Plasma Blast

Machamp

PLB50· Rare
Machamp PLB 50

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What the card itself says

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HP
140
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
50/101
Set
Plasma BlastPLB
Illustrated by
Kouki Saitou

Its attacks

Knock Off

60

Discard a random card from your opponent's hand.

Reinforced Lariat

80

If this Pokémon has a Pokémon Tool card attached to it, this attack does 40 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.

  1. 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.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,201 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.

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 45 Machamp cards on one page, priciest first.

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