posted December 12, 2002 07:14 PM            

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eBrooks will make out with a Gatr if u dont ban it ;/

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Poor Gatr...

Well, that's one less thing for Leduck to counter, but so much for Babyporter (which would have died anyway when the free-reteat babies went). Ah well.

[ December 12, 2002, 07:16 PM: Message edited by: yoshi1001 ]

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posted December 13, 2002 03:09 AM           

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Originally posted by LizardOTC:
Slowking exists. Adapt accordingly!

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Ummmm... What I meant was, Slowking does not exist. Adapt accordingly!

I suppose this is a good thing. After all, every deckbuilder was concerned with accounting for Slowking. Slowking was dominating the TecH slots in decks. There is no more need to run 3 Iggly now (or a 3-2 Muk line), and that's nice.

With an opposing Noctowl, you only need to worry about trainers that are still in your hand at the end of your turn (such as after an Eeeeeeek!). Therefore, I plan to drop my Cleffa count to one (two at most). With all the search and drawing power in the format, I can always get what I need anyway. Besides, a single Electabuzz would just devastate those stupid 'Owls.

So, now, it's back to unfettered Trainermon. No more "Slowking/Anything"...

The format is now all about dealing with Kingdra, Entei/Mag, and perhaps Espeon.

That is, until Aquapolis comes. Several cards in that set look promising...

Oh, and please let's not get all up-in-arms at WotC over this. There is a very good chance that this removal of Slowking was requested by TPC due to their perception that the mistranslation of the card had imbalanced the format. One look at the Worlds results tells you where they may have gotten that impression!

[ December 13, 2002, 03:19 AM: Message edited by: LizardOTC ]

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posted December 13, 2002 09:41 AM            

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Originally posted by DMTM:
Please remember...not being banned because it is "Broken".
It isn't Broken folks.
DMTM

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posted December 13, 2002 10:45 AM            

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There is a very good chance that this removal of Slowking was requested by TPC due to their perception that the mistranslation of the card had imbalanced the format. One look at the Worlds results tells you where they may have gotten that impression!

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posted December 13, 2002 03:43 PM           

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master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #95 from enik_the_sleestak:is that really necessary to ban neo1 slowking? what about making it restricted to 1 or something less drastic?
master_trainer_mike says, "Yes it is. Japan has wanted us to remove this card for a long time now. By banning it, we solve several rules problems and make our licensor happy."

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master_trainer_mike presents the speaker with question #146 from toysruskid:Why not add Cleffa,Tyrouge to the banned list?
darkmt_mike says, "They will cry..."
darkmt_mike says, "They're Babbies."
master_trainer_mike says, "Because 1, they don;t cause as many problems, 2 Japan isn't angry with those cards, and 3, dceks are not built around them (or counter to them)."

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Or, was there more proof you needed?

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