Top 5 Trainer cards of Boundaries Crossed

As promised, here are my picks for the best Trainer cards in the upcoming set, Boundaries Crossed. I should point out that not all of the cards have been confirmed to be in the new set, so it's possible that some of these cards will not be released in the English set.

Additionally, as English text copies of many of the cards are not yet revealed, you'll need to click on the card names if you want to read the text of the card!

5) Virbank City Gym

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(This card is now confirmed to NOT be in Boundaries Crossed. I'm leaving the review here for future reference, though.) Hey, anything that increases the damage output from status effects is going to see play, most likely. Some trainers just want to watch your Pokémon burn. Or be poisoned, in this case. Regardless, Virbank City Gym makes poison do an additional two damage counters to poisoned Pokémon, making most poisonings do thirty damage per turn. That might not seem like much, but damage like that quickly adds up, is not dampened by Eviolite or Abilities, and can increase depending on the Pokémon dealing out the status. It might not be a common play, but expect to see it alongside Amoongus/Ninetales and others.

4) Ether

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(This card is now confirmed to NOT be in Boundaries Crossed. I'm leaving the review here for future reference, though.) Universal energy acceleration?  Yeah, this is going to make the list. However, to get the most out of this card, you need to be able to determine if your top deck is an energy card or, more likely, manipulate your top card in order to adequately use Ether. That where Pokédex, Musharna, and Lunatone come in. This card is going to see play, and it's very existence in our metagame will make speed decks much more possible to run.

3) Gold Potion

 

Gold Potion is pretty straightforward in healing 90 damage from your active Pokémon. If your deck has big basics / high HP Pokémon / EXs and you don't want to run Computer Search, this is the play. Since it's an Ace Spec you can only have a single one in your deck, but that doesn't mean it's not going to see play. The limitation to using it only on your active 'mon is actually quite an unfortunate one, but regardless, this card can win games.

2) Skyla

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skyla lets you search your deck for a Trainer card. That might not seem like much, but especially for decks running Stage 2 Pokémon with Rare Candy, or ones that run Sableye and Computer Search, this is essentially a must-play Supporter. It might not always be the perfect Supporter for the moment, but some decks will increase their consistency considerably by including Skyla.

1) Computer Search

 

I remember this card from Base Set! Man, that makes me feel old. Computer Search is an excellent card, essentially allowing you to Ultra Ball for any card. The fact that it's an Ace Spec makes it less obscenely overpowered, but of course there are ways of getting it back to use multiple times, such as Sableye and Recycle. Expect to see Computer Search taking up the Ace Spec slot in most competitive decks, at least until we have the option of other Ace Spec cards when the following set arrives!