Pokémon Pocket - Worst Cards in Genetic Apex!

We, at Cards Realm, got our most experienced Pokémon Pocket player to tell us which are the worst cards in the game. Now, we'll tell you.

We have had enough time to explore the meta now, so we can see, precisely, which cards are good, and which are not. Today, we collected the 5 worst cards in the entire game. This way, when you open your next boosters, you'll know right away if you got great cards or just trash!

In Pokémon Pocket, just like in the original Pokémon TCG, we can build budget decks with accessible Pokémon that aren't necessarily strong like meta Pokémon, as they are more expensive.

A budget card like Venusaur, when compared to Venusaur ex, will always be worse, but that doesn't mean it's bad. The fact that an "upgraded" version of it exists in the game doesn't make it useless.

A bad card is the one that doesn't make sense in any deck because its effect is ridiculously weak, or it has such a downside that it can actively make your deck worse. In some cases, these effects that don't make any sense or don't complement your list in any way.

Pokémon with a lot of HP, but extremely expensive attacks or retreat costs usually can't be considered bad because you can use them as tank Pokémon. However, a Pokémon needs to have a certain amount of HP to be considered a tank, as well as evolve a certain number of times.

For instance, Chansey has 120 HP and can be considered a tank because it is a basic Pokémon. As for Rhydon, it has the same amount of HP, but isn't a tank Pokémon because it is not a basic Pokémon.

This is critical because, depending on the Pokémon, it can have a lot of HP, but still be considered bad. That's because, despite having more HP than a standard tank Pokémon, it still needs to evolve, so you'll have to wait a bit to play it. At that point, tank Pokémon won't be able to survive attacks anymore.

Now that we know all that, let's see these terrible cards!

Brock is our 5th worst card. He is one of the worst cards in the game right now because he is a support card for other terrible cards (well, that's a spoiler...).

Brock's archetype is too slow because it plays Pokémon with very expensive attacks. Even though Brock gives you more energies to play, he only lets you attach energies to Golems and Onixes.

Brock is just as good as the Golems and Onixes available in the game currently are. As these two cards are quite terrible now, Brock is also terrible - he is directly tied to them.

In the future, when we have better Golems and Onixes, Brock might become one of the best cards in the game. However, currently, he is one of the worst cards around.

Haunter's new Promo version has an attack that does nothing 50% of the time and deals 50 damage the other 50% of the time.

Its first version has an attack that costs the same number of energies but deals 30 damage always. However, the first version has 80 HP, and the Promo version has 70.

After some quick math, you'll quickly realize Promo Haunter isn't worth it, even though you may deal 20 extra damage with it. As you might just use its attack and do nothing, and it has 10 less HP than the original version, Promo Haunter is one of the worst cards in the game.

Seaking is one of the worst cards in the game for a few of the same reasons as Promo Haunter.

Its attack also does nothing 50% of the time, though it deals 80 damage. It's considerably more damage, enough to knock out most basic Pokémon with more than one evolution with a single blow.

The difference between Seaking and Promo Haunter is that Haunter can still evolve into Gengar, and Seaking is the last evolution in its line. This means, in most games, you won't attack with Promo Haunter, as it will be on your bench. As for Seaking, you'll have to play it on the active spot, as the idea is to deal damage to the enemy Pokémon with it.

There are a few Pokémon in the meta that are better than Seaking, like Starmie ex and Articuno ex, which deal almost the same damage as Seaking and don't have any cons. They also have more HP.

As you must have imagined from the spoiler warning at the beginning of this article, Golem is one of the worst cards in the game.

The first reason behind this is that its retreat cost is extremely expensive, and, as you'll see next, you'll probably have to retreat it during your matches to dodge attacks.

The second reason is that its attack deals 50 damage to itself. It does have 160 HP, but, after you attack with it, it will have 110, which is enough to be knocked out with a single blow by some meta Pokémon, like Mewtwo ex and Marowak ex.

And, lastly, it needs to evolve 2 times, so it's extremely slow. It will deal 150 damage then, which is the same as Mewtwo ex, but you'd need at least 3 turns to set up Golem completely, and also draw perfectly to put it in play. Oh, and on top of it all, you'd have to use Brock to get more energies for its attack and play this perfect combo.

At the end, Golem will still deal 50 damage to itself, and risk getting knocked out by many Pokémon in the game.

Nidoqueen is, without a doubt, the worst Pokémon in Pokémon Pocket.

She has two evolutions - that is, she's slow, but the true reason why she is terrible is her attack, which deals more damage according to each Nidoking on your bench.

You'll deal a considerable amount of extra damage (50), but Nidoking also has two evolutions, so he's equally slow. Nidoking's attack, in turn, is much better than Nidoqueen, as he deals more base damage, and also Poisons the enemy Pokémon. This means, Nidoking is better in the active spot and not the bench, as Nidoqueen's attack demands.

Furthermore, it has 10 less HP than Nidoking.

You can argue that the main idea behind Nidoran lists is to keep a female Nidoran on the bench and only swap her into the active spot afterward, so she can deal the final blow. But this strategy is extremely slow, and loses to most decks in the meta.

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