Discussion Expectations for Forbidden Light

Eltyr

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So, we all expect new cards, all discuss which ones are gonna be good and what will be valuable.
Very interesting to me was the fact that, with the last set, everyone expected a lot from things like magnezone, while Weavile got under the radar, noticed mainly by very good players, and skyrocketed in price from 40 cents to something like 4 euros after only one tournament (european prices, mind you).
Now I am very interested in other people's opinions, what cards do you expect to be very good from this set, what will go up and what will be played?
My personal opinion, I see Malamar as the foil money card of the set, since it is so good and makes playable all sorts of psychic decks, I see a slight raise in price of Dawn Wings GX and Mewtwo GX, the first since it seems to fit perfectly in Ultra Necrozma GX decks, the second because it's a very good solution for Zygarde GX and that may become popular.
For popularity Greninja GX seems like an obvious choice, it's good and a popular Pokémon. Maybe some memester will play it with Clawitzer since it does 40 snipe for only one energy :v seems decent for cheaper decks.
Zygarde GX seems like something that will see play, Diance Prism will surely bee really sought after in this Fighting heavy meta.
Sylveon looks like a fudging asshole to play against so I think I'll se more quad-sylveon decks around.
Xerneas seems to be a neat one of card in Gardevoir decks.
Ultra Necrozma GX is good and I think it'll be the most expensive GX card of the set (And RIP me for wanting the FA playset).
The uncommon good card seems to be Mystery Treasure for Ultra Necrozma decks.

Please tell you mind.
 
Other than the ultra beast support, I'm only excited for Ultra Necrozma/ Malamar and Diancie. But yaaaay, Beast Ring, because you know, Buzzwole's not good enough.
 
With Malamar, Ultra-Necrozma, Naganadel and the upcoming dragon support in the set after Forbidden Light, Mystery Treasure is my obvious #1 new card. Not to mention that it is another item that can grab you a Lele for only 1 discard in a format where discarding resources has become somewhat problematic. (Unless you're playing Zoroark-Puzzles but still.)
 
Diancie, beast ring, beast energy will be big and we will get all sorts of different malamar/psychic variations.
 
Other than the ultra beast support, I'm only excited for Ultra Necrozma/ Malamar and Diancie. But yaaaay, Beast Ring, because you know, Buzzwole's not good enough.
Yeah Beast Energy kinds of pushes it even further, with Diancie and Beast Ring around, it's gonna be even more nuts as a deck.
With Malamar, Ultra-Necrozma, Naganadel and the upcoming dragon support in the set after Forbidden Light, Mystery Treasure is my obvious #1 new card. Not to mention that it is another item that can grab you a Lele for only 1 discard in a format where discarding resources has become somewhat problematic. (Unless you're playing Zoroark-Puzzles but still.)
Yep, Dragon and Psychic are gonna be pretty good decks since you have the obviously OP Ultra Ball, definitelly gonna grab all Mystery Treasures I can find since I have in mind a few Psychic archetypes and it's a card that will surely go up in price,
 
If we look at the Japanese meta for a moment, the beast support and the non-GX ultra beasts are the two biggest things making waves. These are going to be important combinations to keep beast ring activated for multiple turns.
 
Yeah, with all the new beast support and the additional ultra beasts (both GX and non-GX) I think this set might end up being more influential than Ultra Prism was. (Which, in hindsight, was a quite mediocre set on its own imo.) And then let's not forget about stuff like Lysandre Prism Star which also has the potential to influence the Expanded meta. And Msytery Treasure is going to be super good in both formats. I am actually looking forward to this shift towards the ultra beasts, (and to the set in general) hopefully it will not end up being such a flop like the "metal apocalypse" of Ultra Prism did.

And if Ultra-Necrozma does end up being BDFI like everyone's saying, it will probably mean that Gardevoir will see more play again, especially with Diantha.
 
I think Ultra Necrozma-GX/Malamar will be the only worthwhile NEW archetype coming out of the set.
 
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