Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Japan's BW7 set: Plasma Gale

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dancingaway said:
Sorry if someone's already said this (didn't see they had).

Remember that Colress with be out with Hugh! If everyone starts playing 4 Colress, i'm playing 4 Hugh! Draw 12 on your turn, discard 5 on mine :D
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For this reason maybe 4 Juniper/ 3 N/ 3 Colress/ 2 Hugh could be run (I personally wouldn't play this, but you never know, it could work)
 
No one is mentioning Skyla. As our only search supporter, it is going to be very important.
 
Garch said:
No one is mentioning Skyla. As our only search supporter, it is going to be very important.
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Skyla will be one of the main reasons people will continue to play Random Receiver! It combos sooo well with Colress Machine!

Imagine this on T1: Darkrai + Dark Patch + Colress Machine + Dark Energy :D

(But you need one of those trainers and Skyla as she'll get whichever one you don't have! T1 Darkrai is coming back baby! Personally though, i kinda wish it wasn't)

P.s. That Darkrai would also have no weakness if you could find a certain stadium early enough...
 
dancingaway said:
Skyla will be one of the main reasons people will continue to play Random Receiver! It combos sooo well with Colress Machine!

Imagine this on T1: Darkrai + Dark Patch + Colress Machine + Dark Energy :D

(But you need one of those trainers and Skyla as she'll get whichever one you don't have! T1 Darkrai is coming back baby! Personally though, i kinda wish it wasn't)

P.s. That Darkrai would also have no weakness if you could find a certain stadium early enough...
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This would not work because colress machine only works for pokemon that has "team plasma" in its name, and Darkrai does not meet that requirement, clearly.
 
My issue with Skyla is that the card does not yield another supporter. A lot of games that I lose in this format are due to playing Cheren, and whiffing on a supporter next turn. Skyla can't grab a card you need, and the supporter for next turn as well. If Bicycle becomes a powerful draw card (which I doubt), then Skyla can draw. Otherwise I'm iffy on running any more than 1 copy of the card.
 
Ignatious said:
My issue with Skyla is that the card does not yield another supporter. A lot of games that I lose in this format are due to playing Cheren, and whiffing on a supporter next turn. Skyla can't grab a card you need, and the supporter for next turn as well. If Bicycle becomes a powerful draw card (which I doubt), then Skyla can draw. Otherwise I'm iffy on running any more than 1 copy of the card.
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Random Reciever. Skyla can grab a supporter when she needs to.
 
Skyla – Trainer
Supporter

Search your deck for a Trainer card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't Skyla search for TRAINER (= Item, Supporter, Stadium), therefore grab any supporter you want?
 
Sepal said:
So what cards do you guys think would be good in Unlimited 150?
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Our 150 League is getting a box or 2 of this as soon as we can by the looks of it so far!
The Trainers alone look awesome. Rotom is a decent starter for Eel/Delcatty decks for the draw power.
There's only just 4 available Infernape, so another option for that line will be nice.
I'm just hoping for a holo rare Plasma's Darkrai, Dark decks need a B&W series big, broken Basic.

Whilst everyone is on the topic of Skyla, I'm glad people are underrating it for Modifed, will make it cheaper for me : D Even if it can only get Trainers (Items) in 150 that's no problem, she can grab Gust and Energy Removal... or just a VS. Seeker!
 
Shino Bug Master and Volt, I believe the point Ignatious was trying to make is that it gives up your Supporter for the turn to grab only one Trainer and not Supporter + other Trainer. That may seem odd, but not if you played the game during while Scott was popular. At first glance Scott seemed pretty pointless because it could only grab up to three Supporters, Stadium cards, or a combination of the two.

Indeed, Scott actually debuted in EX: Emerald, the reprint/filler set for that period; this coupled with it debuting while Pidgeot (EX; FireRed/LeafGreen 10/112) was legal made it seem pretty underpowered. I don't recall if Stadiums had quite as many restrictions on them at that point (e.g. once-per-turn, can't play a Stadium with the same name) but even if they didn't, there aren't that many Stadiums you'd want to play multiple copies of in a turn, anyway.

Scott proved useful in large part due to the game having important "Stadium" wars. This was a format where several popular decks and even supporting Pokémon could be really messed up by the correct counter Stadium. Using one Scott to get another Scott and two Stadiums, then using Scott again next turn while going for a draw Supporter and two more Stadiums wasn't uncommon.

Skyla would be very potent if she grabbed up to two Trainers.
 
Otaku said:
Shino Bug Master and Volt, I believe the point Ignatious was trying to make is that it gives up your Supporter for the turn to grab only one Trainer and not Supporter + other Trainer. That may seem odd, but not if you played the game during while Scott was popular. At first glance Scott seemed pretty pointless because it could only grab up to three Supporters, Stadium cards, or a combination of the two.

Indeed, Scott actually debuted in EX: Emerald, the reprint/filler set for that period; this coupled with it debuting while Pidgeot (EX; FireRed/LeafGreen 10/112) was legal made it seem pretty underpowered. I don't recall if Stadiums had quite as many restrictions on them at that point (e.g. once-per-turn, can't play a Stadium with the same name) but even if they didn't, there aren't that many Stadiums you'd want to play multiple copies of in a turn, anyway.

Scott proved useful in large part due to the game having important "Stadium" wars. This was a format where several popular decks and even supporting Pokémon could be really messed up by the correct counter Stadium. Using one Scott to get another Scott and two Stadiums, then using Scott again next turn while going for a draw Supporter and two more Stadiums wasn't uncommon.

Skyla would be very potent if she grabbed up to two Trainers.
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An even more broken example is Cyrus Conspiracy. Not only could you grab another Cyrus, but you could grab any basic energy you wanted and a Team Galactic Trainer. You could grab 4 of those Trainers and 4 energies before you even had to consider grabbing another Supporter. Towards the end of the season it also paired well with one-of supporters like Twins.

I've also been in trouble when a Cheren/Bianca had me drawing into no other Supporters... if my opponents could read my mind all they would see would be 'PLEASE USE N!'.

As much as everyone praises N, it's a very delicate supporter. Yes, it's the only Supporter we have now that lets you refresh your hand without discarding anything, but at the same time, it's not necessarily an automatic play whenever you need it as Oak would be. A well-timed N can ruin your opponent's strategy... and a poorly placed one can get them right in the game.
 
Why they no translate Articuno EX? :mad:

Anyhoo, everyone will just run 2-3 Colress, at first, just to see how it fairs. But we all have high hopes for it, don't we?
Too bad Dual Ball was rotated. Colress would be that much more useful.
Also I wonder what Ghestis is gonna do. Some kinda search most likely...
 
I'm thinking Skyla will definitely prove itself once people start playing with it, especially alongside the ace spec cards.
 
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