2024 Rotation Discussion Thread ♥
We've known it'll be in the near future for ages, but yesterday we got official confirmation that cards with an 'E' regulation mark (Battle Styles, Chilling Reign, Evolving Skies, Celebrations, and Fusion Strike) will be rotating out of standard on April 5th 2024.
Some of the more important cards we're losing:
• All Single and Rapid Strike Style cards (notably Urshifu/Inteleon VMAX, Fan of Waves, Echoing Horn, as well as Tyranitar V and Single Strike Energy which historically saw some play in Lugia VSTAR decks)
• Level Ball
• Escape Rope
• Energy Recycler
• Kirlia with the 'Mirage Step' Attack and Gardevoir with the 'Shining Arcana' Ability (both from CRE)
• Path to the Peak
• Fog Crystal
• Avery
• Klara
• Melony
• Flaaffy with the 'Dynamotor' ability (EVS)
• Raihan
• Rescue Carrier
• Dragonite V (EVS - Sees play in some Lost Box variants)
• Zacian V (Celebrations)
• Mew (Celebrations)
• Kyogre (Celebrations - Also sees play in some Lost Box variants)
• All Fusion Strike Style cards (Mew VMAX, Genesect V, Fusion Strike Energy, Cross Switcher)
• Dunsparce with the 'Mysterious Nest' Ability (FST)
• Cram-O-Matic
• BATTLE VIP PASS!!
With that out of the way, how do you think the meta will shake up with these losses? How are you planning on adapting your deck (I've been having a lot of fun with Rapid Strike spread recently, so back to the drawing board for me :P ), or which new decks are you going to try? Obviously we also have the upcoming cards from Paldean Fates and Temporal Forces to look forward to as well.