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Professor Oak’s New Theory
We finish the week with one of the new Supporters from
HGSS. It’s Professor Oak’s New Theory, or PONT, as I
shall be calling it from now on.
PONT is a type of Supporter that we seem to have an
awful lot of at the moment. While we (sadly) lack any
really great draw Supporters, we are overrun with
shuffle-draw/hand refresh Supporters, all of which work
in subtly different ways. PONT is the most
straightforward of them all, though. When you play it,
you shuffle in your hand and draw six new cards.
Not that there is anything wrong with shuffle draw in
this format, with all its Trainer-locking. On the
contrary, it is often incredibly useful, and most decks
can really benefit from running at least a couple to dig
for needed cards or simply re-draw if you have a bad
hand. The only problem is which one to choose?
For certain decks, more specialized shuffle draw like
Looker’s Investigation (with Gengar SF) or Team
Galactic’s Wager (with Gallade SW) will be the best
option. For everything else, it comes down to a choice
between PONT, Cynthia’s Feelings, and Copycat. While
both Cynthia and Copycat can give you superior draw over
PONT, they are situational cards. Cynthia requires you
to have had a Pokémon KO’d on the previous turn in order
to draw the maximum eight cards with it, while Copycat
is dependent upon the opponent’s hand size. PONT, on the
other hand, represents a safe choice. It always draws
you a fresh hand of six cards, regardless of
circumstances.
I prefer Copycat, personally, but if you are a more
conservative player who likes the security of a steady,
reliable card like PONT, then it is a good choice for
your deck.
Rating
Modified: 3.5 (solid default shuffle draw)
Limited: 4.75 (if you are anything like me, your hand is
nearly always terrible in limited, so this is brilliant)
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