festizzio said:
RR-on makes no sense. They'll essentially KILL a deck-type (SPs) while creating room for stage 2 decks and such to reign supreme. If they're going to do RR-on, they might as well do HGSS-on because SPs will be useless. Also, they are not "too fast" or "too powerful", there are many things stage 2 decks can do to shut them down. Mentioning how they can power spray a claydol and shut down an opponent's strategy is irrelevant, because in this hypothetical (as of now) rotation will see Claydol leaving the format. I also think a lot of people overlook the fact that Cyrus' Conspiracy isn't only good in SP decks; if you run two Crobat Gs you can benefit from the SP engine as well.
Another thing is the fact that Azelf will be leaving, meaning SPs will lose some consistency and will have to start running 2-2 Lv. X lines rather than 3-1 for fear of the Lv. X being prized.
I think PT-on makes the most sense; the Drapion argument is so overused and I don't think it holds any merit. Hardly anybody uses the deck, and I am fairly certain that another Drapion will be released in the next set. (Skorupi came in a recent set, but no Drapion... So if it was RR-on, then what's the deal with the random Skorupi?)
so...it's ok for them to get even more dominate, being that EVO decks lose their draw engines...while they keep their Cyrus engine, which is the most consistent set up there is??? I'm sorry, but losing Cyrus' Conspiracy, Energy Gain, PokeTurn, and Power Spray will not kill SP...all it does is even the playing field...if it's PT-on you might as well not include HGSS sets until the following year, because that is all these lazy, non-creative, unoriginal players are playing now, and that's all they're going to continue to play
as for you rebuttal to the Drapion arguement...is Skorupi still able to be played? yes, it is...also, rotating last year would have left Rhyperior Lv. X and Froslass (LA) unplayable, but yet, there was no rotation and no card was left unable to be played...why do that now?
EVO decks can benefit from the SP engine???...unless your pokemon base is 80% or more SP, then Cyrus' only helps as much as just adding in a Staraptor FBX...thinking that EVO decks can benefit from the SP engine is utterly preposterous, if you're not really running SP, you're
not going to benefit from an SP engine, Crobat G or not...PT-on is the most unbalancing choice out of rotation predictions out there...sure you can slow them down, but if you don't have a means to speed up, due to the draw engine being gone...they are still faster than you...slowing down SPs and then utilizing you draw engine to continue to setup is how SPs aren't as dominate as they could be...if it wasn't for cards like Claydol and Uxie, slowing them down would be nothing more than delaying the inevitable
when SPs still have cards like SP-Radar, Flint's, and Bertha's...along with Aaron's for recovery...that looks more like evening the playing field than to allow them to just run rampant with even less to fear...no draw engine, no Unown G, no Power Cancel, no Machamp (SF), no Gengar (SF), no Gastly (SF), no BTS, no Azelf (MT), no Mime (MT), no Mewtwo X.....looks like alot that was in favor for EVO decks (or made it so that it's not so heavily in favor for SPs) would be leaving the format, therefore tipping the scale even more to SP decks...so it's ok to essentially kill what the game was based off of in EVO decks, but not to kill one of the cheapest mechanics the game has ever seen in SP decks...if anything doesn't make sense, that doesn't make sense
P.S.: it's a good thing that they reprinted Rare Candy...otherwise, after the rotation, what reason would there be to even attempt to play an EVO deck competitively...ohh and allowing EVO decks to reign supreme, wasn't this game built on EVO decks, and after SPs have all rotated out, isn't that's what's going to happen anyway?
