We may not get Doduo or Exeggutor, but who knows? We did get Imakuni? and that kind of surprised me.
News 20th Anniversary Set in September + Surfing Pikachu and M Slowbro-EX!
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I can see Raticate being good in M Scizor-EX.
It really shouldn't be an issue since English Base Set Jynx was always purple. But I guess laziness won in the end.
Kadabra isn't banned. They avoid printing it so as not to make Uri Geller start whining again, he lost the lawsuit.
Your reasoning of Pidgeotto and Dragonair is entirely irrelevant, many of the rarities in this set are different to those of Base Set. Electabuzz was a Rare in Base Set, it's a COMMON here. Potion and Switch were Common in Base Set, but Uncommon here.
Your reasoning on similar cards is also not really a reason. The Trainers, maybe. But they've never shied away from making cards similar to past Pokemon. (We've had several based on Base Set Hitmonchan, for instance. And even you pointed out Deluge Blastoise is based on the Base Set one.) And there being no Bill-based Supporter here is definitely a surprise. We got a new card based on Brock, who wasn't featured in Base Set, and one based on Professor Oak as well.
So much I want to comment on but as I finally realized something very stupid which I did, I need to apologize for that.
Oh, right, I'll need to be specific. I do not know why but I finally noticed the "If you use this card, your turn ends." clause on Professor Oak's Hint. My only defense is "Seriously, this card was bad when I did not realize playing it ended your turn; this goes beyond nerfing, this is taxidermy!"
So to @Water Pokémon Master and all the others making the obvious comparison with Tropical Beach, I'm sorry.
Oh, right, I'll need to be specific. I do not know why but I finally noticed the "If you use this card, your turn ends." clause on Professor Oak's Hint. My only defense is "Seriously, this card was bad when I did not realize playing it ended your turn; this goes beyond nerfing, this is taxidermy!"
So to @Water Pokémon Master and all the others making the obvious comparison with Tropical Beach, I'm sorry.
I am SO excited for XY Evolutions to come out in the U.S.A. My only complaints are 1. There is no Squirtle and Bulbasaur lines and 2. There is no Mega Pinsir, because after the premium collections, Mega Pinsir will be the only Kanto mega without a card.
This made my day tbh XD
More of a fun set than playable, maybe they're trying to get us more excited for when Sun and Moon base comes out.
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Aw man, it looks like the English ones will just have the original Japanese layout and not the original English layout. Huge bummer.
Does this mean Mewtwo won't be holo in Evolutions :,(
Yay. A Pikachu Theme Deck. >.> Nothing says "buy me" like an unevolved Pokemon as the cover card. (No, I don't consider Pichu to make Pikachu an "evolved Pokemon".)
And eh, the pose on Pikachu isn't terribly close to the Zap! art. Mewtwo's is a cool throwback, though. Zap! was the first Theme Deck I got, so slightly nostalgic. (One of only three of the early Theme Decks I remember buying, along with Blackout and Bodyguard.) Man, I forgot how bad those Theme Decks were back then, looking at the lists now.
And eh, the pose on Pikachu isn't terribly close to the Zap! art. Mewtwo's is a cool throwback, though. Zap! was the first Theme Deck I got, so slightly nostalgic. (One of only three of the early Theme Decks I remember buying, along with Blackout and Bodyguard.) Man, I forgot how bad those Theme Decks were back then, looking at the lists now.
