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Rare Candy is probably one of my
favorite Items in the game. Not just the video games,
but also the TCG too.
It's a very simple effect, allowing
you to skip past the Stage 1 of a Stage 2 line-up and go
straight to the biggest baddie you've got. For instance,
this means you can evolve your Rowlett right into a
Decidueye - or better yet, a Decidueye-GX!
That's right, because of how the GX
mechanic is being divided up among Stages, any Stage 2
Pokemon-GX are going to wildly benefit from having
access to Rare Candy in their line-up. Imagine what
it'll be like when you get out your biggest Pokemon the
moment you have the Basic on your Bench and the big GX
in your hand! Of course not all Pokemon-GX work like
that, since there are Basic and even Stage 1 GX -
neither of which will be affected by Rare Candy. But
it's still a nice feature to have so that you don't have
to worry about it in your Stage 2 GX line-up.
Course you don't have to limit Rare
Candy's usage to just a Stage 2 GX line-up - there are
plenty of Stage 2 non-GX to use with Rare Candy as well,
and given the current direction of the game, it's likely
that Rare Candy will see plenty of use. It's wildly
versatile in a number of decks, but there is the catch
that you wouldn't run it in decks that are more focused
towards the Stage 1 or Basics in the game. Decidueye-GX,
for instance, could be run in Lurantis-GX builds, which
means Rare Candy would be a good option for getting one
down quick, or Solgaleo-GX as well, but if you're not
running the line-up in favor of something else, well
there's no reason to use Rare Candy for Lurantis-GX,
right? Since she's a Stage 1 and all.
Rare Candy basically gives Stage 2s
a new workaround that wouldn't be available to them, and
considering most are the slowest to play outside of
Forest of Giant Plants, it's an amazing option to have
available. Chances are that, like Potion, Switch, and
DCE, Rare Candy will remain a continuously reprintable
resource that will serve Stage 2s very well for years to
come.
Rating
Standard: 3.5/5 (a massive boon for
Stage 2 decks and line-ups)
Expanded: 3.5/5 (and it's a
must-run in many of these decks)
Limited: 4/5 (but if you're not
running Stage 2s? don't bother running it)
Arora Notealus: Rare Candy will
always have a special place in my heart. A special,
delicious treat of a place...
Next Time: Round and round the
spinning goes!
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