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Bakooza(FlareonVMAX)
Ability:RagingFlames
Onceduringyourturn,whenyouattachaFireEnergyfromyourhandtothisPokémon,youmayput3damagecountersonyouropponent'sActivePokémon.
[Fire][Fire][Colorless]MaxFlare
150damage.
UsingBakoozaEffectively:
EarlyGameSetup:PrioritizegettingBakoozaintoplayasquicklyaspossibletostartplacingdamagecountersonyouropponentearlyon.UseaccelerationcardslikeMagmaBasinorEnergySearchtofetchFireEnergyandattachthemtoBakooza.
DamageAccumulation:UseBakooza'sRagingFlamesabilitytoconsistentlyadddamagecounterstoyouropponent'sActivePokémon.ThisisespeciallyeffectiveagainstPokémonwithlowHPorthatrelyonlowdamageattacks.
MaxFlareSynergy:CombineRagingFlameswithMaxFlaretodealmassivedamage.AfterattachingaFireEnergywithRagingFlames,attackwithMaxFlare,whichwilldeal180damage(150base+30fromdamagecounters).
EnergyManagement:KeeptrackoftheFireEnergyinyourdeckandhandtoensureyouhaveenoughtoactivateBakooza'sabilities.ConsiderrunningcardsthatrecycleFireEnergy,suchasFireCrystalorLeon.
PartnerPokémon:PairBakoozawithPokémonthatcanprovideEnergyaccelerationorprotection.FlareonVcanaccelerateEnergywithitsBlazeability,whileLeafeonVcanprotectBakoozafromdamagewithitsVerdantWindattack.
Tips:
MaximizeDamageOutput:FocusonplacingdamagecountersonPokémonthatareweaktoFireorhavelowHP.
MindtheBench:IfyouropponenthasaPokémonontheirbenchwithlowHP,considerusingRagingFlamestofinishitoff.
ProtectBakooza:UsesupportcardsorPokémonabilitiestoprotectBakoozafrombeingknockedout,asitisavaluablesourceofchipdamage.
AdapttotheMatchup:Adjustyourstrategybasedontheopponent'sdeckandactivePokémon.Forexample,ifyouropponentisplayingabulkyPokémon,useMaxFlaretodealburstdamage.
