![]() ![]() Again, each and every one of these were normal Trainer cards there were no Ace Specs or Supporters at this time! Still, over the years I have also had to admit the risk I was taking if your hand ran low early, contained too many vital cards to discard, or even if you just whiffed on both Professor Oak and Computer Search for multiple turns, your setup ground to a halt. Professor Oak was the original “Discard your hand, then draw 7 cards.” card. Item Finder also has a two-card discard cost, but reclaims any one Trainer card from your discard pile. Computer Search requires you discard two cards from hand to play it, but fetches any one card from your deck. Of particular note are Computer Search, Item Finder, and Professor Oak. …and these are just the general usage options! If this still doesn’t sound like a good enough reason to run fewer than four Bill, including perhaps running none at all, remember the other powerful Trainers that released alongside Bill in Base Set: While not a major concern, it also meant you were edging yourself closer to decking out we wouldn’t get the first worthwhile deck replenishing Trainer card until the Team Rocket Expansion, four sets and 15 months after the release of Bill. Yes, it meant two more cards in your hand, but it meant one fewer slot in your 60 card deck. It may seem petty at first, but Bill still took up space in your deck. I was – and for the most part, still am – in the minority that did not see Bill as a true, four-in-every deck staple. Why wouldn’t you run four Bill?ĭeck space and competition. Using it meant you netted yourself a single card of advantage, and with luck, you might hit a run of multiple Bills to gain even more. Bill was widely considered a true staple, with competitive lists sporting four of them. What kind of Trainer? The only kind back then, which means it functioned the way Item cards do today. Today’s Throwback takes us way back, to the earliest days of the game as we look at Bill (Base Set 91/102 Base Set 2 118/130 Legendary Collection 108/110 HeartGold & SoulSilver 89/123)! All the way back in 1999, Bill released as a Trainer that let you draw two cards. Maybe if the designers were to hypothetically make “Bill’s Teleportation System” to draw 2 card, it would instantly see play if they did. *Before it became a Supporter card, he would have been a five-out-of-five in Unlimited, but I opt not to put that score since we’re reviewing him as if he was a Supporter and not a regular trainer/item card. While this would’ve been a decent draw supporter in this format, the rest of the contents of those theme decks are extremely underwhelming.) Theme: 2/5 (Appears in HGSS Theme Decks of Growth Clash, Mind Flood, and Steel Sentinel. Goes to show how much power creep has done to this card, sadly. Even if he was Standard/Expanded legal now, he will still be obsolete by a lot of Supporters, not only the draw-3 Supporters, but also ones who draw-2 plus an additional effect. There were various other cards during Bill’s absence with “Bill” on its name that were Supporters (such as Bill’s Analysis, Bill’s Maintenance, and Bill’s Teleporter) and they are arguably far better than today’s Throwback.Īt this point, there’s absolutely no reason to use him in competitive play in the Legacy format due to Cheren and his other “draw 3” Supporters outclass him. As such, Bill was never seen again until 2010. Though it wouldn’t be long until rotation became a thing, and the very first Modified format in 2001-2002 was Team Rocket-on, therefore making Bill & Professor Oak not legal to use in tournaments anymore. When he debuted, he was a trainer card that can be played as many times as you want (the equivalent of Yugioh’s Pot of Greed, except that this card’s still forbidden…and for good reason) without drawbacks until HGSS where his recent print classified him as a Supporter card, thus making him be played only once per turn while giving up your opportunity to use other Supporter on that turn.īack in its glory days that pre-dated Supporter cards, both Bill and Professor Oak were an absolute staple that they were being run at a full four. I’ll have to analyze the data we’ve collected some other time.Bill has an interesting history, debuting way back in Base Set, to having its last print in HGSS. I’ll … I’ll go up and make some coffee for us. I’ll retire this project, and that will be the last adventure I’ll have as a pokémon. ![]() If it reassures you at all, then … all right. But still, that last run through the teleporter… And you were enjoying some of it, if I’m not mistaken. Please let this be the last time you do something like this.Īs I recall, you encouraged me to do this. Now… Would you like some coffee? I could certainly use. So … so where did your clothes go? I mean … the laws of physics… See?īut … you’re fine? I mean … you’re not in pain, and you don’t feel weird or. I had a great time this week.Īlmost forgot this.
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