Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Smeargle Helps avoid the donkfest

^You cannot chose to ignore a present supporter if there is one (it becomes public knowledge), but you can chose Engineer's Adjustments to no effect even another valid target exsits. The game isn't smart enough to make you pick a valid supporter, just to make sure you pick one if it's present.
 
I think Smeargle is a pretty solid card. It has it's merits over Sableye, but I suppose I'd say Sableye is overall the better card.

It's not something you run a playset of though. I think one is the max in most decks unless there's some kind of combo I'm missing.
 
Well, if you're in desperate search for a starter, then Smeargle is up there with the likes of Jirachi. Not as all-purpose as Sableye, but having enough tricks like the Jirachis to merit its place as a starter. Getting a quick peek at your opponent's hand isn't a bad thing either. It also helps the SP Matchup for rush decks more then one would imagine.
For example, you have any given SP deck vs. Kingdra. Kingdra has a Smeargle and a Horsea benched, SP has started the game with a Call energy and has its 3 SP's on the field. The Kingdra player uses Portrait. Now at this point, it is NOT very likely that the SP player will have 2 Spray in hand. So let's assume they have one Spray. And a Collector. They would know that if they let Smeargle grab the Collector, the Kingdra player can get double Uxie to dance around the spray. Furthermore, Smeargle also reveals vital information about the hand of the SP player - should they not play the Spray, then Kingdra KNOWS its there and thus will play around it. So SP likely sprays the Smeargle. And at that point, Kingdra would be "Alright, Collector..." and the game starts rolling.

Bit of a drawn out example but it's how I've been using it so far. Funky little card really.
 
Phazon Elite said:
Please think back to Regionals when I T1 lost to the kid who asked me if he's supposed to draw a card at the start of his turn.
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I asked this, and equally dumb questions, when I topped the Regionals... which just so happened to be the second event I played in. I play too many games to keep track of silly things like rules :p
 
Scipio said:
Well, if you're in desperate search for a starter, then Smeargle is up there with the likes of Jirachi. Not as all-purpose as Sableye, but having enough tricks like the Jirachis to merit its place as a starter. Getting a quick peek at your opponent's hand isn't a bad thing either. It also helps the SP Matchup for rush decks more then one would imagine.
For example, you have any given SP deck vs. Kingdra. Kingdra has a Smeargle and a Horsea benched, SP has started the game with a Call energy and has its 3 SP's on the field. The Kingdra player uses Portrait. Now at this point, it is NOT very likely that the SP player will have 2 Spray in hand. So let's assume they have one Spray. And a Collector. They would know that if they let Smeargle grab the Collector, the Kingdra player can get double Uxie to dance around the spray. Furthermore, Smeargle also reveals vital information about the hand of the SP player - should they not play the Spray, then Kingdra KNOWS its there and thus will play around it. So SP likely sprays the Smeargle. And at that point, Kingdra would be "Alright, Collector..." and the game starts rolling.

Bit of a drawn out example but it's how I've been using it so far. Funky little card really.
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Smeargle has to be active to use Portrait. if it could be used on the bench, this wouldn't even be a discussion. I can't tell if your example shows Smearglea s active or not, just clarifiying :D

Still not an unplayable card.
 
Well yeah, Smeargle would have to be active in the example. We all know it won't work otherwise.
 
Pajamas said:
You'll be crying even harder when your hand is Energy-Candy-Machamp, you hope to grab the Machop with Smeargle, and your opponent's only supporter is Judge.
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LOLz !!!!

You've just convinced me to run 4 Judge in every deck .. LOLz

Anyway, Smeargle is a nice little card to set up vs. SPs! They Cyrus for a Cyrus, you use their cyrus... Now you have whatever supporter you want and a guaranteed energy (and a PokeTurn for a bat drop!)
 
Phazon Elite said:
Not true.

Please think back to Regionals when I T1 lost to the kid who asked me if he's supposed to draw a card at the start of his turn.
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I think smeargle is a good card, though i'm not sold on it yet. guess we'll all just have to keep it in mind.
 
Sabett said:
This has not been verified outside of Japan yet.
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It's been confirmed you have to choose a supporter. It just hasn't been confirmed if you can choose one for no effect. (IE Palmer's T1, Engineer's with no energy) Frankly I hope they make a decision one way or another fast, because BRs are coming up and I've already seen at least three decks at my local league running Smeargle.
 
Also, when you Portrait, and are forced to use something like Engineer when you have an Energy but don't want to discard it, can you decline and say that there are no appropriate discards in your hand or would your opponent get to look at your hand?
 
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