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Friday, March 13, 2015

Dragon Week Day 6: Pokémon Dragon Typing

Have you seen the Dragon types in the Pokémon TCG? If you haven't, they're a fairly new type and both puzzle and intriuge me.

Dragon Type cards have a goldish-green look to them and are usually weak to Fairy Types. Their retreat cost is low/medium. The odd (and cool) thing about them is that you don't use Dragon Energies to power their attacks. Instead, they use a combination of other energies! For example, a certain Goomie needs both a Water Energy and a Fairy Energy to power its attacks, while a Deino needs a Psychic Energy and a Dark Energy to attack. 

Now, if you've been paying attention and you understand how Pokémon deck building works, you might have seen how useful these cards can be for combo-color decks. That also means that you can't (very successfully) play a deck with the only Type being Dragon.

In closing, all of the Dragon Type Pokémon I've seen have been built to bridge the gap between two Typea in multi-Type deck. They are extremely situational deck building-wise, but can have a tremendous impact on the game with their powerful attacks and unique abilities! I can't wait to see the Dragon Type become more used and better supported! Who knows, maybe one day we'll get the right cards to built a single-Type Dragon deck! 

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