Rising Rivals
Wash Rotom
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What the card itself says
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- HP
- 90
- Type
- Lightning
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- +20
- Resistance
- -20
Its Ability
Wash Shift
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this power. Wash Rotom's type is Water until the end of your turn.
Its attacks
Cleanse Away
Remove 3 damage counters from each of your Benched Pokémon.
Drain Wash
30Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, choose 1 card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it.
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
- It has an Ability, Wash Shift. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
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 Darkness +20. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 1,987 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
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 50 Rotom cards on one page, priciest first.