Walrein (Wild Blaze [XY2] 021\/080)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"Pok\u00e9mon](\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/28101205\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-15-3.webp\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Walrein card from sixth-generation set Wild Blaze [XY2]<\/a> first underwhelms with a total HP of 150\u2014unimpressive by Stage 2 standards and a red flag that only gets compounded by its Powder Snow attack. Not only is Powder Snow an inefficient attack with a damage output of 60 for three Energy cards; its secondary effect of putting the opposing Pok\u00e9mon to sleep was a poor fit for the era\u2019s metagame. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThis was because one of the most dominant Pok\u00e9mon of the time was the Keldeo ex card from Cold Flare [BW6] which came with the Ability to switch itself into the Active slot from the Bench and negate the attack\u2019s sleep capabilities by doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To make matters worse, Big Tusk, Walrein\u2019s second attack, deals 120 or less damage for four Energy cards. For every damage counter on Walrein, the attack inflicts 10 less damage. Therefore, as soon as Walrein sustains even one significant hit, it might as well be a blue doorstop at that point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just for fun, add in a heavy retreat cost of four Energy cards to finish off one of the biggest disasters of the sixth generation of the Pok\u00e9mon TCG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nAlph Lithograph (SoulSilver Collection [L1] 071\/070)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"Pok\u00e9mon](\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/28101155\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-12-3.webp\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nA gimmicky card printed entirely in Unown font, this Trainer card from the fourth-generation set SoulSilver Collection [L1] adds almost no value whatsoever to a player\u2019s deck. After playing this card, the player will then proceed to shuffle the deck before continuing with the rest of the turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While it is possible that a deck shuffle may result in the next card draw being a favorable one, depending on this is like shooting bullets while blindfolded and expecting to strike the target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On top of that, there are countless other more useful Trainer cards including Item and Supporter cards as well as Pok\u00e9mon attacks and abilities which require a deck shuffle after they\u2019re carried out. Thus, there are no valid reasons at all to have this Alph Lithograph card in any deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nDialga (L-P Promotional Cards 074\/L-P)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"Pok\u00e9mon](\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/28101159\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-13-2.webp\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIt might be surprising for some to see the Pok\u00e9mon universe\u2019s Legendary of Time make an appearance on this list. However, this fourth-generation promotional card from the L-P Promotional Cards collection is a complete dud. In addition to its relatively scant HP of 100, this Dialga card has just one attack as well as a lack of Pok\u00e9-Power or Pok\u00e9-Body (the predecessors to today\u2019s Abilities).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just to make things even worse, the attack is about as bad as can be imagined. Time Rewind hits for a paltry 70 damage following the exorbitant requirement of four Steel Energy cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, that\u2019s not even nearly the worst part about Time Rewind. After using this attack, the player is required to shuffle all cards in hand into the deck without retrieving any. It scarcely gets worse than an attack that leaves the player\u2019s hand bare after its use\u2014even if all the cards are returned to the deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s no guarantee that the player will draw any important cards that were sent back into the deck, making this already underwhelming attack only even remotely viable in the rarest of scenarios. There\u2019s absolutely nothing redeeming about this card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nGyarados (Pok\u00e9mon Card 151 [SV2a] 130\/165)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"Pok\u00e9mon](\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/28101202\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-14-3.webp\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Gyarados card released as part of the ninth-generation Pok\u00e9mon Card 151 [SV2a]<\/a> expansion set arguably holds the unwanted title of the Pok\u00e9mon TCG card with the worst Ability of all time\u2014Untamed One. When evolving a Magikarp into this particular Gyarados card, Untamed One automatically activates.
Immediately after evolving the Magikarp, the player is required to discard the top five cards of the deck\u2014a potentially costly turn of events as unless the player has some method of retrieving cards from the discard pile, one or more crucial cards could be lost for the rest of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEven if those cards are retrieved, the optimal window to play the cards in question might have passed before their retrieval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With such an awful Ability, the only way that Gyarados might compensate for it is with an excellent attack. However, Hyper Beam is anything but that. While Hyper Beam does remove one of the opposing Active Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s Energy cards, it requires four Energy cards to be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a total damage output of 200, Hyper Beam doesn\u2019t deal enough damage to either one-shot or significantly harm Gyarados\u2019 primary threats either. As if all of that weren\u2019t enough, Gyarados\u2019 retreat cost of four Energy cards rounds off a bust for the ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\nRiley (S-P Promotional Cards 263\/L-P)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"Pok\u00e9mon](\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/28101152\/In-article-image-tcg-one-card-11-4.webp\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe\u2019ve saved the worst of the worst for last\u2014a card so horrendous that anything like its sheer awfulness will almost certainly never be seen again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Launched in the eighth generation as a promotional card in the S-P Promotional Cards collection, this Supporter card has the player showing the opponent the top five cards of the player\u2019s deck. The opponent then chooses two of them for the player to keep; following this, the player discards the remaining three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s almost impossible to understate how terrible this card is. First of all, it\u2019s obvious that the opponent will choose the two cards most ill-suited for the ongoing scenario as the cards the player is to keep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adding to this, it\u2019s likely that the player will discard a valuable card among the trio sent to the discard pile. Most importantly of all, playing Riley gives control of the game to the opponent by allowing the opponent to dictate the current situation at hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even among the countless flops that Creatures Inc. have put out over the years, Riley truly stands alone. There can be no doubt that this card depicting the trainer from Sinnoh is the single worst Pok\u00e9mon TCG card of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This concludes our list of the worst Pok\u00e9mon TCG cards ever released. There’ll likely be even more duds to come in future sets\u2014perhaps someday, one or more will make an updated version of this list. Of course, any such cards should never be placed in an actual deck\u2014or else it’ll be L after L after L.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Walrein card from sixth-generation set Wild Blaze [XY2]<\/a> first underwhelms with a total HP of 150\u2014unimpressive by Stage 2 standards and a red flag that only gets compounded by its Powder Snow attack. Not only is Powder Snow an inefficient attack with a damage output of 60 for three Energy cards; its secondary effect of putting the opposing Pok\u00e9mon to sleep was a poor fit for the era\u2019s metagame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This was because one of the most dominant Pok\u00e9mon of the time was the Keldeo ex card from Cold Flare [BW6] which came with the Ability to switch itself into the Active slot from the Bench and negate the attack\u2019s sleep capabilities by doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To make matters worse, Big Tusk, Walrein\u2019s second attack, deals 120 or less damage for four Energy cards. For every damage counter on Walrein, the attack inflicts 10 less damage. Therefore, as soon as Walrein sustains even one significant hit, it might as well be a blue doorstop at that point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just for fun, add in a heavy retreat cost of four Energy cards to finish off one of the biggest disasters of the sixth generation of the Pok\u00e9mon TCG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A gimmicky card printed entirely in Unown font, this Trainer card from the fourth-generation set SoulSilver Collection [L1] adds almost no value whatsoever to a player\u2019s deck. After playing this card, the player will then proceed to shuffle the deck before continuing with the rest of the turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While it is possible that a deck shuffle may result in the next card draw being a favorable one, depending on this is like shooting bullets while blindfolded and expecting to strike the target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On top of that, there are countless other more useful Trainer cards including Item and Supporter cards as well as Pok\u00e9mon attacks and abilities which require a deck shuffle after they\u2019re carried out. Thus, there are no valid reasons at all to have this Alph Lithograph card in any deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It might be surprising for some to see the Pok\u00e9mon universe\u2019s Legendary of Time make an appearance on this list. However, this fourth-generation promotional card from the L-P Promotional Cards collection is a complete dud. In addition to its relatively scant HP of 100, this Dialga card has just one attack as well as a lack of Pok\u00e9-Power or Pok\u00e9-Body (the predecessors to today\u2019s Abilities).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just to make things even worse, the attack is about as bad as can be imagined. Time Rewind hits for a paltry 70 damage following the exorbitant requirement of four Steel Energy cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, that\u2019s not even nearly the worst part about Time Rewind. After using this attack, the player is required to shuffle all cards in hand into the deck without retrieving any. It scarcely gets worse than an attack that leaves the player\u2019s hand bare after its use\u2014even if all the cards are returned to the deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s no guarantee that the player will draw any important cards that were sent back into the deck, making this already underwhelming attack only even remotely viable in the rarest of scenarios. There\u2019s absolutely nothing redeeming about this card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Gyarados card released as part of the ninth-generation Pok\u00e9mon Card 151 [SV2a]<\/a> expansion set arguably holds the unwanted title of the Pok\u00e9mon TCG card with the worst Ability of all time\u2014Untamed One. When evolving a Magikarp into this particular Gyarados card, Untamed One automatically activates. Even if those cards are retrieved, the optimal window to play the cards in question might have passed before their retrieval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With such an awful Ability, the only way that Gyarados might compensate for it is with an excellent attack. However, Hyper Beam is anything but that. While Hyper Beam does remove one of the opposing Active Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s Energy cards, it requires four Energy cards to be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a total damage output of 200, Hyper Beam doesn\u2019t deal enough damage to either one-shot or significantly harm Gyarados\u2019 primary threats either. As if all of that weren\u2019t enough, Gyarados\u2019 retreat cost of four Energy cards rounds off a bust for the ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve saved the worst of the worst for last\u2014a card so horrendous that anything like its sheer awfulness will almost certainly never be seen again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Launched in the eighth generation as a promotional card in the S-P Promotional Cards collection, this Supporter card has the player showing the opponent the top five cards of the player\u2019s deck. The opponent then chooses two of them for the player to keep; following this, the player discards the remaining three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s almost impossible to understate how terrible this card is. First of all, it\u2019s obvious that the opponent will choose the two cards most ill-suited for the ongoing scenario as the cards the player is to keep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Adding to this, it\u2019s likely that the player will discard a valuable card among the trio sent to the discard pile. Most importantly of all, playing Riley gives control of the game to the opponent by allowing the opponent to dictate the current situation at hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even among the countless flops that Creatures Inc. have put out over the years, Riley truly stands alone. There can be no doubt that this card depicting the trainer from Sinnoh is the single worst Pok\u00e9mon TCG card of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This concludes our list of the worst Pok\u00e9mon TCG cards ever released. There’ll likely be even more duds to come in future sets\u2014perhaps someday, one or more will make an updated version of this list. Of course, any such cards should never be placed in an actual deck\u2014or else it’ll be L after L after L.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAlph Lithograph (SoulSilver Collection [L1] 071\/070)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nDialga (L-P Promotional Cards 074\/L-P)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nGyarados (Pok\u00e9mon Card 151 [SV2a] 130\/165)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Immediately after evolving the Magikarp, the player is required to discard the top five cards of the deck\u2014a potentially costly turn of events as unless the player has some method of retrieving cards from the discard pile, one or more crucial cards could be lost for the rest of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRiley (S-P Promotional Cards 263\/L-P)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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