I'm a sucker for flipping coins to add to base damage, so I really think I like this new Hippowdon. For those who don't know the card...the translation is on Pokebeach under the Entry Pack spoiler list, but it is here as well.
Hippowdon - 100 HP Stage 1
[.]Sand Suction - 20
Attach a F energy card from your discard pile to Hippowdon
[FFC] Sand Impact - 50+
Flip a coin for each F energy attached to Hippowdon. This attack does 50 damage + 20 more for each heads.
Weak: W +20
Resist:
Retreat: 3
That second attack just makes me so happy. For the bargain price of 3 energy, you get a guaranteed 50 (meh) but you add 20 for each heads, for a possible 110 for 3! And it says "energy," not "energy cards," so you get to flip 2 coins for DRE (which helps overcome the -10) and 3 for Scramble. Very abusable!
As for a deck for this beast, I had 2 ideas. One seems pretty obvious, and that is Togekiss. It's fairly easy to get 3 or 4 energy on this guy with Kiss.
The second (and more intriguing) is to work with Swampert/ex and Lunasol. Hippowdon's first attack allows you to get energy out of the discard, so why not run Mentor, Felicity's and TVR to help use it? Also, Swampert ex can get non-basic energy out of the discard with his power, but using it ends your turn. So why not run Holon Circle to try and confuse your opponent? This also gives the deck some late game staying power with Swampert's power by being able to move some of the energy from an old Hippowdon to a new one, or even a Swampert...after all, both of them use DRE quite well!
What do you guys think? Keep in mind I have no list for this deck yet, nor will I make any predictions about how well it will do in the format, so please keep an open and positive mind when thinking about this deck *coughunlikePrize_cardcough*.
Hippowdon - 100 HP Stage 1
[.]Sand Suction - 20
Attach a F energy card from your discard pile to Hippowdon
[FFC] Sand Impact - 50+
Flip a coin for each F energy attached to Hippowdon. This attack does 50 damage + 20 more for each heads.
Weak: W +20
Resist:
Retreat: 3
That second attack just makes me so happy. For the bargain price of 3 energy, you get a guaranteed 50 (meh) but you add 20 for each heads, for a possible 110 for 3! And it says "energy," not "energy cards," so you get to flip 2 coins for DRE (which helps overcome the -10) and 3 for Scramble. Very abusable!
As for a deck for this beast, I had 2 ideas. One seems pretty obvious, and that is Togekiss. It's fairly easy to get 3 or 4 energy on this guy with Kiss.
The second (and more intriguing) is to work with Swampert/ex and Lunasol. Hippowdon's first attack allows you to get energy out of the discard, so why not run Mentor, Felicity's and TVR to help use it? Also, Swampert ex can get non-basic energy out of the discard with his power, but using it ends your turn. So why not run Holon Circle to try and confuse your opponent? This also gives the deck some late game staying power with Swampert's power by being able to move some of the energy from an old Hippowdon to a new one, or even a Swampert...after all, both of them use DRE quite well!
What do you guys think? Keep in mind I have no list for this deck yet, nor will I make any predictions about how well it will do in the format, so please keep an open and positive mind when thinking about this deck *coughunlikePrize_cardcough*.