Plasma Blast

Salamence

PLB64· Rare
Salamence PLB 64

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What the card itself says

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HP
150
Type
Dragon
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
4
Weakness
×2
Number
64/101
Set
Plasma BlastPLB
Illustrated by
Naoki Saito

Its Ability

Breakwing

When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may discard all Pokémon Tool cards attached to each of your opponent’s Pokémon.

Its attacks

Gaia Crush

100

Discard any Stadium card in play.

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, Breakwing. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 4. 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 3,810 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 Shelgon to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Dragon ×2. Against a Dragon Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 708 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 29 Salamence cards on one page, priciest first.

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