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Well, Iono is going to end up everywhere (like, everywhere, dude) because it has both players shuffle their hand, put it on the bottom of their deck and then draw a number of cards according to their prize cards. The Glittering Terastal phenomenon affects Pokemon ex like Tyranitar, Eiscue, and Vespiquen, giving them different types. Meanwhile, Forretress, Slowking, and Dedenne shine as Tera Pokemon ex, and Chien-Pao ex, Ting-Lu ex, and others bring daunting strengths requiring courage to command. Scarlet and Violet saw the end of the non-holo rare and the birth of the triple holo combo – every pack has at least two reverse holos and one holo rare – so there is something for everyone in every pack. But here’s the thing; Ting Lu has an ability that turns off the abilities of any non-ex Pokemon if it has damage in it (see ya, Regieleki!
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Finally, there’s Squawkabilly ex, which allows you to discard your hand and draw six cards on your first turn. It’s a moose; with a pot; on its head), Ting Lu is a fighting Pokemon (good against those Regieleki-boosted electric decks out there), which has an attack that does 150 damage to the active (see ya, Raiku!
And even the not-so-hot Pokemon look like they might make for some interesting new decks and, more importantly, a chance to get back in the game and hit back at some of those ever-present meta decks. The four additional boosters in each pack, included to give each player a chance to customise their pre-release play deck, can be a bit hit or miss.
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The Elite Trainer Box (ETB), as seen in Scarlet and Violet, has had a bit of an upgrade with regards to its content. ETBs have also been notoriously hit-free in the past, but the cards I drew from it were Meowscarada ex (an interesting card that has discard a grass and damage ability), a Special Illustrator Art Quaxly and a Full Art Squawkabilly ex (completing my United Wings deck – thank you kindly! which works out about one hit every three cards – so much better than the one hit every four or five boosters of previous sets I could mention (Ed. Paldea Evolved is the sophomore set of Scarlet and Violet and if it had a subtitle, it would be ‘bringing balance to the force’, because this set is all about the underdog.The Stadium also contains the same dice, status counters and energy block as the ETB, but also has three additional booster backs. Whereas there used to be only eight packs, there are now nine, and where you only used to get a promo card with the holiday boxes, every ETB now contains a promo. Included also are a set of dice, 9 SV Paldea Evolved Booster Packs, and a code card for the Pokemon online TCG.