Hi, Pojo! It's SSJ4 Gogeta! Today I'd like to give a card comparison on the Fossil Hypno and Dark Hypno.

Let's look at the original Hypno first:

  This Hypno has a solid 90 HP to start with. This makes him live longer.

   His Dark Mind attack is the same powerful attack that Gengar has. Doesn't do enough for a Stage 1, though.

  Prophecy can mess up your opponent's strategy or it can lend a helping hand to your strategy. Pretty chancy and situational, though.

   Hypno's 1-retreat cost is pretty good. Since if he's in terrible danger, it's easy to run away because you only discard 1 of the 3 Energy cards you need to power up for Dark Mind.

 

  Overall, this card is a highly useful Psychic Poke'mon.

Rating:****(that's a 4-star, very useful rating)(This guy's very good in the category of Bench destroyers.)

 

Now let's look at Dark Hypno:

   This Hypno has a disadvantage that the Fossil Hypno doesn't, Low 60 HP.

   Dark Hypno's 2-retreat cost is simply too high because you discard both Energy cards you need to power him up for Bench Manipulation unless you have 4 attached.

    Psypunch is a decent attack, since it requires 1 Energy card to dish 20 damage.

    Bench Manipulation is okay, since if your opponent has enough Benched Poke'mon, and your opponent gets unlucky with coin flips, it can be devastating. However, it's not like that if it's the opposite.

    Dark Hypno's Bench Manipulation attack is okay in another way since it doesn't apply Weakness or Resistance, you can get past colorless Poke'mon.

 

  Overall, Dark Hypno is just plain average. It can't compare to its Fossil counterpart even though its Bench Manipulation attack is fun to play with, it ain't as good as it seems, since your opponent has to flip the coin and has to get a bunch of tails. What if your opponent's a heads flipper? I'm not saying he's bad, since he's not. I know that he's strong against Wigglytuff decks, since with his Bench Manipulation, he can always do some damage if you're lucky. He's a decent card.

Rating:***I(this is a 3 1/2 star rating)(He's strong, but not as strong as the original)

 

   If you had these cards, which should you use? Should you use Dark Hypno or the Fossil Hypno? It all depends on your deck and your choice. Any questions, e-mail me at keane.fam@rcn.com. See ya!