someone else used Azul's same decklist and got 1st place a week later, and a third person took out one lightning energy from the list for a GO promo Zapdos instead, just to ensure more KOs
the game has been keeping tabs on energy lost from retreating, attack costs and knockouts since launch (look in your discard pile when you're playing a match). There just hasn't been an effect that capitalizes on discarded energy in the first two sets, it must have been an interaction they had...
kinda hoping/expecting Lucario to reimagine fighting decks or at least be a bonus benchsitter for Golem. it seems like his ability stacks, so 2 Lucarios should mean +40 damage every turn lol
low key wondering if the Tool cards in this set are gonna have broadly useful, generic effects or if they were designed to complement specific decks/Pokemon.
I mean, it's a new platform and a new format. Yugioh went through similar growing pains when they launched Duellinks with a reduced card...
"journey together" as a set name doesn't really work for a gym leader who doesn't leave the town she reps, nor does it work for N whose whole thing was catching Pokemon in the areas near where his battles take place only to release them afterward (the only pokemon he canonically does any legit...
Hop having a whole list of cards built around getting Zacian to hit the active spot for 120 for free sounds really fun, even though it requires getting three extra different types of cards onto the field to pull it off 😂
overall Iono's mana ramping and card draw effects sound more fun for an...