Mew EX is a META BREAKER - New Card Review for Pokemon Pocket - Mythical Island December 17th!

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[@SpelunkingRaccoon]

nice to see someone took the time to watch the video and think about the cards before making a response

[@KaiPerspective]

I have no idea what you're talking about, so here's your profile picture 💯

[@whoisslade45]

what you don’t like people just saying “omigosh wow, 🤩 “ and adds nothing to the conversation or discussion of said cards

[@Givenn..]

Spragels for sure

[@just_a_folk95]

@@whoisslade45 at least those people boost the algorythm, which is good for the channel anyway.

[@mcaelm]

I definitely prefer this highly edited format. I watched another video earlier and they said they were going to break down the card reveals but it was just them saying the card names and going "oh this is so cool"

[@HooglandiaPocket]

Probably farmed plenty of views still.

[@jianshen2223]

Agreed. Quality content and shows experience in tcgs

[@polendri4812]

This was perfect, you're still the first in my subscriptions with a video up, yet you took the time to have something meaningful to say about it.

[@Patrick-rw9el]

Yes pls, do more of these. Much better than me watching the video at .25x speed

[@leekintheboat]

I greatly appreciate your calculated, detailed, and nuanced explanations. I think you are perfectly filling in this niche in Pokémon pocket content (especially with your background)

[@jianshen2223]

Quality analysis, meta relevant evaluation, excellent info. These ptcgp card spoilers are truly separating the wheat from the chaff of ptcgp content creators. Subscribed

[@HooglandiaPocket]

Thanks! Definitely a lot of "oh thats interesting" going around racking up lots of views and money.

[@UnownXYZ]

Also you can see Marshadow in the release video!

[@Techtite845]

Everything we've seen from the set is very encouraging. I love the approach in design with Mew ex, adding power to the decks in the format with new options instead of replacing/outclassing existing archetypes. I hope this continues with the set in January!

[@BlakaneezGuy]

Def like this more edited/orderly review! Keep up the great content!

[@Dophish]

Afaik, Exeggcute should work even if you don't enable grass energy. For example, Magneton's ability to attach an elec energy works even if you don't enable it.

[@LuaShine]

yes, same thing with misty

[@SkiGlovesie]

People have also played "Dark Brock" based on the same principle. Golem only needs one fighting energy and Brock gives you that rock.

[@cridus_]

yeah, he specifically talked about that, in the video.

[@hemsey9051]

@@SkiGlovesie mono elec zapdos golem does the same

[@cridus_]

@@Machaddy9 oh, somehow I forgot about that part. maybe I couldn't believe that he didn't know already, with all his experience.

[@Keepcalm-lovesports]

This type of video is better than a reaction video I feel like. It also defines who you are as a content creator, not looking for cheap views by not just screaming when seeing a new card because it is so busted. On that topic Mew and Vaporeon seem quite overtuned. Vaporeon you can't really play around because it needs basically no setup, so you have to be scared of every single pokemon (and energy) they have. And Mew basically negates Charizard, Arcanine, Dragonite, Mewtwo, etc. completely like you said. It's also a basic like Pikachu and Mewtwo, so you can draw it often with Pokeball.

[@crow_7717]

Really not sweating over the mew. You can easily tweak charizard and mewtwo. The real problem is vaporeon

[@EcnoTheNeato]

Was also curious about "from the Energy Zone" effects. So I made a Water and Onix deck with Brock and Misty, but with FIRE as the Deck Energy. Tested in Solo Battles. Happy to report that "Energy Zone" is a nebulous thing, and not set, as both cards allowed me to pull energies that didn't "start" in my deck! So New Egg should allow you to splash Exeggcute into non-grass decks assuming you can get away with using a turn to gather energy before evolving.

[@robertcote3488]

I am ambivalent to when during the day the video is released - I enjoy watching them whenever they are available. I tend to watch your KZbin in the evenings after you are done streaming for the day.

[@mr_manager]

Considering that Celebi EX is confirmed as a Mew counterpart, my prediction is that we’ll also get Red Support as counterpart to Leaf… and a greedier prediction: other eevolutions with abilities

[@craigtothec]

I hope Red is something like "Draw a stage 1 pokemon from your deck" to help consistency with 3 stage evolution lines.

[@DonQ94]

@@craigtothec Seems appealing at first, but its important to consider that the big boy decks in the meta get significantly stronger as well through that mechanic since they also have stage 3 mons.

[@craigtothec]

@@DonQ94 True, but if it was worded in a way that could only draw middle evolutions. It wouldn't help Pikachu decks at all, and Mew EX is already gonna be a great counter for the other big boys, so I'm not too concerned about it affecting balance negatively.

[@darrinanderson776]

Yes I like both styles of videos. The reaction style is nice to see base thoughts and creates general excitement but the highly edited video with concise thoughts about each card is really nice. I would watch both.

[@Lycandros]

Notably Blue also protects your benched Pokemon from attacks from stuff like Articuno EX, Zebrstika, and Hitmonlee.

[@DroolingNoob115]

This was fun. I appreciate you taking your time to look at the cards, something I didn't do on my own, which made me more interested in watching your video.

[@osoperezoso2608]

I can't explain how excited i am for these new cards. Just to have new stuff to play with

[@toddmcfadyen7042]

Loved the video! it has nothing to do with the the length. The content is great, and i will always be interested in your opinion on upcoming cards.

[@caseyclay4668]

Love this kind of content, editor has been killing it.

[@calprinicus]

Great analysis, as usual. I definitely prefer a more editted video for larger announcements like this.

[@raz1572]

totally agree about Starmie, even currently in Starmie Articuno, they are played together because they're both really strong not because they really compliment each othef

[@TryhardSnake]

With Professor's Research being as strong and ubiquitous as it is and the deck size being 20, I wonder if/when we will reach a point that decks wont be 18 cards plus research (if ever). My guess is that the only supporters that could replace research (if they aren't run alongside each other) would be other situational draw supporters that maybe will synergize with specific pokemon lines. Can't wait to see more!

[@jeff3221]

@TryhardSnake I agree. At the moment, Professor's Research is just Pot of Greed good. Chopping an already small deck format down by 10%, getting +1 card economy for using it. Card is just going to be used forever unless it is banned or powercrept

[@TryhardSnake]

@@jeff3221 the only reason it works in Pokemon is because you are restricted to one supporter a turn. That’s still so strong here. Now that I think about it, I’m surprised we got this from the beginning. For example, I think drawing 2 and discarding 1 would still be good. Hard to see how they could power creep it but there’s a thin line there I’m sure they must be aware of before it becomes a disaster. Cards being a 100% include for every single deck tend to not be a healthy thing in a card game. I could see sidegrades to poke ball being made that bump poke ball out of that ubiquity without being broken, but I don’t see it being possible for research. I’d just imagine that you would run anything else alongside research.

[@TryhardSnake]

@@jeff3221 also, your icon checks out lol

[@jeff3221]

@@TryhardSnake 😁 I LOVE drawing 2😁

[@TryhardSnake]

@@jeff3221 love me a good buy one get one free, but in a card game lol

[@grady276]

Worth noting that since Mew EX is 130 HP with a retreat cost of one and a colorless attack, it is also a fantastic stall card in a lot of cases

[@jeffreyabercrombie8136]

Mew will be incredibly splashable.

[@rarneth]

Yeah, the fact that it's colourless makes me think it can be thrown in with a Weezing.

[@Memou22]

I tested if you could play egg without grass energy and you can. Gardevoir has the same text and she can give a psychic energy even without choosing psychic energy for the deck

[@ptcgpcustoms]

I always liked your unedited Marvel SNAP datamine/update videos, but that being said I think I prefer some of the in depth card analysis that this edited style allows you to prepare. This style gets my vote!

[@lucianofrancesco4742]

Exeggcute could be played in a no grass energy deck, I believe, but it wouldn't be a good idea. Exeggutor's biggest strenght is the potential 80 damage on turn 3, having to use Exeggcute's move first makes it very subsceptible to a KO. Not to mention that no grass energy means you can't evolve your benched Eggys, because they wouldn't be able to ever attack. This card is only really useful in a double energy deck, when you're going second, which is still not terrible, but the 20 missing damage could be relevant in some matchups.

[@jamesbeam85]

I can’t wait to try mew with alakazam I don’t know if it’ll be good but I’ll have fun trying

[@edsylan2275]

to answer some of your questions what happens if mew ex copies mewtwo ex's or charizard ex's attack: if it works like the regular tcg, copying psydrive without psychic energy means you do 150 damage and don't discard any energy, same with crimson storm, if you don't have fire energy you do 200 and don't discard. Can you use exeggcute's attack without selecting grass energy for your deck?: yes, this has been proven with cards like brock, misty and magneton. You can play exeggcute and exeggcutor without grass energy if you want to rely on exeggcute's as your only way to get grass energy.

[@sevyverse]

the goat pocket content creator!! also, with the exeggcute, i believe it will allow you to run a completely separate energy alone rather than having to run grass energy. it's comparable to brock's utility and i know for a fact you do not need to use fighting energy in your deck to "attach a fighting energy from the energy zone".

[@pokerins]

Love the card analysis. My finger isn't anywhere near the pulse so timing isn't a big deal for me, but rough cut videos are fun too... so ignore this comment and let data be your guide

[@jianshen2223]

Great analysis. Quality content. Not just "ooh fancy art, hype"

[@altheuss]

Mew! Vaporeon! Tauros! Leaf! Blue! 🔵 Nice to see some mix and matches.. especially tauros because meta is dominated by EX pokemons right now. This will make them think twice

[@RiolDeal]

Perfect format. I’ve seen a few “analysis” videos today and this is by far the most informative and helpful one

[@turtlelagzgaming]

The artwork for the booster pack and cards are so good, I am hyped!!!

[@TheKyatu]

Volcarona is one of my favorite pokes. I can't wait to see what moves it have. Hope it's got some sick full arts!!!

[@steventaylor9962]

I think this was very helpful and much more convenient than trying to watch the reveal trailer at slow speed

[@rruhland]

I’m excited to see what Volcarona and the rest of the Snivy line have I store.

[@richmccann2052]

I like this version. Take the time for quality.

[@jaycezis]

I haven't been watching your twitch/yt for long, but this style seems in line with the jeff hoogland brand for PTCGP. I like it a lot.

[@ShadowChaosKrystal]

That new Aerodactyl Scares me Edit: Active, this makes me less scared. I have been reading it wrong this whole time. That being said, aerodactyl with pidgeot and / or Victreebel could be neat

[@2tfl236]

Nina also mentioned that theres an Alohan Exeggutor in Pokemon and this mew exeggcute could be preparing us for that

[@FuriousPillow]

To answer the question you brought up at 4:47, you do not need the Grass type energy in your pool to be able to pull it out. Brock pulls a Fighting type energy from the energy pool, but you can run a deck without Fighting type energy and you still get to pull the free Fighting type energy to put it on Golem or Onix. Since it's the same wording, I assume the new Exeggcute will work the same.

[@fallguybuddy2654]

I like videos like this better when the cards are confirmed. Very excited for tauros, mew ex and vaporeon.

[@kingfede1985]

I think a clear winner from this spoiler is Blaine: not because it gains new cards (people will test that Magmar, of course), but because it's very well designed to fight Mew, who preys upon other meta decks.

[@kbruenning293]

Blue's effect cancelling Giovanni's effect is great flavor

[@liveoptimistic]

Taking a little longer to get uploaded scans of the cards and actually quickly review them is super great imo. I'd only do the instant reaction if you wanted to take a little longer to formally review the cards.

[@Jayfire88]

Jeff 4:45 it should work without needing grass at load out. Other similar cards work this way currently

[@HeroDarkStorn]

ID-ing the set as "A1a" is some future proofing :)

[@hicamajig]

Vaporeon plus misty could be interesting for sure.

[@jg5244]

I just enjoy your analysis all around in short version or very throughly.

[@pelidesachilles824]

I think maybe blue will be able to make a melmetal deck functional. As it stands right now, his ability is not good enough because a mewtwo attack can knock out melmetal exactly. While with blue he would survive with 10 hp. Additionaly blue is much more effective if your pokemon already has damage reduction in it.

[@voychoi9923]

That's true but i think it's just better to play Mew instead as it can improve the Charizard matchup as well.

[@cridus_]

@@voychoi9923 I really wanna find that 2nd melmetal now... meet a charizard deck- meltan amasses in the front row while moltres can't attack, while you power up mew in the back, eheh

[@pelidesachilles824]

@@voychoi9923 mew instead of what? instead of blue or instead of melmetal? And I probably would not bother trying to become playable vs charizard as melmetal, having 1 weak deck vs your deck is ok. the reason melmetal is a bad deck at the moment is because it is weak vs mewtwo and charizard, and still below 50% winrate vs pikatchu. Making it just all around a back choice. But with blue I could see a world where melmetal becomes 50% or maybe slightly higher vs pikatchu and decent into mewtwo. and really good vs almost everything else but charizard.

[@kjbucker]

Commenting to boost engagement because this is a great video and I hope to see these for future set releases! ❤

[@icewarrz]

This format was perfect. I come to the Hooglandia channel for logical, data-driven opinions and insights. If I wanted a knee-jerk reaction to the spoilers I could watch any of the 100s of pocket content creators.

[@ethananderson6444]

I prefer the thoughtful musings vs instant reactions. I'm hoping your metrics show the same! I'll watch either way

[@FreshBrewCoffee]

Delmise is a good bench option with Liligant up front

[@mattlepinski]

I liked this format. I would encourage you to make a nicely edited video when major news (like this) drops.

[@christophershoemaker7189]

Dhelmise is great. You put it forward dealing damage. You put serperior in the back. It doubles your grass energy on all Pokémon. You put celebi ex in the back. Dhelmise tanks while dealing 90 damage then once you have 3-4 energy on celebi you can flip 8 coins doing 50dmg a piece to 1 hit ko their main

[@unitesupportking3439]

Snorlax finally good with leaf now? I really hope Grass gets a bit more love. Serperior in the background looks like it might be impactful

[@vincenth.8709]

Primape marshadow sounds like it could be so much fun.

[@lordcinderwell]

Nice to see something that could help Jolteon out, but Blue probably could've been -20 damage.

[@stephenzajonc4766]

I think you will see decks with the new Tauros, Mew Ex, and then another big damage dealer - either Starmie ex, char ex, mewtwo ex, etc.

[@saikyojushin370]

The key fir' EX Aerodactyl is to turbo the normal type one and bot-deck all their body blocks to get to the two stage Pokémon they're hiding in the back before it reaches it's final evolution and lock it into a 1v1 it can't win. Or use Arbok or something.

[@jeffreyabercrombie8136]

The way I read it, Aerodactyl EX ability works any time it’s on the field, which means it could be incredibly potent with trapping effects like counter, even more paired with Sabrina or pidgeotto

[@christophershoemaker7189]

Blue is good to use again water decks. His -10 damage to all your pokemon could protect against Articuno’s blizzard essentially saving you 40 damage in 1 turn.

[@nunyabusiness233]

I like the edited videos better. Better looking video and you have more time to organize your thoughts on the cards. But I understand being faster gets more clicks

[@matteoverzeroli1997]

Ironically the release of Mew Ex could cause an increase of Ditto usage because with Ditto you can use the attack Genome Hacking of enemy benched Mew ex (and it doesn't require specific energy) to copy enemy active attack without energy restrictions

[@ChaosAngel9151]

Only works on the active pokemon, so if mew ex is in the active spot guess you can only use psyshot

[@matteoverzeroli1997]

​@@ChaosAngel9151 Ye, but if they have Mew benched it could be good. Maybe pairing Ditto with Pidgeot to make them bench Mew could be interesting (and consider that if you have Ditto active they can copy only your copy attack but they are very restricted by energy)

[@matteoverzeroli1997]

Maybe it's just a niche idea but I'd like to explore this when Mew will be spammed in games

[@cridus_]

man you're thinking in 4 dimensions! lol this would be so funny to see

[@GeordiVGC]

New Egg seems great for 2 energy decks, but Exeggutor is one of the strongest go-first mons, so I would not expect anyone to drop the grass energy and give up that option

[@cridus_]

that's the trade-off :)

[@matthewdale3366]

You won't need grass energy in ur zone to summon the energy you need. So exeggute can be ran in say, a water deck

[@MrThoughts101]

I thought this went up pretty fast and I'll catch the live stream for reaction content. Keep up the good work!

[@jeff3221]

I think it's interesting that the set postermon is not going to be another Zard/Mewtwo/Pika EX. A Mew mirror match would be rather sad looking. Given that Mew only needs 3 colourless, I think we're going to see this everywhere but it isn't going to be your heavy hitter or your actual gameplan. Probably will see the most play in Mewtwo decks because that deck is the only one that is able to juice Mew with free energy from Gard. That's, of course, assuming there isn't any energy ramp in the new set.

[@robertodellaccio7896]

Thx so much the editing was great but I understand if it's too much work

[@matthewdale3366]

Alolan exeggutor? Dragon type perhaps with multi energy

[@ZkiART]

Leaf could be cook if the effect stays for the whole turn, so you can use more Active Abilities on some Pokémon

[@rruhland]

You can only retreat once per turn so you can’t just cycle through on the same turn.

[@ZkiART]

@rruhland I see, thanks!

[@i8gsus32]

Everyone and their mother does reaction videos. I like the substance and the thought you put into how the new cards will be. Keep doing these. That being said, I wouldn’t mind you doing a reaction video mocking the fake over the top yelling that others do. I’d pat to see you do that

[@i8gsus32]

Pay even

[@benjaminwatkins429]

So hyped for Aero EX. Looks like some great art too

[@RujZenoel]

The thing that might broke Vaporeon ex is the fact the ability can be use from the bench, will be kinda like Garde where. On curve Starmie ex into Blastoise, that would be the idea that come to mind using this. You might want to only ran single copy of Eevee tho.

[@robertwilkie95]

Love the thoughtful work and opinions

[@GoatJesus0]

Hyped for this im hoping theres gonna be something for dark and steel decks

[@cridus_]

steel especially. my favourite type.

[@maximilianomorales4296]

With that new vaporeon, i hope Misty gets adjusted. The high roll energy gain that can last an entire game is just too much

[@TheShapingSickness]

I think new Tauros and Vaporeon have crazy synergy (if Vaporeon can move energy to non water pokemon that is)

[@Jojolppppp]

I like the edited way 👍

[@Pi11ow]

We know from the YT description trailer that we get Celebi EX as the third confirmed EX out of 5 in the mini-set. I would assume Serperior would be one as well as either Volcarona or maybe Gyarados since they're on the booster pack image? Anyway, new set looks dope. Time to theorycraft for the next 5 days.

[@parker_chess]

Cool new cards. Mew Ex is the highlight thus far. Magmar is the biggest disappointment. Maybe their thought process is because Ninetails is so strong we'd be attracted to a basic version of him. But with discard 2 he pretty much requires Moltres Ex to ramp.

[@pedrofigueiredo5465]

Amazing cards, hopefully it shakes the meta a little bit. Any word on qol improvements? This game is soo slooow

[@cbyt8759]

Have a mix of both videos. I like edited videos, but i also enjoy tubers doing their own original style once in awhile too. Make them different depending on the type of content and what fits it better

[@ragenroses]

mew ex doesn’t have the ditto restriction because dittos were failed attempts at recreated mew! love the flavor

[@DyneOnline]

Love card review videos in general. Edited or not, I'm here for card analysis!

[@MyBTS91]

The new Cards look really. Seems like they will add a lot of variety to the game

[@invertbrid]

Looking forward to the new set. Hope i get some mews from daily pack. Ill def save my hourglass for new main set which most likely meta shifting.

[@cridus_]

what do you think about using mew as a wall? it's a basic pokemon with 130 HP and it retreats with 1. I know it's also worth 2 points, but if you're good at keeping it alive, then you can have it in the bench as a trump card, even in non-psychic decks.

[@Valkaiden]

The Dhelmise could work well getting bench built behind a Liligant, not as quick as a successful Misty play but way more reliable I'd say

[@KaiPerspective]

A well though analysis is always better than a "just reaction" imo

[@ichiryoka88]

This format is good 👌🏻 i like listening to your insight

[@pincopallino1135]

Aerodactyl Taurus could be good if fossils weren't excluded from first active placement, at the same time aerodactyl not being colourless prevents it from being played as a staller for dragonite, wasted opportunity Exeggute is a nice exeggutor buff Blue is a very small buff for 18 trainers articuno Magmar is a very small buff to ninetales blaze deck Mew is a nice buff to Mewtwo, being a 1x copy counter for Charizard Starmie Will be tier 1 material

[@snakebebop]

That reaction pic on your thumbnail, i imagine tou practice that expression a lot

[@daniloduarte6863]

You can only get a energy from your energy zone that’s u chose at deck building. So u cant use exxegute on a deck without choosing to generate borh grass and the other energy

[@drumstep9135]

I greatly prefer this type of more in-depth video looking at the cards to just an immediate reaction.

[@methanesulfonic]

Blue is practically a 10hp "armor". While easily comparable to potion at first glance, it is actually better in some cases.

[@user-dmiller]

I'm really excited about Dhelmise in the Single knockout Venusaur deck I've been brewing. I have been using Pinser as a meat shield which can be powered up by Lilliant. This seems like a great upgrade for what I'm looking for

[@cridus_]

yeah I too really wanna try that pokemon with lilligant.

[@CopelandPlays]

Mew is just going to make Pikachu even better, anything with attacks costing less then 3 energy are getting a big buff from Mew.