Weekend Thought: So what do you think of this week’s batch of cards? Think there are some cards that could be on the list? Think something made the cut that shouldn’t have? What are your thoughts on the Ultra Beasts so far? Which one do you think has the most potential? And where do you think that last one is? And you know what, maybe that’s something I could write an article on for the site, eh? Wouldn’t you like to know the origins of something like Nihilego? Limited: 4.5/5 (and again, it’s harder to Switch when you’re Locked Up, and 6 Prizes against 4 is tough to work around…unless you’re facing Buzzwole-GX)Īrora Notealus:…okay, one thought did occur to me in regards to Nihilego’s strange Rock-typing. Standard: 3.5/5 (Empty Light is arguably its strongest quality, though Symbiont GX, if you can use it, can make things difficult for your opponent)Įxpanded: 3.5/5 (I also figure that Empty Light could combine well with Virbank City Gym, as an extra means of Poisoning) …but really though, why is it Rock/Poison? And even if they do, isn’t that what Acerola is for? Suddenly your opponent can’t hurt Nihilego-GX, AND you get to reuse Empty Light! Pretty neat stuff. Most of the time, I imagine it’ll be paired up in a deck as to make use of Empty Light and hit those magic numbers that you need it to, and considering it’s got 180 HP, it’s not exactly an easy KO for the opponent if they try to bring it out front. Nihilego-GX has a bit of an uphill battle for it, but I don’t think it’ll see play as a solo deck the way that Buzzwole-GX or Guzzlord-GX could. If you’re lucky, you could even hit something your opponent really needed, which means they’ll either have to run over your Pokemon to get to them or use Gladion to retrieve them! It’s certainly a lot harder to go through 8 Prizes than just 6, and 6 is hard enough as is! At its worst, it’s stalling out for a turn or two on a potential defeat, and at its best, it’s inadvertently getting rid of your opponent’s next best cards. Symbiont GX costs 3 Psychic Energy and does no damage, instead opting to take the top 2 cards of your opponent’s deck and place them into their Prizes. There is one potential saving grace for it, and that’s in the form of its GX Attack. That weakens Nihilego-GX’s potential strongly, but it doesn’t put it out. Both of these guys can get rid of the Statuses put down by Empty Light – Guzma by switching things around, and Acerola by returning the afflicted Pokemon to the hand, which can be done since it’ll have Poison damage at least – and they both see a fair bit of play in the game. There is one main weakness to that though, and it comes in two different forms: Guzma and Acerola. On a side note, Psychic actually would’ve made more sense to use with Nihilego as one of its Types, BUT I DIGRESS!! To me it seems that Lock Up was meant to combine with Empty Light such that you Confused and Poisoned your opponent, then you stopped them from simply retreating to keep them from getting rid of it all at once.
All 3 of those need to be Psychic Energy, which makes it a little difficult to power up Nihilego-GX since there’s not any dedicated Energy accelerators for the Psychic type. Confusion’s okay as far as Status goes, but Poisoning is extremely useful, letting you stack on an extra 10 damage between turns to potentially hit those numbers you need to hit! That alone will probably get Nihilego-GX into some decks!īut can it be a main attacker? Lock Up gives it a passable “maybe” as a 3-for-120 move that prevents the opponent from retreating.
In any case, Nihilego-GX comes in with a slightly different approach from its Ultra Beast brethren, bringing along an Ability with its attacks! Empty Light triggers when you play Nihilego-GX from your hand onto your Bench, instantly Confusing and Poisoning your opponent’s Active Pokemon. I mean seriously, how is a jellyfish a Rock/Poison-type? Like I get the Poison, but where in the world is that Rock coming from? Still so perplexing, especially since every other Ultra Beast has Typing that at least makes SOME sort of sense. And now we get to touch on the Ultra Beast that started it all, Nihilego-GX! Still arguably the strangest of the bunch.
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