Pokemon Catcher

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What do you guys think this card will do to the metagame? What cards will benefit most from it, and what current metagame decks will fall into the background because of this card?

Pokemon Catcher
Trainer’s – Goods

Choose 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokemon, and switch it with his or her Active Pokemon.

You can use any number of Goods cards during your turn.
 
Well, I can guarantee that people are going to get incredibly butthurt over it.

People will just need to watch their bench and what they put down on it.

Decks that run Shaymin can simply rearrange energy to allow a retreat if a knockout doesn't happen. So that means that decks like White Out (to an extent, take note of the three words in bold) and Black Out (which already runs Shaymin in the first place) won't get hit too hard by it.

But really, people will just run 3 or 4 copies of it to aid in setting up, disruption, and late-game kills. If people complain about it, then chances are they don't play the card; in the case they don't run the card, then they ultimately aren't running a card that everybody else will be running, leaving them in the dust as more powerful decks that run the card take the lead and they sit behind wondering why.
 
I'm having trouble seeing how White Out won't be affected by it, considering it needs Emboar to stay alive.
 
Snipe decks will probably get much more popular, as they can simply drag up a high retreat Pokemon and snipe around while the opponent just attampts to gather the energy to retreat it. Blastoise and Mandibuzz varients will definatly see a boost in play.
 
I will definitely be teching in 2 shaymin UL when this is released into my samgtr in order to be able to basically search with collector for a retreat when i don't have switch in my hand.

Bwaaaa
 
I think this card is wayy to broken, and should not be created, due that there is already Pokemon Reversals, there is no need for another switch card on your opponent and not to mention this card will get too many free kills.
 
They're going back to base set pretty much, which is funny and interesting.

I love catcher, and I hope they reprint this http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Lass_%28Base_Set_75%29 Next lol
 
Someone else made the same thread I have about this card how ironic. We don't need 2 threads about
Pokemon Catcher do we? >_>

Lass would be an annoying reprint I'll admit. It would most likely get errated as a Supporter like Bill in HGSS If reprinted but has this text:

"Each player reveals their hand and shuffles all Trainer - Items from them into their decks."
 
What If Lass gets reprinted in our format? Mismagiplume is an okay variant of VileGar but not good enough to see play and VileGar is as good as dead in HGSS-On anyway when the only Gengar deck being played will be MewGar which doesn't even utilize Poltergiest at all.
 
Card Slinger J said:
Someone else made the same thread I have about this card how ironic. We don't need 2 threads about
Pokemon Catcher do we? >_>
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Ah, I would have initially shut this down and directed them to that if I'd been aware. Didn't catch that this morning since I don't frequent State of the Game, sorry. I'm keeping this open because I think there is some interesting general discussion for very serious to light players here rather than getting into things like heavy debating on if it should be banned in the rulings.

Personally, Catcher excites me. I'm very much stuck in the mindset of the older sets, and something that is practically a GoW reprint could turn the tide of a game. I certainly don't think it's a card that should be missed or skipped in print, because it's certainly not broken because it has to be played right, honestly. Sorta reminds me of people thinking that Lost World would ruin the game without looking at the bigger set up picture.
 
I guess we will all have to lower the amount of trainers we play with Vileplume in decks going to see more play.
 
Pokeman said:
I think this card is wayy to broken, and should not be created, due that there is already Pokemon Reversals, there is no need for another switch card on your opponent and not to mention this card will get too many free kills.
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So...what you're saying is that you hate the card so much that you're implying that you won't use the card?
 
Then why are you complaining about it? It's a great card, and there's no reason whatsoever why you shouldn't be using it. So why complain?
 
It's an even playing field since you CAN run 3-4 pokemon catcher to disrupt your opponent also. It's not like SP where only that deck can play a certain card. Every deck SHOULD play this card.
 
Don't be surprised that almost every HGSS-On deck that makes the top cut or wins at Nationals this year ends up becoming unplayable because of Pokemon Catcher. Yes I know it won't be released until after Nats and Worlds it's just that players won't wanna tear apart decks they've succeeded with recently (or are about to) am I right? I mean you've just built decks for HGSS-On and with a 2 month notice you have to tear it apart because of 1 overpowered card? That's a needless money pit.

Decks like ReshiBoar, MagneBoar, Blastoise/Floatzel, and Lanturn all die to Catcher. I think MewGar will be safe and several other HGSS-On decks mostly the Stage 1 decks at least. Sure every deck will be playing this card but it's too good. I don't know why TPCi think's it's okay not to ban Pokemon Catcher, is every deck going to be running Vileplume tech's? Not necessarily cause they don't have the space for it unless they play something like Beartic/Vileplume which still gets countered by Dodrio TR unless you Catcher Donk it.

This isn't like DP-On where you could run 2 Stage 2's and 4 Rare Candy pre-errata cards and Claydol GE for Cosmic Power to keep the deck in consistent order and even then Catcher kills Pokemon bench tech's period. Catcher kills a fundamental part of the game and that's Pokemon bench tech's. I will warn everyone now If Catcher is not banned post-Emerging Powers I fear that it will kill the TCG either that or a mix of Vileplume might. There is a good chance that it won't kill the game so I guess we'll wait and see to find out I suppose.
 
Stop overreacting, you really do not need to make sensationalist claims about a card that has been around (from Japan's time point, anyway) since 1996: An era where you bench teched and built up on your bench.

It's not a game breaking card, not by far, and never will be. Just means people who do rely on bench tech work will need to have proper counter-measues in like Switch (which has both a HGSS and a BW print) should a user target their bench builds. Read up on your techs better before making such claims, there are more than enough counters out there to nullify it.

tl;dr it's going to take a lot to break the TCG, this card isn't it.
 
But what good is playing Switch If someone already has Vileplume out on their bench? Now If you're lucky enough to draw a Catcher to donk an Oddish then good for you otherwise If you miss that chance Vileplume will screw you over and stall out the game. Unless they Seeker Vileplume which they won't they'll take their time snagging prizes until time is called for the winner.

I can already see Beartic/Vileplume doing that sort of thing unless Scizor Prime becomes a problem, so what kind of counter-measures do we have other than Switch besides Vileplume? Well that's part of the problem not a whole lot of decks have room to tech Vileplume just for Catcher cause it hurts deck consistency. Judge I guess might be a good counter and I don't think Gothitelle is that great for a counter cause what it accels in it's Ability it lacks in attack power and Mew Prime can take it out pretty easily.

Switch is still a good counter for decks that don't run Vileplume to get around Catcher, it's just that it might be harder since Vileplume is going to see more play Post-Emerging Powers. That hurts decks that rely on Pokemon Communication to search out their Pokemon since it's the most heavily played Trainer - Item in the format and that in return hurts deck consistency in terms of locking the game of nobody being able to get their Pokemon out faster unless they PONT or Elm's their stuff.
 
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