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When the Sagesse entre Ciel et Mer (Wisdom of Sea and Sky) expansion hit on July 30, 2025, few cards made as immediate a splash as the new Will Trainer Supporter. By guaranteeing your next coin flip lands heads, this single-card solution turns half-chance gambits into rock-solid plays. Within days of release, every tier-1 deck was testing Will Trainer, and sideboard lists are morphing to punish or protect against it. Here’s why this simple idea has shaken up Pokémon Pocket from top-table tournaments to your local league night.
Nearly every flip-dependent attack or ability—whether it’s Xatu’s Psychic Wing, Umbreon’s Midnight Drain, or Espeon’s flipping status buffs—traditionally lived or died on a 50/50 coin. Will Trainer slams the door on that randomness: play it, and your next flip is guaranteed heads. Suddenly, one-turn knockout lines that once fizzled now land reliably as early as turn two. That swing from unreliable to laser-focused consistency has forced players to reevaluate entire deck archetypes overnight.
Traditionally, Xatu’s Psychic Wing ability flips a coin: heads lets you move an Energy between your Active and Bench. Paired with the Casque Brut Tool, you could jank out surprise energy transfers—but only half the time. With Will Trainer, you lock in that energy relay every single turn, enabling lethal knockouts two turns in. In playtesting, one European regional finalist averaged back-to-back OHKOs by pairing Xatu, two Psychic Energies, Casque Brut, and a single Will Trainer in hand.
Umbreon’s Midnight Drain relies on flipping coins to heal damage and place counters. With guaranteed heads, you not only heal your own Active but also chip away at opponents non-stop—crippling popular big attackers like Lugia or Ho-Oh before they can draw a card. Competitive players note that Umbreon decks running three Will Trainers surged to the top 8 in two major events within a week of launch.
“Locking in a crucial heads flip feels like cheating,” admits one recent regional finalist, “but it also creates a whole new metagame. Now you have to ask: should I play Will or pack 4+ discard-Supporter Trainers?” Across top tables, tech cards that force hand discards, bench swaps, or outright Supporter removal have spiked. Expect the usual suspects—hand-control Trainers, Bench-swap staples, and targeted Tool removal—to dominate sideboards for the next few months.
Not everything bows to guaranteed heads. Trainers that discard Supporters from your hand—think “Judge” or similar hand-banishing effects—wreck Will before it can resolve. Bench-swap Trainers that shuffle your Active back to the Bench can dodge incoming one-turn knockout attempts. And of course, Tool removal Supporters remain prime tech in mirror matches.
In a game built around coin-driven tension, Will Trainer is an earthquake waiting to happen—and it has already triggered aftershocks across the meta. From powering up high-risk combos to forcing whole classes of counters into sideboards, this one card has rewritten the rules. Whether you’ll be the one exploiting its power or hunting down every copy in trades to slow your opponents, one thing is clear: Pokémon Pocket is more dynamic—and more predictable—than ever before. Are you ready to flip the script?
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