful lot of luck to do well when using an
Energy-intensive Stage 2 as your main attacker. This
just isn’t the format for it. Hasn’t
been for years.
But hey, if you like Charizard
(and who doesn’t?), then you could try him with
Entei-EX or
Emboar LTR plus plenty of
Double Colourless Energy. Just know that you should play
this card because you love
Charizard though, and not because he represents
your best chance of winning.
Rating
Modified: 2.5 (let’s hope the forthcoming EX and Mega
Charizard can break the
chain of mediocrity)
Limited: 3.25 (if you can get him up and running, he’s
great. If.)
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