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There are actually people who still believe this?? NFTs do not store any data beyond a simple string. That string points to a classical database, which can go down on the whim of its holder. If the game goes down, your precious NFTs stop pointing to anything. You don't own anything beyond the...

POKEMON TCG TWO It unironically might be okay? It seems like it's taking Pokemon TCG to its most basic elements - no energies, no resistances, maybe even no supporters. In short - no engines and making the game actually focused on Pokemon. On the other hand, it is very clearly aimed at the...

I don't think you understand the concept. If you've prevented the creation of something through a previous design, even if it's just a single type, that is a closed design space. It's really not that deep. Also, Rain Dance does not close any design spaces, it just overrides one of the core rules...

You've literally just described what a closed design space is. If there are cards or mechanics that would normally be fine, but the existence of Rain Dance/Baxcalibur makes them potentially abusable, that is a textbook example of a closed design space. Also, there is no need for a card that...

I sincerely doubt this card is good even in mirror matches, especially in this kind of format. The turns that matter the most in this ridiculously fast format are Turn 1 & 2. You don't want to have this in your hand in these turns. You don't want to play from behind in any case.

Just for fun, here's my version of Love Ball: "Search your deck for 2 Pokémon with different names and reveal them (you can't reveal less than 2). Your opponent chooses one of them. Put that Pokemon into your hand and put the other one into your deck. Then, shuffle your deck."

Basically as useless as the actual Love Ball lol

Greninja cards are usually at least okay, I wonder if they push it to the levels of Charizard.

That's because players usually evaluate "balance" in context of what is a "good deck" or a "bad deck". That's fine - they are not supposed to think in design terms and health of the overall game. But thinking that a deck/card is broken because of a format it is in creates a few paradoxes -...

That's not really an issue that should be addressed by making Stage 2s stronger. Giving them passive, uninteractive Abilities that just let you ignore one of the rules of the game doesn't really play on what should make Stage 2s exciting. What really holds back Stage 2s is every Basic ex / Stage...

Yes, Rain Dance has no reason to exist in any format and every version of the ability that has creative limitations is superior in its design.

It's great to see Infernape have a balanced version of Baxcalibur's Rain Dance Super Cold. H-block keeps making good decisions.

There is no such thing as a "League store", which means you perhaps opened my third eye as to why this is worded so vaguely. The recipient of these promos are not "stores", they're Leagues. You are absolutely allowed to run a League in a public place that's not a store. I think TPCi purposefully...

There are two very murky points about this announcement. First, the actual announcement e-mail (and I have it in front of me) does not mention that this applies only to stores. Obviously it was sent to the stores, so it's meant to be for them, but it creates funny situations where a player might...

The only thing I see as problematic in the otherwise amazing H-block is Iron Crown - having a flat damage bonus on a Basic that pollutes your bench with a mediocre attack and no option to evolve is not great for gameplay. However, this is fixed because of 'EXPLOSION FLAMBOYANTE' existing.

We have stores here (hobby stores, obviously) that sell Japanese boxes, so it shouldn't be surprising that the opposite is happening. That said, an official store, also with PTCG being clearly "Japan first, rest of the world second" is surprising. Here's wishing that, at some point, the game...

I feel like, no matter what Pokemon showcases, they're up for a grilling.

Check out the sizes of the white boxes in the back, also if you Google "Pokemon Center Pikachu Moods figures" you'll get pictures of them, because they were already released.

So this is Pikachu Asleep, Pikachu Confused and Pikachu... Poisoned?

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