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Professor’s Letter · XY (XY) #123

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Professor’s Letter
Trainer › Item

Search your deck for up to 2 basic Energy cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

· Item rule: You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack).
illus. 5ban Graphics
XY › XY (XY, XY1) › #123/146 : Uncommon · ↘ Feb 5, 2014
Formats: Modified: 2014 · Standard: 2015, 2016 · Expanded: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, Current
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Rating

Overall: 90.00% (9 wins, 1 loss)

Within Set & Formats:

  • XY: n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BCR-on (Standard 2015): 100% (2 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2015): 100% (2 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2016): 100% (2 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2017): 100% (2 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2018): 100% (1 win, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2019): n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2020): n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded 2021): n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BLW-on (Expanded Current): n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • NXD-on (Modified 2014): 50% (1 win, 1 loss)
  • XY-on (Standard 2016): 100% (2 wins, 0 losses)

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Reader Interactions

6 comments

  1. inatspong

    (11 years ago)

    My old theory that Energy Search will never leave Modified has been proven wrong.

    Reply
  2. C.Ezra.M

    (2 years ago)

    This card is strictly better than both Energy Search and Earthen Vessel. Basically, it searches for 2 Energy cards (more than Energy Search), and has no discard requirement (unlike Earthen Vessel).

    Reply
    • SamC.Ezra.M

      (2 years ago)

      Also better than Letter of Engourgment in most situations

      Reply
    • bakedcheetosC.Ezra.M

      (2 years ago)

      Earthen Vessel is better because discarding a card thins out the hand/deck (in case you are force to shuffle back your hand) and makes abilities like industrious incisors better by allowing you to draw more.

      Reply
    • Kraz MasterC.Ezra.M

      (2 years ago)

      I personally wouldn’t call vessel a worse version of, I see it as an alternative as the discard effect could be helpful in some decks

      Reply
      • SarrothKraz Master

        (1 year ago)

        Agreed, Earthen Vessel is good in certain situations even outside of ancient decks. Palafin EX needs to be in the deck and not the hand, for instance, so Earthen Vessel is better for that deck.

        Reply

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