New Pokemon Rules

Hello Pokemon Fans! Pokemon has announced that the Pokemon TCG new rules from Japan will be coming to America (whether we want it or not). Below are the new rules players will have to follow starting November 8 in both Japan and America.

First turn rules

As usual, one player flips a coin. But, the winner of the coin flip will decide who goes first. Easy decision right? Mabey not. The player who goes first can’t attack! So, if you want to start dealing damage first, you might want to make the other go first. If you want to get a fast setup, you might want to go first. The reason for this rule change is to prevent donks on the first turn. I think this rule is interesting…guess I’ll have to see how it plays out in the metagame.

Catcher rule

Now the card Pokemon Catcher will require a coin flip. While this makes it harder to get a opponents, at least a slight upside is that your bench is protected from being easily catchered up, which can give them an easy prize or really disrupt your strategy. But, I find in a little angering that Pokemon changed the text on a card, even after it was reprinted twice. This new rule change makes catcher exactly like Pokemon Reversal  a previous card that was the same as catcher, but  a coin flip.

Professor Rule

The new Pokemon Professor, Professor Sycamore, has been revealed to allow you to discard your hand and draw 7 cards, the exact same as Professor Juniper. And because that it has and identical effect as Juniper, you can’t have both cards in the same deck.  While I see their point on not wanting eight of the same cards in your deck, but still, it’s not like this is an overpowered card or anything, and I think it would be fine to have the two in your deck.

Well, what do you think about the rule change? Do you think this is reasonable, or has Nintendo lots it’s marbles? Put you opinion in the comments section below!