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pokedan24

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I can think of a few.

-Cilan: At least it was underrated pre blastoise. I use it in my eels deck to fetch energy to discard with ultra ball. It works very well and has allowed me to get a fully powered Zekrom immediately.

-Plus power: I'm surprised I don't see this in more decks. That extra damage can win you games (and get by pesky evilolites).

-Zapdos (ND): A good tech against fighting and also a good bench hitter. 50 damage isn't amazing, but it can be enough to finish off pokemon that retreated to the bench (and take out the weaker evolving basics in one shot). And while flippy, thundering hurricane can do some huge damage, even enough to OHKO the EXs (though I wouldn't count on it).
 
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The reason why I really never use any of those cards:
Plus Power: I don't use it because without junk arm the only time I get it when I need it is when I play 4 of them, which I do not have the room for, and tool scrapper is better IMO
Zapdos: Raikou EX is a better sniper, tornadus EX is a better fighting counter, and I generally do not like to use up space on flippy cards, with one exception, which is crushing hammer because of how spamable it is.
Cilan (excluding use in blastoise as a one-of): I would rather have a refreshed hand, which can let me get a fully powered raikou EX or rayquaza EX or whatever (I don't really like zekrom) and more. Also, a full hand gives you a LOT more options.
 
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You know why pluspower isn't played? Cause its only for pros.
Nah I'm kidding.
Pluspower is actually still an awesome card in this format. While slipping past Eviolites, Pluspower can let Mewtwo hit a pokemon that has an odd HP, and allows for the Mewtwo war to be in your favor. it also increases low damage out puts and can help donks.
 
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RogueChomp said:
You know why pluspower isn't played? Cause its only for pros.
Nah I'm kidding.
Pluspower is actually still an awesome card in this format. While slipping past Eviolites, Pluspower can let Mewtwo hit a pokemon that has an odd HP, and allows for the Mewtwo war to be in your favor. it also increases low damage out puts and can help donks.
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Sssshhhhhh...They aren't supposed to know :<

But yeah, Pluspower is still a very good card in some decks. It works the best in decks that have a ton of extra space like the fighting toolboxes. With Landorus EX, Pluspower turns many two or three hit KO's into OHKO's.
 
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It's now searchable via Skyla which also helps the issue of never having it when you need it. I'm definitely keeping an open mind when it comes to PlusPower.

The others are kinda meh. Cilan is great in Blastoise but mostly they're definitely not underrated.

dmaster out.
 
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PlusPower is still amazing, we just need Junk Arm to make it better. Cilian is just a worse Juniper, and 50 Damage doesn't really OHKO anything. I love Zapdos ND and it won me a Top Cut match at Regs last year, but I would honestly rather play Raikou, which one-shots many more things.
 
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One underrated card would be Zoroark BW. It's amazingly versatile, fast as it's own deck, easily splashable with ditto, and quite powerful in the right situations.
 
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I still use PlusPower today, and I still find it helpful.
I feel as if Rocky Helmet is a little underrated/underused too sometimes.
And Cilan? Yeah, I still wouldn't prefer him. Like all the others, I'd prefer a fresher hand than more energy.
 
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QWERTY DITTO said:
The reason why I really never use any of those cards:
Plus Power: I don't use it because without junk arm the only time I get it when I need it is when I play 4 of them, which I do not have the room for, and tool scrapper is better IMO
Zapdos: Raikou EX is a better sniper, tornadus EX is a better fighting counter, and I generally do not like to use up space on flippy cards, with one exception, which is crushing hammer because of how spamable it is.
Cilan (excluding use in blastoise as a one-of): I would rather have a refreshed hand, which can let me get a fully powered raikou EX or rayquaza EX or whatever (I don't really like zekrom) and more. Also, a full hand gives you a LOT more options.
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I think skyla solves the problem of plus power. PP does take up space, but when you run into situations where you're 10 damage away from a KO, it really helps.

I will not argue that Raikou and Tornadus are much much better, but they are not exactly easy to get or trade for (raikou can one shot pesky garbadors). Zapdos is not a bad alternative when you can't get your hands on the EXs.

While I do run Juniper and N's, they don't always guaruntee that I'll get energy, especially since I only run 10-15. Cilan gives me just enough to discard with ultra ball while still having one left to attach manually. If I have the two cards, all I need is one eel and a powerful attacker (or two eels). The set up isn't too hard with emolga bringing out the tynamos. Plus, Cilan/ultra ball doesn't force you to get rid of cards you want for later.

Of course it all comes down to personal preference (and what you can afford), but the combo works pretty well for me.

QWERTY DITTO said:
The reason why I really never use any of those cards:
Plus Power: I don't use it because without junk arm the only time I get it when I need it is when I play 4 of them, which I do not have the room for, and tool scrapper is better IMO
Zapdos: Raikou EX is a better sniper, tornadus EX is a better fighting counter, and I generally do not like to use up space on flippy cards, with one exception, which is crushing hammer because of how spamable it is.
Cilan (excluding use in blastoise as a one-of): I would rather have a refreshed hand, which can let me get a fully powered raikou EX or rayquaza EX or whatever (I don't really like zekrom) and more. Also, a full hand gives you a LOT more options.
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I think skyla solves the problem of plus power. PP does take up space, but when you run into situations where you're 10 damage away from a KO, it really helps.

I will not argue that Raikou and Tornadus are much much better, but they are not exactly easy to get or trade for (raikou can one shot pesky garbadors). Zapdos is not a bad alternative when you can't get your hands on the EXs.

While I do run Juniper and N's, they don't always guaruntee that I'll get energy, especially since I only run 10-15. Cilan gives me just enough to discard with ultra ball while still having one left to attach manually. If I have the two cards, all I need is one eel and a powerful attacker (or two eels). The set up isn't too hard with emolga bringing out the tynamos. Plus, Cilan/ultra ball doesn't force you to get rid of cards you want for later.

Of course it all comes down to personal preference (and what you can afford), but the combo works pretty well for me.
 
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Oh yes. PlusPower is still very much awesome thanks to Skyla. But rather than use Cilan, I actually just throw one or two Energy Search in my deck. Sometimes I just don't hit the Energy when I need to, so I Skyla for the Energy Search to grab me the Energy I need. I also like to pack an Energy Retrieval for late-game, and it's really nice to have a few Water Energy in the Discard Pile I can pick up and attach to Keldeo EX with a Blastoise in play. It's quite nice.
 
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Energy search is better with skyla. I actually see people's point with Cilan. Though I think running one of them isn't a bad idea. Also plus power is probably not for every deck, especially if the deck contains self damaging pokemon.

A few other cards.

Zekrom EX: Can easily OTKO any non ex (or non charizard) in the game. That includes blastoise and charizard (catcher). Anything it doesn't OHKO can be sniped baring any healing cards.

Lillipup (black and white): The one that can retrieve items from the graveyard. It's not as strong as sableeye and can be donked by landorous, but it doesn't require specific energy type. I'm considering teching one in my TCGO deck.

I also think anything that retreat locks is worth a second look.
 
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pokedan24 said:
Energy search is better with skyla. I actually see people's point with Cilan. Though I think running one of them isn't a bad idea. Also plus power is probably not for every deck, especially if the deck contains self damaging pokemon.

A few other cards.

Zekrom EX: Can easily OTKO any non ex (or non charizard) in the game. That includes blastoise and charizard (catcher). Anything it doesn't OHKO can be sniped baring any healing cards.

Lillipup (black and white): The one that can retrieve items from the graveyard. It's not as strong as sableeye and can be donked by landorous, but it doesn't require specific energy type. I'm considering teching one in my TCGO deck.

I also think anything that retreat locks is worth a second look.
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Trubbish NV is far better than Lilipup. it can search for 1 of anything from the discard. but I only use it as a just in case and I use garbodor anyways.
 
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Blissey DEX is very splashable, and provides convenient healing. Yeah it has a coin flip, and yeah its only to the active, but with a 4-4 line you can STACK healing!!

I think healing in general has a temptation to be underrated in favor of aggressive beating down on the opponent. I guess people have just more fun being brutal B./ ...
(pff, I enjoy it, too, honestly, hello kettle).

Thankfully we've still got some poster Decks that feature healing, such and Hydreigion Decks, Klinklang Decks, Blissey Decks, Empoleon, and most recently, Landorus EX.

Leavanny NVI (Weakness Protection) MIGHT be underrated too. I can easily imagine how much more of an advantage some matchups would be for you if you eliminated your Type Weakness, but the problem with that is that it only applies to that ONE type! In matches against any other Type, Leavanny's just sitting around.

Eh, nevermind about Leavanny =(...

Shaymin EX can be difficult to unleash the potential of, but if you play it right, it'll steamroll through your opponent! Pack Eviolite and Giant Cape, Energy Switch and Super Scoop Up, that's all I can think of at the moment. Provides a little Energy Acceleration which is <3
 
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Regigigas... Maybe it's not exactly underrated, but it certainly isn't played too often and for good reason. No matter how good it's attacks are, it's just two easy prizes for Terrakion. Maybe it will see more play with Eviolite and Aspertia Gym.
 
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I just made fun deck on TCGO using Blissey. It's not the best, but I believe that with some good tank cards (registeel/regigigas/bouffalant) and some eviolites, it should do well.

I also agree on regigigas. Eviolite is it's friend in this format. The first attack is also underrated (eviollite negates the self damage).
 
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And those that do set them up much faster than Archeops can be without tons of luck.
 
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Starmie from next destinies. For one energy you can either deal 50 or auto confusion. I used this with dusknoir and had some success.
 
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