I have to agree with you all.This Volcarona is very bad.
Agreed. I feel like the main reason DP era cards are praised is because of all the interesting cards that have the potential to be viable. There were so many random cards that were so interesting, and not gimmicky. I feel like every one-prizer deck nowadays feels like a gimmicky joke deck with weird effects that aren't actually viable.Man, not only are these cards bad, they're... boring. A lot of players think that the problems in Standard are solely because of OP 2/3-prizers, but it's also because barely any thought is being put into single-prize Pokémon. Once in a while a gem like Vivid Voltage Shiftry limps along but that's it.
Remember when Charmander from Base Set was used in some decks without its evolutions, because it could cheaply deal with Jungle Scyther? As unbalanced as that format was, at least some of your commons and non-trainer uncommons could bring some value to your deck.
Imagine a Scorbunny or Raboot being used for dealing with Zacian V in Standard...
Thank you. There is literally no way to word this better.Man, not only are these cards bad, they're... boring. A lot of players think that the problems in Standard are solely because of OP 2/3-prizers, but it's also because barely any thought is being put into single-prize Pokémon. Once in a while a gem like Vivid Voltage Shiftry limps along but that's it.
Remember when Charmander from Base Set was used in some decks without its evolutions, because it could cheaply deal with Jungle Scyther? As unbalanced as that format was, at least some of your commons and non-trainer uncommons could bring some value to your deck.
Imagine a Scorbunny or Raboot being used for dealing with Zacian V in Standard...
We know, but that doesn't make it okay. How do you think we feel when charizard has like 5 cards so far in the last 4 sets but Volcarona, a Pokemon so powerful it canonically REPLACED THE SUN, is consistently shit? We have every right to be annoyed..There are Pokemon that are acceptable to be made shit filler like Sunflora, Ledian, Tropius, Furfrou...but not one of the top 5 bug types. No.People seem to forget that not every card is meant to be playable. Some are made for collectors so they don’t need to have good attacks
I’m really annoyed that we didn’t get Shiny Orbeetle Vmax.Exactly! I'm glad you brought up shing fates, too. That set pisses me off in terms of Pokemon they chose to give shiny cards. Like...Rillaboom V+Vmax...But not the other 2 Starters. What???? Why???? And why not wait like 5 more sets so we can get cards like Shiny Blastoise Gmax???? Or shiny Urshifus? This set is genuinely a mistake. They literally only made it so Shiny Zard Vmax would sell packs.