First Major Revision: Changelog

Welcome to the changelog for Planeswalking in Kanto. Below you'll find a list of everything changed with the first major revision. The original card image gallery will be updated to reflect these changes.

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First Revision: 11/29/2015

• Changed template for all cards to M15 card frame
• Several cards have new artwork and updated artist credits at the bottom of the card
• Due to color-pie concerns, all green Insect creature tokens have been given Reach instead of Flying
• For the 3 mythic starter Pokemon, "Whenever [cardname] attacks" has been changed to "Whenever [cardname] deals combat damage to a player
• Weedle's power has been reduced from 2 to 1
• Pidgeot's ETB ability has been reduced to finding up to 1 Pidgeot instead of 3
• Raticate's name is now spelled correctly
• Sandslash has been reworked to be a bit smaller and simpler
• Nidoran's CMC has been raised to 1G instead of just G
• Clefairy is now common
• Jigglypuff is now uncommon
• Paras' toughness has been reduced from 4 to 3
• Venomoth has been reworked to force each opponent to sacrifice a creature of their choosing
• Diglett now must be sacrificed in order to deal damage with its ability
• Persian now is common and has Prowess instead of Intimidate
• Golduck now can loot just by tapping rather than also paying U
• Arcanine's attack ability has been reduced from +2/+0 to +1/+0
• Poliwag has been downgraded to vanilla, but now only costs U instead of 1U
• Tentacool now can't be blocked instead of being Unblockable
• Farfetch'd is now uncommon
• Gastly can be hurt now, but it can also now block creatures with Flying
• Hypno's ability now lets the player choose which card to discard
• Kingler now has Prowess instead of its previous ability
• Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee have been reworked to be mirrored in a slightly lower power and toughness
• Chansey can now attack with 1 point of power, but the eggs produced by it now have defender
• Magmar now officially has Menace
• Tauros is now a beefy 3/3
• Magikarp now costs 1U to cast and 5U to activate its ability
• Gyarados now has to hit the player, and can only draw 8 cards instead of cards equal to damage
• Ditto can now also clone a creature if it becomes blocked
• Eevee is now an innocent little 1/1
• Omastar can now only tap up to 3 creatures
• Kabutops can now only destroy up to 3 nonland, noncreature permanents
• The legendary birds now have toned-down abilities that are more reflective of their names
• Dragonite's ability no longer discourages its controller from attacking with it
• Mewtwo is rebalanced and more exile-oriented
• Growl now gives Menace instead of Intimidate
• Razor Leaf now makes the creature green instead of only working on creatures that are green
• Ember is now a sorcery instead of an instant
• Fire Spin is now rare
• Hydro Pump now costs 2U to cast rather than 1U
• Harden has been reduced from +0/+4 to +0/+2
• Supersonic's milling power has been upped from 4 to 7
• Hyper Fang is still Hyper Fang (sorry; it really just sounds better)
• Focus Energy untaps a creature and gives you life instead of tapping it for card draw
• Swift now forces an opponent's creature to block rather than untapping your creature
• Defense Curl now fits in better with blue
• Disable can now counter activated abilities
• Amnesia was a poor reprint in terms of the modern color-pie and has now been replaced with a new card, "Miracle Eye"
• Teleport now makes sure that creatures can't be blocked rather than making them unblockable
• Kinesis now only removes activated abilities
• Constrict now only puts a counter on the creature if it attacks or blocks
• Stomp is now common
• Thunderwave only makes you discard two cards now, but you have to discard them first (because the spell itself is red)
• Swordsdance now costs W and only untaps them and gives them Prowess
• Aurora Beam's sac ability can now be activates by any player rather than just opponents
• Sonic Boom now exiles upon casting to serve as a reminder next turn
• Barrage now targets the player to ensure only those creatures are dealt 1 damage
• Comet Punch now hoses Fallback instead of being effectively useless
• Smoke Screen now only blinds instead of kills little creatures
• Waterfall can now only be activated before combat
• Substitute now creatures a token copy of the blocking creature
• Tri Attack now makes you target the creatures that will be assigning damage
• Gluttony now allows the creature's controller to sacrifice that enchanted creature
• Synchronize now puts a -1/-1 counter on the first creature before adding counters to everyone else
• Overgrowth is now uncommon
• Rain Dish now flickers instead of preventing damage
• Lightning Rod can now become a creature instead of just being able to take damage without consequences
• Hustle now forces you to discard your hand and can only get you up to 7 cards instead of 8
• Cute charm can now prevent damage to you or your creatures
• Arena Trap now effectively hoses Fallback instead of being ambiguous
• Cloud Nine now actually makes all cards colorless
• Anger Point is now worded correctly
• Oblivious is now worded correctly
• Insomnia now dishes out -1/-1 counters each time the creature becomes untapped
• Harvest now allows you to sacrifice tokens to put land in hand instead of the battlefield
• Serene Grace now only gets you 1 life instead of 2
• Mold Breaker now costs 1GG and is now worded correctly
• Cerulean Field Professor now reveals instants and sorceries rather than creatures
• Saffron Channeler now only draws you cards at the end of each turn
• Saffron Lass now costs 1W to cast and is now uncommon
• Lorelei can now only bounce one nonland permanent with her -3 ability
• Bruno has been rebalanced with lower loyalty and new - abilities
• Agatha's ultimate now costs -6 instead of -5
• Shared Experience now mostly benefits from pump spells
• Master Ball now makes you have to pay the cost of the card in order to play it
• Victory Road is now worded correctly