Pojo's Pokemon news, tips, strategies and more!

Pikachu Anatomy

Pokemon Home

Pokedex

Price Guide Set List

Message Board

Pokemon GO Tips

Pokemon News

Featured Articles


Trading Card Game
- Price Guide
- Price Guide
- Card of the Day
- Professional Grading
- Killer Deck Reports
- Deck Garage
- William Hung
- Jason Klaczynski
- Jeremy's Deck Garage
- Johnny Blaze's Banter
- TCG Strategies
- Rulings Help
- Apprentice & Patch
- Apprentice League
- Spoilers & Translations
- Official Rules
- Featured Event Reports
- Top of the World
- An X-Act Science
- Error Cards
- Printable Checklist
- Places to Play


Nintendo Tips
- Red/Blue
- Yellow
- Gold & Silver
- Crystal
- Ruby & Sapphire
- Fire Red & Leaf Green
- Emerald
- SNAP
- Pinball
- TCG cart
- Stadium
- PuPuzzle League
- Pinball: Ruby/Sapphire
- Pokemon Coliseum
- Pokemon Box
- Pokemon Channel


GameBoy Help
- ClownMasters Fixes
- Groudon's Den
- Pokemon of the Week

E-Card Reader FAQ's
- Expedition
- Aquapolis
- Skyridge
- Construction Action Function
- EON Ticket Manual


Deck Garage
- Pokemaster's Pit Stop
- Kyle's Garage
- Ghostly Gengar


Cartoon/Anime
- Episode Listing
- Character Bios
- Movies & Videos
- What's a Pokemon?
- Video List
- DVD List


Featured Articles

Pojo's Toy Box

Books & Videos

Downloads

Advertise With Us
- Sponsors
-
Links

Chat

About Us
Contact Us


Magic
Yu-Gi-Oh!
DBZ
Pokemon
Yu Yu Hakusho
NeoPets
HeroClix
Harry Potter
Anime
Vs. System
Megaman



Pojo's Pokémon Card of the Day

 

 Lapras 

- XY

Date Reviewed:
April 3, 2014

Ratings & Reviews Summary

Standard: 2.00
Limited: 3.25

Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale.
1 being the worst. 
3 ... average.  
5 is the highest rating.

Back to the main COTD Page

Baby Mario
2010 UK National
Seniors
Champion

Lapras (XY) 

There’s a really cool Lapras moment in the XY video games which reminds me of the original encounter at Silph Co back in the days of RBY. Plus surfing with Lapras looks awesome. This card, sadly, is considerably less awesome. 

You may remember Manaphy from Plasma Storm, whose Seafaring attack allowed you to attach Water Energy from the discard to Benched Pokémon if you flipped some heads. It saw a tiny bit of play in a few Blastoise decks, but became pretty much redundant when we got Superior Energy Retrieval in the next set. Lapras has exactly the same attack, and it isn’t really any more use on this Pokémon than it was on Manaphy. There is an offensive option in the shape of Hydro Pump, but you’ll need to attach a lot of Water Energy to Lapras to make it worthwhile. Much better just to use Keldeo EX or, if you wanted a non-EX attacker, Hydro Pump Keldeo from BCR which has a superior version of the same attack. 

Lapras has a nice Weakness and good HP for a non-Legendary evolving Basic, but the fact is that there aren’t any decks that need him, or would be improved by his inclusion. Off to the binder with him, then. 

Rating 

Modified: 2 (does some things, not well enough)

Limited: 3.25 (solid Basic that can function usefully in this environment)


HEZ
Intro to
Unlimited 150

Lapras.
Unlimited 150 review.
Just like in Standard, Blastoise decks are big in U150 and because Keldeo EX isn’t legal people have found a good alternative in one of the other Keldeo cards (Boundaries Crossed 47). Being able to pile on as many Energy as you need to hit a vital HP number for a KO is very useful. Lapras has this same functionality but somewhat weaker at 3 Energy but more powerful later. For example whereas Keldeo gets 90 damage for 3 Energy and 120 for 6, Lapras gets 70 for 3 but 130 for 6. Lapras also comes with a nice 1 Energy attack that supports your other Pokémon, quite useful in the first few turns or if your Blastoise gets taken out.
It’s quite hard to call which is the better out of the two, it will probably come down to which numbers you want to hit and how much Energy you want to invest in a Basic ex with 110 HP. I’ve been on the receiving end of an Expert Belt Keldeo sweep before and though the eventual 3 prizes were nice it had taken more than that itself!

Rating: 4 (Another very powerful Basic Pokémon for Blastoise/Feraligatr decks to choose from)


CopyrightŠ 1998-2014 pojo.com
This site is not sponsored, endorsed, or otherwise affiliated with any of the companies or products featured on this site. This is not an Official Site.