Silver Tempest
Mawile VSTAR
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 260
- Type
- Psychic
- Stage
- VSTAR
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Weakness
- ×2
- Regulation mark
- F
Its Ability
Star Rondo
During your turn, if this Pokémon is on your Bench, you may switch it with your Active Pokémon. If you do, switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)
Its attacks
Sudden Eater
90+If this Pokémon moved from your Bench to the Active Spot this turn, this attack does 90 more damage.
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- 260 HP. Only 4 cards in Silver Tempest carry more.
- Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
- It has an Ability, Star Rondo. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- None of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- Weakness Metal ×2. Against a Metal Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 477 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
- Mark F, and that letter has already left the format. You can still play it at home, or keep it in your binder. In a Standard tournament, no: the letters allowed today are H, I, and J.
Who plays it
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 36 Mawile cards on one page, priciest first.