Because pretty much everyone thinks the rule that is being cheated is a bad part of VGC, the rule that you have to spends hours and hours grinding to assemble a team just so you can actually play. It makes the game worse for no benefit. Why would anyone want to play that way when it comes to...
You don't need double digits turns to get more value from gardevoir. You need only 2 freaking uses of gardevoir to out value the 1 Intrepid Sword you get most of the time. That's only 3 freaking turns. Why do you think the game needs to go forever to out draw 1-2 Intrepid sword?
And how is...
And how many times do you not attack after the first turn of the game? I rarely see Intrepid Sword used more then once maybe twice a game. Gardevoir would get to use its abilty every turn of the game and draw you many more cards over the course of the game then Zacian does
Drawing 3 and then ending your turn is much worse then drawing 2.
I'm calling out your BS because you point wasnt just "Zacian is the better card" it was "Zacian has the better ability while also being a a basic with a good attack so lol balance" which is just such a misrepresentation of the...
You said Zacian V "has a stronger version of this ability" which is just wrong. Of course the other facets of Zacian make it the better card the Gardevoir but the ability is not one of them
Pretty disingenuous to say Intrepid Sword is the stronger ability. You are ignoring that it...
-Only ramps metal energy
-Only ramps to that specific Zacian V
-And immediately ends your turn so you can not use multiple intrepid swords or attack
In a vacuum Gardevoir has the stronger version of...
No offense but a single set VIV only format sounds awful. Namely because pokemon requires staples like Prof Research and Quick Ball to function. The game is about setting up a multiple card combo (1-3 pokemon line, 2-4 energy cards, plus tools and bench support) and you're floundering until you...
...not for a control deck. In case you haven't noticed 6ou don't need to build a convoluted combo deck with Magneton and Lt Surge to win with Boss's Orders
That's not how scope works. It's does +30 for the attack, not for each instance of damage,. So it doesn't matter how much energy you discard Scope is only adding +30 on top of it