The Alternate Format Hall of Fame page has been updated with the results of the August 5th Eternal format tournament.
The tournament's results were as follows:
Guil - Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX
Sleight - Arceus VSTAR Control
David Hochmann - Shock Lock
CursolaTCG - Celebi Mill
Click here to visit the updated Alternate Format Hall of Fame page and join us next month on August 5th for the Eternal tournament!
All of the following ban list updates are effective immediately.
Two cards have been added to the ban list for the 345 format: Slowbro PGO 20 and Ambipom PGO 57.
Additionally, two cards have been added to the ban list for the Eternal format and one card has been removed from the format’s ban list.
The following cards are now banned in the Eternal format:
Note that because the Black Star Promo 20 version of Psyduck is a reprint of the Psyduck from Fossil, it is also banned by that card’s ban.
The following card is no longer banned in the Eternal format:
Note that this card, like other cards with newer prints, must be played with the newest text printed on any card of the same name. In this case, Pokémon Center’s newest print comes from Black & White—Next Destinies and the Base Set version of the card (and all prints prior to that Next Destinies print) must be played with the newest text.
The 17 cards below have been added to the ban list for the Eternal Format, effective immediately. Please review the full ban list for the Eternal format and keep these bans in mind when constructing your deck for August 5th’s Eternal format tournament.
This ban list update brings the total number of banned cards in the Eternal format to 117. Please be aware that these bans may have a ripple effect on the format and may cause some shifts that will warrant additional bans—or unbans—in the future. Eternal is a new format with an absolutely enormous card pool, and its ban list will need a little while longer to get out of its teething phase.
The Alternate Format Hall of Fame page has been updated with the results of the July 8th Eternal format tournament.
The tournament's results were as follows:
Mysterious Player - Ultra Necrozma CEC
Sleight - Sylveon VMAX
Willyazaa - Sylveon VMAX
Jake Gearhart - Holon Circle Lock
Click here to visit the updated Alternate Format Hall of Fame page and join us next month on August 5th for the Eternal tournament!
Breaking with the tradition of not having a “New Archetypes” article for mini sets, a new article for Archetypes from Pokémon GO is now live, featuring six archetypes from the mini set, which releases tomorrow, July 1st. The higher-than-average-for-a-mini-set playability of the cards from Pokémon GO has made this page possible.
You can check out the new archetypes page here!
The following cards have been added to the ban list for the Dream format. These bans will go into effect immediately.
Reset Stamp was originally left in the format following the ban of Marnie. However, it has become evident that when combined with other disruption cards in the format, Reset Stamp is too powerful of a card. Other comeback cards, like Counter Gain and Raihan, remain, and hand disruption still remains in the form of Judge.
Counter Energy interacts with Pokémon V and Radiant Pokémon in a way clearly not designed for, making it overly easy for decks running these cards to come back with too much momentum.
The following cards have been added to the Eternal format’s ban list, effective immediately. Please be aware that these cards will not be legal for the Eternal format tournament on 8 July 2022.
Ban reasoning: Because of the large variety of Metal-type energy acceleration in the format, it is too easy for players to abuse Palkia & Dialga LEGEND’s Time Control attack, which reads, “Discard all [M] Energy attached to Palkia & Dialga LEGEND. Add the top 2 cards of your opponent's deck to his or her Prize cards.”
The Alternate Format Hall of Fame page has been updated with the results of the June 3rd Theme Pool format tournament.
The tournament's results were as follows:
Bunnybird12 - Zeraora/Eelektrik
CursolaTCG - Empoleon CEC
TandemTCG - Turtonator
Twitchy - Duraludon
Click here to visit the updated Alternate Format Hall of Fame page and join us next month on July 8th for the Eternal tournament!
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The Alternate Format Hall of Fame page has been updated with the results of the May 6th JIB Format tournament.
The tournament's results were as follows:
Twitchy - Zoroark/Malamar
bunnybird12 - Zoroark/Gyarados
TandemTCG - Zoroark/Scizor
curse - Zoroark/Gyarados
Click here to visit the updated Alternate Format Hall of Fame page and join us next month on June 3rd for the Theme Pool tournament!
Ban list updates are now live for two alternate formats. Please keep in mind the new JIB Format ban list when designing your decks for the upcoming JIB Format tournament on May 6th.
The following card has been added to the Aceless format ban list: Malamar CRE 70.
For the first time since its creation, two cards have been added to the ban list of the JIB Format (currently JIB1 and JIB Promos JIB001 through JIB011).
Going forward, Professor’s Research JIB1 141 and Quick Ball JIB1 142 are banned in the JIB format.
