What's the deal with the Pokemon Catcher trainer card from EP?
- Thread starter kfitch06
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Pokemon Catcher is an amazing card for competitive play. The ability to switch your opponent active is great in this format, because you can kill things before they get built up. If you play competitively, hold on to those, they aren't really great for people who collect though.
Yeah, the uncommon ratio in Emerging Powers is really weird, I have heard 2-3 per booster box, last I checked on Ebay, they are selling for about 12$ a piece.
If I where you I would trade them now. They're at their highest value because EP JUST came out and there are little in circulation. Once people start opening more and more packs I believe the value will drop 
but kudos to you for having that many lol
but kudos to you for having that many lol
kfitch06 said:
Apparently, they're going for $10 a piece, and $25 if reverse holo. *I'll take them if they're for trade.
Vulpix Yolk said:
Not just for competitive play, for unlimited play, too. When you play a Pokemon Catcher, you're essentially getting a free prize card.
Wouldn't most people in unlimited just play Gust of Wind since it does the same thing and is cheaper? Also, anyone good playing unlimited would just play a Donk deck anyways, unlimited is more of a concept, not an actual thing people play.
Vulpix Yolk said:
umm... im pretty sure u can use both in the same deck. so 4 gust of winds and 4 catcher... I think..
Yeah, but it would be ridiculous overkill, especially because you could just play Item Finder in unlimited.
Item Finder AND Junk Arm.
But back on topic, is Catcher really harder to find than other Uncommons? There are 31 Uncommons in EP, and 108 spots for Uncommons beside RHs, so it would make sense that you would only get about 3 on average per box.
Or is there something I'm missing?
But back on topic, is Catcher really harder to find than other Uncommons? There are 31 Uncommons in EP, and 108 spots for Uncommons beside RHs, so it would make sense that you would only get about 3 on average per box.
Or is there something I'm missing?
I think people are just saying Catcher is more "rare" than a typical uncommon because it's so sought after and so many want to use it. I got more Catchers in my box (three) than Bianca, Cheren and Krokorok uncommons (two each) and the latter three aren't particularly special. It's all random chance; some people might get one, others might get five.
I guess
made me assume he was saying that they're rarer than other Uncommons. But I do agree that it is harder to find because it's sought-after and extremely playable.
glaceon said:
made me assume he was saying that they're rarer than other Uncommons. But I do agree that it is harder to find because it's sought-after and extremely playable.
catcher is basicly going to be the most run card this season
colesiegel68 said:
*cough*CollectorandCommunication*cough*
As people already said, Catcher is the new Gust of Wind and you can just bring any pokémon from your opponent's bench... yeah, it's only valuable if you play competitively...
glaceon said:
...Well ya don't say...
I recently bought a box of Emerging Powers last weekend and pulled 4-5 Catchers, 2 Full Art Thundurus, and 2-3 Normal Tornadus. Haven't traded them yet but I know I'm keeping the Catcher's though.