You've Activated My Trap Card, Ancient Balancing Ritual!

I think I saw someone vote already for it so yeah.

Vote: Add Pokemon Catcher
Nominate: Remove N
Nominate: Add Professor Oak's New Theory
Nominate: Remove Sableye DRX

All you guys should understand that there should STILL be a disincentive for playing broken bench sitters which are common in the BW-DEX / BW-BC format. Hydreigon (Deino to be specific), Eels, Vileplume. When I read Vileplume threads, all the say is that the deck is weak to Catcher which in reality actually balances the deck. This was why the Claydol format was also weird because everyone and his mother had Claydols sitting on the bench are they usually aren't getting punished for doing so. The loss of Catcher will make Dark Hydreigon even more broken and bring Eels back to a certain degree (Landorus EX is just too good)

N however is just broken in this format that lacks stable ways to draw. It also turns intense and supposedly skill based late games into sackfests where the better top deck wins unless you use Empoleon. Do not get me started on sudden death with N. PONT is just a mandatory shuffle-draw in case N does get removed.

Sableye is also one factor that sets Dark Hydreigon a tier above the rest. Abusable Comp Search, the ability to escape N whereas most decks suffer from it late game. DH is broken because it's very versatile given this format. Sableye gives it that much versatility.

How I wish that there could also be an errata system here where Darkrai and Hydreigon can only give Dark Pokemon their free retreat and Dark Trance.
 
Vote: Add Smeargle UD

Smeargle is a great card. I feel it made a lot more decks playable during last format's Spring Battle Roads and Nationals, and definitely required skill to play. Whenever you had a Smeargle active, it made you think strategically (ex. 'Will I play a Supporter or use Portrait first?')

Vote: Add BTS

While it was legal, Broken Time Space made Stage 2 decks (and decks just simply reliant on Stage 2s) much more playable. This combined with Machamp SF makes your opponent think more about whether or not they will drop an EX, and no doubtedly adds lots of strategy to the game.
 
I can't wait to play this format and abuse all the insanely broken combos that we're creating, lol.
 
People are complaining that overpowered, Basic EX attackers are dominating the metagame, so they are trying to take away every single perk Basics have over Stage 2's, and that's not balance either. It's like everyone is going to the other side of the seasaw; am I the only one seeing this? You know what's going to happen if you have Machamp and BTS in our format, right? I think we should only have one, and I'm leaning towards BTS since it benefits everything in format that's not Basic.

alexmf2 said:
I can't wait to play this format and abuse all the insanely broken combos that we're creating, lol.
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Me either >: )
 
Having Broken Time Space makes T1 kills even more likely. It doesn't make stage 2's much easier to get out, just faster. You still need Basic + Stage 1 + Stage 2 for you to start using it. So do you want stage 2's to be faster, or to slow basics down so you can have a better shot at setting up stage 2's? Not implying you have an error in your logic, I just want to know which you're looking to do by adding BTS.

Vote: Add Spiritomb AR

It slows things down and helps set up Stage 2's.

And you know what?

Nominate: Remove Eelektrik DEX There can only be one! NV

Without Dark Patch to give Darkrai help, what's good? Eelektrik, and Landorus because Eelektrik's good. Darkrai was the only thing that was really good that can stand on it's own. Eelektrik is just... to good

Nominate: Remove Squirtle BC

How can you kill it without Catcher? Slurp Shakedown, that's what!

Nominate: Add Squirtle FRLG 83

First Squirtle I found that was good.

Also, if BTS get's added to the format, can you Rare Candy if you just placed a Pokemon out and you have BTS in play?

EDIT: I saw some people wanting to add Dark Patch in. morons... jk Most decks need to fit in a huge stage 1 or 2 line for energy acceleration, Darkrai needs 4 spots for T1 Energy acceleration. Up to 8 if you count Sableye, but he's good for other amazing stuff, too.
 
alexmf2 said:
It's a lot better to remove Keldeo than squirtle. Blastoise with Keldeo is OP.
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I can understand removing Keldeo. But Blastoise is still good with other Pokemon. Keldeo is just, like, 10 times better then Kyurem and Kyogre EX.
 
Yes, but it's definitely not worth using up an addition and a removal simply to get rid of one not-very-powerful ability on a basic that will only be on the field for 1-2 turns.
 
alexmf2 said:
Yes, but it's definitely not worth using up an addition and a removal simply to get rid of one not-very-powerful ability on a basic that will only be on the field for 1-2 turns.
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Well, currently, Keldeo EX is still in the format. If it does get booted from the format, I might take my votes away from the Squirtle's.
 
Has someone already nominated to remove Keldeo, if not here I go.

Nominate -OR- Vote Remove Keldeo EX
 
How would it be worse than Catcher? In the sense that Catcher does it's job more efficiently, then yes, but isn't that the point?
 
Having Reversal in the format is the same thing has having Catcher, you simply added a flip to one of the most important cards in your deck.
 
Reversal is a lot weaker since your opponent choses what to switch out.
 
I read it as "your opponent switches", not "choose 1 of your opponents" sorry :D.
 
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