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If you look at the graph, plenty of sets got 3 years of play, especially the sets released in May. That would be RR from a year ago. So I suppose RR-on is possible, leaving Luxray X in the mix, but making it a lot less playable due to the Cyrus' Conspiracy, Poke Turn, and Energy Gain being rotated. Sounds like 2007 again with the surprise/outrage of Legend Maker being rotated....can anyone comment on the potential similarities?
 
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I can really see only 3 legit options for rotation. They are the following - DP-On which would mean no rotation, GE-On which allows Unown G to stay in the format along witn a bunch of other good cards that help balance the format, or the most likely, PT-On. I really don't see anything that would suggest anything else, and while I expect it to be PT-On, I wouldn't be too upset if it was GE-On. I will say SW-On wouldn't be that bad either, but I don't expect that.

I will say that while I expect an announcement in the next 4 or 5 weeks, It wouldn't surprise me if it was announced after Nationals as POP has been severly backed up this year and it has shown in how late a lot of things have been announced. I hope that next year this changes as it can get frustrating.

Drew
 
I'm going to miss warp point.

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I'm not sure, but I don't think they'll rotate out everything before Platinum. That would get rid of well over half of the legal sets, that would just be insane. Though I don't know anything about anything, I would say to keep LA on.

Either way, bye bye Claydol!​
 
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Last year they rotated nothing.

I think they correct that this year and rotate out everything before Arceus.

If not that, everything before Platinum.

But I hope they get rid of everything pre-Arceus.
 
The new Unleashed Pokemon Circulator is at least half of a Warp Point. :rolleyes:

So was no one around during the Holon Engine rotation to comment on what that was like? I wonder if a bunch of people quit the game for a year or two after that.

I had a new thought: Pokemon published the Platinum Player's Guide, which described strategy for both Platinum and Rising Rivals cards. Toxicroak G Promo DP41 was also included with the book. I wonder if that would bear any weight on not chopping the format in between Platinum and Rising Rivals.
 
Expecting PT-on, hoping for GS-on. However, we are all expecting that they will rotate blocks together, but that hasnt always been the case. Cutting Platinum would destroy the SP engine in a similar way that Holon engine was destroyed.

Not keeping Warp Point would suck, though Im more annoyed with the reprint of Pokemon Reversal. Not even SSU is going bye-bye... I hate flippy cards that decide games.

I suppose I wouldnt be too upset with anything that cuts at least Claydol, more preferably pixies as well. I much preferred the deck building process with Pidgeot than with Claydol. You still had to make sure you had enough draw with Pidgeot, Claydol just has you covered for the entire game.
 
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I have some friends from league who are convinced it will be LA on because of the tins. They bring up something about POP posting something to that effect online. If anyone can link to that I would be very pleased.
 
losjackal said:
As a new PokeDad that has invested in competitive cards this season to get up to speed, I'm very curious what is going to be rotated. Naturally, I don't want 80% of my binder to suddenly drop in value significantly.
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What value? If you like it then its a good investment. Applies to collector cards, cars, art, etc. Don't collect things if you are looking to make money off of them, exclusively.
Don't forget ttat even without rotation, someone could come up with a deck that makes "valuable" cards worthless without rotation.
 
I would like to see a HGSS-On format.

Aside from the fact that there would be very few cards to begin with, it would make sense due to the fact that EVERY Pokemon would have x2 weakness.
 
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I have some friends from league who are convinced it will be LA on because of the tins. They bring up something about POP posting something to that effect online. If anyone can link to that I would be very pleased.
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Nobody has posted anything, but as far as packs in tins, that is a bad way to make a choice on what it is going to be. They have released tins with packs that were no longer in the format, so it is NOT a good way to decided on it.

I will say that I have liked the more cards in this year format, I hope we are able to keep it close to that, but I am thinking not. :frown:

Drew
 
lol LA-on would probably be the worst format possible of all choices they could make.

I'm seriously expecting PL-on because of block rotation. Personally I'd prefer RR-on but I don't think they'll do that.
 
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I would like to see a HGSS-On format.

Aside from the fact that there would be very few cards to begin with, it would make sense due to the fact that EVERY Pokemon would have x2 weakness.
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That wouldn't necessarily be the case. The 07-08 format and even the 06-07 format were two seasons where there were x2 weaknesses and the new, +weaknesses from the DP format. They aren't going to make it HG:SS-On just because of that, considering all the problems it has.

If it were HG:SS-On at the start of next season, then we would only have 3 sets for BR's - HG:SS, HS: Unleased, and another set. That's not a whole lot of variety.
 
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I would like to see a HGSS-On format.

Aside from the fact that there would be very few cards to begin with, it would make sense due to the fact that EVERY Pokemon would have x2 weakness.
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Not true, unless they rotate HGSS promos too. Take a peek at HGSS03.
Pikachu has +10 weakness.
 
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That wouldn't necessarily be the case. The 07-08 format and even the 06-07 format were two seasons where there were x2 weaknesses and the new, +weaknesses from the DP format. They aren't going to make it HG:SS-On just because of that, considering all the problems it has.

If it were HG:SS-On at the start of next season, then we would only have 3 sets for BR's - HG:SS, HS: Unleased, and another set. That's not a whole lot of variety.
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If it were HGSS on, there wouldn't be a lot of variety card-wise, drawing from three sets, but you can be sure there will be loads of deck variety. It makes rogue decks more dangerous, and with a new style playing field with how the cards are all formatted, gives a lottt of cards the chance to succeed, which in turn means a larger variety of decks that are viable. Although, many people will obviously overhype a certain few decks and everyone will run those and consider them the best, but tons of strange, interesting decks would spring up, and everything will be competitive.

Jumpluff and Ninetales based Fire come to mind, as does Gatr Prime/Blastoise/Water. Don't forget about Donphan either. Also, Amphy/Raichu could find its way to becomming popular. The thing here, is they all counter each other. Everything is weak to something, so no single one of these decks will end up being the 'luxchomp' of the bunch, and many other more balanced 'rogue' decks will have a fighting chance.
 
I think czech59 is getting close to hitting the nail on the head. If it hasn't been decided already (like when they decided not to rotate anything a year ago), the question is, is the tournament environment healthy enough to allow a regular rotation....or do they need to cut to the bone to fix an unhealthy environment?

Said another way, is Luxray GL Lv X (+ Garchomp C Lv X and DCE) so broken as to merit driving a stake in the heart of the SP engine by rotating out Platinum, or cut the heart out entirely by rotating out Rising Rivals and Supreme Victors too?

In my opinion (perhaps naive since I wasn't around in 2007), it doesn't seem like Luxchomp is so dominant as to rule out any other contenders. Jumpluff and Sablelock will have their share of wins, and we have yet to see how Unleashed is going to affect the game.
 
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