I kinda missed the time when Pokemon can be Stadium or Energies (as in, I wasn't playing the TCG then). I don't know if they're even good, but I assumed they must be a riot.
Like imagine your Pokemon holding a fainted Electrode as battery packs.
Something that I think are not noted after the update:
Effects that take place during status check are no longer forced if the target Pokemon is fainted*
No Darkrai damage, sleep or burn check, or energy disruption flip check
*Excepts effects that are caused by its fainting
New cards for tomorrow eh. Let me try to predict how it'll go.
Keep in mind my prediction for Mega Diancie and H. Zoroark were waaay off the mark lol.
Ponyta looks good if it wants to setup Rapidash ex, though Charmeleon might be more reliable.
Psychic is probably strong. It runs dual function, energy disruption + damage boost.
Drayden is... Well +40-50 is fine, but it's still random target.
Skyla is good, retreat at no cost for stage 1s.
Wally is great for like, any energy hungry stage 2s, basically.
Hopefully they find a way to make it non-abusable. But imagine each 5 consecutive wins nets you only 1 hourglass, no one will play it.
*Obviously you play to try to win, but solo is where you experiment, try making fun decks and whatnot. Ranked is already for meta and tryhards.
Now the only rank that matters is Master Ball rank lol.
You can like, play once or twice each day and get to Master Ball and just stay there until reset.
They really could just nerf Igglybuff.
Step Up is being replaced with something else. I have no issue with the current solo Random, aside from the fact some missions are just impossible unless you're using meta relevant decks*. And Step Up's issues are that it doesn't give enough rewards for its missions.