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CARD INFORMATION

• SUBTYPES:
  • Supporter
• RULES:
  • Draw 2 cards. If you drew any cards in this way, flip a coin. If heads, attach a Water Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
  • You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.
• RARITY: Uncommon
• REGULATIONMARK: F

CARD ABILITIES

This card has no abilities

CARD ATTACKS

This card has no attack

MARKET PRICES FOR BLANCHE 💰

Last updated: 2025/10/11

HIGH	4.99	USD
MID	0.11	USD	TREND
LOW	0.04	USD

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Blanche brings a refreshing twist to water-based strategies with a blend of card draw and potential Energy acceleration.

As Team Mystic's leader makes their TCG debut, tournament players will need to evaluate whether this coin flip mechanic offers enough consistency to earn a spot in competitive decks.

Offensive rating: 4/10

As a Supporter card, Blanche offers no direct offensive capabilities but provides indirect offensive support through its Energy acceleration effect.

The ability to attach a Water Energy from your discard pile to a Benched Pokémon can help power up attackers more quickly, potentially enabling them to use stronger attacks a turn earlier than normal.

However, the coin flip mechanic significantly reduces reliability - you only have a 50% chance of securing this acceleration after drawing your cards.

When compared to other Energy acceleration Supporters, this inconsistency severely limits Blanche's offensive contribution.

Survival rating: 3/10

Blanche contributes minimally to survival aspects of gameplay.

The card draw effect of 2 cards provides some utility for finding defensive tools or recovery cards, but this is a modest benefit at best.

The potential Energy attachment might help develop Benched Pokémon that could serve as backup attackers, offering some resilience against KOs of active Pokémon.

However, the coin flip dependency makes this an unreliable survival mechanism.

Most competitive decks would prefer Supporters with guaranteed effects for building board resilience, making Blanche a suboptimal choice for enhancing your deck's survivability.

Versatility rating: 4/10

Blanche shows moderate versatility by combining two functions - card draw and potential Energy acceleration - in a single Supporter card.

This dual functionality allows it to serve both setup and resource recovery roles.

However, its utility is strictly limited to Water-type strategies, as it can only recover Water Energy.

Even within Water decks, the card's effectiveness is hampered by the coin flip mechanic, which adds an unwelcome layer of randomness to tournament play.

Most competitive players prefer consistent effects over potentially stronger but unreliable ones, especially when using their one Supporter play for the turn.

Speed/Setup rating: 5/10

Blanche's setup contribution centers around its dual functionality.

The guaranteed draw of 2 cards helps dig through your deck, albeit less efficiently than dedicated draw Supporters like Professor's Research (which draws 7) or Marnie.

The potential Energy acceleration from discard to bench can accelerate setup by a full turn if the coin flip succeeds.

However, the 50% success rate makes this unreliable for tournament play where consistency is paramount.

Water decks looking for acceleration would likely prefer more reliable options, even if they provide somewhat less explosive potential when they do hit.

Blanche performs best in decks that can capitalize on Water Energy acceleration and mitigate the coin flip randomness.

Cards that discard Energy purposefully create synergy by filling the discard pile with targets for Blanche's recovery effect.

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Blanche represents a specialized Supporter option for Water-type strategies that falls short of tournament-level consistency requirements.

The combination of modest card draw and coin-flip-dependent Energy acceleration creates a high-variance card that most competitive players will pass over for more reliable options.

In casual play, Blanche can create exciting moments when the coin flip succeeds, potentially enabling explosive turns through unexpected Energy acceleration.

To maximize effectiveness, pair Blanche with cards that deliberately discard Energy and develop a strategy that can function even when the coin flip fails.

While Blanche might occasionally find a niche in specific Water-focused tournament decks that can afford the inconsistency, most competitive players will gravitate toward Supporters with guaranteed effects for their precious once-per-turn Supporter play.

POWER INDEX

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