pokebeach.comWhen translations of Rapidash were first released, it received a fair amount of attention because of its Poké-Body, “Wild Guard”, which makes Rapidash immune to all effects of attacks, including damage, done to it by your opponent’s Pokémon SP. However, there were (and still are) two things working against it.
The first problem is Dialga G LV.X (an Pokémon SP) shuts off Rapidash, making its so-called “SP auto-win” anything but. The other problem lies in Rapidash, its attacks aren’t good. “Fire Mane” does a vanilla 20 for R and “Rising Lunge” for RCC does 50 and a coin flip. If heads, it does an extra 20 damage.
Even if you were to play against a non-Dialga G SP deck (which is more uncommon than you think, especially in VileGar-heavy formats), its attacks aren’t anywhere strong enough to take the match. Heck, your opponent will most likely be able to Knock Out a Rapidash with Uxie LV.X.
If this card were to print a new Rapidash with stats something like: 110 HP, Fire, x2 Water Weakness, -20 Fighting Resistance (one can dream), Retreat Cost 0 along with the “Wild Guard” Poké-Body and one or two really solid attacks, you’d be on to something.
Until then, Rapidash is just a card that’s inferior to Mewtwo LV.X (which not only blocks all Pokémon SP not named Dialga G LV.X, but all other Basic Pokémon(such as Regigigas) as well).
My Recommendation: Mewtwo LV.X is superior to this card in almost every way (I only say almost to be politically correct)
My Rating: 2.25/5 (Easily counter-able, it can’t hold a candle to Mewtwo LV.X)
nice, short article. i hate how they say R for fire. gets me so confused. i could just kill this thing with honckrow. it screams 1 solid attack and decent hp. the rating is a bit higher then i would play but its not set in stone. anyway nie article
Nice and short article. Which kind if energy is R? Rfire, Rflame, Rhot, Rburn, Red?
R as in fiRe.
F is taken by Fighting
L by Lightning
P by Psychic
C by Colorless
W by Water
D by Dark
G by Grass
and
M by Metal.
Ah, I see. How confusing -.-
they mewtwo level x is’nt better in every way rapidash is easier to get out
Perhaps you’re right. In SP decks, though, Mewtwo is easier to get out.
Maybe not. If they use the Ponyta with Ascension, they could get the evolution immediately. Although I agree that Mewtwo is the better strategy.