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Ah crikey, mates! It's aroramage back again in
another stunning review for the Pokemon TCG! Today,
we're going deep into the wilds of Flashfire to look at
a rare specimen, the mighty dragon Dragalge! Just look
at dem fins!
...*er-hem* So Dragalge is apart of the Dragon-type
set of cards that we got introduced to in Dragons
Exalted (which is still in the format, so if you really
want to run this with Gabite, you can probably get away
with it in casual). We've come a long way since then
(almost two years, if you can believe it!), and now
we're going to look at one of the latest and weirdest
dragons in the game!
Dragalge is an interesting beast. First off, its
attack Poison Breath is an interesting
Water-Psychic-Colorless mix of Energy for 60 damage,
which is okay for a Stage 1. What makes it nice is its
coin flip for attaching Poison, but if you don't want to
try and flip for the Poison, you can just use Hypnotoxic
Laser just like everyone else.
And Poison is an interesting combination with this
card thanks to its Ability, Poison Barrier! Now normally
Status Conditions are removed once a Pokemon switches
out, so you can see what the designers were going for
with Dragalge. All you need to do is Poison your
opponent's Pokemon, and then suddenly they can't retreat
and have to suffer the malicious amount of 10 damage in
between turns! Which isn't that much unless you're
running Virbank Gym like everyone else.
Dragalge basically improves upon a Poison-based
concept deck that involves Poisoning opponents with
Hypnotoxic Laser or (if need be) Poison Breath, racking
up damage with Virbank Gym, and KO'ing them, all the
while laughing at the opponent as they're unable to
manually switch out their Pokemon. This would be fine,
except for the fact that Switch and Keldeo-EX are both
cards in the format, which is going to cause problems
alongside the recently released Pokemon Center Lady (who
heals up to 60 damage and removes Special Conditions,
stopping Dragalge right out).
But hey, if you run into a guy who doesn't run any of
those, and you keep that Dragalge on the bench, I'm sure
you'll be able to go far in casual!
Rating
Modified: 2.5/5 (he's not the best but not the worst,
and he can provide decent stall if nothing else)
Limited: 2.5/5 (you might get away with him, or you
might run into that one guy playing Pokemon Center Lady)
Arora Notealus: So their poison can melt through the
hulls of tankers, but highly-educated Pokemon Professors
approve of their usage by children? That doesn't sound
right...
Next Time: OW MY FEELS
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