Here's Espeon Lv. 45 from Neo: Discovery!
FACTS:
**80 HP. This is a nice way to start off a card, especially because
he's Psychic type. Many Psychics have lower HP like 60 or 70. I think that
this card will be lethal to your opponents combined with a Focus Band or a Gold
Berry. **Bottom Stats. This is the part of the card that makes it shine!
Psychic Weakness, which is a given, no Resistance, and FREE RETREAT! It is
a gift to find an evolved Pokemon with this much firepower that has free
retreat. This is crucial to Espeon's play in the environment.
**Evolves from Eevee. Of the 4 Eevees released to date, there are only
2 viable competitors: Promo Eevee and Neo Discovery Eevee. I personally
would use the Neo Eevee due to its Energy Evolution Power and its 50 HP.
The Promo Eevee only has 30. This Eevee will allow for more power.
**Bite. There's nothing much to talk about here. (*)(*) for 20 damage.
Average down the line.
**Psychic. Here is the 2nd part of the card that
makes it shine, joining free retreat. For (P)(P)(*), you can do 30 damage
plus 10 more for each Energy card attached to the Defending Pokemon. Now,
wouldn't this card be great if only there were ways to move your
opponent's Energies?...Well, there is. You can use Dark Magneton's Energy
Lines to move all the Energy to a strong Benched Pokemon, and Gust it out,
or use Xatu, which in essence can do the same. I'd advise to use Xatu
because it follows the Psychic type, and both of the 2 cards I recommended
can be used in Modified. Manipulating your opponent's play area is great. If you
can successfully move Energy, and Gust out that Pokemon, you can easily get free
Prizes.
Modified Format Rating... 9.0 In the more recent sets, cards are
using more and more Energy. This contributes largely to Espeon's success.
Unlimited Format Rating... 8.5 I'd mainly lower this rating to 8.5
because Energy Removal and Super Energy Removal are present in this
environment. There are a few other reasons, but that is the most
important.
Send any comments, questions, etc. to me at
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Thanks for reading!! Hope to hear from you.
~Chris