Plasma Blast

Machamp

PLBFR49· Rare
Machamp PLB 49

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What the card itself says

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HP
150
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
49/101
Set
Plasma BlastPLB
Illustrated by
Naoki Saito

Its Ability

Badge of DisciplineBadge de la Discipline

The damage of each of your Fighting Pokémon’s attacks isn’t affected by Resistance.Les dégâts des attaques de chacun de vos Pokémon Fighting ne sont pas affectés par la Résistance.

Its attacks

Close CombatClose Combat

120

Flip a coin. If tails, during your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is increased by 30 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).Lancez une pièce. Si c'est pile, pendant le prochain tour de votre adversaire, tous les dégâts infligés à ce Pokémon par des attaques sont augmentés de 30 (après application de la Faiblesse et de la Résistance).

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

    150 HP. Only 5 cards in Plasma Blast carry more.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Badge of Discipline. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,826 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.

  5. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Machoke to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 2,208 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

Plasma Blast landed here on 14 August 2013.

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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 45 Machamp cards on one page, priciest first.

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