Professor Juniper from Black & White (#101) [6/3]

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Guiding questions:
1. How does the card stand on its own? Is it good, bad, or have potential? Is it worth being played?
2. What popular metagame decks could it be used in?
3. What combos can you use it with? How so?
4. Give it a rating, and explain why you have given it that rating. You can also rate the card by rating the thread itself (out of 5 stars).
5. How's the artwork?

Posts MUST be several sentences long with proper grammar and spelling or they will be deleted - this forum is to discuss specific cards so other people can learn about their potential in the current metagame.
 
1. How does the card stand on its own? Is it good, bad, or have potential? Is it worth being played?
This card CANT stand on its own cause it is a supporter. But it is worth being played in the right sitiation.

2. What popular metagame decks could it be used in?
Not many yet but Garydos and maybe Sabledonk and others that i cant think of right now.

3. What combos can you use it with? How so?
Not many other than what i just said in the last sentence.

4. Give it a rating, and explain why you have given it that rating. You can also rate the card by rating the thread itself (out of 5 stars). 2.5 out of 5 cause it really has not had time to gain poularity but i think it has potential.

5. How's the artwork? 3.5 out of 5 it is good for a supporter.

YEAH I POSTED FIRST!!
 
1. How does the card stand on its own? Is it good, bad, or have potential? Is it worth being played?
It's pretty good on it's own, It has good potential and yep, it is worth playing, at least 2-4 should be played

2. What popular metagame decks could it be used in?
Really don't know on that one

3. What combos can you use it with? How so?
I'd only use in a desperate move or if you have a lot of useless cards

4. Give it a rating, and explain why you have given it that rating. You can also rate the card by rating the thread itself (out of 5 stars).

4/5 MD-on due to Dos benefiting from this, 3/5 for HGSS-on for as it is good for discarding junk and need to get some good carrds in a pinch

5. How's the artwork?
It's okay, but it looks like Juniper is either saluting or trying to make the Loser sign 3/5
 
1. It's a supporter so it can't be played on its own.
2. not sure
3. last card in your hand, junk in your hand ect.
4. 2/5 I'd rather shuffle my hand into my deck and draw one less with oak's new theory
5. its okay
 
1. How does the card stand on its own? Is it good, bad, or have potential? Is it worth being played?

I love this card, it is constantly getting me out of trouble, it comes up great when you need it, And if you can learn to just let go of the cards in your hand when they're not as good as they should be this card is great. if you think too much into "oh i have this in my hand and i dont want to discard that guy" you're going to never use them.

2. What popular metagame decks could it be used in?

It's practically in every hgss on deck i've seen. mewbee, reshiboar, donphan. I havn't seen it anywhere else really. The older Metagame decks tend to run older stuff that works for them, but this will be a staple after the rotation. possibly gyrados to help discard magikarp.

3. What combos can you use it with? How so?

discarding magikarps to boost gyrados' attack. there isn't really a combo to use with it though t's still a really powerful draw card.

4. Give it a rating, and explain why you have given it that rating. You can also rate the card by rating the thread itself (out of 5 stars).

4/5 it is a big lifesaver. it has great potential for draw power in hgss on format, the only draw back that is only a draw back if you dont know when or how to use the card; discarding of your hand. This card is great for thinning out your deck, dumping specific things in the discard, and getting you that much needed fresh hand.

5. How's the artwork?

It's pretty good. It's a character trainer so It has all of the features it should have. (a picture of the character) the back ground is decent so yeah. she's a recognizable character so it does its job. the frame of the card looks pretty awesome too. along with the Reminder text at the bottom to help with beginners learning how to play. :D
 
1. Supporter --> Can't stand on it's own
2. I think it could be used in nearly every deck especially if you have a lot of recycling cards.
3. You can use it as an effective Draw Power, but I personally think, that PONT is alot better, and Bianca will also be,but other people might like this better.
4. To discard the entire hand might get really expensive, but it it speeds you up. I think i give it a 4 out of 5
5. It's an ordinary Professor artwork, nothing special but also not bad, 3.5 out of 5.
 
1. It's OK on it's own. A new hand of 7 isn't bad at all.
2. Gyarados comes to mind instantly. Turn one impersonate a Pokémon Collector for 3 magikarps, TUrn 2 impersonate a Juniper's. Otherwise Fire Decks with Typhlosion Prime in them maybe?
3. Any card that can pull stuff out of the discard pile or that benefits from having extra cards in the discard pile will combo well with this.
4. 3/5. It's a decent supporter, but if you have something that you CAN'T discard in your hand (Like say for example, your run 1 Palmer's Contribution, and it's in your hand), you can't play Juniper's, making the card useless. Otherwise, if you have a bunch of multiple-copy cards in your hand, it shoudl be fine.
5. The artwork's all right for a supporter. Nothing special though. 3/5.
 
Most other card games don't make such a fuss about discarding "useful" cards as Pokemon does. Back in the days Pokemon came out, Professor Oak was easily the best card, and for good reason. You could draw half your deck with just 4 copies of that card.

Pokemon has a bit more trouble getting cards back from the grave than other games (only Palmer's and Pokerescue can do this well) but that's also because most decks don't really focus on it. If you think about it, you don't really NEED all the cards you have in your hand. You only need 1 energy to attach every turn and 1 Supporter to net you the Pokemon you need. The rest is usually just fodder. Discarding one of your key Pokemon is not necessarily a waste, you know.
I think a deck with 4 Junipers can work nicely, if you include some retrieval material as well. It's also a great card in decks with a lot of tech room, because you can discard the techs you don't need for that particular matchup, making it better than PONT in those situations.

That being said, I think PONT is usually the better option right now. It only nets one card less, and most decks don't benefit from discarding that much, other than energy acceleration and Gyarados of course. But I want 4 copies of this baby when the format is HGSS-on, that's for sure.

Art: she has a puff of whipped cream on her head. Creepy...
 
1. N/A Supporter
2. Gyarados in MD on and staple HGSS on
3. Junk Arm, get back trainers you discard
4. Best draw power HGSS on. Statically speaking you are way more likely to draw into the cards you need if you discard your current hand. Everyone who makes the PONT is only one less card argument should do some calculations to see the difference. It's also a great way to thin your deck of things like pokemon collector that you don't need mid-game. 5/5
5. How's the artwork? what is she doing with her hand? 2/5
 
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