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Iris

I know she's going to be in her champion outfit, but do we know if she's been confirmed champion or not?

Obviously, makes most sense to use it if she is champion, but I can see them just using it to hype her return more.

But I mean, if she's champion now and has Haxorus, then good for her. If not, still good for her because outfit is great regardless. Hope she has Haxorus regardless though.

So far we know Ash uses Dragonite and Dracovish agaisnt Iris' Dragonite. So should be 2vs2 at least. 4vs4 would be nice though, not counting on it though.

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Pokeani hype train at the station. All aboard!

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This week on pokemon, I made my debut

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What Goh could have went through

Raboot: Ugh! Dad your so lame! Just leave me alone geez!

Drizzile: Everytime I look into a mirror a little piece of me dies. I'm done. I'm gonna just sleep till I'm pretty.

Twackey: You don't get my music dad! No one does! *plays grunge rock*

Goh: What did I do wrong? 😭

Teens: Nothing! That's the problem!

Goh: What does that even mean? 😭

Teens: We don't know! Geez!

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Episode looks fun. Decent way to start up after 2 weeks. Team Rocket helping is always welcomed. One day they'll quit Team Rocket, I just know it 😤

Plus preview for next week, with Sobble evolving. Hopefully it comes to terms with it's new look, and realizes one day it'll be Intelleon. In meantime, time for Goh to deal with another emo teen. If Grookey evolves he's probably gonna be terrified. I want a grunge playing Thwackey.

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Hey yugioh people, does any card have a more ridiculous name than this fella? The lack of spaces really ups it to the next level imo and i love it.

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Not more, but similar enough(And no, no other cards related to these two).

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Professor Cerise/Sakuragi is awesome

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Okie dokie peeps- I need help.

Calling Arc-V/Yu-Gi-Oh fans, I need help settling an argument with my sister (we are both Yu-Gi-Oh fans).

She claims Yuya and Yugo are weak duelists and that Clear Wing is the worst out of the four dragons. That Action cards are stupid and if it weren't for them Yuya would lose, a lot. She said that if Yugo had Yuya's brain then he would be better (not too sure what to think about that part in particular).

Now personally, I agree with that, I mean Yuya is a good duelist and all but I've been using his deck in Legacy of the Duelists and unless you get a hand where the monsters work together- you're screwed.

I believe Yuto would be able to defeat Yuri, obviously it would be one hell of a duel, but I wholeheartedly believe Yuto would be much more likely to defeat Yuri than Yuya would.

My sister also claims that speedroids suck, that Yugo is the worst our of the four. I just think logically, he and Yuya are pretty even, but each to their own.

Another thing that we argued about was that Kaito Tenjos' Galaxy Eyes deck is stronger than the D/D/D archetype.

I disagree.

Look, I have no dohbt Galaxy Eyes is strong as hell, (I've only seen Arc-V Kaito), but the D/D/Ds seem to have an answer for everything effect wise.

But I also haven't seen Zexal, and apparently the cards/effects are a bit different. Also the whole "if he had this card" and "if he used that card" (like Jay, no, hand is a hand).

I believe Reiji's archetype is stronger than the Galaxy Eyes deck, but then she also mentioned something about number cards, that only a number can defeat a number.

I'll leave that up for discussion.

Urgh, and we also talked argued about the most powerful summoning method (because I didn't really know how Lonk summon worked), she says that XYZ summoning is the strongest.

I argued back that what's so good about being able to use an effect twice (I know here are cards that give you more overlay units or whatever) and sometimes they're not even that good? She claims that the cards in the anime are different.

Personally, I think either Synchro or Fusion is stronger. I like Pendulum, but that's been called the fake summoning or something along those lines.

I want to know your opinions, do you agree with my sister?

Do you agree with me?

Or do you have another thought and disagree with both of us?

Also, because I have only seen DM and Arc-V, please excuse any errors regarding information and cards!

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From a meta stand point(I only vaguely pay attention mind you), I believe all four decks have been up there at one point. As it stands now, Speedroids or Phantom Knights are easily best. Yuya's deck has been screwed by banlist and link mechanics. Predaplants I think were never topping much, but Starving Venom has been a Staple(As was(And I think sometimes still is) Clear Wing)). Dark Rebellion was a good staple for rank 4 decks though. Odd-Eyes is pretty much just for Odd-Eyes and Performpals/Pendulum Magicians.

In terms of personal skills, I always feel these are pointless discussions honestly. All four know how to duel and make combos, they're all good duelists, they could probably beat each other depending on certain conditions. Doesn't really matter who beats who, they all good.

Galaxy Eyes and D/D/D for meta, I think fall in same case as the above four. End of the day, none of these 6 come close to what is currently the meta or has been for a while.

Number card rule is anime only and is effect based. Many times they were defeated by non-numbers by negating the effect. Plus Kaito doesn't use Numbers that much. Reiji has negates, regardless.

As for summon method. Xyz is actually usually considered better I believe. Links are best as of now, Pendulums were broken enough to be nerfed. Keep in mind, the effects of Xyz aren't always tied to material(Most of the time they are, but a lot of times they also have one effect unrelated). Plus, there are a lot of powerful effects for Xyz Monsters out there, and they are mostly far easier and more splashable than the powerful Fusions or Synchros. Fusions ultimately are considered weakest as you generally need a Fusion card, and usually more specific material. Synchros need a tuner and you need to add up to the end level. Xyz you just need to match, which is pretty easy for a deck focused on that method. Albeit, Rituals are probably worst as they are similar to fusions needed a spell but also are in main deck. Although there's a few good decks out there. In the end, depends on the deck. Although Links and Xyzs are generic enough to be splashed in most decks. Synchros to a lesser extent, but Fusions are a rarity(and in most cases are in fact used just for material for one of the others).

In the end, Arc-V is full of great fun characters. Unless it's Jean Roget, there's not much room for getting worked up over disliking any characters. Yu-boys in particular are all great(Albeit, Yuri is a sadist so you probably don't want to know him in real life).

What's better than what in the show is mostly irrelevant since it comes down to the writing. And as of now, none of these decks are topping tournaments. But Speedroids are great Synchro focused. Phantom Knights with recent support also decent Xyz support.

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Sir Sirfetchd is here. He shall protect Ash till his sword and shield fall.

Also Dracovish cameo. Still not in the opening scene though. Seems like it might get an adventure episode soon with some others though so that can be nice.

Sobble evolving to Drizzle looks like. I do prefer Sobble but I prefer Inteleon to Sobble. But they all great. And Sobble is getting to grow. Plus it's hilarious Goh has to deal with this again. We'll see how it goes if there's any bait or it is infact Raboot.2. Grookey's future could be hilarious as well from this. 3rd time the charm though.

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Zexal was great 🤷‍♂️

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Was wondering if Grookey was a Rocketmon, turns out yes. Of course it doesn't want to be with them after being around Goh.

I'm curious how Giovanni gets the Pokemon for the gacha machine. Probably grunt work but I like to imagine him going on his own adventure, catching pokemon. Also, the pokemon are usually full of personality so I also like to imagine he bonds with them and shit. Why, I do believe it's time for a Giovanni spinoff, featuring him as a kid and how he went down the path he did.

Anyways, Ash doesn't have a starter, unless Goh trades him or he gets a duplicate, this will be the first time and I'm glad and expected much once Goh got Sobble. The writers have for a while liked to break assumed patterns and rules.

Next week, Farfetch'd vs Gallade take 2. Will it evolve or no? I assume yes but who knows. I am curious how they go about evolving it. I don't think they ever mentioned critical hits in the anime before. On that note, I wonder if we'll ever see a Galarian Yamask evolve.

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The two-in-one episodes are always so wild. They're amazing!

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25 years of Pokemon

The video showing the history of pokemon was great. Showing that pokemon has taken over nearly all aspects of life.

DP remakes confirmed. Chibi style I'm meh on. Hoping it adds to the games like past remakes. Otherwise I'll be disappointed with these. That being said, I do feel they have good nostalgic appeal and great for people who never played the games. Also, a different company working on a core game is new I believe.

Legends looks exciting. Past history. Open world. New format. Three things fans have wanted for a while. Here it is. I still hope they'll continue with the standard format but I'm up for having a game like this each gen too. Which also is something to point out. Pokemon can be played in many different ways, and continues to be the case. You wont like everything, but someone else might like what you don't. Be excited for what you like, not full of hate for what you don't.

Excited to see what else might come this year for any side of the franchise

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This week we learn Kikuna isn't into guys(She should meet Sonia), she also loves Psyduck.

Also Gengar can't get a good scare in with Eevee around 😔

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Not sure what happened with the Wikistrom training, but he seemed like a fun character. Farfetch'd and Ash bonded I think. Scyther evolved. They all got medals. Had a sword fight. Looked fun.

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Guess ya can't always trust posters 🤷‍♂️

At least this scenario makes more sense. Ponyta and Rapidash are a family. Be weird if Ponyta decides to leave after spending all the time trying to help its parent.

More over, this give potential for a dream for Chloe. She's helped two injured pokemon now. She respected Feebas. Supported Eevee. Not sure if she might go down a doctor route and give Brock a cameo from that. Or something new. Professor works but also rather she break from what her father is doing plus Goh probably be one.

Maybe a ranger. Something where she'll be able to help pokemon.

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Sobble ❤

Inteleon ❤