Steelix (Prime) from Unleashed (#87) [6/2]

1. It does okay on its own, although it's not spectacular. Anything that heals and speeds up energy works well. Its high energy requirement means it can stall while you get the next one set up.

2. None.

3. Special Metals help this card's survival a lot. If enough cards are used to keep Steelix healthy, discard cards can help prevent your opponent from stockpiling Pluspowers to make the KO faster.

4. 2/5 I think the stall strategy is a loser's one. While trying to fend off 60-powered attacks or greater, setting up walls just doesn't work without some serious healing. The Pokebody is nice, though.

5. 5/5 That thing is scary! It's like some sort of criminal with those teeth!
 
1. I personally think that Steelix would just be used as a Tank. You would have to revolve your deck around him, cause you have to as well think of the Onix that you would be using to get sleelix out! I find this card awesome, and it has lot's pf potential in the next swich.

2. I think he would make his own.

3.I think the combo's would be broken if you were able to pull them off, for example, having an expert belt on, and using Nidoqueen to heal, and if you feel like you are not safe with energy then you would be able to use Togekiss, but not when the swich happen's. Plus the Special Energy would make it even harder for you to do damage to him, and if you were lucky use a Double colorless energy to be able to do energy stream and then you would be having less turns to wait till you can hit them like a train. Yes the retreat cost is high, but why wouldn't you just run warp points, a deck should always have warp points. :p

4. I am giving him a 4/5 I love Steel pokemon, and find he has the power to cause Destruction. But as well I am looking forward to Scizor.

5. 5/5
 
1. Yes, I think it will have potential AFTER the rotation.
2. None, but I was thinking that it could be teched in a Dialga G LV X deck. Plus I was thinking of making a deck of it.
3. 2 Blissey PL+ DCE + Conductive Quarry. You can use the 2 Blisey to discard Special steel energy and use energy steam and Conductive Quarry to pull the energy out.
4. 4/5 Because of special steel energy, and my Metagame is full of Psycic decks and Glistomb :p but no lightning resistance :(
5. 4/5 It just looks so intense.
 
I like this card. It probably won't see heavy competitive play, but it looks like it could be fun to play with.

Perfect Metal gets rid of a lot of cheap strategies. In particular, one I saw that involved Gliscor lv X and Spiritomb a while back. Nice high HP, the benefit of special Metal Energy, a high energy attack that costs a lot, but it has a cheaper attack that can speed things up. And a steep retreat cost. Weak to Charizard is very bad, but resistance to Gengar is very good. This card would be average at best if it weren't for a few cards that give it some much-needed help. Steelix has problems, but they are all problems that can be solved with a little bit of assistance.

First and most obviously, Flygon from Rising Rivals reduces it's hefty retreat cost to zero. Otherwise, your Steelix isn't going anywhere. Double Colorless energy gets Steelix started with Energy Stream, while Engineer's Adjustments is just the card to take advantage of to get Steelix on the right start at the beginning of the game. There doesn't appear to be a way to use Gaia Crush at any point before turn 3 (unless you play Togekiss), so it may not be a bad idea to use an Expert Belt to increase damage output. To do 50 damage in one turn with the prospect of taking a consistent 120 if it survives for very long can make anyone scramble to mount a counter-offense. Nidoqueen from Rising Rivals helps with that survivability. For more damage against non-SP decks, Skuntank G poisons your opponent if your have a stadium in play, with no drawback to Steelix.

Alright, let's kill it. It should stand to reason that any conpetitive fire-type deck can do the job. A more orthodox solution is Dialga G lv X, which not only makes Steelix vulnerable to special conditions (ruining the Skuntank strategy), it also ruins the chief cards that support it, which are Flygon and Nidoqueen. Dialga's popularity will keep Steelix decks from getting anywhere, competitively speaking. As if that weren't bad enough, once Lost Remover is printed on this side of the ocean, Steelix will be rendered entirely unplayable. Need I say more?

Steelix Prime from HS Unleashed gets a score of 2 out of 5.

That score doesn't mean I don't like the card. But there are too many cards running around already that kill it, and this fall, it doesn't look like it will stand a chance.
 
1. How does the card stand on its own? Is it good, bad, or has potential? Is it worth playing?

Steelix Prime can definitely be good on its own. The Poke-body is pretty good that's for sure. The ability to prevent special conditions done to it is pretty cool, especially when you face something like Blaziken FB or a Glistomb deck. The first attack isn't too bad either, with a DCE, you can do 30 and grab an energy from the discard and then you put it onto Steelix. With the help of cards like Felicity's, Volkner's, or Lunatone GE, you can give Energy Stream some good potential. The second attack can do 100 without any backlash. It can also discard a stadium card like BTS, thus hindering decks like Gyarados or Jumpluff, as both need a BTS out to be effective. Sure the attack needs five energies, but with Energy Stream and Special Metal Energies, this won't actually be hard to achieve. Therefore, I think Steelix Prime is quite good on its own and can have quite some potential. I think it is worth playing now too, especially with that high HP, where SPs can have some trouble taking it down.

2. What popular metagame decks is it used in?

Even though Steelix Prime may not be popular right now, I have seen Steelix decks that can stand up in our current metagame. That deck is a deck I like to call Healix, and it has been winning some Battle Roads so far. The first time I saw it being used competitively, it was at the Lockport, IL, Spring Battle Road in 2010. Someone went undefeated with this deck, and it eventually won the Battle Road in the finals against a Luxchomp deck. I'm not kidding. That Steelix was used with Blissey PT, which is pretty much Steelix's most popular partner right now, and is also what creates the deck, Healix. Basically, you use Blissey to discard energy to fuel up Steelix, as well as to heal it. In this way, Stealix can be one unstoppable force when it can set up with the help of Blissey. The next time you see a Healix deck end up at least top cutting your next Battle Road, don't be surprised. It shows the Steelix can be viable in our metagame right now.

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

Pretty much I would use Steelix Prime with Blissey obviously. As mentioned, Blissey is there to discard the energies so that Steelix can bring them back with Energy Stream. At the same time, you can heal Steelix as well. Of course, I would run Uxies and Claydols to give Steelix more consistency, and I would use Azelf to help out with prized Pokemon. This is basically how I would run Steelix.

4. Give it a rating, and explain why you would give it that rating.

I would give Steelix a 4/5. Steelix has very high HP. It has a great Poke-body, and it can take advantage of special metal energies. Combine the High HP, the Poke-body, and the metal energies and you have a Pokemon that can become extremely hard to take down, especially for SPs. As an attacker, he isn't too bad either. With the help of Energy Stream, you can help fuel up Steelix for its second attack that can hit pretty hard and can even disrupt popular decks like Gyarados or Jumpluff. The only main problem with Steelix is that it may not set up that fast. Regardless, I think Steelix is pretty good right now.

5. How's the artwork?

Yep, I got to admit, that's an epic face for a Steelix. Its got that glint in the artwork, and I think the Glint is pretty fitting because it makes Steelix's metallic body look pretty shiny. Definitely, this is a good artwork for Steelix.;)
 
1. Steelix Prime has great potential if you get it out with enough energy, but the high energy cost is its main drawback. Overall, it is worth being played.
2. None that I know of.
3. Blissey from Platinum because it can put energy in the discard for Steelix to retrieve, and also heal it.
4. 4/5 because of the great potential but a high energy cost.
5. I like Steelix in this picture. It really looks like it is going to beat you up. 5/5.
 
gotta say no
1. not worth playing, because it takes too many energies, plus the weakness to fire.
2. unknown
3. no combos, exept, maybe, a wall. but then you have the retreat cost.
4. 1 only good thing about it is the artwork and hp
5. good art
 
@cccccc808 Are you joking? Did you even LOOK at the cards attacks?



Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! I was waiting for this moment!
Did I mention steelix (from stormfront)(and mudkip, XD) is what got me into pokemon? :O

1. How does the card stand on its own? Is it good, bad, or have potential? Is it worth being played?

No special conditions? 140 HP? 2 energy for a 30 damage attack and allowing you to revive an energy? Well, If ya ask me, this is an Avatar (If you play cnc you'll know what I mean)
Just put down onix, then him :p
The downside is that it has a mega retreat cost, but there are ways to cut it down.


2. What popular metagame decks is it used in?
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3. What combos can you use it with? How so?
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4. Give it a rating, and explain why you have given it that rating. You can also rate the card by rating the thread itself (out of 5 stars).

4/5, It's a tank
5. How's the artwork?
Great.

Sorry for short post....
 
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