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Eelzone and Magneboar can do that too though; just lost zone one of the two energy on your Magnezone.

What's ironic is that Mewtwo is being hyped for qualities that new players go crazy about: high HP and a grind based attack. Granted Mewtwo does these better than any previous pokemon, but the irony is still there and still funny. Still, whether I think Mewtwo EX is overrated or not, it is...

Well I have a specific experience that can be chalked as my worst personal way to lose a game, and I don't think anyone would want it to happen to them though. Imagine, if you will, being up 5 prizes, with about half your deck left. You're using ZPST vs some non google Vileplume variant. Plenty...

Devolution Spray needs to be played at a very specific time though, as you remove the conditions, don't forget.

This. A singleton dragon tech and a catcher was enough to deal with Archeops before, but with EX pokemon on the field, Archeops goes from being ineffective to kind of pointless.

If Mewtwo EX catches on, Magneboar might become very strong. Due to Emboar's ability, an empty Magnezone can attack at a moment's notice. This means that a smart player could, in theory, drop the required energy for a knockout, empty the field of energy to take that knockout, then repeat as...

20 more HP and this thing might have been at least playable. Though maybe not. Synthesis is...meh, I guess. It's light acceleration at the cost of your turn. This card's main purpose would probably come from Revenge blast, which does 30 plus 30 more for each prize card given up. This provides...

I sorta suspected you'd be on the staff sometime VY, nice job. Riskbreakers, I've only seen you in passing, but you seem like a good guy, so congrats. Glaceon, now that you run DCE in ZPST, I'm sure your job will go smoothly as well :P, nah congratulations man, I've liked reading your stuff so...

I would start practicing with Reshiboar, just in case. I think Reshiram will still be viable in the ND format, and Reshiphlosion is still okay now, but I think Emboar is the partner for Reshiram EX, not Typhlosion. On the other hand, that's what we all said about the original Reshiram, so who...

Steelix is absolutely terrible in this meta. Due to the power creep, 140 HP isn't that impressive anymore, fire weakness is not that great, and 100 for five (yes even with energy stream) is terrible. Steelix can't really tank in this meta, and that's all it's ever been good for.

One word you'll hear a lot of when making competitive decks: consistency, consistency, consistency. Not sure how much you've played and how much you know this fact, but consistency is the most important aspect of any deck, archetype or rogue. This will be heavily reflected in your TSS and...

Ehhhhh I don't buy it. MD-on had Sabledonk, and before that you could Garchomp donk a non SP deck. Gengar SF had fainting spell, which was fairly luck based, mind you, if it was triggered. Most of the issues that make this format less skill based arguably fall to things like the first turn rule...

To a point. I think PONT might be better in higher counts for decks that don't run Beach or Magnezone. Eelzone will love Ultra Ball.

I only got one thing to say. People may complain about the power creep from the new EXs, but at least you get two prizes from them for all the crap you go through killing them. For SPs you got nothin'.

Reshiboar will be better for Reshiram EX than Reshiphlosion I think. While it's only theorymon, two ABs puts you in range of a Lost Burn, Strong Volt, Brave Fire, or even a straight X-Ball with a pluspower (assuming Mewtwo only has two energy on it) KO. As all four attackers are probably going...

Hey how come you're not on skype these days? You've been missed.

RDL has an interesting history in terms of playability. It probably hasn't fluctuated as much as Emboar BW has, but their fates have often been closely tied. Breaking down the overall stats, this card doesn't seem to initially be that great. 140 HP is okay, but terrible for a legend. 150 for...

Vileplume, along with Magnezone, is one of the few Stage 2 Pokemon left that sees serious play in metagame decks. Like Magnezone, one of the reasons for its play comes in a powerful special ability, the Poke-Body Allergy Flower, which shuts down all trainers on both sides, regardless of whether...

Ninetales was the first real example of consistent hard draw after Claydol was rotated for the MD-on format (Uxie X was good and dug deep for the time, but I wouldn't call it hard draw, was definitely good though). Some decks ran this last format as a result for its draw power., the few...

What a fall from grace this card had. Gothetelle was originally one of the most hyped cards in the format when EP came out, with fairly good reason, as it mimicked the most powerful effect of The Truth (that is, locking out dragons from taking a prize), while having more streamlined evolution...