As we draw closer to Next Destinies there is little doubt that the most hyped cards are the EX Pokemon. However, while everyone else is hyped up for heavy hitting cards like Mewtwo EX, Reshiram EX, and Zekrom EX I myself am looking forward to Shaymin EX.
Shaymin EX – Grass – HP110
Basic Pokemon
[G] Synthesis: Choose 1 Grass Energy card from your deck and attach it to one of your Pokemon. Shuffle your deck afterwards.
[G][C] Revenge Burst: Does 30 damage plus an additional 30 damage times the number of Prize cards your opponent has already taken.
Pokemon EX Rule: When Pokemon EX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness: Fire (x2)
Resistance: Fighting (-20)
Retreat: 1
Grass is a type that is in dire need of support, and though it doesn't get a lot of it Shaymin is a nice start. This card reminds me so much of its Lv.X counterpart from the Platinum set years ago. Shaymin EX's whole purpose in any grass deck or (or as potential tech in decks) is revenge kills. Your only gonna wanna use this card when your opponent is up in prizes as lest say four prize cards taken will do 120 for two energy. this card will combo nicely with cards like Blackbelt and N which will allow you to either do 40 more damage (Blackbelt) or disrupt there hand preventing a comeback or potential KO to Shaymin (N). The fire weakness sucks a bit but with reshipholosion seemingly dying out in play that shouldn't hurt to badly. Fighting resistance is good as donphan still serves in some anti-meta decks and 1 retreat is very manageable and if you run this in a basic deck Skyarrow Bridge erases.
Shaymin has the potential to be the dark horse of the EX Pokemon being able to hit hard late game while your behind and then creep back to the bench with relative ease. With not a whole lot of fire good fire types in this set if you pull Shaymin at the pre-release i see no reason not to run him.
Rating: 4/5 (why it doesn't have free retreat like its Lv.X counterpart is beyond me)
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