Welcome to another installment of BREAKing Card, where we critique, analyze and breakdown our favorite TCG. Today we are covering the rotation, but in a different way. We are always discussing about what leaves but what about those that stay? Lets us go through all the cards that will stay for the next rotation and continue to gives us the edge in future games!
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Evosoda | XY | Generations | |
| Evosoda has been a good evolution acceleration for a while. I am glad it stays thanks to its reprint in Generations. 
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| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Fairy Garden | XY | Fates Collinde | |
| The dreaded Fairy Garden is here to stay. Fairy lives on through Xerneas BREAK and Fairy Garden will continue to give them free retreat costs. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Great Ball | EX FireRed &LeafGrean | FlashFire | BREAKthrough |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Max Revive will not die. Generations has made sure this phoenix feather is not plucked. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Professor's Letter | XY | XY Trainer Kit | BREAKthough |
| You can't have enough Energies, and Professor's Letter make sure you can get a fair amount. It lives on thanks to Fates Collide |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Professor Sycamore | XY | BREAKpoint | Fates Collide |
| Professor Sycamore will continue to follow the tradition of every Professor before him. At least for another year. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Red Card is one of those cards that you hate or love. Me? Well I fall on the hate category. Stil, BREAKthrough will make sure it is active in the next Meta |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Shauna | XY | Generations | Fates Collide |
| Shauna, or as I like to call her “the poor man's Professor Sycamore”. As expected, she isn't going anywhere. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Team Flare is not done causing trouble and taking your Energies. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Lysandre | FlashFire | Ancient Origins | |
| Lysandre is one of those cards that I can't see the Meta without. Thanks to Ancient Origins we can rest assure that we don't have to worry for another year. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Pokemon Center Lady | FlashFire | Generations | |
| The nurse is in! Although not very competitive feasible, it is still a good supporter. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Pokemon Fan Club | Aquapolis | Generations | Fates Collide |
| Pokemon Fan Club has been out for a while. The ability to get 3 Basic Pokemon from your deck is one that should always live on! |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Ultra Ball | Dark Explorers | Roaring Skies | Fates Collide |
| Ultra Ball… Please don't ever go away. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Enhanced Hammer | Dark Explorers | Phantom Forces | Primal Clash |
| Enhanced Hammer is another card that has been around for a while. Thanks to Primal Clash it will continue taking Special Energies all day. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Tierno | Kalos Starter Ser | BREAKpoint | XY Trainer Kit Pikachu Libre & Suicune |
| Lets not talk about Tierno… |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| VS Seeker | EX FireRed &LeafGrean | Phantom Forces | Roaring Skies |
| YES! Another card that I just can't see without! Thanks to the secret rare version in Roaring Skies it will continue on! |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Energy Switch | Aquapolis | Roaring Skies | Generations |
| Energy Switch is always a UU of the TCG. Its not great, but is not terrible. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Maintenance | Base Set | Furious Fists | Generations |
| Maintenance has been around since BASE SET! Arceus knows why… |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Yvelta | XY | Generations | Steam Siege |
| Baby Yvelta continues to kick ass, and now it has a BREAK card to support it! |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Yvelta EX | XY | Black Star Promo (XY08) | Black Star Promo (037) |
| Yvelta EX doesn’t only stays, I predict it will fly above many and become a very powerful deck. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Xerneas | XY | Black Star Promo (XY05) | Steam Siege |
| Geomancy Xerneas is a critical card in any Fairy deck and like Yveltal, it has its own BREAK card as well. |
| Card | Original | Last Reprint 1 | Last Reprint 2 |
| Xerneas EX | XY | Black Star Promo (XY07) | Black Star Promo (038) |
| Xerneas EX lives on as a Shiny Pokemon. A note to all is that as long as the name, HP, Abilities and Attacks are all the same it is considered a reprint. |
I might have left some out and if I did please let me know in the comments below! Please make sure you email us at [email protected] and let us know all your TCG questions so we can cover them on the next TCGcast. Until next time PUCLlonians, keep on TCGing!
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