Pyroar’s role in the deck was to act as a wall that the opponent had to either punch through or find a way around - which wasn’t something every deck could easily do! It saw renewed success in the Expanded format in a deck focused around Robo Substitute PHF 102 and Lillie’s Poke Doll CEC 267, aiming to win via a war of attrition, grinding out the opponent’s resources until they eventually had none to be able to attack with. In a world overrun with mighty basic Pokémon-EX, Pyroar had the capability to shut down your opponent’s entire deck if they didn’t play an evolution Pokémon as an out.Īfter Pramawat’s stellar run, Pyroar continued to see play in the 2014-2015 season, often paired with the likes of Seismitoad-EX FFI 106 or Charizard-EX FLF 12. His deck would focus around Pyroar FLF 20’s Intimidating Mane ability, which prevents all damage done to it by attacks from your opponent’s basic Pokémon. Soon after its release in 2014, Michael Pramawat took the Royal Pokémon to a second-place finish at the US National Championship.

Pyroar is one of those interesting Pokémon that hasn’t received much love in the trading card game, but when it’s powerful, it’s truly dominant. We’ve scoured the list of every Fire-type Pokémon card printed to date - and there’s a lot of them - in order to find the most influential and powerful Fire-type Pokémon cards.Ī wall of flames The Pyroar card in the Flashfire set could shut down opponents' attacks with its Intimidating Mane ability. The best Fire-type Pokémon cards have always been hard-hitting, aggressive attackers since Charizard and Arcanine from the Pokémon TCG's Base Set.ĭespite this, Fire also has had a large number of Pokémon cards that play more of a support role, never attacking unless absolutely necessary.

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