Alright, I'll start grading now.
Back to back posts merged. The following information has been added:
spoinkmaster said:
Espeon
70 HP
Type
P)
Weakness
P)
Resistance
N/A)
Retreat Cost
C)
Evolves From Eevee
Stage 1 Pokémon
Poké-POWER Reactive Sun
Once during your turn, (before your attack) when you attach a React Energy card to Espeon, you may switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch. The new Defending Pokémon is now Burned and Paralyzed.
-DUO-
Rest later.
Name/Stage: 2.5/5: Only one Pokemon.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 2.5/5: Only one Pokemon.
HP: 2.5/5: Only one Pokemon.
Picture: 0/10: Absent.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 10/25: Only one Pokemon, and it's pretty darn broken. AutoParalyze is never good. If this thing had to be active to use the power, that'd be fine, but you can use it on the bench, so it's broken.
Grammar: 17/20: It's 'you attack' not 'your attack'. Also, all Poke-Powers have the cant do if affected by special condition tag.
Format: 2.5/5: Only one Pokemon.
Total: 47/75 pts. Tsk, tsk.
ensignmerlin said:
Ninjask 70HP [G]
Stage 1 Pokémon (Evolves from Nincada)
[C] Speedy Strike 20
Ignore Weakness, Resistance, PokéPowers, PokéBodies, and any other effects on the Defending Pokémon when using this attack.
____________________
Weakness:[R]
Resistance:[F]-30
Retreat cost:
-DUO-
Shedninja 10HP [P]
Stage 1 Pokémon(Evolves from Nincada)
PokéBody: Wonder Guard.
Whenever an attack does more than 10 damage to Shedninja that attack does nothing.
______________
Weakness:
Resistance:[F]-30
Retreat Cost:[C]
Ninjask Picture:
A Ninjask racing through a forest at speeds so high it starts to blur as well as the forest behind it.
Shednnja Picture:
A shedninja is floating in front of a tree, the moon can be seen reflected off its shell.
Name/Stage: 5/5: Fine.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 4/5: Shedinja could use a weakness.
HP: 5/5: Fine.
Picture: 7/10: Position not specified, and Shedinja's seems impossible in the small vertical dimension of DuoCard's pictures.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 21/25: Speedy Strike could probably cost [C][C].
Grammar: 17/20: On Speedy Strike, it should be "For this attack". On Wonder Guard it would be "Whenever an attack would do more than 10 damage", and there should be a comma after Shedinja.
Format: 5/5: Fine.
Total: 64/75 pts. Not bad.
moza said:
Espeon 80HP [P]
Stage 1 Pokemon
Evolves from Eevee
Poke-Power: Regenerating Light
Once during your turn(before you attack), you may return an energy card attatched to one of your Pokemon in play to your hand, or you can choose an energy attatched to one of your opponent's Pokemon and return it to their hand.
Weakness: [P]
Resistance: (N/A)
Retreat Cost: [C]
Picture: Espeon is culddled up by his/her master by a fountain in a mall.
-DUO-
Umbreon 80HP [D]
Stage 1
Evolves from Eevee
[D][D][C] Dark Tide 20X
This attack does 20 Damage times the amount of energy attatched to Umbreon.
Weakness: [F]
Resistance: [P] -30
Retreat: [C][C]
Picture: Umbreon is walking in a dark alley with a Persian walking behind Umbreon. They are sneaking up on Pickachu.
Name/Stage: 5/5: Fine.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 5/5: Fine.
HP: 3/5: Should be 70. To my knowledge, non-ex Eeveelutions have never had more than 70 HP, and plus, this is supposed to be normal or 10 less. So if it would normally be 70 or 80, this should be 70.
Picture: 8/10: Could probably tell where in the picture everything is going on.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 21/25: Dark Tide is a little underbroken, even for a Duo.
Grammar: 15/20: Regenerating Light has some grammar issues, and needs the power special condition rule thing.
Format: 5/5: Fine.
Total: 62/75 pts. Good for your first time.
Charizardian said:
Sandslash 70 HP {F}
Stage 1-Evolves from Sandshrew
Picture: In a Kouki Saitou style (See UF Bellosom), a Sandslash is in a forset, we are looking at sandslash at a birds-eye veiw through a hole in a tree, and he is Looking up at you. The Sandlsahs has thos big puppy dog eyes, and is in a circle caused by the shadows of all the trees.
{F} Misguided Sand-attack 30
If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, you may flip a coin. If heads, that attack does nothing. If tails, Sandslash does 10 damage to itself.
W: {G}
R: N/A
RC: {C}{C}
-DUO-
Octillery 80 HP {W}
Stage 1-Evolves from Remoriad
Picture: In a Mutishiro Arita Style (See UF Ariados), an Octillery is in the middle of the river. It's body is facing the opposite direction, but its head is turned around to look at something which would have been located right next to you. It's in a blue backround with a lighter blue lines running down. nothing much else.
{C}{C} Precautionary Wrap 30
If the Defending Pokémon tries to retreat during your opponent's next turn, the new Defendinding Pokémon can't retreat until the end of your opponent's next turn.
W: {L}
R: N/A
RC: {C}{C}
Name/Stage: 5/5: Fine.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 4/5: Resistance might be able to be (C) on either of them.
HP: 4/5: Octillery's should be 70.
Picture: 9/10: Could be slightly more descriptive about positioning.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 20/25: Misguided Sand-attack=Way broken. Especially on a Duo.
Grammar: 19/20: Omit "Tries to" on Precautionary Wrap, because the current Defending Pokemon does get to no matter what. Tried is for if they can't retreat for some reason
Format: 5/5: Fine.
Total: 66/75 pts. Not bad.
shiftrymaster68 said:
Regice
Basic [W] Pokémon
70 HP
Weakness[M]
Resistance
Retreat Cost[C][C]
Picture: A Regice is effectively in the same position as Regirock, except it's on top of a glacier, a snowstorm is going on, and it's daytime. Same art style too.
[W][C] Icylanche
This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon(don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon). During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon's retreat cost is increased by [C][C] and it can't use any Poke-Powers. All damage done to Regice during your opponent's next turn is increased by 20(before applying Weakness and Resistance)
-DUO-
Regirock
Basic [F] Pokémon
70 HP
Weakness[G]
Resistance
Retreat Cost[C][C][C]
Picture: A Regirock is standing on top of a mountain, and is in the center of the picture. It is nighttime, but you can still see a dusty wind in the picture, indicating that it's in the desert. The Regirock's eyes are glowing orange. The sky is cloudy, so you can't see anything besides black-blueness in it. The Regirock's body hue is barely visible, and it's dark because of the night. The picture is the same style of art on the Regis on the Hidden Legends packs.
[F][C] Dustbomb
Put 3 damage counters on your opponent's Pokémon in any way you like and flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can't attack or retreat during your opponent's next turn. If tails, Regirock does 20 damage to itself.
Name/Stage: 5/5: Fine.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 5/5: Fine.
HP: 5/5: Fine.
Picture: 10/10: Nice.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 25/25: Nice brokenness balances.
Grammar: 17/20: Icylanche should have "Pays [C][C] more to retreat" instead of "Retreat cost increased by [C][C]". Also, you forgot a funky e or two.
Format: 5/5: Fine.
Total: 72/75 pts. Nice.
MegaVelocibot said:
Zangoose
Type: (C)
60 HP
Basic Pokémon
Weakness: (F)
Resistance:
Retreat Cost: (C)
(C) - Family Strike
If the Defending Pokémon has Seviper in its name, this attack does 20 damage times the number of Pokémon in play with Zangoose in its name (both yours and your opponent's). Otherwise, this attack does 10 damage times the number of Pokémon in play with Zangoose in its name (both yours and your opponent's).
-DUO-
Seviper
Type: (G)
60 HP
Basic Pokémon
Weakness: (P)
Resistance:
Retreat Cost: (C)
(C) - Family Strike
If the Defending Pokémon has Zangoose in its name, this attack does 20 damage times the number of Pokémon in play with Seviper in its name (both yours and your opponent's). Otherwise, this attack does 10 damage times the number of Pokémon in play with Seviper in its name (both yours and your opponent's).
~-o-~
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/XaTuTwo/ZS.jpg
Seviper's picture - blue box
Zangoose's picture - red box
Name/Stage: 5/5: Fine.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 5/5: Fine.
HP: 5/5: Fine.
Picture: 10/10: Can't exactly say it's not descriptive when it's an actual picture, can I? =P.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 25/25: Fine.
Grammar: 16/20: The 10x part should go before the 20x part.
Format: 5/5: Fine.
Total: 71/75 pts. Nice.
DragonSol said:
Vileplume
100 HP (G)
Stage 2 Pokémon (Evolves from Gloom)
Poké-POWER: Fatal Seduction
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with the Defending Pokémon (your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch). The new Defending Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. This power can't be used if Vileplume is affected by a Special Condition.
Weakness: (R)
Resistance: None
Retreat Cost: (C)(C)(C)
-DUO-
Bellossom
90 HP (G)
Stage 2 Pokémon (Evolves from Gloom)
(G)(G)(G) Focused Leaf Strike 30+
Does 30 damage plus 30 more damage for each Special Condition affecting the Defending Pokémon.
Weakness: (R)
Resistance: (W)
Retreat Cost: (C)(C)
Picture: Vileplume first. Vileplume is standing in the center of the card, teetering from side to side. Its left leg (your right) is off the ground, like its dancing. Its arms are extended our towards you, and at the bottom of the picture you can see Bellossom's hands holding on to Vileplume's. Behind Vileplume is a cliff of in the distance, to where you can see just a clear, blue water. The grass below Vileplume is green, with a couple pink and purple flowers scattered everywhere. Now Bellossom. Bellossom is in the center of the picture like Vileplume, but instead of teetering to your left, Bellossom is leaning towards the right with his right leg (your left) in the air. His hands reach towards you and the bottom of the picture, where you can see Vileplume's hands connecting. Behind Bellossom is a giant tree, with the canopy reaching out towards both sides of the card. There are blue and yellow flowers around Bellossom, and the grass is green like Vileplume's.
Name/Stage: 5/5: Fine.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 4/5: Vileplume's could be [C][C].
HP: 5/5: Fine.
Picture: 9/10: A little bit hard to picture for some reason.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 24/25: Focused Leaf Strike could probably be GGC.
Grammar: 15/20: Focused Leaf Strike is wrong. Refer to Ariados UF. If that is how Ariados is worded, lmk and I'll change your grade.
Format: 5/5: Fine.
Total: 67/75 pts. Not bad.
Archonn said:
Unown
Basic [P] Pokémon
30 HP
[P] Hidden Power 10
You may remove Unown from play (Discard all cards attached to it). If you do, put it onto your Bench as Eevee, and put an Eeee counter on it.
Weak: [P]
Resist: None
Retreat: [C]
-DUO-
Eevee
Basic [C] Pokémon
40 HP
Poké-Power: V-Dance -- Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a card that evolves from Eevee and put it on top of this Pokémon (This counts as evolving Eevee). If you evolved Eevee this way, your turn is now over, and if Eevee has an Eeee counter on it, you may attach up to 1 Energy card from your Discard Pile and 2 Energy cards from your hand to this Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterwards.
Weak: [F]
Resist: None
Retreat: [C]
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Pictures: Unown -- The upper half of the picture is an nice blue sky with some clouds in it. the bottom half is a green plains. In the middle of the picture, there are four Unown E floating above the plains (their shadow can be seen near the bottom edge of the picture). They are all looking at something outside the card, so you're seeing their front, basically. Their eyes are open. Two of them are nearer the left side, while the other two are nearer the right side, and the are all in a parallel line. The distance between each Unown is strange; If you could place a fifth Unown in the exact middle, then the distance between all adjacent Unowns would be the same.
Here's a crappy ASCII diagram if you couldn't understand.
------------------------------------------Upper Edge
---------U------U------------U------U--------- Above is Sky, bottom is Plains
------------------------------------------Bottom Edge
The Unowns, of course, are bigger than that and are a bit more nearer the left/right edges.
Eevee -- Remember Unown's Pic? Take all the Unowns from it and place an Eevee where the middle Unown should be. Eevee itself is standing on its rear legs, while its front legs are making a kind of V. It is looking at something outside the card, and it is smiling, with wide, open eyes.
Name/Stage: 5/5: Fine.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 5/5: Fine.
HP: 5/5: Fine.
Picture: 8/10: Seems too big for the Duo picture size.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 25/25: Interesting combo.
Grammar: 15/20: Various grammatical issues on both...don't have time to explain them in detail.
Format: 5/5: Fine.
Total: 68/75 pts. Not bad.
Cardzmaster2004 said:
Jynx (W)
70 HP
Basic Pokemon
PokePOWER: Fire and Ice
Once during your turn (before you attack), you may flip a coin. In heads, flip DUO Jynx into DUO Magmar. If tails and Jynx is your acitve pokemon, you may discard any number of (R) energy attached to Jynx. Place a damage coutner on the Defending Pokemon for each energy discarded in this way. Jynx may not use this power if it is affected by a Special Condition.
Weakness: R
Resistance:
Retreat: **
-DUO!-
Magamr (R)
70 HP
Basic Pokemon
(RR*): Boiling Flamthrower (50+)
You may discard any number of (W) energy attached to Magmar. For each energy discarded in this way, this attack does 20 more damage.
Weakness: W
Resistance:
Retreat: **
Name/Stage: 5/5: Fine.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 4/5: Could be [C] on either, but maybe not Probably, though.
HP: 4/5: Could be 60.
Picture: 0/10: None.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 23/25: Fire and Ice seems a little underbroken.
Grammar: 10/20: Various issues, the biggest being with the whole flip into magmar. DUO is not in either of their names. Should probably be "Flip Jynx into Magmar." Since we haven't done any flipping grammar before, that's my best guess
Format: 5/5: Fine.
Total: 51/75 pts. Eh.
Carrington388 said:
Cleffa
30 HP {C}
Baby Pokémon (Evolves into Clefairy)
If this Baby Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and your opponent announces an attack, he or she must flip a coin (before doing anything else). If tails, your opponent's turn ends.
{C} Star Song Each Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness: none
Resistance: none
Retreat Cost: none
-DUO-
Igglybuff
30 HP {C}
Baby Pokémon (Evolves into Jigglypuff)
If this Baby Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and your opponent announces an attack, he or she must flip a coin (before doing anything else). If tails, your opponent's turn ends.
{C} Puff Draw Draw a card for each 10 HP Igglybuff has remaining.
Weakness: none
Resistance: none
Retreat Cost: none
Pictures: Both pictures have had their canvases shrunken to a 16:9 aspect ratio to fit the Baby Rule. Both pictures depict the same prize booth at a carnival. There's a ferris wheel to the left of the prize platform in the background, and a "test your strength" game to the right of the prize platform in the background. Cleffa's picture has a Cleffa smiling happily on the prize platform with the background a daytime scene, while Igglybuff's picture has an Igglybuff crying sadly on the prize platform with the background a nighttime scene with both the ferris wheel and the strength game brightly lit.
Name/Stage: 5/5: Fine.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 5/5: Fine.
HP: 5/5: Fine.
Picture: 9/10: Seems like you might not be able to fit that on the Duo picture.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 10/25: NO BABY RULE. Not only does it count as an extra power/body/attack, it hasn't been used since Wizards. I personally like the baby rule, but it's old. Nintendo doesn't use it, neither do we.
Grammar: 17/20: Puff Draw could use some rewording, IMO.
Format: 5/5: Fine.
Total: 56/75 pts. Eh.
Sunflorazumarill said:
Sunflora
Pokémon card
{G}
80 HP
Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Sunkern
Put Sunflora on the Basic Pokémon
Weakness: {R}
Resistance: {W} -30
Retreat cost: {C}
{G}{C}{C} Leaf Star You may discard 1 card from your hand and 1 card from the top of your deck. If you do, put 4 damage counters on your opponent’s Benched Pokémon in any way you like. 30
-DUO-
Azumarill
Pokémon card
{W}
80 HP
Stage 1 Pokémon
Evolves from Marill
Put Azumarill on the Basic Pokémon
Weakness: {L}
Resistance: n/a
Retreat cost: {C}
{W}{C}{C} Water Crystal You may either discard 2 cards from your hand or discard the top 3 cards of your deck. If you discarded 2 cards from your hand, this attack's base damage is 60. If you discarded the top 2 cards of your deck, your opponent discards his or her hand and draws 6 cards. 30
Pics: Both pics are of the same picture of a lake shoreline where the lake starts to the right. There are mountains in the scenery. For Sunflora: It's daytime and a happy smiling Sunflora can be seen on the lake shore. For Azumarill: It's nighttime and a happy smiling Azumarill can be seen in the water.
Name/Stage: 5/5: Fine.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 5/5: Fine.
HP: 3/5: Should be 70 on both of them.
Picture: 10/10: Seems fine.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 23/25: Both seem a little broken for a Duo.
Grammar: 20/20: Seems fine.
Format: 5/5: Fine.
Total: 71/75 pts. Nice.
Scribble said:
Mew
50 HP {P}
Basic Pokémon
Poké-BODY: Omni-DNA
Mew always has a copy of every attack all DuoPokémon in play have (including their Energy costs and anything else required in order to use those attacks, such as discarding Energy cards), except this card.
Weakness: {P}
Resistance:
Retreat Cost:
====DUO====
Mewtwo
70 HP {P}
Basic Pokémon
{P}{P}{C} Mental Assault 40
Flip a coin. If heads, each player draws a card. If tails, each player discards the top card of his or her deck.
Weakness: {P}
Resistance:
Retreat Cost: {C}{C}
Picture:
Mew Half:
We see a dark background, with shimmering, faint blue streaks, like cirrus clouds. We see Mew looking cute and doing a backflip, so that it is upside-down and framed by its own tail, which forms a sort of loop around it. Mew's body mostly occupies the left 2 thirds of the picture. In the right third, we see a faint, ghostly image of Mewtwo, it seems to be just glimpsing over its shoulder, looking with contempt at the Mew.
Mewtwo half:
We see a dark background, with shimmering, faint blue streaks, like cirrus clouds. We see Mewtwo standing with his tail held high. He seems to looking over his shoulder, and he doesn't seem to be happy. He is bit tall, so we don't see the lower parts of his legs. Mewtwo is standing in the left two-thirds of the picture, with his tail partially occluding what seems to be a faint, ghostly image of a Mew doing a backflip.
Name/Stage: 5/5: Fine.
Weak/Resist/Retreat cost: 4/5: Mew could probably be [C] retreat.
HP: 5/5: Fine.
Picture: 9/10: Mewtwo's pic seems a little big for the Duo picture.
Powers/Bodies/Attacks: 24/25: Mew might be a little broken.
Grammar: 18/20: I think there's a problem with Omni DNA, not positive though.
Format: 5/5: Fine.
Total: 70/75 pts. Not bad.
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Alright, so. Scores:
spoinkmaster 47
Cardzmaster2004 51
Carrington388 56
moza 62
ensignmerlin 64
Charizardian 66
DragonSol 67
Archonn 68
Scribble 70
Sunflorazumarill 71
MegaVelocibot 71
shiftrymaster68 72
Out of the 12 entrants, the top 8 will move on to round 2. So, the following advance:
shiftrymaster68
MegaVelocibot
Sunflorazumarill
Scribble
Archonn
DragonSol
Charizardian
ensignmerlin
Sorry Carrington, Cardz, spoinkmaster, and moza, but you didn't make it.
Alright, so round 2 is the same, except...all submitted cards must be Pokemon ex. For example, Duo Raticate ex/Fearow ex. It's up to you to figure the right brokenness/HP balance between EX and Duo mechanics.
The deadline is Saturday the 22nd at 5:00 PM.
