Best lv X in the set is palkia but thats beside the point.
Palkia is quite impressive as to what he is capable of. I run him in a fun deck for the moment, but I am of the belief that Cresselia, once honed correctly will end up becoming the strongest level X in format.
And then there are the nay sayers who think Dialga is terrible because he has a 25% chance to end the turn, even while 75% of the time either nothing happens (which is not bad considering you're considering a risk roll for a MASSIVE cause.) or you end up accelerating ridiculously fast.
Granted, theres not much to go with him, and the only ways to easily get an active Dialga out are:
- Magnezone and a metal energy attached to Dialga
- Weavile Dark Engage with Moonlit Stadium.
And thats about as problematic as he truly gets other than his terrible attack. People are stating that the chance is much too flippy, but when you think about it, if it were any less, I think people would definitely consider the card to be broken. An entire turn is usually considered MASSIVE game advantage on one persons end. Don't believe me? Look at Magic the Gathering. A lot of very good blue cards that rely on gaining an extra turn cost a HUGE load of mana, because in Magic, card acceleration, turn acceleration and gaining an upper hand of control is everything, but a whole turn can be justified by that amount of mana.
The two coin flips justifies Dialga. Its 75% chance of not messing up, and most of the time, you'd be using this at the END of your turn anyways. If you succeed, you not only get to attack, but your opponent is rendered entirely useless for a whole turn, while you dump energies, supporters, get card advantage and everything. Its not just card advantage in this situation, its getting that extra turn ahead to get energies down, play supporters and get that critical card you need. One whole turn can save you an ENTIRE game. Lets also not forget that if this DOES work, you still get to attack AND get an additional attack. Your opponent just gains one turn of you not attacking is all.
So. A situation. You succeed your first time, get two turns ahead with two attacks, maybe knock out two pokemon. Thats two prizes ahead. You miss, but your opponent is still recovering from your onslaught. You're still ahead in prizes and are continuing to build quickly while your opponent lags behind (Hoping for scramble, obviously), even misses after one success do not matter, since you still got everything else done except for your attack. It CAN be afforded. Multiple successes with Dialga can be game breaking because you're gaining so many turns that your opponent just cannot keep up anymore.
I hear all this naysaying going around me. Do your research before you complain. Dialga may not be good in this format, but he's not as terrible as some may think. (I'm hearing some people saying he's the worst Level X in the game, when that is entirely untrue.)
As for Darkrai. lol. Great potential, terrible for the format. Parking him in a deck complete with fighting weaks only makes you that much more suicidal. Good luck against Gardylade. And you guys dropping 100 dollars for a piece of cardboard are insane. Just thought I'd let that one out there.