And with Pokemon-GX entering the fray, Evolutions have become much more powerful. Go figure, the only thing that could get Wally banned is if Evolutions became more powerful. As more Pokemon-GX enter the game – and the Expanded format as a result – Wally begins to go from a fairly balanced underplayed card to something that can bring out powerful Pokemon far too easily. The evolutionary equivalent to Pokemon-EX, Pokemon-GX had the benefit of not only rivaling the stats of other Pokemon-EX/GX, but if they could evolve off of another, Wally could bring them out easily, even on the first turn. So why ban Wally now? Well as the Expanded format has only grown, there’s been a new kind of Pokemon that Wally can be used with: Pokemon-GX. But as far as power plays go? Wally wasn’t a contender. Things like Vespiquen could use Wally to bring out their main attacker that much faster. The format was more heavily defined by the powerful M Pokemon-EX, which Wally couldn’t be used to bring out, so he was relegated to smaller evolution decks. Now back in the days of Roaring Skies, Wally…didn’t really see that much play. The thing that made him so special though was the additional “You can do this on your first turn or on a Pokemon that just entered play” clause, meaning you could accelerate the process of evolving your Pokemon with ease. His effect is all about evolving Pokemon, letting you search your deck out for a card that evolves from one of your Pokemon that’s not a Pokemon-EX and evolving it. Wally came out in Roaring Skies, just a few months behind his sister Hex Maniac…not actual sister, card sister. Never thought you’d have to say that Wally got Banned, did you? He always seemed like such a nice kid too… Now here’s an odd card to hit the Ban List – Wally.
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