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New dragon type announced!!!!

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Wow didn't see this coming at all. Having a new type in the card game is going to be really interesting. I'm curious if they will do like they did when Dark and Metal were introduced, make them special energies instead of basic. What do you guys think?
 
i think they may just go straight forward and make basic and maybe a special energy. but what kind mechanic would it have? maybe the possible special energy will give resistance against all other types and give dragon pokemon 2x weakness against other dragons.
 
I'm curious of what color the Dragon energy will be, I'm thinking maybe Gold or a bunch of colors mixed together, kind of like they did with the darkness/metal energy a while back. Also how will prereleases work?
 
Hold up. Is this CONFIRMED? I'd like a link to an official announcement before we go about speculation.
 
Apparently on pokebeach, WPM says that on yahoo's official shopping site that they say that the new Dragon Selection set will not only be all holo but will introduce a new appearance of the Dragon type.

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immewnity said:
All your answers are in the original thread.
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This thread can be more about speculation of what the Dragon type will look like, what it will do for the game, etc. That thread is normally talking about the Dragon Selection set as a whole and didn't originally say there was a new type being added to the TCG.
 
vaporeon said:
I do thinks dragons should be their own type but they would seem really overpowered.
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I still don't get why they waited this long just to add a new Type, they should've done it 12 years ago along with :dark: and :metal:. They knew how popular Reshiram and Zekrom would be so they think that by adding a new Type it would balance things out a bit I guess.

And for anyone wondering yes, since Rainbow Energy counts as every Type of Energy in the game itself Dragon Energy can be paid with Rainbow Energy at the cost of a damage counter. I still think it's a bit surreal and weird that they've decided to do this. My mind has been blown...
 
Charizard3712 said:
This thread can be more about speculation of what the Dragon type will look like, what it will do for the game, etc. That thread is normally talking about the Dragon Selection set as a whole and didn't originally say there was a new type being added to the TCG.
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It took a while to get noticed; an entire day. But now, it's up to the mods to decide.

ANYWAYS. Why this before a Bug-type? Dragon-types usually fit fairly well in Colorless or their own type, while Bug-types have been swapped between types.
 
Poke Trainer J said:
I still don't get why they waited this long just to add a new Type, they should've done it 12 years ago along with :dark: and :metal:. They knew how popular Reshiram and Zekrom would be so they think that by adding a new Type it would balance things out a bit I guess.

And for anyone wondering yes, since Rainbow Energy counts as every Type of Energy in the game itself Dragon Energy can be paid with Rainbow Energy at the cost of a damage counter. I still think it's a bit surreal and weird that they've decided to do this. My mind has been blown...
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They should have done it. Maybe they will have a restriction of on 4 Dragon type pokemon in a deck. I can't really think of a special effect for the energy because both effects are taken. Maybe the energy will count as 2 energy when attached to a dragon.
 
immewnity said:
It took a while to get noticed; an entire day. But now, it's up to the mods to decide.

ANYWAYS. Why this before a Bug-type? Dragon-types usually fit fairly well in Colorless or their own type, while Bug-types have been swapped between types.
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Since Genesect is a Bug type will it be possible when he gets debuted that they will introduce a new Bug type?
 
Oh so now we're gonna guess what Special Dragon Energy is going to do? Let's see here. Special :dark: added 10 to any attack an attached :dark: Pokemon would do, Special :metal: reduced 10 damage from an attack for each of that energy that is attached to the :metal: Pokemon.

So something of that nature maybe?
 
Poke Trainer J said:
Oh so now we're gonna guess what Special Dragon Energy is going to do? Let's see here. Special :dark: added 10 to any attack an attached :dark: Pokemon would do, Special :metal: reduced 10 damage from an attack for each of that energy that is attached to the :metal: Pokemon.

So something of that nature maybe?
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I was thinking it may provide fire, electric, and water at one time. Or maybe give the Dragon type a free retreat or more HP?
 
Wait, they won't errata Zekrom and reshiram to make them dragon now, would they?

Most dragons are dual type. I think the only dragon-only pokemon is druddigon.
 
Dratini, Dragonair, Bagon, Shelgon, Axew, Fraxure, Haxorus.

This is such a strange move IMO. It's coming SO late and splitting Dragon and Colorless wouldn't have been my first choice, to be honest. (Rock/Ground and Fighting or Bug from Grass would have been higher priorities for me.) Dragon in the games is already one of the smallest types and now the existing Dragons are probably going to be spammed in the TCG if they feel it necessary for each set to have a few Dragon-type cards. Kind of like how every Fire and Electric Pokemon in the video games has a higher number of cards than Pokemon from the other types.
 
I think that the great thing about this is that they will make dragon pokemon who are not dragon-type into dragons(down the line). Examp. Charizard.
 
I don't get why they would make Charizard a Dragon Type Pokemon card, it hurts the way the video game franchise intended the Pokemon to be which is Fire/Flying. At first glance it looks like a Dragon but it's not. Alot of people might not like that idea that TPCi could take a Pokemon that looks like a Dragon Type but isn't in the video games and turn it into a Dragon Type in the TCG.

TPCi has tried to stay true with the video game franchise in the creation of what Types to make for specific Pokemon in the TCG for example Donphan being Fighting even though it's a Ground Type. Most Ground Type Pokemon in the TCG are Fighting while Ice Type Pokemon are Water Types in the TCG. That's just how it works, messing that up would upset some people.
 
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