All Pokemon Tool Cards Reclassified, D Cards Rotating Out, New Marnie Promo!

By: Water Pokémon Master · Posted Posted onDec 10, 2022 at 2:18 AM · 33 Comments

Starting on January 20th in Japan, all new and existing Pokemon Tool cards will no longer be considered Item cards. They will now simply be their own “Tool” subcategory. This means a Trainer card now has four subcategories: Items (blue), Supporters (orange), Stadiums (green), and Tools (purple).

This means if you use [card name=”Mew” set=”Celebrations” no=”11″ c=”name”][/card]’s Mysterious Tail Ability, you can’t retrieve a Tool like [card name=”Rocky Helmet” set=”Vivid Voltage” no=”159″ c=”name”][/card] because it’s no longer considered an Item card. If you use [card name=”Vikavolt V” set=”Darkness Ablaze” no=”60″ c=”name”][/card]’s Paralyzing Bolt (or any form of Item lock), Tool cards won’t be affected. If a card can find a Trainer card, you’d still be able to retrieve a Tool.

It’s likely the same ruling will come to America when our Scarlet & Violet set releases on March 31st.

Starting January 20th, all “D” cards will be rotated out of Japan’s Standard format. This is the same day the Scarlet ex & Violet ex sets release, which will introduce “G” legality cards.

A new alternate art version of [card name=”Marnie” set=”Champion’s Path” no=”56″ c=”name”][/card] will be given to players who participate in Japan’s “Extra Battle Day” tournaments. They will be held at certain stores starting December 16th under the Expanded format. Players will also get a promo pack containing Expanded cards like [card name=”Dedenne-GX” set=”Unbroken Bonds” no=”57″ c=”name”][/card], [card name=”VS Seeker” set=”Phantom Forces” no=”109″ c=”name”][/card], and [card name=”Computer Search” set=”Boundaries Crossed” no=”137″ c=”name”][/card].

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Honestly surprising. Did anyone notice turo's card number was 190/198 leaving 8 cards for full arts. Koraidon, miraidon, gyarados, arcanine, turo, sada. Or are they making full arts secret rares like Japan (doubt).
 
machamps_fifth_hand said:
Honestly surprising. Did anyone notice turo's card number was 190/198 leaving 8 cards for full arts. Koraidon, miraidon, gyarados, arcanine, turo, sada. Or are they making full arts secret rares like Japan (doubt).
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theres probably 2 full arts being cut for the ETBs since regular set ETBs have them now and the debut set does the twin ETB deal. my bet is the professors but could be koraidon/miraidon
 
Garbordor decks just got a huge buff in expanded

People that play retro tournaments on limitless - ptcgo will now not also have to worry about pass pass, but also no tool cards under item lock
 
Da idiot said:
Garbordor decks just got a huge buff in expanded

People that play retro tournaments on limitless - ptcgo will now not also have to worry about pass pass, but also no tool cards under item lock
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And who knows, maybe Chadelure VMAX could see play in expanded for Tool Locks if Faba alone isn't enough to counter Garb.
 
Is this change bad? Idk. Maybe if there are more item lock cards they’ll also say tools. Is there a reason why they did this?
 
Where can we find a list with the cards that are rotating out? Please don't make me look at every single card to check if its D or what
 
TrumoN said:
Where can we find a list with the cards that are rotating out? Please don't make me look at every single card to check if its D or what
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In addition to what Bewear said, there are a few cards from Shining Fates that also remain legal, albeit they're not anything noteworthy. Woodland Stroll Celebi and Ocean Search Manaphy are the only non-filler ones, and even those aren't seeing any play.
 
Polaris said:
Am I the only one who likes this change? I feel like this helps prevent item lock decks from being too powerful.
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No, I think it's a good thing too. Tools have always been drastically different in function when compared against the rest of the Item category, and we've had more than enough effects calling out Tools specifically while ignoring everything else. It's high time this happened, though I'll admit I didn't expect or explicitly ask for this to happen at any point.

It'll just take a little getting used to.
 
TrumoN said:
Where can we find a list with the cards that are rotating out? Please don't make me look at every single card to check if its D or what
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Energy Switch, Rare Candy, Boss's Orders, and Professor's Research have reprints with updated regulation marks, and there will probably be reprints of Switch, Potion, and Poke Ball in Scarlet and Violet. With that in mind, here's a list of all D-mark cards. Swordward and Shielbert, Gym Trainer, Quick Ball, and various Trainer Gallery cards are notable for being (re)printed in otherwise new sets without an updated regulation mark.
 
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