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Tirtouga
25/101 (Noble Victories)
Ok, today’s card is one of the new Fossil
Restored Pokémon that you get to put straight on your
Bench with the effect of the relevant Trainer Card (in
this case Cover Fossil). In my reviews of the Fossil
Trainers, I wrote at length about how the new Fossil
mechanic is at present completely unworkable in my
opinion and in desperate need of support (which it will
get eventually in the form of Twist Mountain Stadium). I
don’t really want to go over the same ground in today
and tomorrow’s reviews, so let’s just assume that these
cards are horribly difficult and unreliable to get into
play, and let’s see what they can do for you should you
manage to jump through all the required hoops.
Tirtouga’s
status as Restored Pokémon is a bit odd really. He’s
more sturdy that the average evolving Basic at 90 HP,
but then he’s really more of a Stage 1 than a Basic
anyway. He’s a Water Type with Grass Weakness instead of
Lightning, which is generally a good thing unless
Tirtouga runs into
Virizion-based 6 Corners
decks. The Retreat cost of three is pretty severe on a
Pokémon like this, and is another reason why you need to
be running Switch.
The attacks themselves are pretty weak, but worse than
that, they are boring. Water Gun costs [W][C]
and does 30 points of vanilla damage. Surf adds
another Energy of any Colour
to the cost and does an effect-free 60. Neither is
particularly effective or even good value.
It’s all a bit of a let-down really. The expectation was
that these new Restored Pokémon (even the evolving ones)
would somehow make up for the fact that they are so
tough to get out by having very high HP or very good
attacks. Tirtouga has
neither, sadly. It’s just like a worse version of a
pretty average evolving Stage 1. Let’s hope tomorrow’s
card will be better . . .
Rating
Modified: 1.5 (just exists to evolve)
Limited: 1.75 (if you pull a lot of
Tirtougas and Fossils, the small deck size could
make it work, but it still doesn’t have much to offer)
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