It seems like folks either love this Blissey or hate the card. I happen to like it a lot.
Some thoughts,
130 HP makes her nearly impossible to one shot & that plus high HP basics make the line more resistant to sniping than some others.
You will almost never be attacking with just one energy. By the time you get your first Blissey evolved you will likely have 3, 2 from attachment on T1 & T2 plus one from the discard pile. That’s a minimum of 50 damage from just two energy drops. The damage scales too. I’ve had games where a Bliss ended up with 9+ energy and just steamrolled through the rest of my opponent’s deck.
The ability to abuse special energy can cover any issues the card might have for you. For instance if the weakness is an issue in your meta then Holon FF can fix that. Retreat a problem? Holon WP & it’s free. Boost is great for single damage spikes. DRE doesn’t increase the damage more than a basic energy, but it counts as two for Kind Egg. And speaking of that, Kind Egg can be a big help here getting your special energy out too, making it far more accessible than it would be in many other decks.
While Delcatty may be better for straight draw, Blissey’s Kind Egg is more of a consistency booster. The Holon Engine was fast and added a lot of consistency to just about every deck that used it. More than anything else that’s what I notice about this season’s trainers, that they just aren’t quite as consistent. Blissey helps fix that while avoiding the frail HP of Delcatty or the two prize nature of Delcatty ex.
Finally there are so many ways you can run the card. Blissey solo. Blissey as a tech. Blissey & partners like Sceptile Pop 4. Being colorless let’s the card fit in really well in many sorts of decks. Additionally you don’t have to focus on both the attack and power. You could run Blissey with no Happiny and Cessation Crystal and just abuse the heck out of the attack. Or you could have a the full line as a powered consistency booster for a deck that can spare a bit of energy.
So, to review, she’s tough, fast, and consistent. That sounds like a winning combination to me. The issues mentioned in other reviews are there. High retreat, less than favorable weakness, low damage when you only have 1 energy, having the power shut down by BF and Cess, etc. These are the things keeping this card from being perfect, but even with them it’s darn good.
Modified: 9/10