Rocket's Moltres ex
Rotated OutA dark Moltres that costs nothing to retreat and recycles Fire energy.
What this card does
It has an ability called Dark Lift that sets its Retreat Cost to 0 if it has Darkness Energy attached.
It can use the attack Fire Dance to search your discard pile for a Fire Energy card and attach it to one of your Pokémon.
It can use the attack Combustion to deal 50 damage.
Dark Lift
If Rocket's Moltres ex has any Darkness Energy attached to it, the Retreat Cost for Rocket's Moltres ex is 0."
The Dark Lift ability allows this Pokemon to move freely without paying retreat costs, provided you have attached Darkness Energy. The Fire Dance attack helps keep your energy supply full by retrieving used cards from the discard pile.
Attacks
Search your discard pile for a Fire Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon."
Abilities
If Rocket's Moltres ex has any Darkness Energy attached to it, the Retreat Cost for Rocket's Moltres ex is 0."
Which deck it belongs in
This card suits decks that use Darkness Energy to activate its ability and Fire Energy for its attacks. It works well in strategies that need to move Pokemon quickly and reuse discarded energy.
- •Free retreat
- •Energy recycling
- •High damage attack
- •Takes double damage from Water
- •Requires specific energy types
- •Opponent takes two prizes if knocked out
Attach Darkness Energy early to ensure the Pokemon can retreat safely in future turns.
Moltres is known as the Volcano Pokemon and is said to appear when a new volcano is born.
Your child will need to attach Darkness Energy to enable the free movement, so check they have enough of those cards in their deck.
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