Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

First Scans of BW5 Revealed

Status
Not open for further replies.
One of the Hydregion is okay. Altaria is okay, Garchomp is okay ( and N searching Gabite is cool too), Roserade is like Froslass AR (ergo not very playable). Ninetales' attack is already decent but Bright Look would be okay. Even if Ninetales has Bright Look though, it has a retreat cost and it can't be PokeTurned and we have Pokemon Catcher. So it won't be as crazy spread as Lux. As for Devolution Spray....WHY! Basics have toooo much support as is ><

I like how we have a new type symbol'd "N" and a supporter named "N". Hopefully they word these things veeeery carefully xD
 
Last edited:
I think having a dragon type will be cool, but I don't know how that is going to impact the game since it will result in new weaknesses and resistances. Also, the random energies can pose a problem for deck creation unless those new energies are some sort of rainbow like the article states. Rainbow energy as well as prism may become very important here. The HP on some of the dragons is very nice, as well.

If Ninetales' ability is the same as stated, I think that could be very advantageous for certain situations. Something to watch out for in the future.
 
Most of these look pretty meh.

Also is that a reprint of Full Heal? I certainly hope not anyway. We don't need reprints of terrible cards.
 
Shino Bug Master said:
One of the Hydregion is okay. Altaria is okay, Garchomp is okay ( and N searching Gabite is cool too), Roserade is like Froslass AR (ergo not very playable). Ninetales' attack is already decent but Bright Look would be okay. Even if Ninetales has Bright Look though, it has a retreat cost and it can't be PokeTurned and we have Pokemon Catcher. So it won't be as crazy spread as Lux.

I like how we have a new type symbol'd "N" and a supporter named "N". Hopefully they word these things veeeery carefully xD
Click to expand...

You are right, I didn't even notice that the new symbol was N. I was getting all confused just reading the card text. That could certainly make things very confusing.
 
QD4U said:
Most of these look pretty meh.

Also is that a reprint of Full Heal? I certainly hope not anyway. We don't need reprints of terrible cards.
Click to expand...

Looks like a reprint of Hyper Devolution Spray (Neo Discovery). If it is, it should say something like:

"Choose one of your evolved Pokemon in play and return the highest stage evolution card to your hand (You can't evolve a Pokemon the same turn you devolve it.)"
 
QD4U said:
Most of these look pretty meh.

Also is that a reprint of Full Heal? I certainly hope not anyway. We don't need reprints of terrible cards.
Click to expand...

I'd have to disagree. While I think many cards are overrated, there's definitely some potential in these cards. We'll have to see how the meta turns out, but here's a couple initial thoughts.

Ninetails brings back memories of Flariados, and unlike Leafeon UL, Ninetails seems to be playable with its awesome Ability (if it's translated correctly). Ninetails also has some ample support in the form of Roserade (the UL one can poison and confuse, the new one can search for any card in your deck) and Amoongus (automatic poison and confusion). Devolution Spray, if it's worded the same way as the Base Set one, could make this deck really work. Also, if there's a way to put a 3rd special condition (burn) via Houndoom (Prime) or Torkoal, that would be 170 damage + Poison + Burn.

Even if there is a rotation, Ninetails/Amoonguss could be a very fun, if not competitive, deck.

The "good" Garchomp is nothing spectacular, but doing 60 damage for 1 energy and 100 damage for 2 energy (without discarding the Energy) seems pretty solid. What I think could make this deck shine is the built-in Dragon-type Pokemon search given to Gabite. It brings back memories of Dark Dragonair, but unlike Dark Dragonair's evolution Dark Dragonite, Garchomp actually packs a punch. If Altaria's ability is translated correctly, it would be stackable, giving Garchomp major damage potential.

I'm not saying that these cards are really, really good. I just think that we potentially have two viable decks in our hands based on those scans.
 
Basics get EVERYTHING. Skyarrow bridge, evolite, huge Hp on the legends, not to mention laughingly easy to get into play.

RIP stage 2s.
 
It is important to remember that we won't be getting these cards till after rotation so we can't factor in how they'll do with HGSS cards. Devolution spray is the one that caught my eye, we'll just have to wait and see if it has the same text as base or neo one (hopefully the neo one).
 
If what a lot of people think about Dragon Energy is true, and it is a reprint of DCE for Dragons, then many of these cards will be quite nice actually. Garchomp doing 100 for two (120 with Altaria) and having set-up potential with Gabite would be really nice, and considering that Gabite has an ability Zwielous might have a useful ability as well (energy acceleration for Dragons anyone?)
 
Pretty interesting for the most part, couple of the dragons look pretty nifty. Assuming EXs don't dominate or they have a way to compete with them, could be fun.
 
Depending on how Devolution Spray works, Roserade could actually be a "new", albeit less powerful, Pidgeot.

And I don't really see anything else being SUPER good, but we'll see. Some of these cards have some potential.
 
Big basics are gonna be good and all, but with that Dragon searching Gabite, Garchomp/Altaria could be pretty good. Set up 2 and 2 energy 140. Set up all 4 and OHKO all the exs currently in format for 2 energy. Obviously dependant on dragon energy and what kinda set up cards we have by then.
 
The Hydreigon cards are so abhorrent. Why on earth does Hydreigon have to use 3/4 energy attacks? This is ridiculous. But Garchomp and Haxorus get 1/2 energy attacks that are super powerful, but Hydreigon needs at least to 3 attack. Hydreigon from Noble Victories is much better because the energies there don't have to be specific, unlike the psychic+dark energy unplayables that are going to come out. I hope the Dragon energy provide any energy or we get Memory Berry in this set, or else I will never use these unplayable cards in any deck!!!

I'm sorry but Hydreigon is my favorite dragon and I can't stand how horrible of a treatment its getting in comparison to Garchomp and Rayquaza. At least the cards look good. Binder fodder most likely.
 
Just a theory, but maybe Reshiram/Typhlosion/Ninetales deck will get a boost with the new Ninetales. It'll be much easier for them to deal with Vileplume. :)
 
Magmortar said:
The Hydreigon cards are so abhorrent. Why on earth does Hydreigon have to use 3/4 energy attacks? This is ridiculous. But Garchomp and Haxorus get 1/2 energy attacks that are super powerful, but Hydreigon needs at least to 3 attack. Hydreigon from Noble Victories is much better because the energies there don't have to be specific, unlike the psychic+dark energy unplayables that are going to come out. I hope the Dragon energy provide any energy or we get Memory Berry in this set, or else I will never use these unplayable cards in any deck!!!

I'm sorry but Hydreigon is my favorite dragon and I can't stand how horrible of a treatment its getting in comparison to Garchomp and Rayquaza. At least the cards look good. Binder fodder most likely.
Click to expand...

I like Aggron; get in line.
 
I want dragons to be a deck so badly! They're really pushing it with Altaria and Garchomp/Gible. If they want a dragon deck to be good, the Dragon energy has to be good, and we need a dragon type TSS card, but at this rate, Dragons might actually be fairly good. I'm calling it now that Dragon Energy will be a DRE. I would love it to be true, and it makes sense given the energy costs for dragon attacks...

I dislike how they keep making Gust of Wind effects. First Luxray then Catcher than Ninetales. While catcher isn't the end of the world, I dislike GoW effects as a whole :/
 
Wait, does Altaria stack? There's some real merit in swarming with the things if that's the case.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top