The Pokemon Company International is currently celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pokemon (established in 1996), and they've gone all out for the card collection. Released as a special set for the Pokemon TCG Live, the 30th anniversary collection includes 128 cards, some brand new and some reprints of favorites from throughout the years.
The cards aren't only beautiful, though; there are quite a few hidden powerhouses for the game that might just challenge the meta as we know it — and I couldn't be more excited.
Let's start with the regular Pokemon - one prize, no special rule boxes, just classic Pokemon you can build a deck around or include in your current favorites.
Vivillon's new Guiding Dance ability lets you flip a coin. On heads, you can search your deck for any Pokemon and put it into your hand. This could be really useful in decks that already utilize the Vivillon evolution line for the Perfect Order version with Grand Wing, which lets you force an opponent to shuffle their hand to the bottom of their deck and draw four. This is usually played as part of the Decidueye EX deck, but I can very much see it becoming a useful search engine in any grass deck, especially if it's paired with Forest of Vitality.
This version of Kyogre is pretty beefy for a basic non-EX Pokemon at 140 HP. Its attack, Hydro Pump, costs four colorless energy but does 60 damage plus 30 more damage for each water energy attached to Kyogre. If you use only water energies to hit the requirement, you're already doing 180 damage. You could easily use Misty to set up the attack and play with Kyogre to get early game knockouts in a deck like Wailord EX or Mega Greninja EX. With Great Haul Net, you've got ridiculously easy recovery as well.
Mew is small and simple at 60 HP, meaning you can find it easily with Buddy-Buddy Poffin. Its attack, Psychic, costs only two psychic energy, and does 10 damage plus 40 more for each energy attached to the opposing active Pokemon. This would be a fantastic attacker against something like Mega Venusaur EX or Wailord EX that requires massive amounts of energy to attack, or Teal Mask Ogerpon EX, which utilizes a similar mechanic (but is worth one more prize card). This could be a great addition to psychic decks as a counter for these cards or cards like Crustle that block EX attackers.
I might be a little biased because I love Chandelure generally, but I think this version, with Eerie Glow doing 130 damage plus Burn and Confusion to the opposing active Pokemon, could easily be a fun addition to the existing Mega Chandelure EX deck. It could potentially even work in something like a Mega Darkrai EX combo deck, swinging in with the conditions to make way for Abyss Eye to work.
A non-EX Lucario that does decent damage is something that I think could very easily slot into the current popular Mega Lucario EX build as a counter for Crustle and a great way to get some bench sniping done with minimal prize risk. Aura Sphere's 100 damage to the active Pokemon and extra 60 damage to the bench could be a great way to get some early-game multi-prize turns. The only issue is going to be energy acceleration, but that's been an issue for fighting decks for a long time.
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