Get 'em while they're young EditionPrevious: >>56900932>Friend ID Surveyhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScx82fFuZO5JSneihERecx5UKEJv42EGQKYZM3flPh_ERIa-A/viewform?usp=sf_link>Friend ID Sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DGhOfaMX6D_YUR-P39_OJdVmAl0uacohIRstE9oN9SQ/edit?usp=sharing>Tournament results/decklistshttps://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournaments/completed?game=POCKET&format=all&platform=all&type=online&time=4weeks>Upcoming events/datamines/schedule: https://pocket.codex.gg/news/schedule/
>>56903167We need some way to convert energy to whatever color you want and then we can fix ditto, 70 HP is still abysmal though.Ditto ex time?>110 HP>when you add an energy to this pokemon, you may convert it to be any energy that you wish,Though decks are monotype anyway.Maybe a 1 cost attack that ramps an energy of your choice?
Why is poison dark typeWhere is fairy typeWhy are there no resistancesOtherwise, it fun I like
>>56903194You're right, Poison should be Grass or Psychic
>>56903185Unfortunate m8
>>56903191I think 70HP is fair, with the need to still attach 4 energy it could be a cool glass cannon card.Needs a buff in some way because it will never ever be used as is.
>>56903202How many games did it takes you to make this webm?
>>56903202Interesting that it works on the benchies too.
A literal deterrence weapon
>>56903218What happened here
They should make packs available every 6 hours
>>56903229Agreed. The odds are bad enough that they won't lose money.
>>56903223In my experience, a 0-prize victory for me means only one thing
>>56903229Probably one of those levers they pull when the game starts to die or they want players to come back
>>56903223I followed the flowchart and spent the early turns pumping Char through a Moltres and evolving. Then switched in the to the mon they were building with X-speed and the game was effectively over without me doing any damage. An all too common occurrence.
Chances of free rolls on new set release?
>Zard deck>Starmie/Greninja deck>Exeggutor/Victreebel deck>Machamp/Primeape deckNyes, I was only opening the Zard packs.
>>56903194>>56903201Beautiful, isn't it?
>>56903257thanks doc
Am I missing something or does this game not have guaranteed rarity upon opening packs by certain amounts?
>yesterday get immersive Pikachu EX from a random pack.>Today this happens.I am scared...
>>56903272Most gachas either have pity(random rarity guaranteed after X roll) or sparks(you accumulate points when rolling to buy your target).There's no pity because there's a spark system instead.
>>56903272Pack points or bust kiddo
>4 rotated packsFuck, which one should I pick
Just another shitty day in my nigger life
havent used the last 5 threads because i got sick, did i miss anything? any datamines?
>>56903294they're all the same
>>56903307shadow exeggutor delayed by 2 more weeks
>>56903308>2nd EXeggutorWell, I wanted to try Egg-Saur variant of grass deck anyways, so it could be worse. Especially since my last 5 packs had 1-2 diamond shit only
What's the point of being given thanks after a match? I never get anything
>>56903307>picON ITS SIDE
Jesus christ.Genuinely what are the odds?
>>56903337Hoe a card with that number of energy attached looks? I guess is a "water energy iconx17" icon?
>>56903340Yeah. The 'uno had one energy already so it was 18x and I added that turn's energy to my Lapras. My opponent didn't even concede either, bless their heart. I added them after the match. I thought I was having a stroke so I can only imagine what they were thinking.
>>56903340>How does a card look with that amount of energy attached?That's the correct way to ask that question, FYI
>>569033370,0004%Low, but not insane.
>>56903319trans ticketsyou can only get 5 per day so don't claim all
>>56903337I lost a pvp match because I didn’t get a single water energy for Dragonite in 10 turns.
>>56903352wait it's not 50/50?
>>56903194> fairy typewe don't talk about it here
>>56903363It's 0.5^(17+1) to get exactly that sequence of throws.
>>56903383oh I was just counting the 17 heads kek
>>56903359>5technically 6, with the free one you get from the store
>>56903194When Dragon type was reworked into being a gimmick type without weakness or resistances Fairy became irrelevant so all fairy mons are now psychic type.
Which color is better?
>>56903447left is way hotter
>oh boy, time to open 2 packs for the day!>it's two 2-diamonds and the rest is 1-diamond>already have them in dupes while I still lack on most 1-D or 2-DOh well
>>56903470Favorite partners for this guy?I’m running him with Frosmoth, Zebstrika, and Snorlax. Zebstrika doesn’t seem to provide as much value though.
>>56903470Sounds like me, though I open them twice per day, to double the disappointment
>>56903473I've tried Dragonite with lots of different support and I find Weezing or Pidgeot to work the best
>>56903470Your luck will probably balance out. I had the same for about a week, but in the last three days, I’ve pulled two 2star rarities from zard packs. The game can’t even upset me with the full art blaine because I think it’s funny. If only I could pull ninetales…
My favorite thing about early stages of games like these is seeing shit that we've completely cast off as irrelevant become important later. I can see a supporter card that guarantees at least one heads or Double Colorless energy making Lickitung into a meta threat or literally anything to help Metal
post em. Mewtwo, why do you hate me?For the retards: google "pokemon pocket tracker." It's on reddit. For the giga-retards: make a copy of the sheet to your drive and fill it out manually. It takes like 3 or 4 minutes.
>>56903500Or those cards get powercrept to irrelevance. A literal coinflip
>>56903305>>56891458
>>56903447Blue is a nice contrasting color to her hair and, to a lesser extent, her skin color. Yellow blends in too much and becomes bland and mushy. Moreover, Blue and Orange are complementary colors, so left is factually the correct answer.t. color theory, bitch
How much burger bucks for 10 packs?What bundles are the best value?
>>56903548>best value?The monthly sub. It's like 35 cents per pack. You just gotta wait 24 hours in between each pack.
>>56903527I'm not doing alla that
I want a friend into pokemon who can rail my favorites and who I can trade my waifucards once Pokemon Pocket allows trading
>>56903548A pack is 6 gold so picrel is slightly under what you need for it. Not including the monthly sub and discounted bundles the best deal would be the most expensive option which is common in most gacha.
>>56903564I want a friend into pokemon that I can rail
>>56903583
Just installed this on Bluestacks since they don't have a 32bit version for my phone, works fine.
>>56903583I didn't ask for all that
>>56903589I can't get it to work for me on BlueStacks
>>56903593Try changing the graphics renderer to Vulkan. First try might give you a black screen, but second should work.
>>56903527>"Might as well do it, let's check it out">1. Create your account: Sign up to get started.Ha ha no
>>56903586There's nothing gay about listening to Elton John's excellent music.
>>56903601
>>56903527My brother in Christ, isn't this in game? You click the toggle.
>>56903599>doesn't have a gmailReally? I've had to make like 3 for different jobs I've had.
>>56903564Who are your favorites?
>>56903607You don't have to kiss him to listen to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, dude.
>>56903280I hate you.
flairs are stupid
>lose first game of the day>game then matches me up with someone with no wins in the eventFUCK YOUR PITY IM GOING UNTIL I BEAT SOMEONE WITH WINS
>>56903614Too many to count so I'll do 1 from each region, Misty, Whitney, May, Dawn, Roxie, Bonnie, Acerola, Lusamine, and Penny
This match did not go well.
>>56903610That just shows holes in your collection. I'm a numbersfag when it comes to stuff like this, so I like the more in-depth view.
>Lapras already exists>gets an EX through an eventI’m gonna wager the main way existing cards get upgraded into EX is events. Sure there’s only one so far, but it makes too much sense to me.
>>56903635Good taste. Would love to rail Lusamine, Whitney, and May.
>tfw magmar and slectabuzz suckBlaine’s boober when?
>>56903654Nice, wanna add me on discord?
>>56903633Most of them are generic sparkles so it sucks
>>56903675
>>56903684now post the fujoshi one
>>56903686I don't have it :(
>>56903633>>56903678>he doesn't poke flair his pokeballs
Can I ask the developer for a dark mode or something christ
>>56903698How many shop tix would that take?
>>569037064 tickets for the original 2 (which you probably already have) and another 6 tickets for the flair.
>>56903706>>56903715I forgot my pic. Here are what all of the flairs look like for the promos.
Where my top-right GODS at?Now I just need 1 or 2 Zapdos and I have Pikachu ready to play with.t. Mewtwo faggot
>>56903718Flair is so underwhelming. Like they didnt even give th slightest thought to some of them.>meowth doesnt have flair that has coins exploding
>>56903737Pikachu is the most important pokémon of all time please understand
>>56903737For the most part, I agree. Some of them are cool, though. I thought it was all shit until I saw the pokeball/pokeball flair.
>>56901411Wait, so I can choose the languatwhen I craft? How do I do?
>>56903785Language when*
>>56903598It started up but keeps closing for some reason. Maybe my laptop is just too old and shitty for it
>>56903185I have no idea what's going on in this comic.
>>56903801You have to be over 18 to post here. Get out of here, kid. This place is rife with pedos.
>>56903801Sabrina snatches the a Pikachu benched behind a fat Articuno so the opposing Pikachu can zap itjust like my bidya gaymes
>>56903801Pikachu vs Articuno with 2 Staryus on the benchSabrina one of those Staryus to be activePikachu kills the active Staryu
>>56903810>Pikachu benchedStarmy*
>>56903808Idiot
>>56903814Staryu*FUCK
>>56903817See? Here's one now. Put your trip code back on, Cabin-kun.
>one minute left for my daily pass pack>pass pack is ready>open a pack>"An error has occurred">kicks me out to the title screen>pass is overThat's so fucking scummy. Well, that's it for me then.
>>56903826You still get the cards. Sort your collection by recent to see if you got anything new
>>56903185
*unsubscribe the premium* thanks for the free Mewtwo sleeve kiddo
>>56903835Nope, didn't get them. As soon as I tapped on Open a Pack, it gave me the error and kicked me out. I just checked my cards and the most recent ones are the promo ones from the event which I had opened right before trying to open the pass pack. Whatever, it was bound to happen anyway and I refuse to give DeNA my money, so it's back to waiting 12 hours for my next dose of "content".
>>56903634>trophylet can't make it to 45NGMI
>mfw mewtwo getting gassed by wheezing
>>56903847Best thing I could suggest is contacting customer support. They very likely could send you a pack through the gift service. I've had similar instances happen a few times in other gacha like FEH
>retards on social media are apparently practicing their coin tossesJesus Christ humans are stupid. Any dev would just make it irrespective of the flight path. Programming a flight path is both retarded and more difficult. Lmao.
>>56903801Play pocket and you will understand why staryus must be killed off ASAP.
>>56903863Do NOT fart on my wife
swear to god I havent seen a misty flip a single head this week against me and I played a lot of games, what the hell is going on
>makes cardlets seethe
Has any of you goobers actually bought the subscription?$11(equivalent in my country). For a fucking monlthy gacha is insane.All you get is one extra draw and a 20th currency type to juggle.Wtf
>>56903916it's 30 packs and some monthly cosmetics for 11 bucks, fairly cheap and no battle pass bullshitif you're poor it's probably not a good deal I guess
Sorta unrelated question, but why did the gba not have a tcg game? Yugioh dominated that handheld unless you knew about duel masters.
>>56903916Paying money for digital cardboard is always a losing game, but even then it is a pretty bad valueI'd only consider paying if I was terminally addicted to this game and enjoyed getting abused by DENA
>>56903916Yes then i cancelled for 14 days freeCant you read?
>your opponent did not return in timeI think this is the second rage quit I’ve had, why not just concede?
>>56903903Mewtwo is sharp and angular, giving him a bubble butt is just insulting and off model
>>56903933probably just closed the app on you
>just need regular blastoise ex to finish the pikachu packs>lol here's a 4th immersive art rare PikachuIF I SEE THAT DAMN RAT ONE MORE TIME
>>56903933Force closing the app is a quicker way to leave the game than conceding the match if you're mad enough that you don't intend to play another game
>>56903646I want to run a Nido deck too anon, is it fun? Aside from that match where you were fucked from the outset lol.
>>56903916The pass is the best option in terms of price, 30 packs through the whole month, exclusive cards and accessories compared to what you get for buying PokeGold. On the other hand, you're paying for digital cards that will eventually disappear once the game reaches EoS and the cards might get rotated in the future so older packs might become completely useless in terms of deckbuilding.Its up to you, but personally I would never spend money on live service games, let alone developed by DeNA.
>>56903935His abs and face might be sharp but mewtwo is a SLUT with a DUMP TRUCK
>>56903886>>retards on social media are apparently practicing their coin tossesI mean, the coin tosses do act in a way that makes you think you can have influence over them...but yeah that's dumb.
>>56903413I really dig what they did. When they added fairy type cards, you had dark, steel, dragon, electric, and fire that all had one type in them, and the others were over saturated. Combining poison into dark as the "bad guy" color makes sense, and fairy into psychic makes it the "mystic" color. Dragon being dual type energy based makes it so other types like fire or electric have energy uses that aren't that one type. The system makes sense imo
Are the chansey picks worth the point investment?
>>56903983The Chansey/Meowth promo event is only worth it if you haven’t cleaned out the shop yet. Though the free one is free mats, you’d be dumb if you aren’t pulling it anyways.
>>56903983Only if you want flair for those cards for some reason
>have added several people the last week pulling 2 star god packs>still not seen a single one in wonder pickThis game is fucking rigged.
>>56903975>makes you think you can have influence over themAnybody with an iq higher than 90 should be able to recognize that the coins do whatever the fuck they want after the first flip, which means that none of them are in your control. Then again, they are addicted to social mediam so of course they're retarded. I heard about some guy on instagram measuring packs with a ruler because apparently the larger ones have have rares.
>>56903916>only 30 more packs versus 60 free per month>already did all the premium missions anywayMaybe next month and the premium stuff is good
>>56903971>hisR u gay?
>>56903997>>56903999Gotcha, also, should I get extra copies of X Speed and Potion? I only have one of each from the tutorials and decklists ask for two of each, there's no other way of getting them, is it?
>>56904031Yeah those are an insta buy from the shop, the rest you can hoard for pack pulls
>>56903915Crown cards are ugly I don't care if they're rare
>>56904017God packs don't appear in wonder tradesPut in in OP or something because I see people repeating same shit every thread
>>56904019>I heard about some guy on instagram measuring packs with a ruler because apparently the larger ones have have rares.they should be using mini scales anyway to find the heavy packs.
>>56904056Agreed. I’d rather pull immersives than crowns any day
>>56904057You are wrong. They can if they don't contain cards over 2 gold star rarity.
Just got my first Misty thanks to wonder trade
What happens if you use Magneton ability in a deck that doesn't use lightning energy? I don't have it so I can't try. I suppose it doesn't work but since they don't really explain how the energy zone work maybe it just generates one lightning energy out of thin air and you could technically splash it in another mono energy deck.
>>56904104I'm guessing it just makes electric energy anyways, but sort of a neat question.
>>56903949it's surprisingly versatile but high commitment in more than one wayI played it with one or two kangashkans to serve as early walls, they do a fantastic job giving you the time you need to set up.the issue is you have to run so many pokemons you don't have any room for trainer beside oaks, balls and escape pills so it's a bit too honest for its own good
>>56904104It specifically says lightning energy in the ability description anon
>>56903916The only time I would pay is when I complete a collection of apex pack and they offer me to buy a physical version of my in-game cards.
>>56903185Bros....
Thinking about Lickitung…
>>56904104same thing that happens when you play misty without having a zone that generates water
Moltres EX is so strong. Its a shame there isn't a godly stage 1 red Mon to go with it. I saw someone playing sizzlepeedo and it didn't seem absolutely terrible. Sorry zardtards but your deck isn't good enough. Maybe adding fossils will help though idk only seen one person do that. Makes lots of sense theory-wise though
>>56904135centiskorch is literally just better than charizard in this meta, mewtwo is the only matchup where charizard's damage actually matters and you can play around that given how slow and predictable mewtwo is
>>56904135and with Arcanine EX ?
>>56904122It’s only $10 bro
>>56904104Tested. It works as expected. Splash away.
>>56904135Yeah Moltres/Sizzle is a good combo. everyone plays zard/moltres because of course>MUH CHARIZARDbut the 200 damage from charizard is the only way you can one shot stuff like mewtwo ex before it destroys you.
>>56904144arcanine ex rapes pikachu and feels terrible against most other things, not being able to one shot moltres and articuno is a huge deal
Is a good thing craft points exist. Otherwise, i would have dropped this shit already
>>56904163i was finally able to finish by charizard/moltres deck because of craft points. i needed that last charmeleon.
>>56904135use Arcanine anonbro
So Pikafags,What are we thinking as our build these days?Some thoughts I have so far :One Zapdos Ex makes a lot of senseVoltorb electrode seems most consistentThe Paralyze basic Mon actually seems quite goodZebra does lots of damageI've even considered just playing themselves 1 of the electric eel BC the stats are decent.Raichu also seems not terrible and Lt surge can do some tricky stuff.I find it very interesting the tournament results have everything except the electric ell so far from what I can tell.
>>56904184First stage of the electric eel*
>>56904150This is funny but feels pointless since Mag is mostly only good as a battery for Surge mons
>>56904184>our
>>56904150Ok then, so all these cards can be run in any deck. I'm scared for the power we have unlocked.
>>56904104The problem is the stats are shit and the payoff blowsMagnezone or an ex version when? I fucking loved this pokemon
>>56904193(I'm actually the mewtwo faggot but I've been trying to get pika and I'm almost there. You can tell because I'm a phone-posting faggot who doesn't spell check)
>>56904130>>56904150Thanks, and I also tried with Misty it also worked. So when a card say you take an energy from you energy zone it generate any energy not just the one you choose during deck building.
>>56904184https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=pokemon+pocket+pikachu+deckGo back.
>>56904199I've seen a weezing golem deck that only played darkness and just used Brock to power up the punch since it only needs one fighting
>>56904199I guess you can splash a single Water mon in any deck + a Misty, and if you have a way of moving that energy then you'll be set. Not particularly useful at the moment except for Surge, though, I suppose.
Now what?
>>56904235Get a better deck so it doesn't take you this long and do the remaining 5.
>>56904212I'm aware of the lists retard-kun. My whole point is there's a ton of different builds with good results, so I'd like to hear the input from some experienced pikafags.
>>56904235Wait until next month for the new event or make a bunch of for fun decks to play in the eventHalf of the 45 win bros I see are on meme off meta decks
>>56904202Bro, your Surge? Surprise Raichu in Misty deck will be the new meta.
>>56904235I'm in the same place. Going to get more cards to do the remaining using meme decks.
>>56904229Yeah, I look up to see if there was a water Pokemon that only used colorless energy so it would not be totally useless when Misty fail, but you only have Swanna as a fully evolved mon. But it's a good thing to know for the future.
>>56904244What remaining 5?
>>56903654>>56903564>>56903577Can you trannies keep your faggot gay loli cuck rp out of the damn thread? Majority of us want to talk about the game and cards. This is why you faggots are hated. Your homo shit is off topic. Fuck off.
>>56904227I was thinking about that and it explains why Golem is only 1 fighting energy. I still think the 3 remaining energy is too much to stall for.>>56904229It would be nice if something other than surge would let you move energy.Gardevoir can Power itself and any other Psychic so you can splash it along with a Psychic into any deck. Magneton can power itself and transfer with Surge to Raichu, Electrode, or Electabuzz. I think the other Pokemon and Surge might be too much but it just makes Magneton more splashable than I previously thought. Brock can splash Golem, and Misty can splash any water type. The main issue with Gardevoir and Magneton is that their previous forms require energy of their type so those strategies are purely bench backups. Maybe the strategy will pan out once more cards come out.
thinking about card netorare
>>56903413Make dragon colorless again, it's functionally the same.
>>56904235get to 50
>>56904297Feel like letting you shift around energy willy-nilly could be dangerous, meta-wise. We're already seeing some shit on that front.
>>56904318It doesn't go up anymore you retard
>>56904251nta but I have fossils and I don't like them with Pikachu. have to get around to changing it but I'm usually playing koga.I like Zapdos ex with him. missing a raichu to try the surge version.
>>56904322ok
Wtf is up with that wing, can't believe this is an Ariga cart
EVERY FUCKING GAME IS LOST ON TURN 1 BECAUSE THE OPPONENT GETS 15 HEADS ON MISTY WHILE I CANT EVEN DRAW ANYTHING BUT FUCKING FODDER
>>56904321Surge is not that dangerous and one or two cards for experimenting would be fun. I'm not saying the game should revolve around this niche strategy. All these cards are better in monotype, this is just fun splash fun.
>>56904310Everytime you get sabrinad, your main pokemon is getting cucked and has to watch the other guy rail your other pokemon
>>56904294
>>56904251>theorycrafts a deck>doesn't bother trying anything out himself>asks for opinions from the hivemind and do the hard work for himHow about you grow a pair of balls and make a decision for yourself? You know the best way to learn how to make a deck is to actually play the game. Keep netdecking all you want, but you'll never get results if you don't actually learn what works and doesn't for yourself.
>Opponent loses>give thanks>opponent wins>give thanks>opponent uses pikachu deck>give thanks>opponent uses mewtwo deck>give thanks>opponent gives dragonite deck>give thanks>opponent uses misty deck>give thanks>opponent cums on my card >give thanks>opponent timestalls>give thanks>opponent concedes>give thanks>opponent uses charizard deck>give thankscalm down edgelord its called KIND BEHAVIOR
>>56904184If you look at the matchups the Raichu variant has the best winrate ~60% vs other Pikachu decks and considering Pikachu is one of the most popular decks that should give it the slight edge overall.Despite all the memes Pikachu is objectively the most interesting deck with the most variations.
>>56904346>netdeckingLmao. Sorry I even responded to you. Didn't realize you're retarded. In professional TCG circles we always laugh at how everyone who uses that term is absolutely terrible.
Any decent decks for this bad boy?He kinda sucks and only have 1 ex copy.
>>56904359no he kinda blowssorry dude
>>56904359Gengar is bad. Sorry anon
>>56904359Gengar is good for gay sexing
>>56904359spooky shot on that gengussy
>>56904359It's all cope decksCan be good later tho, and it doesn't mean you can't play him anyways, I think I went on a 10 game losing streak in the event trying to make gengar work kek
>>56904348based as fuck
Got my 45 wins. Never touching this dogshit RNG fest PVP ever again.
>>56904358>In professional TCG circles
>>56904349Raichu is sneaky good, one shots most things and even mew with gio, I'm pretty sure there's a budget electric deck with no ex that goes all in on surge and magnebro
>>56904322There's a dust mission left
>>56904346>T. Trash at every card game he's ever played
>>56904361>>56904362>>56904368>>56904376
>>56904348I respect your decision but if you get turn one Articuno then I will fantasize hitting you over the head with a frying pan
>>56904403I want to sex this Gengar so he feels better
>>56904380You mean you're not going to touch it until the next event
>>56904403Gay sexing Gengar is a good thing!
>>56904359if we get something like poke breeder or rare candy yeah there'll be a couple decks you can use with him
>>56904135>too bad there isn't a godly stage 1 red Mon to go with it
>>56904358Not as much as we laugh at you.
>>56904413I got my bragging rights gold emblem. I don't need any more. The bronze games are fun. Silver and gold are filled with sweatlords with perfect meta decks. The worst part is they actually have enough brain to navigate this dumbed down children's card battler game without making egregious mistakes, so it's all down to hoping you draw the right cards/land heads enough times and they don't. It's dogshit. Pure RNG.
>>56904432Oh no, losers are laughing at me. What ever will I do. Noooo please stop.
>>56903280I also got that Charizard today + Zapdos EX from a wonder pick
People saying this game is pure RnG are delusional and likely low IQ
>>56904359My sub 100hp decks die to Gengar but if you can survive his attack you can usually revenge kill him. I still think he can be a menace if you get him out early.
>>56904439Continue to cry like a bitch, obviously.
>>56904447>literal coin flips decide most thingslol nta but cum the fug awn
>>56904439>comes to losers to ask for their opinions>pretends to not care about their opinionskek go back to your "professional tcg circles" then
>>56904449(you) are the one crying about le ebil tryhard netdeckoors
>>56904447>>56904452I cycle between 3 decks and don't have a single coin flip in any of them. Except the turn 1 flip...
>>56904452That is true for only for Misty and Bonehead, and your opponent can still punt the game if they sequence things incorrectly
>>56904447>get hypnoed>4 flips in a rowyeah great fucking game
>>56904455>n-no u!lmao
>>56904448Gengar himself is fine. 100 damage for 3 is playable. The issue with most of these stage 2 lines is the stage 1 pokemon. Machamp is the only line with a stage 2 that's actually playable. Everything else is an 80/90 HP liability.
>>56904454I only know one other buddy playing this game. I cant understand casuals who don't try to win, but I certainly will NEVER understand how these people think they're above the people trying to win. Maybe competitive games aren't your speed kiddo.
>>56904447I have an IQ above 130 (means in actuality nothing) and I am of the opinion that this game is pure RNG.
>>569043592x gastly2x haunter2x gengar EX1x drowzee1x hypno1x jynx2x potion2x pokeball2x oak2x giovanni2x sabrinaI've been having mild success with this.
>>56904346not asking for opinions when making a deck is retarded. the best decks are made by multiple people building on another persons lists/opinions
>>56904472Sorry I forgot I complained about ebil netdeckers. You got me good.
>>56904478Forgot 1x speed
>>56904479
>Heliolisk >Golbat >Mienshao Any other splashable mons that only need colorless energy?
>they're already making botshttps://github.com/AdriaGual/pokemon-pocket-bot
>>56904488okay name me five pocket decks made by a single person
>>56904477Well mine is legitimately 150+ (I exhausted the 3 tests I took) and I can assure you theres lots of room to outplay your opponents. Every card game has lots of variance though. Boiling it down exclusively to one or the other is patently incorrect.
Do I get cards in other languages if I simply switch the language setting? Do you think cards in other languages be worth more than plain english when trading arrives?
>>56904484>he's still seething
>>56904494Historically in MTG, Japanese cards demand more value in America and English demand more value in Japan. No idea what the player distribution in this game is.
>>56904468Have you tried blowing on the screen?
>Finally got my first EX ZapdosAt last, i see the light in my journey towards a Pikachu Deck. One more Zapdos and Pika to go
>>56904426Centiskorch is so cool
>>56904490You get exp for winning, which nets you free packs. Of course there were going to be bots.
I wish this general was on /tg/ so I see less shitters crying about how they suck dick at the game and blaming the game for their shit decisionsJust get gud pussies
>>56904474You're right, I hope evos get more support, if not for survivability for searchability. It sucks getting stuck on your unevolved 60HP basic when going against a 150HP basic EX.
I'm missing a moltrex in my zard deck what I can fill the spot with?
>>56904508He hits some good damage thresholds. Can't oneshot a zard or a Mewtwo but he should beat them in setting up on average.
>>56904476>>56904479You're missing the point of the first post, my dude.>doesn't bother trying the deck>wants other people to just give them their experiences so he can skip to the finalized productI'll say it again, redditor. Try the deck for yourself. Throw whatever shit you want into the deck and find out what works. Try thinking for once. What felt good and what didn't? What slowed you down? Are there any alternatives that are faster/cheaper/stronger? What are the trade-offs? Figure this shit out instead of asking for strangers to spoonfeed you. Holy shit, how do you even enjoy the game if you don't want to play it? Are you honestly telling me that pro-players never try their own shit out and just wait for a bunch of nerds on /vp/ to theorycraft for them, Mr. "Professional TCG Cicle"?There, I even put breaks in between each sentence to help with your reading comprehension.
>>56904526>calling anyone a redditor with this amount of reddit spacing
>>56904526nigga no one wants to read your reddit formatting
>>56904492>give me your intellectual property for free
>>56904506You dont need Zapdos in a Pika deck. It honestly slows the whole fucking deck down having to build up 3 energy for coin flips.2x Pika EX2x Blitzle2x Zebstrika2x Voltorb2x Electrode10x Supportersez
>>56904515>git gudNo. I let the coin win or lose for me.
>>56904474This is very true and a big part of why 2 most 2 stage mons are bad. Bad stats on the base and/or second form.
>>56904526Call me a nigger Jew faggot and I won't care, but call me a redditor, and I will hate you until the day I die.
>>56904534>reddit spacing>>56904534>reddit formatting Read the last sentence. >There, I even put breaks in between each sentence to help with your reading comprehension.
>>56904436Welcome to card games enjoy your stay
>>56904526>presumably an adult typed this
>>56904526I'm the guy who made the absolute best Mewtwo decklist tho?
>>56904522A cope basic fatty with 100+ health to stall
>>56904540>You dont need Zapdos in a Pika deckIt’s the only thing patching up the deck’s overall squishiness and low late-game damage. Zapdos is there to be a chunky basic with a low retreat cost.
>>56904461Doesn't mean much if the opponent is an Articuno with either 3+ energy or 0 on turn 1. Zapdos EX can either do 200 damage or 0. Shit like that quite literally just luck. It's pure luck whether you get your Gardevoir, or your EX, or any fucking Pokemon. You can start off with your basic Pokemon and draw nothing but trainer cards until you get 2 Pokeballs at the very end from your last Professor's Research. Statistically unlikely sure. But it's not impossible, because this game is completely random in the end. All you can do is hope the opponent makes enough mistakes to offset their given advantage, alternatively avoid making enough mistakes to give up your given advantage. It's not a balanced game. You're not going in with an equal chance of winning. You can't go into a match with worse RNG on your side and snatch victory from them by "playing better". You have to rely on your opponent to make enough mistakes that they throw. The onus is not on you. The onus is always on the guy with the better luck.
>>56904504Well, these types of games tend to have bigger playerbases in Japan than they do in america meaning higher supply of JP cards and less of ENG cards, maybe english will be slightly better for trading in that regard.The issue, though, is that MTG is an american TCG, so it makes sense for JP player wanting the original versions of each card rather than the localized versions, but this game is Japanese, so that appeal of owning the original version of the card doesn't exist and that may impact whether or not nips want the ENG cards or not.I'm also curious about what will be of other languages like french, german and spanish.
>>56904549>Read the last sentence.no lol. the spaces in your post are annoying to look at
>>56903564Hot but I'm also a cuck so I can't
>>56904526fresh pasta just dropped
>>56904572I have literally won games with Mewtwo without hitting a mewtwo BC I played well and my opponent played poorly. This is cope from the retarded.
>>56904584You're missing the point of the first post, my dude.>doesn't bother trying the deck>wants other people to just give them their experiences so he can skip to the finalized productI'll say it again, redditor. Try the deck for yourself. Throw whatever shit you want into the deck and find out what works. Try thinking for once. What felt good and what didn't? What slowed you down? Are there any alternatives that are faster/cheaper/stronger? What are the trade-offs? Figure this shit out instead of asking for strangers to spoonfeed you. Holy shit, how do you even enjoy the game if you don't want to play it? Are you honestly telling me that pro-players never try their own shit out and just wait for a bunch of nerds on /vp/ to theorycraft for them, Mr. "Professional TCG Cicle"?There, I even put breaks in between each sentence to help with your reading comprehension.
>>56904585So the opponent made enough mistakes that they gave up their given advantage. You didn't snatch victory from them. They threw it away. You didn't have agency. What is it about my post you don't understand?
You all talking about this baby game so I've got some real advice for you all.https://x.com/breaking911/status/1856411323355279361?s=46
>>56904594Being able to play well is the same as being able to play badly retard-kun
>>56904542I said that, but this bad boi with two gardevoirs and a hypno is my favorite non meta deck rnCoin flips average out in the long run, if you seethe about the outliers, you're not winning enough of the other games you should have won
>>56904526You aren't completely wrong but it's clear to me that you don't have actual friends irl. Or at least good friends who are about to share valuable insights and strategies with you. Having a brain tank is so much more beneficial than anything you could ever do on your own.
>>56904600I think you are genuinely too stupid to understand the concept of player agency. I'm not going to interact with you anymore.
>>56904601I feel people sleep on Jynx. She slaps the fuck out of Mistyfags.
Whenever someone asks for advice you just hit them with the >>56904592
>>56904540>having to build up 3 energy for coin flips.Why are people on this board so fucking stupid? Do you even own the deck? Post your deck.... not one you looked up. but the actual Pikachu deck that you personally pilot...I hate how stupid you people are. it's like your brains aren't on.
>>56904559Dunno if anyone in particular can claim to have innovated putting basic Mewtwo in as the 9th mon pal
>>56904572>plays a tcg>complains about rngHow long until we stop seeing this kind of bitching?>You can't go into a match with worse RNG on your side and snatch victory from them by "playing better"kek yeah you can. I misplayed twice today with 0 coin flips in my deck and lost both matches because it. And it was just a misplaced energy both times.
>>56904607... Sar... You say is all RnG yet now there is player agency? Maybe best you just stick to complaining about luck afterall
>>56904616Nigger I play 2 fossils and 8 mons, which is by far, the best build
>>56904611I want to watch someone slap the fuck out of my Misty!
>>56904571Yeah Zapdos is the most powerful wall in the entire game. Starting with a Zapdos in the active spot kills so much of the opponent's aggression. If you had to start on Pikachu or Pimcurchin or something, there'd be a risk of the opponent's Kanga or Rapidash taking points or putting in important levels of chip damage. But Zapdos just soaks it and then retreats out. And if it needs to, it can poke at the opponent's frontline to hit Pikachu breakpoints, and eventually ramp up into a damage dealer. It's pretty notable that it can trade blows with (or even kill) every ex and stage 1 basic in the game, while having a low retreat cost. The 1 energy attack is busted out the ass.
>>56904617The original topic was about RNG and some retard claiming this game wasn't ultimately down to RNG. Which is just blatantly false. Look, if your ego gets a kick out of winning games that are essentially coin flips, don't let me stop you. I'm not trying to make you feel worse about yourself. I just thought we were having an honest conversation about the game here. My bad I guess?
>spergs and retards getting filtered by card gamesClassic
>>56904601You're braver than me anon, if I got two tails after investing 4 energy I'd throw my phone at the wall
>>56904534>>56904535>>56904558>>56904580>>56904584>>56904592>I larped as a redditor so hard that I became an outcast on /vp/I feel dirty. I'm going to go shower now.
>>56904629Guys please stop bullying this anon.Any of our mothers could have drank while pregnant too.
Have any pikafags been running giovanni? i don't see many situations where the extra 10 damage is worth it, especially when it might cost an oak or sabrina that turn.
>>56904640Who is bullying who here?
>flairs don't show up on the boardWHAT THE FUCK IS THE POINT THEN
>>56904635>I was just pretending to be retarded
>>56904602>share valuable insights and strategiesI have three close friends that I play the game with. We don't share any strategies with each other. We keep our shit under wraps like it's Operation Paperclip to try to blindside each other when it comes time to duel. We think for ourselves and laugh when we have mirror matches like picrel. Being creative and competitive is truly a wonderful experience. You should try it some time.
>>56904642You're missing the point of the first post, my dude.>doesn't bother trying the deck>wants other people to just give them their experiences so he can skip to the finalized productI'll say it again, redditor. Try the deck for yourself. Throw whatever shit you want into the deck and find out what works. Try thinking for once. What felt good and what didn't? What slowed you down? Are there any alternatives that are faster/cheaper/stronger? What are the trade-offs? Figure this shit out instead of asking for strangers to spoonfeed you. Holy shit, how do you even enjoy the game if you don't want to play it? Are you honestly telling me that pro-players never try their own shit out and just wait for a bunch of nerds on /vp/ to theorycraft for them, Mr. "Professional TCG Cicle"?There, I even put breaks in between each sentence to help with your reading comprehension.
>>56904635Kill yourself
I hope they add more "basic" profile pictures. I want to use a Youngster with the "I'm a beginner, so go easy on me!" tag.
>>56904635You're missing the point of the first post, my dude.>doesn't bother trying the deck>wants other people to just give them their experiences so he can skip to the finalized productI'll say it again, redditor. Try the deck for yourself. Throw whatever shit you want into the deck and find out what works. Try thinking for once. What felt good and what didn't? What slowed you down? Are there any alternatives that are faster/cheaper/stronger? What are the trade-offs? Figure this shit out instead of asking for strangers to spoonfeed you. Holy shit, how do you even enjoy the game if you don't want to play it? Are you honestly telling me that pro-players never try their own shit out and just wait for a bunch of nerds on /vp/ to theorycraft for them, Mr. "Professional TCG Cicle"?There, I even put breaks in between each sentence to help with your reading comprehension.
>>56904629>wasn't ultimately down to RNGIt's not. >winning games that are essentially coin flipsI already said that I have no coins in my deck.>>56904643I am. That guy's a faggot.
>>56904624Ok, show me some tournament results then
>>56904656Why is he so cute
>>56904656based shotacon
>>56904662I will try to play some, but I've sunk way too much time into game.It will happen eventually though, I suspect.I played heroic the entire time in MTG Standard during the Abzan period and I adamantly said instead the best deck. No one agreed until the last 2 events where Brad Nelson, the best player in the world at the time, played heroic and saodnthe same thing.My Mewtwo build feels exactly the same way. All the theory is there.
>>56904633The hypno is my extra stall insurance if I whiff a flip, and gardevoirs are really good at powering shit upI'm playing him to high roll two heads and feel like a god after tho, I don't care about it being consistent if it can get a couple wins and be fun
>>56904661I'm not going to bother repeating myself like a broken record. If you want to read my argument. Re-read >>56904572 again. Coin flips are only a part of the randomness. You fundamentally don't have agency to win a game where your opponent got better RNG. You just don't. The agency is always on the player with the better RNG. They can either maneuver it to a win, or they can potentially throw it, giving their opponent (you in this case) a chance to catch the throw. Now this might be true for a lot of turn based games, even games like chess, but the difference is this is a very low variance game. It doesn't have the complexity of chess. There's only so many moves you can make and most of the times it's pretty blatantly obvious which the right one is. Meaning it should be pretty easy to navigate yourself to a win if you happen to draw better RNG than your opponent.
>>56904670I don't know, he just is. >>56904675Woah, hold on. I'm not into boys, it's just something I found with the pokemon tag on pixiv. I have safe search on on that site.
>>56904642yes. They're always 1 shotting my arboks with gio.
>>56904691>I'm not going to bother repeating myself like a broken record.>proceeds to repeat himself
>>56904696Yeah I have a bad habit of doing that. Sorry lol. I did add some points though.
>>56904650>try being creative>post the exact deck I personally posted a video about a week ago.Kys
>>56904624Jap players have been doing that since day 1. Different people often reach the same conclusion (deck) independently. People don't find decks, decks find people.
>>56904651Can you stop sperging out and shut the fuck up he's literally talking about the exact shit your long overly winded redditor tier comment is talking about
>>56904691Chess has no variance. Card games do. Both have high skill ceilings. You're an absolute retard.
>>56904699>two people can't organically come to the same conclusion>implying anybody watched the video you shilled to promote your youtube channeltop kek you really think highly of yourself, man. How many views did it get? Have you broken past 100 yet? Even if you did post a video about the deck, you'd know the deck is shit. I scrapped the octopus not long after that match. So why make a video about it if it's shit?
>>56904676I mean that’s all well and good but theory is just that until it’s proven. You could record some games at least
>>56904707You're missing the point of the first post, my dude.>doesn't bother trying the deck>wants other people to just give them their experiences so he can skip to the finalized productI'll say it again, redditor.Try the deck for yourself.Throw whatever shit you want into the deck and find out what works.Try thinking for once.What felt good and what didn't?What slowed you down? Are there any alternatives that are faster/cheaper/stronger?What are the trade-offs?Figure this shit out instead of asking for strangers to spoonfeed you.Holy shit, how do you even enjoy the game if you don't want to play it?Are you honestly telling me that pro-players never try their own shit out and just wait for a bunch of nerds on /vp/ to theorycraft for them, Mr. "Professional TCG Cicle"?There, I even put breaks in between each sentence to help with your reading comprehension.
>>56904693>>56904670why do you trannies have to keep bringing up your faggot shit???Do you see me shitting the thread up about all of the heterosexual sex I have with my pokegirl fanatic gf? No. Fuck off. Go to >>>/lgbt/catalog
>>56904703Sorry if I made it sound like I, alone, figured this out. It's rather simple once you learn what pokeball does, but no one plays the proper list. I saw 2 lists yesterday with the proper list though, so I'm sure it will rise to the top of tournaments over time, though darkness may force mewtwo out completely at some point and its not very long until the next set.
>>56904650>competitive and creative>fucking grapploct kabutops abominationI guess you didn't specify any of you were any good at being those things, to be fair
>>56904104Needs Magnezone.
>>5690471810 Mewtwo packs says that they think Nintendo/Dena approves of them because of the tranny tickets in the shop.
>>56904611I wanna try a like aggro psychic build with jinx, but Idk what cards or color splash to do yet, jynx does look cool
>>56904713This is all I got. Played way too much for 6 days. Basic theory around pokeball is all you should need.
>>56904624fossils suck dick compared to 1 prize m2
whats the number 1 meta deck? inb4 mewtwo/charizard/pikachu
>>56904708The average chess game lasts for about 80 moves. The average PTCGP game last around 8 and were in reality "decided" about 4 rounds before that. It's laughable to try to compare them. There are better card games, I'm not disputing that. PTCGP is one of the most watered down simplistic braindead TCG's out there (it's actually THE most, out of the ones I've played).
>>56904718kys trannyfucker
>>56904731Nope. Read pokeball and Sabrina again please.
>>56904735You have many more decisions each game in the TCG. Also more =\= harder. Chess is mostly about studying, very little in-game processing happens at the highest levels until deep in the end game.
>>56904737retard
>>56904624what is ur build?
>>56904720>trying new things is stupid>why don't you have a perfect deck on the first try? A couple of years back some audtist won the tcg world championship using a fuckin mega Audino deck. Are you trying to tell me that that fucker wasn't trying out new combos and just walked right into the winner's circle on his first iteration of a completely unknown deck?
>>56904745 2 mewtwo ex6 ralts2 fossil2 ball2 oak2 x speed2 Sabrina1 red card1 gio (potion) is also fine here
>>56904718This is what you look like when you make posts like that.
>>56904742I mean each turn* sorry
>>56904742That's true but only like 1% of people have memorized enough to consistently do that. You don't have to memorize anything in this game. It's all very unga bunga. The only real strategy is trying to predict if your opponent has a certain card or not. Like a kid's version of poker.
>>56904348the only time i ever thank someone is if i get the card i want off their wonder pick
>>56904729In my opinion fossils and an aero are best in stage 3 decks and the like that need to stall for their pieces or need an out to sabrina100 health is pretty decent against most non pika decks just as a body and getting the flip on a 4 energy ex is gamewinning almost
>>56904348Cuck mentality.
Base mewtwo is only good of you already have gard and lack ex m2. Humorously, it makes gard less likely and lacking mewtwo ex less likely. Also base m2 is bad in the mirror and m2 is the best deck. Hope that makes some sense. Also, 2 m2 ex is how you beat pika. Base can fill in fine there, but is worse early game.
>>56904752there's experimenting and then there's shoving two stage 2s lines with no synergy together and hoping something happens
>>56904770No aero. Just fossil.
>>56904777nobody cares, you're a shitter rando that's about one month late with the meta still figuring out stuff everybody knows already and thinking they're profound revelations
>>56904764As in most tcgs, the real skill is in deck building and getting optimal ratios, the playing after a certain point is an expected skill you should have
They need to replace the thanks button with a good game button. I genuinely feel used when I tell someone thanks and they don't say it back. I feel like a slut.
>ignore compfags>ignore tourneyfag posts>enjoy game>be happy
15 matches 1 winI hate pvp events...Everyone has a meta deck or what?
>>56904779Look, man. I never said the deck was good. I just really liked both of their gimmicks and thought I could have good control over the field with the constant sabrinas/wall.
When does Wonderpick refresh? Still need a second Marowak yet he never even shows up in Wonder.
>>56904782I like aero personally, it gives me an extra out if I just brick on everything
>>56904789That fine. I've had controversial opinions in pro MTG and one time eventually the best play in the world came around and said i was correct and other times people continued to play losts I thought were not optimal. Hope I'll get some nice runs in a tournament sometime. Maybe I'm retarded and wrong, but I just don't see it here.
>>56904796Yeah, man. Don't you? This deck is actually really fun if you get it going. I'm going to drop the Pinsirs once I get a second Beedrill.
>>56904791And I guess that's my problem with it. The actually "playing" part of the game feels pointless.
Such a good feeling
>>56904799Hot take, the entire Wonderpick page should refresh every time you buy a pack.
>>56904611If she's not getting bitch slapped by Starmie or Articuno first sure. She's only really good as a revenge killer and even then you have to rely on your opponent getting a really high roll with Misty to get a ohko
>>56904815At the bare minimum it should fucking be sorted by expiration time!
>>56904810>Don't you?Zero luck getting meta cards, not enough shit to craft them either.
>Be NZfag>1k cards>haven't even started the premium trial yet>will get 3 packs a day 2 weeks after the mini set dropssutekina kimochi
>>56904811I don't mean to diminish the skill of the actual tourney players and the people in ranked much better than you are, once you're past the basic actions, the small micro decisions make the difference between a good and great playerPlaying good is expected, optimally and meta callouts in deckbuilding/playing is the hard part
>>56904777…..It’s a 3rd Mewtwo that serves as a utility/meatshield 1 prize Pokemon because it lives the 90s and 100s that Jynx and Kangaskhan don’t. It’s not in there in place of an EX Mewtwo…
>>56904832This game is like a week old. What tournament players? This game is not the same as the actual real life card game. It's heavily watered down and simplified.
>>56904733Seems like you already know it all
>>56904850Just say you're trash and retarded next time so I don't have to treat bait seriously
>>56904848Read pokeball again for me really closely, champ
>>56904861Legitimately what are you talking about. Is there some sort of PTCGP esport going on or what? Who is the best player in the world? How much has he made from tournament earnings? There's certainly no ranked ladder. What are you actually talking about?
>>56904867You're missing the point of the first post, my dude.>doesn't bother trying the deck>wants other people to just give them their experiences so he can skip to the finalized productI'll say it again, redditor. Try the deck for yourself. Throw whatever shit you want into the deck and find out what works. Try thinking for once. What felt good and what didn't? What slowed you down? Are there any alternatives that are faster/cheaper/stronger? What are the trade-offs? Figure this shit out instead of asking for strangers to spoonfeed you. Holy shit, how do you even enjoy the game if you don't want to play it? Are you honestly telling me that pro-players never try their own shit out and just wait for a bunch of nerds on /vp/ to theorycraft for them, Mr. "Professional TCG Cicle"?There, I even put breaks in between each sentence to help with your reading comprehension.
>>56903537>>>56903305 >>>56891458 Just two shitty days in my nigger life
Horrible draws the last couple of days. I'm glad I managed to luckchad a meta deck in the first week so at least I'm not falling behind. How's everyone holding up?
>>56904875I feel you bro
>>56904864Yes, I know you are playing the odds but they aren’t always going to swing your way and that includes the coin flip at the beginning of the game. The utility of a 120 hp shield to eat Sabs, play out of bricks and finish games is very valuable. You should at least be able to see that now.
Now that the two week free pass is over, I wondered if I'd miss it but honestly the pass seems kind dumb. Obviously in practice getting 50% more packs per day is a meaningful advantage but in practise I don't feel different cause now I'm just opening one pack in the morning and one in the evening, instead of two in the morning and one in the evening.
>>56904893I understand the apeal, but neutering your deck's consistency is something I couldn't recommend. It's clearly better than jinx though, I can agree there. I have never felt the need for more than 4 basic mons
>>56904095Proof?
>>56904850>week old.6 weeks old, the autism required to participate to tournaments led to a large portion of them being there during the soft launch.
https://www.pokemonmeta.com/theres a bunch of basically local tournaments that even the japs have, if you don't know about them you just haven't looked enough
>>56904956https://www.pokemonmeta.com/I fucked up the link kek, but you can search through the site anyways if you really wanted to I suppose
>>56904810There aren't enough 100 HP pokemon. Decks like this are unplayable when you auto lose to Pikachu and Starmie no matter what hand you draw. 90 damage is too powerful of a breakpoint, they both need to be nerfed to 80.
Mewtwo is gay
>>56904960WeezingCHADs win again.
>>56904235Wow, you're the first one here to complete 45 wins!
>>56904980I haven't seen a single Mewtwofag that wasn't a paypiggy
>>56904960Nerfed to 50 actually
>>56904894I accidentally renewed so may as well keep it for one more month, hope they add more stuff because right now it's pointless yeah
>>56904981It's ridiculous that I can play Weezing with no Koga and no dark energy and still be more effective into Pikachu and Starmie than 90% of the cards in the game. Maybe even 100%.
>>56904894Having three packs is good because you can open one of each
>>56904984Everyone in Silver/Gold is a paypiggy. There's not a single game without 2 immersive/crown Pikachu or Mewtwos.
>>56904981Wish the ghost poks were dark instead of gay psychic.
>>56904960Nah you'd need to nerf ninetales tooIt's good they exist, decks needs an aggro check, and ex counting as 2 pokemon is fair, if your two poke you have can't trade with them your deck is trash
>>56904993Best f2p strat rn if you want good decks I think is hard rolling one pack till you have most of the cards you want, there's a budget list in every pack in pretty sure, Blaine being the cheapest one
>>56904736>tell faggots to go to faggot board>faggot calls me, the only person having heterosexual intercourse in this thread, a tranny.
>>56905019We don't care about how much gay sex you're having, shut the fuck up.
8051101672186277Please befriend me so I can steal your Wonder Picks. Bonus if you are ESL.
>>56905032I will not befriend you, for your own sake My pulls for the last couple of days have been garbage
>>56904981I ripped two alt art weezing and after playing with him a bunch he instantly became one of my fav pokemon rn, the little fucker tanks hits and can dish out some good dps if left alone, plus koga him back and replaying weezing on your backup to tank immediately is fucking awesome, or even poison into koga for your sweeper feels so nice
>Went all-in for the Charizard deck thinking it's an early meta and it'll be strong>Deck is garbage I have nothing left and the game's done giving free shit, how the fck do I reroll?
>>56904894Eh, it’s admitted stupid, but I didn’t mind extending my trial for ~$10. Between the freebies and the pass, I’ll have ~90 packs to open, and I’ve been saving hourglasses for the next set for at least a week now. As long as wonder pick isn’t a complete faggot, I’ll have just about everything of value (in terms of deck building) from this set for very little cost.Can’t say for sure how long I’ll continue the membership, but I think it’s not a total wash this early into the game.
>>56905003An aggro check is fine, that's not the issue. Aggro checks are already in the game in the form of cards like Sandslash. The issue is just the 90 damage breakpoint making huge numbers of pokemon completely unplayable.
>>56904919https://www.reddit.com/r/PTCGP/comments/1gfmv96/wonder_pick_guide/?rdt=54840https://www.pokemon-zone.com/articles/wonder-pick/
>>56905003Ninetales has only 90 HP so it's way easier to revenge kill and has a downside. Compare that to Pikachu who has 120 HP and is a base pokemon or Starmie with 130 HP, no retreat cost and no downside on its attack.
>>56905059What, are you trying to make a basic only deck lol with shitters lol, there's plenty of stage 1s and basics that pass the checkIf your deck doesn't have a game plan for those exs, it's just a bad deck that's all it is
>>56904997Lol? I'm in silver with 30+ wins right now and I haven't spent a dime on this game (yet)
>>56905105I meant everyone figuratively not everyone literally. Do I really need to clarify that?
Are the item cards in the shop worth buying with my pride flag currency? I have drawn pokeballs from packs but not the other items. Are the others available in packs? And general question I guess as to how best to use my currencies. And is premium worth spending 10 bucks a month on? I don't plan on spending money to open packs but premium looks somewhat appealing. That's an extra 30 packs/month assuming I keep up with it + premium quests (assuming they matter).
I opened a pack anons!
>needs a minimum of two energy types and has to get rng for the right one>has to evolve twice>Misty and surge are type specific and can't be used to feed it energy>no archetype support, even nido's have useful abilities to get the deck moving>put up with all this to rng attack who's odds to kill gets worse the more pokemon your opponent has on the fieldIf it weren't for metal, dragons would be the hardest archetype to run. How the fuck do you get this dragontales looking motherfucker to win
>>56905052what are you talking about? I've got a 2x Ex Charizard 2x Ex Moltres deck and it's very consistently getting wins. If it's taking you too long to get it going, try thinning your deck with fossils instead of pokemon to make searching for charmander and moltres easier.
>>56904892Fuck wonder brick
>>56905112POST FC PLEASE
>>56905113You stall with Kangaskhan or Weezing. 200 damage is very scary even if it's split. Most likely you're going to get at least one kill because the opponent will have some weak basic mon on the bench. At best you're lucky if you kill any EX mons they might have. His 160 HP bulk is also massive as only a few things can reliably one shot him.
>>56905113>dragontales lookingExcuse you mother fucker, it's dragon tales that looks like Dragonite Dragonite predates Dragon Tales by about a year
>>56905095There are lots of good stage 1s and a handful of good basics. But there are also lots of pokemon that are completely unusable because they have 90 HP. Pinsir, Golduck, Persian, Bruxish, the stage 1s of a lot of cool lines like Ivysaur, Polywhirl, or Nidorino. Bisharp, Cincinno, Lickitung, there's a LOT of them. A lot of these pokemon couldn't trade efficiently with Pikachu or Starmie anyways, do they also have to get oneshot? It's ridiculous.
>>56905153Somebody explain the appeal of Weezing outside of dedicated Dark decks to me. It's one thing if you're generating Dark energy, but is spamming poison when he can't even attack all that worth it?
>>569051404059334831824277 sure anon
>>56905109x-speeds for easy swap outs and potions are pretty good for basically every deck so if you're missing either of those they're worth getting. you can check what cards are available in what packs by selecting it and clicking on the "check offering rates" in the corner. There's a free trial for premium so you might as well do that if you haven't already. with premium you can get some quests for mewttwo items and an extra pack every day.
>>56905085The way I see it, ideally ninetales trades one to one in prizes if ninetales gets killed on the crackbackEx pika and Starmie are meant to trade with two pokemon prize points if they can kill after their ex diesfarfetched and Kang or similar are usually good for early dmg, then your other poke you're setting up should kill them properly
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>>56905162He has good bulk making him annoying when you're opponent is trying to set up. The idea is that you tank a few hits while letting poison chip away then use Koga to scoop up and send out your heavy hitter to start cleaning house
>>56905162Poison for 0 energy is really powerful, yeah. It's 20 damage per turn until your opponent evolves or switches out. Just evolving into Weezing can easily do 60-80 damage to your opponent's pokemon for free, and it resists a lot of OHKOs because of its 110 HP. It's unironically stronger and more efficient than a lot of in-colour cards, even things like Rapidash. IMO it's comparable to Kangaskhan in terms of raw power.
>>56904960All these survive Pikachu/Starmie. I agree 100HP is an important benchmark to keep in mind just like 160HP. That doesn't mean they are unplayable, I'm ok playing a deck that dies to Pikachu if it can win against the majority of decks I face. I'm working on a deck that counters Pikachu but I know full well it will die to most other decks.
>>56905163Sent, arigato
>>56904359I got four of this purple fuck and only one ghastly
>>56905162>>56905175>>56905179To add onto these two posts, poison also puts pressure on your opponent to switch out since that's the only way to heal poison status right now.
>>56905196(Besides evolving)
It's weird that they made Gengar EX so bulky isn't it?
>>56905168Or another scenario for ex is pika kills two of your pokemon, but your sandslash+extra or the like sets up your third pokemon to revenge the other two
>>56905182I forgot to remove Aerodactyl and Fearrow which also die to Pikachu.
>>56905205health is the only reason to pick him over mewtwo, there's a small number of attacks that mewtwo can't take that he can. His ability is pretty underwhelming when you consider you can only block support cards after 2+ turns with evolving, something psyduck can do immediately.
>>56905224At least you can tell Gengar to fuck off with Pidgeot giving you support access again
>>56905224Support cards getting cucked is really underrated, gengar ex solos the entire blaine deck for free, Erika and misty can't save them, sabrina/gio you don't have to worry about, and if youre lucky you'll also cuck their professors research and tilt them even more for drawing them lateHis issue is 100 dmg for stage three kinda sucks and he needs some really good help/deck magic to get around needing triple psychic and to not just roll over to 2 pika and Starmie ex in a rowIt is early tho, someone might crack the code gengar bros, I believe
>>56905182>All these survive Pikachu/Starmie.That's not good enough. They have to trade semi-efficiently. Parasect doesn't trade with Pikachu. If you go first, it doesn't even get a single hit in, and if you go second it costs 3 energy to Pikachu's 2.Some of these cards can be made stronger with the aid of supporting cards - like Parasect can survive two Pikachu attacks with an Erika and a Potion - but even then there's usually a counter (Giovanni in this case) or there's still some sort of other imbalance associated with it. And sometimes there isn't. It doesn't matter how many cards you pump into Grapploct, Dubwool, or Arcanine, they aren't efficient ways of dealing with the problem. A lot of the pokemon you listed literally do nothing going first. A lot of them are stage 2 pokemon where the stage 1 gets oneshot by Pikachu, so they can't solve the problem on their own.Realistically, the vast majority of the pokemon you posted don't do jack shit.
>>56905224I played against a guy using a Psyduck Gengar deck.
>>56905299>>56905299>>56905299
>>56905298>arbok xNice going tard if it gets a hit first it solos pika and needs them to have potion, and the not retreat is huge for garunteeing it dies if you have another pokemon setupHow trash are you at the game?
>>56905319I literally went through the list in about five minutes, it wasn't a fucking exhaustive analysis of every single pokemon on there. Arbok losing to both Potion and Giovanni is pretty big, but sure that's one extra pokemon that beats Pikachu. Are you going to ignore every other pokemon on the list?
Give me likes on my stuff I need tickets
>>56905402Oh, it also doesn't fucking kill Starmie, which is the other pokemon that deals 90.
>>56905410Oh, AND it only kills if it gets the first hit in, which means you need to either go second or have something else take a hit. So yeah, no, the X stays,.
>>56903376what is fairy type?
>>56903245flowchart?
>>569033371 in 2048
>>56903452Can someone sauce me up?
>>56903194The answer is that the TCG has less types than the games, so some types are merged for mechanical reasons.Also did you really not notice that Fighting, Rock AND Ground types are all just merged into Fighting type?Because I feel like that's the biggest example of this simplification, literally 3 types just squished into one despite ground and rock having nothing to do with Fighting.
>>56903280>tfw no Immersives on my entire accountIt sucks so hard.Like, outside of that my pulls have been pretty good in terms of building an actual deck, but not getting ANY immersive art cards fucking sucks.
