Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

2009-10-21 Probopass [G] NDP43

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[gal=47458] 2009-10-21 Probopass [G] NDP43[/gal]​
 
A Great card! Just drop it on your bench and while your opponent is laughing at your impressive street cleaner pokemon, sneak damage counters onto his or her pokemon! :lol: Seriously though...I suppose if you KNEW your opponent had a bunch of pokemon with Bodies (not unreasonable, but also not something to count on), it could have value, otherwise, it is hard to justify the 4-energy requirement, even with the 70 fighting attack and free post-attack retreat.

Oh...BTW...1st. w00t!
 
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Probopass G is an interesting card in that it has some unusual attacks, with weird names to it.

HP of 90 is nice for an SP, weakness to water is a bad weakness today, along with fire and lightning, and the retreat cost is horrible (although thankfully, it can use Poke-Turn to get it out of trouble).

Nose Unit is a decent attack in that it does 20 damage to all Pokemon with Poke-Bodies, which are somewhat abundant at the moment (Flygon RR, Dialga G LV. X, Manectric PL, Blaziken FB LV. X, Nidoqueen RR, etc). However, out of those, only Manectric gets more damage mainly for the weakness. And even then, Manectric is not usually an Active Pokemon, so that point is rather moot. It is somewhat unreliable in that it depends on your opponent if you can rack up damage with Nose Unit, though Flygon seems to be the only deck that has many Pokemon that have Poke-Bodies at the moment. Because of this, Honchkrow G seems to be a more reliable sniper for a similar cost. An advantage of Honchkrow is that you can almost always do 40 damage with it as Crobat G is pretty common in an SP Toolbox.

Loud Snort is quite an expensive attack since it does 70 for 4 energy (3 with Energy Gain). It does, however, make Probopass' retreat cost 0. At the very least, this can only be useful in instances when you dont' want to waste Poke-Turns just to retreat it. However, most of the time, the effect is meaningless. It also makes you more susceptible to Breloom SW's Homing Uppercut (although admittedly, it is not much played).

Usually, you would attack using Nose Unit since attachments for Loud Snort would have been better used for things like Garchomp C, etc. It is a decent sniper but somewhat unreliable.

Modified- 5/10 (decent sniping but not much else)
Limited- 0/10 (PPRROOMMOO)
 
goliaththegreat said:
Mamoswine gl is better,this card i a bad card all around.Bad attacks,horrid retreat,and it's a probopass
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I fail to see why you'd compare Mamoswine gl with this card...

I didn't even knew the card existed :tongue: It's somehow attractive, but it's overshadowed by Infernape 4.
 
Loud Snort wins games!

Other than that, Energy Costs vs damage output is outragious. And there are less pokes with Bodies then Powers in the format. Besides, 20 on Queen............

4/10 Meh card, even for a freaking SP.

EDIT: IS IT JUST ME OR IS PROBOPASS A MISPRINT WITH HP BEING PRINTED BEHIND THE NUMBERS UNLIKE OTHER CARDS?
 
The best combo I can think of for this card is an Amphy-Lock. By using this car, Hounchkrows, and Crobat Gs, you can lock and disrupt your opponent like no tomorrow! (which there isn't lol)

5/10

~May the Will be done.
 
So, our late yesterday CotD is Probopass G, a promo card. Statwise, 90 HP is great for a Basic, x2 Weakness to :water: hurts, no Resistance is common, and :colorless:colorless:colorless to Retreat is expensive. Nose Unit is a fairly useful attack if it can work, dealing 20 damage to all of your opponent's Pokemon with a Poke-Body for :metal::colorless :)colorless less with Energy Gain). Loud Snort is expensive at :metal::colorless:colorless:colorless for 70 (though ok when you factor in :colorless less from Energy Gain), and it does eliminate his nasty retreat cost until the end of your next turn in case he has to make a quick getaway. Overall...well, he's there should you ever want to use him. And Probopass of course is just plain fun to look at, with his Groucho Marx disguise and all :lol:

Modified - 6/10 (Decent, but there are so many better SPs to play out there)
Limited - 0/10 (Promo card, can't use likely)
Unlimited - 1/10 (Still fun to look at, but he's not effective at all)
 
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