Release of SM2 Brings Some Amazing Cards

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Recently we got a peek at the cards in the newly released Japanese set, SM2. I’m sure most of you have seen at least a few of these by now, but a brand new set warrants another look. I will include a few in the article here from various Twitter posts and if you’d like to see them all, there will be a video at the bottom of the article that has everything else that has been released.

We don’t know what exactly this will mean for the next English set just yet. If we have everything that’s been released in our English set, we would have over 35 Ultra Rares, Full Arts, or Secret Rares. That just sounds outrageous. But only time will tell. I’ll be sure to keep you guys updated as we get news about English releases.

First off, we have the Wishiwashi GX/Full Art. The first card of Wishiwashi we have in its School Form.

 

Next up, we have a Secret Rare Fighting Energy. The Metal and Psychic Energy Secret Rares from Sun and Moon Base Set are really holding up price-wise so it’s nice to see TPCI continuing the trend. We also have a Secret Rare Lightning Energy in the set. We saw a Secret Rare Double Colorless Energy and Grass Energy in SM1+ which we still have not had in English. So potentially 4 Secret Rare Energies for the English SM2?

 

So what do you guys think about the new cards? Are you excited to own them for yourself? And what are your thoughts on the controversial amount of Secret Rares in the Sun and Moon sets so far?

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  5. OK SO YEAH LIKE IM PLAYING MERCY AGAIN AND THIS GODDAMN GENJI SAYS THAT HIS ULTIMATE IS READY SO i GO OVER THERE AND DAMAGE BOOST HIM THEN HE JUST STANDS AROUND LIKE HE FORGOT WHAT GAME HE WAS PLAYING THEN A MCCREE CAME BY AND KILLED UP

    im done with overwatch for today. not salty at all 🙂

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  8. I just set up a classic prank and it’s probably gonna give my brother a heart attack…

    I cut out a spider silhouette and taped it to the inside of the lampshade lol

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  11. Steven Universe going out of its way to piss me off even more 🙁

    SPOILERS FOR LION 4

    – HE LITERALLY DIDNT NEED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR??? HE COULD WALK AROUND IT
    – This episode was so pointless. Steven already knew he didnt have to be like his Mom. That’s what Bismuth was all about!
    – Why do they hate bismuth

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    • Honestly I couldn’t disagree with you more. The episode’s great and is a really good point for steven’s growth and a common problem that a lot of people deal with when they feel that they have to live up to someone else, or follow in someone’s footsteps, when really they would ever want is for you to be you and to live a happy life.

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      • But that was already dealt with. Bismuth told him and it was even better because she was a personal friend of Rose. Plus she showed that Rose wasn’t all perfect either.

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        • Not really. Bismuth showed us that rose wasn’t perfect, yes, in the sense that she did what she had to do for a cause. However it didn’t really say anything about him picking his own path. Steven simply was seen as Morally better in Bismuth’s eyes since he wouldn’t lie about what happened like Rose did.

          We really haven’t had an episode that did have Greg or Rose plainly say that they hope Steven does what ever makes him happy, and that’s what this really is.

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          • i’m still waiting for a Rose’s origins episode where it shows Rose being injected into the earth, emerging and questioning the meanings of existence and rebelling

          • If anything it seems like Rose Quartzs were simply intended to be combat medics/healers, so perhaps it’ll just be her healing some human or other life form and then asking why do they deserve to die for them to live, and not really being given an answer that can satisfy her. That would be my guess at least.

          • Yet do you really expect it to be that much different then that? At the end of the day the gem’s are just gems. Their effectively rainbow colored robots made for certain purposes. If a healer is told not to heal something because their superior said no, it would probably see it as enough of a reason to say that their wrong and rebel, like Peridot kinda did. Remember her justification for rebelling was that Earth’s uniqueness far outweighed its value as a source of resources, or just destroying it, and it could prove useful to the gems. Yes liking Steven in the others was also a huge factor, but her selling point was based on logic.

          • you’re kinda missing the whole point,
            this episode is supposed to show the inner mechanisms of how Homeworld invaded Earth and did stuff

          • Fair enough. I took your statement as being rather literal, not the early days of gem’s living on earth. that would be rather interesting to see.

          • Personal guess would either be someone super happy and motherly, or someone completely deadpan in terms of personality.

          • Sure, but if you want an episode like that, you need more too it. I really thought that Steven was already past all this and now just wanted to know what secrets Rose was hiding

          • Its a show with 11 minute episodes. You can only do so much with that time, and if anything the episode did a great job with its final joke being that people have a habit of not being able to see the forest through the trees. If anything you could see the episode as a kind wink at fans who really do look too deep into thing for their theories and want to remind them that this is still a show about a boy growing up in his unusual family and coming to terms with a lot of its baggage. That and people don’t get over this kind of stuff easily or quickly. It takes years, maybe decades to come to terms with it, and that’s if they ever do.

            And i’d be nice to think that rose has some secrets, but remember. Sometimes a ciggar’s a deep metaphor that’s hinting to something truly mindblowing and will forever change your view of the story, and sometimes its just a cigar. Rose might not have that many secrets. We might know pretty much everything about her at this point, or all that we really need to know.

          • I think the show is really held back by its 11 minutes. It can do so much more with that extra time. When was the last time we had a good episode with Garnet that wasn’t related to fusion ya know? I think that if this episode had something going on with the gems on the side it wouldn’t be as frustrating if that makes sense

          • Time’s a hard call. You can say its held back, but at the same time Adventure time, Regular show, Star v. the forces of evil and countless other shows are able to work with the format to tell great stories, and so does SU.

            Why do so many Garnet episodes revolve around Fusion? Because she’s really the only character that you can have episode like it focused around since she is a fusion. Virtually any other character can fill Garnet’s role in any other story, so its only natural that her episodes would focus on her main defining point.

            In anything though it seems, and I don’t mean for this to sound rude, but you seem upset that the series isn’t going or focusing on what you want to see, and are saying that the show’s bad for that.

          • I admit it really isn’t going in the direction I want but I don’t think it’s bad. i just think it could be better.

            And look at Garnet in season 1 before we knew she was a fusion. She had plenty to do. It feels more like she’s Ruby and Sapphire instead of Garnet. Now I love Ruby and Sapphire, I really do, but I also love Garnet.

            Steven Universe, I feel, is at a point where it needs to get to the plot and fast but alot of Season 4 was just beach city stuff. Which was fine in Season 1 & 2 for world building but now they dont do much. Why not dedicate those episodes to developing Lapis and Peridot because they reaaally got left behind. Lapis was all “It took me so long to adjust to Earth”. Sure would’ve been nice to see it.

            And I hate how Bismuth is portrayed as a villain. She wasn’t evil. She didn’t want to kill all the homeworld gems, she wanted to liberate gems from their fascist leaders so they could be free like the rebellion was. Which could lead into something interesting especially with That Will Be All’s events, but they just bubble her and move on and that just sucks 🙁

            The show isn’t bad, but it could be so much better. I’m not a writer or an animator (sadly) or anything but I feel like the show could just have a better way of telling its story

          • Well lets brake this down point by point. The issue with Garnet is like I said, Season 1 garnet can’t really exist in this story. The thing at that point was that not only did we see Garnet not as a Fusion, but it was clear that she was the closest thing to a mother that Steven had and was their leader. However since we’ve had episode’s exploring Steven’s relationship with rose, we can’t see her really try to act in that motherly role much, and if anything Steven’s become the leader of the Gem’s at this point, or at least h’es slowly taking the steps needed, and to a degree they kinda did say that was always intended. So it is what it is.

            Bismuth is a bit of a hard thing to break down. Is she evil? No. But she isn’t good either. She’s more of an Anti-hero in some sense. She might have had a good cause, wanting to beat the diamonds, but honestly she wanted to do it through a violent and bloody revolution. She would kill anyone who stood by the diamonds side, and in the end put up who ever supported her line of thinking. I hate saying this, but she’s pulling some techniques right from Marx. The thing was is that she’s the ugly side of war. That really war has heroes, and its monsters on both sides, and she was a monster with some rainbow dreadlocks.

            For Lapis and Peri, it simply comes down to two issues. The first being that every episode has to be told from Steven’s perspective(with one one episode being the acceptation, and its a small one at that), which intern effects how characters act since a good writer will write characters differently based on who their with, like normal people. Its kinda why Larz/Lars? is seen as a complete jerk most of the time, though seems to be a pretty decent person when alone with Sadie or hanging out with other people. Steven brings the worse out in them. In this case its just hard to write characters not wanting to put on a good face in front of Steven and having the two just interact with one another. The other issue simply is that it wouldn’t be that interesting. Its kinda like if you’ve ever see Peri’s official twitter page. Its adorable, but its rather boring since its just seeing her slowly figure out the world. With Lapis it would be seeing her take small baby steps in finding peace in the world, and would probably have to be shown as a montage to keep interesting.

            As for why focus still on beach city? Simple answer is that the shows Steven Universe, not the Crystal gems. Its Steven’s story about him and the people around him, not some grand story about alien rock women. The gems are a part of the story, but not the focus of it. That’s why we need the beach city episodes. That and generally its good to write a calm period between your heavy story storms. It allows people to calm down from what happened last and bring them back high when you want them to.

            But again, I don’t mean to sound rude, but what your saying is that the show could be better if it did what you wanted it to focus on, not that the show is bad and could improve on focusing on something else. Its kinda like when, dating myself a bit, when MLP was very popular a few years back you saw a lot of people kinda split when the show started focusing more on slice of life style episodes instead of a grand adventure which was what the creator wanted to do before she left. Then the series started to take on a more grand adventure tone, and a lot of people felt that the show was becoming worse, while other liked it. You can’t appease everyone and say that the show will be perfect for you at all times. Just remember that the writers will do what they want, and if you don’t find yourself enjoying it, don’t watch it. Vote with your views and hope that people follow with you. And if not, then its just one of those times you have to accept that a show just wasn’t for you and be happy that people enjoy it.

            As an aside, if your ever looking for something that kinda feed that SU fix, Kemono Friends is pretty good. A bit faster pace with what it reveals compared to SU and really does put the whole What does it mean to be human angle in the forefront.

  14. So i need a Warrior Dagon
    My 7th Gym leader is Eva, a Amazon Women with the ferocity of a Dragon
    so far the only dragons i got is my Pseudo, a Dragon Zombie and my Komodo Dragon
    if i weren’t trying to go BW i would give her Kommo-o without hesitation

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  16. Wooo, Spring Break is here! I’m looking forward to some relaxation, lots of games and movies, and a chance to reflect. Maybe I’ll even play Pokemon again! Now that’s an idea…(really though, if I’m being realistic, I don’t see myself playing Pokemon for long durations again until it comes to Switch. That thing is all I want or need from Nintendo now. If Stars does come to Switch this year, that would be more than ideal.)

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    • yeah wooo (being angry) well YOU GET A SPRING BREAK NOW WHILE MINE WAS 2 WEEKS AGO *hmph* luckyy

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      • I had to work my butt off this week (or at least until yesterday), so I feel like it’s deserved overall 😛 FOURTH QUARTER SENIOR BOYZZZ

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          • No. I’m sure that I will leave some loose ends untied that I would have wished to at least try to deal with. But that’s just the way things go. I have some ambitious social plans which I hope will make the end of high school special…but no promises.

    • 😀
      Enjoy it! Mine was two (or three, honestly I’ve lost track) weeks ago but it was awesome. It’s all good though, I don’t actually have any full weeks of school under the end of April, and then it’s only like two weeks until the end. We’re almost there, hang on! I never thought I’d be the guy to say this but WOW, this year has flown by.

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  17. On the topic of changing the topic (well mostly, I thought of it because the school year’s almost over), name 4 things that would be your dream E3.

    Here are mine:
    – Pokemon Radiant Platinum – A remake of platinum announced for the Switch. In the trailer they show off a huge graphics improvement, walking Pokemon, and a battle frontier.
    – Animal Crossing for Switch – Pretty self explanatory, but a game similar to New Leaf that adds onto the classic gameplay of the series.
    – Fire Emblem 16 Teaser – Teaser trailer for FE 2018. I want the game to have a unique concept like FE14, while showing off some cool new stuff.
    – Xenoblade 2 Trailer and Gameplay – Information showcasing the concept and gameplay of the newest Xenoblade game. I’m looking forward to this game more than anything right now, so while it’s practically a given, I’m really looking forward to it.

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    • -A New Trailer for the Last of Us Part 2
      -A new Elder Scrolls game (unlikely)
      -A new Dragon Age game (also unlikely)
      -A new normal animal crossing with a hell of a lot of new furniture and items added (they haven’t really added many new items or stuff to the animal crossing games)

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      • New items and stuff don’t make an animal crossing game alone though. I want new concepts like the mayor idea or something. Doesn’t take away from the gameplay but adds a fresh take.

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        • I never said they did, but they change up the actual game itself quite a bit every time, but they never actually add many new items and personally thats what I want out of it

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          • To each their own I guess. I would never have the patience to collect them all so there are many items I still have yet to see. Either way an animal crossing would be a win for both of us!

    • For realsies
      -A REAL FUCKING PAPER MARIO COME ON NINTENDO YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL
      -Animal Crossing Switch and Play
      -Smash Switch with Shovel Knight
      -maybe a less sucky Mario & Luigi game

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    • – Pokemon Radiant Platinum – A remake of platinum announced for the Switch. In the trailer they show off a huge graphics improvement, walking Pokemon, and a battle frontier.
      – Mother 1 + 2 = 3D, A 3D Wind Waker style remake of all three Mother games. The overworld would be 3D but battles would use 2D animated enemies. It would keep the spirit of the original games and Itoi would be involved in overseeing the project.
      – 2D Metroid – idk I just want a 2D Metroid to play on the Switch
      – i guess Smash with Midna, Shovel Knight and Inklings?

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      • Did…did you just copy and paste the the radiant platinum stuff? xD

        I wanna try a 3D metroid, so if they make a new one that’s what I’d want.

        The mother thing seems cool (but Itoi would never oversee it, he has completely moved on from video games).

        Everyone thinks we’re gonna see Smash, and reasonably so because of the amiibo stuff, but I don’t expect it, and don’t want to see it yet. I want them to focus on an actual Sma5h, even though 4 was an example of a perfect smash game IMO. If they are just porting it I hope they promise to include a lot of exclusive content

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    • -Fire Emblem 16 trailer showing off gameplay that’s an improvement of fates system, full voice acting and a good story hook like all the Awakening era games have had so far.

      -Xenoblade 2 anything

      -Kingdom hearts three release date!

      -Never going to happen, but I’d love to see FF14 come to the switch and to anounce it Yoshi P, the director and producer of the game, would come out dressed in links full outfit to help talk about SE games coming to the switch and how SE does love the switch, only to be like “oh, one more thing, my game’s coming to the switch as well” and include something like an exclusive Epona mount for players who buy/link account to the switch version.

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      • Shoot I forgot about full VA for FE. I was literally just thinking about that a few days ago.

        XENOBLADE 2 yay

        So…how long ago was the game announced again? xD

        That’d be awesome, but I don’t see it. I did ask about dream E3s though.

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        • it was said to be in development in its early stages at 2015. It was also delayed a lot due to FF15 taking a lot of the staffers working on it to help finish it up. So it could be a 2018 release. Maybe late 2017 if we’re super lucky. If anything we know that they have the basic’s of the game finished thanks to 2.8, which is really good and worth being a glorified demo.

          And yeah its unlikely to happen, but it would be fun. Mostly its not likely to happen given how controlling Nintendo is and that they would probably refuse to have cross server play like the game has, though it would be interesting to see. PC, PS4, and Nintendo players all playing together as it was intended to be.

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          • Oh, so it hasn’t been that long I guess. I just feel like people have been waiting for KH3 for forever now.

          • In that case its been like 12 years since 2. Though we’ve had plenty of smaller games in-between that, Birth By sleep being the best in the series.

    • Stealing a bit of your list here:
      -Pokemon Platinum Remake
      -Animal Crossing for switch
      -3D Kirby for Switch
      -Elder Scrolls VI

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        • Well i have a in-depth story and Bro Move ideas
          Wario and Waluigi are down on their luck and they decide they should pull a heist (plot t.v broadcasts a documentary on a new treasure exhibit at the museum) they decide to steal it, but the next morning somebody beat them to it so the two morons go rough up the local gangs in Mush City,
          their chase leads them to the same temple the treasure originated and was stolen by a masked villain calling himself Mr. Bling
          after a brawl they break the mask off and its revealed HE IS THE TREASURE!!!
          he plans to steal the rest of the city’s money and convert it into a weapon for world domination (and during the whole monologue W&W are oblivious and stealing stuff)

          it plays like normal M&L but instead of jumping and hammers Wario and Waluigi use Jumping and Shoulder Bashing/Kicking
          and in the overworld they overcome obstacles by abusing each other like Wario using Waluigi as a Stepladder or a Slingshot, or Waluigi rolling Wario like a boulder and a battering ram

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