Lusamine and Wally Unbanned from Expanded! By: Water Pokémon Master Posted 3 weeks ago to TCG 18 comments Pokemon.com has just released their Shining Fates ban list. No changes were made to Standard, but both Wally and Lusamine have been unbanned from the Expanded format. The changes will go into effect on March 5th. Lusamine can be a powerful card in the right circumstances in control decks. However, considering that Lt. Surge's Strategy is banned in the Expanded format, the potential of Lusamine is limited in the current environment. If Lusamine turns out to be problematic again, this decision will be reevaluated. After the first-turn Supporter rule change at the beginning of the Sword & Shield Series, the potential problems with Wally were reduced significantly. However, evolving on the first turn can lead to dangerous combos, so the usage of Wally will be monitored closely. The Battle Styles ban list will be announced on March 4th.
Interesting. I was again opining on whether or not Wally should remain banned or come back two weeks ago... which was long overdue from a message board discussion we had here. That's how talented I can be; early and late at the same time. XP Stupid jokes aside, it is probably for the best they see if these cards are sufficiently balanced for the current Expanded Format.
Not a surprise. If they had wanted to errata Lysandre then would have done it when Boss's Order came out almost a year ago
Wally was banned before due to Trevenant. So that t1 Item Lock occurs. Even the Supporter rule prevents the first player doing this strat, the second player can abuse this strat even more, making the first player only has one solitary turn to use items. Then, Trevenant BREAK on the second player's turn 2.
Trevenant has had Ascension Phantump and could already do this without Wally. Wally doesn't change anything now
