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"You're travelling through another
dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but
of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries
are that of imagination - Next stop, the Twilight Zone!"
...or I guess I should just call it
what it is: Dimension Valley. Welcome back, today we
take a look at one of the new Stadiums we're getting in
this set! It's interesting that we've been getting
support not only in the case of Abilities and Items but
also Energy, Supporter, and Stadiums for specific Types
as of late. I wonder if that theme will continue for the
set after this?
Musings aside, Dimension Valley is
a pretty decent Stadium for the Psychic deck, as it
lowers the cost of all your attacks by 1 Colorless.
Keeping in mind that it doesn't take away 1-cost attacks
that only have a Psychic Energy attached, there are
actually several cards from the new set - and probably
some from older sets - that can take advantage of this
new aspect! Take the new Zubat line that just got
released, for example; each of them has a variation of
off the same attack, Skill Dive (which is only renamed
to Swoop Across in Golbat's case). The attacks
themselves aren't very strong (Zubat's deals 10 damage
to 1 Pokemon, Golbat deals 10 damage to all opposing
Pokemon, and Crobat does 30 to 1 Pokemon), but they all
cost only 1 Colorless, meaning with Dimension Valley
they essentially have a free attack each!
Gengar-EX and MGengar-EX also
benefit in part from this, having their heaviest attacks
cost only 2 Energy now. The Night March mechanic on
Pumpkaboo and Lampent now only cost 2 Energy, making it
more viable a deck option than before! Toxicroak-EX (you
know, from Flashfire?) can now hit at 2-for-80 and
Super-Poison for 1! Mewtwo-EX now has a 1-cost X-Ball,
which while that may not seem like much makes it so you
can surprise an Energy-laden opponent with a surprise
maneuver! Neato!
Of course, Dimension Valley comes
under the same weaknesses all Stadiums have (it'll get
replaced if your opponent plays a new one), but if
you're looking to fuel a Psychic-powerhouse of a deck,
it might be useful to have something that gets you more
for less.
Rating
Standard: 3/5 (a Stadium to make
attacks cheaper? yes please!)
Expanded: 3/5 (about the same here)
Limited: 3/5 (if you're running a
Psychic deck, this works, but otherwise leave it be)
Arora Notealus: Whose idea was it
to make an entire realm like this? Seriously, Arceus, we
gotta work these things out man.
Next Time: Everybody loves ______!
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