Seismitoad
(Legendary Treasures)
Hello and welcome to a new week of
reviews on Pojo’s
CotD, where
normal service has been resumed and we
will be bringing you a whole week of
cards from the Legendary Treasures set.
We kick off with
Seismitoad, a reprint of the card
we first saw in Dark Explorers, only
this time with some more dynamic artwork
(about as dynamic as a big toad can get
anyway). This has always been a popular
card for league/fun decks and you do
occasionally see it at tournaments,
though I am not aware of any notable
successes. The reason people like this
Seismitoad
is because of the Round attack which
costs just a Double Colourless and can
inflict some hefty damage if you have a
bench full of other Round Pokémon: in
fact, a full field of them will enable
Seismitoad
to hit the magic 180 which OHKOs all the
EX Pokémon.
The deck got a bit of a boost from
Legendary Treasures with the release of
Meloetta EX.
Yes, she’s a vulnerable low HP EX, but
she’s also a Basic, which makes the deck
that little bit easier and (most
importantly) faster to set up. The
Pokémon Catcher
errata also makes Benched Pokémon
a little safer these days. Despite this,
I don’t expect
Seismitoad to become any more of
a force in the format than it already
is. It’s a fun deck to play and can pull
off some surprising wins, but
it’s very
set-up heavy and does revolve around a
Stage 2. Even with
Meloetta, keeping that full Field
of SIX Round Pokémon isn’t easy, and
without it,
Seismitoad finds it difficult to
trade advantageously.
Destined to stay in the ‘really liked,
but not played very much’ category, for
now at least.
Rating
Modified: 3 (fun to try if you fancy a
change of pace)
Limited: 2 (hard to exploit Round unless
you somehow pull multiple
Meloetta)
