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I'm super hyped for this card to come out! The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced this is going to be majorly competitive. Check it out below along with some supporting cards revealed alongside it:

Decidueye ex - Grass - HP320 Stage 2 - Evolves from Dartrix

Ability: Sniper Eye If your opponent has exactly 4 cards in their hand, ignore all [C] in this Pokemon’s attack costs.

[G][C][C][C] Crush Arrow: 240 damage. Discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokemon.

Pokemon ex Rule: When your Pokemon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Weakness: Fire (x2) Resistance: none Retreat: 2

Hello Trainers! I'm here to ask a somewhat confusing question about the new Stadium card Battle Cage from the upcoming Phantasmal Flames set.

The card text reads as follows in English:

"Prevent all damage counters from being placed on Benched Pokemon (both yours and your opponent's) by effects of attacks and Abilities from the opponent's Pokemon. (Damage from attacks is still taken.)"

This brings up a very interesting possible interpretation of the card text: could it be that ownership of the Stadium matters?

What I mean is this:

Say Player 1 plays Battle Cage. Player 2 has a Froslass on their bench. Player 2 is Player 1's opponent. Therefore, Froslass dama

Hey there Pokemon players! I've been somewhat enjoying the new meta on Live but I've run into a lot more Gholdengo decks and I wanted to get the sub's thoughts on its current state.

The deck seems way too consistent right now. Going first with Genesect in play can get them four Gholdengos turn 2. Combine that with four Air Balloons and they start seeing +4 - 6 cards per turn. It's the most powerful draw engine in the game and the deck has infinite damage. Aside from playing the trap game (which they have Turo and Balloons for), what have you found that counters this abomination?

I'm a big fan of the Budew lock in midgame but that can only take you so far and it's not reall

Do you set up Froslass in this matchup as Grimm? I've been avoiding it because they have plenty of Munkis themselves, but I'm still not convinced it's the correct play. They never seem to leave damage on my board unless they're Mind Bending me with at least two other Munkis to fling the damage back. Maybe with Froslass it'll fuck with their math enough by overloading damage on their board?

I'm benching Shaymin, sticking my Grimm in the active, Bossing their Gardes, etc... but they sometimes pull wins out of their ass with Mind Bends and Adrena-Brains even doing all that. Should I be hunting Munkis instead of Gardes / Scream Tails / Drifloons?

Good players get my goat with this de

SPOILERS FOR FINALS

Watch this passage of play starting at 7:27:15

!I don't understand what's being discussed on the table...

Christian has 6 on the bench with Area Zero before Teal Mask gets bossed up and KO'd

He promotes Latias so now he has 5 on the bench. On Christian's next turn, he attempts to bench another Teal Mask but Makani correctly points out that his bench is full. Christian then just discards Fan Rotom with energy attached and replaces it with Teal Mask. That breaks the game, right? Christian immediately gets a Jewel Seeker off of this action and wins the game shortly after.!<

I'm very surp