(1) Chandelure-EX from ‘EX Battle Boost’ – Basic EX? [6/29]
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Salamencetrainer34 said:
I highly doubt that Stage 2's will be gone forever, although I just find it stupid on TPCi's part to take a Pokemon that is a final evolution of Litwick being Chandelure and turning it into a EX Basic when it should've been a EX Stage 2. I don't understand why that's a problem when the TCG has had EX Stage 1's and Stage 2's in the past during Gen III.
Machamp the Champion said:
So it's going to get reprinted as a Secret Rare in Plasma Blast which is our next set.
Well If TPCi doesn't design cards for the Pokemon TCG then who does?
Card Slinger J said:
Japan. Japan makes the cards.
Specifically PCL (Pokemon Card Laboratory). They are the "ultimate authority" as far as rulings go as well.
All those rulings that get handed over from Japan that affect us over here (like the Random Receiver and Dowsing Machine ones)? It's them.
All those rulings that get handed over from Japan that affect us over here (like the Random Receiver and Dowsing Machine ones)? It's them.
Yeah, I was going to clear that up...
Stop with the "TPCi this and TPCi that", didn't you notice we're talking about japanese cards? TPCi is only guilty of planning bad english sets, print the cards with poor quality and not giving good pull rates (maybe some other things too)... PCL, like DNA said, are the ones responsible for the conception and creation of the cards, so in this department, whenever you think a card, a rule or a game mechanic is bad, blame PCL!
Stop with the "TPCi this and TPCi that", didn't you notice we're talking about japanese cards? TPCi is only guilty of planning bad english sets, print the cards with poor quality and not giving good pull rates (maybe some other things too)... PCL, like DNA said, are the ones responsible for the conception and creation of the cards, so in this department, whenever you think a card, a rule or a game mechanic is bad, blame PCL!
As the conversation seems to be swinging this way... for the record, losing Rare Candy wouldn't be a bad thing; universal Evolution acceleration, especially that encourages completely skipping a Stage, isn't conducive to good game design. Every Stage 2, in order to be "balanced", has to be built as if you are getting it into play with Rare Candy. Is this a problem right now? Nope, but it has been in the past and makes it harder to fix the overall problem; the speed/damage output of offensive decks, especially those build around non-Evolving Basic Pokémon and Pokémon-EX.
blargh257 said:
It's only conceptual, I don't imagine it would work in this format (as I said in my original post) but the annoyance of having to pass or taking 30 damage would be hell, especially if you can pull of the Ability lock and high Retreat Costs!
Though, Garbodor would lock out Jellicent, so maybe not tech Jellicent :')
Saw this poster just now. It includes new cards that we haven't seen yet.
https://twitter.com/BulbaNewsNOW/status/351946265854111744/photo/1
https://twitter.com/BulbaNewsNOW/status/351946265854111744/photo/1
Skulblaka_Shur said:
According to the poster, the EXs will not have new artwork. Boo-Hoo!
Reggie McGigas said:
''Chandelure-EX''
Atleast one will be new...
ArceusTrainer said:
new artwork, not new EXs. There could be a million new EXs as far as we know.
Reshiram EX and Zekrom EX were already shown to have reprinted artwork, so sadly that's not really news, since they would be unlikely to give some of the EXes new artwork and not the others. We do get a new Tornadus-EX art for the box promo, so that's something at least.
Wait...some people are talking about "Gold Remover", and other ACE Specs, but I can' find them.
OU Pokemon said:
They were in the same news post as Chendelure, but Water Pokemon Master removed those cards because they were all fake.