just a quick hello and card of the day

Hi and welcome to The first issue of Pokeballing. My Name is Michael Tremere and i am a Pokemon tcg player from Belleville Ontario. This blog will be used to discuss a variety of topics in the pokemon community either by me or my teammates, also deck lists and card of the day.

So i want to get this started with a card of the day now i hope to post this everyday sometimes on top of another blog.

The very first Card of The Day will be Electrode Prime from the Triumphant set

stats

Electrode
stage 1 evolves from voltorb
hp 90 lightning
poke power energymite
Once during your turn(before you attack), you may use this power. If you do, Electrode is knocked out. Look at the top 7 cards of your deck. Choose as many energy cards as you like and attach them to your pokemon in any way you like. Discard the other cards. This power cant be used if Electrode is affected by a Special Condition
[L][C] Gigashock 30
Does 10 damage to 2 of your opponents benched Pokemon.
weakness: [F]x2
resistance: [M]-20
retreat cost: [C]

So Electrode is really a very lackluster pokemon for the most part. 90 hp on a stage 1 is okay but also means Electrode wont be a surviving many turns. the fighting weakness is actually not that bad as the only real fighting pokemon in the current meta are teched in decks. Metal resistance is nice as cobalion is a growing force in the current meta. Luckily for Electrode none of this matters cause of Energymite.

Energymite is the only reason you should be running Electrode at all. Since the release of Noble Victories two decks have Emerged that can make full use of Electrodes power, CaKE and 6 corners. Both decks rely on heavy hitting big beefy basics that need alot of energy to attack, which is easily supplied by Electrode. Cards like Pokedex and Research Records maximize the chances of your Energymite being really effective.

So given the proper deck build Electrode Prime has the potential to power up multiple attackers at one time.

rating
Modified: 3/5 (Is a necessity in CaKE and 6 Corners but not really anywheres else)