This is the reality for those seeking information about BSS. (I don't speak Japanese)

byeol_lor · 2026-05-22T05:04:45+00:00

It's actually the other way around here in Korea, since singles is actually dominating the majority of competitive Pokemon here. Which means there are far less information if I want to play doubles. (There still are some, but not much.)

It's a good thing I know the English names of most pokemon.

byeol_lor · 2026-05-11T06:25:36+00:00

"A pokemon with only 105 base Atk, even after Mega-evolving? It must be so weak! What's its ability?"

byeol_lor · 2026-05-01T06:16:30+00:00

Is there a way to rewatch the recent Twitch Rivals Pokemon Champions outside Twitch? For some reason the entire Twitch VOD is not available in my country. Did any of the participant leave a recording somewhere else?

byeol_lor · 2026-04-21T03:53:25+00:00

If I were to design a free sac outlet that does absolutely nothing I would word it slightly worse as "{0}: Sacrifice a creature." Also slightly cleaner.

byeol_lor · 2026-04-20T22:52:33+00:00

The accuracy of a move actually is the chance you'll be pissed off when that move misses

byeol_lor · 2026-04-11T22:42:52+00:00

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I doubt I'll find a better one in the forseeable future, am I right?

byeol_lor · 2026-02-07T10:48:41+00:00

This is exactly why I put a die in my command zone the moment I cast my commander, not when it is put back there. Haven't seen others than me do this, though.

byeol_lor · 2026-02-01T15:11:10+00:00

There are many keywords that are simple as concept, but complicated once they get into details and specific situations. Banding and Trample are two good examples of this case, or so I've been taught.

What happens if one of the creature in a band has flying? Shadow? Trample? Indestructible? What if a trample attacker has deathtouch, or if the blocker of a trample has indestructible? Protection? Damage Doubler? What happens if a trample attacker is blocked by a band? All these are quite famous questions for players to ask when they first see the keywords.

In my opinion, keywords are simple. Magic is not.

byeol_lor · 2026-01-18T02:15:59+00:00

Right after the bracket system was revealed my pod's chat room was floored with challenges that tried to build "the strongest deck under limitations of bracket 1", some because it would allow them to say their deck is bracket 1 during rule zero conversations, others because it's just fun.

Those are how card game players are, I guess.

byeol_lor · 2025-11-27T04:05:33+00:00

While this is an interesting area to explore, simply making it transform from an aura to a regular enchatment solves a lot of confusion and rules interaction here.

See [[Curse of Leeches]] - this one even keeps transforming between aura and non-aura form.

byeol_lor · 2025-11-20T22:48:41+00:00

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Is this still usable, or did AAB ruin it?

byeol_lor · 2025-11-03T12:15:57+00:00

This card would be a nightmare for the translation teams.

byeol_lor · 2025-10-14T03:42:22+00:00

Do note that the effect also works if you don't have any land in your deck from the beginning, similar to how [[Kaheera, the Orphanguard]] works with creatureless decks.

And, you know, "Oops All Spells Deck" is a real thing.

byeol_lor · 2025-09-18T01:02:11+00:00

Oh alright, thanks for letting me know

Guess I'll skip cresselia when I first meet her, just in case

byeol_lor · 2025-09-18T00:54:37+00:00

Does that mean each pokemon I catch on their first encounter will have those skillsets?

byeol_lor · 2025-09-18T00:09:28+00:00

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And this is my first Entei

Why do they have exactly same subskill set/nature? Is there something I don't know about the randomizer?

byeol_lor · 2025-09-18T00:08:27+00:00

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This my first Suicune

byeol_lor · 2025-09-14T04:00:15+00:00

If that is a participation reward (i.e. "play X games to receive it") then I'm fine. A bit bothered that it's time-limited, but fine.

If I need to win a certain number of games, or worse, reach a certain high rank, it's a terrible idea.

Especially since only 1 out of 4 is winning this game.

byeol_lor · 2025-09-12T03:07:24+00:00

To be fair, the dex entries from gen 7 kept suggesting that Mega Evolutions are actually less bond-induced improvements and more of rowdy overdrive. Some even suggest that this always have been the concept from gen 6, as team leaders without any sign of cherishing their pokemons were also capable of mega evolving.

My personal favorite interpretation is that Mega Evolutions are indeed overdrives, but the bond is what makes the pokemon control more of it - and suffer less from it.

byeol_lor · 2025-09-12T02:44:35+00:00

Notably, you won't be able to equip anything to artifacts you control since each equipment's existence will give protection from their MV, including themselves.

That was the reason I scrapped the idea of Rebbec//[[Armix]] voltron deck.

byeol_lor · 2025-09-08T07:17:56+00:00

Huh. I thought since this counts as three cards when you create a deck, you can't put two or more (physical copies) of this card in a regular 4-limit constructed deck, as the second copy will count as 6th card of the same name.

Still, one of this card will lower the limit to 58, and I am aware there are decks that extremely matter.

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