Stellar 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: >>57040848Old /tcg/ pastebin: https://pastebin.com/Ge95YuMA
Is she tho?
>>57104323no!
I don't want dark patch to go...
watermetaldarkis this a time for fire?
>>57104334Reject modernity, embrace classic cardsAlso evil team cards when? Was plasma the last time we had them?
>>57104388We should be getting a Team Rocket set sometime next year.
Holiday bundle: 12 packs for the price of 2.5
>>57104388It was. We've had cards related to the teams since, but not any pokemon owned by a team.
>>57105159oh cool, Ill get it just for the coins. also the promos will be nice to look too as Im playing chien pao and being board wiped by drago
>>57104388cool looking dude you got right therehowever...
>>57104352>>57104375it seems like glass trumpet/normal is taking the slot of the new patch..would say grass needs it but ogerpon+energy switch sorta does that. a dragon one that works on any energy would be really nice, especially now regidrago will be gone
How do I best get back into the meta of I know the rules etc but not about current cards? Grinding using a single deck? Switching between a couple of them?
>>57105963Just look up popular decks and see what ya like, don't overthink it
>>57105967Guess you're right. I'll just netdeck something off of justinbasil
>>57104275I'm new and wanted to know if cards eventually become unusable after a certain period of time. For example if a new series of cards come out will cards from say 5 series ago become illegal? Asking in regards to PTCGL.
>>57105994https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rotation_(TCG)look at da letters on da cards
>>57105994used to be a mess before but nowadays we have regulation marks (letters). There's only ever 3 letter in the current standard, and the first one rotates out every year (spring) to make room for the next letter. Current format is F-G-H. Cards with D, E, or no letter (intl marks started with D) are no longer usable in standard format, but can be used in Expanded (up to(down to?) B&W cards), Unlimited, GLC, draft, and any other formats as long as agreed upon by everyone playing.
champions league tomorrowwhat are you hoping gets revealed?
>>57106196If reveals normally happen it'd be cool to see more of the trainers' pokemon. I would think that's the set after prismatic, right?If they reveal rocket pokemon they better look evil
>>57106196Another Pokemon owned by Marnie and N. And maybe Arven and Ethan, too, since they were teased before.Since ACE SPEC already came back, I can't really see any new gimmick cards making a return. Though I guess we don't have a Prism Star/Amazing/Radiant Pokemon equivalent for the next format, so maybe that.
>>57106196ETHAN'S HO-OH
>>57106196>>57106216Do you think the Rocket Pokémon will be in the trainer's set or they'll be two separate ones? I'd like to see a Trainer set and an evil team set. So Giovanni's Persian/Nidoking, Ghetsis' Hydreigon, Cyrus' Giratina etc.
>>57106196link to scheduled stream?
>>57106267N's reshiram and Rockets ratatta would essentially both be trainer pokemon. Giovanni will get named ones but there'll probably be a bunch of generic "rocket" grunts
>>57106267Here's the japanese order of new expansions, 'battle partners' is the trainers' pokemon setNot sure what 'hot air arena' is. if it's a smaller expansion it'll probably be bundled with the English team rocket one
>>57106301Rocket set is probably a special smaller set like 151/paldea fates/shrouded fable. They can milk the nostalgia enough with it so it wont need to be bundled
>>57106319It's likely the opposite. The 'enhanced expansion packs' are the smaller sets like paradise dragona or dedicated themed ones like 151, so hot air is likely the smaller one
>collector retard set>gimmick set>genwun set>incoming 30th set>probably shiny special set somewhere in betweenwhen will we get a real expansion?
>>57106363when Z-A releases
>>57106363After team rocket there'll be 'White Flare & Black Bolt', take a guess that's themed after
>>57106385>>57106383so it's all filler until the new game and possible remakes, got itOn to GLC it is then
I have become addicted to PTCGP...
>>57106493I will say it is nice to deal with two metas with obviously best deckscertainly better than one
This is new I thinkIt not letting you get an item kinda sucks
>>57106196budew counter or ability lock stadium
>>57106497It's a nice quick relief I can pick up for 10ish minutes and laugh at the RNG sometimes
>>57107257Wtf man
>>57106363Stellar mons < You are hereTrainer pokemon (rotation set)ZA stuff when that releaseesExpect another gimmick like trainer mons to tie over until gen 10 after ZA sets. They might continue doing megas after ZA like how vmax lasted all the way through to PLA releases
>>57105159Doesn't seem very worth it compare to celebrations? Unless you wanted the coins or stamped cards
>>57106574We knew of this card weeks ago>>57106627God I wish they'd reprint Silent Lab
>>57106274Day 1https://www.youtube.com/live/xiyiVx8XNj8?si=kNwaWNdYRD9sg5WFDay 2https://www.youtube.com/live/Fl6fP__UpLk?si=xtxt2w2bkZewKam_
>>57104275please consider the following deck and give me input lads>2 exeggcute (original)>2 exeggutor EX>1 exeggutor (island)>2 farfetch'd>1 mienfoo>1 mienshao>1 pinsir (considered switch to tauros (island) but I really want to remain faithful to the RNGods)>2 potion>2 erika>2 leaf>2 poke ball>2 professor's researchserperior is broken as fuck and isn't even rare, what the fuck were they thinking>>57108208>the anti sweeper godforever treeful of eggs for me, either the old EX or the tropical eggs depending on whether you're rushing or setting up. So yeah give me your thoughts.
>>57108290wrong tcg dude
>>57108290>>57107813
>>57106196Leaf
>>57106196More cards with Colress in the name.
>>57108790if that happens this card will be board wiping until it rotates
>>57108790Funny that its existence already proves that there will not be any Colress for the next 2 years
>>57108892I mean they can still print more Colress cards, just have them be really shit.
>mfw my opponent tries to play an Item after I attack with Budew and I have to remind them
There are twelve days until 2025. Is it pure hopium that PTCGL will have a fully functional Expanded format in the next two weeks?
>>57109501Lol, lmao.
>>57108790>>57108892>>57108942>Trainer cards for colress' pokemon>Want to play colress' magnezone>Get dabbed on by kyurem
>>57109910>colress mon that stops bench damage>gets blasted>get frosted because of your own counterplay
>taking four prize cards in a single attackluv me some hydreigon'ate manaphynot racist jus don't loike 'em
surely we'll get another like him right?
>>57111008In this day and age?
>>57111140in this upcoming format?
>>57111008....
>>57111394machoke blocks dusk line
>>57111428Dusk line would need a basic that does that, a dedicated counter similar to jirachi. Otherwise half the time they're going to snipe your machop before you can even evolve it.. which isn't hard for terapagos using noctowl
I've been playing pocket, and now I'm wanting to play some casual games of the real tcg with my family. would these be a good purchase? is the price okay?
>>57111973Seems fine to me, don't think there'll be any insane inbalance between decks
I don't care what people say, I'm gonna run Kingdra ex.I'm experimenting with Palafin ex through Switch and Tera Greninja through King's Ordering Frogadier to evolve
>>57104305Anyone have an Archaludon ex decklist?
I'm not going to get anything good, why do i keep wasting money?I bet I won't even get the Gengar eraser. FUCK
>>57112080yeah u dumb
>>5710790530 more mins. News probably won't be until mid/end of stream tho.
So who's going to Birmingham Regionals in Jan?
>stallax on streamthe worse match you could pick to show
>>57112750He won, stop crying bitch
>>57112763yeah thankfully the dude conceded so the audience couldn't be forced the watch that snooze fest
Nice, a coin tosser enjoyer mirror
>>57112108if i get something good i will quote you and call you a faggot for 20 days straight
the zard and hydreigon match makes me think zard will just start using fez as a bench sniper against anyone playing budew for easy damage
>>57113255no clue what you're talking about
>>57113278the pokemon champions league that going on right now in osaka
>>57113278Anon is likely talking about the match here >>57107905
itembros...we got too cocky
>>57107905Any interesting matches?I haave regidrago fatigue.
>>57113494its been kinda meh so far. saw some dengos that were both playing budew which could have kept item locking each other
>>57113504One of them would KO the other Budew first tho
new cards tomorrow
Battle Partners pack revealed.
Irida promo for Expanded Battle events.
>>57113882I wonder how many Trainer's Pokemon we are going to get. Would love to see Steven's Metagross/Aggron.
>>57113882Holy Iono and Lillie
>>57113909Steven's Metagross and Marnie's Grimmsnarl are pre-built decks that release around the same time as the set in Japan.
>>57112080bruh an amazon worker literally opened the blister, stole the boosters and sent me the empty packaging lmao
>>57113935Oh that's cool! Looking forward to it being shit.
>>57114013Point and laugh at this anon.
>>57114021it's fine, they're refunding me and they also gave me a $5 voucher for the ''inconvenience''. I can't believe this shit though.
>>57114013what's wrong with pokemon cards that make people act like monkeys?
>>57114037It's essentially gambling, and everyone knows gambling brings out the inner chimp in people. I'm honestly more surprised they didn't steal the marnie tin and the boosters inside that, seems much more valuable since she's every faggots waifu.
Hello, sorry I'm a scrub and retard.I'm looking at this card https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Glaceon_VSTAR_(SWSH_Promo_197)It says this was available in the Glaceon VSTAR Special Collection, but when I watch openings of that on Youtube it's not in there, instead there's two other Glaceon cards in that special collection, the ones you see on the front of this box here (see image).Can someone help me? Where do I actually get this, then outside of Crown Zenith packs with a super low chance? Other than just buying it as a single
>>57113882>booster art that's not 5bannever thought I'd see the day>>57114772If you want the crown zenith version you just buy it online, it'll be less than whatever you'd spend going through packsAlso there's a collector general
>>57114785Oh right, I get it. I think I just didn't understand that it's literally the same cart but only the Crown Zenith version comes with that art, my bad.
>>57114785Didn't even notice, but it looks so much nicer.
log-in bonus
>>57113882>all the cool trainers they could pick>they pick fucking HOP
>>57115386No shit pocket wonHow can ANYONE play this game with this GARBAGE avatars
>>57115553One, everyone knows that yes, but two, it is kind of impressive how much better just being able to have pfps based off the card art isCreatures was definitely right taking that from master duel
just hit 1700 rating
>>57115553They do it for free ^π^
>>57115386nah the jackets and hats are kino>>57115791congrats. how was the climb?
>>57113882>>57115550>hop featured>zacian is the most prominent pokemon on the pack artthis pile of shit is coming back isn't it?
>>57116758>Zacian togekiss >ADP v2
since i'm just a collectorfag tourist i wanna ask: what's the opportunity for shitpost/troll decks like if any? If Pocket is any indication I feel like things are mostly centred around just getting your big beatstick out as fast as possible and spending ten years searching through your deck to make that happen.I know theres a series of the pikaclones that have a chain lightning kinda thing going on but are there other examples of things like that, intentional or not? have they ever been viable?
>>57118353What exactly is a "shitpost/troll" deck?There's a bunch of shitty gimmick decks but I don't know anything that sticks out as a "troll" deck. Unless you count stall decks as trolling.
>>57118370I guess the shitty gimmick decks would be closest. Things with weird interactions or are just conceptually silly. The only real reference I have is the weenie decks I played when I tried out mtg like 20 years ago and that never went outside the kitchen table.Reading up on a lot of the early sets and there was shit like chaos gym or the blaine quiz that I can see why they got refined out as the platform grew, stuff like that.
>>57118388You can try Psyduck with Dangerous Laser, making your opponent confused and flip tails when attacking which makes it fail the attack and puts 3 damage counter on it instead. Put in 4 Lisia's Appeal and you're going to confuse your opponent for some turns (until they switch their active Pokemon onto the bench and starts attacking like normal).
Miraidon - Pikachu seems fun
