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2012-04-03 ND Reshiram EX 022 Double Take

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[gal=52767]2012-04-03 ND Reshiram EX 022 Double Take[/gal]

Now that States has wrapped, let's see how feelings may have changed!!
 
He's a 180 beat stick that even most EX's have to 2 turn KO him. Only Mewtwo and Kyruem hurt him. Mewtwo is mostly played in every single deck, so that could be bad. It torches Durant decks, Shaymin and the EX and Celebi wich are all played in this format. It gives a boost to current fire decks since it doesn't discard energies and can keep attacking for multiple turns. It also KO's the 130 dragons straight up, even with Eviolite.

I give it an 8/10.
 
Great card in many senses. Big heavy hitting basic with self damage reduction. Easily paired with Victini and many others.

Give it an 8/10.
 
The problem with this card is that it requires energy acceleration to keep up and neither Emboar nor Typhlosion Prime are very usable right now. The side effect of Brave Fire is very dissapointing as well.

3/10 modified
 
ITs a great card but because bof the format it doesn't really shine. overall i would rate it as

7/10
 
The one thing that discourages me from using this thing as often as I would otherwise is the chance of recoil. Once that goes through, Reshiram EX's HP falls to 130 - making it much more vulnerable.

Otherwise, it's a solid card for fire decks and just about anything that abuses Fire energies. I like to pair it with Ninetales and Emboar, personally.

Modified - 7.5/10
 
Today's CotD...Double Take I guess again is Reshiram EX from ND...why bother considering we reviewed this under 3 months ago? Eh, lazy time as I don't think anything's changed since, so quoting myself from the original:

Today's CotD is Reshiram EX from ND...well it makes a nice compliment to your normal Reshiram I guess. Statwise 180 HP is about average for an EX, x2 Weakness to is meh, no Resistance is common, and to Retreat is expensive. Glinting Claw is meh, for a mere base 50+ 30 more if you flip Heads isn't that good. Brave Fire deals some nice big damage though at for 150, but has a 50/50 chance of dealing 50 to yourself as well, which kinda sucks. In terms of the main decks that use him (Reshiboar and TyRam), he offers a big damage attack that allows you to OHKO most opposing Pokemon, so he would replace basically the "bad boar" in Reshiboar decks (since the only reason you ran one was for the big 150 to take out annoying stuff like Goth having damage soaked up by Reuniclus) and offers a big attacker for TyRam (I'm sorry, but I still don't get why the heck people say Typhlosion is a good attacker, it stinks in damage done). So I wouldn't use any more than 1-2 (in case you're worried about 1 being prized), along with your usual 3-4 regular Reshirams for the normal attackers. And eh, even then I'd personally prefer Mewtwo EX in those decks for better coverage and so not everything you run is weak to .

Modified - 7/10 - It's not bad, but Mewtwo EX would still be my first choice for decks that would even consider Reshiram EX, with it being a distant 2nd. Still, it offers a nice big attacks its regular counterpart can't do, allowing it to come out and (hopefully) OHKO that one Pokemon that's blocking your path

Limited - 10/10 - Why not, it'll cost you half your prizes if KOed but it's a huge freaking Basic with big attacks. That or keep it safe in the binder

Unlimited - 1/10 - Eh, not as useful here, it just doesn't offer that much besides being a big beatstick, and there's plenty here that won't hurt themselves or cost you 2 prizes

If anything, it goes down in Modified rating a tad (like 6/10) as it's still not as speedy as Zekrom EX and friends and doesn't offer the type coverage of Mewtwo EX in those decks that would use it (ones with Emboar and Typhlosion Prime).
 
Absolutely needs Eviolite and Fliptini to cover up the liability. 150 is strong, but not strong enough to one shot the universe.

Modfied Ranking
8/10 for a properly focused deck. (w/ Fliptini, Evolite, Emboar, SSU, etc)
4/10 as any sort of tech card in non focused deck. Thus 5/10.
 
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