Summary
There’s little more infuriating than bricking inPokemon Trading Card Game Pocket’scompetitive battles. You could have everything needed to have a killer match, but you’re missing a single Pokemon that you need to complete your setup. Sure, a Poke Ball or Professor Oak may help, and you could chance it with a Pokemon Communication Trainer, but there’s still no guarantee. That could all be about to change, though.
With today’s release of Pokemon TCG Pocket’s new themed expansion,Extradimensional Crisis, one card has the ability for you to draw a random Pokemon from your deck and place it into your hand, helping you fight back against the RNG gods.
Shiinotic Could Be A Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Staple Following Extradimensional Crisis' Release
Shiinoticis usually a rather unassuming Pokemon, and one that is generally pretty unpopular. Its new Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket card could be set to change the minds of its detractors, though, or at least a few of them.
The new holo three-diamond Shiinotic card is a Psychic-type, but its only attack doesn’t use Psychic-type Energies. Instead, it works with two Colorless Energies, giving it the versatility to fit into any deck, but that’s not why it could see use.
Shiinotic’s Illuminate ability reads: “Once during your turn, you may put a random Pokemon from your deck into your hand.” This means it’s effectively a Poke Ball Trainer on steroids, allowing you to fill your hand with much-needed Pokemon.
There were multiple occasions during Pokemon TCG Pocket’s lastcompetitive seasonwhen I would have confidently won a match had I drawn a single Pokemon I needed, but that was never to be the case. Shiinotic could have eased my woes. It’s not without its drawbacks, though.
Of course, Shiinotic is a Stage 1 Pokemon, evolving from Morelul, meaning to get the RNG-buster, you’ll need to rely on the very thing you’re trying to bust. The fact that it’s a Stage 1 Pokemon also means that you’ll need to free up at least two spots in your deck, or four if you want a pair of them, which means making some major adjustments to your 20-card selection.
I’m personally going to give it a shot, probably removing a Poke Ball and Pokemon Communication from my deck to fit a Morelul and Shiinotic in, and I’m intrigued to see if the card grows over the course of Extradimensional Crisis' season.
