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2011-04-19 Shuckle HGSS15

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[gal=50988]2011-04-19 :setsNDP: Shuckle HGSS15[/gal]​
 
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Could see some cool play with Gatr-Golduck, which will be considerably more playable come the rotation. Drop a ton of energy on the shuckle, still adds to your overall damage. If you need to heal, just use that one Unown whose letter configuration escapes me.
 
Ah yes, draw engine of the next format!

Lol, if that is true: 9/10

Since its not:

1/10

Its about as useful as the ketchup stain on my shorts.
 
i honestly see 0 play from him in anything other than limited format, and even then the draw is nice, but those attaches should be placed somewhere else.

1/10
 
I believe it has its usage. As already shown on forums ti works well with Emboar, Charizard G and Seeker. But it is the only usage I know so modified 6/10.
In limited format you can use it to go through deck more quickly as you usually have more energies than you need: 4/10
Standard: 1/10 - Emboar/Charizard deck won't rule here :)

Edit: It's promo so no limited ;-)
 
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I played against this in a recent tournament.

The deck was a Tangrowth tank deck.

My opinion: Its GREAT.

The player plopped this down on his bench. The ability to draw an extra card each turn is VERY useful, especially in Tangrowth. Why? You play a grass energy to him, and then use Meganium Prime to move it elsewhere.

Outside of that, I don't see much use. The player came to league and everything, and I would suggest playing this over a card like Azelf in that deck. Next format (HGSS-on, whenever that occurs), Auto-include.

OVerall: 6/10 (Decent body, great pokebody, and the attack is a flippy stall)
Tangrowth Tank: 10/10
Limited: 0. It's a promo.
 
What about this and the new Emboar coming out? Attach like 5 energies, then Seeker it up and now you've got 5 more cards.
 
outside of stark or energy trans its not very useful. if you cannot get the energy off of shuckle the turn you play it, garchomp snipes it and there go your energies. moderately playable, but dialga shuts it off.
giving up a bench space for a 60hp pokemon using a body for draw, your energy attatchment and needing a stadium or an additional power in order to be used gives this guy a 3/10 in my book. can be played, but generally better options and he only fits in a few decks.
 
A topic like this is why I dislike the gym.

It's reliable draw in Emboar, you just have to look a little bit outside the box. Not like you can draw your entire deck with it or anything in a couple of turns.

8/10 if it's established to be the threat it is in theory, 4/10 otherwise.
 
The Supes said:
Could see some cool play with Gatr-Golduck, which will be considerably more playable come the rotation. Drop a ton of energy on the shuckle, still adds to your overall damage. If you need to heal, just use that one Unown whose letter configuration escapes me.
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You mean Unown Y?
And i think this is an okayish card, I mean unless you could switch energy easily but thats about it.

3/10
 
Very gimmicky. Very much a one-trick pony.

After Worlds, Catcher is going to make cards like these a liability. 60HP, potentially with energy on it, easily one-shot-KOd.

6/10 before Worlds
3/10 after Worlds
 
Unown RETURN, Shuckle, Emboar, Forretress. Can't spell it out much more than this. Even SSU helps with this card, on a heads you get 5+ draw. I mean you can draw your whole deck in one turn. Maybe I'm wrong but amazing card.

8/10
 
Aww common ! this card is sooo cool in my deck

I use it with --> Meganium prime, shaymin lvlx Yanmega lvlx Leafeon lvlx

Attach x2 energy with leafeon to draw x2 card then you'll probably get more energy in your hand.

Attack with shaymin lvl x and drop all you energy to shuckle draw like 3-10 card and knockout the other

Transfer your energies to Yanmega with meganium and then return all energy to your hand

Repeat with shaymin and yanmega

9/10 <-- Because shuckle is not grass type :(
 
To this day looking at every shuckle card makes me want to stop playing the TCG entirely. If they screw up shuckle this much than I don't want to know what the future holds for anything else.

---------- Post added 04/20/2011 at 12:37 AM ----------

Is it's pokebody fermenting liquid? Beer? His pokebody is beer?
 
Frunket said:
To this day looking at every shuckle card makes me want to stop playing the TCG entirely. If they screw up shuckle this much than I don't want to know what the future holds for anything else.

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Is it's pokebody fermenting liquid? Beer? His pokebody is beer?
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Shuckle have a bluish liquid that grows in their shell. It is in the anime.

Also Emboar + this = possibilities 7.5/10
 
The Supes said:
Could see some cool play with Gatr-Golduck, which will be considerably more playable come the rotation. Drop a ton of energy on the shuckle, still adds to your overall damage. If you need to heal, just use that one Unown whose letter configuration escapes me.
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Feraligatr Prime only lets you attach :water: energy to :water: pokemon, which means that it wouldn't work in Gatr-Golduck.

Anyways, it Shuckle isn't useless, and I could see it in some decks.

5/10
 
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