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A new card just made Pokémon TCG Pocket's strongest type even stronger

Pokémon TCG Pocket's meta is still as balanced as ever, but the new Irida card makes the already mega-prominent Water type even stronger.

In fact whenever things do tilt a bit too far towards a certain deck in particular - looking at you, Mewtwo, Celebi, Darkrai and, as anyone familiar with my personal TCG toils will know I'm about to say: a certain Team Galactic's Cyrus- much of the game's most enjoyable moments have come from trying out new ways to topple it. Yes, it's rare you'll be in that exact situation, but the current meta focuses very specifically on chip damage across multiple, benched Pokémon, making it an immediate counter to some of the game's strongest decks. Starmie, Gyarados, Blastoise, Articuno, and Palkia have all had genuinely viable EX versions, while Greninja is useful across several decks, and Vaporeon, Manaphy, and of course Misty have each been added to provide very strong, Water-specific support in different forms.

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