Top 10 Pokémon Cards Most Accurate to Red and Blue Versions (Base Set - Fossil)

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So I thought it would be fun to try something different here. Which cards out of the original Base Set, Jungle and Fossil expansions are the most accurate to their Pokémon counterparts in the Red and Blue versions? Here is my top 10 list. And it was inspired by the challenge I did where I beat the Red Version using only the "cards" from the Overgrowth theme deck. Check that out here:
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[@RabblesTheBinx]

It's worth noting that it's not just the card game, the Pokémon anime has _also_ stated that Rock and Ground are subtypes of Fighting, which is why Bruno uses Rock-types and why Brock was allowed to enter Geodude into that one "Fighting-types only" tournament.

[@CoralReaper707]

I like how at 2:28, Harden gets cut off so it's just H A R D

[@HybridAngelZero]

I love this. I used to think about this kind of thing all the time as a kid, and it always bugged me, too, that the Squirtle line was weak to Lightning instead of Grass. But not as much as Gyarados being weak to Grass and not Lightning in it's original card! I'd honestly love to see a companion list to this some time about the biggest goof-ups or inaccuracies to RB on the original cards

[@BjornLeifrDagr]

"Why did I do this? I don't know. Leave me alone." Basedgod

[@erikedelkamp473]

The best reason

[@thebrentist5403]

My favorite line so far this video lol

[@erik19borgnia]

To be honest, I think Seel should've been the first. At level 12 it only has Headbutt on RB while Voltorb also has Screech. Also it's more consistent on the typing (electric weakness against fighting weakness). Also it's more similar in retreat and hp to the game. The only thing is that Headbutt is a bit weak.

[@4fives992]

This is an interesting concept. I wonder how many times the TCG predicted new moves like Mud Slap and Psyshock?

[@Zyklon_B_still_and_know_God]

Predicted? More likely inspired

[@ACountrymansLPs]

Destiny bond on gastly (base) is my favorite example

[@thecatherd]

This meets my very niche and specific interests.

[@shikabaneconga]

keep in mind though, its not about poison sting being "that strong" its about the fact beedrill has more attack stat and therefore can do more damage with that move than Weedle

[@Paraspectre]

Yeah I don’t know if I made it clear enough that I’m not saying it should be changed or that I don’t understand it, just more so that I’m looking for anything that doesn’t exactly match up just to rank them better. I still put Beedrill in the top 10, but that’s just there to help me not place it at #1.

[@MarkofWisdom]

"Bass Blastoise" (the section label for that)-well, sunglasses squirtle evolved into a musician it seems

[@fisherman557]

So top 10 least accurate next?!

[@1ledluverjlp]

I have always had appreciation for cards that use game accurate-ish attacks

[@arios4705]

Plant energy sort of works for poison types. Think of certain poisonous plants or mushrooms. Poison ivy is a plant with poison in the name so it works.

[@Paraspectre]

Oh it’s the best option without making actual poison type cards. I was just pointing it out as a literal difference.

[@TheLetterJ0]

I'd probably give Seel an extra point for only knowing Headbutt, since that is the only move it can know at level 12 without TMs and the like getting involved. Whereas it is impossible for Voltorb to not also know Screech at level 10. And I don't think I would have dinged Ditto so much for Transform working slightly differently, especially since it was probably a necessary change to make to keep the game running smoothly.

[@Paraspectre]

I honestly think that’s the best they could’ve done with Ditto, but it didn’t feel right to have it on the list. It probably could’ve worked by only transforming once, but that could get messy keeping track of it or potentially mixing up decks or whatever

[@skibalovesya]

Here's something interesting... Star Freeze was actually meant to be a move in Red and Green, but was ultimately replaced with... Rock Slide. At least, this has been speculated due to the information existing in the same data slot, and the sound effect for Rock Slide being rather unfitting. You can read more on The Cutting Room Floor pages on Red and Blue. Buuuut I don't think Starmie can learn Rock Slide. :)

[@Paraspectre]

I feel like I read something about this. Star Freeze could’ve been a cool Starmie exclusive move

[@annelivalkama7451]

The idea could also have been remade into Swift for Gen 2.

[@woodybutler]

Love this video idea! I always felt retreat cost was a mixture of speed but also just typically higher for heavier / larger / more evolved mons.

[@Paraspectre]

Usually, yes. But my go to example for that is Scyther and Kadabra. Almost exactly the same weight, yet the retreat cost difference is 0 and 3.

[@DarthAnimal]

Earthquake deals damage to every pokemon on the field in double or triple or horde battles, in this way it is perfectly represented in doing damage to both benches

[@Paraspectre]

But this game is in the Gen 1 era. Double or triple battles weren’t a thing yet, so Earthquake was only a damage dealing move at this point.

[@zilaroth]

Something to note about Beedrills fighting resistance is it's actually 4x resistant just like Butterfree. Bug, Poison, and Flying all resist it so it's super accurate by all accounts.

[@Paraspectre]

Yeah this is true. I guess it’s more even than I thought even in the sense that Butterfree is immune to Ground, but 4x weak to Rock. Beedrill is the model ground of the two.

[@hi-i-am-atan]

something worth considering w/ machop and seel: flinch is only an effect if the user has speed advantage. you can't go last in a turn, proc a flinch, and have it carry over to the next turn. so since machop and seel are slow as molasses, low kick and headbutt not being able to paralyze is only less accurate to them being able to paralyze, but only if they're specifically attacking a geodude or rhyhorn

[@Paraspectre]

That’s…actually a very good point. I didn’t consider that. They ain’t flinching ANYbody.

[@BirdKeeperToby]

My understanding is the retreat cost is based on weight not speed

[@BirdKeeperToby]

also great video, really fun ^_^

[@Paraspectre]

I thought the same thing at first but even that is inconsistent. Kadabra and Scyther almost weigh exactly the same. Kadabra’s retreat cost is 3, Scyther doesn’t have one.

[@Paraspectre]

And thank you!

[@leaffinite2001]

@@Paraspectre they just like scyther

[@red-xv5ki]

When eliminating pokemon for incorrect moves were poor translations taken into account? Many moves were lifted from the games in Japanese name then poorly translated by wizards of the coast. Apologies if this is touched upon in the video - only up to blastoise

[@Paraspectre]

I was only basing these off of literal facts of what they chose to print, whether there was a good reason or not

[@Godsbutterknife]

Found you from MDB, and your content is unique and entertaining, the only tcg content I tune in to.

[@torinsmith5202]

This was a dope, totally original ideal. With so many Pokemon content creators doing the same ish, this was neat to see.

[@LTDextel]

This! This is why I sub and Patreon for Paraspectre.

[@MonochromePixel]

this is exactly the kind of topic i’m interested in tuning in for, thank you!

[@okami-shaman9548]

Ok.... this thumbnail just keeps hitting my nostalgia button, some im just coming in here so i can say well done to you

[@Paraspectre]

Haha thank you. I’m not sure why I went with Mankey, but I liked how it turned out.

[@canaldecasta]

I was just about to comment about Rhydon's ground/rock when editorspecter came through haha

[@ryanallen6325]

Does the subtyping have an effect or is it just a technicality?

[@RichardBlaziken]

@@ryanallen6325 Just a technicality, the two types on a dual-typed Pokemon aren't treated any differently

[@TateS26]

This was a fun video man. I myself used to make comparisons of the cards and their levels to their in-game counterparts so this was really interesting to me

[@chimosgameclub9765]

beedrils fighting resistance games sense since both types resists it

[@GacNac]

Very cool video idea. Love the creativity

[@NPC-W]

2:16 how about Lance's Dragonite🤣

[@mr.business2922]

Seeing Onix's learnset was a big WTF moment. Harden aside who the hell's blowing their explosion TM on the poop snake

[@milesfp2001]

I hope you liked making this video, because now you have to make a top 10 WORST.

[@Paraspectre]

Ah, that is on the way! Well, sort of. You’ll see.

[@marsella527]

Just had a bad case of Mandela Effect where I thought Rain Dance has been around since gen 1. Paraspectre learning me something today

[@turntsnaco824]

God, I love your channel....such original and awesome video ideas. I've been so bored with the usual KZbin content lately and I haven't been so quick to click on a video as yours. Loved the least favorite Pokemon list from a while ago....I know that ones definitely been done before, but I'm a sucker for these kinds of lists as it is, but to have you narrating them is such a bonus. ❤ I also REALLY liked the one about all the Eeveelutions. That was sick.

[@Paraspectre]

Wow, thank you for the kind words! The channel has been getting a little more recognition lately too

[@corygaidowski96]

Gotta say man I’ve been binging some paraspectives lol I like how relaxed and informal your videos are they’re not sloppy but they have a unique charm to them it’s nothing flashy or over the top

[@johnzale7748]

Yeah these are amazing videos

[@Juniper_Rose]

"Rock, Paper, Scissors *Rock, Thumbs up/rock, Paper*"

[@miked4988]

I absolutely loved this! I like that it’s not always just a play through of the card game. You try to be creative and do different things like this so I definitely enjoyed it!

[@TheRichBelize]

I honestly never seen this topic or anything close being done. Amazing job 👏 I loved it

[@Rekowcski]

I swear you make videos about what my 10 year old mind would think of at 3am

[@canaldecasta]

Wish I still had my cards... Happy new year everyone

[@RedDragonForce2]

How about a challenge of using a deck of No Retreat Cost Pokémon for Yellow? It’d be different and exciting seeing what encounters are available and how they stack up to the OG Games.

[@mattcroft]

I think that the PP of a move could be considered the inverse of the energy cost

[@mckstellar1005]

Now this is a top ten trending in gaming video right here

[@Paraspectre]

Maybe some day!

[@DarthAnimal]

Beedrill has a higher attack power than Weedle. Its poison sting does more damage accordingly

[@Paraspectre]

Yes, but my point was Poison Sting is not a strong move. This Beedrill is level 32 and can take out a Golem with one Poison Sting. Just doesn’t feel right.

[@JustJohn43]

I always thought that weight also factored into a Pokémon cards retreat cost

[@mrowch9640]

True. Snorlax was the only mon with retreat cost of 4 until Steelix came out, and they're the two heaviest

[@leoqualcosa9941]

Hi, new subscriber here and I'm literally loving your channel! It deviates from the average, also it is really nice tcg for gameboy, I would like to bring more challenges and videos in general about tcg2. Then, my two cents about your cards' review: Just a couple of premises before my opinion (my two cents!): 1. Considering the formulas of the original games, comparing the base stats to decree the HP makes no sense since they use completely different criteria in the TCG. But above all, precisely the formulas, are too different to criticize the HP of a card based only on that, otherwise Chansey should have 250 HP; 2. If it is true that the retreat cost is generally in function of the weight and speed of the represented pokemon (and it is, I agree with you) so is the cost of energy cards of the moves (see example of Zubat below); 3. The characterization of moves and types had to be a distinctive trait, having the card game rules too simple, for that many fire moves discard energies and many water moves increase in strength when you give it more, or many earth moves damages the benches, or wind (flying) ones switches opponent ones, but the thing has succeeded little in my opinion; ON SINGLE CARDS: 1. Blastoise: I think more or less like you: maybe a bit too fast with rain dance that allows him to charge all the energy available and attack without waiting for turns (which in my opinion translates into speed, something in which Blastoise is definitely not specialized haha); 2. Zubat really is too slow: On two moves, both require two energy cards. Supersound I would have done with a single colorless; 3. I think 3 energy for retreat cost for Machop would be too much. 1 or 2 is fine to me. Not so "chubby" Pokèmon (even if slow) for a stage 1 haha; 4. Seel should have at least 2 of retreat cost, you can not think that Machop has 2 or 3 and then find that Seel with 1 is right: either one or the other! 5. Maybe i'd gave Voltorb 0 retreat cost. 6. Charmander line should have less HP than Bulbasaur and Squirtle lines. For the base ones I'd give 50 all, or 40 to Charmander and 50 to the other ones: they're simply less fragile. Same for Ivysaur and Wartortle: 10 more each, and 10 less To Charmeleon. I think it was only on fanservice (i'm a Charizard user haha) and think everyone agreeds if i say that Fire Spin 120 is way too much and It has nothing to do with the move of the games but these are for another topic; 7. Clefairy deserved at least 50 HP, or 60 to me. Is just bulkier than starters; 8. I would give Ditto for its pokemon power to keep its original 50 HP as in the original games; 9. Also Seel should use colorless energy to me for Headbutt; 10(?) in the comments section yiou wrote that Kadabra has 3 retreat cost and it's true: but soooo wrong they did. Kadabra should have 1 o 0 to me. Those are my thoughts, no offense intended obviously! Hope You'll thik about them! Just a little random thought: How cool would it be if Machop's Low Kick (and similar moves on other cards) had dealt 10 damage + another 10 for each retreat cost on the opponent?

[@SheezyBites]

Vileplume at level 35 should have 119-130 HP Blastoise at 52 should have 176-192 HP Gravelar at 29 should have 89-97 HP Beedrill at 32 should have 103-113 HP Weedle at 12 should have 39-42 HP... which it actually does for once!!! Golbat at 29 should have 100-109 HP Zubat at 10 should have 34-37 HP... which is oddly lower than the card, but pretty close. Machop at 20 should have 70-76 HP Seel at 12 should have 45-48 HP... not 60! That's way high Voltorb at 10 should have 34-37 HP... again lower than the game, but pretty close. I think Weedle was undervalued here, but I get your decisions. The card game has a very weird idea of how HP works... but compared to the madness of base set's level 55 chansey with 120HP when it should have 374-391 it could definitely be worse...

[@Paraspectre]

Haha yeah, 120 is still the highest of the original cards, so at least that lines up.

[@magnemitegaming2203]

One thing you forgot to consider was the level you can catch the pokemon at as voltorb can not be caught at level 10 in rby and steel can not be caught at level 12 either. That's the only issue I noticed so pretty good otherwise

[@leaffinite2001]

So funny how bcuz rock is fighting beedrill and butterfree have a resist where they might ptherwise have a weakness

[@ltjgambrose]

The closest thing to Heal is probably Leech Seed, but I don't think Vileplume can learn Leech Seed.

[@Paraspectre]

Very true. Absorb and Mega Drain are the closest for Vileplume specifically

[@Rose-ez7yn]

I think the retreat cost is closer to weight based rather than speed based

[@Paraspectre]

But not always though. My go to example is Kadabra and Scyther. Almost the exact same weight, yet the retreat costs are 3 and 0.

[@Rose-ez7yn]

@@Paraspectre they have the exact same speed though

[@Paraspectre]

But you’re saying weight is more of a factor ☺️. I’m saying I think speed is, but really neither of them are exactly right

[@Rose-ez7yn]

@@Paraspectre well neither are 1:1, because at the end of the day game balance takes priority, smth I think we can both agree on, so an example like that doesn't rly disprove my point

[@jacquespaught]

I think Machop and Seel should be swapped. Headbutt isn't a Water-type move and you can't get a Seel at that low a level in Red & Blue without trading shenanigans.

[@Paraspectre]

This is a fair point. I didn’t even mention that Headbutt takes a water energy. I think that would be the dealbreaker too.

[@phelancastro4879]

This is really cool and a fun idea I’d be interested to see how accurate future cards are. Thou it kinda seems like the less information and less interesting a card is, the more accurate they become in your system. Either way awesome video and I hope to see more

[@Paraspectre]

Yeah it was tough to decide what should count as “accurate.” Ultimately, the Electric type knowing Tackle really couldn’t make me see much wrong with it.

[@Ubernewb111]

I think the retreat cost has much to do with weight as it does with speed

[@Paraspectre]

This is true, but only sometimes. My go to example is Kadabra. Pretty decent speed, not heavy… 3 retreat cost. Haunter is 0.2 pounds, has a 1 retreat cost

[@Paraspectre]

Electrode is like 20 pounds heavier than Kadabra and is the fastest Gen 1 Pokémon.. has a 1 retreat cost 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Ubernewb111]

@Paraspectre I do think a lot of later cards of voltorb at least had 0 retreat cost. Either way I'm not sure how much the people who designed the cards knew about the game. There is definitely more of an effort to make it balanced than stay true to the games

[@somarushinde1704]

I alwase tough but was weight to especially in the more new cards

[@RoninCatholic]

Personally I prefer the early cards' type spread to that of the main games. Rock, Ground, and Fighting have enough conceptual overlap that lumping them together makes things tidy. Likewise merging Ice and Water, merging Grass and Bug, merging Psychic and Ghost, and eliminating Flying and Dragon from consideration entirely. I don't like later additions like Dark, Steel, and Fairy as I feel it upsets the cleanness of the card game's narrower set of types to begin with - Dark should've just been Fighting, Psychic, or Colorless on a case by case basis for the Pokemon species, Steel should've been Fighting or Electric, and Fairy should have just been Psychic.

[@Paraspectre]

I agree. It seems weird to add new energy types and still neglect others. Maybe some day it’ll be EVERY type. Yeah, there we go 😎

[@RoninCatholic]

@@Paraspectre I'm more inclined to think the main games have too many (sometimes redundant) types and the card game's initial mix of eight is more than sufficient. If anything, Fire and Lightning are edging close to the same territory and maybe a single type for both sources of high-temperature plasma burns could have been unified.

[@HopUpOutDaBed]

they did eventually remove fairy type. The only reason I think they added it in the first place was because it was "new" so they felt they had to at the time. Once the newness wore off merged it with psychic.

[@dkfunentertainment3778]

Awesome random video!

[@tomshort612]

This is such a cool idea for a video well done ❤

[@claraladuelliste5769]

one thing to consider is TCG HP doesn't correlate to base HP, or even just HP at all, but moreso to bulk altogether. as it turns out, vileplume actually has a fairly similar converted bulk to blastoise for example, so if one is accurate in the TCG then the other isn't

[@denis2381]

Regarding charmander: it removes 1 energy and in the games you use PP. It doesn't scale weil but yeah

[@dmerkaGU10]

That was fantastic

[@smilingsaiyan8357]

I surprised Meowth wasn't there :o awesome video! :)

[@Paraspectre]

Meowth is actually too low leveled to know Pay Day, but yeah, the TM is an option. Maybe I should’ve included it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@smilingsaiyan8357]

@@Paraspectre eh it's just one of those question mark moments but that's fair enough with low level to know pay day at the time :)

[@Ashfold_Eberesche]

Oof, I think this is a really cool video idea but it's a BIT too nit-picky even for me. You have to accept SOME differences due to the limitations of the medium. Also, retreat cost is fairly clearly a mixture of speed and size with a splash of, like, "flavour". There's not really any direct comparison. But complaining that Poison Sting does 40 damage on a Beedrill, which is a Stage 2 evolution... well, I know it's not really COMPLAINING but yaknow. It was SO difficult to get a Stage 2 out in Base/Jungle/Fossil format, it would be insane to make it do 20 damage on a Poison Sting. I mean, they could've given it a different move of course. ANYWAY, I think it's a very cool concept. But I think you need to be a little more forgiving on some the aspects and rely a bit more on if things "feel" equal rather than basing it on pure numbers. For example, with the Poison Sting example, obviously Beedrill has a much higher Attack stat than Weedle so while the base power of Poison Sting is low, it would probably do at least 4x more damage on a Level 32 Beedrill than a Level 12 Weedle. Buuuut for the most part, really well done. I really liked that you checked the levels and mentioned when something would've had to learn an attack as an earlier evolution (and the Weedle being Level 12 and still not evolved means that a lot of Pokemon aren't evolving at the minimum level so this is justifiable). I always found the levels on the cards really interesting and when I was a kid I used to be like "UMM ACKSHULLY IT SHOULDN'T KNOW THAT MOVE YET"

[@Ashfold_Eberesche]

Oh and because pedantry is the name of the game, Low Kick on Machop wouldn't flinch more than 70% of the time because flinch can't occur if Machop attacks second, which it would do often because of its low Speed stat. Obviously just poking fun, I'm not really that anal retentive xD

[@Paraspectre]

Yeah I was only looking for anything that wasn’t an exact translation just for the sake of ranking these. I’m not actually upset about them 😅. As far as retreat costs go, I mentioned that there’s no true representation of it to speed or weight. It’s kind of a combination of both, but seems to be more geared to speed in a lot of cases. But I DO think that 40 is still too high for Beedrill’s Poison Sting. As you said, it should’ve just been a different move. Or have it cost less for less damage or something. They made Kakuna way too good.

[@Ashfold_Eberesche]

@@Paraspectre You did indeed mention it, but I hadn't got to that point yet xD I don't remember Base Kakuna, lemme check... 80HP is more than I remember. Oh ahaha the classic Stiffen Kakuna - how could I forget! You couldn't use this card in a game at school without endless "stiffen" comments. Honeatly they should've done a Pin Missile for the second move slot for Beedrill. Although I always hated their interpretation of multi-hit moves - they were almost always "x damage multiplied by number of heads" and zero damage should never be an option on any attack over 2 energy, especially on a Stage 2. Those types of attacks are awful and I don't think I've ever run a Pokemon that uses one except Doduo (A perfectly reasonable 1 colourless for 0/10/20 with a decent Stage 1 evo) Anyway thanks for the reply :D

[@danielsimmich1858]

What a fun video!

[@Paraspectre]

Why thanks!

[@drascia]

The amount of thought that went into this is amazing. I love your content; it's all so fun and so unique.

[@Paraspectre]

Why thank you! My channel has become pretty early TCG focused

[@armorbearer9702]

You made me realize that Nintendo could have done a better job designing the Beedrill card. Twineedle is the signature move of Beedrill(13:11) and is weaker than Poison Sting. What would have been a good idea is if Beedrill had Agility instead of Poison Sting. Agility would be the same as Fearow's Agility. For Twineedle, the attack would attack twice. Each shot would do 20 damage each and have the player flip a coin. If heads, the opponents Pokémon would be poisoned.

[@iBenjamin1000]

eh pokemon cards seem to be really picky about when they give a resistance to a card. I assume it just makes a lot more work for players always having to subtract damage for an attack. it seems to be mostly reserved for colorless flying pokemon having a resistance to fighting, or dark types having a resistance to psychic. you know, I think poison type has become the one game type to change the most times in the tcg? it started as a grass type in base set, changed to a psychic type around the start of the diamond/pearl block, and I think now they're considered dark types as of the sword and shield block.

[@Paraspectre]

Yeah I think Poison works best as Grass, but it’s like they never knew what to do with it

[@devonjarrett6332]

New here, love it here. If you ever get burnt out on the TCG I think it would be cool to see you throw yourself at Pokemon pinball.

[@juliamavroidi8601]

he made a video about it in his Pokemon retrospective series

[@Zorgdub]

I had fun!

[@Slummboy1999]

I'd be really curious to see a video like this on the diamond and pearl era of cards, as they had levels prominently as well.

[@Cat-lyn]

Really neat idea for a video, I love it!

[@enitheway]

Really enjoyed the video! I was skeptical about the topic but how the approach was defined in the beginning felt more justified by the end. The only thing I can disagree with is placements of Seel and Machop since at least Low Kick got its typing correct. Voltorb made full sense for the move's type as well if Colorless is considered as Normal. But that's a nitpicking. I would like to see similar videos again. TCG is my blind spot so this kind of topic is really nice way to learn about it. If there would be enough cards on Base Set - Fossil decks, maybe a video about Top 10 Original Pokémon Cards Most Accurate after Red and Blue Versions, so the Mud Slap Diglett could have a chance to shine.

[@Paraspectre]

Yeah I’ve since realized Seel and Machop should’ve been flipped for that very reason. Headbutt should absolutely be colorless.

[@Louse1021]

The reason Beedrill and Butterfree have a fighting resistance is because they're flyers...

[@Paraspectre]

Ah, but Beedrill is NOT Flying type. It is Bug though, which still resists Fighting.

[@spazerdazer8421]

@@Paraspectre it's also poison type which resists Bug poison and bug flying both quad resist fighting

[@TheREALAvengerr]

I also did not know that Rhyhorn/Rhydon were "Ground/Rock" instead of Rock/Ground until this video so, thanks!

[@davinator1212]

I wonder if all those heights and weights the cards say are accurate.

[@Paraspectre]

That’s something I never looked into. I just assumed they were but I bet there are some that don’t line up.

[@davinator1212]

It's such unimportant infomation I never thought much of it either.

[@PinkBunnyCorporation]

Retreat cost really isnt designed to correlate to speed. The only thing I have found it correlates to is obviously first and foremost game balance. But most, or maybe all flying type or winged pokemon(like beedrill) or light weight pokemon have no retreat cost. The heavier and stronger they are, the more they have retreat cost. Not speed. Because if that were the case, this would correlate more and it never does. Higher stage pokemon with higher hp seems to correlate with, again, the winged/flying pokemon rule exception. I feel like beedrill should have had it so that it does 30 damage+ 30 if you had a fourth energy card attached. And then made poison sting 2 grass energy but deal 20 damage with a chance to poison which is more in line with relative power of those moves and their function.

[@Paraspectre]

For sure. And I said that retreat costs aren’t exactly based on speed, it’s just something a lot of them have in common. I mean Mewtwo and Kadabra are quite fast and not all that heavy and they both have a 3 retreat cost.

[@mushi1480]

Happy Early New Year Bro! Wish you the best for 2023! 👊🏿😎💜💙🍄💚

[@keegandebruyn6567]

Please more content like this 😃😃

[@Paraspectre]

Why, I have the sequel to this on the way!

[@keegandebruyn6567]

@@Paraspectre well that’s convenient! Feels a bit weird being a 30 year old excited for a Pokémon card video but here we are

[@yyyytttt7]

Parasct would a pokemon called Algenile/ I saw a crocodile with Algea/swap pollen growing on its skin it could be a Watwe Grass type or would water bug type be more accurate

[@PlatonistAstronaut]

Fun idea. Dig this.

[@MazterP28]

What about paras and parasect

[@shikabaneconga]

Arby Harden 😂

[@LiteDrift]

I don't disagree with anything you said but I did have an explanation for something you found odd with that Charmander card. I think one of the reasons why they would have the mechanic to discard an energy card is to replicate the power point (PP) feature of moves in the actual games. But ember isn't a move with very limited power points, at least not worthy of discarding a card.

[@adambenson4204]

I don’t think you can catch Seel at level 12 in RB

[@Slummboy1999]

love this!

[@Exaskryz]

Vileplume Heal being like Leech Seed? Though that deals opponent damage. But it's the closest to passive heal and allowing Vileplume to Petal Dance in the same turn. Would be fun to review why your rejections were rejected - any with moves at too low of a level? Some of your winning cards almost were, requiring delayed evolutions.

[@Paraspectre]

There are actually a ton of Pokémon that are too low leveled to know their moves. It was the reason I rejected most. And Heal could be like Leech Seed but the Oddish line can’t even learn it, at least normally. So that’s why I leaned more toward Absorb or Mega Drain

[@LTDextel]

Peek from Mankey could be like the ability "frisk" but Mankey doesn't get that ability so I guess the point still stands that it's inaccurate for it

[@matthewdodd1262]

I agree that Golem should have had the resistance to lightning But I have looked into it a bit and resistances usually come from the primary types of a pokemon. So Golem is rock and Rhyhorn is Ground according to that.

[@Paraspectre]

I would agree with this, but all original Flying types have Flying as their secondary type, yet they all get that Fighting resistance

[@warrior3456_]

They really should of made more sequels to this game

[@Paraspectre]

Full on agreement. I could be making so many more challenge videos.

[@nousukas]

A sequel with all the Neo series cards and having atleast 3 islands with card clubs.

[@mitch.e2960]

What about a top 10 involving the trainer cards and how close they are to the anime and or games

[@mikeclark7026]

Why the hell did Seel get the Champion theme?

[@Dan55888]

Vileplume sounds more accurate than a couple of the othwrs based on your descriptions

[@PAWG_champ]

I take issue with the description of Blastoise. It uses the front-facing water jets for high-speed tackles? That's not how propulsion works in this children's card game!!

[@ejscorp]

"Boyfriends is not a real attack" 😅

[@josephmanisable]

I forgot leech seed was a move

[@noahsmith613]

I would have put a lot more emphasis on the typing, maybe it's just because I play the games and not the TCG, but type is one of the most defnining things for a pokemon for me, and the TCG's type changes are the most obvious change that the TCG makes in my eyes, I don't think I would've included any pokemon who had their types changed in the top 10.

[@Paraspectre]

It’s one way to view it. But since they only chose these few types to use, it can’t really be avoided. Imagine if they incorporated every type…

[@drascia]

I think the reason why the Rhyhorn line has a lightning resistance is because its primary type is ground, while the Geodude line's primary type is rock. Edit: this is why I should watch a whole video before commenting things like this

[@Paraspectre]

Haha I appreciate the comment anyway! I almost didn’t catch this fact at first

[@zeridoz4464]

I mean heal could be leechseed

[@Paraspectre]

Very possible. Although none of them learn Leech Seed. At least not normally.

[@orsonzedd]

Isn't Blastoise signature move skull bash?

[@leoqualcosa9941]

Hydro Pump is more iconical and elemental (it was really important for the first appearence on that media - the card game) and Blastoise have cannons which is its main characteristics, and since they've decided to give it a PKMN power and the cards has not more than 2 moves (or one power and one move) they had to choose to me.

[@orsonzedd]

@@leoqualcosa9941that's not what a signature move is. A signature move is a move which is exclusive to a single Pokémon family for, at least, a generation.

[@leoqualcosa9941]

@@orsonzedd i know. In facts i said more iconical. The first blastoise in tcg deserved hydro pump. Maybe if skull bash was a water move it have had more sense to put it on the tcg. But, again: cannons is the most iconical thing of blastoise and fits better hydro pump move, and characterization was over all.

[@orsonzedd]

@@leoqualcosa9941But it got hydro pump. I'm not saying it didn't deserve to have it. I'm saying Skull Bash is its signature move, not Hydro Pump.

[@leoqualcosa9941]

@@orsonzedd i never said hydro pump is its signature, but fits better than skull bash for the first appearence.

[@daetur]

I wonder what the most accurate Trainer cards would be!

[@Paraspectre]

Potion.

[@16maze]

I love how that comment is the bane of this channel 😂 bro slipped once with card and he can’t outlive it lmaooo

[@hotdogboyjim]

I feel like the Pokémon power Heal for Vileplume is like leach life that doesn’t need to be laid down. Is leach life a move in tcg already?

[@Paraspectre]

I viewed it more like Absorb, but yeah, same idea. Zubat and Golbat both have Leech Life

[@hotdogboyjim]

Dang, I messed that up. I meant leach seed.

[@Paraspectre]

Ah! Yeah that would work. But nobody in that line learns Leech Seed either ☺️