2017 Format Rotation Announced!
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The rotation of Battle Compressor brings up the question, how will this affect the supporter field. Battle Comp + VS Seeker combo has made it possible for us to use a lot of one-off supporters in any deck and use them when needed. Now, with the ability to discard supporters from the deck, how do you feel this will affect the decks? Random Receiver will obviously help out a bit to get a supporter but will the rotation make it too clunky to run multiple one-off supporters?
Well this sucks. Battle Compressor made so many decks viable. Now I don't think there's a good way to get a Maxie/Archie out
From a purely flavour point of view I honestly prefer them to be that way: as last resort cards that help you in a pinch rather than being the core method of getting Gallade/Primal Groudon-EX out etc, so they really are an "Ace in the Hole".
We'll lose the Item-locking Trevenant, but the deck may still see some play. Trevenant BREAK is still formidable, especially as a setup for M Alakazam EX...
Is it just me or do we now not have any Trainer Card capable of removing tools?
Still, I'm quite excited to about this new format.
Still, I'm quite excited to about this new format.
Something easy to gloss over is that Expanded loses nothing. Maybe everyone already knew that, but the few discussions I participated in seemed pretty evenly divided between those who assumed it would stay BW-On and those who thought it might ape the rotation style seen in a past Standard Format. As Expanded is there to provide a bit more stable of a format to compliment the more dynamic Standard, I think this is a good thing.
Still wish Legacy had become an official format outside of the PTCGO.
Still wish Legacy had become an official format outside of the PTCGO.
Whew. Pretty relieved that I know what will and will not be legal, so I can now work on more decks and know my options.
Oh, no more Night March as well.
wooo party
Oh, no more Night March as well.
wooo party
Oh well, I guess Greninja from the XY base set will be gone...
For casual/budget play perhaps, but between effects that turn of Abilities and alternate methods of changing out your Active, not so much. Even with the Toxicroak I believe we are getting next set, it isn't overly significant (since three Stage 1 cards with none aiding set up is a lot right now).
Honestly, the only cards I'm going to miss are Manectric/mega, megaphone, and AZ.
I am so sick of expanded being every single BW set. It's just getting out of hand. I feel like they should have cut out everything from Dragons Exalted and before.
Here's to another year of myself not getting any expanded competitive play in. ugh...
I am so sick of expanded being every single BW set. It's just getting out of hand. I feel like they should have cut out everything from Dragons Exalted and before.
Here's to another year of myself not getting any expanded competitive play in. ugh...
But hey, NM has just won Nats. It's a decent farewell.
I honestly expected for the rotation to be PRC-on.
Rip fairy, Rip night march, **** seismitoad, rip trev, rip gengar, balanced format lives on... oh wait. Greninja BREAK. Jirachi shoots himself in the face.
I think another winner from rotation is M Mewtwo EX (either one). They just lost a big predator in Night March that was holding them back from being the powerful, consistent threat they could be. They also don't loose anything, retain Shrine of Memories, and don't care about Garbodor at all. They could use a supporting cast (although Carbink BREAK looks great with M Mewtwo X) but they look like solid stand-alone EXs to me.
What about Greninja? The deck doesn't need the XY one, and the Breaks shot up in price. Sounds like it'll be the next Night March.
Well this sucks. Battle Compressor made so many decks viable. Now I don't think there's a good way to get a Maxie/Archie out
yes there is a litwick in steam siege for one colorless energy allows you to send up to cards from your deck to discard
Isn't the point of Expanded to encompass the previous generation of cards?
You get to be sick of older BW cards, don't get me wrong. I just think it makes little sense to break a card generation for Expanded.