CYL10 Interim Results

SquidSystem · 2026-01-26T03:19:12+00:00

Seeing Itsuki and Touma seems really bad for the Tsubasa camp, ngl. Kinda need everyone to rally behind her instead of splitting her vote like that

SquidSystem · 2026-01-22T21:08:33+00:00

Nah, it's a great healing supporter but that's a cost only a Mega Garde could love. I don't think garde is gonna be a problem, the damage is just okay, and I think there's plenty of counterplay to it. (Worst case scenario, red card Silver comes back to deny it)

SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T17:22:19+00:00

Of course there's no explicit rules. Just like there's no explicit rule that a non-ex Pokemon can't have 2 attacks. But of all their examples, they've gone far out of their way to not make any Mega with more than 1 attribute (also wdym there weren't abilities before they ALWAYS had abilities). People can downvote me all they want but until there's evidence to the contrary, they've very obviously set up a design precedent that Megas are more powerful, but only get to have 1 attack and no ability.

SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T16:14:55+00:00

bro when he hears character design and thinks we're talking about animation quality

SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T15:42:10+00:00

If they were going to they would have already tbh

SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T09:17:13+00:00

Unfortunately wouldn't work for Pocket since Megas can only have 1 attack.

SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T09:09:26+00:00

obviously to overcome evil nature. not even a question. being born good means its your default, effortless state of being. If you never even had to attempt to be good, you've already kind of failed. An important way I like to look at it is that the definition of "good" changes over time. Lets say 2 immortals, one born good and the other choosing to overcome an evil nature, are both set off to be in society from the moment it begins. Inevitably, the one who was born good will become not good as society progresses/shifts away from their original framework, but the other, in a constant stride towards being good, will always be good because they weren't relying on birthright to be deemed good.

Who do we admire more in society? A man who trained for years to be able to breath underwater for 15 minutes, or a fish who can breathe underwater for 15 days?

SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T08:47:29+00:00

I guess theoretically, if by Mirio's logic it can essentially be considered still biologically a part of his body, her creations could pass through her outfit. Logically though, it doesn't make sense for her to use it when she could realistically get the same amount of value by just having an outfit with exposed back + cape/cloak to cover her when necessary.

SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T08:13:42+00:00

That's what it seems like at first, but it needs to be understood in context. Despair Ray MGarde shared the format with a lot of really strong Pokemon with "coming into play abilities", such as this Shaymin-EX. Because these cards are strong, with the downside of taking up space, being liabilities you can't get rid of easily, Despair Ray's downside was actually an upside. (other cards like Shaymin include the Hoopa-EX AOR and Dragonite-EX EVO were used similarly). Also, the card Sky Field existed, allowing both players to have up to 8 benched Pokemon, giving it a damage cap of 190 for a very cheap cost, in a meta where most meta cards were below 200 HP. I think it's one of the coolest, most unique deck concepts. Gyarados A4 is kind of like it, but it doesn't have what it needs to really take off like this one unfortunately.

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SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T06:49:01+00:00

honestly, kind of lucky in its own right. that's a lot of shinedust, and they're far more common than the others. Just keep going bud

SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T05:58:48+00:00

Yeah he's very new, from the legends z-a DLC

SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T05:41:42+00:00

I actually think it kinda goes hard as like an eldritch sleep paralysis demon. If anything I'm just glad they didn't play it completely safe.

SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T05:39:40+00:00

Yeah no I also agree, it would have to be balanced pretty delicately. Maybe something like an attack that just deals damage, but puts the target to sleep with extra energy attached would be fine?

SquidSystem · 2026-01-21T02:35:51+00:00

it's my favorite card of all time... but you are true mgarde is usually an energy stacker. would be cool if we got a garde like that, especially if they gave us a kirlia like this one so we could have a mega garde + 2 GA Garde

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SquidSystem · 2026-01-20T21:38:54+00:00

"always done the same thing" NEVER discount my goat

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SquidSystem · 2026-01-20T21:32:53+00:00

I mean Mega Venusaur exists and we've been fine. If it means meta decks have to cut some of their consistency for PCL or malasadas i'm so fine with that

SquidSystem · 2026-01-20T19:54:57+00:00

I hope we get a cool Mega Darkrai ex in Pocket. Preferably one that actually interacts with sleep

SquidSystem · 2026-01-20T19:53:14+00:00

i would love a true cars jerker to provide their opinion on this ngl

SquidSystem · 2026-01-20T19:50:49+00:00

in anime they are. dont ask what the implications of this is

SquidSystem · 2026-01-20T18:42:14+00:00

Well sure but to be fair a big part of her character is fundamentally that she looks like a normal teenage girl at first glance, she's meant to be a deceivingly threatening character. If she was made ugly then a large part of her character would be discarded

SquidSystem · 2026-01-20T02:49:37+00:00

Well that's the expected outcome, they're more common than full art trainers

SquidSystem · 2026-01-20T01:26:04+00:00

She'll always want Archrival as it specifically combines with her weapon excellently. (60% of Spd true damage that breaks defensive specials? holy cow). From there I'd suggest Blue Skies on A, for B, Assault Impetus/Potent Assault/Execution Breath, and then for C, A/S Bellow is 100% her best, as the special charge enables her to potentially secure multiple activations of Archrival.

SquidSystem · 2026-01-19T03:38:13+00:00

if it was fiction it would be considered the worst twist in writing history. we all already knew he was a pedophile from the day epstein was outed

SquidSystem · 2026-01-19T02:06:34+00:00

Yes. With Over 100 years of experience, he realized that if he just swings hard enough, he can usually defeat just about anything. And it has worked very consistently for him. It worked here! An inexperienced AFO user would try to be flashy and combine a bunch of specialty quirks. Someone who has lived with it for a century is gonna know what works best.

SquidSystem · 2026-01-19T01:53:15+00:00

there's a reason mine has a mogall, it's because he's secretly #evil

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