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  1. Twylis

    Wondering if Cross Fist would get the secondary effect from the same Zeraora V if you retreated it to the bench and then switched it back to the active spot. This works for circumventing “next turn, this pokemon can’t attack” drawbacks since benching the pokemon clears that status, so logically it would similarly “reset” this Zeraora’s status as the initial user of Cross Fist.

    The frequently-unreliable Compendium addresses using a different Zeraora V, but doesn’t address this scenario:
    https://compendium.pokegym.net/category/3-attacks/cross-fist/

  2. JP Anonymous

    Sure! I can’t guarantee there are no errors (maybe I missed one?) but this is what I have:
    Masako Tomii
    Yoshioka
    toriyufu
    matazo
    OKUBO
    Natsumi Yoshida
    Cona Nitanda
    Tetsu Kayama
    KYUPIYAMA
    rika
    Bun Toujo
    Kedamahadaitai Yawarakai
    Takeshi Nakamura
    satoma
    Kariya
    Keisin
    Taiga Kayama
    Oku

  7. EctoCandyBl4ck

    I can think of a few other neat examples:

    Holon’s Pokémon like Holon’s Castform can be played as either Pokémon or Special Energy.
    There’s a Klefki card from Steam Siege (Klefki STS 80) that has an Ability that allows you to attach it as a Pokémon Tool card to 1 of your Pokémon, though you discard it at the start of your next turn.

  9. brken11SenatorStonk

    Bonus, Gardevoir ex decks like using it to recover Pokémon primarily. But in some situations, they can use it to recover 3 Psychic Energies and use Shining Arcana to accelerate 8+ energies in one turn.

    This kind of flexibility makes Super Rod so much more versatile than its pre-errata version.

  10. SenatorStonkTwylis

    It also depends on the deck. Gardevoir ex, for instance, would prefer Super over Ordinary (in a hypothetical standard format where both are legal) because Gardevoir ex rarely wants to recover basic energy, so being allowed to recover three pokémon is better than the two pokémon Ordinary Rod allows

  12. sTwylis

    the “up to” errata text definitely pushed super rod back over the line. prior the forced shuffle 3 made it situationally worse while ordinary rod could get back more at max and less when required, now super rod can get back more (of 1 type) at max with same flexibility.

  13. Twylis

    When Ordinary Rod released I saw it almost universally regarded as superior to Super Rod, but now that Ordinary Rod rotated out of standard and Super Rod is legal instead, I’ve been seeing a lot of claims that Super Rod is the better recovery card.

    Did the merit of Super Rod’s increased flexibility only become apparent after having been limited to Ordinary Rod, or is the playerbase just biased toward whatever is currently legal? It does seem Super Rod can adapt better to the current game state, but numbers-wise Ordinary Rod seems like a clearly stronger effect.

  16. AnonymousSPIRE_FAN

    And I always thought it was a stone arch bridge! I was imagining Gengar was in a Monet-type setting painted by Vincent Van Gogh under Starry Night conditions. I suppose I am still looking at a river, though… right?

  19. Pokenewbie

    Big noob question: what happens if my opponent and I have this Machamp as the Active Pokemon, my opponent attacks with “Seismic Toss”, then my Machamp attacks his with “Strikes Back”, will the opposing Machamp be able to use “Strikes Back” afterwards since it also took damage, essentially striking each other until one gets knocked out?

  20. AnonymousJack

    There is a website called TCGONE where people play many Wizards of the Coast era Pokémon formats, along with Worlds formats from 2004 to 2008 and from 2013 to 2019. New sets stopped being added at Chilling Reign so the few remaining volunteers could focus on bug fixes and adding older formats, but there are still plenty of formats to try out!

  23. JackAnonymous

    Man, sometimes I wish there was a client like PTCGO/PTCGL that supported Unlimited play so stuff like that could be playtested and so on. I remember Jason dominating the game for a period as well. I didn’t play competitively until late EX / early DP era, but I’d have LOVED to have played WotC era cards competitively, just for the fun of it.

  34. WhimsicastRichard Rich

    Whimsicott saw more play than Gourgeist due to it having a one Energy attack and access immediately upon release to U-Turn Board UNM 211 and being in a format with 3 Prize Card targets that would be Knocked Out by Flying Fury like Pikachu & Zekrom GX and Mewtwo & Mew GX. 90HP also helped it when Level Ball came out one set after Whimsicott VIV released.

  35. WhimsicastJP

    It also saw play years later in the Expanded format in combination with Whimsicott VIV 76 as a rogue deck, able to turn Whimsicott’s Flying Fury into an attack capable of knocking out any Pokémon in the entire format.

  40. GuestHEZ

    For context: in Unlimited 150, basic Pokémon with over 150 HP were banned, and Pokémon Prime and Holo Rare Pokémon from Black and White onward were converted into ex’s. This meant that you could not play Glalie EX. However, another custom rule let you play Mega Pokémon EX onto a Pokémon with the same name as the EX that Pokémon would normally evolve from, as long as that Pokémon is already an evolved Pokémon or a Leveled Up Pokémon (M Mewtwo EX could evolve from Mewtwo Lv. X, M Houndoom EX could evolve from Houndoom UF, etc.). Spirit Links were all banned, and Archie’s and Maxie’s were nerfed to only work with basic Pokémon, so your turn was guaranteed to end… but once your 200+ HP Pokémon got into play, you could trade prizes favorably, then retreat to the bench and use Whimsicott AOR to move damage off of it onto a frailer Pokémon. Definitely worth losing a turn for.

  41. SamAmbassador

    That island has always intrigued me, in french the set is called “EX Dragon Island” so I’ve always wondered if the island in question was the floating one in the artworks. The set’s icon is also an island and all this time I assumed it was a regular water island but the more I look at it…

  43. Mountain Dew Code RedWarnock 2022

    Drizzile saw play for two reasons. one, scoop up net made it really easy to recycle drizziles and keep searching. and two, drizzile had more use past its ability. It could evolve a second time, and either search 2 more trainer cards, or drop 2 damage counters each turn if you played the rapid strike inteleon.

    Drizzile saw very little play right before Chilling Reign gave us RS Sobble and RS Inteleon

  47. brken11

    “Benching [either] Pokémon ends the effect [on THAT Pokémon]”

    The effect on the opponent’s Weakness remains if Cool Porygon enters your bench. Likewise, if the opponent switches, Cool Porygon preserves the Resistance Change.