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Discard 2 of the other cards from your hand in order to search your deck for any card and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
illus. Keiji Kinebuchi
Formats: Other: 1999–2001
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Mantidactyle
Did Pokemon Card Laboratory playtested this game before printing broken Trainers like this one ?
WilliamH.
Yeah no kidding!
Ordering a set now. ^_^
TheDewottClan
I want to know how they got a card this broken in legally.
TheDewottClan
I think this might be the next sneasel EX. In that it gets banned.
Curtis
Sneasel ex wasn’t banned. Sneasel from Neo Genesis was.
Curtis
Aslo, Base era Pokemon were much weaker back then, so broken trainers get a pass.
dado dada
DAM.
Mantidactyle
Hopefully they limited it at 1 per deck in Cold Flare
RJ Kucia
They did, it’s an Ace Spec card.
Mantidactyle
Ok, I think I misunderstood the meaning of “hopefully” in English, I wanted to say something along the lines of “heureusement” in French :P
I know they did, what I meant is “fortunately”.
Curtis
A reprint? YAY!
Wait? What? The reprint is an Ace Spec? So…. You mean I can only run 1 copy? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Seriosly, its almost as bad as Supporter Bill.
feyblade
This opens the door to all sorts of other cards getting reprinted and ace spec’d,too. Scoop up, energy removal, perhaps even Erika (what with the Pokemon World Tournament thing that occurs ingame in b2w2.) These next few sets could have a large impact on the available trainers in unlimited
Curtis
I know, and I don’t like it. Especially because Bill is officially retconned as a Supporter to people playing older formats for fun. Now that Computer Search is limited to 1, they’re one Professor Oak reprint away from making the Base – Fossil/Team Rocket/Gym Challenge/Whatever format completely unplayable under offficial rules.
Mantidactyle
Imo, if you play old formats, you should use the old rules
Curtis
I agree. But technically, you’re not supposed to.
coolestman22
I would have to disagree. Computer Search will still see play in non-Kyurem EX decks and non-tank decks, even as an Ace Spec.
Curtis
Its definately worth playing, that’s for sure. Just calling it the same thing but nerfing it ruins the original. That’s what I was referring to with my Bill comparison.
HEZ
Ugh, I know what you mean. I’m sick of the designers (especially in B+W series) ruining old cards for no good reason. A slightly different name would have done the trick… I doubt the English one will have a different name though seeing as they’ve already errata’d Great Ball, Pokemon Center and Super Rod recently.
Will be discussing this with the 150 guys and seeing if we’re going to do a Bill on it : P
coolestman22
In 150 you can only play one Computer Search anyway though, right?
HEZ
Yes, but then it’d be using up your ACE SPEC. slot for the deck. Not too bad at the moment, but it may begin to feel limiting as more ACE SPECs are released. I’d say no action for the time being, but perhaps in the future (especially if they ACE a bunch of other old Trainers) we could consider ACE SPECs and normal versions of a card 2 different cards similar to the Trainer Bill and Supporter Bill ruling in 150.
coolestman22
You should consider not having any specific limitations for Ace Specs. I think it’s a legit idea since they’re hard enough to pull out as 1 card in 100 card decks. They aren’t that broken.
Mantidactyle
Computer Search will be played in every single deck of the metagame, period.
coolestman22
Some decks would rather have Gold Potion (And maybe there will be a few Crystal Wall/Edge running around, but it’s unlikely)
Mantidactyle
I’m 99.9% sure no deck will ever play Gold Potion because having a Computer Search in the deck is just so much better
Healing 90HP from the active is not that great, really, I’d even say it’s relatively weak in this metagame.
coolestman22
Well, Flygon BW6 likes to heal. It might see play in Flygon “Hejustsitsthere” type decks.
Mantidactyle
Believe me, 90HP isn’t going to make it last longer…
coolestman22
Darkrai does 90. Garchomp does 100.
What was that again?
Mantidactyle
Garchomp OHKO Flygon.
Darkrai will often do more than 90 with Dark Claw / Plus Power, and will continue to snipe the bench.
A single 90HP healing that you might sometimes top-deck but prevents you from playing Computer Search isn’t a good card.
Ziggmiceter
Darkrai will often do 90. Period.
coolestman22
Oh, I forgot about Dragon Weakness, but Dark Claw and PlusPower lose Junk Arm and possibly some playability, and Tool Scrappr says hi to Dark Claw.
TheDewottClan
Gold potion is good but computer search is just better it lets you get any card and benefits zekeels with discards. Gold potion may see play in decks that have a darkrai problem but Computer Search is just better.
Quarter-Turn
I agree completely. I don’t think Gold Potion will see too much play, primarily because Computer Search, even as a one-of, is so strong. But we’ll have to wait and see what happens.
coolestman22
Wait, so if Computer Search is an Ace Spec, are we allowed to use old Computer Search as new Computer Search in Modified?
Curtis
We were allowed to use the old Trainer Bill as Supporter Bill, so I don’t see why not. I’m not sure if a reference will be needed or not, though.
coolestman22
Awesome. Glad I got Computer Searches from Troll and toad, those are going to be rares at the least.
reshikrom64
I love how you can mindlessly press <- when rating this.
Tokiwa City Smuggle
The prototype for this card would have been even more broken, the prototype allows you to use it without discarding a single card from your hand! That flavor of the text should’ve been the Ace Spec version!!