Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

ifds sableye

Honestly, I think next season starters are going to be dead.
I mean look at TM TS-1. It's a Phione on any Pokemon AND it doesn't get discarded.
4 Call, 4 Roseannes, and 4 TM TS-1 is going to be the new replacement for starters. T2 Claydols will be abundant EVERYWHERE and Stage 2 decks will setup nearly as fast or faster than Stage 1 decks.

Oh, let's not forget the new Uxie also, an automatic way to refill the hand.
Yeah, bad starts should be nearly eliminated with this new set coming out. It's just way too easy to setup without a starter now.
 
Rambo1000 said:
you're right this card sucks.

ANYWAYS drifblim is cool too, other than that it's a stage 1.
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Ah, do I detect a hint of sarcasm?

Even if you can't lay the basics turn 1, it is a free roseanne turn 1. And it's for free, which would mean you wouldn't have as many bad starts with no energy in your opening hand like you might with Pachirisu.

Again, my biggest gripe is the lack of useful supporters in DP-on. I wish we still had Scott/Castaway since they were great ways to grab multiple cards from the deck. Most of the supporters in DP-on are draw supporters.
 
if you start with sableye and another basic, you can celio t1 to guarantee the evo t2. plus, since sableye's attack is free, you can use the energy you would generally use on a starter onto your attacker, speeding up your set up. you could even run it with call energy if you wanted to.
 
I think that Steven's will be one of the cards I miss most. It would work really well with this Sableye too.

In any event Prime what makes Sableye great is versatility. As I mention above Patchi & Phione have speed on it ... but Sableye can be used in all sorts of ways. Need basics or energy? Roseanne's. Need an evolution? Bebe's. Need hand refresh? Prof. Rowan. Need draw? Prof. Oak/TGM/whatever. Need disruption? TGW. All for no energy too. If you run Moonlight Stadium or Unkown Q then you potentially have free retreat on this guy too.

As well as being able to abuse TGW Sableye is vulnerable to it, much like Furret.
 
Rambo1000 said:
if you start with sableye and another basic, you can celio t1 to guarantee the evo t2. plus, since sableye's attack is free, you can use the energy you would generally use on a starter onto your attacker, speeding up your set up. you could even run it with call energy if you wanted to.
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Thats true, but it is also susceptible to TGW. That is why I feel some people might prefer starting with something that puts something on the field instead of the hand.
 
Prime said:
Thats true, but it is also susceptible to TGW. That is why I feel some people might prefer starting with something that puts something on the field instead of the hand.
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true. it is susceptible to wager. however, unless your opponent has a god start, they probably won't be wagering t1 or t2, which is when sableye is most effective.
 
Prime said:
You do realize that Roseanne puts the basics/energy in your hand. Since your using an attack to copy roseanne, you don't actually get to put the basics on the bench until your next turn.

If Holon Mentor was still in the format, I could see this card being of more use, but DP-on, there isn't that much of an advantage of using a supporter T1 (and ending your turn afterwards), other than getting an evolution or energy for T2.

edit: T1 TGW is pretty devastating.
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100% Agreed. Too slow to keep up with a phione starter, especially when going first helps them set up twice as fast.. I would only use this with 3-4 Wager to try and get them to 3 cards early on. Then just discard other supporters afterwards to set up. Very risky though.
 
I don't know how much more useful Phione will be with the new TM coming out. You have a higher chance of starting with Phione, but you can attach the TM to any basic and get the same effect. With so many generic basic improvements (Call Energy and the new TM), I feel we will see a lot of non-standard basics next season. This Sableye fits that bill pretty well. With a Call Energy, it's doing pretty much the same thing as Pachirisu. With a new (whatever that new TM is), it is doing the same thing that Phione is doing. And when you don't need either of the abilities, it can wager the opponent. If you can get a T2 Claydol and your opponent can't, you can wager them and hope to demolish their setup.

Of course, the standard starters like Phione and Pachirisu are more safe, in getting cards on the field out of the hands of the opponent. Safe might not be better next format. Who knows. Only time will tell.

Sableye would be great in a "format breaker" or SD.
 
I would not play call energy in a deck with sabeleye I don't know I might play 1. But more than that for me would be a no-no.
 
This is the best Pokemon card that has ever been printed. Ever.

But yeah the limitation is that you won't be benching the Pokemon T1.. although that said there's no reason you can't play Call Energy as well. Call if you start w/it or w/o Sableye, then start Bebeing/whatever.

Sableye + Call Energy just makes sense.
 
yoyofsho16 said:
I think everybody is overlooking the fact that if everyone uses this as a starter, then it won't do much good.
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i think you overlooked the cards actual text. you do the coin flip to see who go first, first. then if you started with this card and LOST the coin flip you would start first anyway. if oyu both had them out, you go by the coin flip. i don't understand why it wouldn't do much good because its move is still amazing.
 
Please say that when everybody looks at this card and screams "good" they are looking at it's attacks, Human Mimic (which is insanely awesome) and Overreach (indeed, Donkfest FTW) and not it's :pbody: Rashness, which i think IMO, is quite dumb, i dunno alot of people who really WANT to go first, sure it's nice, but...yeh

Anyway, actually quite a good card
 
Rambo1000 said:
i don't think it's amazing for the power. the attacks are amazing. you can just use your roseanne to get benched pokemon t1 then t2 use a celio or w/e to get an evolution OR hit them for 40 if you want to take that route. even if everyone runs sableye, they will be running other basics in their deck, so there's still a chance you can make the power useful.
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Still no T2 Evoltuions though. Roseannes puts the pokemon into your hand and once the attack resolves they're still stuck in your hand. Mentor would be amazing with this card, that's for sure.

On another note...what if both players start with this card? you just go by the original coin flip?
 
That would be the same exact situation if you started with Roseanne's and went first. You couldn't use it, but Sableye guarantees you will have it in your hand. If you start with it then you can grab the Bebe T1 (Celios not legal at this point). Or yeah you can KILL 50HP basics just like that.
 
Lol you'll never get to use the body since everyone will be running this. Wish Mentor was still in format next year though. Your opponent will be T2ing Wagering thanks to this.
 
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