I had pretty great prerelease pulls: the promo Xatu, some Earthen Vessels, a pair of holo Booster Energies, an Ultra Rare Maushold ex, and even an Iron Hands ex, just to name a few! But I completely missed out on Roaring Moon ex, which is what I was personally hoping to pull and saw was printed all over the event venue and Build and Battle boxes! Really hope I can get my hands on one soon! So looking forward to the official release!
Paradox Rift is an absolutely nutty set and I'm glad it'll ber on the table during the european leg of the regionals season next year. Iron Hands AND Iron Bundle are so so good that I think it's going to be worth jamming them into almost any deck if you can... they'll make an impact for sure
People keep losing their minds around a hypothetical turn 1 going second Iron Hands ex attack, but if you actually played Miraidon you’d know the chances of that are so unlikely. Also Miradon is not gonna start running double turbo just for Iron Hands. It lowers the electric energy count so your generators will hit even less and it has no use on other members of the deck because it makes their attacks hit just under that magic 220/230 (zapdos) for KOing basic V and Chien Pao. I see IH as a one of alternate mid game attacker that helps you keep the pressure on single prize decks (LZ). And you are also not gonna run Future Booster Capsule in Miraidon, it’s a brick on literally every other pokemon in the deck, so no Pidgeot and Lugia 3 prize KOs
Not so good in Miraidon, but can be amazing in Chien Pao with how fast that deck not only finds energies, but slaps them onto mons. Because of Bax, you could essentially have IH up and running turn 2, and against lzb, lugia, and even gardivoir, it can really hit many decks hard and give pao players a much needed option against multiple decks chien pao has had a hard time dealing with.
@@jish55yeah, exactly. I think that’s actually what they want us to do. Why else would you put three colourless energy in the attack cost??? You could even use the new Xatu if you wanted to. And there’s always the special energy that gives one rainbow energy, too. As long as all the other energies are basic. I can’t believe it only needs one specific energy type. 😔
Yeah it might be okay into lostbox but 4 energy is so expensive, you have no followup if it gets OHKO'd because you used two generators, Arven, and FSS.
what i like about skelidrege ex and greedent vmax is even if you only get 1 ex in play you can use dte and still hit 70 damage, which is a key number. which means they have to rush to evolve or not play them down once you get set-up, or risk the boss.
I think that aegislash ex should be among top 10 too, it would fit great in the dialga deck, especially since it can hit 220 for 2 energies and 280 or 350 depending whether you have 2 or only 1 prize card left.
thanks for talking about the actual game, not to cause a rifttttt but i keep clicking on videos looking for this kind of information but all i find is scalpers talking about what to scalp like they don’t even know there’s a game to play too lol
I mean being electric weak isn't too bad long term seeing as flaffy is getting phased out next round of drops. So the Miraidon decks will take a big hit.
Hot take: Jirachi is kinda mid and hard to fit in your deck Hotter take: Iron Hands ex is kinda mid. Putting iron hands in your deck makes you better into lzb & situationally gardevoir, but way worse into mew vmax. It also makes your deck brick more
Not a chance. Getting more than one stage 2 is hard as it is even with pidgeot ex. You're probably going to get a skeledirge on turn 3/4 but charizard already does enough damage at that point.
@sumirsookdeo9443 point being the times you have skeledirge online is when you don't need it. Then you're just wasting resources and deck space for a card that's redundant. Only time you want the extra 60 damage is when you're only hitting 180 or 210. But those times it's very hard to get both charizard and skeldirge in play.
So with Professor Turo's Scenario. If a evolution such as Blastoise in play. Would it mean Blastoise would be discarded since the baseline is started from Squirtle or just cards such as energy, tools, would be discarded? BTW Toadscruel and Venomoth from 151 would make any player rage quit the game and just throw a path to the peak in there. LMAO
Best explanation is from the Compendium. Basically, Pokemon in the evolution chain are not considered attached cards (PTCGL had this wrong for several months iirc): When Lost City stadium is in play and an evolved Pokemon is knocked out, does the Basic and all of its evolution cards go to the Lost Zone, or only the top evolution card goes into the Lost Zone and the rest of the Pokemon cards go to the discard pile? Yes, all of the Pokemon in the evolution chain go into the Lost Zone. All other cards are "attached" and are discarded.
I had pretty great prerelease pulls: the promo Xatu, some Earthen Vessels, a pair of holo Booster Energies, an Ultra Rare Maushold ex, and even an Iron Hands ex, just to name a few!
But I completely missed out on Roaring Moon ex, which is what I was personally hoping to pull and saw was printed all over the event venue and Build and Battle boxes!
Really hope I can get my hands on one soon! So looking forward to the official release!
Jirachi is our savior
Paradox Rift is an absolutely nutty set and I'm glad it'll ber on the table during the european leg of the regionals season next year. Iron Hands AND Iron Bundle are so so good that I think it's going to be worth jamming them into almost any deck if you can... they'll make an impact for sure
People keep losing their minds around a hypothetical turn 1 going second Iron Hands ex attack, but if you actually played Miraidon you’d know the chances of that are so unlikely. Also Miradon is not gonna start running double turbo just for Iron Hands. It lowers the electric energy count so your generators will hit even less and it has no use on other members of the deck because it makes their attacks hit just under that magic 220/230 (zapdos) for KOing basic V and Chien Pao. I see IH as a one of alternate mid game attacker that helps you keep the pressure on single prize decks (LZ). And you are also not gonna run Future Booster Capsule in Miraidon, it’s a brick on literally every other pokemon in the deck, so no Pidgeot and Lugia 3 prize KOs
Not so good in Miraidon, but can be amazing in Chien Pao with how fast that deck not only finds energies, but slaps them onto mons. Because of Bax, you could essentially have IH up and running turn 2, and against lzb, lugia, and even gardivoir, it can really hit many decks hard and give pao players a much needed option against multiple decks chien pao has had a hard time dealing with.
@@jish55yeah, exactly. I think that’s actually what they want us to do. Why else would you put three colourless energy in the attack cost??? You could even use the new Xatu if you wanted to. And there’s always the special energy that gives one rainbow energy, too. As long as all the other energies are basic. I can’t believe it only needs one specific energy type. 😔
Yeah it might be okay into lostbox but 4 energy is so expensive, you have no followup if it gets OHKO'd because you used two generators, Arven, and FSS.
very excited to see what will come of these cards. Note, Iron thorns and Flutter Mane are nowher to be seen so i cant wait for the second wave
“I like cards that allow me to whack-off as much as possible, and Skeledirge really gets my juices flowing…’ well, to each their own I guess. 😅
what i like about skelidrege ex and greedent vmax is even if you only get 1 ex in play you can use dte and still hit 70 damage, which is a key number.
which means they have to rush to evolve or not play them down once you get set-up, or risk the boss.
why is earthen vessel not in the #2 spot???
I'm super hyped for this set. Particularly for Aegislash. That is the card I've been waiting for. Focusing on anti-meta with aegislash is my goal.
Will Jirachi stop Cresselia’s moonreverse attack? Cresselia’s moves damage counters. Or does that still count as placing?
Yes
Best set of S&V so far! Cant wait to rip a box of this set! Much Love & keep crushing it! 💪💪🔥🔥
Earthen Vessel being lumped together with Sada is really insincere against how good Earthen Vessel is.
I knew that you were going to put Iron Hands ex in the #1 spot the second I saw this video.
That Amp You Very Much move is just far too powerful.
Know whats powerful a gremlin randomly dropping 120damage on you pokemon anyway it likes
“Unless they want anarchy” lol
I think that aegislash ex should be among top 10 too, it would fit great in the dialga deck, especially since it can hit 220 for 2 energies and 280 or 350 depending whether you have 2 or only 1 prize card left.
4:06 Does anyone know where to find these Lost Zone Dialga VSTAR lists? I’d like to see about doing something with that because I like Dialga.
Just posted one in the Discord. There's nothing too crazy. It does play 2 Town Store + 1 Turbo Energize though.
Iron Valiant deserves an honorable mention, its very versatile and it can slot in many decks and have its own archetype
Expanded iron hands is gonna be a MENACE
i think iron valiant with xatu will be pretty good
thanks for talking about the actual game, not to cause a rifttttt but i keep clicking on videos looking for this kind of information but all i find is scalpers talking about what to scalp like they don’t even know there’s a game to play too lol
Question:
How many Iron Hands ex do you recommend to get in the game😅
Every colourless pokemon enjoyers, raise your hands and introduce to your deck, our boi, D-U-N-S-P-A-R-C-E
I mean being electric weak isn't too bad long term seeing as flaffy is getting phased out next round of drops. So the Miraidon decks will take a big hit.
This set is exciting asf
Hot take: Jirachi is kinda mid and hard to fit in your deck
Hotter take: Iron Hands ex is kinda mid. Putting iron hands in your deck makes you better into lzb & situationally gardevoir, but way worse into mew vmax. It also makes your deck brick more
Yeah I think all my decks I currently play will suffer some change with PR like absolutely
Emo salamance sent me😂 just subscribed
Blindside TM is CRAZY in GLC
But what about the new Mewtwo, mr. Pilot?
I thought Ace Spec cards were supposed to return in this set?
Most likely the first main set of 2024.
I like garchomp and lucario because cynthia uses them
Skeledirge with Charizard would be meta tier 1?
It’s possible
Not a chance. Getting more than one stage 2 is hard as it is even with pidgeot ex. You're probably going to get a skeledirge on turn 3/4 but charizard already does enough damage at that point.
Rare candy at 4. Also you don't need both on the field to win. Charizard at 3 skeledirge at 2 seems fine.@@TiMEbeatsNoW
@sumirsookdeo9443 point being the times you have skeledirge online is when you don't need it. Then you're just wasting resources and deck space for a card that's redundant. Only time you want the extra 60 damage is when you're only hitting 180 or 210. But those times it's very hard to get both charizard and skeldirge in play.
So with Professor Turo's Scenario. If a evolution such as Blastoise in play. Would it mean Blastoise would be discarded since the baseline is started from Squirtle or just cards such as energy, tools, would be discarded?
BTW Toadscruel and Venomoth from 151 would make any player rage quit the game and just throw a path to the peak in there. LMAO
Best explanation is from the Compendium. Basically, Pokemon in the evolution chain are not considered attached cards (PTCGL had this wrong for several months iirc):
When Lost City stadium is in play and an evolved Pokemon is knocked out, does the Basic and all of its evolution cards go to the Lost Zone, or only the top evolution card goes into the Lost Zone and the rest of the Pokemon cards go to the discard pile?
Yes, all of the Pokemon in the evolution chain go into the Lost Zone. All other cards are "attached" and are discarded.
@@TrustYourPilotTCG Thx for the explanation. 👍🏽
Mad because my cards had nicks on them smh
No way are people teching in a DTE in miraidon ex for Iron Hands💀. Chien Pao or anything else is far better
amp you very much