2010-11 rotation announced!

[evil psyduck]

are the pop sets still gonna be legal?

If you read the thread the answer is NO.

 

[squirtlesquad]

dunno if it's been posted yet or not but now we'll have Machamp SF running around without unown g to perhaps help us out and save us from the donk

 

[Mach]

Gyrados- Loses Felicity's Drawing and Lunatune (But keeps Regice LA, making a Collector still able to effectively get rid of Magikarps)

Jumpluff- Also loses Claydol draw It doesn't honestly need it that badly though. Jumpluff can run a heavy Uxie line with a couple Cyrus and be fine for a good while

And more decks too!

Palkia Lock never ran Claydol to begin with,Beedrill is rotating,Stallgon is almost irrelevant anywayand more.

Responses in bold. Not picking on you, just pointing some stuff out.

 

[Hatter™]

Come to think of it.. MD-On pretty much saved Pokemon in my state. <3

 

[ashinto]

Come to think of it.. MD-On pretty much saved Pokemon in my state. <3

How so Hatter??


I hate this post cap thing, it really just ticks me off (I'm gettng something for posting this...)

 

[Box of Fail]

I love how everyone was complaining how bad a PL-On format was going to be, and now that the format is MD-On, everyone is complaining about that. POP can't win.

Although I love this format, I think this attitude is way too popular. If POP made Luxray X a league promo, I'd still find a way to complain. Complaining is not bad, contrary to the opinions of many people *coughsdpokemomcough*

Players do not owe POP anything and should not be thankful for what they get from a commercial company. (Though I have to admit the format is hard to complain about - LOVE all the donking and lucksacking possibilities!)

 

[Hatter™]

well, about 2/3 of the people were going to quit if it was PT-On, as they didn't wanna have all the cards they had rotate[yes, I know.. dumb... but they broke in about earlier this year and bought a lot of DP-SF stuff].

 

[sar86]

I just realized!3 of the top 4 decks are now less playable to the fact that they may not be the best anymore.
Cursegar- Loses Claydol draw

Gyrados- Loses Felicity's Drawing and Lunatune

Jumpluff- Also loses Claydol draw

And more decks too!

Palkia Lock,Beedrill,Stallgon and more.

The way I see it. The top 4 will look something like this:

Luxchomp
Machamp Variants
Donphan
And some other SP variant

This is just my idea.

About the Porygons Remember,this is a MD-On format. Run a 3-1-2-2 Garchomp LV.X to restore your discarded Porygon-Z. Then play Porygon LV.X. Very hard to set-up, but still useable...barely. So time for me to build PoygonChomp-Z!

SF Gengar will be really popular too with no Unown G to stop Shadow Room, and no Claydol to get rid of trainers from your hand.

 

[Kayle]

I just have to say that I found the tags on this thread extremely amusing.

 

[Zathaz]

wow I love this format. trust me there are ways of building decks without claydol and I am excited for the challange

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This must be a pretty hard decision for the OP so I'm wondering why keep any DP sets but I guess they only wanted to kill 3 sets and now no muore DP dusknoir, DP magnezone, some other cards other people mentioned, UNOWN G...

Meta = Machamp/Uxie, SP, maybe Donphan, Thats it.

your forgetting about that nasty vileplume that should take care of sp pretty well. not to mention the loads of other stuff you are fortgetting...

 

[travis3290]

i still think staraptor fb x is the most consistent engine for SP decks, but thats just me, i never thought uxies "fit" into sp decks

also nice tags.

 

[Ninjask88]

i still think staraptor fb x is the most consistent engine for SP decks, but thats just me, i never thought uxies "fit" into sp decks

also nice tags.

You are right there is always he flock engine to rely on.
Noctowl
Dodrio
Staraptor FB

You can draw two cards a turn and search for any supporter you want.

 

[travis3290]

You are right there is always he flock engine to rely on.
Noctowl
Dodrio
Staraptor FB

You can draw two cards a turn and search for any supporter you want.

this is true but takes up a bunch of space on the bench

in my deck i was running a 2-2 line of staraptor fb x, and would pull supporters as i see fit

if i had a pretty good hand and i just wanted to draw, id search out a prof. oaks visit

need pokemon? search for a collector

pokemon got knocked out? good thing i have a cynthias feelings in here.

it also helps getting around them pesky 'tombs

 

[Ninjask88]

this is true but takes up a bunch of space on the bench

in my deck i was running a 2-2 line of staraptor fb x, and would pull supporters as i see fit

if i had a pretty good hand and i just wanted to draw, id search out a prof. oaks visit

need pokemon? search for a collector

pokemon got knocked out? good thing i have a cynthias feelings in here.

it also helps getting around them pesky 'tombs

I used it too in an SP deck. Charizard G can actually get powered up rather quickly with two energy attachments per turn. It is rather useful I will agree with that, and the flock engine is devastated by a Luxray.

 

[KingGengar]

It looks very good to me. Spiritomb evens out no Claydol for Stage 2 decks. No Unown G evens out SP against Machamp and Gengar. Jumpluff will still be great - you just have to be creative. Kingdra, however, will suffer.

 

[yoyofsho16]

Note that Gyarados loses Felicity's, to anyone who says it will be good.

 

[LOLZ]

New changes have been made to the Modified format for Organized Play tournaments.
In the interest of maintaining a healthy tournament environment, Pokémon Organized Play removes older sets from the Modified format at the beginning of each new tournament season. Each rotation challenges existing players to create new strategies while enabling new players to get into Organized Play with a minimal investment.
Last year we announced that our goal was to have a Modified format that starts with 9 regular sets at the beginning of the season and ends the season with about 13 regular sets. Now that we have achieved that goal, we will continue to rotate sets each year to ensure that our Organized Play environment remains healthy and vital moving forward.
The Modified format for the 2010-2011 season will consist of the following sets:

Diamond & Pearl—Majestic Dawn

Diamond & Pearl—Legends Awakened

Diamond & Pearl—Stormfront

Platinum

Platinum—Rising Rivals

Platinum—Supreme Victors

Platinum—Arceus

Rumble

HeartGold & SoulSilver

HS—Unleashed

HS Trainer Kit

Black Star Promo Cards numbered DP22 and higher and Black Star Promo Cards numbered HGSS01 and higher.
In addition, future Pokémon TCG sets will become legal as they are released, per the Pokémon Organized Play Tournament Rules.

http://www.pokemon.com/us/news/

'mom

Rumble is still in, Im happy

Oh no, we still have to deal with the ridiculous speed of Uxie and the annoying Gyarados SF, Gengar SF and Machamp SF. I'm glad Call Energies stay, but there are lots of cards that have had too much time in the format and simply need to go.

Thank you, some one who finally aggrees with me, that darn water energy, been in format since '99, i mean enough is enough!!!
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I'm not very happy about this. This means that SP because the dominant decks in the format, entirely. Without Claydol, Stage 2 decks don't stand a chance against SP, at all.

Machamp and no Unown G in format...

Yes!!!!!!!!!!! No more threads guessing about the rotation, w00t!!!

Wrong, Someone will make a thread about that next week.

Wrong.
It eliminates all decks that needed Claydol, at least until a new draw engine is released.

There will be two competitive types of decks left:
- SP-decks (at least more variety than just Luxchomp)
- Gyarados

As I said, I'll wait for Clash of the summit, but there have to be VERY great cards (something similar to the Holon-Engine is the absolute mininum!) to keep the game alive.

Losing F. Drawing.... Gdos is crippled pritty badly.

PT-on wouldve been a kind of reset, start from scratch with many ugly things gone forever, then people couldve been able to focus on finding sp counters...

Spirtomb start, machamp, found 2 counters for you.

That is the most ridiculous format change ever... Oh wait... it isn't a format change! We're still going to be totally dominated by SP decks. No more Claydol for Stage 2 decks, no more Dusknoir for stage 2 decks.... awesome...

Dusknoir for stage 2 decks..... It isnt 2008 anymore, there are other stage 2 decks in the format...

Please tell us that this is just one big "april fools joke"

Im scared, a format that sp dominates EVEN MORE.

I think this might be the best time to stop playing...

Ok, Bye

Honestly, you guys think its ok to just ask the pui guys what they had in mind when they did this? Would be really interesting..

No need to ask, they alredey told us... "In the interest of maintaining a healthy tournament environment, Pokémon Organized Play removes older sets from the Modified format at the beginning of each new tournament season. Each rotation challenges existing players to create new strategies while enabling new players to get into Organized Play with a minimal investment."

Luxray is about to spike at prices higher than any Pokemon card that isn't a collectors item should ever hit. The only reliable draw power in the game will be Uxies and Ninetales. So every deck that doesn't play a Fire energy line will be obviously running Uxie. meaning the Luxray player, who still has Call energy in his deck to ensure getting 3 SP Pokemon out rediculously early, will be able to hold Sprays until the best moment, and then sweep through every other deck.

Seriosuly. The only important MD card is Call. They should;'ve AT LEAST rotated MD out D:

Hello.... Have you read the MD set list!!!! Chatot is in that set!!! Where would we be if someone can't just waste 40 mins of his/her oppt's time using chatter lock

Am I the ONLY GUY who's noticed that our Claydol have only been used 1 or maybe 2 turns per game???

So... I'm thinkin I take out 2-2 claydol and put in a hand refresh supporter ?

Average game = 10 turns. It ain't that hard man.

SSU + Uxie + supporters = what the heck we've been doing for the past year anyway .... lol

and for the record. I freakin' LOVE MD-on. Really caught me offguard there.

People act like there won't be another 4 sets to bring us drawpower :/

If you arent using claydol every single turn when you have it out are you are able to you arent playing the card right....

Please tell that this is a "Late April Fools Day" joke. I'm so going to quit Pokemon again for next years format and going to stick to playing Brawl all year.

I was prepared that next year's format will be PL-on, but the mere fact that everything will stay the same pretty much bothers me. What's worse is Jumpluff, the deck i'm playing now will be worse without a viable counter to Luxchomp and Sablelock.

I wish there's some way we could write a petition to the POP company and tell them to make it PL-on!

Again, Ok Bye, Quit.

I think POP's definition of a 'healthy game" is slightly different than "ours".

ALL HAIL DAVE!

I am actually very glad (im sure everyone is) of Call Energy staying in the game. However the removal of Claydol complicates things a bit for stage 2 decks lol. Obviously this gives SP a huge leg up over the format. I suppose now that there is no more Unown G, stage 2 decks must tech machamp to have a chance with plenty of consistency cards like Chatot <3 communication <33, and cynthias.

Wow, someone knows what they are talking about.

Another crappy year of pokemon...... ugggh what a stupid format

If it is so crappy why are you playing?

Yes! No PLOX! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Someone is stuck in 2008

When is this in effect?

Sept. 1st 2010

Wow, talk about making a mistake with this rotation. ILY, TPCi.

Ill take Failed Attempts at Sarcasim for 200 Alex

This is trash.

Worse than I would have expected with PL-on.

Ahh, time to kick back and spend some time on other things for a year...

3rd time... Ok, Bye

Why?

Just why.

Again.... this is why... "In the interest of maintaining a healthy tournament environment, Pokémon Organized Play removes older sets from the Modified format at the beginning of each new tournament season. Each rotation challenges existing players to create new strategies while enabling new players to get into Organized Play with a minimal investment."

If this a late april fool's joke , Not funny -not funny indeed ......

For the record I am cracking up right now.

I'm just kinda wondering who put that "tpci trolling" tag down there. Somebody's in a good mood about this! [/sarcasm] :biggrin:

OMG! Who ever made those tags, you win.

I love how everyone was complaining how bad a PL-On format was going to be, and now that the format is MD-On, everyone is complaining about that. POP can't win.

Nobody wins

are the pop sets still gonna be legal?

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although I love this format, I think this attitude is way too popular. If POP made Luxray X a league promo, I'd still find a way to complain. Complaining is not bad, contrary to the opinions of many people *coughsdpokemomcough*

Players do not owe POP anything and should not be thankful for what they get from a commercial company. (Though I have to admit the format is hard to complain about - LOVE all the donking and lucksacking possibilities!)

Hey!!!! Sdpokemom is cool, you should show a little respect.


Everyone is missing the big picture here...... THEY ROTATED OUT KRICKETS!!!!!!!

 

[Ninjask88]

NO not Kricketot!!! Wait are they ont in SV? that is what you are talking about correct?

Oh well why don't just wait for the next season to acually start and see what happens?

Who knows maybe with MD-ON we will be able to play against Yu-Gi-Oh players with the new cards coming out.

 

[Sabett]

Machamp and no Unown G in format...

Toxicroak G...

Losing F. Drawing.... Gdos is crippled pritty badly.

And whats wrong with regice exactly?

Spirtomb start, machamp, found 2 counters for you.

Spiritomb has been in the format, a deck even centers around it being active most of the time, and right now it still has claydol, and yet sp is still dominating.

No need to ask, they alredey told us... "In the interest of maintaining a healthy tournament environment, Pokémon Organized Play removes older sets from the Modified format at the beginning of each new tournament season. Each rotation challenges existing players to create new strategies while enabling new players to get into Organized Play with a minimal investment."

This does not explain why they chose this rotation over another, just the goal of shifting a format period.

The replies are in bold.

 

[P_A]

The doctor is in! MD-on. Sounds like some interesting challenges ahead.