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To me, the new Garbodor is a nasty item deterrent that has an even stronger effect than normal item lock has had. Think about normal item lock - you can't play items at all as long as the lock is in effect. However, remove or deter the effect, and there are few drawbacks to using items again...

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"Broken" Isn't exactly the word I'd describe it, but I do get the issue of the card being unbalanced to the advantage of the player going first. I wish there was an extra clause that states that you cannot play this card on the 1st turn of the game. Otherwise, I could see lots of creativity...

Awesome - Now Serperior can become at least somewhat playable again! Add Lurantis and Choice Band to give it even more power too... Although it probably will have issues against Decidueye. :/

I wrote 2 articles last year... But I didn't have much time to write any more than that - or that my other ideas for articles were not worth reading about. From this, I feel like I'm as much to blame as everyone else as to why the free article program went away. That said, I think the problem...

I don't know... Sophocles might have some uses. I can see many situations where a player has a large hand - but only wants specific cards to be discarded. Think how one would use Aqua Patch or Mega Turbo - or playing in an item lock situation. You can discard some resources, and hope to draw...

Oh my... This Machoke could see play. If it blocks Decidueye-GX, Greninja BREAK, and bench sniper attacks, It could become a nice hard counter against many decks. Just Remember: Bronzong from Fates Collide was used competitively with similar effects at one time. This one, while it doesn't block...

Wow... Aqua Patch will really be quite useful for a first turn Palkia-EX setup - which could be a great engine for lots of water strategies. Now, figuring out the best way to integrate it into a competitive deck... That will still be very tricky, given the meta is so much about minimal energy...

Ugh... Tapu Lele is way too OP to me. I could see decks that are based off of using 4 of them in conjunction with tons of various support mechanisms. I say this because of how many Supporters in this format can mess up an opponents strategy, like Delinquent, Lysandre, Ace Trainer, Hex Maniac...

Wow... I can see scary things you could do with Tapu Bulu - and perhaps the other Tapu's as well. Natural zero weakness is an incredible rarity - and this is the first time I've seen having it on a 180 HP basic! o.o One deck idea I have is to combine it with the non-GX Lurantis to boost damage...

If this card blocks Sky Field... I can see it replacing Parallel City in many decks, even if it is a weaker effect. My reasons to it: - It is searchable via item cards like Nest and Ultra Ball. Compare it to stadiums, which have very difficult searching options to guarantee getting it out. -...

The Issue with that example is you assume the opposing player sets up Toxapex-GX that way, when it can get rather complex real quickly in practice: -The player can easily just place an alternate attacker like Hoopa or their own Tauros-GX to develop a benched Mareanie, as well as add an Assault...

So Grass and Fire pokemon do 20 more damage with Sunny Day. What if the pokemon was both Fire and Grass type - like the Volcorona from Steam Siege? Would it add up to 40 damage? :D (Okay, It probably wouldn't. I'm just being goofy!)

Vikavolt-GX... How I'd play it: 4 Max Potion, 4 DCE, some Assault vests, Balloons, Rough Seas, and other protection. Charge beam keeps doing 50 Damage and reattaching DCE's out of the discard, and the high HP walls opponents until the big 180 blast - or the Crazy 60 damage bench spread. Then...

I see Eeveelutions doing some scary things: 200 HP Stage 1's that can evolve turn one that take advantage of Bursting Balloon, Assault vest, multiple typings, and whatnot. So much of the Meta right now could be countered by them: Yveltal: Jolteon's abilty lets them strike for weakness, and they...

In many ways, depending on how well GX cards become in this Sun & Moon Meta, I say watch out for this card. It proves that Stage 1 and 2 GX's have one major exploitable vulnerability: They evolve from fairly low-HP Pre-evolutions. For instance, Solgaleo, Lunala, and Primarina -GX, etc. will...

'Draw 3 Cards' Whelp... There went the hope for Hau... <.< Of all the cards I've seen in this set so far, Espeon-GX looks real scary, in that it could end up completely reconfiguring the metagame. That's because it easily counters Mega Mewtwo, and potentially other metagame threats. The...

SR... Energies?! And I thought the SR FA UB was overkill. Playing online, I knew that the Golden Ultra Ball of Doom was worth 100+ Plasma Freeze Packs the last time I saw it, and that it probably had the utmost worst pull rate in the entire client. The value this Full Art Goldie will have also...

Nice article! I haven't been able to play the game online these days, as my computer couldn't handle the online client anymore... Either way, once I get the client back on somehow, your decklist, updated or not, will be the first one I'll try out. There is one question: Have you ever tried...

Talonflame is better for strategies that have the stage 2 as the attacking role. This deck has the stage 2 line mainly as the supporting role to help the basic attackers, so this will conflict with getting the firebird out at the start of the game. Some Suggestions: Palkia-EX looks like a...