Regis_Neo
Moderator
Back in the days of yonder, the best (and most sought-after) card a kid could own was the mighty 1st Edition Base Set Charizard. King of the beasts, Charizard burned down every Pokemon in his way with his mighty Fire Spin...but fast forward 10 years, how would he compare in today's environment?
Overall, Charizard doesn't impress in today's environment. 120 HP is a bit low for a Stage 2, X2 Weakness to :water: is never good with Kingdra around, -30 Resistance to :fighting: is useful enough (better than nothing), but costs a hefty :colorless:colorless:colorless to Retreat. Energy Burn is still a useful Poke-Body (formerly Poke-Power); making all energy attached to Zard :fire: lets you power him up with any Energy out there. Fire Spin is expensive at :fire::fire::fire::fire: for 100 damage, and you have to discard 2 energies to use it (Heatran Lv X is this guy's friend).
Modified - 4/10 (Might be fun to play with for nostalgic purposes, but he won't see anything competitive, unlike if there were to reprint Base Blastiose or Venusaur)
Limited - 1/10 (Good luck drawing an entire line for starters, then adding the fact that he's expensive to use)
Unlimited - 1/10 (He doesn't even see play here)
Overall, Charizard doesn't impress in today's environment. 120 HP is a bit low for a Stage 2, X2 Weakness to :water: is never good with Kingdra around, -30 Resistance to :fighting: is useful enough (better than nothing), but costs a hefty :colorless:colorless:colorless to Retreat. Energy Burn is still a useful Poke-Body (formerly Poke-Power); making all energy attached to Zard :fire: lets you power him up with any Energy out there. Fire Spin is expensive at :fire::fire::fire::fire: for 100 damage, and you have to discard 2 energies to use it (Heatran Lv X is this guy's friend).
Modified - 4/10 (Might be fun to play with for nostalgic purposes, but he won't see anything competitive, unlike if there were to reprint Base Blastiose or Venusaur)
Limited - 1/10 (Good luck drawing an entire line for starters, then adding the fact that he's expensive to use)
Unlimited - 1/10 (He doesn't even see play here)
