A cute edition>I want to learn the game, where do I begin?Download PTCGL at https://tcg.pokemon.com/en-us/tcglThe game has a quick tutorial and a bunch of decent decks to get you started against other beginners or against the AI. Some of those decks are very close to meta too. You can also go to your local game store and see if people are playing Pokémon.>I know how to play, how do I make my own deck?You have a decent beginner's guide at https://www.justinbasil.com/guideThere's also the old /tcg/ guide at https://imgur.com/a/W4NkOu6After that, look up meta decks and try to reverse engineer them to see how things work.>Where to find meta decks?For big irl events, go to https://limitlesstcg.com/decksFor online events, go to https://play.limitlesstcg.com/decks?game=PTCGFor japanese events, go to https://pokecabook.com/archives/1417Previous thread: >>56591551Old /tcg/ pastebin: https://pastebin.com/Ge95YuMA
>previous thread>38 repliesThe pokemon trading card game has fallen...
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>>56603429Repostan from last thread
>>56610754>Gaia energyPowercreep unit energy? Buffed DCE? A card they've refused to reprint since SM era.
>>56610390Hope ya'll loading up on Typhlosion cards, and Lapras/Octillery My 1st edition must have shot up in price
oops forgot to bump the thread when I could sorryyyy
the real question is will the leaks effect typlosion and skyla card prices? hmmmwhich ty card is the most "rapey" looking?
>>56611238The lapras and typhlosion cards are so bad to play. I doubt anyone would care about their price going up.
how is tcg live, i have like 9 codes and i wonder if i should try to get into it or if i should just give them away online as usual.
>>56613036Just try it and see, no reason not to
>>56612017typhlosion/RDL goes hard though
>>56613053the reason not to is a) if 9 codes isnt shit b) if someone else wants those nine codes more than me
>>56613401Well it is true that getting packs in game is not difficult, I more meant just try the game out
>>56613036>>56613401It's free to try so unless you're really afraid to skip your random act of kindness for the day then you don't have anything to lose besides time.
>>56613401>>56613053anon the codes are literally irrelevantyou unlock more packs\cards\full arts by playing one match a day and ranking up on battlepasskeep your codesif you like battling you will like the app
>>56613500ive never played tcg i play vidyeo games
>>56610624i had to work keki usually keep the threads going on mobile as well but i have been exhausted as fuck this weekbut its not that people arent playing its just regionals are here & nothing can happen until shit rotatesim still v disappointed that chienpao is not in the top 10i have a decent variant of the malaysia champs decki added an additional cancelling colognei added ultra balls i added devolution tm to fuck over zard\candy spammers late-game
>>56613567mind sharing your brew of it?I'm never satisfied with my own ratios for cpao, something always feels off or missing
>>56613567The board has gone crazy lately because of the leaks anyhow. ---Full surging sparks set is out here bar some SIRs. https://www.pokebeach.com/2024/10/tpci-reveals-nearly-all-surging-sparks-english-cards-early
>>56614598sylveron EX looks very promising maybe paired with the new Terapagos to fill him with energies
>>56614598I might try out that slaking ex card. I have a bunch of boomerang energy and powerglass cards that I haven't really ever had the chance to use
>>56614598>For the first time ever, TPCi has posted nearly all English cards from an upcoming set.Oh yeah they're right, it's normally only after the expansion's outhope they keep showing them early
>>56610624hehehe Bet you regret the TCG Pocket split now.
>>56616614Nigger it's just that the board's been going crazy over the leaks I still don't care about Pocket
>page 9fucking obsessed leakers
>>56618723Getting to page 10 only takes 40-80 minutes right now, depending on the time of day.It'll be a bit before /tcg/ and /tcc/ can stay up consistently without constant bumping.
>>56616614you mean the split where a bunch of rando faggots made their own thread for no reason, and refused to come here when they were told to? nobody kicked them out of here.
opinions on microsoft's opinions?
>>56619118Wipe out the mew vmax again and shit all over terapagos and palkia like good old times
>>56619051there was some post threads ago where somebody wanted pocket fags to fuck off to their own thread. i'm too lazy to go back and find it, but I felt like it was inevitable
>>56619210I never saw that, but they're definitely welcome here. This general isn't just for Live, it's for all versions of the game, pocket included.Every now and then a troll will even talk shit about people playing physically, but you just ignore them and keep posting.
>>56614276sure anononce i get to work & do my daily ill screengrab itits basically malaysia but i added 1x iono and 2x cancelling colgne (for thorns)+one devo tm cut ONE bravery charmcut ONE poffincut all faggy captivating incense/aroma/coinflip search & sub ultraball for consistency thats basically itif i made it better or worse is still up for debate lolmaybe cut roxanne if u hate her
>>56620493While you are being reasonable. Pocket is still gay. 2 weeks of trialling it and I can safely say that Live is better, somehow
>>56621240Pocket is just a duel links for TCG. But whereas Yu-gi-oh needed a simplified version of the game after all the Power Creep, Pokemon is simple enough it isnt necessary.
>>56621388>Pokemon is simple enough it isnt necessary.There's a point to be made that the amount of draw power and tutoring in Pokemon wouldn't work with smaller decks. Also, in your heart of hearts you know energy is cancer. I don't think Pocket's energy is any better, but they tried.
Rate my rogue deck
>>56621887Looks good. I've been wanting to play Scovillain but never thought about pairing it with Ogerpon for the energy acceleration. Do you really need 14 energies though?
>>56621887>>56622243My suggestion is cutting the energies to 9 and Mew ex (what is it even for?) and add 1 Earthen Vessel, 1 Energy Retrieval or Night Stretcher, and 4 Ultra Balls.
>>56622654>Mew ex (what is it even for?) To out stall the stallers
>>56621837Just limit smaller decks to less dupes, which would mean less tutoring. but yes compare to other TCGs pokemon has by far the most tutoring, but it makes it feel like you have control over the outcome which is niceAlso you really underestimate how nice pokemon energy is, compare to fucking mana from magic. Lands are cancer. Imagine trying to find your energy but you need energy to find the energy, enjoy your brick city
>>56622980Magic player here. It's not just tutoring, ptcg has an overwhelming amount of card advantage. It's incredibly easy to get the pieces you need consistently and it makes the game more fun and competitive. Magic decks can brick l the time even at the competitive level, it's much rarer to have that happen in ptcg and you can chain cards together for explosive turns, turn around bad situations quickly
>>56622844I still don't get it. I don't see any Mew ex on your board, and it can't retreat if Snorlax is on active unless you gust it with something else
>>56625568Mew ex can ohko Snorlax and mimikyu and 2ko cornerstone ogerpon
I'm Ho-Oh rank you hoesHo-Oh GAAAAAAAAANG
>>56626066Shit I always forget that Mew can attack. Yeah that makes sense.
>>56626286Woah thats nice, I only just started collecting. How much did that cost you? I wanna get my 1st graded card soon, thinking of getting some old ex's like rocket suicune and lugia from unseen forces
We got some TCG stuff in the leaks
Okay, cba to post any more
>>56629131A set featuring other Pokemon spinoff games would've been so good. Wait, we already had Pokemon Go. Then it's not impossible we get more in the future no?
>>56629293Masters would be the absolute perfect set. We're kinda fulfilling that with the return of Trainer's Pokémon next year. But Masters has some of the most unique designs and pairings in the franchise.Shit like sygna suit trainers would also make for great supporters in the TCG
>Tyme>Put a Pokémon from your hand face down in front of you and tell your opponent its name. Your opponent guesses the HP of that Pokémon, and then you reveal it. If your opponent guessed right, they draw 4 cards. If they guessed wrong, you draw 4 cards. Return the Pokémon to your hand.Live devs absolutely shitting and crying right now
For those who play competitively, how is the meta right now? Is it fun, diverse, samey, expensive, cheap? I played the most in late gen 6 to early gen 7. I have fond memories of using this fucker with Regice as I didn't have the cash for any Shaymin EXs or anything like that. How does it compare?
>>56630192its fairly cheap and I think its diverse. The last regional only had two of the same decks in top 8. But you will be seeing a lot of dusknoir and a lot of big basics/ex mons that can set up fairly fast. Still, I'm having a lot of fun playing all the different decks that show up. I wasn't playing during the time shaymin EX was around but I heard it was like $100 a card. There's nothing like that currently. at most I think the most expensive meta card is prime catcher which is $30. But that will most likely be getting cheaper now that its getting reprinted into a starter deck next month.
>>56630192The HP of Pokemon especially two prizer Pokemon have gone way up. But with that the damage bonus on attacks are also higher on average. Game speed is also pretty quick, but I don't know how it compares to back then. Energy acceleration is dime a dozen now that setup plays is almost never seen.It's still fun, and I'd say it's actually very diverse right now. It's so much cheaper now in the Live client since crafting is a thing instead of trading even though it's more fun to trade stuff (not).
What's a good typhlosion deck?
With 66k dust am I good for a while?
>>56610624People were already complaining about the changes to the invite system and now you have pros kvetching on Twitter about X-2 not being enough to make top 8. Powers that be need to stop trying to pound a square peg into a round hole. Either make Asian tournament rules (the ones the game is likely developed with in mind) the standard worldwide, cut back on people being able to search their deck 15 times in a single turn and then have to spend 5 minutes shuffling, or make PTCGL the competitive standard like Wizards did with Arena when it was new and needed to be shilled. >>56622980A game that gives you no control over your opening hand has no legs to talk about bricking.
new card leaked
>>56632845Fakecards are neat
are there any youtubers or streamers for this you guys recommend? mostly looking to avoid "this ROGUE DECK destroys META SLAVES! HIDDEN TIER 1?" bullshit that plagues the algorithm
>>56631744Yeah
>>56627959Like $500 or so. Treat yoself
>>56634632I just look to see if any of the top players at tourneys stream/make videos and watch them. but they're kinda dull to watch, so I just use them as learning material.
>>56627959>>56635078>>56628217
>>56632204>A game that gives you no control over your opening hand has no legs to talk about bricking.Yeah.. I hate how there's no manual reroll option. It really would fix a lot of the issues of the game being over before it even started. Making the overall experience more competitive since people don't brick turn 1
I see you can play this online with a client? Also do people play there seriously like are there online tournaments/ladders etc?
>>56636015The ladder/casual modes isn't as competitive as irl but you'll still get decent matched on high ranked ladder stillThe most competitive online experience is joining online tournaments through the client (just direct matching your opponent since there's no tournament structure mode built in yet)
Absolutely building a deck for this cunt when he releases
>>56610390More like OP is a fag edition.
>>56636947This might be the only time a Tera hasn't pissed me off, it actually fits A-Exeggutor.
>>56637562Imagine being so butthurt that you attack a random anon in a different thread over your own idiocy.
>>56636947I would like to but wtf do I do with this
>>56637842Flip heads.
>>56636947Reprint one day...
>>56636947I love the eggs but I have problems with this card. The issues I have areWhat pokemon on the bench are worth powering up with this?What decks can his second attack completely not hit?
>>56638334No deck can really build that second attack cost well. You need crispin + crystal really. 1st attack is more managable, and it can chain itself after2nd attack is useless vs all evolution decks if you get heads and their active is an evolutions. You essentially did nothing. Flipping tails is better as there's usually a bunch of support mons on the bench like mew/fez that can be killed.
the new milotic seems really mid and i don't want to play gardevoir given how mainstream it is so fingers crossed we get a bellossom ex soon and it's good although something something the new azumarill spamming double edge sounds like it'd be fun to build...
>>56610390actually first for a cutiebased
>>56610624wasn't us, the leaks overtook most of the board
>>56638596Cards used to look so good. Now they all are generic full art trash
>>56637842meme tech option in drago
>>56638596>i don't want to play gardevoir given how mainstream it isit wasn't even in the top 6 most played decks at the last regional on day 1 or 2
>>56638893i'm tired of all the rule boxes being 3D 5ban slop they could've had them use regular artists art instead, that would've looked nice
>>56638893Disagree but it is true that a majority of the game's best art is for cards that don't see play because they're not 2-prizersAlso don't look up Kizuki's (artist of that bellossom) more modern card arts, they look way worse
>>56639487>nooooooo noo but it's justlikeinthegame the kids will go wild for that shit let us save money
>>56639597they'd ironically make more money if they had better arts instead of the same 3D modelnormies and kids go mad for cool tcg card art. yet don't give a shit about generic 5ban shit. don't think anyone actively enjoys 5ban art, it's just.. there.
>>56639597It doesn't even look like the games much, as far as I can tell they're creatures's own modelsIf anything they look like how they did back in the black and white expansions
>>56640066I never liked that vmax zard, but still better than 3dslop
>>56638596>i don't want to play gardevoir given how mainstream it is so fingers crossed we get a bellossom ex soon and it's goodbut if its good it'll become mainstream and you wouldn't want to play it anymore
>>56640066>AI generate me a 3D render of charizard slashing with its claw while it's mouth is open
>>56640066I like the Mochizuki ones. They look like they're really about to get you with their claws burning in fire and the intense face expression.
>>56640066>>56640664VMAX Zard has a womb tattoo
>>56641057I hope we get the closed one soon
This little shit looks so underwhelming now compared to Dusknoir.
>>56641999I miss when this was good
playing PTCGL and using the Lugia deck right now and tweaked it a little by adding the Lumineon V, Squawkabilly ex, Cinccino and Minccino, Fezandipiti ex, and removing the Luxrays. Not using crafting points yet, but I do have like 10k. What else is good for the PTCGL ladder meta? Since I know it differs slightly from real life meta at times. Or is there a better deck I should focus on? I don't plan to get too high on ladder maybe grab a few of the prizes and what not
Does anyone else think Squawkabilly ex is incredibly overrated?
>>56643833Stall decks are stupidly easy to climb with because most people can't play against them on live or quit because it sucks dick to play against. Takes forever for matches so something that wins by turn 3-5 is better for climbing quickly. Terapgaos, charizard, and raging bolt are all easy as fuck and have fast games.Just craft a bunch of general useful shit you see everyone else playing. Legacy energy, prime catcher, Jacq, pidgeot ex, iron hands ex, rotom v, heavy ball, night stretcher, and pokestop come to mind as things you don't start with that show up in most decks.
>>56644028I think it's okay. It basically lets you mulligan your hand, or just turbo draw through your deck if you're playing something that wants to attack immediately like Ancient Box.
>>56644028as a moon ex unga bunga player I like it
Is there going to be any decent fire accel after Magma Basin rotates? I want to update Magcargo ex for the rotation. Deduction Kit looks like some fun tech but I don't know what I'd swap out for it.>Deduction Kit>Look at the top 3 cards of your deck. You may put them back in any order, or shuffle those cards and put them on the bottom of your deck.Anyway, this is my deck at the moment. I haven't played it in a while but I remember it being a bit clunky to get Magcargo set up, but then very satisfying if I could pull it off well.Pokémon: 82 Bibarel BRS 1213 Slugma TWM 28 PH1 Morpeko TWM 72 PH2 Armarouge PAF 152 Skwovet SVI 1512 Charcadet PAL 39 PH3 Magcargo ex TWM 292 Bidoof CRZ 111Trainer: 153 Ultra Ball SVI 1962 Switch SVI 1942 Team Star Grunt OBF 195 PH2 Earthen Vessel PAR 1632 Energy Retrieval SVI 1712 Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking TEF 1452 Arven PAF 2352 Magma Basin BRS 1851 Super Rod PAL 1881 Maximum Belt TEF 1542 Pal Pad SVI 1824 Nest Ball SVI 1812 Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking TEF 145 PH2 Professor's Research SVI 1892 Boss's Orders PAL 172Energy: 112 Basic {R} Energy SVE 2 PHTotal Cards: 60
>>56644028It's one of the reason the game is so fast right now, absolutely not. It should end your turn after use. Yes its basically 2 prize fodder after turn 1 but when you're winning hard on turn 4 does it matter? Side note, its funny how 3 of the most busted supporters are birds
>>56644695>implying pheasants are birds
>>56644287alright, I've had this account since before ptcgl so I do have craft materials, just I come and go and I feel like playing/climbing for some full art cards. I guess I should ditch LuigiaV deck and maybe pick one of the 3 suggested? I'll look into them
>>56644287Got lists ?
>>56645039How are they not? They have feathers and can fly, I call that a bird.
>Get to masters rank>Every deck is the same>Raging bolt every other match>Duskull spamI think I burnt out of the game this is boring as fuck now
>>56644684>Is there going to be any decent fire accel after Magma Basin rotates?Sadly there's really nothing else left besides setup attacks. There's Mela but it's also situational and you can't use it on your first turn. Infernape... is a thing.
I love all the HD card artwork in the leaks. I wish they were made in actual higher quality though. I want some as wallpapers and playmats. Can we get a leak of every single card art please?
>art is now cardsmight as well kill tcg then
>>56647915>he can't see that it's fanart of TCG decksLurk more.
Tcg is always about ART
>>56648152yes>>56647845>>56647897no
>>56647915Art is the only reason I get any cards
You can't stop me from posting
>>56641999HP powercreep is pretty much double of what it was back then, so spammable 20/30 was great. And that you could keep bouncing them with this or AZ to reuse
if pocket can have a general then tcg art should have a general as well, bots
>>56648313she will be missed
Hate it when that happens.
>>56649172Iono'ing yourself into a brick is always funny in retrospect
>>56649297What the image is implying is that she shuffled her hand into her deck after playing Iono, when you're not supposed to do that. She then calls the judge to settle things.
literally haven't bought cards/played tcg since 2004Where do I start if I just want to casually collect cards?
>>56649488the other general
>discards your whole hand turn 1 going 2nd
what a fat fuck
>>56649828healthy butt
Can you redeem the same box twice in ptcgl? Like, say I have two Iono boxes, can I redeem two codes to get 2 of the Full Art Ionos?
When do we get Unfeazant ex and will it be good? OrWhen do we get the special energy ace spec with the following text:>As long as this card is attached to a Pokémon, it provides [C] Energy. If this card is attached to a Pokémon at the end of your turn, discard it.>If the opponent's active Pokémon is knocked out by damage from an attack while this card is attached to your active Pokémon, take1 more Prize card. This effect of your [card name] can't be applied more than once per game.
>>56651228Jesus Christ, anon.>opponent has two prizes left>swap in dark Zard>Briar>this energy>deal 300 damage, kill their ex and take 4 prizes>maybe slap in Dusknoir for a 5 prize turnAlternatively you could use Tera Hydreigon for a potential 6 prize turn but that's much harder to set up.
>>56651057nvm, found out that you can indeed redeem the same box up to 4 times if it'll give a card
>>56651228needs more conditions like working with only non-rule mon with HP less than 120
>>56651228>>56651361>This but rainbow energy>Only attachable to terasEven then this still seems op, and if it were an ace spec its competing vs neo upper. Not sure how they could balance such an energy
>setup a pao KO on opponents bax>super cold, attach one>...>won't let me attach more>prompt to finish greyed out>energy can't be moved>literal only option is concedethis shit isn't common is it? that was a massive mood killer
>>56652308Live is currently 3 years old and it's still a pile of bugs on top of bugs. Gotta get used to it
>>56652365small indie company etc.real pain how much the complacency around the franchise goes into every corner of it, shame that master duel didn't give enough of a kick to improve things, but doesn't seem there was enough loss to their bottom line to care how was the previous client for this? I've heard people say its a lot better, especially when the shift first happened, but how much of it is rose tinted?
>>56652480Didn't break all the time and had fun animations but was slow as fuck because of how long they took to play out and general delay between doing actions
>>56640980wrong i still would because it'd be bellossom and it doesn't get a chance under the spotlight as often. i can satisfy my garde cravings in other ways (no i don't want to fuck it)
>>56652365I can only assume live's staff is paid peanuts so they're really lazy about it out of spiteOr something about them not feeling that pressured to fix everything because the game makes literally no money
what point in ladder do you guys consider to be finally out of the coughing baby ranks? still blitzing great ball ranks and haven't had many losses yet, and most of those were from hard bricks anyway
>>56654374Everything but master is baby.
>>56654374anything pre-1800 is basically free
>>56654374I'm in Bulbasaur league right now and just got absolutely stomped by a player running Charizardex-Pidgeotex-DelphoxV piloting like a pro player. The ladder rank means fuck all. If you've played a lot of PTCGL (eg. You have a high player level), they match you with other experienced players. There's no easy matches on the ladder unless you just started playing.
>>56654374ranked is uselesseach win gives you 20 points, you only lose 10 for losingit's all inflatedif you play enough, you'll reach master ball
reprint her and vs seeker
>>56655129Based honestly
>>56652308They closed the game when you when you used the super cold ability. Pao players know that it causes the game to lock up, so its common in a mirror match. It still counts as a win for you.
Blifht a Quaquaval ex tin because it felt heavier than usualTurns out in addition to the four boosters there were six twilight masquerade inside, tooNeat (no Carmine...)
>>56658202Luv Magcargo ex
>>56658202wrong thread bucko
>>56658202fuck off retard
>>56659024>>56658783Youre crying
>>56655129This turns into 25/15 at some rank.
>>56658202wow that garchomp's attacks are ass
>>56659042bot behavior
>>56658202>>56659722I always figured that Garchomp could be great for drago to take its last two prizes from the bench, but I guess I had XMOex in mind which are all Tera with bench protection. But there's Fez ex, Squawk ex, Mew ex, Lumi V, Rotom V, and even Pidgeot ex can be wiped out with that attack if you put 6 damage counters on it with Dragapult ex's Phantom Dive earlier in the match.
>>56659722>>56660393It and duraludon were used in regidrago before, back before the ogerpon engine made regidrago any good
Been trying out Dragapult to see if I want it for rotation. Deck is fun and the Dreepy line is adorable but god damn have I been spoiled for card advantage in Gholdengo
>Ogerpon cosmetics>Featuring the form that no one uses in the tcg
You now remember they ironically thought an ogerpon box deck would be good
uuuhh do anyone have a link for the tcg artwork in the leak? I want to download
is building a deck around tsareena a good idea? i want to step on people
>>56661308>>56604323assuming the links still work
>>56661338I mean it's rogue status so it does work. Usually used with froslass or braviary to finish off the mons
>>56661338There's Grand Tree now so it should be easier to get out (though it's already pretty easy with Irida).
>>56661471>>56661502thank you divas ill look into those then. cantata to queen out with tsareena
>>56661437It works, so good, thank you very much
Irida needs to be replaced with this once it's rotated. It's criminal how difficult it is to get stage 2s out effectively.With ex's and not having big basic ruleboxes to evolve from, it's the best time for something like this
>>56663148Here is your stage 2 ex support.
>>56664359This fag helps out decks like raging bolt and roaring moon more than it ever does with evolution decks Every set they keep making big basics better. Irida is the only lifeline of stage 2 waters currently otherwise they're as dead as the rest. They should add some universal support to make rare candy combos more convenient to compete vs basics
>played magic off and on for years (arena)>guy on team I'm working with temporarily plays pokemon>we have some down time during our travel>asks if I want to learn to play>agree>get the hang of it and we play a few games>had an absolute blast>download Live>it's the most fun I've had with a card game in recent years>love that your turn is your turn and there's no worry of getting every one of your cards countered or your opponent taking shit from your deck/hand>love the game so much I'm seriously considering playing paperMy main concern is bros I'm not the best socially and I'm a bit older. I know the guy that taught me to play says he occasionally takes his kids to play too (at his local shop) and I'm worried I'll show up at the game shop and it's going to be a bunch of kids and young people and it'll be awkward as fuck especially since I'm bad around new people. What's it like at your local shop?
>>56652365>>56652480>>56652792What's sad is that it'll never get fixed and with Pocket coming out the game will be on life support.
Huh so apparently you can grade your pokemon cards with psa at gamestop now. I can finally grade my hex maniac full art and get a psa 10 to use as a field center
don't care about majick, blogger
cared enough to reply
>>56664719plenty of 30+ people at my locals, a couple of 40+depends on how many people attend, there is a 4-8 person locals I attend where being weird will get you outcast, but there's another on different night that gets 30-40 people where nobody would even notice you
>>56664719there are 2 main stores in my area, one has all 3 age categories (kids, teens, adults) and regularly gets 20+ people every week. As long as you stay away from the kids area and the parents, you can say whatever with the grown ups. The only rule in this place is no lewd mats, sleeves, etc. The other place only has the adult category and gets less people, but still at least 10+ every week, and these guys are laid back and some even drink or smoke subtly while playing (not permissible but no one cares here)
>>56663148Jack and arezu re the only support stage 2s have and it's not enough.
>master ball tier A after rotation
>>56664719>>love that your turn is your turn and there's no worry of getting every one of your cards countered or your opponent taking shit from your deck/handThis is exactly why I prefer Pokemon over most card games, and when I say this to some of my magic player friends they look at me weird... Good to hear I'm not alone though
>>56665832Arezu can't grab rule boxes, it feels like shit in tinkaton that I swapped to jaq instead The point is irida also grabs the rare candy, so it's the full evolution combo as your supporter for turn. That's a fair enough use of your once per turn supporter, there should always be a universal irida equivalent for that reason. The fact that irida has kept rogue stage 2 water decks like garchomp, kingdra, tsareena, blastoise workable shows how effective a supporter like that is. Compare to other stage 2 decks without such a convenient supporter The only stage 2 water ex pokemon not here are greninja (because the fighting one exists) and quaquaval (just a worse chienpao that also needs bax). Thanks to irida carrying everyone they're actually relevant. Imagine how many other niche stage 2 decks could appear if you could irida for them, incineroar wouldn't be a complete meme. We have gastrodon printed now too if people did want to counter said stage 2s.
My first time buying cards. Do booster boxes usually go crazy high after release? I really like the set of Surging Sparks so I wanted to preorder this Booster Box + ETB bundle. Would now be the best time or maybe a few weeks after release?
>>56667096usually they stay at the same price until a new expansion or two, or stock runs out after a few months. If the set is good because it has good playable cards, or good due to a popular rare card, it will go up at least 30-50% in the first yearI'm talking from experience buying and playing cards since 3-4 years go and seeing prices myself in lgs and online
>>56644287Got any current stall decks to use for live ladder?
>>56657224thats some fucked up shit, this is common knowledge and they haven't fixed it?it even counts as my win if I conceded? or should I also just close the app if it happens?I assume this also happens for most other energy spreading abilities
it is good to go outside for walks
>>56663148>It's criminal how difficult it is to get stage 2s out effectively.You're just going to make it easier to get Dusknoir out and explode the whole board.
>>56675955
bibarel or dudun for chien pao?
>>56676675drop all draw support for dusknoir
>>56676787but then I'd need 4 rare candies...
>>56669262Closing the game is a concede, so he already conceded but in a way that freezes your client. There is a bug list on the forums they are going through, but I think there are only a few devs working on the game.
magicfag here that's just curious. Do different types have different play styles like Magic's mana colors or is it just flavor?
>>56678115there used to be some sort of correlation between types and the way they attack>fire types burn (discard) energy>water types have easy access to energy>grass type heal and can be immune to status effectsbut that's mostly in the past now and decks nowadays are just which type has better support to accelerate energies onto your mons and attack faster with higher damageenergies = lands in case you didn't know
anyone else that can't log in?
>>56666052>Arezu can't grab rule boxes, it feels like shit in tinkaton that I swapped to jaq insteadWhat are you using as draw engine?
>>56677106You should already be playing 4 Rare Candy. Chien Pao has been solved for months, there's pretty much only one list at this point.
>>56680042most lists going deep in tournament brackets run 3 candy though?
>ask for help>gets help>declines help
I'm really tempted to go to my local card shop and inquire about their pokemon game nights but something is still holding me back. I just got into the game maybe 2 weeks ago and have been playing live and really want to try paper but I'm nervous about being around new people.
>>56680832ask em online what a typical day is like
>>56680778where are you finding the 4 candy lists then? most of what I see are on 3 without dusk, with only an occasional amount being on 4it does look like a very solved deck with minor changes, but apparently I'm missing a big tournament resource full of quad candy lists
>>56680909I would go in person, to give me an excuse to buy that Mimikyu ETB I've been eyeing (assuming they have it) or some other boosters or maybe an entire deck probably like one of the ones from live or something.
>>56680832>>56680959yea brother you're hopeless, awkward, and probably smell
>>56680832go in on a separate day from when they do pokerman events and chat with the lads at the counter, unless its a shit store they're gonna be open to chatting and ready to answer your millions of questions simplest thing you can do is to simply do
>>56681046maybe if it's the owner but fuck you no I worked at a store and hated people who just stuck around without buying anything. I remember one guy literally told me I couldn't find what I wanted but I have 20 or 30 minutes to spare I'll just stay here with you all while the store was empty god damn it
>>56679979Dudunsparce, so it feels bad getting 1 less evolution. I've just bricked not getting the ex too many times with only Arezu in hand. Been trying a split right now
Fuck it, I'ma pop down to the card store and just look.
>he needs his hand held to go to a storeweak
>>56681113there's a difference between someone loitering around for the sake of it and someone going in to ask twenty questions about a hobby and productthe former are a pain the ass cos they're just getting in the way for sure though
>>56680451>>56680926Play 3 then? Don't ask for help if you're going to act like you already know more than the people offering advice
>>56681250>went to local shop>very small selection of pokemon stuff>don;t seel single cards>ended up buying the ETB I wanted and a trainers tool kitI guess I'll just look at top deck, find one I like then buy all the singles online then go play. if I decide I don't like it it's not a ton of money lost. I've sure as fuck spent way more on less before dropping what ever hobby it was.
>>56681654I'm asking in the first place because I don't know, but I'm confused on why this solved deck has this apparently common ratio change for this one card that im not seeing in most tournament resultsis limitless not updated for a recent tournament that I don't know of?
>>56681923the zard deck is coming out soon and it practically plays itself while being top tier meta after a few additions
>>56681997That's mid Nov right? I plan to buy it but would like to at least try playing in person now so i don't lose interest or whatever.
Is this the collecting thread? Which one do you guys like more? I think left looks way better desu.
>>56683883>Is this the collecting thread?no
>>56683883There's usually a separate collector thread but looking up the catalog it's actually not here at the momentBut also both are good, follow your heart
>>56681163>>56681163Here is my list and a breakdown of some key cardsThis deck likes to go firs but if you go second cleffa refills the hand up to 7.Fan rotom easily sets up the bench with dunceparce and can be a good attacker but it's pretty much useless and wastes bench space most of the game.Ciphermaniac before a dudunceparce or fezandipiti is basically a search 2 of anything.Lacey to recover after a late game hand disruption.Greatball is very useful and versatile, it can search a tinkaton ex or a dudunceparce if you need to draw more specially because you'll have 4 in the deck most of the time, in early game can help to setup plus can be searched easily and it thins the deck wich is great because this deck searchs by brute force.Hyper aroma for 3 dudunceparce to draw up to 9 in a turn.Lucky helmet is self explanatory and I've noticed people try to play around it for some reason and burn a gust card.Also 2 psy energy for tinkatons second attack to bypass mimikyus and similar.
>>56683883A tip, remember to check images of what they look like irl. Sometimes the foil effects make cards look better/worse, compare to just scanned images like those
Well bros just dropped $200 on a Snorlax Stall and a Dragapult Deck.>bro why tI just started playing last week and I have no base line. Also for the time being I bought cards for each deck even if they were duplicates so I don't have to switch shit around (for now). also bought some deck boxes.>have you even plaYes, I've been playing the Snorlax deck and I'll get around to the draga deck but it looked cool. I bought two decks because I want to have a bit of flexibility.I really like the Snorlax stall deck. I absolutely love shit like that. Stall/Control/Mill etc. When the cards will get here only god knows but once they do I'll go play. I got dice, energies and coins so I'm good on that front. What's funny is I got two tournament winning decks for the price of maybe half a MTG deck. It's one of the reasons I never picked up paper MTG but whatever. I also spent a bit more for full art of some ofm the trainers like Iono (1) and Erika.There's a pokemon FB group for my area too so I could probably play every night of the week if I wanted too.Also on limitless when it says "buy deck on TCGplayer" and I click it and a tab opens and immediately closes, is that on my end or their end?
nice blog
>gouging fire promo oneshots the entire prerelease format for three energy on a basic>chienpao's ability removing stadiums and indeedee's ability healing allies means they might give it magma basin for energy accelNot going to be a fun prerelease methinks
>>56684719>buying snorlax to play in personI know you're a magic player so it's natural that nobody likes you but you don't have to go out of your way to exacerbate the problem
>>56685083That's why I bought a second deck.
>>56685001>F reg>in a GH reg pooldoubt
>>56684719good choices but like >>56685083 says people will hate you irl with snorlaxdraga is a nice option to learn to maneuver your deck and win. If you plan on getting the zard deck you can combine them too for a total of 4 decks
I hit arceus once again, but it's not really an accomplishment since everyone gets her nowthat slut
There is no /tccg/I want to put cards in set sequence order in binders. Do people usually use one binder per set? VaultX has set binders, I guess those are probably what I want to get?
then make one, retard
>>56685390I want the lapras sleeves. What deck do I use to climb as fast as possible and how many hours per day do I need to put in? I'm at Greninja rank right now.
>>56686219Just get gud with a deck and play 3-4 matches a day and you'll be there in no time. I've been playing Gardevoir which isn't particularly good right now and it still gets me there just fine.
>>56686294I'm decent with the EUIC Charizard ex deck, I just replaced manaphy-jirachi with rellor-rabsca. I actually find that I never use rabsca, though - even when it's relevant to get it on the board, it gets sniped before I can evolve it. I guess I should update it to something that scored well in a tournament recently?Also, is that 3-4 wins or matches? Is that what you did at the start of the new ladder? What rank did you start on?
if i use mawile's tempting trap and next turn I use alakazam ex's dimensional hand, does it benefit from the extra damage?
What's the counter to Snorlax Stall?
>>56686875it should do, the debuff is on the opponents active, not a buff on your active
the only winning move is not to play
>>56686901Pecharunt ex in a dark deck
>trying to learn this Dragapult deck>faced greninja ex the past 3 gamesFucking amazing
>>56687740>what is Manaphy?
So this Dragapult deck has Sparkling Crystal but it applies to Tera pokemon only and none of the pokemon in this deck are tera, so what am I missing?
>>56688822huh
>>56688822look again
>>56688432What is Manaphy?Although it doesn't sound like that guy was playing against Palkia which is the only deck using Greninja-ex.
>>56688895Ah yeah, there it is.
>>56686700play zard with a dusknoir line and no bench barrier- dusknoir being able to snipe past it makes it pretty irrelevant in SCR format. if you're running rabsca you prob also have pidgeotto and evo tm, you can cut those too for more going first consistency like nest balls and whatnot. hope this helps
>>56688822bot
Hydreigon checkmate sounds like a cool idea but 330hp isn't enough to survive and attack twice.
I want to squeeze a Dusknoir line or two into my Mimikyu deck, but I don't know what I have room to remove, especially as I'll probably want another Rare Candy in there too.Pokémon: 93 Abra TWM 801 Mew ex MEW 1512 Skwovet SVI 1511 Fezandipiti ex SFA 381 Radiant Alakazam SIT 591 Kadabra TWM 812 Alakazam ex PR-SV 503 Mimikyu PAL 971 Alakazam ex MEW 65Trainer: 163 Ultra Ball SVI 1962 Switch SVI 1943 Rare Candy SVI 1912 Earthen Vessel PAR 1632 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 1442 Professor's Research PAF 884 Arven PAF 2352 Iono PAL 1852 Super Rod PAL 1881 Maximum Belt TEF 1544 Nest Ball SVI 1811 Kieran TWM 2062 Tulip PAR 1811 Kieran TWM 154 PH2 Bravery Charm PAL 1733 Boss's Orders PAL 172Energy: 19 Basic {P} Energy SVE 5Total Cards: 60
Taking more than 2 prizes at once feels so satisfying.
kwaf
>>56692035Never ever been threatened by this deck desu
>>56692040Yeah most of the time Klawf feels too slow and too weak if you're not playing a one prize deck or a Colorless deck
just started playin again after about a year. seems like with these new sets, the developers actually cut down on the power creep. I like that. stage 2 two prize pokemon makes way more sense.
>>56692092Good timing early this year we had the most bullshit op power creep deck like you never imagined before.
How does limitless calculate card prices? Do they go off the cheapest, most beat to shit card or one in a decent condition? The prices seem way different on that site vs what's actually on TCG
I haven't played since XYThe HP bloat and powercreep is fucking abhorrent good lord
>bought Dragapult deck yesterday to play paper>never played it in game>import it to the game>deck fucking sucks>can't do shit with it>sparkling crystal doesn't do shit since Draga isn't a tera>turns out IT IS a tera>just had to click the attack which for some fucking reason I didn't bother to check because I didn't see "Tera">been playing it today with this realization>night and day differenceIn my defense I've only been playing a week.
>>56693452
Snorlax stall is so much fun
>>56693448its actually cooled off since the tag\team era>>56692023im going to slap briar in the face next time i see herdid scoop the nice tiddy full art for cheap at a local store here though
>>56694506>>56694506i will find you and i will fuck you with a rake
>>56693448Does this deck work?
>>56633360I would 100% print fakecards just to fuck around.
>>56694506You suck
I understand why people are bitching about dusknoir now>Be dragapult going 1st>Turn 2>Dusclops their dreepy>Counter catcher up another dreepy>Dusknoir their 3rd dreepy>Dragapult kill the other 2 with phantom dive>They have nothing but a tatsuguri and rotom on board now>They literally didn't even have a chance to play the game despite starting 3 dreepy on board turn 1Even gastrodon wouldn't have done anything there, this was turn 2 before they could even evolve anything. I see why it's a bit ridiculous
>>56694927>not charizardim guess prob not
>>56694989have you tried NOT running dreepy? kek>spams manaphy dodging 60dmg every turnYOU GET WHAT YOU FUCKING DESERVE
>>56694927It's been working well for meAfter this match I'll post my adjusted version I did an hour ago
>>56694989for you to pull that kind of turn you need a monstrous hand, and they need to brick pretty hard
>>566950233 Okidogi ex SFA 362 Munkidori TWM 951 Pecharunt ex SFA 391 Radiant Hisuian Sneasler LOR 1233 Brute Bonnet PAR 1234 Dark Patch ASR 1392 Earthen Vessel PAR 1632 Iono PAL 1854 Janine's Secret Art SFA 592 Super Rod PAL 1882 Town Store OBF 1962 Energy Search CRZ 1282 Professor's Research SVI 1894 Binding Mochi SFA 552 Carmine TWM 1454 Ancient Booster Energy Capsule PAR 1592 Boss's Orders PAL 1722 Atticus PAF 7712 Basic {D} Energy Energy 154 Luminous Energy PAL 191Total Cards: 60
>>56695097Been trying to make okidogi work but it hasn't been going well. I might give your list a try.Tbh though in surprised you only have one pecha ex and that this strategy isint too thin with the brute bonnets needing the capsules
>>56695092They didn't brick at all, they started tatsu got arven for poffin. Pretty ideal start for a dragapult but yeah my hand was pretty great, they didn't iono my rotom draws away. still for it to be possible to donk 3 dreepy like that before they can even retaliate is really degenerate. i could've even went for rotom with counter catch for 4 prize turn but that would leave a dreepy up giving them a chance
How does dragapult do in paper? I bought it as one of my first decks and seeing how it plays in Live I thinking I messed up.
Did someone says dustnoir?
>>56695622Hydreigon should opt more for binding mochi poison to 240 ohko basics while discarding, then have neo upper as a potential finisher. Not be the entire point of the deck. Vs bolt you otherwise just lose because their entire board is fucking immune to bench damage because lol teras
Do you prefer ranked or normals?
>>56695889Normal if I'm doing some rando deck for daily quest or if it's clearly off meta shit. Anything meta I take to ranked though
>>56695765Just snipe the bolts on the bench
>>56695189I might get another Pecha ex at some point.I don't really use him much though. Or rather, I don't get the chance to with how quickly Okidogi can set up.
>>56695622What do you do if your Pecha or Bidoof get prized? I know you can still have both prized with backups but there's less chance.
>>56693448Where the fuck are your balls? How do you even get your mons out? Cut useless supporters and put more items in there.
>>56695021>>spams manaphy dodging 60dmg every turnThis retard never reads the cards LOOOOOL
>>56696063>just take 2 turns to KO 2 mons while they one-shot your Hydreigons turn after turnIt can't even two-shot Bolts if they got Ancient Booster on them
>>56696743Based bolt wins again
>>56696743The bolt match up is pretty awful for hydreigon regardless, ogerpon can ohko it much like charizard since the grass weakness
I just got pic related from a sale, how I upgrade it?
>>56697766That rotated out like over a year ago, did you mean to get the gardevoir ex deck instead?
>>56697766Have fun playing Expanded
>>56697877The power creep in this game is so bad that I don't even understand how expanded exists
>buying cards on TCGplayer>Cost: $5>Shipping:$25
this fucking jackass played ironthorns ex deck and hit 4/4 crushing hammer coin flips. dumb faggot
go outside nigger
>>56697822>>56697877>Implying I play LIVEIs to play with my cousin IRL and they don't care about "formats".
>>56698178i still won that somehow LOOOOOL get fucked
Pidgeot Control decks are fun
nobody asked
I asked
When you show up to play in person at a local shop how do you find people to match against? Do you just ask random people like "next game"? Is there brackets or do you just sit and wait for people to come to you? Is there anything to ask prior to playing? Do you need to narrate everything you're doing or just like "I'm activating this ability, I am attacking" etc?
>bot's first irl gameLMAOOO
I cannot imagine being this helpless and needing to have your hand held this much. There's an influx of people in these threads lately that seem completely non-functional as human beings.
they need to go back to their website ong
>>56698580There's a tournament organizer program that automatically pairs people ever round. If you lose in round 1, you get paired against someone who also lost in round 1. If you win round, you get paired with another 1-1 record in round 3.Yes, you should tell people what you're doing when you play your cards. You can't just sit there like a mute autist while playing with another person.Go in, pay, and give them your name. If you don't already have a player ID, they'll make you one. The TO will handle everything else. Just play your matches.
not sure why you fags are bullying him this much, thats an honest question. if you've never been to an irl event you wouldn't know how it plays out. nothing wrong with asking about etiquette to not embarrass yourself
Prepared to get bullied nerd
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