Baby Mario
2010 UK
National
Seniors
Champion |
Beheeyem
(Plasma Storm)
Is there intelligent life out there in the universe?
Mathematically, yes, considering how mind-blowingly
huge it is. Does this mean that probe-wielding aliens
visit Earth in UFOs? No, of course it doesn’t. Unless
you live in the Pokémon Universe, that is. They have
already been visited by Deoxys,
and now Generation V brings a new interstellar species
of Pokémon: Beheeyem.
Beheeyem
is a Psychic Type Stage 1 Plasma Pokémon . . . which is
a lot of things to be. Psychic Weakness is bad because
it means that both this card and its pre-evolution get
destroyed by Mewtwo-EX (yes,
it’s still very popular in Big Basics decks). Actually,
that 90 HP means that a lot of things will just KO it
with or without the assistance of
Hypnotoxic Laser. Being a Plasma Type is never a
bad thing, but it’s hard to see how
Beheeyem would make the best use of the support
that’s out there.
For a single Psychic Energy, you can use Lock Up to do
20 damage and prevent the
Defending Pokémon from Retreating. Dragging out a
non-attacker (like Garbodor)
or a Pokémon without Energy could buy some time I
suppose, but the format is full of decks playing
multiple copies of Switch or including
Keldeo-EX, so it’s unlikely
to be more than a minor irritant to an opponent. For an
extra two Energy of any Type (which makes it fairly
expensive), Beheeyem’s
second attack, Damakinesis,
does no direct damage, but does allow you to move six
damage counters from any of your Pokémon on to the
Defending Pokémon. Honestly, this sounds a lot more
interesting than it is. If you could spread the counters
around how you liked (to set up KOs on multiple Benched
Pokémon) it would be a bit more attractive, but even
then, it’s hardly worth such a big Energy investment in
a weak Stage 1. In a format where OHKOs are fairly
common, there isn’t even a guarantee you could use it.
Basically, this is one of those gimmicky cards that
looks like it offers some combo potential, but is a long
way short of where it needs to be in order to work in
this format. I don’t think we need to worry about the
competitive TCG being invaded by
Beheeyem any time soon.
Rating
Modified: 1.5 (ET go home)
Limited: 3.25 (Lock Up could get very annoying)
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