The Official Set Rotation Topic - (DP-on)

RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

June 4th or 6th? Dang, that's really close to now! I for one hope it's GE-on, because it's just now worth it to play Beedrill, I mean would they really save an archetype then kill it again right away? I hope not.
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

To be honest, I'm starting think that no sets will be dropped...this may change after the next set (which is the last before worlds)...currently with the sets that are out, there are cards that would be left with no earlier evolutions, including one Lv. X, which means that it would be left unplayable

I don't really believe PUSA wants to go that route, so unless there are new pre-evolutions released in the coming set(s), I don't think there will be any sets to drop
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

I for one think it'll be DP-on, but here's everything else I think is possible

DP-on: This would just be the simplest way to do it just keep it all and eliminate later

SW-on: With SW, GE, and MD all virtually being DP 3/4 in Japan it would be stuipid to get rid of one and not all of them. (MD was a compilation of leftovers from DP 4 and the entry pack for that year)

GE-on: I doubt it but after seeing the BK promos are all GE-on items it would make sense.

LA-on: Seriously doubtful, but minimally possible, since the three sets preceding the set again are mangled and bonded together.

everything else: nothing else makes any sense, because they really wouldn't severe a monumental 6 sets.
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

Blue Thunder said:
Gliscor said:
Bippa201 said:
I'm thinking crazy here, but I'm thinking PL-on

At first glance, its MINDBOGGLING stupid for someone to suggest it. xD T_T

But, SP is POP's baby, and they make money off of their SP cards. If they want their baby to suceed, they have to eliminate the biggest enemy: Machamp.
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And lose Uxie? I'll quit if that happens (not really, I spent too much money on packs.) For MD-on, I don't think Machamp would do that well without a Claydol support. 3-1 Uxie was something I never have preferred.

I'm hoping for GE-on because of Claydol, Unown G, and Honchkrow PotF would practically dominate. Most players would run Uxie in their decks, and maybe Dodrio. Then if you run Honchkrow with SP's, you can dish out massive damage while Power Spraying your opponent's Pokemon that has powers. By that time, SP's may be more popular. And Honcho has resistance to the Champ. If it were MD-on, Honchkrow would do too well due to more Uxie being played.

I just realized how good that deck is.
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I still think Macheap would dominate. Without Unown G, all SP decks would be required to run Toxitank in their decks...unless they want an auto-loss. Also, I don't see Honchy dominating. 80 for 3...max? I don't see that taking over. But either way, most agree the format would take a turn for the worst without GE.

On another note, I found that format rotations have been announced on June 4th and June 6th in the past two years. Based on that, I think we'll probably find out the new format in a week or less.
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Pokebeach said:
Honchkrow LV.46 - Darkness - HP90
Stage 1 - Evolves from Murkrow

Poke-Power: Dark Revival
You can use this Power once during your turn, if this Pokemon is your Active Pokemon. If your opponent has room on his or her Bench, choose 1 Basic Pokemon card from your opponent’s discard pile and play it on your opponent’s Bench. This Power can’t be used if this Pokemon is affected by a Special Condition.

[D][C][C] Riot: 30 damage. This attack does an additional 10 damage for every Unevolved Pokemon in play (yours and your opponent’s).

Weakness: Lightning (+20)
Resistance: Fighting (-20)
Retreat Cost: 1
Set Number: 63
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By running Uxie, Mesprit, and SP techs, Honckrow can quickly do damage on your side as a base. To increase the speed, you can actually fun a FlintZong engine, which now actually makes more sense to use to accelerate. Murkrow PotF has Switcheroo, which moves any Poke Tool attached to one of your opponent's Pokemon to another one of your opponent's Pokemon. So, if you move an Energy Gain attached to something like Blaziken FB to Uxie LA, Energy Gain gets discarded. Now, Riot does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each unevolved Pokemon in play. By that time, there should be an abundance of SP Pokemon, even with Machamp around. Most decks may not be able to handle playing Uxie, or the fast FlintZong engine before they evolve. It's really that powerful.
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

Oh, I didn't realize it accounted for both players' Pokemon. In that case, it could do very well against SPs. 140 for 3 is much more appealing...I still see Macheap dominating, too.

So, here's what our format could look like if we went MD-on:

Honchkrow
Macheap
Gengar (?)
SPs (though they could be dying out by the time Honchy and Cheap start sweeping.)

In other words, GE-on or no rotation would be the most logical and healthiest options.

EDIT: After thinking about it, we'd actually be left with a triangle of decks. SPs are the decks that start out popular. Then, Macheap and Honchy rise to the highest popularity. Once that happens, some other people will start to play other evolution decks, because SPs decks will be out. Once these decks rise, SPs will start to show up again because their enemies aren't as popular. Rinse, lather, and repeat for the rest of the season...or, until we find a deck that can beat all three areas. Then we have the new PLOX.
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

plus, the burger king promos are released GE-ON
and it wouldn't make sense to put up promos and rotate them out 2 weeks later.
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing the other day. I think we can now say that GE-on is the most likely format....

*yes!*
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

If it is MD-on, I would most likely quit. Everyone talking about how good they are if they draw a Mach**** hand.

However, I would still make the Machamp memorial. Burn 3 of them half way, put them in my binder and write "Stop this plague before you and your children die." in the front.
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

Well I emailed PUSA and got a response about this. News on rotation will be announced within the next week. If anyone wants to see the email, pm me your email addy and I will forward it to you.
 
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DarkJawa said:
Well I emailed PUSA and got a response about this. News on rotation will be announced within the next week. If anyone wants to see the email, pm me your email addy and I will forward it to you.
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just copy and paste it here...
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

here ya go:
This information will be posted to the www.go-pokemon.com website within the next week.


> POP ID: 357796
> Country: US
> Name: Michael C
> Email: [email protected]
> Under Consent Age? False
> Was Logged In? True
> Subject: Rulings (Question): Next Rotation
>
> Message:
> I was wondering if there is any information on which
> sets will be rotated after the Worlds Championships? A
> number of my League players have been asking me and all
> I can do is guess at this point. Is there any info
> available yet or at least a date as to when it will be
> announced?
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

It's DP-on; the woman who was running my BR today told everyone there. She said they'll officially announce it soon.
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

Canis Lupus said:
It's DP-on; the woman who was running my BR today told everyone there. She said they'll officially announce it soon.
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sorry to be a bring down but did she have proof or is she just speculating like the rest of us i mean more than a handful of us "know" what it is yet alot of people who "know" don't agree with each other if you get what i'm saying
 
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The Pain said:
Canis Lupus said:
It's DP-on; the woman who was running my BR today told everyone there. She said they'll officially announce it soon.
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sorry to be a bring down but did she have proof or is she just speculating like the rest of us I mean more than a handful of us "know" what it is yet alot of people who "know" don't agree with each other if you get what I'm saying
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She was not speculating; she made an announcement to everyone in the room. I guess she got an e-mail or something, I was in a battle with someone at the time and I didn't think about it again until after I had left, so I didn't go check with her.
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

I hope that the format is either GE-on (to keep Unown G) or PL-on (to eliminate Macheap).
 
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^PL-on you can forget about that one, thats just not gonna happen, Legends Awakened and esspecially Stormfront wouldve been playable for a much to short time.

Anyway if its DP-on im not complaining, thats Definately fine by me! :)
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

I actually HOPE MT-on, simply because I want to get rid of certain DP cards (coughDUSKNOIRcough). And is Pluspower printed after DP?
But that would make no sense. Since I love my Gardevoir I'm rooting for DP-On now, cuz no way its gonna be SW-On.
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

I really hope that DP is dropped. It is a useless set. The best card is Dusknoir, and I really don't see it being played very much anymore. It just gets in the way.
 
RE: The Official Set Rotation Topic - What sets will be dropped?

Plus Power is in SW actually so SW-on would be nice. Anyway if it's DP-on Rhyperior has two mighty cards that eat your opponent's deck. (Please let it be DP-on)
 
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Lou Cypher said:
I actually HOPE MT-on, simply because I want to get rid of certain DP cards (coughDUSKNOIRcough). And is Pluspower printed after DP?
But that would make no sense. Since I love my Gardevoir I'm rooting for DP-On now, cuz no way its gonna be SW-On.
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Plus Power is going to be around for two years at least. It was reprinted in Platinum.

dmaster out.
 
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