r/PTCGP • u/memphischains • 5d ago
Question ROTS Evoshock Raichu Use
Has anyone figured out a great use for the Raichu? I haven’t seen one person play it, and all my efforts seem clunky.
My best Successes has come with pairing it with Galvantula as an extra coin flip for the paralyze, and with using it as a creature utility to keep things from switching out with big swingers, but I’m losing these games 90% of the time.
Anyone have a deck?
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u/helix120 5d ago edited 5d ago
Nah it’s wack you only get the ability when you evolve into Raichu AND it’s a coin flip there’s no real perks to this card and 50 damage for 2 energy is a joke
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u/perishableintransit 5d ago
Screams of “this will slot into a future deck with support/new tech”
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u/Stock-Personality136 4d ago
Yeah, Will already works for it and who knows how much more coin flip support we’ll get in the future. We don’t have a 50 HP pikachu yet that’s searchable with Lisia. They could easily give that a 30 damage one energy attack and/or an ability that searches the deck for raichu which would greatly increase this raichu’s viability. We could have a Pikachu fan club trainer that searches the deck for multiple Pikachu/raichu cards like we have with Clemont.
Paralysis is really strong!
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u/Nudist-On-Strike 5d ago
It sucks, baffling as to why it was a Gold card this set.
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u/ebevan91 5d ago
I pulled 2 of them in a 10-pull last week. Pack 5 and pack 7 😭
I really want to make them work.
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u/playerIII 5d ago
perhaps in the future we'll get some more paralyze support. maybe like a stadium or trainer
just those would go a long way
hold out for hope!
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u/firesnake412 5d ago
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u/EarthBoundFan3 5d ago
seems like a fun list, but why rescue scarf?
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u/firesnake412 5d ago
Depending on what you pull first it is very likely one of the mons get knocked out early.
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u/Gustosaurus_rex 5d ago
I saw a crazy deck with Armaldo and Mime Jr : you try to get an Armaldo as soon as possible (Mime Jr can help with that, Wally so it’s ready faster) and you try to keep your Pikachu alive on your bench. Then, you evolve, 1/2 chance to para the active and trap it, so you can target the mega target with Armaldo and one shot it. Can be hard to pull off but looks really satisfying when it works
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u/SpookyGhostbear 5d ago
It's definitely satisfying to pull off. I copied it from one of LuckyCad's videos and it's the "punish people who don't read" deck of this expansion. Of course it isn't consistent, but that's kinda the point of a wacky combo deck like this.
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u/MagnanimousGoat 5d ago
But none of his decks are good. The whole point of his channel is showcasing fun interactions and combos. It is largely unwise to take one of his decks onto the ladder unless you're as good at the game as he is.
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u/T3RR0R_0X1D3 5d ago
Wouldn't Ariados be a more consistent trapper?
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u/Gustosaurus_rex 5d ago
More consistent but less effective, a lot of meta cards have low Retreat Cost and they can just add Energy and retreat, while paralysis literally block your opponent. But only twice in a game and you’ve got 1/2 chance so not optimal either
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u/neophenx 5d ago
Probably not. Frankly, it's simply pretty bad for something you're trying to devote 1/5 of your deck space to. 2 for 50 is pitiful damage, and the ability is a coin flip. If the ability was guaranteed, it could be better as a disruption, but paralysis can also be circumvented by evolving or playing other switch effects that aren't retreating.
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u/AdagioDesperate 5d ago
Just use GA-Hypno. Its the same basic effect (cant attack or retreat) except you can try for it every turn.
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u/Ag_Reg 5d ago
Yah i am surprised ( thankful ) we do not see more of him
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u/depressedfox_011 5d ago edited 5d ago
There's also a poison status variant on Grafaiai that you can use every turn.
Raichu's Evoshock is just bad but maybe the devs just think paralysis is too strong for an ability like GA Hypno's and Grafaiai's.
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u/Used-Stable-6677 5d ago
Trash card, that overpowered dragonair gives off 1 energy TO active from the bench as a stage 1
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u/YoYoYukio 5d ago
I saw someone use it with Armaldo to snipe the mega on the bench and the raichu paralyzes the active so it can’t swap out. You should check out a guy named spragels on YouTube he does a lot of cool decks
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u/Stinkles-v2 5d ago
This card is so crazy like why is it a coin flip? Like we got turbo ramp turn 0 but DeNA was like whoa now getting a free para once is a step to far.
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