Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Platinum Supreme Victors Absol G, Staraptor FB, & Charizard G LV X Revealed!

should be the worlds release set so august for those who don't/can't attend. staraptor is bad. that absol could be better and the zard is ok but nothing against shiftry.5 energy is just overkill to have to risk losing all of it.
 
Doom News? Okay, Warp Point, or PokeTurn, or EVOLVE. Yuck.

I wish we have spiritomb of the AOA right now (to stop trainers at least). Oh well....let the long wait begin.

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should be the worlds release set so august for those who don't/can't attend. staraptor is bad. that absol could be better and the zard is ok but nothing against shiftry.5 energy is just overkill to have to risk losing all of it.

There's always Dialga G LvlX right?
 
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"This is Victor, live from Latveria, with your Doom News. Maribelle is off this evening. Now for our top story..."
 
Yes! More english cards!
Nice job with the translation of Hellfire.
Also, Absol G looks good with "Doom News", but I think it would need to be comboed with something that may come out later. We'll have to see.
 
We've had a lot of unusual attack and power names in recent sets... Burning Sensation, Mouth Pump, and Salty-sweet Pollen come immediately to mind. That being said, Doom News takes the cake for being totally nonsensical.
 
WOOH HYPE!

The fact that anyone is hyping Charizard G Lv X really... blech.

Doom News has got to be one of my favorite attack names ever.
 
Absol is one of the best cards out of the set. everyone who says otherwise really doesn't feed on creativity. doom news is a strategic play, when their active needs to knock you out next turn no matter what or they get left behind. so, naturally, you give it to them. "doom news" them so they are forced to either give you another turn of life, or face being knocked out. your are forgetting about the level x of him. HANDS DOWN, ABSOL LUXRAY WILL BE A POPULAR DECK.
 
Omg doom news? Horrible. "I'm going to doom news you!"

Hellfire would've been nice.


ahahahhhahhahaa.... I was thinking that same thing!

It doesn't roll off of the toungue at all does it ? Too many words...

"I'm going to attack with Doom News and return Absol to my hand" *pants out of breath* ... lol

Absol is one of the best cards out of the set. everyone who says otherwise really doesn't feed on creativity. doom news is a strategic play, when their active needs to knock you out next turn no matter what or they get left behind. so, naturally, you give it to them. "doom news" them so they are forced to either give you another turn of life, or face being knocked out. your are forgetting about the level x of him. HANDS DOWN, ABSOL LUXRAY WILL BE A POPULAR DECK.

Well.... no.

I'm glad you like the card, but to make such a STRONG argument as if we're all fools for not overvaluing it...is... well... UNspectacular at best.

Absol/Luxray is a fun idea. But, you'll lose a prize race if you actually FOCUS on Doom News. I'd much rather use a game winner like Charizard X tech late game.
 
Doom News? What a bad attack name... I'm going to cringe every time I hear that.

On the other hand, Charizards translation from Hellfire isn't bad. Though I still think Hellfire sounded 100% cooler.


Doom News: tonight at 10, with your host Absol.
 
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As Far a C-Zard G and C-Zard G Lv.X goes, I see that card having mass potential, and a deck of it's own: a 3/1 C-Zard G X line, 2/2 Heatran X, and 3 LA rayquazas, and I know it's flippy, but when it works, BAM! a Major smack down!!!! At lest, IMO, Tech in som PL Manectrics to protect the Heatrans and rayquazas, and you can be good to go! Again, JMO. Don't be too hard on the cards till we have them, and see how the combo with all the other cards from DP-on up. :)
 
Yes, let's all freak out over a card simply because it does 150 damage with a single attack, ignoring the sheer absurd amount of support it requires to be usable (and we're not discussing mere SP support). Heatran does no good until you get the Charizard on there, you still need two Heatran in play to keep your energies, not to mention the energy acceleration required to hit that attack damage.

Note, you could try Electivire FB with Stark, but you'll notice that, too, requires a massive discard outlet to dump the energies in the first place. Same problem with Tangrowth from the new set, you need to discard more cards than current support allows.
 
Absol is just completely MEANNNNNNN.

I'm really hoping that somebody knows how to prevent that...Charizard has way too much for 1 attack and I'm talking about it's Energy Cost. Although it could be fixed w/Firestarter, I don't know. Staraptor is good for controlling the field if anything.
 
Yes, let's all freak out over a card simply because it does 150 damage with a single attack, ignoring the sheer absurd amount of support it requires to be usable (and we're not discussing mere SP support). Heatran does no good until you get the Charizard on there, you still need two Heatran in play to keep your energies, not to mention the energy acceleration required to hit that attack damage.

Note, you could try Electivire FB with Stark, but you'll notice that, too, requires a massive discard outlet to dump the energies in the first place. Same problem with Tangrowth from the new set, you need to discard more cards than current support allows.

I do have to admit that Charizard G X would be a nice finisher in an SP deck like Infernape/Luxray... since you could just bring it out and do 150 in one turn, via an attachment and movements from already in-play Pokemon. But... it really won't find much space in any deck, considering it has such limited usage. It's sort of like Rayquaza, I guess.

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Absol is one of the best cards out of the set. everyone who says otherwise really doesn't feed on creativity. doom news is a strategic play, when their active needs to knock you out next turn no matter what or they get left behind. so, naturally, you give it to them. "doom news" them so they are forced to either give you another turn of life, or face being knocked out. your are forgetting about the level x of him. HANDS DOWN, ABSOL LUXRAY WILL BE A POPULAR DECK.

Or they retreat to a different attacker? Gengar has free retreat, Beedrill has free retreat, Infernap has free retreat, Luxray has free retreat, and everybody runs Warp Point. Usually those decks will have a back up attacker. There are so little situations in which Doom News would really KO the Pokemon. Plus, Unown G blocks it, which isn't too difficult to put on.
 
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Charizard G + Weavile + T-tar + Moonlight Stadium+ optional Typhlosion if you feel like it = Possible mess-around deck? I call it "Traitor Charizard" for the "hahaha"s.

Strat: Weavile is there to get energy on the field, pray it lives, then retreat and use it's Poke-Power. T-tar is there to just be a big, fat energy cushion (140 HP + Poke-body, and Grind if all else fails). Typhlosion's there for PokePower and 2F 1C for 60. Energy acceleration helps when you consider what you have attacking.

The fact that Call for Power says "Energy" and not "basic Energy" is immense win. *ahem* Also as many times as you want per turn. *ahem* *continues on*

Charizard G is there because it's pretty decent. Not bad at all. 1F + 1 whatever + 1 whatever/Energy Gain = 50. The Lv. X is there for if you ever feel like it sucking up some energy, and also using its big attack to get rid of a Pokemon that is really getting on your nerves and that you just want to shove into the discard pile. Or, of course, for the last couple of prizes. If you try to use it throughout the entire game, I'll question your sanity, and be amazed if you pull it off.

Oh and 4 Felicity Drawing is a requirement. Along with staples, etc. 2-1-2 Typhlosion and T-Tar (SF), 3-1 Charizard G, etc.

'Course, this is purely a deck made for fun, since last time I checked there are way better decks to use for serious play. And Dialga G Lv. X and Power Spray = sad you.

P.S. If you use Staraptor and Absol for them themselves, and NOT for their Lv. X's, you better have a really good reason. Also, News of Doom would've been better IMO, but eh. All I gotta say, really. *goes to bed*
 
Ekaru: I like your fun deck. I pretty much only make decks for fun at league, as my Hubby is the competitive one, with his Dialga G lV.X deck, and Speedzilla. Me, eh not so much. Just enjoy playing fun bug decks, and have for a while been trying to find a way to put a C-Zard deck together, and at least here the have a way maybe the people at Nintendo are trying to get us back into using more NRG in decks? it seems that way to me.

I also hear alot of complaints about the SP pokies. I for one like them, and think they have given us more options in game play than just Macheap and Gengar, plus Rampardos. Even the ones you'd never use can be fun at league, and it does give the younger kids a chance to play some of their favorite pokies without a huge investment in trading or buying cards. Being a Mom, I have to look at it from this perspective. My husband on the other hand feels the game is all about the win, me I wanna have fun, so it's different for each of us. I guess. I just wanna see the AOA come here. How do you guys think AOA will change things? Just curious, not trying to stray from SV.
 
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