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What do you think are the 5 "worst" EX cards currently?

Everyone knows the best and most meta EX cards nowadays, but let's think about the opposite end, if only to discuss *why* they are the worst.

"Worst" is a relative term, of course. I think all EX cards are playable but there are certainly ones where you will have to work much harder to win with.

Here are my own thoughts (in no particular order), and I'd love to see what others think. Also this is disregarding the promo EXs because they're both undeniably bad lmao!

1) Machamp EX: Stage 2, 3 energy, 120 damage. Way too slow and not enough damage to be a threat when it finally does evolve.

2) Gengar EX: Stage 2, 3 energy, 100 damage. Similar to Machamp EX, too slow and not enough damage. Its ability to shut off opponent Supporter cards is cool but you need it to be in the Active spot for the ability to work and by the time you evolve to Gengar your opponent usually will have the better tempo anyway.

3) Tinkaton EX: As much as it breaks my heart to say this (because Tinkaton is one of my absolute favorite mons) I just can't see her as any good. Stage 2, 3 energy, and an attack that does 80 at base but if you win a coin flip it does 160. Now that 160 damage looks tempting, but considering you need a Stage 2 as well as 3 energy to use the attack for a *chance* at 160 damage, it just doesn't seem worth it. If it misses it's an 80 damage attack for 3 energy which is even worse than the previously mentioned Machamp EX or Gengar EX. One could argue that it's better than Marowak EX since it's guaranteed to do at least 80 damage, but I personally feel like Marowak is better because it's only Stage 1 and needs 2 energy. Sure, it can miss, but it has better tempo than Tinkaton.

4) Garchomp EX: Stage 2, and while it has two attacks, its first attack is 1 energy for 50 damage anywhere and its second attack is 3 energy for 100 damage. It feels like Gengar EX in that its bigger attack only does 100 for 3 energy which isn't very threatening. It does at least have a 50 damage 1 energy attack to fall back on, but is it really worth to play a stage 2 card for 50 damage?

5) Clodsire EX: Yet another mon I love but man its just not very good right now. 2 energy for potentially 120 damage seems pretty decent, but you need the opponent to be poisoned, which is a big problem. To do so, you need to run another Pokemon that can poison, which atm are basically Weezing or Grafaifai, but each have their downsides. Weezing is guaranteed poison but needs to be in Active to do so, and needs Koga to efficiently retreat, which both takes up precious deck slots and also relies on your luck to even have in your hand in the first place. Grafaifai on the other hand can poison from bench but it's not guaranteed, and it's honestly an awful card besides the Ability (trust me, the times I had a Grafaifai in Active with no Clodsire were way too many to count). 120 damage after going through all those hoops isn't very amazing either. Also, Pokemon Center Lady can screw up your wincon, and Arceus EX is still relevant so Clodsire EX is a horrible matchup with it. Honestly Clodsire EX would be so much better if its attack was something like "If the opponent's Active Pokemon is not Poisoned, it becomes Poisoned. If it is Poisoned, this attack does +60 damage.".

Anyway those are my thoughts, what are yours?

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