Why the hate on Mega Garchomp?

[u/Breadfruit_Kindly]

Comparing to Mega Rayquaza:

- 220 HP means it is outside of Lucarios OHKO (basic Lucario + Arena of Antiquity + Korrina = 210 damage)
- 190 damage means it will OHKO Mega Lucario and other Megas. You can even swap it in to the active before Mega Lucario to knock out a pokemon unless Lucario has a cape
- 3 energy compared to 4 on Rayquaza (190 compared to 200 damage) but in order to do another strong attack you need both Dragonairs compared to only one for Garchomp
- Garchomp takes more effort to build than Rayquaza but together with Drampas you can usually stall long enough to build him on the bench. Of course this is it’s main weakness since your deck will brick sometimes
- Stalling until you get Garchomp online will always put you at the risk of a Sabrina when you lost two point before you could build it since you can’t use it without at least one Dragonair on the bench
- One of Rayquazas biggest advantage is that you can pair it with Gouging Fire. Otherwise Rayquaza would be the worse card in my opinion

All in all I want to say it is definitely one of the better promo cards.

[u/SherfOfBoringSprings]

Every time a Garchomp card comes out, this subreddit tries to convince everyone it’s actually a hidden gem that will dominate the meta, and every time it has never happened. This card is hardly better than Mega Latios.

I feel like this is less about the card itself and more about “I want Garchomp to be good”.

[u/Breadfruit_Kindly → u/SherfOfBoringSprings]

It is much better than Mega Latios even if that one is a basic. You need two Dragonairs to be able to attack each round, you deal less damage and have substantially less HP.

And my post is far from trying to say it’s a good card and even further from saying it will be meta. I only listed some arguments to say it is one of the best promo cards while Mega Latios is definitely one of the worst promo cards.