You know the drill. Post cards here that you think will do good at the Platinum prereleases and give a short explanation why. When posting cards, think about their rarity and its attacks. Something terrible in modified can be excellent in limited.
I'll start off with 2 cards.
Pokefan4000
Cacturne
A pretty decent card for limited. After a bit of spreading (Maybe with Flaaffy or Crobat), its first attack is just scary. The scarier part is that it costs 2 energy of any type. Its second attack is nice. Discarding a grass to poison, or a dark to paralyze. A bit unreliable, though, as it costs {G}{D}. And if you draw the wrong energy, well, just use its first attack and snipe.
Golduck
Golduck is pretty good for limited. You used to those none-for-10 attacks? Well, Golduck does that, but it does 30 for no energy instead. In addition, if your opponent has any water energy in play (which is likely due to the amount of water pokemon in the set), you can do that 30 to a benched pokemon instead. Its second attack costs 2 energy (1 has to be water) and does 40 damage. If you wish, you can move all energy attached to Golduck to one of your benched pokes. It does 20 more damage if you do. This can be useful if Golduck is gonna die next turn, or if you just played down a pokemon you need to charge up fast. And Golduck has a retreat cost of 0, so charging up and switching will be easy.
Vigoroth
Okay, I think this things is just plain good for these things. Its first attack does 30 damage for 1 energy, but you have to flip a coin. If tails, put 1 damage counter on Vigoroth. Seems bad, but its second attack costs 3 energy and does 50 damage. It does 20 more damage if Vigoroth has any damage counters on it. A constant 70 damage with no drawbacks? I'll take it!
DOX
Torchic= T2 Donk
Seviper= 40 Heal and great starting hits.
Vulpix= Dump and Draw through your deck, then you can set something else up.
Crobat= Quick Damage and Toxic is pretty good.
Ariadosguy
Seviper will be great at PRs.
Palkia G will be fantastic, as will Gyarados G.
Giratina also looks good.
Carnivine is brilliant.
But the card that takes the cake is...
Weavile G!
Seriously, sets up, and deals 70 damage easily. And it's a basic. And it has free retreat. Broken in a PR
Chaos Knuckles
Vulpix <-- Pretty much the only non-trainer draw card in the set
Ralts <-- Great first attack
Seviper <-- Great all-around attacks for prereleases
Shuppet <-- Sleep for free = one great card for prerelease
Happiny + Chansey <-- This is a pretty bad prerelease set since I have to pick these cards
Swablu(non-shiny) <-- Sleep + free reatreat = another great card for prereleases
Zangoose <-- This is probably the best prerelease card in the set
If you can play Altaria, Blissey, Seviper, Vulpix, and/or Zangoose, play them. Those are the cards that will win prereleases.
Wiseman.
I was just browsing GC and Blissey came to mind. At PR's you stall and Blissey can do 100 damage for 4, heal itself 20 a turn, and it can also do 20 for 1 and draw up to 6 cards in your hand, not bad.
Zangoose = no special conditions and can spread.
The Fallen One
Very unlikely, but Skymin Lv. X would be absolutely broken in the Prerelease. Unless your opponent is really lucky. I remember Stormfront. People with top records getting all the good cards. -_-
StealthAngel667
I'm so playing Torchic if I can get one. Barely anything has >80 HP in Prerelease. On the other hand, Poketurn is the very best card in Pre if you get ANY Pokemon G. You must play it.
Flygon Jedi Master
Gyrados G will be beast!
...
Do you guys get it?
"Beast"?
...
Members of PokeBeach: Yes FJM, we get it.
FJM: Really? You didn't laugh?...
And I think that Blissey has good draw support with these primitive decks.
rage780
carnivine has 3 useful attacks packed in 80 hp body:
G] Stretch Vine: Does 10 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokemon.
[C][C] Absorb: 20 damage. Remove 2 damage counters from Carnivine.
[G][G] Musk Extract: 30 damage. If the Defending Pokemon already has damage counters on it, the Defending Pokemon is now Poisoned and Burned.
2 for possibly 70 and more if your opponent does not retreat.
Clear
whoever can get pull and get Rampardos out wins PR.
If this set has potion, then it lives forever.
The End.
I'll start off with 2 cards.
Pokefan4000
Cacturne
A pretty decent card for limited. After a bit of spreading (Maybe with Flaaffy or Crobat), its first attack is just scary. The scarier part is that it costs 2 energy of any type. Its second attack is nice. Discarding a grass to poison, or a dark to paralyze. A bit unreliable, though, as it costs {G}{D}. And if you draw the wrong energy, well, just use its first attack and snipe.
Golduck
Golduck is pretty good for limited. You used to those none-for-10 attacks? Well, Golduck does that, but it does 30 for no energy instead. In addition, if your opponent has any water energy in play (which is likely due to the amount of water pokemon in the set), you can do that 30 to a benched pokemon instead. Its second attack costs 2 energy (1 has to be water) and does 40 damage. If you wish, you can move all energy attached to Golduck to one of your benched pokes. It does 20 more damage if you do. This can be useful if Golduck is gonna die next turn, or if you just played down a pokemon you need to charge up fast. And Golduck has a retreat cost of 0, so charging up and switching will be easy.
Vigoroth
Okay, I think this things is just plain good for these things. Its first attack does 30 damage for 1 energy, but you have to flip a coin. If tails, put 1 damage counter on Vigoroth. Seems bad, but its second attack costs 3 energy and does 50 damage. It does 20 more damage if Vigoroth has any damage counters on it. A constant 70 damage with no drawbacks? I'll take it!
DOX
Torchic= T2 Donk
Seviper= 40 Heal and great starting hits.
Vulpix= Dump and Draw through your deck, then you can set something else up.
Crobat= Quick Damage and Toxic is pretty good.
Ariadosguy
Seviper will be great at PRs.
Palkia G will be fantastic, as will Gyarados G.
Giratina also looks good.
Carnivine is brilliant.
But the card that takes the cake is...
Weavile G!
Seriously, sets up, and deals 70 damage easily. And it's a basic. And it has free retreat. Broken in a PR
Chaos Knuckles
Vulpix <-- Pretty much the only non-trainer draw card in the set
Ralts <-- Great first attack
Seviper <-- Great all-around attacks for prereleases
Shuppet <-- Sleep for free = one great card for prerelease
Happiny + Chansey <-- This is a pretty bad prerelease set since I have to pick these cards
Swablu(non-shiny) <-- Sleep + free reatreat = another great card for prereleases
Zangoose <-- This is probably the best prerelease card in the set
If you can play Altaria, Blissey, Seviper, Vulpix, and/or Zangoose, play them. Those are the cards that will win prereleases.
Wiseman.
I was just browsing GC and Blissey came to mind. At PR's you stall and Blissey can do 100 damage for 4, heal itself 20 a turn, and it can also do 20 for 1 and draw up to 6 cards in your hand, not bad.
Zangoose = no special conditions and can spread.
The Fallen One
Very unlikely, but Skymin Lv. X would be absolutely broken in the Prerelease. Unless your opponent is really lucky. I remember Stormfront. People with top records getting all the good cards. -_-
StealthAngel667
I'm so playing Torchic if I can get one. Barely anything has >80 HP in Prerelease. On the other hand, Poketurn is the very best card in Pre if you get ANY Pokemon G. You must play it.
Flygon Jedi Master
Gyrados G will be beast!
...
Do you guys get it?
"Beast"?
...
Members of PokeBeach: Yes FJM, we get it.
FJM: Really? You didn't laugh?...
And I think that Blissey has good draw support with these primitive decks.
rage780
carnivine has 3 useful attacks packed in 80 hp body:
G] Stretch Vine: Does 10 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokemon.
[C][C] Absorb: 20 damage. Remove 2 damage counters from Carnivine.
[G][G] Musk Extract: 30 damage. If the Defending Pokemon already has damage counters on it, the Defending Pokemon is now Poisoned and Burned.
2 for possibly 70 and more if your opponent does not retreat.
Clear
whoever can get pull and get Rampardos out wins PR.
If this set has potion, then it lives forever.
The End.
