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(1) The EX’s, Ultra Rares, and Trainers of BW8 ‘Spiral Force’ and ‘Thunder Knuckle’ [12/12]
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Holy snap.... Those look so good!!! I love the FA artwork, ESPECIALLY the lati@s ones!
That pumice stone might see some play, and same for Latias!
I really like where this is going! Golden ultra ball... They just had to do it...
That pumice stone might see some play, and same for Latias!
I really like where this is going! Golden ultra ball... They just had to do it...
Agreed - the full art cards look incredible across the board. Pumice Stone is gonna make things very fun - stalling with Catchers won't be nearly as effective, and Pokemon who once had prohibitively high retreat costs might start showing up in fringe decks as players test out the new mechanics.
Can't wait to buy these on Friday!
Can't wait to buy these on Friday!
Playable Shinies!
Amazing art!
Heatran EX stinks!
Everything else is decent!
Empoleon/Garbo/Blastoise/or Garchomp decks can be so tricked out now. All FA supporter. Shiny RRs, Ultra Balls, Catchers, and even Terrakion.
Garchomp/Altaria could cost a sh.itload of money lololol
tornadus is ok, latias is fun, the stone is interesting. Cant wait....
actually i can lol
Amazing art!
Heatran EX stinks!
Everything else is decent!
Empoleon/Garbo/Blastoise/or Garchomp decks can be so tricked out now. All FA supporter. Shiny RRs, Ultra Balls, Catchers, and even Terrakion.
Garchomp/Altaria could cost a sh.itload of money lololol
tornadus is ok, latias is fun, the stone is interesting. Cant wait....
actually i can lol
I'm liking this set a lot, nothing seems too good compared to everything else.
Deoxys and Thundurus are both amazing as I've already said.
Tornadus (even though it's already been a EX) has a really good first attack. Too bad everyone will have to run 2 minimum of it, and he'll be super expensive.
Latias seems really cool, I just wish it did more damage.
Heatran looks alright, it kinda has a defense mechanism to Poison Hypnotic Beam, which is cool.
Latios is OK at best. @WPM: The translation for Latios say [P][P][C], it's [W][P][C].
All the FA's seem like they look really cool, but the image quality is so bad I can't tell, lol.
Pumice Stone looks amazing.
Super Energy Retrieval seems pretty good.
I hope there's some more trainers in this set. These 2 and Shadow Traid or whatever seems like too little.
Deoxys and Thundurus are both amazing as I've already said.
Tornadus (even though it's already been a EX) has a really good first attack. Too bad everyone will have to run 2 minimum of it, and he'll be super expensive.
Latias seems really cool, I just wish it did more damage.
Heatran looks alright, it kinda has a defense mechanism to Poison Hypnotic Beam, which is cool.
Latios is OK at best. @WPM: The translation for Latios say [P][P][C], it's [W][P][C].
All the FA's seem like they look really cool, but the image quality is so bad I can't tell, lol.
Pumice Stone looks amazing.
Super Energy Retrieval seems pretty good.
I hope there's some more trainers in this set. These 2 and Shadow Traid or whatever seems like too little.
Thoughts:
Shinies. They all look amazing. Playable too.
EXes:
Tornadus EX- this thing is GOOD. Uber-consistent, amaaaaazing starter, I imagine this will replace Smeargle in some ways.
Thundurus EX- Full art is preeeettty. Playable too.
Heatran EX- Horrible. I can't think of any way to make this work.
Latias EX- BCIF-Level. the Darkrai/Mewtwo of this set. Amazing.
Latios EX- Works in blasteo, maybe.
Itemz:
Super energy retrieval will be staple in non-discard energy accel decks, meaning blasteo, Lugia, etc.
Pumice stone is amazing, and will be played in everything but darkrai and keldeo.
FA supports:
Finally Juniper! Ghetsis is cool too.
Shinies. They all look amazing. Playable too.
EXes:
Tornadus EX- this thing is GOOD. Uber-consistent, amaaaaazing starter, I imagine this will replace Smeargle in some ways.
Thundurus EX- Full art is preeeettty. Playable too.
Heatran EX- Horrible. I can't think of any way to make this work.
Latias EX- BCIF-Level. the Darkrai/Mewtwo of this set. Amazing.
Latios EX- Works in blasteo, maybe.
Itemz:
Super energy retrieval will be staple in non-discard energy accel decks, meaning blasteo, Lugia, etc.
Pumice stone is amazing, and will be played in everything but darkrai and keldeo.
FA supports:
Finally Juniper! Ghetsis is cool too.
Infinity, they have to print PLAYABLE FA supporters.
Idk y u guys love tornadus so much. his second attack his so mediocre that it just makes his 1st attack ok. I mean its good but after t1 or 2, its just a sitter. lategame maybe.....idk we will see....
Idk y u guys love tornadus so much. his second attack his so mediocre that it just makes his 1st attack ok. I mean its good but after t1 or 2, its just a sitter. lategame maybe.....idk we will see....
Gahhh! I bought my preorder packs in hopes for a surprise for ultra rares! Now I know what I'll be hoping for! Eh that's my fault for being nosy. I really want the full art juniper, Latias, Latios and deoxys. Everything else I'm not too interested in. ... Actually I DO want that shiny Garbodor... But I was hoping for shiny Samurott so emboar and serperior won't have that gaping hole in the middle.
This is almost looking to be pretty horrible when it comes to Ultra-Rares.
Therian Tornadus EX? Tornadus is the only pokemon aside from Kyurem to have more than one different EX.
Latios EX is unplayable.
And all the shinies are very poor choices. Garbodor? Lame. Garchomp and Empoleon are near identical to their nrmal counterparts in terms of color. And Ultra Ball is the only good one and that is not much different the DEX Ultra Ball.
This set better redeem itself with its good regular cards.
Therian Tornadus EX? Tornadus is the only pokemon aside from Kyurem to have more than one different EX.
Latios EX is unplayable.
And all the shinies are very poor choices. Garbodor? Lame. Garchomp and Empoleon are near identical to their nrmal counterparts in terms of color. And Ultra Ball is the only good one and that is not much different the DEX Ultra Ball.
This set better redeem itself with its good regular cards.
Sooo Sinnoh has like 7 Legendaries remaining to be ex-ified. I wonder if the Lake trio will be done in one whole set or separated.
But anyways, I'm totally digging that Latias ex and Shiny Garbodor.
But anyways, I'm totally digging that Latias ex and Shiny Garbodor.