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It is extremely satisfying to know that I own a tropical beach and most players don't. It will be useful to defeat players who have more skill than me but cannot afford to pay ridiculous prices for the best deck.

Kring Krang Krong?

Considering the reprint in DEX, I don't think they'll print Catcher as a league promo. They only print league promos when they're going to rotate in half a year (I think, correct me if I'm wrong). When it's about to go, they probably will print it.

At least 2 in every Eels list imo. Zero is a big no-no; Rayquaza is fine and all but it doesn't replace Mewtwo at all.

When it comes to complaining, I've been one of the most trigger-happy, and yet, I don't really see the problem here. Yeah, they're discriminating against Masters. The theoretical market of this game is kids after all. It just seems they went here with ideology over practice. Yes, lots of...

As PokePop said, you can use an attack without a valid target. You can also use an ability without a valid target. You can't play a Trainer without a valid target. That's the difference.

I would play a copy in any Terrakion ex deck, and it's worth consideration in Klinklang/ Hydreigon style decks also.

This is not exhaustive by any means, but hopefully it helps somewhat. archetype n. a widely played deck adj. (of a deck) widely played bench v. 1. (trans) to put a card onto one's bench, usually from one's hand. 2. (trans) to cause one's opponent to lose by knocking out all his...

I think there is still a fundamental difference between hand and deck. I think it's also not correct to say "what you know doesn't matter, only what The Game knows does." The deck search fail rule allows you to play cards that will fail because at the time of your playing them, you don't have...

I suppose I misspoke when I said "public knowledge." The hand and the deck, though, function differently in terms of failing a card effect. What I meant was that you can't even play a Trainer when you know it will fail and the game does not, assuming you have direct access to the area you're...

Private Zone =/= Unknown Zone. You can't play a card to no effect knowing your hand doesn't contain the required card. Like how you can't fail Engineer's Adjustments. If there were a Supporter that did the same thing as "Pump Up Smash"'s effect, you still couldn't use it unless you had BOTH...

Sorry for not having asked this earlier, but your response to the previous Rebirth question had me thinking. What if the card never left public zones? For example, I flip tails on Rebirth, use Revive, and knock the Revived Ho-Oh ex out with Reuniclus's Damage Swap. In this case, is leaving...

I have Ho-Oh ex in the discard pile. I unsuccessfully attempt the "Rebirth" flip. Then, I use Super Rod to shuffle it into my deck, Pokémon Communication to retrieve it, and finally I discard it with Ultra Ball. Does it count as the same Ho-Oh ex? Can I attempt "Rebirth" again with the same...

What are you going to do in the meantime then? Have it handled inconsistently at the discretion of judges? Or is there some temporary method that will be implemented across the board?

I think you are mistakenly merging two claims of mine into one, when the two are in fact distinct. First, that the purpose of Meta-Rulings is in no way to keep the modified metagame healthy. Second, that the purpose of the Compendium is to clear up ambiguity in card interactions. The...

I couldn't name one. I doubt most could. But as I said earlier, the degree to which a rules change affects the competitive scene is not a good basis for judging how much of a "big deal" it is. To think that rules changes matter because of their affect on the competitive metagame is plainly...

While your example is well taken, the Constitution is there to protect the rights and private property of those under its jurisdiction; that is to say, every time the Constitution is amended, there is a clear purpose; to make it better at protecting those things. When the rules of the game...

You probably read the new bench damage rule in the Ask the Rules forum of Pokegym. That's not where you read the first turn rules change. That was posted on Pokémon.com. When the fundamental rules of the game change, it's a big deal. Even changing something like the Meta-Ruling below should...

Haha it seems like Gangnam Style has begun to define K-Pop for those who weren't already fans. While Gangnam Style has its appeal (who wouldn't love the PV?!) it's certainly not all there is to offer. I'm going to try to stay pretty mainstream and recommend Gee, Oh!, Bo Peep Bo Peep, Sorry...

Well, all I meant by my example was that you can't just expect a player to trust what his opponent says is in his hand. That while one can cite SotG to a point, it's not really applicable to a game outside of a tournament setting. When I read "seriously in the way you'd WANT it considered...