I wonder if pokemon recovery is going to come at a premium this next format with the elevation of Klara in this box and Miriam getting printed right off the rip. Maybe we have no rod/stretcher at all for SV block.
I’m not sure how I feel about that. It would certainly make for a change of pace. On the one hand, you generally want to use item cards over supporters when you can. On the other hand, a format where you are given greater incentive to use a variety of different supporter cards for a variety of different Supporter cards for a variety of different purposes, especially a post-Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX, post Single Strike package format, could turn out to be a very fun format, because it could turn out to be a very slow and skillful format. After all, one of the redeeming qualities of the broken XY block format, according to Jason Klaczynski in the “ranking the formats” section of his blog, was the wide variety of supporter cards you could choose from. Drawing Supporter cards, searching Supporter cards, gusting supporter cards, scooping supporter cards,
game-breaking supporter cards, and more! It’s also one reason why I enjoy playing @Justinbasil’s Regigigas VSTAR/Inteleon deck I’m casual play… it’s not the most competitive Inteleon deck, but it’s one of the most skillful, because the games drag out longer, you’re less reliant on VSTAR powers and acceleration, and you have to plan out your use of the Inteleon package more carefully. I’m planning to find the most fun Lost Box variant to pair with it… again, for casual play.
P.S. A card like Miriam might encourage a turbo deck that aims to thin the deck out with items, recycling Pokémon with Miriam as the get discarded as well as they get knocked out as well as when they get discarded, and giving you a higher chance of drawing into them.
