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Released in January 2023, this special expansion served as a victory lap for one of the most successful periods in modern Pokemon TCG history

limited event costs the same as an Arena booster at 200 gems or 1,000 gold

However, their main weakness was sustainability over multiple turns, especially if the ideal opening hand didnt materialize

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It's a great dual land card that's legal in all the non-Standard rotation formats

Stony Silence Coming in as not only the most played sideboard card in Modern but as the tenth most played card overall, Stony Silence is primarily used to hose two of the top four decks in the Modern format: Affinity (where it shuts down Arcbound Ravager, Cranial Plating, and Steel Overseer, among other things) and Tron (where it shuts down Chromatic Sphere, Chromatic Star, and Expedition Map, making it much harder for the deck to assemble Tron)