Rare Candy drops into Pokémon TCG Pocket today—and ranked isn’t ready for it
I want to kiss whoever was the gorgeous trainer that had the thought 'Hey, what if we added one of the physical TCG's most broken cards into Pocket?' because it has single-handedly made Stage 2 decks not only more viable, but in some cases even broken in Pokémon TCG Pocket. For those unfamiliar with this darling of a card, Rare Candy is a special item card that lets you choose any one of your Basic Pokémon and evolve it into a Stage 2 card from your hand, skipping an evolution cycle. You can't use this card on your first turn, and your basic Pokémon has to have been on the field for more than one turn as well, but it essentially lets you skip an evolution cycle—and if you can't see why that is broken, allow me to explain. Image via Pokémon Company Let's use the classic Mewtwo ex deck as an example. Let's say you're turn one, you have Ralts, Mewtwo ex, and Gardevoir in hand but no Kirlia, you place down the Mewtwo ex and Ralts in the backline, and as it's your first turn, you pass it onto your opponent. By your second turn, you pull a Rare Candy, and you have a turn three Gardevoir supplying your Mewtwo ex before your opponent even has a chance to set up. A potential turn three Gardevoir is essentially a GG, and the card isn't limited to Mewteo ex decks either. Charizard ex can also benefit by removing its stage one evo completely, and the recent releases of Solgaleo ex and Lunala ex benefit greatly from the card as well. You can argue that you need to use the exact same deck space for the Rare Candy as you would a stage one evolution, but the ability to completely skip an evolutionary cycle cannot be understated. When used correctly. Most competitive decks this past ranked season have been dominated with singular ex cards that can set up quickly and deal a lot of damage, making the slow and randomness of evolutionary decks not as highly sought after. But with Rare Candy, and the terror it brings to the mobile game, it changes everything. Image via The Pokémon Company Not to mention, it isn't the only anti-ex deck to drop this set. With a certain yellow bird flapping its wings of destruction. Oricorio has surprised us with its unique ability to get no damage from ex Pokémon, making it also one to look out for, especially with Giratina and Darkrai ex dominating in April. It's time for a change at the top, and I'm here to watch the meta burn. The post Rare Candy drops into Pokémon TCG Pocket today—and ranked isn’t ready for it appeared first on Destructoid.
I want to kiss whoever was the gorgeous trainer that had the thought 'Hey, what if we added one of the physical TCG's most broken cards into Pocket?' because it has single-handedly made Stage 2 decks not only more viable, but in some cases even broken in Pokémon TCG Pocket.
For those unfamiliar with this darling of a card, Rare Candy is a special item card that lets you choose any one of your Basic Pokémon and evolve it into a Stage 2 card from your hand, skipping an evolution cycle. You can't use this card on your first turn, and your basic Pokémon has to have been on the field for more than one turn as well, but it essentially lets you skip an evolution cycle—and if you can't see why that is broken, allow me to explain.
Let's use the classic Mewtwo ex deck as an example. Let's say you're turn one, you have Ralts, Mewtwo ex, and Gardevoir in hand but no Kirlia, you place down the Mewtwo ex and Ralts in the backline, and as it's your first turn, you pass it onto your opponent. By your second turn, you pull a Rare Candy, and you have a turn three Gardevoir supplying your Mewtwo ex before your opponent even has a chance to set up.
A potential turn three Gardevoir is essentially a GG, and the card isn't limited to Mewteo ex decks either. Charizard ex can also benefit by removing its stage one evo completely, and the recent releases of Solgaleo ex and Lunala ex benefit greatly from the card as well. You can argue that you need to use the exact same deck space for the Rare Candy as you would a stage one evolution, but the ability to completely skip an evolutionary cycle cannot be understated. When used correctly.
Most competitive decks this past ranked season have been dominated with singular ex cards that can set up quickly and deal a lot of damage, making the slow and randomness of evolutionary decks not as highly sought after. But with Rare Candy, and the terror it brings to the mobile game, it changes everything.
Not to mention, it isn't the only anti-ex deck to drop this set. With a certain yellow bird flapping its wings of destruction. Oricorio has surprised us with its unique ability to get no damage from ex Pokémon, making it also one to look out for, especially with Giratina and Darkrai ex dominating in April.
It's time for a change at the top, and I'm here to watch the meta burn.
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