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Oh Olympia, your Gym was
so...trippy. And so are your clothes. And so is your
MIIIIIND~
Anywho, Olympia is another
Supporter Gym Leader (what a surprise), and as I said
earlier in the week, the best Supporters tend to move
around the opponent's Pokemon and draw cards. Olympia
does things a bit...differently. She does move Pokemon
around, but she actually moves your Pokemon around,
switching your Active Pokemon out with a Benched Pokemon
and healing 30 damage off of whatever you put onto the
Bench.
What this means is she's a Potion
combined with a Switch in the guise of a Supporter, and
that's a pretty neat effect to have. Switching is a big
part of the game, as it's usually the main means of
getting rid of Status Conditions - hence why stuff like
Keldeo-EX and Zoroark BREAK are so huge! But the caveat
with Olympia is a bit steeper for a little extra; while
you can throw a Float Stone down on your Pokemon to make
the "switcheroo" even easier to pull off, Olympia
demands you spend your Supporter for the turn in order
to do the same thing, and that may turn people away from
using her in a deck. After all, why use a Supporter that
can do what a Pokemon already does better?
Well, there's a couple of reasons
to consider putting in Olympia into your build.
Certainly, the Switcher (referring to Pokemon that can
push themselves into the Active slot like Keldeo-EX and
Zoroark BREAK) coupled with a Float Stone is a viable
option and still the best way of getting rid of Status
Conditions, but Olympia can do the same combination with
just 1 card rather than 2 or 3. Sure, she can't switch
around again to put whatever you Benched back into the
Active slot, but if you're running Float Stone, then
it's still just as easy to pull off - just put the Stone
on whatever you want to rotate around, and then have
Olympia switch your Active Pokemon with the Pokemon
carrying the Stone, problem solved!
On top of that, she's healing off
30 damage from your Pokemon, and if you know how
significant those little numbers are, you know that that
30 damage can just as easily save your Pokemon from
getting KO'd immediately the next time it comes out. In
my opinion, that oughta give anyone a reason to consider
teching her.
Definitely not a 4-of, though.
DEFINITELY not a 4-of.
Rating
Standard: 4/5 (I'd say a strong
consideration towards the classic switcheroo maneuver
we've dealt with before)
Expanded: 4/5 (not necessarily a
REPLACEMENT for that, but better one card to do multiple
things than 3 cards to do the same mix-up)
Limited: N/A (seriously how do you
rate this thing in Limited? eh, I'd say 5/5)
Arora Notealus: Before you ask, no,
she's not the best Kalos Gym Leader, that title belongs
to Wulfric. No, that's not because he's the eighth Gym
Leader.
Next Time: A flash of lightning
brings with it a surprising #1!!
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