Chien-Pao, Haxorus, and Iron Valiant have been BANNED from The Card Game!
| kennukem | KaenSoul | AlexSaysBruh123 | PQRDG | Verdict | |
| Chien-Pao | BAN | BAN | BAN | BAN | BANNED |
| Dudunsparce | BAN | DNB | BAN | DNB | NO ACTION |
| Garchomp | DNB | DNB | DNB | BAN | NO ACTION |
| Haxorus | BAN | BAN | BAN | BAN | BANNED |
| Iron Valiant | BAN | BAN | BAN | BAN | BANNED |
| Ting-Lu | ABSTAIN | DNB | DNB | BAN | NO ACTION |
sports a strong Water/Dark stab combination, a fantastic speed tier, and a very solid attack stat boosted even further by it's ability Sword of Ruin. Crucially, Sacred Sword allows for a strong option against opposing Dark and Steel types, while Psychic Fangs is a powerful coverage option to hit the prevalent Fighting types that threaten you. Chien-Pao is forced to run Heavy-Duty Boots on most teams, but still sports an excellent offensive pressure and natural synergy with key offensive Pokemon that allows it to easily make its way onto the field and force in it's few checks-- which are easy to wear down due to having to check other strong physical threats. Chien-Pao also finds it's way onto snow and rain teams, benefiting massively from both. Snow gives it a much easier time switching in, while Rain gives it's STAB water moves a 50% power boost on top of the potential to Swords Dance In the end, we've decided to BAN Chien-Pao.
has a sky-high attack stat of 147, the powerful Dragon type with STAB Outrage, great coverage and a good speed tier in 97. Due to the Dragon type's naturally great defensive profile, and Haxorus' relatively good bulk for such a strong threat, it had no shortage of entry points into battle. Sporting several strong, viable sets such as Choice Band/Scarf, Swords Dance, Dragon Dance and 4 Attacks Life Orb, Haxorus had few reliable checks and even fewer that could reliably answer more than one set. Similar to Chien-Pao, Haxorus was able to force in the opponent's physical check and use this to pivot into a different offensive threat, gaining crucial momentum. Haxorus proved too powerful and versatile a threat, and has been BANNED.
sports incredible mixed offenses, a very good speed tier, and a fantastically deep movepool absolutely full of coverage and powerful STAB moves alike. Psychic/Fighting is very solid offensive coverage, and Valiant packs options like the dark-type Poison Jab and Knock Off to threaten the Psychic types that naturally switch into it. Valiant has great versatility as well, with set-up options like Swords Dance and Calm Mind being just as viable as Choice Items or the powerful Booster Energy. Iron Valiant can act as a wallbreaker, sweeper, cleaner or powerful progress maker, and has been BANNED for it's combination of versatility, speed, strength and unpredictability.edit: tagging Kris to implement once Showdown is back up
is the last dragon who is genuinely incredible left at this point, and despite its devastating potential as an SD mon or a scarfer, Tankchomp has been my go to set from the beginning and it works like a charm. It is an expert of chip damage, as it is very hard to one shot using most other leads while always getting rocks up. From there, if it feels safe enough, it can set spikes as well to cause more of an effect. After that, or just after rocks if the situation calls for it, you simply spam Dragon Tail and put the opponent on Speed Wash. If you pull any physical attackers onto the field, you either force something else in to take more chip and dragon tailing another to force even more chip, or they attack you and lose potentially half of their HP in a flash. It is quite easy to use and is quite solid at punishing spinners. If you pack solid enough sweepers in the back, you can easily abuse the team wide chip it has spread to break through with haste. It may not be the most immediately threatening Garchomp set but I recommend some give it a try.
This is a more unorthodox set I came up with, but I love the results I have been getting thus far. It can function as a breaker by simply clicking attacks, but its main job is early-mid game attempts at sweeping. The plan is simple, get in, set up, Taunt the Skeledirge trying to burn you and the Corviknight trying to use you as setup bait, and set up more. It already threatens most Skeledirge sets off Taunt and stab Crunch alone, but once it is set up, it is very likely to get at least one crucial kill, if not just straight up sweeping. It rarely needs the power boost except against rarer mons like Bellibolt, so for its item, Chople Berry gives it the ability to catch that second dance against a solid number of Fighting types it otherwise would want no part of. To top it all off, Sand helps it take special hits with ease, giving it solid switchin potential against any special threat not packing Focus (miss) Blast. This has been my weapon of choice against Balance, and I recommend that anyone looking for a Balance breaker gives it a go as well. Just watch out for scarfers, mainly Scarf Garchomp, as it will be faster at +2, which is its overall biggest flaw, but if you can account for that, you will eat Balance alive.
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Espathra still possesses the valuable Psychic typing, and the ability to snowball in the right circumstances, but with the Terastal mechanic banned, it has a lot more trouble getting through the common Dark- and Steel-types. It has access to no Fighting- or Fire-type moves, bar the weak, physical Low Kick, meaning it essentially only has STAB + Normal/Grass/Steel coverage, none of which serve to break through the resists and immunities that put an instant end to an Espathra sweep. Espathra can still be dangerous in the right scenario, but it has a much tougher time getting in that scenario and, with Tera gone, is much more competitive. As such, Espathra has been freed, but we will have a close eye on it.
Shed Tail proved to be an uncompetitive move from the start. After Cyclizar was banned, Orthworm stepped up, boasting a solid Steel-type, the ability to widely set hazards, and longevity thanks to the critical Earth Eater ability condensing into a Fighting-type immunity, and the ubiquitous Shed Tail giving an unfair advantage to offensive teams. Shed Tail has proven uncompetitive, and as such has been banned from TCG.
The council also voted on Annihilape, but decided that it would remain unhealthy in the tier. 
This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone familiar with the tier, Dragon/Fighting with Dragon Dance and/or Clangorous Soul, very solid coverage for the tier, and Flamethrower to burn Corviknight to a crisp, Kommo-o was never going to be balanced in the tier, with options like Belly Drum and Iron Defense Body Press only furthering this. Kommo-o was always going to be too much, and thus will be BANNED on DLC implementation. 
Dudunsparce has been on the radar for a long while now, with Ursaluna joining it recently, I don't think I need to elaborate very much here, they're powerful, bulky Normal-types with no weaknesses that can set up in front of the majority of the tier and win on the spot.
with its high Speed and Special Attack and access to Nasty Plot, and Okidogi for its high Attack, solid bulk, and potential to spiral quickly with Bulk Up + Drain Punch
with great longevity, nuclear damage output, and Mind's Eye allowing Normal-types to be damaged by super effective Fighting-type moves, Ursaluna-Bloodmon had very limited reliable counterplay, both in the builder and in battle, and has been deemed too problematic for the tier.
with fantastic Speed and Special Attack, a nuclear Seed Flare that 2HKOs even resists with an 80% chance to drop Special Defense, and Air Slash flinch cheese, Shaymin-Sky was far too constricting both in the builder and in the battle
is causing some trouble. It's signature move appears to change to the Rock-type with this mask, even in this meta where the "Rock" type should not exist. For the time being, we would like to politely ask that players not use this Pokemon in any TCG room tours. 
