All 108 “Ruler of the Black Flame” Cards Revealed!

At this point, the TCG incarnation of the Terastal phenomenon is the biggest disappointment I've ever seen in the game. First, they absolutely kill the wonderful design space of an Ancient Trait-like thing, and turn it all into "bEncH bArieR?". But hey...maybe they compensate this by making them interesting in other ways, right? Wrong, for the most part they all have one or two attacks with no abilities. So basically, they're just glorified exs with a different type than what the attack cost requirements are. What a waste, my god.
 
Oddish/Gloom/Bellossom - still underrated. 1/1/2
Scyther/Scizor - 2/3
Shuckle - common meh. 1
Combee/Vespiquen ex (Ghost) - decent. Nothing new. 2/3-4
Phanthump/Trevenant - not with the HP and Retreat Cost tho. 3/3
Capsakid/Scovillain - ehh. 2,2/2
Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard ex (Dark) - nuts with MEW Zard. 2/2/4-5
Vulpix/Ninetales - ehh. 2/2
Entei - decent. 3
Darumaka/Darmanitan - ehh. 2/2
Heatmor - really? 2-3
Eiscue ex (Fire) - water deck tech. 3-4
Carvanha/Sharpedo - ehh. 1/1
Tympole/Palpitoad/Seismitoad - ehh. 2/2/2
Cubchoo/Beartic -I swear, we never had a really good Beartic since like 2012. 2/2
Cryogonal - single-energy, C, good if you have a bad start, but I rather run MEW Ditto for that. I rather spend my attachment to an actual atkrs. 3-4
Finizen/Palafin - not as good as before onto Golisopod. 3,3/3
Larvitar/Pupitar/Tyranitar ex (Electric) - decent. 2/2/3-4
Tynamo/Eelektrik/Eelektross - meh. 2/2/2
Thundurus - wtf? way to go tryhard. 2
Toxel/Toxtricity - still not impressed. 3/3
Tadbulb/Bellibolt - iffy stage 1. 2,2/3
Cleffa - T1 draw, also nice seeing baby return. 4-5
Togepi/Togetic/Togekiss - 3/3/3
Eevee/Espeon/Umbreon - 2/2/2
Lunatone/Solrock - make sense GO Solrock accels energy while OBF Lunatone gaves one-sided stadium effect. 3-4/2
Baltoy/Claydol - 3/3
Greavard/Houndstone - ehh. 2,2/2-3
Nosepass/Probopass - 1/1
Bonsly - nice to see it since 2007. 3
Stunfisk - ehh. 3
Bunnelby/Diggersby - 1/1
Glimmet/Glimmora ex - vulnerable to Path, yet the ability is massive. 1,1/4
Rockruff/Lycanroc - ehh. 2/2-3
Paldean Wooper/Clodsire - idk why they never use the ENG image of a promo. 2/2
Houndour/Houndoom - 3/2
Absol ex - 3-4
Darkrai - ehh. 2-3
Inkay/Malamar - wut? 2/2
Mawile - sucks that we don't have Scoop Up Net. this is cheap solution for Double Turbo users. 4
Pawniard/Bisharp/Kingambit - 3/3/3
Varoom/Revavroom ex - I better use Honchkrow for the ability. 2,2/3-4
Swablu/Altaria - 2/2
Pidgey/Pidgeotto/Pidgeot ex - do I have to explain? 2/2/5
Kangaskhan, Zigzagoon/Linoone, Lechonk/Oinkologne - gonna compile this on how bad they were.
Flamigo - 3
Patrol Cap - again, who plays mill and control? 3-4
Letter of Encouragement - 3-4
Vengeful Punch - I still don't see the point. 3
Poppy - double Lucian. 3
Geeta - still bad. 3
Ortega - not distruptive. 3
Ryme - Hau and Repel. 2-3
Pokemon League Headquarters - even it is a direct counter to Lost Box, Lost Box can still have Vacuums, Mirage Gates, and Stadium to boot. 4-5
Town Store - 4


Still no one explains about Arven and Team Star Grunt being reprinted tho
 
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