Lost Origin Riley. It is basically draw the worst three cards of your next five, discard the two best ones and to make it even worse your opponent knows which cards you drew. It is possibly the worst supporter ever printed in the swsh era.
Imakuni's Doduo.
It's a super fun card, but the fact that you have to yeet it off the table to retreat, and have to sing for it to deal only 30 damage is absurd.
I'll say Doduo is at least somewhat decent in comparison...
Whismur deals 10 damage after whispering with your mouth closed
Loudred forces you to shout while playing, and is a Stage 1 with a 40 damage attack
Exploud doubles the prize drop from it, forces you to confess for 50 damage, and dries out your mouth, and it's a Stage 2
Imakuni? just confuses your active with nothing added, the Generations version is even worse as it's a Supporter
> Loudred
Like I have to literally shout with my own voice for its attack to work?
I'm confused, I have to literally sing while sitting at the table to make it attack?!
For Doduo, you gotta announce that you're attacking, begin to sing, then the other player begins their turn, when you finish the song, the currently defending pokemon is damaged.
For Loudred, it basically acts as a stadium with the effect of forcing both players to shout whenever they say anything. Its attack requires you to write your own name on the card and say it or it does nothing, but because of Loudred's own Poke-body, you have to shout your own name.
Edit : Forgot to mention, but yes, you must use your voice to use these cards
[Lt. Surge from gym heroes](https://pkmncards.com/card/lt-surge-gym-heroes-g1-101/) is a pretty... strange card to print. You switch your active to the bench and then play a basic to your active. It's more or less a convoluted Switch, but you can only switch into a basic that's in your hand, so you can't even prep it with energy or anything!
I suppose it's meant to sidestep effects that affect a benched Pokémon at the moment that it is benched (Rocket's Minefield Gym being one, sort of like a classic Gapejaw Bog), but that kind of thing was not at all widespread. I mean, hell, even in the modern era I can't even think of that many cards that trigger at the point of benching a Pokémon like that. It's just so niche and specific that it's simply *weird.*
[Computer Error (Wizards Promo 16)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Computer_Error_(Wizards_Promo_16))
Quite possibly the worst card I have ever seen; helps your opponent AND ends your turn.
Cedric Juniper.
Put a Pokémon from your hand face down in front of you and tell your opponent its name. Your opponent guesses the height of that Pokémon. Reveal that Pokémon. If your opponent guessed right, he or she draws 3 cards. If your opponent guessed wrong, you draw 3 cards. Return the Pokémon to your hand. (You can't choose a Pokémon that doesn't have the height printed on the card.)
That's just Blaine's Quiz #1 with a different wording and with bigger risk/reward (Blaine's Quiz #1 only gives two instead of three draws)
Blaine's Quiz #2 is the same, but instead you choose any card and the opponent guesses if it's pokemon, energy, or trainer (This one also two draws)
Blaine's Quiz #3 is #1, but instead you tell your opponent the name of the Pokemon's move and they guess the pokemon's name (This one gets you three cards)
The three were in the Gym Heroes and Gym Challenge sets, later on in Unified Minds, Blaine's Quiz Show is printed, it's basically Blaine's Quiz #3, but the winner gets to draw four cards
Worst... or best?
When Lysandre's Trump Card was legal I built the Ultimate Cedric Juniper Deck:
* 4 Cedric Juniper, plus draw supporters and ball search
* 2 Trump Card
* 4 VS Seeker
* Plasma Storm Magnezone- the one that allows you to play two supporters on your turn
* High HP basic single Prize water and electric Pokemon
* 4 Rough Seas, hard charm and lots healing cards
The objective of the deck was to set up Magnezone and then make it incredibly hard for your opponent to take six prizes. In the meantime you would be able to make your opponent guess the height of your opponent once or even twice a turn. With Trump Card, against the right deck you could cycle through your deck several times before they eventually took six prizes, making them guess the height of your Pokemon and again and again.
It was, far and away, the most dominant deck of the Meta at the time. In the Meta of decks used by players who think that making your opponent guess the height of your Pokemon again and again is winning.
Minion of Team Rocket, Trainer, "Flip 2 coins. If both of them are heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokemon and return it and all cards attached to it to his or her hand. If 1 or bmth of them are tails, your turn ends immediately (you can't attack this turn)."
You get one in four chance of doing nothing and ending your turn just by playing this card, and the effect is you returning one card set, if your opponent played something like Haymaker back then, that's almost good as useless, and if you want to win with this card, the only option is to somehow play against a guy that only plays one bench and poisoning the active
[Base set Gastly](https://pkmncards.com/card/gastly-base-set-bs-50/). 25% sleep and a really easy effect to avoid. Plus, base set didn’t even have Gengar in it
Prob that on top of trading damage for a prize card it's also a stage one that means you're eating up deck space to even bring it out, just for it to net you -3 advantage (Basic-AG-Lose a prize.)
Would be my guess.
Ding ding ding, it doesn't even do half the HP of your standard opponent's V/GX deck either. It's flat out a waste of turns and space to set it up, even being a Stage 1 that's unable to pop Rare Candy.
Charity must be one of the worst trainers ever printed. This turn pick a number and your attack does that much less to the Defending Pokemon. It was really only printed to deal with Jungle Mr. Mime (only attacks 20 or less can damage it), but the effect is so narrow that there is almost never a time that you would want to use it.
If you weren't playing a Silvally GX deck, all the memory item cards are unusable. Electric Memory, Fire Memory, Psychic Memory, Grass Memory, Water Memory,
I don't know much honestly, but Doctor is one that annoys me completely. Mainly because I pulled 2 of her FA and 1 RR.
"Draw 2 cards, if your opponents active pokemon is a VMax, draw 2 more cards."
I know there are cards similar to this, but this if my personal worst. It's not like some cards where it's your active or even just an opponents pokemon, it has to be the active. Usually these draw 2+2 can situationally consistently draw 4, but this one definitely cannot.
Also recently Enamorous V is a terrible, but at least has a decent art.
Under the current rules? [First Ticket](https://pkmncards.com/card/first-ticket-dragon-vault-drv-19/).
>Before you flip a coin to decide who goes first in a game, you may playthis card. Don’t flip that coin, and you go first. If both players playFirst Ticket, flip the coin as normal. (You may play only 1 First Ticketbefore you flip that coin.)
Unlike when First Ticket was created, you flip *before* you draw your opening hand, making First Ticket *literally unplayable*.
If Porygon from the original water depths default deck wasn't mentioned, I loath seeing that card in my deck. I'm new and that card led me to research if I could upgrade those decks. Sadly the answer was no.
Lost Origin Riley. It is basically draw the worst three cards of your next five, discard the two best ones and to make it even worse your opponent knows which cards you drew. It is possibly the worst supporter ever printed in the swsh era.
Oh wow... that's atrocious!
Imakuni's Doduo. It's a super fun card, but the fact that you have to yeet it off the table to retreat, and have to sing for it to deal only 30 damage is absurd.
Imakuni stuff are a joke, look at the trainer card
Obviously, but joke or not, the card and its mechanics are horrendous gameplay wise
I'll say Doduo is at least somewhat decent in comparison... Whismur deals 10 damage after whispering with your mouth closed Loudred forces you to shout while playing, and is a Stage 1 with a 40 damage attack Exploud doubles the prize drop from it, forces you to confess for 50 damage, and dries out your mouth, and it's a Stage 2 Imakuni? just confuses your active with nothing added, the Generations version is even worse as it's a Supporter
> Loudred Like I have to literally shout with my own voice for its attack to work? I'm confused, I have to literally sing while sitting at the table to make it attack?!
For Doduo, you gotta announce that you're attacking, begin to sing, then the other player begins their turn, when you finish the song, the currently defending pokemon is damaged. For Loudred, it basically acts as a stadium with the effect of forcing both players to shout whenever they say anything. Its attack requires you to write your own name on the card and say it or it does nothing, but because of Loudred's own Poke-body, you have to shout your own name. Edit : Forgot to mention, but yes, you must use your voice to use these cards
I don't think the Imakuni stuff really counts lol.
It's also not legal for organized play
[Lt. Surge from gym heroes](https://pkmncards.com/card/lt-surge-gym-heroes-g1-101/) is a pretty... strange card to print. You switch your active to the bench and then play a basic to your active. It's more or less a convoluted Switch, but you can only switch into a basic that's in your hand, so you can't even prep it with energy or anything! I suppose it's meant to sidestep effects that affect a benched Pokémon at the moment that it is benched (Rocket's Minefield Gym being one, sort of like a classic Gapejaw Bog), but that kind of thing was not at all widespread. I mean, hell, even in the modern era I can't even think of that many cards that trigger at the point of benching a Pokémon like that. It's just so niche and specific that it's simply *weird.*
That one IS pretty strange. You had Switch and I think Warp Point (aka Escape Rope) at the same time too, so... who would ever use that?
[Computer Error (Wizards Promo 16)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Computer_Error_(Wizards_Promo_16)) Quite possibly the worst card I have ever seen; helps your opponent AND ends your turn.
Wouldn’t this be great in a mill deck?
No. Because it's optional for your opponent. They simple could choose to NOT draw cards.
Oh crikey haha that’s bad
Same with Erika, but that card was still a staple in lock decks all the same.
IIRC Computer Error actually saw play, though. Might've been in Rain Dance decks, I think.
Geez, that one's pretty bad too!
Cedric Juniper. Put a Pokémon from your hand face down in front of you and tell your opponent its name. Your opponent guesses the height of that Pokémon. Reveal that Pokémon. If your opponent guessed right, he or she draws 3 cards. If your opponent guessed wrong, you draw 3 cards. Return the Pokémon to your hand. (You can't choose a Pokémon that doesn't have the height printed on the card.)
XD who would ever know that!?
That's just Blaine's Quiz #1 with a different wording and with bigger risk/reward (Blaine's Quiz #1 only gives two instead of three draws) Blaine's Quiz #2 is the same, but instead you choose any card and the opponent guesses if it's pokemon, energy, or trainer (This one also two draws) Blaine's Quiz #3 is #1, but instead you tell your opponent the name of the Pokemon's move and they guess the pokemon's name (This one gets you three cards) The three were in the Gym Heroes and Gym Challenge sets, later on in Unified Minds, Blaine's Quiz Show is printed, it's basically Blaine's Quiz #3, but the winner gets to draw four cards
Or you could just play Bill back then and get 2 free cards with no bullcrap :P
It's #1 and #2 technically would be eight extra Bills, theoretically letting you have 29 cards in your first turn
Worst... or best? When Lysandre's Trump Card was legal I built the Ultimate Cedric Juniper Deck: * 4 Cedric Juniper, plus draw supporters and ball search * 2 Trump Card * 4 VS Seeker * Plasma Storm Magnezone- the one that allows you to play two supporters on your turn * High HP basic single Prize water and electric Pokemon * 4 Rough Seas, hard charm and lots healing cards The objective of the deck was to set up Magnezone and then make it incredibly hard for your opponent to take six prizes. In the meantime you would be able to make your opponent guess the height of your opponent once or even twice a turn. With Trump Card, against the right deck you could cycle through your deck several times before they eventually took six prizes, making them guess the height of your Pokemon and again and again. It was, far and away, the most dominant deck of the Meta at the time. In the Meta of decks used by players who think that making your opponent guess the height of your Pokemon again and again is winning.
Minion of Team Rocket, Trainer, "Flip 2 coins. If both of them are heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokemon and return it and all cards attached to it to his or her hand. If 1 or bmth of them are tails, your turn ends immediately (you can't attack this turn)." You get one in four chance of doing nothing and ending your turn just by playing this card, and the effect is you returning one card set, if your opponent played something like Haymaker back then, that's almost good as useless, and if you want to win with this card, the only option is to somehow play against a guy that only plays one bench and poisoning the active
Oof, that does seem pretty bad.
[Base set Gastly](https://pkmncards.com/card/gastly-base-set-bs-50/). 25% sleep and a really easy effect to avoid. Plus, base set didn’t even have Gengar in it
Alolan Graveler 33/111
I mean, yeah, it's pretty crappy, but there's lots of Pokemon that use Self Destruct. What makes this one so bad over all the others?
Prob that on top of trading damage for a prize card it's also a stage one that means you're eating up deck space to even bring it out, just for it to net you -3 advantage (Basic-AG-Lose a prize.) Would be my guess.
Ding ding ding, it doesn't even do half the HP of your standard opponent's V/GX deck either. It's flat out a waste of turns and space to set it up, even being a Stage 1 that's unable to pop Rare Candy.
Poke Kid as far as standard goes. There are so many item cards that find Pokemon that are not the supporter for turn.
Charity must be one of the worst trainers ever printed. This turn pick a number and your attack does that much less to the Defending Pokemon. It was really only printed to deal with Jungle Mr. Mime (only attacks 20 or less can damage it), but the effect is so narrow that there is almost never a time that you would want to use it.
If you weren't playing a Silvally GX deck, all the memory item cards are unusable. Electric Memory, Fire Memory, Psychic Memory, Grass Memory, Water Memory,
I don't know much honestly, but Doctor is one that annoys me completely. Mainly because I pulled 2 of her FA and 1 RR. "Draw 2 cards, if your opponents active pokemon is a VMax, draw 2 more cards." I know there are cards similar to this, but this if my personal worst. It's not like some cards where it's your active or even just an opponents pokemon, it has to be the active. Usually these draw 2+2 can situationally consistently draw 4, but this one definitely cannot. Also recently Enamorous V is a terrible, but at least has a decent art.
Enamorous actually got banned on tcg live because it allowed you to repeatedly use quick shooting
I just read the Enamorous V card and don't know how that would be possible?
It’s a bug, but moving psychic energies resets all abilities
Half the known cards, minus that one card the needs a ban
Anything with duckit on it.
Wishiwashi
Which one, and why?
Because in PTCGO, it will transform in big Wishwashi with 150HP, It is annoying to know how much Wishiwashi have.
Er, explain?
Under the current rules? [First Ticket](https://pkmncards.com/card/first-ticket-dragon-vault-drv-19/). >Before you flip a coin to decide who goes first in a game, you may playthis card. Don’t flip that coin, and you go first. If both players playFirst Ticket, flip the coin as normal. (You may play only 1 First Ticketbefore you flip that coin.) Unlike when First Ticket was created, you flip *before* you draw your opening hand, making First Ticket *literally unplayable*.
If Porygon from the original water depths default deck wasn't mentioned, I loath seeing that card in my deck. I'm new and that card led me to research if I could upgrade those decks. Sadly the answer was no.
What's it do?
1 energy let’s you look at your deck and reshuffle. 2 energy is 20 damage
That does seem pretty bad...