Twilight Masquerade GLC Set Review
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- Twilight Masquerade is the latest Pokémon TCG expansion and was released on May 24th, 2024. That means I’m overdue for a set review, and there are some cards that really stand out for the format Gym Leader Challenge. Enjoy!
Gym Leader Challenge, or GLC, is a Pokémon format that is singleton, monotype, non-Rule Box format using the Expanded card pool. A list of the rules can be found at gymleaderchallenge.com/rules.
Image credits go to the creators of pkmncards.com.
If you have any questions or suggestions, @ me on Twitter x.com/EZPokepals. - Hry
Name change almost got my aas
Wow, love to see Okidogi be very strong! Can't wait for future decks using that card!
Great video
"Heliolisk, is not very good and not recomended for serious play!"
Tis a cloudy day for Heliolisk enjoyers
Is the Ogerpon that bad? I'm newer to glc and started with a metal deck, so when I look at the Ogerpon I see a grass version of Magearna. I'm planning on making a grass deck around scovillain and the new galvantula, so I thought Ogerpon would be a good why to ramp energy early and use it as a late/end game attacker.
The attacks on Ogrepon are not that good. Its first attack searches energy but doesn’t put them into play, so you still need a Pokémon like Spring Bloom Cherrim to accelerate the energy. The second attack can deal 120 damage, but your opponent can play around it by putting fewer Pokémon. That’s not to say that Ogrepon has no use; I could see it in a Grass deck that leans on Basic Pokémon. That said, some existing Grass decks have better options. Rillaboom Venusaur decks have options that deal more damage, and Elusive Feather decks prefer single energy attackers.
In my opinion, the new Grookey from this set is the optimal one, since its second attack does more damage for the same amount of Energy, and Rillaboom decks tend to play mostly Basic Energy.
GLC is just a game of finding the optimal basic Pokémon for each evolution Pokémon
Thoughts on the upcoming Rotom-Fan? Is it good enough to get banned?
It's very strong to set up the board, does not require being played from hand, grabs basic and non-basic Pokemon, can be picked with Scoop Up Net, and can deal meaningful damage for a single energy. There are so many cards that can search for this card, and Colorless is already a strong type. I think it deserves a ban since it is way, way more powerful than any Pokémon remotely similar in every other type, but ... we'll have to wait and see. Here's a link to the card translation for anyone interested: www.justinbasil.com/translations/sv7#block-yui_3_17_2_1_1717306688512_23830
I agree that rotom fan probably deserves a ban, but if it doesn't it might also make farfetch'd worth using as you can get farfetch'd plus two Pokemon from any ball search card making tm evolution plays incredibly consistent.