Top 10 Most Overlooked Cards In Modified

By: Samantha “Rocket” Medeiros

    Hello, everyone. Today I’m here with my first article in a while, the Top

10 Most Overlooked Cards In Modified. I have them listed bellow, with a

rating. (10 being highest; not to be confused with the list number.) (Ratings

are based on how good the card is when NOT being compared to the ones all

over Modified tournaments.*cough* FERALIGATR *cough*) Here we go!

10. Koga’s Pidgy (Lv.9)

-Why it isn’t used: Low HP, plus no baby power, equals Kentucky Fried Pidgy,

with a side of Koga. ;)

-Why it should be used: It has extreme potential, especially in Modified, to

be a great search-and-run card, unlike Cleffa (all though the little

marshmallow has the baby power). Could work wonders in a deck with a few

evolution lines.

-Rating: 6.8

9. Scizor (Promo)

-Why it isn’t used: Typhlosion. Blaine’s Arcanine. Period.

-Why it should be used: With some Metal Energies and some good flips, it’s a

lean, mean, slashing, clawing, ripping, damage resistant fighting machine.

*pant, pant*

-Rating: 7.2

8. Tyranitar

-Why it isn’t used: With all the anti-Feraligatr decks floating around, those

decks’ grass Pokémon will rip apart Larvitar and Pupitar before they can

evolve.

-Why it should be used: If you can  get a Tyranitar up, you’ll be getting

KO’s, most likely, every one to three turns, which is more than I can say for

Feraligatr. (Once the energies are back in the deck, I’ve noticed that it

can, more often than not, take too many turns to get enough water energy back

in the discard to do more major damage. This often makes one Feraligatr a one

hit wonder--two tops.)

-Rating: 7.7

7. Erika’s Dragonair Line

-Why it isn’t used: The Dratini can get killed fast by an evolution, and the

Dragonair can take so long to power up that it’ll get killed too quickly.

-Why it should be used: Blizzard can be used to kill off damaged Pokémon on

the opponents bench, or kill annoying benched babies. Also, you can Take Away

a big evolution (can you say, “Bye-bye, 4 Metal Steelix”?).

-Rating: 7.9

6. Blaine’s Ninetails

-Why it isn’t used: It has a weaker 60 HP, and is overshadowed by Typhlosion

and Blaine’s Arcanine.

-Why it should be used: 50 damage on turn 2 is just plain good, plus the

power helps it stay alive. The Gym Challenge Vulpix helps it set up, too.

-Rating: 8.2

5. Brock’s Sandslash Line

-Why it isn’t used: The Sandshrews are too weak, with either bad attacks, bad

HP, or both. They are often just prize opportunities for the opponent.

-Why it should be used: Sandslash has a decent 70 HP, and both of it’s

attacks are energy efficient and somewhat reliable. You can get around

resistance if there are no Pewter City Gyms around with Swift, or deal a

respectable 30 for 2 with a chance of poison. Solid.

-Rating: 8.5

4. Feraligatr with Chomp

-Why it isn’t used: People just look at the other Feraligatr, say it’s

better, and leave this one collecting dust.

-Why it should be used: Chomp has great potential. Berserk is a bit risky,

but so is using Blaine’s Arcanine in a Big Fire deck with no Typhlosion.

Also, it has very solid pre-evolutions, making this 'Gatr formidable.

-Rating: 8.7

3. Erika’s Vileplume

-Why it isn’t used: Much like Chomp Feraligatr, people see Erika’s

Victreebel, say it’s better, and toss Vileplume to the wolves.

-Why it should be used: Dealing 60 damage and healing 30 against a Feraligatr

is just too good. The basics and stage ones are certainly not bad, either. It

should be played more.

-Rating: 9.0

2. Megainium with Wild Growth

-Why it isn’t used: To be honest, I’m not really sure. There are some out

there, but I believe that it is mostly dormant because of Big Fire running

around, although Erika decks manage... =/

-Why it should be used: 80 damage to 'Gatr, with sleep, for 2 grass. 40 with

sleep against a regular Pokémon, for 2 grass. 10 with sleep against

Steel-types, for 2 grass. Wow.

Rating: 9.3

1. Sabrina’s Kadabra/Alakazam

-Why it isn’t used: Actually, it is used somewhat, but I think fear of

Murkrow may be holding it back...not totally sure, though.

-Why it should be used: Alakazam can use any Psychic Pokémon’s attack on the

bench. So, you can Mega Burn for 60, then copy something else for the turn

you can’t use Mega Burn. The Kadabra, with Sabrina’s ESP, can almost always

nearly wipe out a Pokémon in one shot...speaking of shots, you can just

finish it off with Psyshot. Nice.

-Rating: 9.6

Well, that’s it! I hope this article of mine gave you some helpful

information, and maybe some different thoughts for your Modified deck.

Thanks for reading!

~Samantha “Rocket” Medeiros (Samantha 129 on boards)

AIM: SamMede129 (no junk or flaming, please)

SamMede129@aol.com (also, please no viruses, SPAM, or flaming)