This week we review Steelix ex.
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Okay, 1st card of the day! And it's Steelix ex from Unseen Forces!
Now as most of you know, Steelix ex is a very powerful and commonly used card. It is used in many decks, including BSL (Blastoise ex/Steelix ex/Lugia ex) and Meganium/Mew/Steelix ex decks. Also it is commonly combined with Metagross ex and delta, and Scizor ex in Oklahoma, where I live.
Decks and Strategies:
Steelix ex is most commonly used in BSL wich combined Blastoise ex's pokepower to rain energies down on either Steelix or Lugia ex, then use holon magneton/electrode to either snipe for 100 with Steelix or blast your opponent's pokemon for 200 damage with Lugia ex.
It's also used in the deck that won the Nevada 15+ State Championships, Meganium/Mew/Steelix ex. It is very similar using Meganium ex's Nurture and Heal power to get multiple energies onto either Steelix or Mew ex to snipe their pokemon for 100 damage. Some might wonder how Mew ex attacks for 100, but he just mimics Steelix's Mudslide attack. Again this deck is very similar to BSL. In Oklahoma at my tournaments many of us use this card with Metagross delta and Metagross ex, and Scizor ex. Neither of these decks are anywhere near as good as the two I mentioned above, but are still very competitive
Advantages of Steelix ex:
The advantages of Steelix ex is that it can attack for 100 on any pokemon, and it has multiple resistances to Grass and Electric. It's Pokepower also allows it to not be Poisoned. Another advantage of Steelix is that it's a Stage 1 and that it's easy to combine with many different pokemon. It also has a massive hp of 150.
Disadvantages of Steelix ex:
The disadvantages of Steelix ex is that it has two weaknesses: Fire and Fighting, which, right now are very powerful and common types. It also has the largest retreat cost in the game right now, with 5 energies needed to retreat him.
Overall:
The overall rating I give this card is very high, since it really only has two weaknesses, and many more advantages. Still I do have to take the weaknesses into consideration, so my final decision on it's grade is 8.5/10.
Hope my review over Steelix ex helped. Cheers!
Okay, 1st card of the day! And it's Steelix ex from Unseen Forces!
Now as most of you know, Steelix ex is a very powerful and commonly used card. It is used in many decks, including BSL (Blastoise ex/Steelix ex/Lugia ex) and Meganium/Mew/Steelix ex decks. Also it is commonly combined with Metagross ex and delta, and Scizor ex in Oklahoma, where I live.
Decks and Strategies:
Steelix ex is most commonly used in BSL wich combined Blastoise ex's pokepower to rain energies down on either Steelix or Lugia ex, then use holon magneton/electrode to either snipe for 100 with Steelix or blast your opponent's pokemon for 200 damage with Lugia ex.
It's also used in the deck that won the Nevada 15+ State Championships, Meganium/Mew/Steelix ex. It is very similar using Meganium ex's Nurture and Heal power to get multiple energies onto either Steelix or Mew ex to snipe their pokemon for 100 damage. Some might wonder how Mew ex attacks for 100, but he just mimics Steelix's Mudslide attack. Again this deck is very similar to BSL. In Oklahoma at my tournaments many of us use this card with Metagross delta and Metagross ex, and Scizor ex. Neither of these decks are anywhere near as good as the two I mentioned above, but are still very competitive
Advantages of Steelix ex:
The advantages of Steelix ex is that it can attack for 100 on any pokemon, and it has multiple resistances to Grass and Electric. It's Pokepower also allows it to not be Poisoned. Another advantage of Steelix is that it's a Stage 1 and that it's easy to combine with many different pokemon. It also has a massive hp of 150.
Disadvantages of Steelix ex:
The disadvantages of Steelix ex is that it has two weaknesses: Fire and Fighting, which, right now are very powerful and common types. It also has the largest retreat cost in the game right now, with 5 energies needed to retreat him.
Overall:
The overall rating I give this card is very high, since it really only has two weaknesses, and many more advantages. Still I do have to take the weaknesses into consideration, so my final decision on it's grade is 8.5/10.
Hope my review over Steelix ex helped. Cheers!
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Yo peace here is my report:
Steelix ex
Steelix ex is a Metal-Type Pokémon. This may be the best type in the game, and is rivaled only by Darkness-Type Pokémon. The reason is that both types have the ability to utilize special effects from their respective Energy types. Surprisingly damage reduction appears better than the extra damage Darkness Energy offers, but Dark-Types are the least integrated of the 9 TCG Types, with nothing Resistant, and a few things Weak. Metal Resistance is not common, but it’s found easily enough. The same goes for Metal Weakness. So indeed this is a great type and definite advantage.
Steelix ex is a Stage 1 Pokémon-ex. This means at least one other card is required to get it into play, and to get it into play fast requires three. Being a Pokémon-ex brings about the natural problem of being worth two Prizes if Knocked Out, plus incompatibility with many supportive cards, and worse yet, many cards designed specifically to hurt you. Having both these restrictions means that all but the most powerful abilities and best stats should be beyond this card.
The HP is a solid start: 150 HP is the second highest for a Stage 1 overall, and the highest for a currently legal Stage 1 Pokémon. Still, since Wailord ex has 200 HP, they really should have considered another 10-20 HP. For posterity’s sake, I’ll remind everyone that this score is high enough to trigger Desert Ruins. Anyway, Metal Pokémon with high HP scores can lead to broken cards, so maybe that’s why they didn’t make it any higher.
The HP will seem pretty puny against Fire and Fighting Pokémon. Both are known for solid damage. Fire Pokémon tend to get even more damage out of attacks via discards, so without several Metal Energy cards, that 80 damage required to OHKO Steelix ex is pretty reasonable to achieve. At least they don’t see that much play in Unlimited. Fighting Pokémon tend to have “dependant” attacks that require some other condition be fulfilled to get a damage boost. Sometimes coin flips (which are common to most types, I know), and lately either having damage already on the Defending Pokémon… or that Pokémon being a Pokémon-ex. Hidden Legends Machamp may not be heavily played, but it is a very solid Stage 2 and really should see some more play. There are still plenty of Turn 2 Control decks, and two of the choices for those decks foci are Fighting-Types. There are also many fast, Stage 1 decks that went by a variety of names that were popular before the advent of T2C, and which usually had a Stage 1 Fighting line in them. Those decks are still pretty good. The last two World Championships have gone to decks which had at least one main attacker being a Fighting-Type, and of course in Unlimited there is always Tyrogue to harass the Fighting-Weak.
Thankfully, this card gets a double Resistance. This evens things out somewhat against Lightning-Type (Electric) Pokémon who are the chief type to be Metal Resistant. The traditional Grass Resistance common to Metal Pokémon means that Grass Pokémon will probably be unable to damage Steelix ex once it has a full compliment of Metal Energy attached; Grass Pokémon don’t do a whole lot of damage. Of course, they tend to have other effects which Steelix ex will have to guard against like Special Conditions.
Steelix ex has a retreat cost of five Energy, the highest in the game. This is so high that you’ll often be unable to pay it. Fortunately, you shouldn’t have to a whole lot, unless you are forced to play Steelix ex before it’s ready.
Overall Steelix has some of the best combo's on his side like LBS and Meganium ex so he can kill everything. This card to date I think is one of the best cards in TCG. Although most people thought its an okay card(and so did I untill I played LBS) it is in the TOP 10 best cards of Pokemon TCG.
10/10
Yo peace here is my report:
Steelix ex
Steelix ex is a Metal-Type Pokémon. This may be the best type in the game, and is rivaled only by Darkness-Type Pokémon. The reason is that both types have the ability to utilize special effects from their respective Energy types. Surprisingly damage reduction appears better than the extra damage Darkness Energy offers, but Dark-Types are the least integrated of the 9 TCG Types, with nothing Resistant, and a few things Weak. Metal Resistance is not common, but it’s found easily enough. The same goes for Metal Weakness. So indeed this is a great type and definite advantage.
Steelix ex is a Stage 1 Pokémon-ex. This means at least one other card is required to get it into play, and to get it into play fast requires three. Being a Pokémon-ex brings about the natural problem of being worth two Prizes if Knocked Out, plus incompatibility with many supportive cards, and worse yet, many cards designed specifically to hurt you. Having both these restrictions means that all but the most powerful abilities and best stats should be beyond this card.
The HP is a solid start: 150 HP is the second highest for a Stage 1 overall, and the highest for a currently legal Stage 1 Pokémon. Still, since Wailord ex has 200 HP, they really should have considered another 10-20 HP. For posterity’s sake, I’ll remind everyone that this score is high enough to trigger Desert Ruins. Anyway, Metal Pokémon with high HP scores can lead to broken cards, so maybe that’s why they didn’t make it any higher.
The HP will seem pretty puny against Fire and Fighting Pokémon. Both are known for solid damage. Fire Pokémon tend to get even more damage out of attacks via discards, so without several Metal Energy cards, that 80 damage required to OHKO Steelix ex is pretty reasonable to achieve. At least they don’t see that much play in Unlimited. Fighting Pokémon tend to have “dependant” attacks that require some other condition be fulfilled to get a damage boost. Sometimes coin flips (which are common to most types, I know), and lately either having damage already on the Defending Pokémon… or that Pokémon being a Pokémon-ex. Hidden Legends Machamp may not be heavily played, but it is a very solid Stage 2 and really should see some more play. There are still plenty of Turn 2 Control decks, and two of the choices for those decks foci are Fighting-Types. There are also many fast, Stage 1 decks that went by a variety of names that were popular before the advent of T2C, and which usually had a Stage 1 Fighting line in them. Those decks are still pretty good. The last two World Championships have gone to decks which had at least one main attacker being a Fighting-Type, and of course in Unlimited there is always Tyrogue to harass the Fighting-Weak.
Thankfully, this card gets a double Resistance. This evens things out somewhat against Lightning-Type (Electric) Pokémon who are the chief type to be Metal Resistant. The traditional Grass Resistance common to Metal Pokémon means that Grass Pokémon will probably be unable to damage Steelix ex once it has a full compliment of Metal Energy attached; Grass Pokémon don’t do a whole lot of damage. Of course, they tend to have other effects which Steelix ex will have to guard against like Special Conditions.
Steelix ex has a retreat cost of five Energy, the highest in the game. This is so high that you’ll often be unable to pay it. Fortunately, you shouldn’t have to a whole lot, unless you are forced to play Steelix ex before it’s ready.
Overall Steelix has some of the best combo's on his side like LBS and Meganium ex so he can kill everything. This card to date I think is one of the best cards in TCG. Although most people thought its an okay card(and so did I untill I played LBS) it is in the TOP 10 best cards of Pokemon TCG.
10/10
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Well today for the COTD we have Steelix ex. Hailing from the set of Unseen Forces, it is renowned for its use in the now staple deck of Blastoise/Lugia/Steelix (BLS). Let’s have a look at what it has going for it and what it has against it.
To start off with, it is a stage 1 ex with 150hp. Now this is a great deal of hp for a stage 1, and it’s basic evolution also has a very high hp (80). This is good when encountering ATM Rocks and Cradilys.
The retreat cost is extraordinarily high (5) and because of this, is not usually retreated, more often switched or just played till its dead.
It’s second attack, Mudslide, is the main reason that it is being played right now. It is an excellent sniper to take out a benched Pokemon such as a Pidgeot, which is a cruel blow to the opponent. The discarding of 2 fighting energy is a burden, however, but if a Holon’s Electrode/Magneton is attached, then that can be discarded then simply Pokemon Retriever’d back into the hand.
This is the reason why it is played in the BLS deck. By the use of energy rain and a Holon’s Electrode/Magneton, Steelix can be charged up in one turn to take out a benched Pokemon which the opponent thought was out of harms way.
With Steelix being metal type and having a high ho, it can easily be made into a “tank”, taking many turns to KO this worthy adversary.
Ebay Price: $20-25 Modified Rating: 7.86
Well today for the COTD we have Steelix ex. Hailing from the set of Unseen Forces, it is renowned for its use in the now staple deck of Blastoise/Lugia/Steelix (BLS). Let’s have a look at what it has going for it and what it has against it.
To start off with, it is a stage 1 ex with 150hp. Now this is a great deal of hp for a stage 1, and it’s basic evolution also has a very high hp (80). This is good when encountering ATM Rocks and Cradilys.
The retreat cost is extraordinarily high (5) and because of this, is not usually retreated, more often switched or just played till its dead.
It’s second attack, Mudslide, is the main reason that it is being played right now. It is an excellent sniper to take out a benched Pokemon such as a Pidgeot, which is a cruel blow to the opponent. The discarding of 2 fighting energy is a burden, however, but if a Holon’s Electrode/Magneton is attached, then that can be discarded then simply Pokemon Retriever’d back into the hand.
This is the reason why it is played in the BLS deck. By the use of energy rain and a Holon’s Electrode/Magneton, Steelix can be charged up in one turn to take out a benched Pokemon which the opponent thought was out of harms way.
With Steelix being metal type and having a high ho, it can easily be made into a “tank”, taking many turns to KO this worthy adversary.
Ebay Price: $20-25 Modified Rating: 7.86
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Today, we shall look at pokemon which has the highest retreat cost in current modified format, Steelix ex. We will look at its physical attribute. First of all, Steelix ex has 150Hp which is high for a stage one pokemon currently. In addition, with metal energies attached to Steelix, it will take a long time to knock Steelix out. Other than that, it has resistance to both grass and lightning. As you all know, it is common for a metal pokemon to have resistance to grass. Resistance to lightning is rare; yet, it hurts many decks in current metagame. Zap-turn-dos and metanite are some decks that will harmed from Steelix’s resistance. Sadly, there are two major problems for Steelix ex which are its retreat cost and resistance. Wow, five retreat costs? Most probably you wouldn’t want to waste so many energies to retreat it; however, trainers like switch and warp point prevent you from do so. Beside resistance, its double weakness hurts itself a lot, too. Being weak against fire is a concern for metal pokemon; with additional weakness against fighting, it makes Steelix ex being less playable. Lastly, Steelix’s anti-poison pokebody keeps you away from having headache for being poisoned; especially its five retreat cost is hard for you to meet the requirement. Now, let us take a look at its attacks. Steelix ex has two attacks which are Metal Charge and Mudslide. Metal charge is a pretty interesting attack. With only three energies, 70 damages is awesome. Well, putting a damage counter is not a burden for Steelix since it has high hit points. If you attach a strength charm to Steelix, it can knock out most of the stage one pokemon in one blow. On the other hand, Mudslide is a powerful attack, too. When you discard two fighting energies, you can choose one of the opponent’s pokemon and does 100 damage to it. Mudslide is useful since most of the key pokemon such as Pidgeot, Metagross, Dragonite d and etc. only have 100Hp. Pidgeot will be the main target for Mudslide since Pidgeot can change the game in play a lot. With Mudslide, you can say to Pidgeot and others, “you can run, but you can’t hide!”
There are few combos for Steelix ex. One of them is Blastoise ex. Nowadays, BLS deck is popular in current metagame because Steelix ex can be charged up fast with Blastoise ex’s power. After that, you attach holon’s magneton or holon’s electrod and start attack with mudslide. Besides that, it works with Dark Steelix for charging itself fast. Firstly, you use energy link with Dark Steelix to charge up it itself. Then use Surprise! Time machine and switch to Steelix ex. In addition, Kingdra RR works well with Steelix, too. Kingdra’s dragon veil can remove active pokemon’s weakness, which solves the major problem for Steelix from having double weakness to fire and fighting. Besides, Steelix ex also goes well with pokemon which can attach an extra energy. Pokemon like Metagross dx and Dragonite d are some of the examples. Thus, they enable Steelix ex to attack with Metal Charge in turn two. Lastly, I think Steelix ex can go well with healing pokemon. Pokemon such as Gardevoir EM and Bellossom HL can keep on heal Steelix ex and keep Steelix from knocked out.
Although Steelix ex has good attacks, it still hardly stay a chance in current metagame. Typlosion ex, Medicham ex, Machamp and Magcargo UF will threaten Steelix ex very much. In conclusion, I will give Steelix ex 6.5 out of 10.
Today, we shall look at pokemon which has the highest retreat cost in current modified format, Steelix ex. We will look at its physical attribute. First of all, Steelix ex has 150Hp which is high for a stage one pokemon currently. In addition, with metal energies attached to Steelix, it will take a long time to knock Steelix out. Other than that, it has resistance to both grass and lightning. As you all know, it is common for a metal pokemon to have resistance to grass. Resistance to lightning is rare; yet, it hurts many decks in current metagame. Zap-turn-dos and metanite are some decks that will harmed from Steelix’s resistance. Sadly, there are two major problems for Steelix ex which are its retreat cost and resistance. Wow, five retreat costs? Most probably you wouldn’t want to waste so many energies to retreat it; however, trainers like switch and warp point prevent you from do so. Beside resistance, its double weakness hurts itself a lot, too. Being weak against fire is a concern for metal pokemon; with additional weakness against fighting, it makes Steelix ex being less playable. Lastly, Steelix’s anti-poison pokebody keeps you away from having headache for being poisoned; especially its five retreat cost is hard for you to meet the requirement. Now, let us take a look at its attacks. Steelix ex has two attacks which are Metal Charge and Mudslide. Metal charge is a pretty interesting attack. With only three energies, 70 damages is awesome. Well, putting a damage counter is not a burden for Steelix since it has high hit points. If you attach a strength charm to Steelix, it can knock out most of the stage one pokemon in one blow. On the other hand, Mudslide is a powerful attack, too. When you discard two fighting energies, you can choose one of the opponent’s pokemon and does 100 damage to it. Mudslide is useful since most of the key pokemon such as Pidgeot, Metagross, Dragonite d and etc. only have 100Hp. Pidgeot will be the main target for Mudslide since Pidgeot can change the game in play a lot. With Mudslide, you can say to Pidgeot and others, “you can run, but you can’t hide!”
There are few combos for Steelix ex. One of them is Blastoise ex. Nowadays, BLS deck is popular in current metagame because Steelix ex can be charged up fast with Blastoise ex’s power. After that, you attach holon’s magneton or holon’s electrod and start attack with mudslide. Besides that, it works with Dark Steelix for charging itself fast. Firstly, you use energy link with Dark Steelix to charge up it itself. Then use Surprise! Time machine and switch to Steelix ex. In addition, Kingdra RR works well with Steelix, too. Kingdra’s dragon veil can remove active pokemon’s weakness, which solves the major problem for Steelix from having double weakness to fire and fighting. Besides, Steelix ex also goes well with pokemon which can attach an extra energy. Pokemon like Metagross dx and Dragonite d are some of the examples. Thus, they enable Steelix ex to attack with Metal Charge in turn two. Lastly, I think Steelix ex can go well with healing pokemon. Pokemon such as Gardevoir EM and Bellossom HL can keep on heal Steelix ex and keep Steelix from knocked out.
Although Steelix ex has good attacks, it still hardly stay a chance in current metagame. Typlosion ex, Medicham ex, Machamp and Magcargo UF will threaten Steelix ex very much. In conclusion, I will give Steelix ex 6.5 out of 10.
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The card of discussion today is Steelix ex from the EX: Unseen Forces Expansion.
Observations: Steelix ex is a beast. First of all, it has 150 HP which is really good for an ex. Steelix ex is also metal so you can “tank” it up with metals to make it much more difficult to knock it out. Steelix ex’s first attack is Metal Charge. For just three energies it can do 70 damage to the Defending Pokemon. The only downfall of the attack is that you have to put a damage counter on Steelix ex. Steelix ex’s best attack is Mudslide. Mudslide lets you do 100 damage to any of your opponent’s Pokemon. This means that if your opponent is powering up an attacker you can attack it before it even has a chance to come out. This can be very disrupting to your opponent. After you use Mudslide you do however have to discard two fighting energies. But not being able to use that attack for two turns isn’t as bad as knocking out your opponent’s main attacker(s). Steelix ex is resistant to lightning and grass. The problem is that grass decks are not widely used around premier events. Lightning however is used a lot. Decks such as Zap-Turn-Dos, ZRE, and Meta-Nite use lighting Pokemon as their main attackers. Steelix ex is weak to fire and fighting. These two types are more widely used than grass and lightning. Fire decks such as Arcanine ex can easily defeat Steelix ex. Fighting decks such as Haryama ex, Machamp, and Queendom can also take advantage of Steelix ex’s weakness. The retreat cost is brutal. You never want to discard five energies to retreat him. Instead play cards that let you switch you Pokemon such as Warp Point, Pokemon Reversal and Switch.
Format Play/ Combo’s and Strategies: When this card first came out, many people doubted its use. Recently a deck that is called LBS, or the 5 other letter combinations, (Lugia ex/Blastoise ex/ Steelix ex) has found a way to use Steelix ex. In LBS, you will want to evolve you Onix into a Steelix ex as soon as you can and have a Blastoise ex on your bench. First, start out with first utilizing Blastoise’s Poke Power: Energy Rain, to attach a water energy to Steelix ex. Because Blastoise’s Poke Power lets you attach as many water energies as you like to your Pokemon during your turn, you have to place 1 damage counter for each water energy attached onto the Pokemon you attached it to. You will then want to attach an Holon’s Electrode or Holon’s Magneton to Steelix. You will then have to return that water energy to your hand. Then use Blastoise’s Energy Rain once again to place two water energies onto Steelix ex. You then have four energies on Steelix in order to use its Mudslide attack since the Holon’s Electrode will provide fighting energy to use the attack. You can then attack those pesky Pidgeot’s and Macargo’s that are letting your opponent set up. Or if you are in a mirror match you can take down there Lugia ex for two prizes. Steelix ex plays a big part in LBS.
You could also use it in a Metagross deck in place of Scizor ex or even with Scizor ex because of the metal energy moving abilities of the Metagross’s from EX: Deoxys and EX: Hidden Legends.
Summary: Steelix ex is definitely a force to be reckon with in this current format. In order to have it work you will have to combo it with other cards that let you splash energies onto it in order to use Mudslide quickly. Watch out for his fire and fighting weakness because of the rise of Arcanine ex decks and Machamp decks that can knock Steelix ex out in one hit even with four metals attached.
Ratings:
Modified: 8/10
Unlimited: 5/10
Limited/ Draft: If you can draft Steelix, Professor Elm’s Training Method, and Onix you are good to go!
The card of discussion today is Steelix ex from the EX: Unseen Forces Expansion.
Observations: Steelix ex is a beast. First of all, it has 150 HP which is really good for an ex. Steelix ex is also metal so you can “tank” it up with metals to make it much more difficult to knock it out. Steelix ex’s first attack is Metal Charge. For just three energies it can do 70 damage to the Defending Pokemon. The only downfall of the attack is that you have to put a damage counter on Steelix ex. Steelix ex’s best attack is Mudslide. Mudslide lets you do 100 damage to any of your opponent’s Pokemon. This means that if your opponent is powering up an attacker you can attack it before it even has a chance to come out. This can be very disrupting to your opponent. After you use Mudslide you do however have to discard two fighting energies. But not being able to use that attack for two turns isn’t as bad as knocking out your opponent’s main attacker(s). Steelix ex is resistant to lightning and grass. The problem is that grass decks are not widely used around premier events. Lightning however is used a lot. Decks such as Zap-Turn-Dos, ZRE, and Meta-Nite use lighting Pokemon as their main attackers. Steelix ex is weak to fire and fighting. These two types are more widely used than grass and lightning. Fire decks such as Arcanine ex can easily defeat Steelix ex. Fighting decks such as Haryama ex, Machamp, and Queendom can also take advantage of Steelix ex’s weakness. The retreat cost is brutal. You never want to discard five energies to retreat him. Instead play cards that let you switch you Pokemon such as Warp Point, Pokemon Reversal and Switch.
Format Play/ Combo’s and Strategies: When this card first came out, many people doubted its use. Recently a deck that is called LBS, or the 5 other letter combinations, (Lugia ex/Blastoise ex/ Steelix ex) has found a way to use Steelix ex. In LBS, you will want to evolve you Onix into a Steelix ex as soon as you can and have a Blastoise ex on your bench. First, start out with first utilizing Blastoise’s Poke Power: Energy Rain, to attach a water energy to Steelix ex. Because Blastoise’s Poke Power lets you attach as many water energies as you like to your Pokemon during your turn, you have to place 1 damage counter for each water energy attached onto the Pokemon you attached it to. You will then want to attach an Holon’s Electrode or Holon’s Magneton to Steelix. You will then have to return that water energy to your hand. Then use Blastoise’s Energy Rain once again to place two water energies onto Steelix ex. You then have four energies on Steelix in order to use its Mudslide attack since the Holon’s Electrode will provide fighting energy to use the attack. You can then attack those pesky Pidgeot’s and Macargo’s that are letting your opponent set up. Or if you are in a mirror match you can take down there Lugia ex for two prizes. Steelix ex plays a big part in LBS.
You could also use it in a Metagross deck in place of Scizor ex or even with Scizor ex because of the metal energy moving abilities of the Metagross’s from EX: Deoxys and EX: Hidden Legends.
Summary: Steelix ex is definitely a force to be reckon with in this current format. In order to have it work you will have to combo it with other cards that let you splash energies onto it in order to use Mudslide quickly. Watch out for his fire and fighting weakness because of the rise of Arcanine ex decks and Machamp decks that can knock Steelix ex out in one hit even with four metals attached.
Ratings:
Modified: 8/10
Unlimited: 5/10
Limited/ Draft: If you can draft Steelix, Professor Elm’s Training Method, and Onix you are good to go!
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Steelix-ex (Ex: Unseen Forces)
Alright, first strategist card review so here we go:
Steelix ex is quite a beast. Especially it’s bottom stats.
With 150HP, most Pokemon will have a tough time knocking out Steelix ex. Not to mention that with being a Metal-type Pokemon, Steelix ex receives the damage reduction effect of Metal Energy, making your opponent’s task even more difficult. Coming out with 150HP on a Stage 1 is rather nice too, as it is a quick jump from 80HP on Onix. The weakness to Fire and Fighting is a bad one, especially with Arcanine-ex prowling around nowadays. This is something for Steelix-ex to worry about, so hopefully you can play around the Weakness. And of course, Fighting Pokemon can find a niche in the metagame’s walls, so don’t be surprised to see Medicham-ex or Golem LM played against it. Steelix-ex’s Resistance is half and half. You’ll find that Lightning decks, like Metanite, are played enough for this to be a reasonable resistance. What you won’t find often enough, however, are enough Grass Pokemon for Steelix-ex to really need a resistance to them, and therefore is the lesser “half” to its resistance. A retreat for 5 is certainly something to avoid. If you plan on moving it out of the way, play Balloon Berry or Switch, it’s not healthy to actually discard that many energy to bench it.
Otherwise, let’s move on to the text of Steelix ex.
Steelix-ex’s Poke-Body, Poison Resistance, is hardly needed. Most Pokemon that do happen to Poison Steelix-ex are usually Grass Pokemon, and they have a resistance to worry about first. Metal Charge is a basic attack for 70 with the drawback of placing a damage counter on Steelix-ex. Most likely, you won’t rely solely on this attack to do anything, its Steelix-ex’s second attack that makes it playable. Mudslide, for [F][F][C][C], tells you to discard two Fighting Energy (which, note, does not specify basic energy). From here, you choose one of your opponent’s Pokemon and NUKE them for 100 damage. Wow. This is like Blaziken-ex all over again! For the simple act of tossing two Fighting Energy, you can destroy your opponent’s search engine, like Magcargo and Pidgeot. It can snipe your opponent’s Bench, which is nothing to sneeze at. It has a lot of possibility, as you can also rid your opponent of whatever Pokemon they have building up in play. Mudslide is a simply amazing attack, and is what caught people’s attention from its release.
And now the best part of the articles...the combos!
Steelix-ex can snipe your opponent’s Bench, but requires lots of energy to do so. The solution? Give Steelix-ex energy manipulation! The two best ways to do this in format right now are this: use the Tycargo engine, or play it with Blastoise-ex.
With Tycargo, you play Steelix-ex as the main attacker, with Tyranitar (from Ex: Delta Species), and Magcargo (from Ex: Deoxys, with Smooth Over). The Magcargo serves two purposes when played this way: the energy provider and the search engine. In Tycargo, you can combo Magcargo’s Smooth Over with Holon Ruins, and draw any card out of your deck. With Tyranitar’s Crush Draw, you can take the top card of your deck, and if it’s a basic energy card, attach it to 1 of your Pokemon in play. Amazing, especially since you need to build up Steelix-ex up quickly. When you do actually get it set up, the purpose then of Steelix-ex is to rain fire upon your opponent’s Pokemon and Knock Out whatever they have setting up in play.
If you played the more popular, and more successful, Blastoise-ex combination, you can have Steelix-ex up even faster. Blastoise-ex’s Energy Rain allows you to attach any number of [W] Energy from your hand to a Pokemon, and then place a damage counter onto that Pokemon. You then attach the Holon’s Magneton/Electrode, which provides 2 of any combination of energy. Not only that, it also loops a [W] Energy back to your hand to be comboed again with Blastoise-ex. When you can go from no energy to shooting out 100 in a turn, it doesn’t really matter that you take damage from Energy Rain. When you play it with Blastoise-ex, you also overcome your Fire Weakness with Blastoise-ex able to take down any Water-weak Pokemon that could pose a threat to Steelix ex.
As far as the current metagame goes, it can be very devastating to lose a valuable bench-sitter. Decks falter when their search engines are crushed, and fold if they rely on the safety of the bench to power up their Pokemon. For it’s fitting performance and ability to severely harm decks with sensitive Benches, I give Steelix-ex a 7 out of 10.
I hope this article can give light to what I feel is a useful Pokemon-ex in the current Modified format.
Steelix-ex (Ex: Unseen Forces)
Alright, first strategist card review so here we go:
Steelix ex is quite a beast. Especially it’s bottom stats.
With 150HP, most Pokemon will have a tough time knocking out Steelix ex. Not to mention that with being a Metal-type Pokemon, Steelix ex receives the damage reduction effect of Metal Energy, making your opponent’s task even more difficult. Coming out with 150HP on a Stage 1 is rather nice too, as it is a quick jump from 80HP on Onix. The weakness to Fire and Fighting is a bad one, especially with Arcanine-ex prowling around nowadays. This is something for Steelix-ex to worry about, so hopefully you can play around the Weakness. And of course, Fighting Pokemon can find a niche in the metagame’s walls, so don’t be surprised to see Medicham-ex or Golem LM played against it. Steelix-ex’s Resistance is half and half. You’ll find that Lightning decks, like Metanite, are played enough for this to be a reasonable resistance. What you won’t find often enough, however, are enough Grass Pokemon for Steelix-ex to really need a resistance to them, and therefore is the lesser “half” to its resistance. A retreat for 5 is certainly something to avoid. If you plan on moving it out of the way, play Balloon Berry or Switch, it’s not healthy to actually discard that many energy to bench it.
Otherwise, let’s move on to the text of Steelix ex.
Steelix-ex’s Poke-Body, Poison Resistance, is hardly needed. Most Pokemon that do happen to Poison Steelix-ex are usually Grass Pokemon, and they have a resistance to worry about first. Metal Charge is a basic attack for 70 with the drawback of placing a damage counter on Steelix-ex. Most likely, you won’t rely solely on this attack to do anything, its Steelix-ex’s second attack that makes it playable. Mudslide, for [F][F][C][C], tells you to discard two Fighting Energy (which, note, does not specify basic energy). From here, you choose one of your opponent’s Pokemon and NUKE them for 100 damage. Wow. This is like Blaziken-ex all over again! For the simple act of tossing two Fighting Energy, you can destroy your opponent’s search engine, like Magcargo and Pidgeot. It can snipe your opponent’s Bench, which is nothing to sneeze at. It has a lot of possibility, as you can also rid your opponent of whatever Pokemon they have building up in play. Mudslide is a simply amazing attack, and is what caught people’s attention from its release.
And now the best part of the articles...the combos!
Steelix-ex can snipe your opponent’s Bench, but requires lots of energy to do so. The solution? Give Steelix-ex energy manipulation! The two best ways to do this in format right now are this: use the Tycargo engine, or play it with Blastoise-ex.
With Tycargo, you play Steelix-ex as the main attacker, with Tyranitar (from Ex: Delta Species), and Magcargo (from Ex: Deoxys, with Smooth Over). The Magcargo serves two purposes when played this way: the energy provider and the search engine. In Tycargo, you can combo Magcargo’s Smooth Over with Holon Ruins, and draw any card out of your deck. With Tyranitar’s Crush Draw, you can take the top card of your deck, and if it’s a basic energy card, attach it to 1 of your Pokemon in play. Amazing, especially since you need to build up Steelix-ex up quickly. When you do actually get it set up, the purpose then of Steelix-ex is to rain fire upon your opponent’s Pokemon and Knock Out whatever they have setting up in play.
If you played the more popular, and more successful, Blastoise-ex combination, you can have Steelix-ex up even faster. Blastoise-ex’s Energy Rain allows you to attach any number of [W] Energy from your hand to a Pokemon, and then place a damage counter onto that Pokemon. You then attach the Holon’s Magneton/Electrode, which provides 2 of any combination of energy. Not only that, it also loops a [W] Energy back to your hand to be comboed again with Blastoise-ex. When you can go from no energy to shooting out 100 in a turn, it doesn’t really matter that you take damage from Energy Rain. When you play it with Blastoise-ex, you also overcome your Fire Weakness with Blastoise-ex able to take down any Water-weak Pokemon that could pose a threat to Steelix ex.
As far as the current metagame goes, it can be very devastating to lose a valuable bench-sitter. Decks falter when their search engines are crushed, and fold if they rely on the safety of the bench to power up their Pokemon. For it’s fitting performance and ability to severely harm decks with sensitive Benches, I give Steelix-ex a 7 out of 10.
I hope this article can give light to what I feel is a useful Pokemon-ex in the current Modified format.
RE: EVERYONE! READ! Okay, okay, okay!
Hello, and welcome to Card of the Day! Today we take a look a Steelix EX from Unseen Forces. Broken, good or useless? I show you.
Overview
Steelix EX is very powerful on first glances: 150 HP, Metal type and a Dual resistance to Grass and Lighting coupled with some very powerful attacks certainly give it the big looks.
But let’s go deeper; Steelix EX is Stage 1 that evolves from Onix. 3 Onix are currently playable in HL-on Modified and of them I think that the FireRed LeafGreen one is the best as it has the most damaging attacks to fend for itself and it can hit the bench. The Rocket one is nearly unplayable and the Unseen Forces one is alright but not as good as the FireRed LeafGreen version.
The Poke-body is called Poison Resistance which is pretty much self explanatory: Steelix EX cannot be poisoned, a trait that was last seen on our dear friend Scizor from E-Aquapolis. A decent body especially useful against Queendom's Toxic.
The attacks are nothing to sneeze at, Metal Charge is 70 for M/C/C brilliant at the small price of 1 damage counter placed on Steelix EX, and with 150 HP, it doesn’t make that much of a difference. Note that this is high enough to trigger Desert Ruins which, like all anit-EX cards, can be a pain. The second attack is called Mudslide which, for F/F/C/C, that allows you to discard 2Fighting energy in order to do 100 to any of your opponents Pokemon. Just like the good old days with Blaziken EX.
That attack is devastating to your opponents since any Pidgeot, main attacker or anything for that matter, is in danger.
However, we get to the bottom stats and things (which going actually rather well) start to get pair-shaped. Double Weakness to Fire and Fighting make it very venerable in the current Metagame. Queendom, RockLock, Typlosion/Weezing Liability and of course Medicham EX all have field day cleaning the floor with the metal snake. The ongoing rise of Legend Maker’s Arcanine EX and Machamp don’t make things any better.
There are perhaps more ways out there to OHKO Steelix EX than meets the eye.
However, as spoken of earlier, the dual Resistance of Steelix EX redeem the appalling double weakness a bit by being resistant to Grass and Lightning, also 2 very common types in the metagame coming from Metanite, ZRE, Victreebell Liabilty, Meganium and so forth. But what really takes the biscuit most of all, is the simply astronomical retreat cost. 5 friggin energy to pay to get this guy onto your bench!! 5!!! If ever get around to playing with this card, you must include Switch you really must (at least 2).
Combos
Now to get Steelix EX into a deck of its own is a problem because unlike the oh-so-mighty Blaziken EX, we don’t have anything that can retrieve our lost energy (e.g.: Fire Starter) from Mudslide to make it broken and Metal Charge is not good enough to run a deck on.
But there is a way to run Steelix EX. Though he is not the star of the show, he is a major role player. BLS is an archtype deck designed by 15+ World Champion Jeremy Maron. Starting as a rouge deck, it won enough to be considered an archetype.
It involves Blastiose EX using Energy Rain to get multiple Water Energy onto Steelix EX or Lugia EX and then attaching Holon Magneton or Holon Electrode to power the attack (Elemental Blast or Mudslide) and scoring a KO. Very powerful and Pidgeot (Quick Search) is almost always teched in to bring out all the random needs and in the end you have a very powerful (and expensive) deck that is the best way to play Steelix EX.
There are decks that include it with Mew and Meganium EX that use a similar method to BLS to attach and heal which seem to be doing very well in the current tourneys, not to mention Metagross (DX) and Pidgeot making a pseudo S/M/P deck. The rest are rouge decks and as I said before, it is very difficult to place Steelix EX into a deck due to typing and energy costs.
BLS is still the best way to play Steelix EX for the time being.
How to counter
Exploiting Steelix EX’s Weaknesses is ideal since they are rather common and most Pokemon of those types can do enough damage to OHKO it.
Other tactics include Pokemon Reversal or POW! Hand Extension to bring it out and lock it with that stupidly high retreat cost, placing damage counters to bypass the Metal Energy effect, Desert Ruins, Burn or (if you shut off is Body e.g.: Battle Frontier) Poison are also ideal as he wont be able to retreat them off him.
Be wary that if it gets going on Mudslide, take it out fast or your bench will die fast.
Pros
• Very high HP for Stage 1 EX.
• Hard to KO with the HP and Metal Energy
• With Metal Energy, it can take a serious beating from non-Weakness attacks.
• Excellent Poke-Body that protects it from its potential worst enemy.
• Decent Basic to use (FireRed LeafGreen).
• Attacks are very powerful.
• Mudslide has the potential to be broken if something comes along with Blaziken’s Fire Starter effect and it can work with Blastiose EX’s Energy Rain exceptionally well.
• A very creative card to work around. Arts today include Meganium EX and Mew lending their talents to the metal monstrosity, Blastiose EX, Lugia EX and rouge decks.
• Has 2 great Resistances to some of the most dangerous types today.
• Rainbow Energy helps sort out the attack typing.
Cons
• It’s an EX, so 2 prizes for a KO. Also, being an EX, there various liabilities designed for them including Safeguard, Desert Ruins and various effects on cards that exclude Pokemon EX.
• It’s Metal, and only 4 Metal Energy can be in a deck.
• The Energy required for the attacks are clashing types and neither Fighting or Metal types have respective Pokemon to work with each other. This problem is however solved with Rainbow Energy.
• Most of the basics (bar one) are not that great to play.
• The Weaknesses are simply atrocious in today’s current Metagame.
• The Retreat cost is not justified by the terms ‘massive’ or ‘godly’. The only way to describe it is simply ‘not fair!’.
• It is damaged by its own attack. 1 damage counter is small, but a bit of nuisance.
• Battle Frontier kills off its decent Poke-Body.
• The Discard of 2 Fighting Energy for Mudslide limits Steelix Ex’s playability in most decks.
• If it dies as your main attacker, it will be very hard to recover from the loss.
Overall
Overall, I say that Steelix EX is a very good card despite its issues with deck accessibility. Very strong and reliable if powered up for both it’s attacks, Steelix EX is a great addition to any deck that provides the space and effort for it. It is not the best Metal type ever, that prize would probably go to Aquapolis Scizor or Scizor EX, but is certainly a powerful and sturdy Pokemon EX that is let down by accessibility, Weaknesses and an outrageous Retreat Cost and the fact that it cannot survive on its own without a support.
It’s a controversial card, but a very good one.
7.5/10 (Modified)
Hello, and welcome to Card of the Day! Today we take a look a Steelix EX from Unseen Forces. Broken, good or useless? I show you.
Overview
Steelix EX is very powerful on first glances: 150 HP, Metal type and a Dual resistance to Grass and Lighting coupled with some very powerful attacks certainly give it the big looks.
But let’s go deeper; Steelix EX is Stage 1 that evolves from Onix. 3 Onix are currently playable in HL-on Modified and of them I think that the FireRed LeafGreen one is the best as it has the most damaging attacks to fend for itself and it can hit the bench. The Rocket one is nearly unplayable and the Unseen Forces one is alright but not as good as the FireRed LeafGreen version.
The Poke-body is called Poison Resistance which is pretty much self explanatory: Steelix EX cannot be poisoned, a trait that was last seen on our dear friend Scizor from E-Aquapolis. A decent body especially useful against Queendom's Toxic.
The attacks are nothing to sneeze at, Metal Charge is 70 for M/C/C brilliant at the small price of 1 damage counter placed on Steelix EX, and with 150 HP, it doesn’t make that much of a difference. Note that this is high enough to trigger Desert Ruins which, like all anit-EX cards, can be a pain. The second attack is called Mudslide which, for F/F/C/C, that allows you to discard 2Fighting energy in order to do 100 to any of your opponents Pokemon. Just like the good old days with Blaziken EX.
That attack is devastating to your opponents since any Pidgeot, main attacker or anything for that matter, is in danger.
However, we get to the bottom stats and things (which going actually rather well) start to get pair-shaped. Double Weakness to Fire and Fighting make it very venerable in the current Metagame. Queendom, RockLock, Typlosion/Weezing Liability and of course Medicham EX all have field day cleaning the floor with the metal snake. The ongoing rise of Legend Maker’s Arcanine EX and Machamp don’t make things any better.
There are perhaps more ways out there to OHKO Steelix EX than meets the eye.
However, as spoken of earlier, the dual Resistance of Steelix EX redeem the appalling double weakness a bit by being resistant to Grass and Lightning, also 2 very common types in the metagame coming from Metanite, ZRE, Victreebell Liabilty, Meganium and so forth. But what really takes the biscuit most of all, is the simply astronomical retreat cost. 5 friggin energy to pay to get this guy onto your bench!! 5!!! If ever get around to playing with this card, you must include Switch you really must (at least 2).
Combos
Now to get Steelix EX into a deck of its own is a problem because unlike the oh-so-mighty Blaziken EX, we don’t have anything that can retrieve our lost energy (e.g.: Fire Starter) from Mudslide to make it broken and Metal Charge is not good enough to run a deck on.
But there is a way to run Steelix EX. Though he is not the star of the show, he is a major role player. BLS is an archtype deck designed by 15+ World Champion Jeremy Maron. Starting as a rouge deck, it won enough to be considered an archetype.
It involves Blastiose EX using Energy Rain to get multiple Water Energy onto Steelix EX or Lugia EX and then attaching Holon Magneton or Holon Electrode to power the attack (Elemental Blast or Mudslide) and scoring a KO. Very powerful and Pidgeot (Quick Search) is almost always teched in to bring out all the random needs and in the end you have a very powerful (and expensive) deck that is the best way to play Steelix EX.
There are decks that include it with Mew and Meganium EX that use a similar method to BLS to attach and heal which seem to be doing very well in the current tourneys, not to mention Metagross (DX) and Pidgeot making a pseudo S/M/P deck. The rest are rouge decks and as I said before, it is very difficult to place Steelix EX into a deck due to typing and energy costs.
BLS is still the best way to play Steelix EX for the time being.
How to counter
Exploiting Steelix EX’s Weaknesses is ideal since they are rather common and most Pokemon of those types can do enough damage to OHKO it.
Other tactics include Pokemon Reversal or POW! Hand Extension to bring it out and lock it with that stupidly high retreat cost, placing damage counters to bypass the Metal Energy effect, Desert Ruins, Burn or (if you shut off is Body e.g.: Battle Frontier) Poison are also ideal as he wont be able to retreat them off him.
Be wary that if it gets going on Mudslide, take it out fast or your bench will die fast.
Pros
• Very high HP for Stage 1 EX.
• Hard to KO with the HP and Metal Energy
• With Metal Energy, it can take a serious beating from non-Weakness attacks.
• Excellent Poke-Body that protects it from its potential worst enemy.
• Decent Basic to use (FireRed LeafGreen).
• Attacks are very powerful.
• Mudslide has the potential to be broken if something comes along with Blaziken’s Fire Starter effect and it can work with Blastiose EX’s Energy Rain exceptionally well.
• A very creative card to work around. Arts today include Meganium EX and Mew lending their talents to the metal monstrosity, Blastiose EX, Lugia EX and rouge decks.
• Has 2 great Resistances to some of the most dangerous types today.
• Rainbow Energy helps sort out the attack typing.
Cons
• It’s an EX, so 2 prizes for a KO. Also, being an EX, there various liabilities designed for them including Safeguard, Desert Ruins and various effects on cards that exclude Pokemon EX.
• It’s Metal, and only 4 Metal Energy can be in a deck.
• The Energy required for the attacks are clashing types and neither Fighting or Metal types have respective Pokemon to work with each other. This problem is however solved with Rainbow Energy.
• Most of the basics (bar one) are not that great to play.
• The Weaknesses are simply atrocious in today’s current Metagame.
• The Retreat cost is not justified by the terms ‘massive’ or ‘godly’. The only way to describe it is simply ‘not fair!’.
• It is damaged by its own attack. 1 damage counter is small, but a bit of nuisance.
• Battle Frontier kills off its decent Poke-Body.
• The Discard of 2 Fighting Energy for Mudslide limits Steelix Ex’s playability in most decks.
• If it dies as your main attacker, it will be very hard to recover from the loss.
Overall
Overall, I say that Steelix EX is a very good card despite its issues with deck accessibility. Very strong and reliable if powered up for both it’s attacks, Steelix EX is a great addition to any deck that provides the space and effort for it. It is not the best Metal type ever, that prize would probably go to Aquapolis Scizor or Scizor EX, but is certainly a powerful and sturdy Pokemon EX that is let down by accessibility, Weaknesses and an outrageous Retreat Cost and the fact that it cannot survive on its own without a support.
It’s a controversial card, but a very good one.
7.5/10 (Modified)
STEELIX EX
Hiya guys,
Okay let’s take a look at our first card of the day.
Today’s COTD is Steelix ex from the expansion ex unseen forces, or shortly: UF.
First we’ll have a look at his pre-evolution; Onix. In modified format you have the choise out of 3 Onix, they all have a maximum hp of 80, weakness for water and CCC retreat cost.
But when we take a look at the attacks I’d go for the one from UF since he can search for any 1 energycard from your discardpile wich can help you get back those lost dm’s(dark metal), metals, rainbow’s and ofcourse discarded basic energy’s (I’m not mentioning scramble’s and double rainbow’s because you can’t attach those to pokémon ex) and it only costs you C to use it, it’s second attack deals an average 20 damage
for CC . So I’d pick that Onix.
Now let’s take a look at Steelix ex on his own. His poké-body:Steelix ex can’t be poisoned. Nice poké-body, it makes him even better against grass-type pokemon since he already has resistance for grass, it’s that great but it’s okay.
It’s attacks: Metal charge:MCC damage: 70, put one damage counter on Steelix ex.
Quite avarage for the cost, and if you have any metal energies on Steelix ex, then putting 1 damage counter on him is not that big of a problem since next turn when he gets attacked the damage will (in most cases) be decreased by 10 per metal energy.
It’s second attack: mudslide FFCC , discard 2 F energy attached to Steelix ex and choose 1 of your opponent’s pokémon. This attack does 100 damage to that pokémon. (don’t apply weakness and resistance for benched pokémon).Decent attack that elliminates almost every stage 1 and a lot of stage 2 pokémon. Making you discard 2 F for this is not too much I guess.
Now let’s have a look at how good Steelix ex is against other pokémon. Hp:150 the best there is in modified format for a stage 1 pokémon ex; most stage 1 pokémon ex have 90 to 140 hp. His type is metal, so he can take benifit out of metal energies, there are however a lot of
L-type pokemon with a metal resistance and very little pokémon with a weakness for metal. His weakness, 2 types; Fire and Fighting, 2 types that are commonly seen in decks like queendom, rock-lock, liability decks with Typhlosion and the decks featuring Arcanine ex Those last two can O.H.K.O. Steelix ex right away, but so can Steelix ex with mudslide.He also has a resistance of 2 types; Grass and Lightning . resistance to L is great since a lot of decks use them; metanite, zap-turn-dos and Ampharos decks, the resistance for G works great with his poké-body since most likely only G-type pokémon poison their opponent’s pokémon. So that makes him him even better against
G-type pokémon.
But then, his retreat cost:CCCCC , the biggest in the game (before applying effects on it). You’d be crazy not to put any switch or warp point in your deck you might even consider playing super scoop up but that means you’ll have to leave 4 spaces in your deck open, if you want a decent chance of drawing that card, so i kinda think it’s a waste of space in your deck.
To combo Steelix ex up with other pokémon you’ll have to take charge of two things; his high retreat cost and his need for energies wich will be discarded right away, so that means you have to get them back as well. Let’s take a look at the fist part, his retreat cost. I don’t suppose anyone wants to sacrifice 5 energies to retreat him, unless you’re intending to blow up your Electrode ex, so you can attach those energies to another pokémon. Besides, the possibility of having an active Steelix ex with 5 energy attached to it is rather small, since he discards lots of energies.
So I suggest using one or more from the legendary birds, with their poké-power they send Steelix ex right to your bank.
Or you could try using Shiftry from ex legend maker; once during your turn when you play Shiftry from your hand to evolve one of your pokemon, you may choose one of your evolved pokemon in play (excluding Shiftry).
Return that pokémon and all cards attached to it to your hand. Shiftry can also use the dm’s your hopefully using.
Shiftry can also use react energies for his first attack but I would recommend not putting them in your deck just for Shiftry, that’s kind of a waste. And since your already using a Dark pokemon, an evolution of Onix and F energies why not use Dark Steelix! It works out perfect because Dark Steelix also lets you attach an energy from your discard pile to itself
for CC and deals the defending pokémon 20 damage. This way you can pump up Dark Steelix with M or F energies and then use a Surprise!Time Machine and put Steelix ex in play. Or otherwise if Steelix ex is in play and the defending pokemon is Fighting-type the you can switch over to Dark Steelix wich has only weakness to Fire. Other pokémon that can also be combined are Electrode ex, Nosepass; with its wide laser he damages all of your opponents pokémon for 10 damage if you do this once or twice,that means Steelix ex can later on take out every benched stage 2 pokémon (excluding pokemon ex). And you can first hang some energies on Nosepass and then use Swoop!Teleporter send in Onix and evolve him into Steelix ex or Dark Steelix.Or use Magmar from ex team rocket returns and discard your M and F energies from your hand then use Swoop!Teleporter and send in Onix and can take them back.
I’d give this Steelix ex a 7,5/10 It’s pretty decent but it’s poké-body might somethimes give you more problems then helping you ( pokémon that do more damage if the attacked pokemon has a pokébody (Raichu ex for example).
Hiya guys,
Okay let’s take a look at our first card of the day.
Today’s COTD is Steelix ex from the expansion ex unseen forces, or shortly: UF.
First we’ll have a look at his pre-evolution; Onix. In modified format you have the choise out of 3 Onix, they all have a maximum hp of 80, weakness for water and CCC retreat cost.
But when we take a look at the attacks I’d go for the one from UF since he can search for any 1 energycard from your discardpile wich can help you get back those lost dm’s(dark metal), metals, rainbow’s and ofcourse discarded basic energy’s (I’m not mentioning scramble’s and double rainbow’s because you can’t attach those to pokémon ex) and it only costs you C to use it, it’s second attack deals an average 20 damage
for CC . So I’d pick that Onix.
Now let’s take a look at Steelix ex on his own. His poké-body:Steelix ex can’t be poisoned. Nice poké-body, it makes him even better against grass-type pokemon since he already has resistance for grass, it’s that great but it’s okay.
It’s attacks: Metal charge:MCC damage: 70, put one damage counter on Steelix ex.
Quite avarage for the cost, and if you have any metal energies on Steelix ex, then putting 1 damage counter on him is not that big of a problem since next turn when he gets attacked the damage will (in most cases) be decreased by 10 per metal energy.
It’s second attack: mudslide FFCC , discard 2 F energy attached to Steelix ex and choose 1 of your opponent’s pokémon. This attack does 100 damage to that pokémon. (don’t apply weakness and resistance for benched pokémon).Decent attack that elliminates almost every stage 1 and a lot of stage 2 pokémon. Making you discard 2 F for this is not too much I guess.
Now let’s have a look at how good Steelix ex is against other pokémon. Hp:150 the best there is in modified format for a stage 1 pokémon ex; most stage 1 pokémon ex have 90 to 140 hp. His type is metal, so he can take benifit out of metal energies, there are however a lot of
L-type pokemon with a metal resistance and very little pokémon with a weakness for metal. His weakness, 2 types; Fire and Fighting, 2 types that are commonly seen in decks like queendom, rock-lock, liability decks with Typhlosion and the decks featuring Arcanine ex Those last two can O.H.K.O. Steelix ex right away, but so can Steelix ex with mudslide.He also has a resistance of 2 types; Grass and Lightning . resistance to L is great since a lot of decks use them; metanite, zap-turn-dos and Ampharos decks, the resistance for G works great with his poké-body since most likely only G-type pokémon poison their opponent’s pokémon. So that makes him him even better against
G-type pokémon.
But then, his retreat cost:CCCCC , the biggest in the game (before applying effects on it). You’d be crazy not to put any switch or warp point in your deck you might even consider playing super scoop up but that means you’ll have to leave 4 spaces in your deck open, if you want a decent chance of drawing that card, so i kinda think it’s a waste of space in your deck.
To combo Steelix ex up with other pokémon you’ll have to take charge of two things; his high retreat cost and his need for energies wich will be discarded right away, so that means you have to get them back as well. Let’s take a look at the fist part, his retreat cost. I don’t suppose anyone wants to sacrifice 5 energies to retreat him, unless you’re intending to blow up your Electrode ex, so you can attach those energies to another pokémon. Besides, the possibility of having an active Steelix ex with 5 energy attached to it is rather small, since he discards lots of energies.
So I suggest using one or more from the legendary birds, with their poké-power they send Steelix ex right to your bank.
Or you could try using Shiftry from ex legend maker; once during your turn when you play Shiftry from your hand to evolve one of your pokemon, you may choose one of your evolved pokemon in play (excluding Shiftry).
Return that pokémon and all cards attached to it to your hand. Shiftry can also use the dm’s your hopefully using.
Shiftry can also use react energies for his first attack but I would recommend not putting them in your deck just for Shiftry, that’s kind of a waste. And since your already using a Dark pokemon, an evolution of Onix and F energies why not use Dark Steelix! It works out perfect because Dark Steelix also lets you attach an energy from your discard pile to itself
for CC and deals the defending pokémon 20 damage. This way you can pump up Dark Steelix with M or F energies and then use a Surprise!Time Machine and put Steelix ex in play. Or otherwise if Steelix ex is in play and the defending pokemon is Fighting-type the you can switch over to Dark Steelix wich has only weakness to Fire. Other pokémon that can also be combined are Electrode ex, Nosepass; with its wide laser he damages all of your opponents pokémon for 10 damage if you do this once or twice,that means Steelix ex can later on take out every benched stage 2 pokémon (excluding pokemon ex). And you can first hang some energies on Nosepass and then use Swoop!Teleporter send in Onix and evolve him into Steelix ex or Dark Steelix.Or use Magmar from ex team rocket returns and discard your M and F energies from your hand then use Swoop!Teleporter and send in Onix and can take them back.
I’d give this Steelix ex a 7,5/10 It’s pretty decent but it’s poké-body might somethimes give you more problems then helping you ( pokémon that do more damage if the attacked pokemon has a pokébody (Raichu ex for example).
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Steelix ex
Let’s start first on getting Steelix. It’s an ex from EX: Unseen Forces therefore the chances of getting a Steelix is about 1:5.33333 per box (taking into account ex’s, * and celebi).
If you were to buy one on Ebay, it could fetch you anything from £5-20 ($8.5-34.50) give or take a bit. So buying or selling is worth the investment. It’s a good card to have in its worth.
Let’s get down to the card details now. A 150HP metal type pokémon. Excellent. You can whack 4 metal energies down and it becomes harder to KO. With a extra bonus of double resistance (grass and lighting), if this comes up against one of these decks then it’s a almost certain win which doesn’t necessary mean you will win (which is depending on how each player plays)
The body of which that you can’t poison means that you can beat a grass deck 87.91% of the time and causing a major problem for your opponent if he/she is playing a grass deck.
The attacks of M,C,C for 70 is good so T3 or T2 with some combos helps attacking your opponents pokémon before most are fully powered and if there do set up quickly 1 more turn and using your second attack to hunt for 100 is deadly. Ok, discarding 2 fighting energies in the process but will severely damage your opponents set up. If your opponent many attack has 100 or less HP then you more or less won the game. With your metal energies still on Steelix then you don’t need to worry much, but this is not always the case.
The main problem that people may see with this card is its double weak (fire and fighting) and has a BIG retreat cost of 5! With the growing amount of fire and fighting decks around for example Arcanine EX (LM) and Medicham EX (EM), Steelix becomes harder and harder to play, both doing easy KO at Steelix. People are easily put off with the 5 retreat cost but it can be by passed easily with super scoop ups and switches.
Combos
Well the main combo that s see now is it being played with Mew EX (LM).While Steelix sits on the bench doing nothing mew can play around with any attack in play. Maybe searching the deck, maybe paralysing or doing 100 damage all the time.
Another one is Blastoise EX (FRLG) and Holon pokémon harder to set up but a better out come. Play a Holon pokémon to Steelix and using Blastoise power do put more energies to Steelix.
Match-up
Here I have listed some of the most common net decks that is being played and the estimated chances on winning:
ZRE 8/10
Excellent on searching for that Rayquaza EX (DX). That’s a large amount of there energies gone. Carefully with that Electrode EX (FRLG).
MetaNite 9.5/10
I played MetaNite and its pain verse a lighting resistance deck. Its main attacker is Delta Metagross (DS) with Delta Dragonite (DS) to power up its attack after the discard. Easy to kill 1 Steelix, hard to kill others when both Metagross and Dragonite is 100HP when Steelix can hunt of 100.
Rock Lock 4.5/10
You don’t suffer much but the problem is with the poke-body Dark Tyranitar (TRR) with dark energies.
Nidoqueen 4/10
Danger, ok the poison is not a problem but Nidoqueen’s (FRLG) second attack is your main problem
Gengar 5/10
Annoying which is the problem. Kill one with curse powder and its instant 6 damage counters on you. It could go anyway.
Liability 1.5/10
Good luck if you can’t get powered up quickly. Weezing (DX) the main attack with Desert Ruins (HL) is an easy 1 hit KO.
Medicham EX 4/10
Quick to set up and KO you.
Arcanine EX 2/10
200 damage every turn which the player of this deck can do this every turn.
Overall
Overall, Steelix is a fun card to play at good times but a major problem against your weaknesses.
Based on all the above:
7/10 in Current Modified Tournaments.
Steelix ex
Let’s start first on getting Steelix. It’s an ex from EX: Unseen Forces therefore the chances of getting a Steelix is about 1:5.33333 per box (taking into account ex’s, * and celebi).
If you were to buy one on Ebay, it could fetch you anything from £5-20 ($8.5-34.50) give or take a bit. So buying or selling is worth the investment. It’s a good card to have in its worth.
Let’s get down to the card details now. A 150HP metal type pokémon. Excellent. You can whack 4 metal energies down and it becomes harder to KO. With a extra bonus of double resistance (grass and lighting), if this comes up against one of these decks then it’s a almost certain win which doesn’t necessary mean you will win (which is depending on how each player plays)
The body of which that you can’t poison means that you can beat a grass deck 87.91% of the time and causing a major problem for your opponent if he/she is playing a grass deck.
The attacks of M,C,C for 70 is good so T3 or T2 with some combos helps attacking your opponents pokémon before most are fully powered and if there do set up quickly 1 more turn and using your second attack to hunt for 100 is deadly. Ok, discarding 2 fighting energies in the process but will severely damage your opponents set up. If your opponent many attack has 100 or less HP then you more or less won the game. With your metal energies still on Steelix then you don’t need to worry much, but this is not always the case.
The main problem that people may see with this card is its double weak (fire and fighting) and has a BIG retreat cost of 5! With the growing amount of fire and fighting decks around for example Arcanine EX (LM) and Medicham EX (EM), Steelix becomes harder and harder to play, both doing easy KO at Steelix. People are easily put off with the 5 retreat cost but it can be by passed easily with super scoop ups and switches.
Combos
Well the main combo that s see now is it being played with Mew EX (LM).While Steelix sits on the bench doing nothing mew can play around with any attack in play. Maybe searching the deck, maybe paralysing or doing 100 damage all the time.
Another one is Blastoise EX (FRLG) and Holon pokémon harder to set up but a better out come. Play a Holon pokémon to Steelix and using Blastoise power do put more energies to Steelix.
Match-up
Here I have listed some of the most common net decks that is being played and the estimated chances on winning:
ZRE 8/10
Excellent on searching for that Rayquaza EX (DX). That’s a large amount of there energies gone. Carefully with that Electrode EX (FRLG).
MetaNite 9.5/10
I played MetaNite and its pain verse a lighting resistance deck. Its main attacker is Delta Metagross (DS) with Delta Dragonite (DS) to power up its attack after the discard. Easy to kill 1 Steelix, hard to kill others when both Metagross and Dragonite is 100HP when Steelix can hunt of 100.
Rock Lock 4.5/10
You don’t suffer much but the problem is with the poke-body Dark Tyranitar (TRR) with dark energies.
Nidoqueen 4/10
Danger, ok the poison is not a problem but Nidoqueen’s (FRLG) second attack is your main problem
Gengar 5/10
Annoying which is the problem. Kill one with curse powder and its instant 6 damage counters on you. It could go anyway.
Liability 1.5/10
Good luck if you can’t get powered up quickly. Weezing (DX) the main attack with Desert Ruins (HL) is an easy 1 hit KO.
Medicham EX 4/10
Quick to set up and KO you.
Arcanine EX 2/10
200 damage every turn which the player of this deck can do this every turn.
Overall
Overall, Steelix is a fun card to play at good times but a major problem against your weaknesses.
Based on all the above:
7/10 in Current Modified Tournaments.
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Okay, time to review Steelix ex.
Fisrt of all lets take a look at Steelix ex. 150 HP for a stage 1 is great. Weakness to Fighting and Fire, those two weaknesses hurt Steelix ex really bad. Resistance to Grass and Lightning is good, it helps against Metanite and ZRE. The 5 retreat cost is very high but shouldn't be a problem with Switch and Warp Point.
His Pokebody is good, not being able to get poisend helps againt Ariados decks.
His fist attack is great, 3 energy for 70 damage and then you put 1 damage counter on Steelix ex.
The second attack is what really makes this card shine. For 4 energies you do 100 damage to anyone of your opponents pokemon and then dicard two energies from Steelix ex.
COMBOS- The one deck that i've seen Steelix ex in the most is BSL.
The stratedgy is to use Blastoise ex Energy Rain to put an energy on Steelix ex then use Pidgeot's Quick Search to get a Holon Electrode/Magneton and attach it to Steelix ex then Energy Rain to get two more energy on Steelix ex and do 100 to anyone. The deck also plays Potions and Oran Berries to heal Steelix ex.
The other deck i've seen work is Meganium ex/Mew ex/Steelix ex.
Meganium ex basically does what Blastoise ex does in the BSL decks.
However the twist in this deck comes from Mew ex. Lets say Mew ex is your active pokemon and Steelix ex is on your bench, Mew ex can use Steelix ex sniping attack and do 100 to anyone with a couple of Holon's Electrodes and Magneton's, and with the Holon Phantoms set is a Holon's Castform which does the same thing as the Magneton/Electrode.
Popular Decks v. Steelix ex
Espycham: 3/10 If they get Medicham ex out your in big trouble.
Rock-Lock: 5/10 Pretty evenly matched just watch out for POW! Dark Amphy against Blastoise ex (ooouch)
Metanite:7/10 Just snipe off the Dragonites on the bench
Dragtrode: 8/10 Your only trouble is if you don't get Steelix ex out.
ZRE: 6/10 You should have it, just watch out for Electrode ex blowing itself up and then Rayquaza ex.
Queendom: 4/10 Tough match especially if Nidoqueen gets powerd up.
Machamp: 3/10 Machamp with one React energy it KOs Steelix ex with one attack.
Liability: 1/10 Good Luck hehehehehehe.
Overall- I would give Steelix ex an 8/10 rating. If you haven't played a Steelix ex deck then you shoud really make one.
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Okay, time to review Steelix ex.
Fisrt of all lets take a look at Steelix ex. 150 HP for a stage 1 is great. Weakness to Fighting and Fire, those two weaknesses hurt Steelix ex really bad. Resistance to Grass and Lightning is good, it helps against Metanite and ZRE. The 5 retreat cost is very high but shouldn't be a problem with Switch and Warp Point.
His Pokebody is good, not being able to get poisend helps againt Ariados decks.
His fist attack is great, 3 energy for 70 damage and then you put 1 damage counter on Steelix ex.
The second attack is what really makes this card shine. For 4 energies you do 100 damage to anyone of your opponents pokemon and then dicard two energies from Steelix ex.
COMBOS- The one deck that i've seen Steelix ex in the most is BSL.
The stratedgy is to use Blastoise ex Energy Rain to put an energy on Steelix ex then use Pidgeot's Quick Search to get a Holon Electrode/Magneton and attach it to Steelix ex then Energy Rain to get two more energy on Steelix ex and do 100 to anyone. The deck also plays Potions and Oran Berries to heal Steelix ex.
The other deck i've seen work is Meganium ex/Mew ex/Steelix ex.
Meganium ex basically does what Blastoise ex does in the BSL decks.
However the twist in this deck comes from Mew ex. Lets say Mew ex is your active pokemon and Steelix ex is on your bench, Mew ex can use Steelix ex sniping attack and do 100 to anyone with a couple of Holon's Electrodes and Magneton's, and with the Holon Phantoms set is a Holon's Castform which does the same thing as the Magneton/Electrode.
Popular Decks v. Steelix ex
Espycham: 3/10 If they get Medicham ex out your in big trouble.
Rock-Lock: 5/10 Pretty evenly matched just watch out for POW! Dark Amphy against Blastoise ex (ooouch)
Metanite:7/10 Just snipe off the Dragonites on the bench
Dragtrode: 8/10 Your only trouble is if you don't get Steelix ex out.
ZRE: 6/10 You should have it, just watch out for Electrode ex blowing itself up and then Rayquaza ex.
Queendom: 4/10 Tough match especially if Nidoqueen gets powerd up.
Machamp: 3/10 Machamp with one React energy it KOs Steelix ex with one attack.
Liability: 1/10 Good Luck hehehehehehe.
Overall- I would give Steelix ex an 8/10 rating. If you haven't played a Steelix ex deck then you shoud really make one.
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Steelix EX
Steelix ex is a very nice card, some people thought it was going to be the next blaziken, but as you can see from today's metagame it isn't, it has to be energized in a very special way. ill get into that later. The HP on steelix is pretty standard for an EX , but its VERY good for a stage 1 EX. The Pokebody- says it cant be poisoned, this isn't really all that useful but if you face some rouge grass deck it may be =P.
Now onto the retreat cost, 5 is the HIGHEST retreat cost ever! You should play switch or warp point instead of discarding the energy. The Weakness (fire and fighting) is Really bad since most fire and fighting decks WILL OHKO steelix ex. The Resistance (Grass Lightning) The Lightning resistance will come more in handy than the grass resistance but its still nice.*Wonders if POP hates grass pokemon *
Now for the actual Attacks, Metal Charge is pretty nice to OHKO most basics and stage 1's the 1 damage counter isn't that much, but I wouldn't make it a habit of using it. The second attack Mudslide, is where steelix ex REALLY gets interesting, 100 to ANY pokemon is soooo useful that attack earned it's niche in the new " super deck" LBS.
Rouge Decks That Could Be Made with Steelix ex
1. Meganium/Steelix~ Uses Meganium to power up steelix with its Poke-power after the poke power is used, you attach a holons magneton or electrode. This deck Doesn't work without holons farmer. Pidgoet isn't necessary but i would use it
2. Steelix ex/Dark steelix/rockets wobbefut~ Uses Steelix ex to discard the energy with Mudslide then use Suprise! Time Machine to get out dark steelix then when you get enough energy back, you use another Suprise! Time Machine to get back to steelix. When you run out of all the Suprise!TM then you use rockets wobbefut to get them back. This is also good because when you Suprise!TM to dark steelix you can use HL Milotics power to heal it
I suggest the use of pidgoet in this deck. I definitely prefer this over the Meganuim rouge deck
Steelix EX
Steelix ex is a very nice card, some people thought it was going to be the next blaziken, but as you can see from today's metagame it isn't, it has to be energized in a very special way. ill get into that later. The HP on steelix is pretty standard for an EX , but its VERY good for a stage 1 EX. The Pokebody- says it cant be poisoned, this isn't really all that useful but if you face some rouge grass deck it may be =P.
Now onto the retreat cost, 5 is the HIGHEST retreat cost ever! You should play switch or warp point instead of discarding the energy. The Weakness (fire and fighting) is Really bad since most fire and fighting decks WILL OHKO steelix ex. The Resistance (Grass Lightning) The Lightning resistance will come more in handy than the grass resistance but its still nice.*Wonders if POP hates grass pokemon *
Now for the actual Attacks, Metal Charge is pretty nice to OHKO most basics and stage 1's the 1 damage counter isn't that much, but I wouldn't make it a habit of using it. The second attack Mudslide, is where steelix ex REALLY gets interesting, 100 to ANY pokemon is soooo useful that attack earned it's niche in the new " super deck" LBS.
Rouge Decks That Could Be Made with Steelix ex
1. Meganium/Steelix~ Uses Meganium to power up steelix with its Poke-power after the poke power is used, you attach a holons magneton or electrode. This deck Doesn't work without holons farmer. Pidgoet isn't necessary but i would use it
2. Steelix ex/Dark steelix/rockets wobbefut~ Uses Steelix ex to discard the energy with Mudslide then use Suprise! Time Machine to get out dark steelix then when you get enough energy back, you use another Suprise! Time Machine to get back to steelix. When you run out of all the Suprise!TM then you use rockets wobbefut to get them back. This is also good because when you Suprise!TM to dark steelix you can use HL Milotics power to heal it
I suggest the use of pidgoet in this deck. I definitely prefer this over the Meganuim rouge deck
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What do you get when you combine Steel with Ham? Ham(m)ix.....
Anyway, here you go:
Stats:
Card Type: Stage One Evolved Pokemon(evolves from Onix)
Set: Unseen Forces
Rarity: EX Holofoil
HP: 150
Energy Type: Steel
Weakness: Fighting, Fire
Resistance: Grass, Lightning
Retreat Cost: *****
Card Number: 109/115
Illus: Ryo Ueda
Steelix ex 150 HP
Poke-body
oison Resistance
Steelix ex can't be Poisoned.
1st attack: Metal Charge
[ M ] [ C ] [ C ]
Base damage: 70
Effectsut 1 damage counter on Steelix ex.
2nd attack: Mudslide
[ F ] [ F ] [ C ] [ C ]
Effects:
Discard 2 {F} Energy attached to Steelix ex and choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 100 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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Steelix ex.....Steelix ex.....Steelix ex.....Off to the stats:
-Retreat cost is the highest in modified format right now, so I would give it 1/10
-It's Poke-Body is really nice, stopping Toxict or triple poison, but it's steel so battle frontier hurts.
-It's 1st attack, Metal charge is solid. 70 for 3 energys is nice, but you take 1 damage counter. That is kind of cheap for 70 damage and 150 HP pokemon.
-It's HP is great for a stage 1 pokemon, in rating I would give it 9/10-Can also obtain metal energy bonus.
-Has sweet ressistances of Lightning (ZRE and it's zapdos can't KO this one so easily and Meganium ex, sunflora, Venusaur ex-comboed with blissey ex- gets also stopped a bit)
-Now, to the best Part of this card-It's mudslide attack. At the cost of 2 Fighting energy and 2 colorless energy, you pick 1 of opponents pokemon and do massive 100 damage to it! But you have to discard those 2 Fightings after the attack. But that problem can get solved (Will mention later). You can 1 Hit KO anything with 100 or less HP on opponents bench.
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Comboes:
Now, since Steelix's strongest attack is mudslide, you need to find a way to abuse it. Now, how to abuse it? By playing 2 Fighting energies every turn. Since there are no Fighting energy-manipulating pokemon, how can you do this? With a Holon's Magneton or Holon's electrode. But after you attach the card, you must still take 1 energy back and that leaves Steelix ex with only 3 energies, some might say. But to solve that problem we can choose 1 of these 2 pokemon:
-Blastoise ex
-Meganium ex
As you can see, both of these pokemon has a poke-power that attaches an energy card from your hand to 1 of your pokemon, but they have up-sides and down-sides.
Meganium ex:
Down-side: Attaches only 1 energy with its power.
Upside:Heals to pokemon you used the power to by 10.
Blastoise ex:
Downside: Put 1 damage counter on the pokemon you used the power to for each energy you put.
Up-side: Can attach as many energies as you want.
Now, you see what the coard gets comboed with, but still need some ideas on doing the deck. You should abuse Holons electrode/magneton and More energys per turn with pokemon that has strong attacks. I recommend these:
-Lugia ex (Only, if you use Blastoise)
-Mew ex
-Latias *(If you use blastoise)
-Latios * (If you use meganium)
-Pidgeot (No matter what you use, add this in, so you can get a holon magneton every turn)
-Jirachi (No matter what you use, it has supporting power)
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Ratings: (From 1-10, while 1 is the worst and 10 is the best).
Unlimited: 4/10-Energy removal and other discruptions kills this here.
Modified:9/10-This card is part of the most powerfull deck in modified right now)
Sealed:6/10-Its hard to get metal energy here.
Hope you liked it .
What do you get when you combine Steel with Ham? Ham(m)ix.....
Anyway, here you go:
Stats:
Card Type: Stage One Evolved Pokemon(evolves from Onix)
Set: Unseen Forces
Rarity: EX Holofoil
HP: 150
Energy Type: Steel
Weakness: Fighting, Fire
Resistance: Grass, Lightning
Retreat Cost: *****
Card Number: 109/115
Illus: Ryo Ueda
Steelix ex 150 HP
Poke-body
oison Resistance Steelix ex can't be Poisoned.
1st attack: Metal Charge
[ M ] [ C ] [ C ]
Base damage: 70
Effects
ut 1 damage counter on Steelix ex. 2nd attack: Mudslide
[ F ] [ F ] [ C ] [ C ]
Effects:
Discard 2 {F} Energy attached to Steelix ex and choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 100 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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Steelix ex.....Steelix ex.....Steelix ex.....Off to the stats:
-Retreat cost is the highest in modified format right now, so I would give it 1/10
-It's Poke-Body is really nice, stopping Toxict or triple poison, but it's steel so battle frontier hurts.
-It's 1st attack, Metal charge is solid. 70 for 3 energys is nice, but you take 1 damage counter. That is kind of cheap for 70 damage and 150 HP pokemon.
-It's HP is great for a stage 1 pokemon, in rating I would give it 9/10-Can also obtain metal energy bonus.
-Has sweet ressistances of Lightning (ZRE and it's zapdos can't KO this one so easily and Meganium ex, sunflora, Venusaur ex-comboed with blissey ex- gets also stopped a bit)
-Now, to the best Part of this card-It's mudslide attack. At the cost of 2 Fighting energy and 2 colorless energy, you pick 1 of opponents pokemon and do massive 100 damage to it! But you have to discard those 2 Fightings after the attack. But that problem can get solved (Will mention later). You can 1 Hit KO anything with 100 or less HP on opponents bench.
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Comboes:
Now, since Steelix's strongest attack is mudslide, you need to find a way to abuse it. Now, how to abuse it? By playing 2 Fighting energies every turn. Since there are no Fighting energy-manipulating pokemon, how can you do this? With a Holon's Magneton or Holon's electrode. But after you attach the card, you must still take 1 energy back and that leaves Steelix ex with only 3 energies, some might say. But to solve that problem we can choose 1 of these 2 pokemon:
-Blastoise ex
-Meganium ex
As you can see, both of these pokemon has a poke-power that attaches an energy card from your hand to 1 of your pokemon, but they have up-sides and down-sides.
Meganium ex:
Down-side: Attaches only 1 energy with its power.
Upside:Heals to pokemon you used the power to by 10.
Blastoise ex:
Downside: Put 1 damage counter on the pokemon you used the power to for each energy you put.
Up-side: Can attach as many energies as you want.
Now, you see what the coard gets comboed with, but still need some ideas on doing the deck. You should abuse Holons electrode/magneton and More energys per turn with pokemon that has strong attacks. I recommend these:
-Lugia ex (Only, if you use Blastoise)
-Mew ex
-Latias *(If you use blastoise)
-Latios * (If you use meganium)
-Pidgeot (No matter what you use, add this in, so you can get a holon magneton every turn)
-Jirachi (No matter what you use, it has supporting power)
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Ratings: (From 1-10, while 1 is the worst and 10 is the best).
Unlimited: 4/10-Energy removal and other discruptions kills this here.
Modified:9/10-This card is part of the most powerfull deck in modified right now)
Sealed:6/10-Its hard to get metal energy here.
Hope you liked it .
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Hiya,
Steelix ex is one of the common ex’s used in this current format. It is used with Blastoise ex and Lugia ex in an archetype deck called LBS (some calls it BLS.). Now how this card would be used in a deck with Blastoise and Lugia ex? Let us find out.
HP: 150
-Very high for a stage 1 ex. It is Metal Type, which helps this steel snake more in surviving.
Evolves from Onix:
-There are three available Onix in the current format. 1 from FRLG, 1 from TRR, and 1 from UF. All of them have 80 hp, which is quite high, being a basic Pokemon. The one from UF can search your discard pile for an Energy Card. This could be useful when all your Metal Energies are in your discard pile.
Poke-Body: Poison Resistance
-This Poke-Body is very useful, since we have known for a long time that Metal Pokemon dies when it is Poisoned. The only flaw of this Poke-Body is Battle Frontier, which many people play, blocks this Poke-Body.
(M)(C)(C) Metal Charge 70
-1 Metal and 2 colorless for 70 damage to the defending Pokemon and 1 damage counter on Steelix ex. That’s a pretty small price to pay for a 70 damage. This attack KO’s a lot of Stage 1’s and handles opponent active when you have not enough energy to use the next attack.
(F)(F)(C)(C) Mudslide
-The key attack of a successful Steelix deck. For 4 energies and 2 discards, you can snipe one of your opponent’s Pokemon with 100 damage. This can really hurt your opponent, since Steelix ex could OHKO Pidgeots, and most Stage 1 Pokemon on the bench, like Delcatty and Huntail, which is also used widely nowdays.
Weakness: (R) and (F)
-With Typhlosions, Nidoqueen and Machamps running around, Steelix ex’s weakness could really hurt you. There are more Pokemon that can OHKO Steelix ex than you think.
Resistance: (G) and (L)
-The Resistance for Steelix ex helps against quite a number of Archetypes deck. MetaNite and Meganiums needs a lot of work to destroy this card with it resistance.
Retreat Cost: (C)(C)(C)(C)(C)
-The worst Retreat Cost value a Pokemon can get. -____-. I wouldn’t pay for the energies…Unless desperate. Use Switches or Warp Points instead.
Decks with Steelix ex:
LBS (Lugia ex, Blastoise ex, Steelix ex)
-The basic strategy of this deck is using Blastoise ex’s Rain Dance on Steelix ex or Lugia ex, and then attach a Holon’s Electrode or Holon’s Magneton to have 2 elements on them, to use Steelix ex’s Mudslide or Lugia ex’s Elemental Blast. This deck takes quite a time to setup, since it needs 2-3 Pokemon to work it’s combo. That’s where Pidgeot from FRLG comes in. Pidgeot, like in any deck that uses it, helps to get the right cards, therefore, speeding the deck process.
Ratings:
Steelix ex is an impressive card, if used with the right cards and strategies. The weakness on it is the only flaw of this card.
Final Rating: 7/10
That’s my review on Steelix ex. Hope you all enjoyed reading it.
Cya.
Hiya,
Steelix ex is one of the common ex’s used in this current format. It is used with Blastoise ex and Lugia ex in an archetype deck called LBS (some calls it BLS.). Now how this card would be used in a deck with Blastoise and Lugia ex? Let us find out.
HP: 150
-Very high for a stage 1 ex. It is Metal Type, which helps this steel snake more in surviving.
Evolves from Onix:
-There are three available Onix in the current format. 1 from FRLG, 1 from TRR, and 1 from UF. All of them have 80 hp, which is quite high, being a basic Pokemon. The one from UF can search your discard pile for an Energy Card. This could be useful when all your Metal Energies are in your discard pile.
Poke-Body: Poison Resistance
-This Poke-Body is very useful, since we have known for a long time that Metal Pokemon dies when it is Poisoned. The only flaw of this Poke-Body is Battle Frontier, which many people play, blocks this Poke-Body.
(M)(C)(C) Metal Charge 70
-1 Metal and 2 colorless for 70 damage to the defending Pokemon and 1 damage counter on Steelix ex. That’s a pretty small price to pay for a 70 damage. This attack KO’s a lot of Stage 1’s and handles opponent active when you have not enough energy to use the next attack.
(F)(F)(C)(C) Mudslide
-The key attack of a successful Steelix deck. For 4 energies and 2 discards, you can snipe one of your opponent’s Pokemon with 100 damage. This can really hurt your opponent, since Steelix ex could OHKO Pidgeots, and most Stage 1 Pokemon on the bench, like Delcatty and Huntail, which is also used widely nowdays.
Weakness: (R) and (F)
-With Typhlosions, Nidoqueen and Machamps running around, Steelix ex’s weakness could really hurt you. There are more Pokemon that can OHKO Steelix ex than you think.
Resistance: (G) and (L)
-The Resistance for Steelix ex helps against quite a number of Archetypes deck. MetaNite and Meganiums needs a lot of work to destroy this card with it resistance.
Retreat Cost: (C)(C)(C)(C)(C)
-The worst Retreat Cost value a Pokemon can get. -____-. I wouldn’t pay for the energies…Unless desperate. Use Switches or Warp Points instead.
Decks with Steelix ex:
LBS (Lugia ex, Blastoise ex, Steelix ex)
-The basic strategy of this deck is using Blastoise ex’s Rain Dance on Steelix ex or Lugia ex, and then attach a Holon’s Electrode or Holon’s Magneton to have 2 elements on them, to use Steelix ex’s Mudslide or Lugia ex’s Elemental Blast. This deck takes quite a time to setup, since it needs 2-3 Pokemon to work it’s combo. That’s where Pidgeot from FRLG comes in. Pidgeot, like in any deck that uses it, helps to get the right cards, therefore, speeding the deck process.
Ratings:
Steelix ex is an impressive card, if used with the right cards and strategies. The weakness on it is the only flaw of this card.
Final Rating: 7/10
That’s my review on Steelix ex. Hope you all enjoyed reading it.
Cya.
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Steelix ex
Stage 1
Type: Metal
HP: 150
Poke-Body: Poison Resistance
Steelix ex can't be poisoned
[M][C][C]:Metal Charge: 70
Put 1 damage counter on Steelix ex.
[F][F][C][C]:Mudslide:
Discard 2 [F] Energy attached to Steelix ex and choose 1 of your opponent's pokemon. This attack does 100 damage to that pokemon.(Don't apply weakness and resistance for benched pokemon)
Weakness: Fire and Fighting
Resistance: Grass and Lightning
Retreat Cost: [C][C][C][C][C]
Steelix ex has 150 HP which is very good for an ex especially for a stage 1 evolution card. Being a metal type gives him an advantage as it can reduce up to 40 damage depending on the number of metal energy cards it has.
The Poke-Body (Poison Resistance) is very good as it stops Queendom's Toxic attack. Metal Charge is a nice attack 3 for 70 is awesome with the payback of only 1 damage counter. It can K.O. almost all basics and most of the Stage 1 evolutions non ex.
Steelix ex is mostly used for his Mudslide attack. Which for 4 Energy cards and discarding 2 Fighting lets you do 100 damage to any of your opponent's pokemon in play. This is very good as it can snipe the bench for ex's or for search pokemon cards such as Pidgeot and Magcargo to slow down your opponent. When you see that your opponent is building a pokemon on the bench you can just snipe it away and contnue the torture
Weakness to Fighting and Fire is not good as Fire is a very popular type and Steelix's weakness to Fighting can give you a hard time against Medicham ex and the new Armaldo ex.
Resistance to Grass and Lightning is good as it can stop most of the popular decks around such as ZRE and Dustox ex.
The Retreat Cost of 5 is huge. Obviously use Warp Point or Switch to retreat so as to avoid discarding those useful energies.
Combos:
LBS
The most popular combo which involves Steelix ex is LBS. It consists of Lugia ex, Blastoise ex and Steelix ex. The strategy is to use Blastoise ex's Energy Rain to attach multiple water energy cards and than use Holon's Electrode or Holon's Magneton to replace the fighting energy and the Lightning and Fire energy to use Lugia's ex Elemental Blast attack and Steelix's ex Mudslide attack. With Lugia's ex powerful Elemental Blast attack you can K.O. your opponent's active pokemon with 200 damage and you use Steelix's ex Mudslide attack to snipe the bench with 100 damage. You use the attacks depending on the current situation.
There is also a similar combo to LBS which is Meganium ex/ Mew ex/
Steelix ex.
Ratings:
Steelix ex is a very nice card.
I give it an 8/10
Tks Hope you enjoyed reading the review.
See you next time!
Tyranitar92
Steelix ex
Stage 1
Type: Metal
HP: 150
Poke-Body: Poison Resistance
Steelix ex can't be poisoned
[M][C][C]:Metal Charge: 70
Put 1 damage counter on Steelix ex.
[F][F][C][C]:Mudslide:
Discard 2 [F] Energy attached to Steelix ex and choose 1 of your opponent's pokemon. This attack does 100 damage to that pokemon.(Don't apply weakness and resistance for benched pokemon)
Weakness: Fire and Fighting
Resistance: Grass and Lightning
Retreat Cost: [C][C][C][C][C]
Steelix ex has 150 HP which is very good for an ex especially for a stage 1 evolution card. Being a metal type gives him an advantage as it can reduce up to 40 damage depending on the number of metal energy cards it has.
The Poke-Body (Poison Resistance) is very good as it stops Queendom's Toxic attack. Metal Charge is a nice attack 3 for 70 is awesome with the payback of only 1 damage counter. It can K.O. almost all basics and most of the Stage 1 evolutions non ex.
Steelix ex is mostly used for his Mudslide attack. Which for 4 Energy cards and discarding 2 Fighting lets you do 100 damage to any of your opponent's pokemon in play. This is very good as it can snipe the bench for ex's or for search pokemon cards such as Pidgeot and Magcargo to slow down your opponent. When you see that your opponent is building a pokemon on the bench you can just snipe it away and contnue the torture
Weakness to Fighting and Fire is not good as Fire is a very popular type and Steelix's weakness to Fighting can give you a hard time against Medicham ex and the new Armaldo ex.
Resistance to Grass and Lightning is good as it can stop most of the popular decks around such as ZRE and Dustox ex.
The Retreat Cost of 5 is huge. Obviously use Warp Point or Switch to retreat so as to avoid discarding those useful energies.
Combos:
LBS
The most popular combo which involves Steelix ex is LBS. It consists of Lugia ex, Blastoise ex and Steelix ex. The strategy is to use Blastoise ex's Energy Rain to attach multiple water energy cards and than use Holon's Electrode or Holon's Magneton to replace the fighting energy and the Lightning and Fire energy to use Lugia's ex Elemental Blast attack and Steelix's ex Mudslide attack. With Lugia's ex powerful Elemental Blast attack you can K.O. your opponent's active pokemon with 200 damage and you use Steelix's ex Mudslide attack to snipe the bench with 100 damage. You use the attacks depending on the current situation.
There is also a similar combo to LBS which is Meganium ex/ Mew ex/
Steelix ex.
Ratings:
Steelix ex is a very nice card.
I give it an 8/10
Tks Hope you enjoyed reading the review
.See you next time!
Tyranitar92
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Card of the Day
Well Steelix Ex, What’s not to say about him he's both very powerful and also very vulnerable. With his powerful Mudslide attack he could easily seal the fate of a match, but with his dual weakness and very high retreat cost he could be risky to play with the current metagame in my area which happens to be arcainine ex decks.
Good Aspects
Lets start out by talking about the good sides of steelix ex. First off his mudslide attack, WOW, what an awesome attack Discard 2 fighting energy and 100 damage to any pokemon you want !!! It seems to me like a great pokemon to take out benched pokemon for easy and quick prizes. Second his ability to use the effects of metal energies. Reduced damage from opponents is always nice. Third his dual resistance to both grass and electrical attacks again reduced damage is always nice. And finally his high HP and Poke-Body, poison is no more!!! You have no worries of getting poisoned to death with his poison resistance Poke-Body. His high HP standing at 150 is a tough target to beat!!!
Bad Aspects
Now to talk about some of his downsides. First off with high retreat cost its nearly impossible to get him away from a bad spot, unless you happen to have a switch, warp point, or any other form of retreat. Second his dual weakness, wow, this could really hurt if your going to go against fire or fighting type decks, it could easily be a 1 hit knock out.
Rating
Overall I would rate this card with a 7/10. It has its ups and its downs but sure id recommend using it in today’s current modified format.
Cards To Watch Out For
Arcainine EX
Ninetales EX
Armaldo EX
Dark Tyranitar
Desert Ruins
Or just any other Fighting or Fire type pokemon
-Jesse2
Card of the Day
Well Steelix Ex, What’s not to say about him he's both very powerful and also very vulnerable. With his powerful Mudslide attack he could easily seal the fate of a match, but with his dual weakness and very high retreat cost he could be risky to play with the current metagame in my area which happens to be arcainine ex decks.
Good Aspects
Lets start out by talking about the good sides of steelix ex. First off his mudslide attack, WOW, what an awesome attack Discard 2 fighting energy and 100 damage to any pokemon you want !!! It seems to me like a great pokemon to take out benched pokemon for easy and quick prizes. Second his ability to use the effects of metal energies. Reduced damage from opponents is always nice. Third his dual resistance to both grass and electrical attacks again reduced damage is always nice. And finally his high HP and Poke-Body, poison is no more!!! You have no worries of getting poisoned to death with his poison resistance Poke-Body. His high HP standing at 150 is a tough target to beat!!!
Bad Aspects
Now to talk about some of his downsides. First off with high retreat cost its nearly impossible to get him away from a bad spot, unless you happen to have a switch, warp point, or any other form of retreat. Second his dual weakness, wow, this could really hurt if your going to go against fire or fighting type decks, it could easily be a 1 hit knock out.
Rating
Overall I would rate this card with a 7/10. It has its ups and its downs but sure id recommend using it in today’s current modified format.
Cards To Watch Out For
Arcainine EX
Ninetales EX
Armaldo EX
Dark Tyranitar
Desert Ruins
Or just any other Fighting or Fire type pokemon
-Jesse2
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