pokebeach.comDitto is a card from the new Triumphant set that’s received a lot of hype. When I first heard about the hype, I searched the internet for this card and thought, “Wow, that’s a pretty good card!”. For about 5 seconds before all those thoughts were replaced with ones that said, “What they heck are they thinking!?”
Well, you’ll eventually find out what I mean. Let’s start with the basics. Ditto is a non-evolving basic with a terrible 40 HP. Unfortunately, Ditto is pretty much expected to have 40-60 Hp. This Ditto is on the low end of that range.
Ditto is Colorless, which would be great, being able to hit Garchomp C for weakness is great… if it actually had a good attack. Its only one, “Sharp Point” for CC does a boring 20 damage. The x2 Fighting weakness is bad, but mostly irrelevant because it’s a basic with 40 HP, meaning Donphan, Machamp and Toxicroak G will all 1HKO him.
Ditto’s hyped up Poké-Power, “Dittobolic”, reduces your opponent’s bench limit to 4. If your opponent has 5 benched Pokémon, they must discard one of them. It can be great in certain situations, potentially winning you the game. However, more often then not, it will hurt you.
There are a lot of ways it’ll hurt you. First of all, it’s not a great starter (easily donked). Second of all, it could help free up their bench. Here’s what I mean:
They have 5 benched Pokémon, you play Ditto, they discard an Azelf. They level up their Luxray GL and kill Ditto. Now, they have a free bench spot for Crobat G, Uxie or whatever else they want on top of a free prize.
Recommendation: There may be some decks that could use this cards or some matchups that this card works in, but I’m just not seeing it.
Rating 2.75/5 (Ditto is over-hyped IMO)
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This is one of those cards that looks like garbage until a crazy combo is found and then everybody starts playing it… maybe.
That would be amazing (that it would happen).
honchkrow sv… just like the deck last season with honchkrow sv and dusknoir dp… clean off a bench space and refill it right away with something crappy, then riot for big damage
Yeah, it does seem like one of those type of cards.
It’ll probably happen somewhere down the road. Probably.
I agree wholeheartedly. Every sniper in the format welcomes a benched Ditto.
Could be a lolzy anti-Jumpluff tech..
The main reason why this card is so bad is that it is essentially letting your opponent prize deny you. They get to choose who to discard, so they will discard their biggest liability.
I think this could work with Absol Prime. You play Ditto, they discard a Pokemon. Now if they play another basic down, 2 damage counters go on them.
IMO, not really a great combo, all of that work for just 2 damage counters.
Ditto is one of those cards I always hope will be cool and game changing, but it isn’t.
Now if it knocked out a Pokemon if their bench was full, that would be cool and might make the card viable. But sadly, it doesn’t.
Yeah, that’d be awesome. It’d be like in 2008, you could never have your bench maxed out because you’re scared your opponent will put down Duskull, rare candy, Dusknoir, then get rid of ur great benched card(s).
This card would have been cool in Palkia Lock when it was still around, but it’s too late now for it to work. Ditto has always had cool cards though, the LA one is still a great card and can be used in several different decks.
I am with you on this one man, this current format has way too much sniping and bench damage in general, and the amount of cards you would have to use to counter that is in no way making up for the one bench spot it can eat. Honestly, it is just forcing you and your opponent to have the same number of open spots.
this is great against the new Victini that does 100 if you have a full bench