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In Magic, your sideboard is a set of 15 cards that you can exchange with cards in your deck in between games of a match. For a Pokémon example, let's say that my deck has a weak matchup to Mega Rayquaza. I could run Parallel City, but that's a card only effective in certain matchups, and if I...

So I'd like to offer a defense of prize cards from a game design perspective. 1) It enforces a level of variance that cannot be overcome by the incredibly powerful search and draw effects that have consistently been a part of the game. Variance, to some degree, is a good thing as it keeps the...

Since you didn't have time to double-check... Snorlax has base 160 HP (6th best in the game), 110 Special Defense (putting it in the same SpD tier as Grumpig, Gothetelle, and Slowking) and...65 Defense (Gardevoir, Sylveon, Mega Alakazam). And in Generation 1, its Special was also 65, meaning...

What's meant by weakness diversity is that since flying Pokémon are most commonly weak to Lightning, including an on-color flyer lets you play against your weakness. For example, Yvetal in a Dark deck helps keep your deck from just rolling over and dying to Fighting.

Okay, I know I'm a little late to the party, but there is a reason for this to be Dragon-Type. And as the dex entry explains, its Fire typing is environmental.

Okay, I have to find Gyarados hilarious. Dragon Rage: 40 damage in the video games, basically an OHKO move in the TCG. I see much salt in the future of players who do get hit by the 1/4 chance. Pity Bubblebeam isn't any good, I have fond memories of Gyarados in Rain Dance. Oh, and the video...

And even if we didn't have the precedent in Abra's (Mysterious Treasures) Ultra Evolution, this is a Base Set homage. A re-imagined Pokémon Breeder (or just a Rare Candy reprint) would also allow Kadabra to be sidestepped. (Though it would be odd to have a Pokémon that could only evolve through...

Pretty sure some of the anger over Computer Search was because you could use old copies of Bill when he was reprinted as a Supporter in HeartGold/SoulSilver as long as you had a reference for the new card text. Not that anyone would want to, given "draw 2 cards" is an awful Supporter. Either...

So, thinking about it, Hyper Training might also be an answer to how they're going to handle the DV/IV change when you send Pokémon from the VC Gen I releases forward. Gen I Pokémon being capped at 15 for their IVs isn't that big of an issue if you can IV train them. No idea what they're going...

This isn't quite accurate. While Oak was an uncommon and Bill, Energy Removal, and Gust of Wind common, Pokémon Breeder (a necessity in Rain Dance), Lass (Haymaker's answer to Moltres), Scoop Up (used in Haymaker and Damage Swap), Super Energy Removal, Computer Search, and Item Finder were all...

Hitmonchan would be very odd to exclude, but I wouldn't hold my breath for Scyther - it was released in Jungle rather than Base Set. Electabuzz is fair game though. I have to feel a little sorry for the Unlimited players though. First they lose Bill, then Rare Candy gets nerfed, and now Oak's...

Not quite true - Energy Burn and Fire Spin were both functionally changed. Stormfront Charizard's Energy Burn was a Poké-Body, while Base Set Charizard's Energy Burn was an activated Pokémon Power, what would become Poké-Powers. More importantly, Stormfront Charizard's Fire Spin required you to...

The article specifies "Since they’re numbered as new promos, it means the old cards will survive future rotations."

I've never built a cube, so take what I say with a grain of salt... Something worth noting is that an 8-person draft is only going to open 360 cards. There are 257 unique cards in Base through Rocket, giving you a complete cube of 1,028 cards, 904, once we account for the 31 duplicated Pokémon...

I can think of two reasons to reprint N instead of a functional reprint with a different character. 1) Accessibility. A lot of enfranchised players already have N due to the Expanded format. That may or may not be a concern for TPCI, but I'm certain players will appreciate being able to use...