Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Mewtwo ex not as good as most poeple think

Well piplup for four energy on reshiram ex you can do 150. So i think thats better. I dont dislike mewtwo ex hes just not my favorite ex.

Well thepliskin for two energy on mewtwo ex you can do 140 to reshiram ex that with four energy and since reshiram ex flipped tails and took 50 it kos reshiram ex and takes two prizes. So i think thats better.
 
Honestly reshiram is that big of a threat you will be most likely doing the same each turn which is 60 +. Due to the fact that reshiram is attached at least two energy a turn
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Gardevoir only doubles basic Psychic Energy cards when they are attached to Psychic-Type Pokemon; Double Colorless Energy won't be doubled and would thus be no more use in that combo than a basic Psychic Energy.

Skeptical though I was about the full power of Mewtwo EX, this is why a lot of Mewtwo EX counters, apart from Mewtwo EX itself, fall flat. Mewtwo EX can be played well in just about any deck. Darmanitan with DarMAXitan is a 110 HP Stage 1 Pokemon that needs some form of Energy acceleration to work.

Now Double Colorless Energy works reasonably well on its own, but if you're only getting two coin flips, both must then be heads to get the necessary damage to OHKO Mewtwo EX. If it gets zero or one "heads", Mewtwo EX just OHKOs it back. Plus odds are Mewtwo EX didn't come up until it could at least hit something hard, probably for a OHKO. Prize counts are even but you're out a lot more cards.

Weezing is in a similar boat: Super Explosion doesn't hit hard enough to get around Eviolite without help, but even if you do, you've probably lost a Pokemon before this and thus are merely even on Prize count. Other counters I've heard proposed fall prey to similar issues.
 
Well, given the 75% chance Darmanitan won't score a OHKO with just a Double Colorless Energy or a single basic Psychic Energy card (in a Gardevoir deck), it is plausible that something else is a bigger threat on the board.

It is no secret that I favor running Gothitelle with Gardevoir (if you're going to run Gothitelle), so in that build I'd be far more worried about Gothitelle/something Evolving into Gothitelle/KOing Gardevoir if a back-up isn't ready. Not exactly a good reason to endorse the tactic. XD
 
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