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So, assuming the Japanese promo Beast Ball will be in our set (and I feel pretty confident it will be), there are now 14 out of 15 Trainers revealed for our English set - 5 regular Items, 1 Tool, 2 Stadiums, and 6 Supporters. What kind of card does everyone think that last Trainer will be? :D

Well... http://www.pokebeach.com/2017/11/beast-ball-and-phione-promos-in-december

Beast Ball?

While it's way too early to say for certain, I feel very confident that Palkia and Dialga will be in the next set. They were printed in SM5+ Ultra Force, and, as is the usual with Japan's mini-sets, the unique cards from those mini-sets are funneled into our next English set. The alternate type...

So for everyone keeping track at home, we now know these stats for our English set list: 8 GXs: Palkia, Greninja, Naganadel, Lucario, Zygarde, Yveltal, Dialga, Ultra Necrozma 6 Ultra Beasts: Pheromosa, Xurkitree, Poipole, Naganadel, Buzzwole, Ultra Necrozma 5 Prism Stars: Volcanion, Diancie...

500 HP?!? I knew the power creep was bad, but not this out of control! :P Really, though, I'm sure ten years down the line, we'll be seeing Wailord-GXxX with 550 HP...

I knew there was the non-GX Buzzwole, but couldn’t remember what it did. And...yeah, it’ll be really good, too Totally forgot about Beast Ring - thanks for the reminder

I'm a little surprised no one's mentioned it yet, but... this set is gonna be insane for Buzzwole-GX Beast Energy Prism Star + Diancie Prism Star on the Bench + Choice Band = Jet Punch for 110 damage on GXs/EXs, 30 damage to Bench - that's a OHKO you can pull off on a Zoroark or Silvally in a...

I would say that Aromatisse is probably your best option - as you've stated, it's only a Stage 1, so it takes far fewer resources to set it up than the other energy-moving options. Also, it only gives up one Prize when KOed, so it's not that much of a liability to sit on your Bench. The fact...

Well, there was technically a period of a few months when N was rotated from Standard, which was pretty awful (the only good/decent draw Supporters at that point were Sycamore, Shauna, and Professor Birch's Observations). TCPi pretty much had to bring back N because it was the only "check" to...

Interesting - if these Palkia and Dialga alternate-type reprints are really included in Forbidden Light, then we already know all 8 GXs that will be in the set (Palkia, Greninja, Naganadel, Lucario, Yveltal, Dialga, Zygarde, Ultra Necrozma)

Sorry, I’m a little lost - how could there be two open slots between A-Sandslash and A-Vulpix when there are no other Water/Ice types between them in the Pokédex? EDIT: I just realized that you accidentally omitted the Salandit/Salazzle from SM4 from your updated set list - that’s why there...

I think this set will represent an important turning point for TCPi and the competitive game: will we see another reprint of Professor Sycamore? If there were any set in this new block to drop this reprint, it would most logically be this one. I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing it go, just to see...

@Water Pokémon Master Just to clarify, was the Volcanion not listed as either a GX or a Prism Star?

I think Metagross is in a really weird place in the meta right now. It’s true that it’s good at tanking hits from Zoroark and Gardevoir decks, but in the case of Zoroark (which, if the results of Memphis Regionals are any indication, is the new top dog of Standard), Metagross relies a lot on...

As a slight side note, can we even be sure that Fini will be in this set? The non-GX Koko was released as a promo, and that was the plan for Lele as well. Japan got a non-GX Bulu all the way back in SM2+, and that hasn’t been shoehorned into any set as of now (possibly because they’re saving it...

I don’t think there can be a space between Volkner and Super Boost Energy, since the current list has 18 Trainers and 3 Special Energy, as advertised. As it stands, I believe that TCPi is counting the reprints of the previous Ultra Beasts (Pheromosa, Xurkitree, Celesteela) towards their UB and...