Pokémon Legends: Z-A Means One Big Change Might Be Coming To The TCG

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There are some significant implications for the being carried by the announcement of. While a new mobile game was announced alongside the new title for Pokémon Day 2024, no correlation was drawn between the two aspects of the wider franchise. Nevertheless, considering past development patterns, will have a huge impact on the TCG, with one potential change in particular being especially notable.

As new games debut in the franchise, the TCG is likewise provided with more material to draw from for new sets. New Pokémon, NPCs, and locations can easily be converted into Pokémon, Supporter, and Stadium cards, for example. Of course, some cards are more original in their conception as well, such as certain Items or variants like Pokémon ex, which don’t have exact counterparts in the games. Despite there being little known about the characters and Pokémon in , one exciting aspect of any new sets based on the game is already extremely clear.

With Mega Evolution clearly returning to the core games with, potentially with brand-new Mega Evolutions, it would make perfect sense for the ’s own Mega Evolutions to return as well. Originally released as part of the series of expansion sets, Mega Evolution Pokémon are a subset of Pokémon-EX, and evolve from basic stage EX cards. This means that they adhere to the rule of a knockout rewarding an opponent with two prize cards, but evolving a Mega Evolution Pokémon-EX also automatically ends a player’s turn.

The Primal Reversion cards, four cards based on Kyogre and Groudon from (two for each Legendary), function identically to Mega Evolution Pokémon.

However, it is worth noting that there is a way to avoid the turn-ending effect of a Mega Evolution Pokémon. Spirit Link cards, each of which are associated with a particular Mega Evolution, can be attached to a Pokémon-EX to keep a player in control of play when Mega Evolving it. Any new wave of Mega Evolution-EX Pokémon would presumably be accompanied by a group of these Pokémon Tools as