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Hey Everyone.  This is Pikkdogs here to talk about Tanks in the Pokemon TCG.  In military terms, a tank refers to a heavily armored, slow moving, and hard hitting vehicle.  In reference to the Pokemon TCG, a tank is a Pokemon card that has high HP, is usually slow to setup, and can deal a lot of damage.  This article is all about tanking Pokemon. 

Tanking Pokemon are pretty cool.  They can absorb a lot of damage and deal it right back to your opponent.  The problem is the fact that they are fairly slow and hard to evolve.

So what are some of the strategies that you can use with tanks?  Well, each tanking card is different, but for the most part you would want to get the tank out as fast as possible and then heal the tank.  Healing can be done with cards like Pokehealer +, MooMoo Milk, and Blissey Pt.

Currently in the game there are a lot of Pokemon who can be considered tanks.  Here is a profile of some of the more interesting ones.

Tank #1- Dialga G Lv. X

Description– Dialga G Lv. X is possibly the smallest yet most played tank.  …

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“Dialga TOSSED” / BR #1: Sept. 18, 2010

Pokemon: 17 3 – Uxie – LA 43 1 – Uxie Lv. X – LA 146 2 – Crobat G – PL 47 1 – Shuppet – PL 92 1 – Dunsparce – HS 41 1 – Toxicroak G – DP 41 2 – Garchomp C – SV 60 2 – Garchomp C Lv. X – DP 46 1 – Unown Q – MD 49 1 – Dialga G – PL 7 1 – Dialga G Lv. X – PL 122 1 – Regice – LA 36

Trainers: 25 4 – Poke Turn 4 – Poke Drawer+ 4 – Plus Power 2 – Expert Belt 1 – Luxury Ball 3 – Energy Gain 2 – SP Radar 1 – Premier Ball 1 – Power Spray 3 – Warp Point

Supporters: 10 4 – Cyrus’s Conspiracy 3 – Pokemon Collector 2 – Bebe’s Search 1 – Aaron’s Collection

Energy: 8 2 – Psychic Energy 4 – Double Colorless 1 – Metal Energy (Basic) 1 – Cyclone Energy

It turns out that I feel like this “Dialga TOSSED” build was the best running version of the TOSSED decks I’ve played.  I went undefeated in my first 3 matches.  The next two were losses, but both could have easily been won if the luck rolled slightly in my favor.  You can read the Dialga TOSSED mini report here.

Essentially, the techs here come down to getting around Vileplume and Spiritomb.  Regice can screw with your opponent’s Spiritomb, and it can work well in the SP matchup.  Dialga G Lv. X shuts off both Spiritomb and Vileplume’s traier lock.  Warp Point is essential here, because it helps you bench both Regice and Dialga when they are active (which is necessary to LvX Dialga).  Warp Point is also an offensive weapon, because most of your attacks come off the bench.  If you don’t want to attack their active, you can Cyclone Energy or Warp Point it away.

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