pokebeach.comIn an effort to speed up the COTD releases, I decided to write one about one of my favorite disruption cards: Slowking.
Let’s take a look at his stats: 80 HP is only OK nowadays, and the x2 Weakness to Psychic isn’t any better. A two Retreat Cost isn’t too fun either. Its attack, Psyshock, is crap as well, doing 30 damage for a Psychic and a Colorless with a coin flip for paralysis. So why review this card? It’s his Poké-Power that makes him shine. :)
Slowking’s Poké-Power, “Second Sight,” is like using a Chatot G’s “Disrupting Spy” — every turn. It reads: “Once during your turn (before your attack), you may look at the top 3 cards of either player’s deck and put them back on top of that player’s deck in any order. This power can not be used if Slowking is affected by a Special Condition.”
It also reminds you of Ralts’ (PL) “Future Sight” attack, huh. Only this is much better as it’s a Poké-Power.
It gives you great disruption throughout the game, especially with the addition of Trainer Lock, as you can give your opponent Trainers, leaving them with a heaping hand of useless cards. Oh yeah. That’s what I’m talkin’ about. :)
Slowking would be a nice addition to any Trainer Lock deck, including VileGar, LockChamp, LostGar (w/ Vileplume), and much, much more! And not to mention all disruption-based decks a.k.a. Sablelock, Chenlock, and ???lock (<— any lock deck).
Unfortunately, it is Garchomp C bait, so you’ll have to be tricky. Maybe you should try this card with a high-hitter, such as Gyarados, who can 1-shot (with an Expert Belt) Garchomp C LV.X. Or maybe (like I suggested above) VileGar, who can also easily 1-shot Garchomp C LV.X, and even the occasional Palkia G LV.X, another sniper.
I would not underestimate this guy’s power. Next format, even with Garchomp C in the metagame, we will definitely see more of this card being played, as Power Spray will be gone (both “YES!!!” and “Awww…” … I have mixed feelings about seeing Power Spray, the king of disruption, go).
So, seeing all of the ups & downs, I rate this card’s playability as a 4.5 out of 5. It has great disruption power, and it can un-disrupt yourself, but it does have the downside of being “Dragon Rush” bait. Thanks for taking the time to read my first review, and please, feel free to critique this article as much as you’d like (please rate it thumbs up, though! :D)
I’ve never seen this card before but this one is a good addition to anyone’s deck (except for Czard and some decks that has their engine already) becauseit has many uses in manipulation.
1.) The pokepower is nice and can be used every turn
2.) You can use it on yourself for you to have a convenience to get the cards you need for the situation
3.) Using this with exeggutor will totally make oyur opponent’s deck a joke (in some cases)
4.) Its a stage 1 pokemon and can be accessed easily with today’s format.
I’ll be giving this card a 4/5 because of only 1 flaw which is it is a material for Garchomp to snipe
I’ve never seen this card before but this one is a good addition to anyone’s deck (except for Czard and some decks that has their engine already) becauseit has many uses in manipulation.
1.) The pokepower is nice and can be used every turn
2.) You can use it on yourself for you to have a convenience to get the cards you need for the situation
3.) Using this with exeggutor will totally make oyur opponent’s deck a joke (in some cases)
4.) Its a stage 1 pokemon and can be accessed easily with today’s format.
I’ll be giving this card a 4/5 because of only 1 flaw which is it is a material for Garchomp to snipe
i used this card briefly once or twice in variouse decks… its best to bench sheild it… its poke power is AWSOME!!! my friend used to run KGL so it was handy to know what to prepair for next turn…
4.5/5 is really high, I’d rate Garchomp C “LV.X” 4/5. Very nice analysis though.
I absolutely love this card, it seems so underplayed to me. Gotta get it in a deck soon.
I was thinking to do my first Cotd on this card but I guess that you beat me to it! Great one though.