Lucky ice pop is too strong :(

pokeQrx

Makes the game not fun

It should only work once a turn or need a coinflip for the first heal

fineasmatei

No you flip a coin every time and if its heads then put it back in your hand.

DoubleCure

I agree it's too "strong" indeed, the only limitation is that can only be used in the active Pokemon...

I personally think it was a bad decision to create this kind of card, it makes the game more rng and more annoying.

Eremas

We've seen Celebi which was deemed by the community to be too strong. And it got overshadowed pretty quickly. I think it is best to just keep with the good faith in the developers. I am sad though that Mega Venusaur isn't a better deck with stall strategies.

Eremas

Remember that if you can't beat them you can always join them. And edit the deck a little to be more of your own.

DoubleCure

I don't think comparing it with Celebi ex deck makes sense, I mean the deck was fun and saw a lot of play, but was never the best deck, and it required the stage 2 Serperior without rare candy for Celebi to be the main attacker... it wasn't a game changer like this kind of cards.

A better comparation would be Misty, this kind of limitless use/flips are bad for the competitive game because the skill needed to win reduces and it gets annoying.

I'm not saying I'm not using it, in fact I have it in several of my decks, but doesn't mean I think it's good for the game.

zetaDx

Regarding Lucky ice pop, I feel like if I get heads once on a coin toss, it's super easy to get heads again the next time. Does anyone else feel the same way?🤔

Eremas

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/comment/128281#Comment_128281

Definitely not how probability works.

SafffOneee

In Live it heals 10 less than Potion so it wasn't automatically better. Agree with OP that it should have a slight nerf in some way

shefski_kiro

This card requires a balance - it makes the competitive gameplay significantly less fun

Pokémon342548

I've had a recent Ranked match using Mega Blaziken ex theme deck versus… Indeedee ex *alone*. Although I won, my opponent was so lucky on 1 of their turns — he/she used 1 Lucky Ice Pop to heal… 120 damage from Indeedee (that required 6 heads).

Battle Log

[…]

Pokémon Checkup

[…]

Your opponent's Indeedee ex took 20 damage for being Burned (its HP left is now 10).

[…]

Your opponent's Indeedee ex recovered from being Burned.

Opponent's turn (Turn 6)

Your opponent drew a card.

Your opponent used his/her Active Indeedee ex's Watch Over Ability.

Your opponent healed 20 damage from his/her Indeedee ex (its HP left is now 30).

Your opponent played a Lucky Ice Pop from his/her hand.

Your opponent healed 20 damage from his/her Indeedee ex (its HP left is now 50).

Your opponent flipped a coin for the Lucky Ice Pop's effect, and the result was Heads.

Your opponent put the Lucky Ice Pop he/she has played into his/her hand instead of his/her discard pile.

[…]

Your opponent played a Lucky Ice Pop from his/her hand.

Your opponent healed 20 damage from his/her Indeedee ex (its HP left is now 150*).

Your opponent flipped a coin for the Lucky Ice Pop's effect, and the result was Heads.

Your opponent put the Lucky Ice Pop he/she has played into his/her hand instead of his/her discard pile.

Your opponent attached a Psychic Energy from his/her Energy Zone to his/her Active Indeedee ex.

Your opponent's Active Indeedee used Psychic and did 60 damage to your Active Mega Blaziken ex (its HP left is now 160).

[…]

Pokémon Checkup

[…]

Your opponent's Indeedee ex took 20 damage for being Burned (its HP left is now 10).

[…]

Your opponent's Indeedee ex recovered from being Burned.

Opponent's turn (Turn 8)

Your opponent drew a card.

Your opponent used his/her Active Indeedee ex's Watch Over Ability.

Your opponent healed 20 damage from his/her Indeedee ex (its HP left is now 30).

Your opponent played a Lucky Ice Pop from his/her hand.

Your opponent healed 20 damage from his/her Indeedee ex (its HP left is now 50).

Your opponent flipped a coin for the Lucky Ice Pop's effect, and the result was Tails.

Your opponent discarded the Lucky Ice Pop he/she has played.

Your opponent played a Lucky Ice Pop from his/her hand.

Your opponent healed 20 damage from his/her Indeedee ex (its HP left is now 70).

Your opponent flipped a coin for the Lucky Ice Pop's effect, and the result was Tails.

Your opponent discarded the Lucky Ice Pop he/she has played.

Your opponent conceded**. You win.

* Indeedee ex has a Giant Cape attached to it.

** My opponent's Indeedee *is alone* and would be KOed during my next turn, so he/she conceded.

(I wish that I could copy the Battle Log here so that I'll save time.)