The New Charmander

[MetaKnight]

So I noticed the new Charmander from Boundaries Crossed has a pretty good attack:

:fire: Draw In
Attach 2 :fire: Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokemon.


Now getting 3 energy on Charmander on potentially your first turn is a decent feat. But with a dce, candy and a Charizard, you can start hitting for 150 on your second turn. Imo having a basic with an attack this good may make Charizard somewhat viable. With 160 HP and water weakness, Charizard also is decently durable.

But sooner or later your first Charizard will fall, and setting up a 2nd Charizad with or without first using Charmander is just way too slow. So now I was wondering what the best followup/support/partner would be after a quick Charizard. Any thought?

 

[Kayle]

Bear in mind that Water weakness is now actually quite bad.

Charizard's attacks cost so many colorless energy that I can't help but think about pairing him with Eels. Eels already run a lot of Fire energy these days for their rayquazas...

 

[tutti]

Eels don't really run a lot of fire energy (at least I don't). Discarding the ones there are doesn't sound like a good idea.

 

[rileysill32]

if you were to run eels with ANY stage 2.
it would have to be blaziken DEX.

as for the OP.
yes, charizard will be very viable.
especially with ditto coming out.
charizard/leavanny/celebi is going to be the newts.

 

[FirestormXVI]

Being released in the same set as Keldeo and Blastoise has pretty much wrecked any viability for this line =/

 

[HerpTheDerp]

Bear in mind that Water weakness is now actually quite bad.

Charizard's attacks cost so many colorless energy that I can't help but think about pairing him with Eels. Eels already run a lot of Fire energy these days for their rayquazas...

This is very true but the water weakness still presents itself as Blastoise/Keldeo are not Lightning weak. It would make sense to pair it with Eel variants but it really does not make THAT much of a difference to Blastoise/Keldeo decks as it would Eel decks with Charizard in it. So IMO it would be better off not to include it at all. I really think that once the rotation happens and IF and I MEAN IF it starts with Boundaries, Charizard really might be a viable deck type. Basic energy accel, Stage 1 presence and a very good Stage 2, it might see major play then.

 

[MrScaryMuffin]

Charmander's attack isn't bad for early game...but once you lose your first and/or second Charizard, you're pretty out of recovery options. Running a support Pokemon like Eels with Charizard really isn't the answer either since Eels pairs much better with other pokemon and if you want to do a S1 and S2 deck, there's always Fluffychomp

 

[Tash]

What about pairing it with Entei?