Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

pokemon get ban list?

Card banning is very rare in Pokemon.
WotC only banned two cards that were intended to be playable (Ancient Mew and "your name here" Pikachu don't really count) and that was about 5 years ago or more. And one of the cards that was banned was mistranslated (Slowking), making it overly strong. POP nowadays would have just errata'd it.

POP has never banned a card. I think it would take something incredible format-breaking to get them to do so.
Nothing that is out right now comes close to that.
 
I don't think any (Pokemon) card since Slowking and Sneasle has been powerful enough to dominate a format and earn a ban. Sure, people complained about the likes of Blaziken ex, Pidgeot, LBS, Rock-Lock and a bunch of others, but none of those ended up taking Nationals or Worlds*.

*Okay, so Queendumb with Pidgeot took a worlds, but whatever xD
 
I feel the format would be so much more fun if there was no Gallade. Although saying that Blissey would just reign once again...although Magmortar would dominate....so if we got rid of those.....
 
Yeah, LETS BAN EVERY PLAYABLE CARD IN THE FORMAT, BECAUSE IF A CARD IS GOOD IT HAS TO BE BANNED!!!
IT'S SO FUN WHEN THE GOOD CARDS ARE BANNED!!
 
I don't like when cards are banned, because then I am now stuck with a useless product that I spent my money on :mad:. I'm so glad POP doesn't randomly ban single cards.
 
Gallade is a one trick pony, and I don't understand why people don't see that. Once all the prizes are flipped, gallade isn't going to be doing 150 damage anymore. And this new Mawile is going to be a great counter for Gallade.
 
secretsof2113 said:
Gallade is a one trick pony, and I don't understand why people don't see that. Once all the prizes are flipped, gallade isn't going to be doing 150 damage anymore. And this new Mawile is going to be a great counter for Gallade.
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Thank you! I was telling my brother the other day that there was some card coming out that completely tears through Gallade's second attack; I thought it was an Unown, but it's the Mawile...

Now with that said, I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't get included with Great Encounters.

Oh, and I don't think that taking cards away is a good idea. I'd much rather have a few older cards reintroduced in some kind of reprint set (like Power Keepers with the majority of the cards being good reprints). This would be a great way to stimulate strategy and creativity while at the same time keeping our format more representative of what it should be.
 
PokePop said:
Card banning is very rare in Pokemon.
WotC only banned two cards that were intended to be playable (Ancient Mew and "your name here" Pikachu don't really count) and that was about 5 years ago or more. And one of the cards that was banned was mistranslated (Slowking), making it overly strong. POP nowadays would have just errata'd it.

POP has never banned a card. I think it would take something incredible format-breaking to get them to do so.
Nothing that is out right now comes close to that.
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You forgot sneasel.
 
Where did I forget sneasel? I said there were two cards that were banned that were intended to be played. I just didn't have anything to say about Sneasel.
 
They should just have a PK-type set with all the good cards from last format that Japan gets to use. That way we're all on a much more even metagame field.
 
Articjedi said:
You forgot sneasel.
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Sneasel was meant to be played in an environment where Energy Removal and Super Energy Removal were played and able to be used (meaning no broken Slowking). Sneasel probably wouldn't be able to do much with those running around.

PCL seems to be pretty good at making balanced cards. I don't think there is any need for a ban list.
 
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