Garganacl ex, Raifort, Tinkaton and Other New Gym Promos Revealed!

By: Water Pokémon Master · Posted Posted onOct 19, 2023 at 9:54 PM · 20 Comments

The next set of Gym promos will be given out in Japan starting October 27th. Players who attend Gym tournaments will receive a 1-card promo pack containing one of seven promo cards.

Three of the cards are brand new. The rest are alternate art reprints from Ancient Roar & Future Flash.

All participants will also receive a reverse holo Poppy promo with a Gym stamp.

Thanks goes to JustInBasil for the translations!

Tinkaton – Psychic – HP140
Stage 2 – Evolves from Tinkatuff

[P] Knock Off: 40 damage. Discard a random card from your opponent’s hand.

[P][C][C] Wild Press: 220 damage. This Pokémon also does 60 damage to itself.

Weakness: Metal (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

Garganacl ex – Fighting – HP340
Stage 2 – Evolves from Naclstack

Ability: Salt Body
This Pokémon can’t be affected by any Special Conditions.

[F][C][C] Block Hammer: 170 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, this Pokémon takes 60 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Weakness: Grass (x2)
Resistance: None
Retreat: 4

Raifort – Trainer
Supporter

Look at the top 5 cards of your deck. You may discard any number of cards you find there and put the other cards back in any order.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

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Garganacl ex - tank decks ain't common, with this Stage 2 with tanking abilities is just too much.
Raifort - decent card, not just too impactful.
Tinkaton - 3 for Stage 2 is just too much, I wanna KO exs with just cheap efforts.
 
Please tell me that Raifort's in line to get some Full Arts in the near future, I think she's pretty swell as a character/design!
 
Garganacl ex seems very under powered for a stage 2 Pokémon with no same type draw support
 
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ApricornNut said:
Please tell me that Raifort's in line to get some Full Arts in the near future, I think she's pretty swell as a character/design!
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Might happen in a future high class set but I wouldn't hold by breathe. Or if it perhaps end up getting another card that actually releases in a set.
 
Gethbert said:
I think the idea is too use the new Garganacal from paradox rift to attach and heal.
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You gotta keep discarding energies to heal the same ex though, if they can't take out your first garganacl ex. I prefer the one from Paldea Evolved that lets you heal 20 damage between turns. That with the chest plate and Koraidon/ Geeta.
 
Bewear The TERRIBLE said:
You gotta keep discarding energies to heal the same ex though, if they can't take out your first garganacl ex. I prefer the one from Paldea Evolved that lets you heal 20 damage between turns. That with the chest plate and Koraidon/ Geeta.
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Oh, the healing is a neat bonus, its just for attaching, while intresting Getta/Koridon plus heal 20 seems weaker. Putting a low HP 2P on the board seems sketchy and not using arven/iono/colress or what ever the draw engine is seems gimmicky. Also while attaching 4 energy is good, idk how reliable it is. Cool to try though and both routes sound fun.
 
If we get a Naclstack that does something we could very well see a Garganacl deck in the future. This guy benefits highly from the other 2 Garganacl so having some way to cheat them out or really just have better consistency would go a long way
 
Gethbert said:
Oh, the healing is a neat bonus, its just for attaching, while intresting Getta/Koridon plus heal 20 seems weaker. Putting a low HP 2P on the board seems sketchy and not using arven/iono/colress or what ever the draw engine is seems gimmicky. Also while attaching 4 energy is good, idk how reliable it is. Cool to try though and both routes sound fun.
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The ability heal between turns though, so its actually heal 40. Koraidon can be annoying when your opponent do a boss for the 2 Prize KO but Its a bit easier than having to evolve two garganacls for the energy. We can also attach chestplate on Koraidon and add extra switches to the deck. Geeta is just a one off, maybe we can add cards like pickaxe and stickers to help with the acceleration? Just in case we don't get to play Geeta at the desired turn. But, like you said, it'll be fun to try both. ??
 
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