This is a new account. For whatever reason the site would take forever to load whenever I logged in on my old account. And when it did load, it took me to either the forums homepage or a blank page :/
Pokemon has stopped including reprints in sets unless the reprint has new art (like ULP Lillie, CST Hau, CST Switch, etc.) Also, what makes you say those were cut?
That's not a rumor, it's confirmed. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/clp-video-games/super-smash-bros-ultimate-event/pcmcat1534188901228.c?id=pcmcat1534188901228
I know. ORAS had PRC and DOC. USUM had ULP. B2W2 had BCR. All main series games get Base Sets.
Also, @AuraJackle the only gen 2 card we know of in Dark Order is Ampharos-GX. I think you're getting Dark Order and Explosive Impact confused. Explosive Impact is the Johto set, and will be put in...
While it's not completely accurate, on TCGO I tested something similar. I played a deck with only 1 Shaymin-EX +59 energy, my opponent played a deck with only Joltik and 59 energy. I used Sky Return, koing the Joltik and benching myself. This resulted in the game going into a sudden-death. So I...