Hey guys! It is Peter Bae here once again to talk to you guys about the new set coming up Triumphant! Recently Triumphant has been getting a lot of hype because of all the good cards in the set and is arguably format changing. I also believe that Triumphant will be a format changing set and it definitely won’t be a let down like the past few sets.
With the prerelease coming up, I thought I’d talk to you guys about the cards that you should keep an eye out for and try to get some of so you do not lose out!
Triumphant is a 102 card set according to Wikipedia and it will have many Primes from the Japanese set Lost Link and Clash at the Summit. So let’s get talking:
1. Gengar Prime
The card that has been getting the most hype in the set, and is arguably the format changing card. Gengar Prime comes from the Japanese set Lost Link and I must say, it is definitely good and we will see it played a lot. Like the other 2 Gengar brothers from Arceus set and Stormfront, Gengar Prime will have free retreat, which is always good and it has the most HP out of all the Gengars, a whopping 130 HP.
He has a Poke-Body called “Catastrophe” which puts the Pokemon Gengar Prime knocked out in to the Lost Zone. This is great because this will give your opponent a hard time to recover once you’ve knocked out one of their main Pokemon. Gengar Prime also has 2 great attacks that cannot be overlooked.
The attack “Cast in to the Darkness” lets you look at your opponent’s hand, choose all the Pokemon in your opponent’s hand equal to the number of Psychic Energies attached to Gengar Prime, for just 1 Psychic Energy. This is especially great when the opponent uses Pokemon Collector from Sableye’s attack “Impersonate”.
His second attack “Cursed Drop” lets you put 4 damage counters any way you like on your opponent’s board for just 1 Psychic Energy and 1 Colorless Energy. This pairs up great with Gengar LV.X‘s attack “Compound Pain” for some major spreading damage. However, the x2 weakness to Darkness is very disappointing as Umbreon from the set Undaunted will be teched almost in all decks if Gengar Prime becomes a huge threat, along with other Dark Pokemon like Absol G LV.X.
2. Lost World
If Gengar Prime is the ice cream, than this card is the cherry on top. This card is what makes Gengar Prime the biggest threat from the set. Lost World is a stadium card where if your opponent has 6 or more Pokemon cards in his Lost Zone, you can play it down and you are declared the winner of the game. This card has Gengar Prime written all over it.
3. Hunter
Hunter is a great supporter from the set. When you play it down, you and your opponent each pick up 1 benched Pokemon and all cards attached to it. This card pairs greatly with almost all decks, especially with Gengar Prime. In every deck, Hunter can be splashed because you can use it to reuse Uxie for more draw, reuse Crobat G’s for extra damage, or just to even heal, or for Gengar Prime, to make sure your opponent has a Pokemon card on his/her hand.
4. Twins
Twins is also a very good supporter from the set. When you are down in prizes, you can play the supporter to get any 2 cards from the deck to your hand. This is very good for the stage 2 decks which usually ends up losing their first prize to SP match ups or a deck thats not focused on getting prizes but to deck the other player out.
5. Machamp Prime
Machamp Prime is definitely going to a deck that will be in the top tier. Machamp Prime is a stage 2 Pokemon, good 150 HP, and has a great Poke-Power, along with 2 great attacks. His Poke-Power, “Fighting Tag” let’s you move all your active Pokemon’s Fighting Energy to your Machamp Prime, and when you do, you can switch the 2 Pokemon. It’s like a built in Lucian’s Assignment and Switch.
His first attack, “Crushing Punch” does 60 damage for 1 Fighting and 2 Colorless Energy. Not so much damage, however, it lets you discard 1 Special Energy attached to the defending Pokemon.
His second attack is the attack you should worry out for, the “Champ Buster”. For 2 Fighting and 2 Colorless Energy, you do a devastating 100 damage and 10 more for each damaged Pokemon on your bench. This pairs up very nicely with Donphan and we will definitely see Donphan/Machamp Prime deck to come out. However, Machamp Prime has a x2 weakness to Psychic which is unfortunate.
These are probably the top cards that will be coming out from the set that will most likely make it on the top tier deck lists. However, Triumphant has many more Pokemon Primes, Energies, Supporters, and Trainers that are interesting. Here are a few that did not quite make the list:
Yanmega Prime
Yanmega Prime is a stage 1, 100 HP grass type Pokemon. His Poke-Body “Insight” lets you use Yanmega Prime’s attack without any energy cost if you have the same amount of hand as your opponent’s. Paired up with cards like Judge, and Copycat, you will be hitting at a moderate to high damage with Yanmega Prime’s attacks before your opponent’s set up.
Mew Prime
Mew Prime is a basic, 60 HP Psychic Pokemon that has a very interesting Poke-Body. Mew Prime’s Poke-Body “Lost Link” lets you use any attacks from either player’s Pokemon in the Lost Zone if you meet the energy requirement. Mew Prime’s attack “Sending to Hell” lets you put one Pokemon card from your deck to the Lost Zone for 1 Psychic Energy. This can be paired up with Pokemon that has 1 Psychic or Colorless attack requirements.
Black Belt
Black Belt is a Supporter card that you can use if you have more Prize cards remaining. When in play, your active Pokemon will do 40 more damage to the defending Pokemon.
Junk Arm
A trainer that lets you discard 2 cards from your hand to retrieve any 1 Trainer from the discard pile.
Rescue Energy
It provides 1 Colorless Energy and when the Pokemon with Rescue Energy attached gets knocked out, the Pokemon returns to the player’s hand. However, we are not sure if it just the very top Pokemon Card, or the whole line. Junk Arm and Rescue Energy will definitely see play in many Gyarados decks.
I did not really want to go in full depth with these cards as they weren’t the main focus of the article. However, if you wish to know more, you can search on Google or leave comments below and I will be happy to answer them. So yes, this long article is finally at an end, and I hope all of you have fun at the prerelease.
