Card of the Day: Emboar
This one is Shiny, so it's more playable.
Emboar (NXD # 100) {12/01/12}
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This one is Shiny, so it's more playable.
Outclassed in every single way by Blastoise except that its got 10 more HP. Blastoise has a better attacker in Keldeo EX with an amazing ability and a better weakness. Even Squirtle has a good ability over this. Anyone who plays this over Blastoise is legitimately out of their mind.
At least the shiny version looks cool. Pretty much the only thing it has going for it at this point.
Playability: 1/10 (Yes, for 10 more hp, you get 1 point. Congratulations.)
Art: 9/10
At least the shiny version looks cool. Pretty much the only thing it has going for it at this point.
Playability: 1/10 (Yes, for 10 more hp, you get 1 point. Congratulations.)
Art: 9/10
Emboar has been around for a long time, seeing some success in Reshiboar. Sadly, its time is probably up with the introduction of Keldeo EX to the format.
Onto the card. Emboar is a 150 HP Stage 2, which, among non EX Pokemon is only topped by Charizard, at 160 HP. Its Fire typing isn't ideal considering that Blastoise/ Keldeo EX, one of the most hyped decks, hits it for weakness. It has no Resistance and a terrible retreat cost of 4. Its attack is rather boring, doing a vanilla 80 damage for 2 Fire and 2 Colorless. However, its Ability, Inferno Fandango, is something worth looking at- it lets you break the normal rule of Energy attachments and attach as much Fire Energy from your hand as you want during your turn. Obviously, this is best paired with Pokemon that uses a lot of Fire Energy. There are 3 ideal candidates for the job- Reshiram BW, Reshiram EX, and the newly introduced White Kyurem EX. With Reshiram, your goal is to simply attach Energy to keep on using Blue Flare. Reshiram EX enjoys the fast attachments, allowing it to use Brave Fire as early as turn 2. White Kyurem EX does the same thing as Reshiram, but does 150 damage rather than 120. Emboar decks suffer from inconsistency and bad typing, making them worse than you'd want in a tournament deck. Overall, Emboar gets a 6/10 for playability.
Onto the card. Emboar is a 150 HP Stage 2, which, among non EX Pokemon is only topped by Charizard, at 160 HP. Its Fire typing isn't ideal considering that Blastoise/ Keldeo EX, one of the most hyped decks, hits it for weakness. It has no Resistance and a terrible retreat cost of 4. Its attack is rather boring, doing a vanilla 80 damage for 2 Fire and 2 Colorless. However, its Ability, Inferno Fandango, is something worth looking at- it lets you break the normal rule of Energy attachments and attach as much Fire Energy from your hand as you want during your turn. Obviously, this is best paired with Pokemon that uses a lot of Fire Energy. There are 3 ideal candidates for the job- Reshiram BW, Reshiram EX, and the newly introduced White Kyurem EX. With Reshiram, your goal is to simply attach Energy to keep on using Blue Flare. Reshiram EX enjoys the fast attachments, allowing it to use Brave Fire as early as turn 2. White Kyurem EX does the same thing as Reshiram, but does 150 damage rather than 120. Emboar decks suffer from inconsistency and bad typing, making them worse than you'd want in a tournament deck. Overall, Emboar gets a 6/10 for playability.
Blah said:
Or their meta is Klingklang/Cobalion/No Keldeo XD
But yeah it stinks now.
Love art though
This card is a straight tier 1 card. This card is really good in my favorite DECK RESHIBOAR. tHIS DECFK IS EASILY 10/10 sorry caps... My COMP keybord is broken....haha... This card fits really well into any fire type deck. overall rating
8/10
8/10