Unfallible said:
I don't think we'll ever see sp metal/darkness energies again, to be honest. After all, now that we have basic metal and darkness energies, there's really no reason why PCL would single out certain types to recieve a huge advantage like that. I think PCL considers them an unnecessary mechanic from a bygone era. The subject of sp metal/darkness energies just hasn't gotten much attention because of all the other changes which are going on in the game.
based on the way the game has been going, I wouldn't be surprised if they expanded the mechanic so those types don't have the advantage. They could apply the damage change effects to other energies or, maybe, follow the course of rescue energy to rescue ribbon, where it becomes a tool card instead.
Deus: Nightmare Autarch said:
I vote for the return of Take Out in BW6. Who's with me?
This would be nice, but it would be unfair to pokemon EX
It's worth pointing out that due to the Level X mechanic, Take Out never had an opportunity to target pokemon ex in it's format. One attack to take 2 prizes guaranteed would push EXs out of the format. the only way they could justify that exchange is to give it to a pokemon EX itself, but then it be a basic pokemon, which means you end up with a more powerful "mewtwo struggle".
So if the do reprint the attack, they have 2 choices.
1. Make a new set of EX cards as stage 1s, even though this would break the legendaries only rule
2. they give the attack a very high cost or recoil effect, but this risks the attack being ineffective and unplayble.
they're screwed either way really