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  5. Warnock 2022

    I was hoping we’d receive a new Dratini and Dragonair in the new Pokemon GO set, but, alas, there’s not space between Melmetal VMAX and Chansey for the full Dratini line! Hopefully soon…

  10. Twylis

    The new Pokemon Go Ditto is a lovely option to access this attack, but it’s worth noting that ability lock such as Alolan Muk‘s Power of Alchemy and Garbodor‘s Garbotoxin also help by disabling its ability so it can be played like a regular basic. That’s how Cosmic Eclipse Necrozma decks work!

    Ditto might be the stronger approach though, since you can use damaging abilities to finish the job (though Alolan Muk at least allows Inteleon, Crobat, Ariados poison, etc to work)

    I think the only real advantage Boundaries Crossed Raticate has is access to Triple Acceleration Energy.

  20. Twylis

    New Ditto in the Pokemon Go set significantly buffs Mad Party — it can use the attacks of any basic pokemon in the discard, so you can still have it ready to attack with all your actual Mad Party users discarded for maximum damage. Brings the base damage cap up to 320, which kills pretty much anything ever printed if you attach a Choice Belt. Truly the maddest of parties.

  32. JP Rick Barfunkle

    Small correction: Admin (and Pow!) were both legal in part of the 2004-2005 season as well as the entirety of the 2005-2006 season. After 2006 Worlds, Team Rocket Returns rotated (so not legal for 2007).

    The character is Sird, who shows up in Pokemon Adventures (which I have never read). Apparently this card came first and the comic used the Ken Sugimori drawing as a basis for the character…

  33. Rick BarfunkleStrč prst skrz krk

    No idea who the character is, but Rocket’s Admin. is the first incarnation of the N supporter effect. It was super powerful and widely used in the 2006-2007 standard format (lowercase ex era). The format was filled with comeback effects like Scramble Energy, Pow! Hand Extension, and Rocket’s Admin., so taking knockouts on big 2 prize ex Pokemon would often result in disadvantage as your opponent gained access to these powerful options. This dynamic was very important to the format, and was part of why it was so fun.

    Much of the classic collection consists of key competitive cards from past formats, and this card certainly qualifies. I’m sure they also wanted to include a few trainer cards, and this one is pretty sweet and historical.

  38. Twylis

    While having another Tapu Lele GX print available is nice for expanded, I can’t help but feel Zoroark GX would’ve been a better representative for the SM era. For one, it’s a stage 1 (a defining feature of GXes being that they keep their regular evolution stage), and for another it had actual decks devoted to it. Tapu Lele was a nice consistency card, but it wasn’t the focus of any particular archetype the way Zoroark GX was. Plus the set is super saturated with legendaries as is.

  39. Twylis

    Table coral and branch coral in the background here. Coral is pretty much the only animal to still get regularly featured in any official pokemon media — presumably because it doesn’t readily look like a typical animal.