So, I was recently thinking (like 5 seconds ago) about Wishiwashi and it just occurred to me that it may not be as useless of a card as many of us might believe. Hear me out - Judge me after.
Wishiwashi's ability reads...
"Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard all cards attached to this Pokémon and return it to your hand. You can't use this Ability during your first turn or on the turn this Pokémon was put into play."
This essentially means that its a Sky Return without the energy requirement or attacking for the turn. IT HIT ME! Nobody in their right mind is going to Lysandre this thing up for a single prize which leads me to think the following...
- If this thing gets placed down, it's relatively safe from being pulled into the active
- It potentially forces your opponent to play a 7 card prize game if they choose to knock it out (if you're playing an EX/GX heavy deck)
- This reduces your reliance on Float Stones since a Pokémon is more easily searchable and retrievable from the discard. Most people are already playing these types of utility cards in their decks anyway.
- If you have it on the board for a turn and then put it into the active, you can leave your basic EX attackers on the bench that haven't been set up fully yet and use Max Elixers on them and manually attach for a setup. THEN you can pseudo- Sky Return, move your real attacker into the active, put Wishiwahi back on the bench, and go HAM all over again.
- If you're a mega player and you needed to get an energy into your discard to use a mega turbo, attaching it to Wishiwashi and Cowardicing it would accomplish that for you without wasting resources.
What are y'alls thoughts on this? Am I being ridiculous or does this seem like something worth some thought?
Wishiwashi's ability reads...
"Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard all cards attached to this Pokémon and return it to your hand. You can't use this Ability during your first turn or on the turn this Pokémon was put into play."
This essentially means that its a Sky Return without the energy requirement or attacking for the turn. IT HIT ME! Nobody in their right mind is going to Lysandre this thing up for a single prize which leads me to think the following...
- If this thing gets placed down, it's relatively safe from being pulled into the active
- It potentially forces your opponent to play a 7 card prize game if they choose to knock it out (if you're playing an EX/GX heavy deck)
- This reduces your reliance on Float Stones since a Pokémon is more easily searchable and retrievable from the discard. Most people are already playing these types of utility cards in their decks anyway.
- If you have it on the board for a turn and then put it into the active, you can leave your basic EX attackers on the bench that haven't been set up fully yet and use Max Elixers on them and manually attach for a setup. THEN you can pseudo- Sky Return, move your real attacker into the active, put Wishiwahi back on the bench, and go HAM all over again.
- If you're a mega player and you needed to get an energy into your discard to use a mega turbo, attaching it to Wishiwashi and Cowardicing it would accomplish that for you without wasting resources.
What are y'alls thoughts on this? Am I being ridiculous or does this seem like something worth some thought?
