Im not sure if this is the right place to put this but do you think that pokemon will re-print rare candy? If they don't stage twos will be really hard to use in BW-on format such as gothitelle,reuniclus,emboar, and gardevoir. What do you guys think?
Rare Candy in the future?
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They better or I'm quitting. That's all I can say.
EDIT- for the record, we've always had Breeder or Rare Candy in the format - ever since Base Set was released. There hasn't ever been a format without it, and I'm doubtful there ever will be. It's not the way the game was designed to be played, and a lot of players would be very unhappy if they didn't reprint it.
EDIT- for the record, we've always had Breeder or Rare Candy in the format - ever since Base Set was released. There hasn't ever been a format without it, and I'm doubtful there ever will be. It's not the way the game was designed to be played, and a lot of players would be very unhappy if they didn't reprint it.
Given the recent errata I'm sure they will down the line, kinda surprised they haven't yet.
We may get them in our "Psycho Drive" set. I doubt it'll be NV that will supply it. But you never know.
SMP said:
You do realize that it will probably be a long time before our next rotation? We just rotated a few months ago and after last rotation we have the smallest meta in the history of Pokemon TCG in terms of number of sets in rotation. By taking out everything before HGSS, we lost ALOT of cards. By the time rotation comes back around, all the staple TSS will probably have been reprinted 2-3 times if not more.
Being that this is also the 15th anniversary of the game, I actually expect to see alot of reprints in the near future. No real basis behind this theory other than a hunch.
Well, in that exact scenario you mentioned, there is always Lost Remover. We better get a Rare Candy reprint, or maybe even a Broken Time Space reprint (yes please, the only people who disliked this card were whinny people who didn't know how to build a speed deck), the last thing we need is the Dragons to becoming more powerful, because they can Catcher up your basics and Stage 1's before you can evolve, considering it would take 3 turns for you to get a stage 2 out.
Vulpix Yolk said:
Actually with how they already messed up the game...This might actually heppen.
"We want a slower game...lets make 130 basics that can get set up T2 and do a constant 120...anyone object?"
*everyone raises hand*
"Well to bad"
Ya...they didn't quite stick to plan :/
Which is why we need T/S/S T2 again. Honestly, that decision was the worst one Pokémon even made.
Dark Void said:
If you are getting donked by a Donphan, play more basics. This isn't like Sabledonk or anything, if you start with 2 basics, they will not get a donk off. Not to mention, basics have 130 HP now, and with the EXs...
^No matter how many basics you play, you can't control how many you start with. Nobody tell me about a deck with 55 basics.
They rotate next August right after worlds. Not rotating one year was fine, but not getting rid of SP the next season and doing a small rotation was a bad decision. If I had to guess, there will be a rotation every August from now on - they've only strayed from this twice and the second time was just to fix the first time.Izan said:
I have my doubts about the rotation next year, there may or may not be one (both are equally likely imo).
As we lost so many sets this year (unprecedented number), it could be argued TPCi want the HGSS cards to be in format longer, as
they saw little play in previous formats. It would be a waste for players to invest in these cards for 1 year only.
Then again, on the other side of the spectrum, TPCi may want to be consistent with the rotation from now on, and always rotate a few sets each year,
in order to have a healthy, changing format. However, if this occurs, expect it to be a minor, non-radical change. Perhaps 2 or so sets being rotated.
As we lost so many sets this year (unprecedented number), it could be argued TPCi want the HGSS cards to be in format longer, as
they saw little play in previous formats. It would be a waste for players to invest in these cards for 1 year only.
Then again, on the other side of the spectrum, TPCi may want to be consistent with the rotation from now on, and always rotate a few sets each year,
in order to have a healthy, changing format. However, if this occurs, expect it to be a minor, non-radical change. Perhaps 2 or so sets being rotated.
Wasn't the problem with the last format the fact that we had too many cards because we didn't rotate? I can't see P!P delaying another rotation, by the time we rotate again in September we'll have 6 sets, that should be plenty for the start of a new season. Even if for some unknown reason they only decide to rotate 2 sets that still doesn't solve our Rare Candy problem, since it would get rotated.
Wheat, if they did 2 sets every other year something like Catcher would be around for at least 6 years. There is absolutely no way what you suggested would ever happen, we would end up with 15-20 sets in a year.
Wheat, if they did 2 sets every other year something like Catcher would be around for at least 6 years. There is absolutely no way what you suggested would ever happen, we would end up with 15-20 sets in a year.
One of the biggest problems with the last format that led to an early rotation, iirc, was Sableye SF paired with the new Black and White T/S/S ruling. Just look at JWittz's video on Sabledonk. Makes ZPS look practically like a joke. Guaranteed going first with things like Crobat G, Poketurn, SP tools, BTS, donphan even, was just flat out ridiculous. The rule is bad now some could argue, but it was game breaking with the last format, and no one wanted to see it in Worlds.
That's the reason I've heard for the early rotation anyway. It makes sense to me though. Facing Sabledonk isn't necessarily fun.
That's the reason I've heard for the early rotation anyway. It makes sense to me though. Facing Sabledonk isn't necessarily fun.
SMP said:
they were trying to increase the number of sets in the format though
the only reason they cut to hs on was because sp wasnt designed to be in a format with trainers t1. they could try to increase it again.
honestly with the way the rotation has been for the last 3 years, nothing would surprise me at this point.