Rocket’s Suicune – I like this card vs. most decks being played today. Most decks being used right now rely heavily on stage 2 pokemon to do most of there attacking.

            

HP: 100 is the worst HP an EX pokemon can have. With desert ruins running around in most decks not affected by it 100 HP hurts. It’s high enough that you must take 10 damage between each turn and low enough that you won’t last long against it. You must have counter stadiums if you plan to play this card.

 

Weakness/Resistance: well, weakness to electric is not all that bad but you have to watch out for those zap-turn-dos decks that are being played right now. It does not have resistance to anything so we will move on.

 

Retreat: With a retreat cost of one you can afford to pay it. Pretty standard for a basic.

 

Type: darkness is an ok type right now with Dark dragonite running around but only a few pokemon have weakness to dark. The best advantage to playing dark is nobody has resistance to you, though this card would be more helpful if it was both darkness and water type though.

 

Poke-body: Dark and Clear says as long as you have a darkness energy attached to it, it can not be affected by special conditions. Most people will run this with darkness energy to add damage but this poke body is just great. No poison or paralysis is a good thing.

 

Icy Wind 10: This attack is very strait forward. 1 energy for 10 damage and putting them to sleep. You’re not going to use this attack unless you’re still powering him up or you need to stall. Either way you’re not going to win any matches with it.

 

Hyper Splash 50+: Now this is the reason you would play this card. For 2 water and a colorless you can do 50 damage plus 40 more if they are a stage 2. Like I said above stage 2 pokemon are very common in the current format so you could be doing a lot of damage. Then if you add darkness energy you could be doing 100 for only 3 energy! Not bad if you ask me.

 

Combos: Rockets hideout will give it 20 more HP. You HAVE to play counter stadiums with this card and I think rockets hideout is a good one but it depends on what else you play.

 

Darkness energy: you should all know this. add 10 damage and no special conditions makes darkness worth playing.

 

Ratings: In unlimited I think it may take too long to set up. Electabuzz could also be a problem 2.5/5

 

In modified I don’t see this card being the main focus of your deck but it could be a very powerful supporting pokemon. Like I said 90-100 for 3 energy is very powerful if used correctly. I give it a 4/5