2013-02-03 BCR Whimsicott 015

[waynegg]

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[gal=53775]2013-02-03 BCR Whimsicott 015[/gal]​

 

[pnoodle5]

Whimsicott- a support pokemon without much support...

Resistance is good but not amazing, considering that Keldeo can probably manage this thing anyway. Weakness is okay, retreat is okay.

The first attack seems kind of interesting, like a quadruple-plus power that takes up an attack slot. Of course, this is assuming that the pokemon you are switching into A. actually needs to waste a turn attacking for the boost and B. is strong enough to get hit once in order to make full effect...

I can't see this card being terribly great in any condition, perhaps as a "Gyro Ball" type card into Stoutland BCR or Gothitelle EPO. One problem is that it doesn't say "your opponent's Pokemon", it says "the active Pokemon", so your opponent can just laugh and Switch or Retreat out of the Fluffy Tag condition.
It's a 3/10 for me. It has uses but I've never seen it played, and being a fragile stage 1 doesn't help terribly much.

 

[FSULugia]

On paper this card looks decent but it has a sad reality.

Theres only 1 attack really worth mentioning and its the 1st one. The problem with that attack is the obvious that you have to waste a turn and the 2nd is that if you play Catcher (or now Escape Rope) the effect goes away as well as being able to use Switch/Escape Rope/Keldeo/endless other retreat options to also null and void the effect.

Stage 1 was the worse part about this. The 2nd attack is whatever, not that strong and potential paralysis isnt anything to write home about. The low retreat, resistance to water and good weakness is the most we can say about this thing. Plus this is another really terrible rare, why dont TPCi make less bad rares as commons instead? I feel Rares should be reserved for good cards or cards that are at least cool to look at and this is neither.

1.5/10. It has some useful but very little and very situational. I cant wait to review Plasma storm since every rare in that set isnt totally awful like most of BC.

 

[wally]

I don't think this card really usefull, Easy target to be snipe.. .And basicly. Consume space if you're playing normal tourney'

2/10