EX SANDSTORM SERIES
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EX Sandstorm Pokemon Cards release date September 2003, is the eighteenth set of cards from the Pokemon Trading Cards Game and the 2nd set released by Pokémon USA Inc. It comes after EX Ruby and Sapphire and before EX Dragon. Its symbol is a pair of fossils: The Claw Fossil and the Root Fossil from the video games Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. The EX part comes from the Pokemon Cards-ex present in this set.
EX Sandstorm introduces a a number of ways to broaden your options mid-game. Many Pokémon have attacks that will let you search your deck for copies of themselves, or other Pokémon, or evolution cards, allowing you to avoid a quick loss because your last Pokémon was Knocked Out; or to get key Pokémon into play quickly and efficiently. However, these attacks have a subtle edge to them. You may want to include single copies of several different versions of the same Pokémon, then use the ‘call for friends’ style of attacks to find the version whose attacks best suit your current needs. Also useful are the Trainers that have similar effects, like Lannette’s Net Search (87/100) and the long awaited Rare Candy (88/100). Adapting to your opponent’s strategy through selective Pokémon use can get you out of almost any tough situation.
