Basic Pokemon feel too Overpowered
Ever since Mega set has released, I’m already starting to notice that Absol mega deck has taken over the meta.
The majority of the deck is composed entirely of basic pokemon that are incredibly cheap and quick to set up in less than 2 turns of the game. Often coming with incredibly strong abilities, and in case of EX, coming with HP comparable to most third stage EXes.
I find it somewhat unfair that 1-2 stage Pokemon are starting to become quite unviable with how long they take to set up and their previous stages don’t offer much in their attacks or abilities on top of their HP being quite easily one shotted by a quickly set up opponent.
It kinda feels like the problem has become more pronounced when Mega set was released. And I feel that this may have potential implications for the overall meta to shift more towards to powerful single stages that are quickly set up, rendering majority of the cards difficult to reliably set up, reducing the diversity seen earlier in the year after the previous regulation mark was passed.