Emerging Powers

Basculin

EPFR25· Uncommon
Basculin EP 25

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
Water
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
25/98
Set
Emerging PowersEP
Illustrated by
Akira Komayama

Its attacks

TackleCharge

10

SplatterCrépitement

Does 30 damage to one of your oppoent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)Inflige 30 dégâts à 1 des Pokémon de votre adversaire. (N'appliquez ni la Faiblesse ni la Résistance aux Pokémon de Banc.)

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.

  1. A strength

    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.

  2. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,726 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,726 tournament lists we have read, 394 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.

When it came out

Emerging Powers landed here on 31 August 2011.

Every set, with both of its dates

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 11 Basculin cards on one page, priciest first.

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