Hello mate - just want to say I love your fakes ideas!
Rapid Reboot on Porygon-Z-GX is a favourite
Rapid Reboot on Porygon-Z-GX is a favourite
Thanks man!Hello mate - just want to say I love your fakes ideas!
Rapid Reboot on Porygon-Z-GX is a favourite
Thanks man!
Yeah i get what your saying but I think, other than the capitalization and such, I'll keep the wording the same.even though that Sableye does gives a good wording for the card, I feel something close to Talonflame works. I think Sableye can work, but I'm going to keep it as is. Not only that, but I feel the current wording also goes well with the fact that both players can use such an ability that works when you are setting up, even though sableye would not let it work that way.Great idea with Wimpod!
I've just got a few notes observations on the wording:
- Capitilise the 'A' on 'Active Pokémon'.
- Missing the word 'flip' at the end of the first sentence.
- No hyphen between the words 'face' and 'up' (reference).
Wimpod HP 50 Grass
Basic Pokemon
/Ability/ - Wimp Out
When you are setting up to play, after your opponent has chosen their Pokémon to put into play, if this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, you may flip both Active Pokémon face up. If you do, you may search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and switch it with this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.
[G] Wimpy Tackle 10
Weakness: Fire x2
Resistance: None
Retreat: 0
Also, the first sentence of the Ability is a bit long with too many conditions (i.e. 'when', 'after', 'if'). Unfortunately there isn't a direct reference we can use for wording this bit (which is actually why this concept is so cool) but I feel if TPCi were to print this card, they'd try and shorten that first sentence. The best reference I can find, aside from Talonflame, is Sableye from Stormfront.
With this in mind, perhaps the following would be more succinct:
Ability: Wimp Out
If this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon at the beginning of the game, you may search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and switch it with this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.
I feel the current wording also goes well with the fact that both players can use such an ability that works when you are setting up, even though sableye would not let it work that way.
I get what your saying about not making it extremely broken or too good. But it's really not that overpowered, but it is a very good card. But, not only would you have to start with it, you'd have to hope that your opponent doesnt get to do it first and bring out their own WobuffetI do think it'd be probably best to go with the more Talonflame-esque wording due to that vagueness in Sableye-esque word, as neat as it is. You should remove the "after your opponent has chosen their Pokémon to put into play," clause in your wording, rainy, as it's a bit redundant. Why? Technically, both players are to play their Active Pokemon during the set up at the same time. The "you may" is non-existent whenever used after a "If you do," such as on this Ability; "you may" is only used directly after an "if" or "when" type of clause [Reference: Ultra Ball, Solgaleo-GX; Comparison: Shiinotic SM, Hoopa-EX]. It's a very nitty-gritty detail that technically achieves the same effect (you can just choose to fail your deck search), but it does get you those wording points. ;D
Thus, the Ability should be worded something like this:
/Ability/ - Wimp OutNow, when playing with relatively unexplored design space like you have, rainy, you should always carefully consider balance. I personally would err on the side of caution here, as this effect gives you insane versatility to counter. Did your opponent play a donkable Pokemon? Bring out your Latios-EX. Did your opponent play a Basic Pokemon with an Ability? Bring out your Wobbuffet. I'm not sure how viable this strategy would be for consistency reasons, so it is probably fine, but a theoretical meta could still shift dramatically, which is alarm bells in my mind.
When you are setting up to play, if this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, you may flip both Active Pokémon face up. If you do, search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and switch it with this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.