Pokémon TCG Pocket: How To Cure The Confused Status Effect

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Of the five status conditions in , Confusion can be one of the most frustrating. Unlike the others, its troublesome effects can be ongoing until you cure it. Compared to Sleep, this status condition will be ongoing until you can cure it. It's a tricky mechanic to deal with, indeed.

With some of the latest cards in the Space-Time Smackdown expansion, the meta will need to use the three ways to deal with the Sleep status effect. That's along with completing latest secret missions. Be that as it may, knowing which cards can cause Confusion can help in having you be prepared for the tricks ahead that your opponents may use.

When afflicted with Confusion in, there is a chance that the affected Pokémon won't be able to attack. This depends on a coin flip that needs to occur whenever you want that active Pokémon to use a move. Even if you're aiming to use an attack that won't cause any damage, the coin flip is still necessary.

Three cards cause Confusion in: Mismagius Ex, Misdreavus, and Kricketune.

If you get heads with that coin flip, the attack goes ahead. If it's tails, the attack will fail. If you're using a deck with a fast-paced theme set to deliver high amounts of damage fast, like the best Fighting-type deck in the current meta, it can ruin your momentum rather quickly. That's especially the case since Confusion is an ongoing effect for an active Pokémon.

There are three ways to cure the Confusion status condition in: having it retreat to the bench, having it evolve, or using the Lum Berry Tool card in . A helpful addition that arrived to the game in the Palkia pack of the Space-Time Smackdown, this handy card will cure a Pokémon of its status effect at the end of the turn before being discarded. If a Confusion card takes you by surprise, this gives you a great chance to try and counter it before becoming a game-winning threat.

However, it isn't an ideal card if said cause of Confusion has enough survivability to last for multiple turns, like Mismagius ex with its