Post-rotation decks for the online game are here with the new Temporal Forces release. Players are now navigating the best ways to make it to the Arceus League in the new Standard Format. With cards like VIP Pass and Mew VMax out of the way, new decks make it to the forefront, with more potential to come for the next few months. Consider using some of the new Pokémon card archetypes to outplay your opponent.
There has also been a significant change in the Live Ranked Ladder system. You will notice now that, instead of most players being stuck in the middle, the ladder is easier to climb with fewer points needed. This gives more access to players around the ladder's MMR matching system. However, to succeed the most in the game, the meta decks will be necessary to build. This might even include the returning Temporal Forces Ace Spec cards, which are very strong in every deck.
A popular deck in this rotation uses Iron Hands and Iron Crown. Rightfully so, this deck can take three prize cards from one knockout. With the new Future Card mechanic, Iron Crown powers up Iron Hands's Amp You Very Much move, which can do up to 220 damage just by having five Iron Crowns on your bench. Additionally, with the new tool, Heavy Baton, another iron hand can be powered up immediately after the initial one gets knocked out.
YouTuber ZapdosTCG shows a basic deck list, using the Miraidon card to energize the other cards on the bench in the beginning. This deck has many different forms, but most should focus on Iron Hands, Iron Crown, and Miraidon as the base Pokémon.
Dialga VStar in finally gets a new tech card. The Stage 1 card, Metang from Temporal Forces, lets you draw the top four cards of your deck and attach any Metal Energies to your Pokémon once per turn.Ideally, you will play two to three Metang on your bench so that your Dialga can use its moves to the best ability. Additionally, you can take advantage of Dialga VStar's VStar ability, Star Chronos, which allows you to play out an extra turn.
After using Star Chronos, Dialga VStar can do a massive amount of damage with the move Metal Blast. Once you get this card going, it's hard not to get a one-hit knockout.
Incineroar returns to the format and has become a powerful deck to play post-rotation. This EX card is a Stage 2 evolution that can cheapen its attack cost by having Pokémon on your opponent's bench.
This means that decks like Gardevoir EX or Goldengo EX might have difficulty setting up around this dominating beast due to its easy-to-use attack. Furthermore, to unlock Incineroar EX's full potential, add a Temporal Forces Relicanth so you can utilize more moves.
Chien-Pao EX is another excellent choice for the standard format. The card Path to the
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A newly revealed promo card from ’s expansion may be one of the best in recent times and players should not miss out on the opportunity of collecting it when it is released. Twilight Masquerade is a new Western set that is themed after the DLC for games for Nintendo Switch. A lot of the cards in the expansion are focused on the Land of Kitakami, its inhabitants, and its Pokémon. , for instance, brings Ogerpon and the Loyal Three to the spotlight, as well as Bloodmoon Ursaluna.
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Unfortunately for those subscribed to the Extra tier of PlayStation Plus, it appears as though Horizon Zero Dawn is leaving the service on Tuesday, May 21. Unlike the free games that make up the Essential tier of PlayStation Plus and can be kept as long as one stays subscribed, the PlayStation Plus Extra games are rotated in and out of availability, ala Netflix or Xbox Game Pass.
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The Game Boy Advance was a landmark achievement for Nintendo when it first released in 2001. As the successor to the wildly popular Game Boy Color, it had big shoes to fill, but its release heralded a few major design changes that would inform the future of Nintendo's handheld launches. Its adoption of a landscape presentation that moved buttons and the D-Pad to the side of the screen became stock for the release of the DS, 3DS, and Switch, and its backward compatibility helped push the notion that it was an evolution of a larger family of handhelds that would be worthy investments for years to come.
has launched its latest event, The Jungle Cup, as part of the GO Battle League. While there have been many different events for trainers looking to battle each other over the years, The Jungle Cup is like no other. With an exciting set of eligibility criteria, you must know the best team to use going into The Jungle Cup to have a chance at regularly winning matches.
A 7-Star Tera Raid Battle for Meganium is an exclusive online event in . Continuing the trend of different Tera-type starter Pokémon, Meganium goes from Grass-type to Psychic-type, giving it many new strategies to take you down. One might consider participating with friends, but completing this event by yourself is easy and should take no time.
The expansion for has had several of its cards revealed prior to its release in Japan later in April. The new set is part of the era for the and is focused on portraying the characters and the elements of the first expansion for the Gen 9 games,. As such, Pokémon like Ogerpon, Poltchageist, and Sinistcha, as well as Trainers like Perrin will all be translated into cards for the upcoming set. Ogerpon’s masks and other Kitakami elements have also been confirmed for.