Yeah, you might think I'm crazy. I'm some Deliqnuent trying to rid you of your home and cards. It doesn't matter.
20 Damage. The power of hitting a wild Tauros in the safari zone with a rock but not hard enough for it to run away. It's pathetic. But it's Dark Type. Something we've needed to counter Night march is a dark type that can fit into a variety of decks, deal just enough damage to KO a night marcher, and maybe survive another turn. Yveltal XY doesn't fulfill this because of it's Dark Energy cost, and Zoroark also doesn't fulfill this because it takes a DCE and a turn of setup.
So let's factor in Dark Typing weakness. This makes it so you get double damage on troublesome decks like Night March and Trevenant. That's 40 damage standard, not even enough to KO a Pumpkaboo. But now add in a Fighting Fury Belt. Bam! You now can hit magical numbers: 60 on every pumpkaboo, 30 on every joltik, 60 on every phantump, etc...
Although 60 on something like Trevenant isn't exactly very uplifting, the second effect of the card makes up for it. Discarding some of your hand to draw new cards can help get around the pain of item lock, and even throw away those item cards you don't need.
...I know it's not that much to talk about, but I'm sick of Umbreon only being judged on it's EXTREMELY situational second attack.
The [C] typing of energy can also help it flow right into something like a fairy deck, in which multiple attackers and weakness are like the bread and butter of the deck.
20 Damage. The power of hitting a wild Tauros in the safari zone with a rock but not hard enough for it to run away. It's pathetic. But it's Dark Type. Something we've needed to counter Night march is a dark type that can fit into a variety of decks, deal just enough damage to KO a night marcher, and maybe survive another turn. Yveltal XY doesn't fulfill this because of it's Dark Energy cost, and Zoroark also doesn't fulfill this because it takes a DCE and a turn of setup.
So let's factor in Dark Typing weakness. This makes it so you get double damage on troublesome decks like Night March and Trevenant. That's 40 damage standard, not even enough to KO a Pumpkaboo. But now add in a Fighting Fury Belt. Bam! You now can hit magical numbers: 60 on every pumpkaboo, 30 on every joltik, 60 on every phantump, etc...
Although 60 on something like Trevenant isn't exactly very uplifting, the second effect of the card makes up for it. Discarding some of your hand to draw new cards can help get around the pain of item lock, and even throw away those item cards you don't need.
...I know it's not that much to talk about, but I'm sick of Umbreon only being judged on it's EXTREMELY situational second attack.
The [C] typing of energy can also help it flow right into something like a fairy deck, in which multiple attackers and weakness are like the bread and butter of the deck.
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