Pikajew1213
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I always won against SP when i played Machamp i guess maybe it was because i played kingdra when unown G got popular
Japan's BW7 set: Plasma Gale
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baby mario
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No it didn't. Unown G and then Uxie X saw to that.
And Machamp lost to a lot of non-SP stuff too.
But to say that there was no other alternative to SP during that era is flat out wrong. Gengar variants and Gyarados were very strong also. Other decks were also competitive at different times (such as Pluff or Magnezone/Regirock).
I miss SP.
That was not the general experience.
King Piplup
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True story. . . . .
Pokeplayer101
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Me too. If Lugia becomes an EX then I would love to see what the art on Lugia EX FA would look like.
To avoid any confusion, I always specify that during the SP era there were only two viable strategies that worked consistently: speed and trainer lock. Ironically, there was a "speed" element in most trainer lock engines as well — Dialga operated off a first-turn "Deafen" while Spiritomb just had to be active. It's for this reason that most cards that were paired with Vileplume didn't work (VileGar hung around because of Gastly's first attack). Nearly any deck from the SP era could be thrown into one of those 2 categories. There were very few exceptions to this rule (two of which were my Steelix deck and the resurgence of Gardy/Gallade).
During this Nationals we saw many different strategies rise to the top: speed (CMT), special condition decks (Accelgor, VVV), healing decks (Klinklang, Quad Entei), energy acceleration (Darkrai), energy denial (Darkrai/hammers/Sableye), and flat-out powerhouses (Mewtwo EX). This doesn't cover such things as "ultimate locks" (the Mew/Accelgor/Chandelure/Vileplume deck) or the "Four Corners-ish" counter deck piloted by Ballard, Klaczynski (Vileplume/Terrakion/Scizor/Mismagius)... or Durant even! :tongue:
I don't miss SP. :thumb:
StormFront
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I actually hope they do away with EXs in this set given that its got out of hand. I'm not against "owner's" pokemon, just as long as they don't create mechanics which are too favourable to them.
Maverick Nate
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Plasma Gale has been officially revealed! The official site has also revealed a promotional Crobat card.
Hammertime
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Crobat looks as awesomes as he sucks.
TheRolesWePlay
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I wouldn't exactly say he sucks. We don't know what support Plasma Pokemon get, and Virbank City Gym makes him deal 60 through poison alone. Seems usable enough to me.
Kayle
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First thing I saw was this:
And I was like OH MAN
But then I saw this:
...no... please no...
Edit: Oh hey. I'm way behind.
And I was like OH MAN
But then I saw this:
...no... please no...
Edit: Oh hey. I'm way behind.
PidgeyCornerFTW
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Crobat looks great, actually. Hopefully we'll get the same "exclusive blue border" that Japan gets?
dialga master
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http://diarynote.jp/data/blogs/l/20120810/89343_201208101803044858_1.jpg
Its ability says while in play, all steel pokemon don't take damage from pokemon EX.
Its attack is flip a coin, if heads, 20 to one of your opponents benched pokemon.
I also noticed it says evolves from Klang, not Team Plasma's Klang.
... This actually seems kinda good.
Its ability says while in play, all steel pokemon don't take damage from pokemon EX.
Its attack is flip a coin, if heads, 20 to one of your opponents benched pokemon.
I also noticed it says evolves from Klang, not Team Plasma's Klang.
... This actually seems kinda good.
That seems incredibly good.
Shino Bug Master
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Goodness that makes Cobalion annoying. Cobalion/Kinklang will take no damage from exs and never let you attack with the same attacker two turns in a row, with the potential to use Klinklang BLW for energy manipulation or Klinklang DEX for draw power. And Registeel will be good in that deck too.
Klinklang is such a cool kid.
Klinklang is such a cool kid.
Otaku
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I wouldn't be so certain; usually these kinds of effects don't stack; Virbank might even overwrite its own effect, which would be awful. If it actually places 4 counters as the translation I saw indicates, that isn't "bad" either; by the end of your turn, unless you were hitting Weakness, it's like you hit for 80... with the chance of it becoming 120 for (3) if your opponent does nothing about it. Great? No, but it at least has potential.
The Ability isn't bad either; drawing a card no cost is drawing a card no cost, so a swarm (three or four) Crobat rewards you with a free Cheren's worth of draw power, which you can even break up as needed. With "stacking" effects becoming more useful due to Ether, there may be some combo potential there.
It does sound almost too good... but perhaps Shred style attacks will become more common? Hydreigon decks may just need to start running that and Giratina EX. Not sure what the rest will do.
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