The downside is that it can be really hard to gain any advantage if you cant get damage onto their characters without making bad trades (losing a powerful character of yours for a cheap one of theirs) or without completely banishing them
With access to cheap protection/unblockable, teamwide doublestrike, goad and doublers (and triplers!), you no longer need to wait until turn 10 to have that alpha strike
As one of the most popular Pokemon ever, Gengar is likely to see many price rises as this card ages
This can be insanely helpful to really dig into your opponent
Considering we basically have confirmation that jp is doing a BW version of 151, it is possible the 10blackbolt and 10whiteflare could be pushed down to a release after SV11
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