Lotus 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: >>57032284Old /tcg/ pastebin: https://pastebin.com/Ge95YuMA
Maractus says don't let the thread die!
>>57040884based
Surprised these threads arent more active. I've been obsessively opening booster packs of late because of the mobile game. Gotta learn some impulse control
>>57041212>obsessively opening booster packs>>57024829>the mobile game>>57041074>Surprised these threads arent more active.Blame the above.
>>57041324Thanks!
Dead game lmao
This general dies so hard every december
>>57041616>Zard Fucker 9001
>>57042003the one deck this guy actually works in is zard ironically>evolve zard>power it up + attach>ohko their zard>force them to kill it and go onto odd prizes>or it will keep ohkoing them
>>57042118I mean it can work with any decks that can do general energy accel. Chien-Pao, decks with Metang, Iron Hands with a Heavy Baton.
>>57042118yea brother lets just commit 4 of our 5/6 energy on one pokemon and then be forced to find a super rod before we get to play the game againthe card is best in lugia and it already doesn't have too much of a charizard problem
>claim exp>battlepass doesn't update>can't claim anything there's probably an exploit dupe bug you could do with this
>>57042558I think the exploit is that you got duped.
>>57042558had that happen, next time I booted the exp was already added to the pass
So now that Klawf is meta, what's the best counter for it?
>>57043553>Klawf is metaSince when
since now
oops forgot to bump the last thread again
>>57043645
FUCK YOUR CANDY
>>57043734This little thing shuts down>Buddy Buddy Poffin>Nest Ball>Ultra Ball>Earthen Vessel>Rare CandyAre we moving into a slower meta?
PTCG: The budew wars..
>>57043553iono and ancient box
>>57043719>klawf that high>ancient box toopeople are desperate for a single prize deck that works and doesn't eat shit to dragapult
>>57044462klawf has its entire bench filled with 2 prize pokemon. Idk if it really counts as a single prize deck
>>57043734Finally, a third card.
>>57043719how is dragapult S tier therewith budew you can't even candy itplus it's slow as molasses
>>57045510I think most pult decks are using the stage 1 and skipping the candy nowadays thanks to iron thorns.
won another challenge today lads
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>>57045685Congrats anon. Tell us more. What were you playing, what decks did you face, any particularly interesting games?
>>57045827I was playing Gardevoir and faced a Ceruledge, Regidrago, Charizard, Regidrago, and then Palkia/Dusknoir in the final round. Both Regidrago matches were really interesting. Both my opponents had burned their switch and prime catcher early, so in the first match I Unfair Stamped and confused the active with Munkidori. After he flipped tails on confusion the game was pretty firmly in my favor. The second Regidrago hit the prime catcher/cancelling cologne combo and wiped my board aside from my active Manaphy. She had used her VStar, both switches, and 3 Energy Switch, so after an Unfair Stamp that Regidrago wasn't going anywhere. I ended up setting back up and sniping around it until the game was basically over. In the final round I ID'd with my opponent (Palkia/Dusknoir, a terrible matchup for me) since it guaranteed them top 4 and 1st for me.
>>57045916What is the procedure for an intentional draw? Do you just discuss about it with your opponent before the game then talk to the judge?
Ex era format for live when?
>>57043734Why no evolution abilities on the baby's anymore? Why no babies for 15 years?
Percentage of decks including Budew and decks not including it
>>57047308I wish, but never. Even online didn't go that far back.
>>57047373free item lock is just too good to not include
>>57047373>>57047433going 2nd is the new meta..
>>57046777You can offer an ID once per match. If your opponent accepts you just circle tie on the match slip and turn it into the judge. If they do not accept, it’s against the rules to proposition them again. However they can still ask you at any point for an ID one time as well.
I hope the rocket set gives me some bad lookin' dudes
>>57048467If they didn't have the "1 of your (certain Pokemon)" requirement these would've been good in Ditto box.
>>57049075It's neat that a chain attack is even a thing, but it's way too underpowered for the amount of effort/risk it takes to pull it off.
>>57050254>>57049075>>57048467there's also a pika in that combo isn't there?
>>57051131It's there as an alternate finisher to the chain
>>57051211it still feels underpowered :(
https://www.pokebeach.com/2024/12/journey-together-english-pokemon-tcg-set-releasing-in-march-features-return-of-owners-pokemonSince Trainer's Pokemon is the next gimmick, do you think they'll stop printing Tera Pokemon? And what about Ancient and Future cards?
>>57051963I hate beretsso no
>>57051424I would be extremely surprised if Teras aren't gone by the time Megas are in but they'll probably give a tera mon to a paldea character or twoAncient and Future will probably be there as long as they're still in the 'scarlet and violet' eraIdeally they'd still make cards out of those mons every now and then just without their tags but they didn't do that for ultra beasts so creatures are probably gonna be stupid
>>57052412Paradoxes without the tag already exist but they will still be completely ignored from gen 10 onward.
>start first>concede
>>57051424>>57052412Teras/stellars are the vmax/vstars of this era. They should continue till gen 10 like those did. Ancient futures will continue as well, we're still due to get ex (like jugulis, flutter, moths) on a bunch of them so there's at least 1 major set featuring them we've yet to get>>57052716I question if they even will return period. We've not gotten ultra beasts since. Even though they could just remove their tag
>muh reggie>muh crab>muh stallThis game is some fucking shit. Cards from 2 years ago shouldn't still be legal.
>>570540723 more months
>>57040848Has anyone else made a "Living Dex"?
>>57054072Just got Kyurem'd twice in one gameThanks god this fucker won't stay long
>>57054387I'm working on one. I had a decent amount of cards from when I was a kid but I haven't seriously looked in their direction since like gen 4 or so so I have a lot of catching up to do.Thankfully outside of the main faves I'm not picky about art so my plan is poking around into some of the swsh sets and then once I get down to like <50~100 left i'll look at singles
>>57054389>Colress’s Tenacity is an okay card>owner’s Pokémon returning soonThe colress menace must be controlled.
Meta is healing
>>57054072Never thought I'd see someone seething over Klawf of all things.
>>57054682I should play Gardervoir again
>>57054682Zard really took a hard hit with Budew around, huh
>my local shop has 151 tins out of nowhere for the usual tin priceHahaha, what the fuck.
they really made hitting arceus easyit's like +10 per win (+13 with a streak) and -2 per loss
Enjoy fellas
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>>57057878
>>57057869>>57057878>>57057882thx for the lovely drawings as alwaysI may be late, but trying the codes now
>>57058124Managed to get 2 left, an OBF pack (no hits) and paradox BnB with the xatu, ty!>>57057882>6y7 ending codenot valid :(
>>57058277dang I knew i'd fuck one of these up eventuallyQXW-2RNT-N?X-6Y7? = 4
>>57058316yee thx
I started playing pocket and it makes me want to play the real game...
>>57058795Do it. I suggest playing Live for now and wait for format rotation to happen in a couple months so you don't buy too many cards you can't use in Standard format.
>>57058861How does format rotation work in this?
>>57058866certain cards leave the standard rotation, new expansions are introduced every 3 months or soonce a year, the oldest 3 expansions are no longer allowed to be played in standard format
>>57058911I forgot how much of a grind trading card games were.
>>57058914it's not that bad, the last few expansions haven't introduced that many competitive cards so it's easy to pick up a deck and play with very small card changes every few monthscheck a deck from 6 months ago and the list for the same deck will probably just be a couple of cards of a difference
>>57058866rotation also happens around spring, usually Aprilbest way to distinguish cards in list that are next to rotate out are those with a yellow border
>retard zard player misses game 2 turns in a row with dusknoir>still wins because their deck is degenerate budew needs to release NOW
>>57058911>the oldest 3 expansions are no longer allowed to be played in standard formatWrong. It's not like this anymore.>>57058866Cards now have regulation marks on the bottom left corner. Right now we're at FGH block, where cards with the regulation marks F, G, and H are legal to play in standard. Next rotation will make F cards not standard legal, and introduces I regulation cards. Cards in one expansion range from different regulation marks, depends on how long Creatures want to keep them meta kek
>>57058980for the most part, it is like thisthere are no regulation G cards on any of the oldest 3 expansions right now
>>57058960if you dying to zard budew wont save you
Who are those people?
Pocket thread is dying so I’ll post it here, apparently some Taiwanese PTCG pocket player is receiving a “Surprise gift” from the Pokémon company, did anyone also received something like that?
>>57059193the rich couple in kitakami
>>57059193eww probably collectors
>>57059201I think if the pocket thread hasn't answered you then I assume the answer is no, nobody has lol.>>57059295they give you a shit ton of money after beating them in a battle so they're good in my book
>>57043734This card id so poorly designed I assume it is just a way to kill off this game to force everyone to play pocket.>>57043797No it will not slow down, it will just limit the decks that can go fast, making the meta lists very small. Overpowered cards are aways used to make overpowered decks better, not worse.
>>57060163yeah I don't think it will completely slow down the meta, it might just create a dead turn for each player in a game. theres still supporters that accelerate energy and do stuff that is similar to items. budew is also only 30 hp so it'll die after a turn or you'll get a guaranteed donk with klawf
now we're gaming
>>57043797>a slower metaOnly if you go first.
>>57061874What if I go first and also play Budew? Both players gets item-locked!
Was thinking about how often you could have an evolution line of Pokemon that were different types at each stage, and realized there were more than a few that could be four different typesAzurill Sandstorm or DP (Colorless) -> Psychic Type Marill -> Azumarill Steam Seige (Water Fairy) (also Azumarill delta, water metal)Zubat Psychic or Dark -> Golbat Psychic or Dark - > Crobat δ Grass/MetalRalts (Fairy) -> Kirlia δ (Fire) -> Gardevoir δ (Psychic Metal)Bagon (Normal or Dragon) -> Shelgon (Colorless or Dragon) -> Salamence δ (Fire Metal)Larvitar (any Fighting) -> Pupiitar δ (Lightning) -> Tyranitar δ (fire/Metal)Horsea δ Fighting -> Seadra Water -> Kingdra δ Fire/MetalTrapinch (Fighting) -> Vibrava (Colorless, Dragon or Psychic if delta) - >Flygon δ Grass/MetalDratini (Dragon or Colorless) -> Dragonair (Colorless or Dragon) -> Dragonite δ (Lightning/Metal)Oddish δ -> Gloom (Grass type) -> Vileplume δ (Psychic/Metal)
I've seen several posts now saying Steam Siege was the worst set. Why it that? I never played that era.
>>57062612probably collectorfags, the set is extremely cheap even today
>>57062612Weak and worthless cards with a shitty double-type gimmick. None of the BREAK cards are good, even the shiny Fairy/Psychic M-Gardevoir EX is worse than the regular Fairy one from Primal Clash.
>>57062612Also this lmao
>>57062612It's a pretty weak set and the card quality was pretty shit too. The only payable cards I can recall are>volc/ex>special charge>talonflame>yveltal break>m garde ex>magearna exA lot of these cards were pretty fringe/niche at that too
I'm getting tired of playing stage 2 decks (gardy/zard/pult) was thinking of trying out sylveon, anyone got any good lists?
>>57060254>yeah I don't think it will completely slow down the metait has tho in japan. there's a reason why gardy is the #1 deck now, it relies on pokemon instead of item spam. any rare candy deck is kill if your opponent gets to go 2nd, you're not getting your zard out till turn 3 minimum now assuming you can even kill budew turn 2. regidrago is gigacucked vs it if going 2nd, you're attacking turn 3 without energy switches as you have no budget attackers to kill budew
>>57063500yeah its used a lot in japan but Im going to wait and see how the regionals and champions leagues go before Im completely sure how budew affects the speed of the meta.>drago has no budget attackers to kill budewimagine drago starts using vitality band for squawk lmao. some drago players are already using stuff like capturing aroma and the jewel noctowl so there probably is space for that set up.
problem with weed?
>>57063963What if I want more than a bunch of birds on my bench?
>>57064087Yeah there's not much else you can get with Rotom except for birds and buffalos
>>57064134You could use it to set up for a Slaking deck?
>>57064134Times are tough.
>>57063963Any easy way to get a stadium consistently turn 1?
>>57064192Aside from Lumineon for Colress, or for Arven to get Secret Box, no. I don't think there's anything else that can get one going first.
