All SM3 ‘Did You See The Fighting Rainbow?’ & ‘Light Consuming Darkness’ Translations! By: Water Pokémon Master Posted 2 weeks ago to TCG 63 comments We now have all translations for SM3 Did You See the Fighting Rainbow? and Light-Consuming Darkness! The set will be released in Japan on Friday. In America, it’ll be released as Burning Shadows on August 4th. As we already saw, the Pokemon-GX in the set are Golisopod-GX, Necrozma-GX, Marshadow-GX, Gardevoir-GX, Charizard-GX, Ho-Oh-GX, Alolan Muk-GX, and Noivern-GX. The set’s secret rares are Guzma, Wicke, Super Scoop Up, Rescue Stretcher, Fairy Energy, Kiawe, Plumeria, Escape Rope, Muscle Dumbbells, and Fire Energy. Thanks goes to Bangiras, Hannes S., Jake C., Rhonda R., and Andrew C. for the translations! Thanks also to steffenka for helping to organize this post! SM3N: Light-Consuming Darkness Caterpie – Grass – HP50 Basic Pokemon [G] Surprise Attack: 20 damage. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Metapod – Grass – HP80 Stage 1 – Evolves from Caterpie [G] Ram: 20 damage. [C][C] Shed Skin: Heal 40 damage from this Pokemon. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Butterfree – Grass – HP120 Stage 2 – Evolves from Metapod [G] Bye Bye Healing: Heal all damage from each of your Pokemon. Then, shuffle this Pokemon and all cards attached to it into your deck. [G][C][C] Stun Spore: 60 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Paralyzed. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Tangela – Grass – HP80 Basic Pokemon [G] Bind Down: 10 damage. The Defending Pokemon can’t retreat during your opponent’s next turn. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Tangrowth – Grass – HP140 Stage 1 – Evolves from Tangela [G] Giga Drain: 30 damage. This Pokemon recovers HP equal to the amount of damage done to your opponent’s Active Pokemon. [C][C][C][C] Cross Whip: Flip 4 coins. This attack does 50 damage times the number of heads. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 4 Wimpod – Grass – HP70 Basic Pokemon Ability: Wimp Out During your first turn, this Pokemon’s Retreat Cost is 0. [G][C][C] Gnaw: 30 damage. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Golisopod-GX – Grass – HP210 Stage 1 – Evolves from Wimpod [G] First Impression: 30+ damage. This attack does 90 more damage if this Pokemon became your Active Pokemon during this turn. [G][C][C] Armor Press: 100 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, this Pokemon takes 20 less damage from your opponent’s attacks. [G][C][C] Cut Cross GX: 150 damage. Switch this Pokemon with 1 of your Benched Pokemon. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack per game.) When 1 of your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Magikarp – Water – HP30 Basic Pokemon [W] Bounce Aside: 10 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokemon during your opponent’s next turn. Weakness: Lightning (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Gyarados – Water – HP150 Stage 1 – Evolves from Magikarp [C][C] Blast Apart: 50x damage. This attack does 50 damage times the number of Magikarp in your discard pile. [W][W][C][C] Splash Burn: 160 damage. This attack does 30 damage to each of your Benched Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) Weakness: Lightning (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 4 Panpour – Water – HP70 Basic Pokemon [W] Water Gun: 10 damage. Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Simipour – Water – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Panpour [C] Scratch: 30 damage. [W][C] Aqua Reflect: 50 damage. Move 1 [W] Energy from this Pokemon to 1 of your Benched Pokemon. Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Bruxish – Water – HP100 Basic Pokemon [W] Gnash Teeth: The Defending Pokemon is now Confused. [W][C][C] Synchronize: 60 damage. This attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon that has the same Type as your opponent’s Active Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Pikachu – Lightning – HP60 Basic Pokemon [C] Tail Whap: 10 damage. [L][C] Thundershock: 20 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Paralyzed. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Metal (-20) Retreat: 1 Raichu – Lightning – HP110 Stage 1 – Evolves from Pikachu Ability: Evo Shock When you play this card from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokemon during your turn, you may leave your opponent’s Active Pokemon Paralyzed. [L][L][C] Volt Tackle: 130 damage. This Pokemon does 30 damage to itself. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Metal (-20) Retreat: 1 Tynamo – Lightning – HP40 Basic Pokemon [L] Aqua Shock: 10+ damage. If your opponent’s Active Pokemon has a [W] Energy attached to it, this attack does 30 more damage. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Metal (-20) Retreat: 1 Eelektrik – Lightning – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Tynamo [L][C] Small Appetite: If your opponent’s Active Pokemon’s maximum HP is 100 or more, this attack does nothing. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Metal (-20) Retreat: 2 Eelektross – Lightning – HP140 Stage 2 – Evolves from Eelektrik [L][C] Mega Mouth: 50 damage. The Defending Pokemon can’t retreat during your opponent’s next turn. [L][L][C] Vacuum Volt: 80+ damage. You may do an additional 80 damage. If you do, this attack also does 80 damage to 1 of your Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Metal (-20) Retreat: 3 Seviper – Psychic – HP100 Basic Pokemon Ability: Poison Up As long as this Pokemon is in play, place an additional damage counter on your opponent’s Poisoned Pokemon between turns. [P][C][C] Poison Fang: 30 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Poisoned. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Duskull – Psychic – HP60 Basic Pokemon [P] Dark Guide: Put 1 Basic Pokemon from your discard pile onto your Bench. [P][C] Hollow Shout: 20 damage. Weakness: Darkness (x2) Resistance: Fighting (-20) Retreat: 1 Dusclops – Psychic – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Duskull [P] Wander the Night: Put 1 damage counter on each Pokemon in play (both yours and your opponent’s). [P][C] Ambush: 30+ damage. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. Weakness: Darkness (x2) Resistance: Fighting (-20) Retreat: 3 Dusknoir – Psychic – HP150 Stage 2 – Evolves from Dusclops Ability: Dark Circle Once during your turn (before your attack), you may look at your opponent’s hand. Put a Basic Pokemon you find there onto your opponent’s Bench. Then, put 3 damage counters on that Pokemon. [P][C][C] Mind Jack: 30+ damage. This attack does 30 more damage for each of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon. Weakness: Darkness (x2) Resistance: Fighting (-20) Retreat: 3 Croagunk – Psychic – HP60 Basic Pokemon [C] Corkscrew Punch: 10 damage. [P][C] Frog Jump: 20 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Toxicroak – Psychic – HP110 Stage 1 – Evolves from Croagunk [P][C] Poison Jab: 30 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Poisoned. [P][P][C] Poison High: 80+ damage. If this Pokemon is Poisoned, this attack does 80 more damage. Then, this Pokemon is no longer Poisoned. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Espurr – Psychic – HP60 Basic Pokemon [C] Misleading Eyes: Until the end of your opponent’s next turn, the Defending Pokemon’s Weakness becomes Psychic (x2). Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Meowstic – Psychic – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Espurr [P] Allure: Draw 3 cards. [C][C] Handkinesis: 10x damage. This attack does 10 damage times the number of cards in your hand. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Necrozma-GX – Psychic – HP180 Basic Pokemon Ability: End of Light Prevent all damage done to this Pokemon by attacks from [C] Pokemon (both yours and your opponent’s). [C][C][C] Prism Burst: 10+ damage. Discard all [P] Energy attached to this Pokemon. This attack does 60 more damage for each Energy discarded in this way. [C][C][C] Black Ray GX: This attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokemon-EX and Pokemon-GX. This attack isn’t affected by Weakness, Resistance, or any other effects on each of the Defending Pokemon. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack per game.) When your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Rhyhorn – Fighting – HP80 Basic Pokemon [C][C] Thrust: 20 damage. [F][F][C] Horn Drill: 60 damage. Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Rhydon – Fighting – HP110 Stage 1 – Evolves from Rhyhorn [F][F][C] Rock Tumble: 80 damage. This attack’s damage isn’t affected by Resistance. [F][F][F][C] Megahorn: 120 damage. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 4 Rhyperior – Fighting – HP160 Stage 2 – Evolves from Rhydon Ability: Mountain Removal When you play this card from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokemon during your turn, you may discard the top 3 cards of your opponent’s deck. [F][F][C][C] Rock Wrecker: 170 damage. This attack’s damage isn’t affected by Weakness or Resistance. This Pokemon can’t attack during your next turn. Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 4 Sawk – Fighting – HP90 Basic Pokemon [F] Quick Guard: During your opponent’s next turn, prevent all damage done to this Pokemon by your opponent’s Basic Pokemon. This Pokemon can’t use this attack during your next turn. [F][C] Brick Break: 40 damage. This attack’s damage isn’t affected by Weakness, Resistance, or any other effects on your opponent’s Active Pokemon. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Mudbray – Fighting – HP80 Basic Pokemon [F][C] Stomp: 20 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Mudsdale – Fighting – HP130 Stage 1 – Evolves from Mudbray [C][C][C] Kick Away: 60 damage. Switch your opponent’s Active Pokemon, with one of their Benched Pokemon. [F][C][C][C] Vigorous Dash: 130 damage. This attack does 30 damage to this Pokemon, and 30 damage to one of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon. Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Marshadow-GX – Fighting – HP150 Basic Pokemon Ability: Shadow Hunt This Pokemon can use the attacks of Basic Pokemon in your discard pile. (This Pokemon must have the necessary Energy to use an attack.) [F][F][C] Beatdown: 120 damage. [F] One Hundred Fissures GX: 50x damage. This attack does 50 damage times the number of Basic Energy attached to this Pokemon. (You can only use 1 GX attack per game.) If your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Alolan Rattata – Darkness – HP40 Basic Pokemon [.] Focus Energy: During your next turn, this Pokemon’s Bite attack’s base damage is 60. [D] Bite: 10 damage. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Psychic (-20) Retreat: 1 Alolan Raticate – Darkness – HP120 Stage 1 – Evolves from Alolan Rattata [.] Reinforced Fang: 10 damage. If this Pokemon has a Pokemon Tool card attached, this attack does 50 more damage. [D] Hyper Fang: 60 damage. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Psychic (-20) Retreat: 3 Ralts – Fairy – HP60 Basic Pokemon [Y] Drain Kiss: Heal 10 damage from this Pokemon. Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: Darkness (-20) Retreat: 1 Kirlia – Fairy – HP80 Stage 1 – Evolves from Ralts [C] Slap: 20 damage. [Y][C] Magical Shot: 30 damage. Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: Darkness (-20) Retreat: 1 Gardevoir-GX – Fairy – HP230 Stage 2 – Evolves from Kirlia Ability: Fountain of Secrets Once during your turn (before you attack) you may attach 1 [Y] Energy from your hand to 1 of your Pokemon. [Y] Infinite Force: 30x damage. This attack does 30 damage times the amount of Energy attached to both Active Pokemon. [Y] Twilight-GX: Search your discard pile for 10 cards, show them to your opponent, and shuffle them back into your deck. (You can only use one GX attack per game.) When 1 of your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: Darkness (-20) Retreat: 2 Morelull – Fairy – HP60 Basic Pokemon [C] Ram: 10 damage. Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: Darkness (-20) Retreat: 1 Shiinotic – Fairy – HP100 Stage 1 – Evolves from Morelull [Y][C] Strength Sap: 30 damage. Heal 30 damage, times the amount of energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon, from this Pokemon. [Y][C][C] Sleep Pulse: 60 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Asleep. Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: Darkness (-20) Retreat: 2 Zygarde – Dragon – HP150 Basic Pokemon [C][C][C] Land Crush: 80 damage. [D][Y][C][C] Core Punisher: 150 damage. Discard a [D] and [Y] Energy from this Pokemon. Weakness: Fairy (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 4 Porygon – Colorless – HP60 Basic Pokemon [C] Code Check: Choose 1 of your opponent’s face-down Prize cards. Look at it, then return it face-down. [C] Beam: 10 damage. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Porygon2 – Colorless – HP80 Stage 1 – Evolves from Porygon [C] Calculate: Look at the top 6 cards of your deck and return them to the top of your deck in any order. [C][C][C] Beam: 40 damage. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Porygon-Z – Colorless – HP130 Stage 2 – Evolves from Porygon2 Ability: Reformat When you play this card from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokemon during your turn, you may devolve each of your opponent’s evolved Pokemon and put the highest Stage Evolution card on it into your opponent’s hand. [C][C][C] Zap Cannon: 80 damage. This Pokemon can’t use Zap Cannon during your next turn. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Stufful – Colorless – HP70 Basic Pokemon [C] Baby-Doll Eyes: The Defending Pokemon can’t retreat during your opponent’s next turn. [C][C] Tackle: 20 damage. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Bewear – Colorless – HP120 Stage 1 – Evolves from Stufful [C][C] Mix-Up: Flip a coin. If heads, discard the top 3 cards of your opponent’s deck. [C][C][C] Tantrum: 120 damage. This Pokemon is now Confused. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Torment Spray – Trainer Item Choose 1 card from your opponent’s hand and reveal it. If it is a Supporter card, your opponent discards that card. If not, put it back into your opponent’s hand. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack). Super Scoop Up – Trainer Item Flip a coin. If heads, put 1 of your Pokemon and all cards attached to it into your hand. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack). Guzma – Trainer Supporter Switch your opponent’s Active Pokemon with 1 of their Benched Pokemon. Then, switch your Active Pokemon with 1 of your Benched Pokemon. You can only play 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack). Wicke – Trainer Supporter Each player shuffles their hand into their deck and draws a new hand of the same number of cards. You can play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack). Po Town – Trainer Stadium When either player plays a card from their hand to evolve a Pokemon, place 3 damage counters on that Pokemon. This card stays in play when you play it. Discard this card if another Stadium card comes into play. If another card with the same name is in play, you can’t play this card. Golisopod-GX – Grass – HP210 Stage 1 – Evolves from Wimpod [G] First Impression: 30+ damage. This attack does 90 more damage if this Pokemon became your Active Pokemon during this turn. [G][C][C] Armor Press: 100 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, this Pokemon takes 20 less damage from your opponent’s attacks. [G][C][C] Cut Cross GX: 150 damage. Switch this Pokemon with 1 of your Benched Pokemon. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack per game.) When 1 of your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Necrozma-GX – Psychic – HP180 Basic Pokemon Ability: End of Light Prevent all damage done to this Pokemon by attacks from [C] Pokemon (both yours and your opponent’s). [C][C][C] Prism Burst: 10+ damage. Discard all [P] Energy attached to this Pokemon. This attack does 60 more damage for each Energy discarded in this way. [C][C][C] Black Ray GX: This attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokemon-EX and Pokemon-GX. This attack isn’t affected by Weakness, Resistance, or any other effects on each of the Defending Pokemon. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack per game.) When your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Marshadow-GX – Fighting – HP150 Basic Pokemon Ability: Shadow Hunt This Pokemon can use the attacks of Basic Pokemon in your discard pile. (This Pokemon must have the necessary Energy to use an attack.) [F][F][C] Beatdown: 120 damage. [F] One Hundred Fissures GX: 50x damage. This attack does 50 damage times the number of Basic Energy attached to this Pokemon. (You can only use 1 GX attack per game.) If your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Gardevoir-GX – Fairy – HP230 Stage 2 – Evolves from Kirlia Ability: Fountain of Secrets Once during your turn (before you attack) you may attach 1 [Y] Energy from your hand to 1 of your Pokemon. [Y] Infinite Force: 30x damage. This attack does 30 damage times the amount of Energy attached to both Active Pokemon. [Y] Twilight-GX: Search your discard pile for 10 cards, show them to your opponent, and shuffle them back into your deck. (You can only use one GX attack per game.) When 1 of your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: Darkness (-20) Retreat: 2 Guzma – Trainer Supporter Switch your opponent’s Active Pokemon with 1 of their Benched Pokemon. Then, switch your Active Pokemon with 1 of your Benched Pokemon. You can only play 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack). Wicke – Trainer Supporter Each player shuffles their hand into their deck and draws a new hand of the same number of cards. You can play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack). Golisopod-GX – Grass – HP210 Stage 1 – Evolves from Wimpod [G] First Impression: 30+ damage. This attack does 90 more damage if this Pokemon became your Active Pokemon during this turn. [G][C][C] Armor Press: 100 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, this Pokemon takes 20 less damage from your opponent’s attacks. [G][C][C] Cut Cross GX: 150 damage. Switch this Pokemon with 1 of your Benched Pokemon. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack per game.) When 1 of your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Necrozma-GX – Psychic – HP180 Basic Pokemon Ability: End of Light Prevent all damage done to this Pokemon by attacks from [C] Pokemon (both yours and your opponent’s). [C][C][C] Prism Burst: 10+ damage. Discard all [P] Energy attached to this Pokemon. This attack does 60 more damage for each Energy discarded in this way. [C][C][C] Black Ray GX: This attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokemon-EX and Pokemon-GX. This attack isn’t affected by Weakness, Resistance, or any other effects on each of the Defending Pokemon. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack per game.) When your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Marshadow-GX – Fighting – HP150 Basic Pokemon Ability: Shadow Hunt This Pokemon can use the attacks of Basic Pokemon in your discard pile. (This Pokemon must have the necessary Energy to use an attack.) [F][F][C] Beatdown: 120 damage. [F] One Hundred Fissures GX: 50x damage. This attack does 50 damage times the number of Basic Energy attached to this Pokemon. (You can only use 1 GX attack per game.) If your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Gardevoir-GX – Fairy – HP230 Stage 2 – Evolves from Kirlia Ability: Fountain of Secrets Once during your turn (before you attack) you may attach 1 [Y] Energy from your hand to 1 of your Pokemon. [Y] Infinite Force: 30x damage. This attack does 30 damage times the amount of Energy attached to both Active Pokemon. [Y] Twilight-GX: Search your discard pile for 10 cards, show them to your opponent, and shuffle them back into your deck. (You can only use one GX attack per game.) When 1 of your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: Darkness (-20) Retreat: 2 Super Scoop Up – Trainer Item Flip a coin. If heads, put 1 of your Pokemon and all cards attached to it into your hand. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack). Rescue Stretcher – Trainer Item Choose 1 Pokemon from your discard pile and put it into your hand or choose 3 Pokemon and shuffle them into your deck. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack). Fairy Energy SM3H: Did You See The Fighting Rainbow? Oddish – Grass – HP50 Basic Pokemon [G] Poison Powder: The Defending Pokemon is now Poisoned. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Gloom – Grass – HP80 Stage 1 – Evolves from Oddish [G] Stench: The Defending Pokemon is now Confused. [G][C] Razor Leaf: 30 damage. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Vileplume – Grass – HP140 Stage 2 – Evolves from Gloom Ability: Bitter Pollen If this Pokemon is your Active Pokemon, your opponent’s Basic Pokemon can’t attack. [G][G][C] Downer Shock 60 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Asleep. If tails, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Confused. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Heracross – Grass – HP110 Basic Pokemon Ability: ?? If this Pokemon would be Knocked Out by your opponent’s attack, flip a coin. If heads, this Pokemon is not Knocked Out and its remaining HP becomes 10 instead. [G][G] Fling: 50 damage. Your opponent switches their active Pokemon with 1 of their Benched Pokemon. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Pansage – Grass – HP70 Basic Pokemon [G] Vine Whip: 10 damage. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Simisage – Grass – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Pansage [C] Scratch: 30 damage. [G][C] Leaf Supply: 50 damage. You may attach a Grass Energy from your hand to one of your Pokemon. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Dewpider – Grass – HP60 Basic Pokemon [G] Ambush: 10 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Araquanid – Grass – HP100 Stage 1 – Evolves from Dewpider [C][C] Bubble Net: 30 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, they can’t attach Energy cards from their hand to the Defending Pokemon. (Unless of course they switch the Defending Pokemon out.) [G][C][C] Razor Fang: 80 damage. Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Charmander – Fire – HP70 Basic Pokemon [C] Scratch: 10 damage. [R][C] Flame Tail: 20 damage. Weakness: Water (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Charmeleon – Fire – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Charmander [C][C] Claw Slash: 30 damage. [R][R][C] Heat Blast: 70 damage. Weakness: Water (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Charizard-GX – Fire – HP250 Stage 2 – Evolves from Charmeleon [C][C][C] Wing Attack: 70 damage. [R][R][R][C][C] Crimson Storm: 300 damage. Discard 3 [R] Energy from this Pokemon. [R][C][C] Raging Out GX: Discard the top 10 cards from your opponent’s deck. (You can only use 1 GX attack per game.) When 1 of your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Water (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Ho-Oh-GX – Fire – HP190 Basic Pokemon [R][C][C] Sacred Fire: This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) [R][R][R][C] Phoenix Burn: 180 damage. This Pokemon can’t use Phoenix Burn during your next turn. [R][C][C] Eternal Light GX: Put 3 in combination of [R] Pokemon-EX or Pokemon-GX from your discard pile onto your Bench. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack per game.) When your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Lightning (x2) Resistance: Fighting (-20) Retreat: 2 Pansear – Fire – HP70 Basic Pokemon [R] Ember: 10 damage. Weakness: Water (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Simisear – Fire – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Pansear [C] Scratch: 30 damage. [R][C] Flare Recharge: 50 damage. Attach a [R] Energy from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokemon. Weakness: Water (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Heatmor – Fire – HP110 Basic Pokemon [C][C] Odor Sleuth: Flip 2 coins. For each heads, search your discard pile for 1 card and put it into your hand. [R][C][C] Searing Flame: 60 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Burned. Weakness: Water (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Horsea – Water – HP50? Basic Pokemon [W] Water Arrow: Does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Seadra – Water – HP80 Stage 1 – Evolves from Horsea [W] Water Arrow: Does 30 to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Kingdra – Water – HP140 Stage 2 – Evolves from Seadra [W] Brine: Choose 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon with damage counters on it. This attack does 90 damage to it. [W] Tornado Shot: 90 damage. Discard a [W] Energy attached to this Pokemon. This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance when damaging the Bench.) Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Marill – Water – HP60 Basic Pokemon [W] Bubble: Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Paralyzed. [C][C] Rollout: 20 damage. Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Azumarill – Water – HP120 Stage 1 – Evolves from Marill Ability: Thick Fat Any damage done to this Pokemon by your opponent’s [W] or [R] Pokemon’s attacks is reduced by 30. [W][C][C] Waterfall: 80 damage. Weakness: Grass (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Wobbuffet – Psychic – HP120 Basic Pokemon [P][P][P] Shadow Knot: 50x damage. This attack does 50 damage for each [C] in your opponent’s Active Pokemon’s Retreat Cost. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Venipede – Psychic – HP70 Basic Pokemon [P] Bug Bite: 10 damage. [C][C] Venoshock: 20 damage. If your opponent’s Active Pokemon is Poisoned, this attack does 40 more damage. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Whirlipede – Psychic – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Venipede [P][C] Spin Turn: 30 damage. Switch this Pokemon with 1 of your Benched Pokemon. [P][P][C] Rollout: 60 damage. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 3 Scolipede – Psychic – HP160 Stage 2 – Evolves from Whirlipede [P][P][C] Poison Horn: 80 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Poisoned. [P][P][P][C] Hard Roller: 140 damage. This attack’s damage isn’t affected by Resistance. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 4 Sandygast – Psychic – HP80 Basic Pokemon [P] 10 damage. Heal 10 damage from this Pokemon Weakness: Darkness (x2) Resistance: Fighting (-20) Retreat: 3 Palossand – Psychic – HP130 Stage 1 – Evolves from Sandygast [P][C][C] Sand Tomb: 80 damage. The Defending Pokemon can’t retreat during your opponent’s next turn. [C][C][C][C] Dust Storm: 100 damage. Discard all cards attached to both player’s Active Pokemon. Weakness: Darkness (x2) Resistance: Fighting (-20) Retreat: 4 Riolu – Fighting – HP70 Basic Pokemon [F] Punch: 10 damage [F][F] Low Kick: 30 damage Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Lucario – Fighting – HP120 Stage 1 – Evolves from Riolu Ability: Determination When you play this Pokemon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokemon during your turn, you may prevent all effects of your opponent’s attacks, including damage, done to this Pokemon until the end of your opponent’s next turn. [F][F][F] Submarine Blow: 120 damage. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Crabrawler – Fighting – HP80 Basic Pokemon [F][F] Light Punch: 40 damage. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Crabominable – Fighting – HP140 Stage 1 – Evolves from Crabrawler [F] Guts Hammer: 80 damage. This Pokemon does damage to itself equal to the number of damage counters on it. [F][F][F] Double Stamp: 80+ damage. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 more damage for each heads. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 4 Passimian – Fighting – HP110 Basic Pokemon [C][C] Punch: 30 damage. [F][F] Wild Pitch: 90 damage. Discard a Pokemon Tool from your hand. If you can’t, this attack does nothing. Weakness: Psychic (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Alolan Grimer – Darkness – HP80 Basic Pokemon [.] Multiply: Search your deck for Alolan Grimer and put it onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck. [C][C] Trip Sludge: Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Confused. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Psychic (-20) Retreat: 3 Alolan Muk-GX – Darkness – HP220 Stage 1 – Evolves from Alolan Grimer [D][C][C] Chemical Press: 10+ damage. This attack does 70 more damage for each Special Condition affecting your opponent’s Active Pokemon. [D][D][C][C] Crunch: 120 damage. Discard 1 Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon. [.] Tri Hazard GX: Choose 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon and switch it with their Active Pokemon. The new Active Pokemon is now Poisoned, Burned, and Paralyzed. (You can only use 1 GX attack per game.) If your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Psychic (-20) Retreat: 4 Darkrai – Darkness – HP120 Basic Pokemon [D][C] Hypno Wave: 30 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Asleep. [D][C][C] Dark Raid: 80+ damage. If your opponent has used their GX attack, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Psychic (-20) Retreat: 2 Inkay – Darkness – HP60 Basic Pokemon [D] Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Paralyzed. [C][C] 20 damage. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Psychic (-20) Retreat: 1 Malamar – Darkness – HP100 Stage 1 – Evolves from Inkay [D] Psybeam: 20 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Confused. [D][C][C] Energy Slosh: 70 damage. You may move all Energy attached to this Pokemon to 1 of your Benched Pokemon. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Psychic (-20) Retreat: 1 Diancie – Fairy – HP90 Basic Pokemon [Y] Sparkling Prayer: Search your deck for a card that evolves from 1 of your Pokemon and put it onto that Pokemon. (This counts as evolving that Pokemon.) Then, shuffle your deck. [Y][C] Diamond Storm: 30 damage. Heal 30 damage from each of your [Y] Pokemon. Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: Darkness (-20) Retreat: 1 Cutiefly – Fairy – HP30 Basic Pokemon [C] 10 damage. Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: Darkness (-20) Retreat: 0 Ribombee – Fairy – HP70 Stage 1 – Evolves from Cutiefly Ability: Honey Gather Once during your turn (before your attack), you can search your deck for 2 basic Energy and put them into your hand. [C] Pollen Ball: 20 damage. Weakness: Metal (x2) Resistance: Darkness (-20) Retreat: 1 Noivern-GX – Dragon – HP200 Stage 1 – Evolves from Noibat [D][C] Distortion: 50 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, your opponent can’t play any Item cards from their hand. [P][D][C] Loud Sonic: 120 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, your opponent can’t play any Special Energy cards from their hand. [P][D][C] Explosive Soundwave-GX: This attack does 50 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) (You can only use one GX attack per game.) Weakness: Fairy (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 0 Meowth – Colorless – HP60 Basic Pokemon [C] Fake Out: 10 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Paralyzed. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Persian – Colorless – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Meowth [C] Screech: During your next turn, any damage done to the Defending Pokemon is increased by 60. [C] Slash: 40 damage. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 1 Hoothoot – Colorless – HP60 Basic Pokemon [C] See Through: Your opponent reveals their hand. [C][C] Peck: 20 damage. Weakness: Lightning (x2) Resistance: Fighting (-20) Retreat: 1 Noctowl – Colorless – HP90 Stage 1 – Evolves from Hoothoot [C] Hypnoblast: 30 damage. Your opponent’s Active Pokemon is now Asleep. Like me right now. [C][C][C] Nocturnal Assault: 70 damage. Look at your opponent’s hand and discard 1 Pokemon card you find there. Weakness: Lightning (x2) Resistance: Fighting (-20) Retreat: 1 Bouffalant – Colorless – HP120 Basic Pokemon [C][C] Afrohead: 30 damage. Any damage done to this Pokemon by attacks during your opponent’s next turn is reduced by 30. [C][C][C] Knock Over: 80 damage. You may discard a Stadium in play. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Noibat – Colorless – HP50 Basic Pokemon [C] Agility: 10 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent’s next turn, prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokemon. Weakness: Lightning (x2) Resistance: Fighting (-20) Retreat: 1 Rotom Dex Poke-Finder Mode Item card Look at the top 4 cards of your deck. Put them back on top of your deck in any order you like, or shuffle them back into your deck. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before you attack). Muscle Dumbbells – Trainer Item Pokemon Tool: Attach a Pokemon Tool to 1 of your Pokemon that doesn’t already have a Pokemon Tool attached to it. If the Pokemon this card is attached to is a Stage 1 Pokemon, its max HP is increased by 40. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack). Kiawe – Trainer Supporter Search your deck for 4 [R] Energy and attach them to 1 of your Pokemon. Then, shuffle your deck. Your turn ends. You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack). Plumeria – Trainer Supporter Discard 2 cards from your hand in order to play this card. Discard 1 Energy attached to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. You can only play one Supporter card during turn (before you attack). Mount Lanakila – Trainer Stadium The Retreat Cost of each player’s Basic Pokemon is increased by [C]. This card stays in play when you play it. Discard this card if another Stadium card comes into play. If another card with the same name is in play, you can’t play this card. Charizard-GX – Fire – HP250 Stage 2 – Evolves from Charmeleon [C][C][C] Wing Attack: 70 damage. [R][R][R][C][C] Crimson Storm: 300 damage. Discard 3 [R] Energy from this Pokemon. [R][C][C] Raging Out GX: Discard the top 10 cards from your opponent’s deck. (You can only use 1 GX attack per game.) When 1 of your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Water (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Ho-Oh-GX – Fire – HP190 Basic Pokemon [R][C][C] Sacred Fire: This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) [R][R][R][C] Phoenix Burn: 180 damage. This Pokemon can’t use Phoenix Burn during your next turn. [R][C][C] Eternal Light GX: Put 3 in combination of [R] Pokemon-EX or Pokemon-GX from your discard pile onto your Bench. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack per game.) When your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Lightning (x2) Resistance: Fighting (-20) Retreat: 2 Alolan Muk-GX – Darkness – HP220 Stage 1 – Evolves from Alolan Grimer [D][C][C] Chemical Press: 10+ damage. This attack does 70 more damage for each Special Condition affecting your opponent’s Active Pokemon. [D][D][C][C] Crunch: 120 damage. Discard 1 Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon. [.] Tri Hazard GX: Choose 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon and switch it with their Active Pokemon. The new Active Pokemon is now Poisoned, Burned, and Paralyzed. (You can only use 1 GX attack per game.) If your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Psychic (-20) Retreat: 4 Noivern-GX – Dragon – HP200 Stage 1 – Evolves from Noibat [D][C] Distortion: 50 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, your opponent can’t play any Item cards from their hand. [P][D][C] Loud Sonic: 120 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, your opponent can’t play any Special Energy cards from their hand. [P][D][C] Explosive Soundwave-GX: This attack does 50 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) (You can only use one GX attack per game.) Weakness: Fairy (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 0 Kiawe – Trainer Supporter Search your deck for 4 [R] Energy and attach them to 1 of your Pokemon. Then, shuffle your deck. Your turn ends. You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn (before your attack). Plumeria – Trainer Supporter Discard 2 cards from your hand in order to play this card. Discard 1 Energy attached to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. You can only play one Supporter card during turn (before you attack). Charizard-GX – Fire – HP250 Stage 2 – Evolves from Charmeleon [C][C][C] Wing Attack: 70 damage. [R][R][R][C][C] Crimson Storm: 300 damage. Discard 3 [R] Energy from this Pokemon. [R][C][C] Raging Out GX: Discard the top 10 cards from your opponent’s deck. (You can only use 1 GX attack per game.) When 1 of your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Water (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2 Ho-Oh-GX – Fire – HP190 Basic Pokemon [R][C][C] Sacred Fire: This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) [R][R][R][C] Phoenix Burn: 180 damage. This Pokemon can’t use Phoenix Burn during your next turn. [R][C][C] Eternal Light GX: Put 3 in combination of [R] Pokemon-EX or Pokemon-GX from your discard pile onto your Bench. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack per game.) When your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Lightning (x2) Resistance: Fighting (-20) Retreat: 2 Alolan Muk-GX – Darkness – HP220 Stage 1 – Evolves from Alolan Grimer [D][C][C] Chemical Press: 10+ damage. This attack does 70 more damage for each Special Condition affecting your opponent’s Active Pokemon. [D][D][C][C] Crunch: 120 damage. Discard 1 Energy attached to your opponent’s Active Pokemon. [.] Tri Hazard GX: Choose 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon and switch it with their Active Pokemon. The new Active Pokemon is now Poisoned, Burned, and Paralyzed. (You can only use 1 GX attack per game.) If your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. Weakness: Fighting (x2) Resistance: Psychic (-20) Retreat: 4 Noivern-GX – Dragon – HP200 Stage 1 – Evolves from Noibat [D][C] Distortion: 50 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, your opponent can’t play any Item cards from their hand. [P][D][C] Loud Sonic: 120 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, your opponent can’t play any Special Energy cards from their hand. [P][D][C] Explosive Soundwave-GX: This attack does 50 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokemon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokemon.) (You can only use one GX attack per game.) Weakness: Fairy (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 0 Escape Rope – Trainer Item card Each player switches his or her Active Pokemon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokemon. (Your opponent switches first. If a player does not have a Benched Pokemon, he or she doesn’t switch Pokemon.) You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack). Muscle Dumbbells – Trainer Item Pokemon Tool: Attach a Pokemon Tool to 1 of your Pokemon that doesn’t already have a Pokemon Tool attached to it. If the Pokemon this card is attached to is a Stage 1 Pokemon, its max HP is increased by 40. You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn (before your attack). Fire Energy
First comment and YES! I wanna see what glorious spectacular memes I can make from this! EDIT: They don't exist. Honestly this is the worst SM yet. We do have Raticate-A though.
Sandygast looks great, but what's the attack name?? Also gotta add Metapod to my collection. And that Shiinotic looks just creepy. I love it.
Wow, Gyarados's 50x for each Magikarp in the discard pile could be powerful. But might be incredibly awkward as soon as Gyarados is KOed unless it's with something else. Porygon-Z's devolving all of your opponent's Pokemon ability could be insane against a Stage 1 or Stage 2 deck, but it's a Stage 2 as well.
I was kinda hoping for decent stage 1s for Charizard and Gardevior. As it stands, they might as well be named "Rare Candy" because that's how worthless they are.
If only Marshadow could copy any Pokémon's attacks in the discard pile, Gyarados could actually be worthwhile... Cool set, the FAs and HRs are definitely improving greatly, and the Trainers are also useful.
Kinda odd that we got: A Sawk, but no Throh A Passimian, but no Oranguru Another Mudsdale so soon No Metal Pokemon at all
These cards are so pretty ^-^ I need them all When I was reading the start of the article I read "SR Rescue Energy" and got all excited about some new energy until I realized it meant Rescue Stretcher. Still excited about Rescue Stretcher though. Don't really see many playable cards yet though. Maybe I missed something. I definitely wanna mess with Seviper a little.
I couldn't help but notice that it seem to miss certain cards. I was hoping to see, such as the diancie http://www.pokebeach.com/2017/06/diancie-from-sm3, though it might end up in the SM3 legendary thing. This could've helped evolution decks quite a bit.
MY GEODUDES Disclaimer: I will include the cards in SM2+, since they are part of Burning Shadows. Bear with me, and sorry for my long comment already.Sad face because...No Throh, No Durant, No Zangoose, No Oranguru, and also No Bellosom. Caterpie/Metapod/Butterfree - I already mentioned on Butterfree so no need! 1/1/1 Oddish/Gloom/Vileplume - Basics rule the format as of now, this could be a stall for them. Guzma a basic and Vileplume and do the thingy. 3/3/3 Tangela/Tangrowth - Not good! 1/1 Ledyba/Ledian - Not good! 1/1 Heracross - It can be a good card, but it is vulnerable to Ability lock. 3 Geodudes Elemental Monkeys - Not again?! Prof. K hates it, and all attacks are GARBODOR. 1/2 Laser Dewpider/Araquanid - I already mentioned on Araquanid. 2-3 Wimpod/Golisopod - Maybe I ran, 2 Scamper Wimpod and 2 Wimp Out, plus Golisopod is so good! 4/4-5 Tapu Bulu - Good Non-GX attacker! 3 Charmander/Charmeleon/CharizardGX - Good but too much expensive! 2/2/2-3 Heatmor - I just love it. Victini loves it. 2-3 SalazzleGX - I already mentioned on SM2+, 110 for 2 is nice. 4 Horsea/Seadra/Kingdra - Night Spear for 1 Energy is so, so good! This will see some play! 3/3/4 Magikarp/Gyarados - I love it, but some ways to negate it. 2/2-3 Marill/Azumarill - Not good! 0-1/1 Bruxish - Not good! 0 Tapu Fini GX - Good for sniping Shaymins. 3 Alolan Ninetales - This will changed the format if it is not been affected by Item Lock. 3 Pikachu/Raichu - Good partners with Alolan Muk. 2/3 Electabuzz/Electivire - Not good! 1/1 Tynamo/Eelekttik/Eelektross - Forget Eelektrik! Eelektross can be good on Tauros, period. 1/1/2 Wobbufet - It's gosh darn expensive! 2 Seviper - Sad no Zangoose, but it makes Poison better. 3 Duskull/Dusclops/Dusknoir - This seems interesting. 2/2-3/3 Croagunk/Toxicroak - That was Frog Hop, if you ask me. I already mentioned on Toxicroak. 2/3 Slowking - Nobody is a fan of Empty Hand Club. 2 Venipede/Whirlipede/Scolipede - Eeww! Too much underpowered! 1/1/1 Espurr/Meowstic - N's fave! 6 Points! 2/2 Sandygast/Pallosand - Gosh Darn Expensive! 2/2 Necrozma GX - Good friend of FFK (Flying Flip Koko). Plus, stops Mega Ray from reigning. 3 Machamp GX - Stage 2, too slow, the atks are decent. 2-3 Rhyhorn/Rhydon/Myself - I love Rhyperior, but the ability is too hard to get out! 2/2/2-3 Lunatone - Nobody cares healing! 2 Solrock- Meh! 1 Riolu/Lucario - I already mentioned it before.2/2-3 Sawk - No Throh ;( 1 Crabrawler/Crabominable - Can be deal with Strong Energy, 1 for 80 is awesome! 3/3 Mudbray/Mudsdale - Not good! 2/2 Passimian - Not good! 1 Marshadow GX - I love it. Night March love it, can be tech in any decks playing Basics, the attack is Standard. 4 Alolan Ratatta/Raticate - 60-110 for Free is ridiculous! I love it! 2/4 Alolan Grimer/Muk - It can deal with Salazzle and Raichu on Spec. Cond. And it can deal a total of almost 300 damage. 3/3-4 Sneasel/Weavile - I realized it deal on your bench, Machoke can deal with that. 2/4-5 Darkrai - Antoher Non-GX atkr. I love it. Good for Darkrai decks. 3 Darkrai GX - THIS IS PHENOMENAL, well it is vulnerable to ability lock but hey, it can deal with that. And also, Darkrai EX makes it better. 5 Inkay/Malamar - Eeehh??! 1/1 No Metal Types - ;( Diancie - Evo cards, including Broski (Gardrvoir) makes it better, if it is a [C] atk. 4 Morelull/Shiinotic - It could be a stall deck, partner it with the Dumbells. 1/3 Cutiefly/Ribombee - Good on any decks playing Basic Energy, unli Prof Letter. 4 Ralts/Kirlia/Gardevoir - I love Stage 2s with minimum Energy requirement. It also hates Garb. Nothing to be mentioned more. 3/3/4 Noibat/Noivern GX - I already mentioned it before, but because DDE wasn't reprinted yet, it ends up in a Darkrai deck. 3/4-5 Zygarde - 0, period! Meowth/Persian - When do we get a Good Persian??! 0/0 Porygon/2/Z - it ruins evo decks but running it makes it clunky. 1/1/2-3 Hoothoot/Noctowl - The attack is Glance if you ask me. 2/2 Bouffalant - Eeehh?! 2 Stufful/Bewear - Pair it with Victini can be a Mill deck! Yay! 3/3 Acerola - This will change the game! 5 Ma Boi Guzma - Better Lysandre! 5 Kiawe - Fire Decks with high AC will be broken if you play wisely. 4-5 Olivia - For GXs only. 3 Plumeria - Sylveon-Freindly! 3 Sophocles - Weak ver. Of Sycamore but it makes Darkrai more viable... A bit. 3 Wicke - I still don't understand the ruling but I don't think it'll replace N just like Ilima. 3-4 Weakness Policy/Escape Rope - Saved by rotation! 3/4 Super Scoop Up - I really want this! 5 Wish Baton - Exp. Share x3!! 5 Poke-Finder - Not good but It'll be 1 Geodude now. Torment Spray - It is random but if the opponent reveals their hand, this will be awesome! 2 Muscular Dumbells - In a battle vs. Choice Band, Choice Band wins! 3 Mt. Lanakila - I love it, stalls opponents, Wobb loves it! 3 Po Town - Salazzle, Raichu, some evo decks that that has one-time ability loves it. 4 FAs - the FAs are Gorgeous but still I don't play them. We will find out if Bulu and DayLyc FA will be in the set. Hyper Rares - Same as FAs. SR Fire and Fairy - Confirmed! SR Water in SM3+, hopefully. Midday Lycanroc - ??? Midnight Lycanroc - Hurts basics, but it is underpowered. 2-3 Burning Shadows - I love this set. This set will be legal in Worlds but it is a center of Rotation. Bye VS Seeker!
The Diancie is definitely in the set, and should be in the list of cards soon! Again? We've had two monkey trios since XY (3 if you include the Kalos Starter Set), meanwhile we've had 8 Gardevoirs (including megas) and 12 Charizards (including megas)! I mean, we've had more Manectric cards in that spand (4 including megas). There has literally been more Bidoof (4 including Kalos Starter Set) than monkeys. Not saying I hate any of those, just that I don't think it's fair to complain about the monkeys getting print all the time, when other Pokémon clearly get more prints
They aren't printing water energy, are they? There's really no reason to, unless they really want to hype up Tapu Fini
One interesting find is the cutiefly in this set has 0-retreat cost, which could potentially make the Ribombee in both this set and the Base Sun/Moon set quite a bit more playable.
You could go with a confusion route, but I personally think going with Germanic colors (Red/Yellow/Black) and adding a Raichu from this set could work for ousting Metagross. You wouldn't even need a choice band.
At the top of the post it mentions SR Rescue Energy. Did you mean SR Rescue Stretcher? I hope we get a non-GX Tapu Fini. Am I the only one who is severely disappointed? Also no non-GX Charizard and Gardevoir? The only decks I would consider testing are: Gardevoir, Lapras/Marshadow, and Gyarados.
