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Santa hat on Delibird is a cute touch, Merry Christmas everyone!

Reposting since I didn't see the new thread
>>57137352
Way too slow with those energy costs (Reversal Energy doesn't work on Greninja ex)
No draw engine
Too many attackers
Try any of these
>Palkia VStar for acceleration and second attacker
>Take out Golurk, Azumarill, and 1 Kyurem, they slow you down
>Change Colress with Earthen Vessels or Akamatsu, or try and fit a stadium (Kyurem only works when your opponent has it in the discard)
>Use Radiant Greninja/Bibarel for draw engine, you can also attack with Radiant Greninja
>Make the energy ~7 Water, 2 Reversals, 3 Boomerang, and 2 Double Colorless Energy (not Double Turbo, it's worse, since you're playing Expanded)

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as a new player this was the most scary thing I've seen so far, it was his first turn...

>>57138200
That's just a normal Miraidon first turn desu
Klawf also does the same thing btw

>>57138207
I just conceded a bit after cause I had no clue what to do
how the heck do I play against it (I am very new)

>>57138213
You take 6 prizes and you win. It might be intimidating but it's not as scary as it seems. They play mostly basics with relatively low HP which is easy to KO, but they also pack quite a punch and can KO you back easily. Just need to try and keep up with them.

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>>57138232
Oh, gotcha. I did kinda give up too fast cause the opening spooked me, I'll give it a more honest try next time.

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Why is Okidogi not meta? You'd think being able to attack for 260 turn 1 is good.

>>57138713
New to the game, but I'm guessing by the time it gets to attack it's gonna be dead. He seems alright if you play early but not okidogi after 2\3 turns, so maybe you win 1\2 prices but then that's it.

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>>57138200
>>57138232

Were there always 8 bench slots? Bit jarring to see even as someone who used to play the card game for years, then went on TCG Pocket for a gay old time

>>57138902
Stadium effect if you have a tera mon

>>57138902
Riko sexooo

>>57138902
As anon said, Area Zero lets players that have a Tera mon in play have 8 bench spaces. It's not as powerful as Sky Field was back then, though.

>>57138713
Unable to beat dragapult or charizard (until the new -30HP stadium came out)
At that point you just use roaring moon instead, able to ohko + use sada as a superior supporter over janine

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I want him to be good again

>>57139329
this but with garde

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>>57139329
Cool Roaring Moon. *takes a 4 prize turn*

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Would the 2024 trainers kits be a decent foot in the door to build up a collection to check out locals with? I've been eyeing them since i've been opening lots of packs for general collection lately and i kinda wanna try playing with the stuff I dont have on display + deciding which packs to go collecting next.

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I did it /vp/. I opened a shitton of Pokémon cards on Christmas, and I managed to pull the SIR Pikachu ex.

I'm thinking of going to my local card shop's pokemon challenge tonight. never played in-person before. should I do it?

>>57139788
just realized this is the wrong thread, apologies

>Eevees are so shit not even pokecabook has results for them as rogue decks
>have to find them under terra festival instead

>>57139787
If you want to build a single deck, buying only the cards you need as singles probably still beats it. If you think you'll be playing a lot of different decks and that you'll make use of most of the staples then the Trainer Toolkits are the best bang for your buck simply because by sourcing all those singles shipping costs grow very fast.
The selection of cards itself is great, they missed some useful ones because they purposely avoided putting in anything that gets rotated in March but there's pretty much all of the modern staples you might need.

>>57139831
If you've already got the physical cards there's literally nothing to lose. Go for it. I just recently started playing in person, too, and it's surprisingly satisfying.

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I got a bunch of these codes that I don’t care about. Is this the right thread to post them?

>>57140315
yeh

>can't find gyarados but got 6 heads and 4 heads with two misty's

this game is such a troll sometimes

>>57140321
I will begin posting them at the start of the next hour so everyone gets a chance to grab some(idk if these are rare or sought after a lot)

>>57140364
>(idk if these are rare or sought after a lot)
The opposite, you can get them for literal pennies

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>>57140378
Oh really? Well fuck if then here’s 1/2

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>>57140387
2/2

just play pocket lol

>>57140073
Neat, though if i'm reading this correctly the 2024 kit doesnt come with basic energies? Bit cringe but I do have an etb on the way so its not a huge issue and I'm sure people offload bulk energies all the time

Kinda wish they kept the yellow borders to sate the 'tism but thems the breaks

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>>57140392
Thank you anon, got this Roaring Moon ex.

>>57140432
You end up with plenty of energies from boosters if you open them, but you can also order them in bulk online for pretty cheap.

>>57140469
You’re welcome

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On a quest to find a playable psychic deck, what would be best? I was thinking of a one-prizer azumarill + togekiss deck but then i'd have no way to deal with stage 2 decks which are very popular rn, so i thought a mewtwo ex deck with the xatu engine might suffice, but what do you guys say?

just play gardevoir lol

>>57141448
somehow forgot about her, but she really is the best option huh, though i'm still curious about decks that don't run her

>>57141576
the lake trio

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This + Raging Bolt. Valid?

>>57142183
nah
Ogerpon still do better job

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asssssss

>>57142183
Iono's Bellibolt is better if we're comparing new cards.

>>57142183
Darkrai vstar would've loved this

>>57142261
Welcome back BuzzRoc 2025!

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>>57142261
Lmao that really is shit
Imagine dubwool being the MVP

Ability: Challenge Horn
When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may switch in 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon to the Active Spot.
>Umbreon vmax as a 1 prizer
>Wooloo has 70 HP so fuck dragapult
>All colorless so rotom synergy
Terapagos is going to be more degenerate

>>57142261
This things seems pretty nutty with the rest of the support cards revealed today. With Hop's Band attached, Postwick stadium in play, Snorlax on the bench, this thing is is hitting 120 active and 30 to the bench for no energy. Budew can eat a dick.

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Mamoswine ex – Fighting – HP340
Stage 2 – Evolves from Piloswine

Ability: Mammoth Carry
Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

[F][F] Rumbling March: 180+ damage. This attack does 40 more damage for each Stage 2 Pokémon on your Bench.

When your Pokemon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Weakness: Grass (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 4

4 benched stage 2's and you ohko everything. Obviously Pidgeot-ex will be one of them, but could you get by with a dead bench full of luxray/klinklang? It sucks to lose gengar to rotation since that was something that didn't rely on your opponent to get into play.

>>57142534
>All colorless so rotom synergy
100hp limit so rotom only fetches you a wooloo. Terapagos already had noctowl for prime catcher as an evolution gust.

>>57142634
3 metal and a tool is still a terrible cost for the second attack. Maybe there will be some way to make it work with metang acceleration while still finding the damage mods you need.

>+30 and -1 energy tool
>+30 stadium
>+30 ability
So Hop's whole schtick is to ramp up damage? At least it's doing it better than Future did lol
I'm guessing the others would be similar? Only thing I see is Iono's synergy with her Bellibolt attaching to Voltorb and Kilowattrel, and I guess Lillie's Comfy getting Lillie's mons for Clefairy.

>>57142658
Yeah 3 metal is pretty steep but it has ceiling of 350 damage, that can one shot pretty much anything in the game. You probably only need to use the second attack once or twice to win a game, the rest of the time you can just pick off some cheap prizes for no energy with the first attack while you power up another zacian. Maybe a clear Trumpet and energy switch combo can be enough.

>>57142526
>>57142634
You should know from future box, that having a shit attack and needing to stack modifiers to get anywhere literally wont work in the current metas. It's far too weak and way too moving parts in this fast pace meta. Plus bench sniping is worthless when teras are immune to it and HP is bigger than ever

>>57142658
>Terapagos already had noctowl for prime catcher as an evolution gust.
It's an extra body for the bench. Noctowl is likely fetching crispin to fix your energy issues since DTE rotates. Grab an ultra ball with that to evolve your existing wooloo

>>57142688
Listen, I'm not saying it's game breaking but out of the cards revealed so far, Hop is the Owner's Pokemon that has the most potential as a stand alone deck. The problem with future pokemon was that you had to clog up your bench with a bunch of 2 prize liabilities to ramp up your damage, the Hop supports are much more manageable in comparison. He'll you can get all of your pieces with secret box.

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>>57142721
>Secret box for snorlax stadium tool
>Just to do 120 + 30 with your 2 prizer in active
Do you see the problem? That's utterly worthless. Your zacian is being eaten by everything in the format
You're not even 2HKOing the meta threats, nor sniping enough on bench to cheat extra prizes as everyone is 70hp dragapult proof.

The only way you're getting the 2nd attack built is with metangs which is even MORE pieces on top of the stadium+tool+snorlax, plus filling your deck with energy when you don't want to as you can attack for less with the tool. That's becoming even more clunky than future box ever was

>>57142688
>he doesn't know ball

the best card they revealed today was voltorb lol

>>57142658
He would be op with Gengar still in the format

I've been playing Gardy EX but I keep getting draws because 25 minutes is way too tight for this deck and it's making me frustrated. But rotation is just a week away (for me, JP) and I'm hesitant to build something new right now. Fuck me for building this deck, it's fun but not viable for my slug brain, I wish I'd known.

I started playing Pocket to scratch that card collecting itch, but the pvp was bare bones and now I'm having a great time with TCG Live. I like how many free decks they give, but what are the smart plays for spending the currency in game? I plan on being F2P, but all these bundles are tempting.

>>57144001
The most efficient way to get cards is to get the Celebrations 6 booster bundle (it's about 1060 crystals).
You get nothing of value at first so it's slow going, but it's a tiny set and they're all high-priced cards so after you do that a couple of times you can get around 2000+ credits per pack.
If you need crystals just do your dailies, level up the battle pass and sweat out the ranked ladder.

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>>57142773
F and G

>>57142944
the card that lets you swap out your prizes seems like it would be useful.

New player here, can someone spoon-feed me on what set rotates out and when? Should I wait to make decks in live?

>>57144151
>what set rotates out
All remaining sword/shield sets, labelled F
>>57144151
>when
Around april I think

Why are Paradox Rift and Temporal Forces usually so cheap compared to other SV sets?

>>57144194
More stock I'd assume. I only just started collecting again and TF is the one I see out in random drugstores and the like. Hell the only reason I have a decent amoutn of TF is cause my work sells it and I buy em with funbux. the pull rates seem kinda shit though,

>>57144151
>When
March-april time. Sometime in spring basically

>Should I wait to make decks in live?
You can make decks, though I'd advice against heavily investing in decks that will be gone in next rotation. You wouldn't get to use them as long as other decks

As for whats rotating you could use this as a rough guide, it lists the popular archetypes that are rotating, or lose important cards for them to function. If you wanted to invest credits/crystals the best, try and avoid those decks for the best value
>https://pastebin.com/RqARyNbE

When the fuck is it time for grass support? It feels like grass gets scraps when every other set has more shit for lightning despite it being good for the past like 2 years nonstop

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>>57142526

>everyone comparing it to buzzwole gx
>buzzwole was just a knockoff of landorus ex but apparently nobody remembers that

feeling old

>>57144462
we can't let le zard be bad

>>57144462
Grass ironically never gets support. It's all shitty healing stuff instead
Expect fire to get shit loads of support since magma basin is gone, which in turn kills off grass ever existing

>>57144463
Landobats.. my beloved..

>>57144463
I think people are more comparing Zacian and Dubwool with Buzzwole and Lycanroc, which was a prominent deck in SM meta. Even got the baby Buzzwole with Cramorant.

>>57144566
All these trainer mons seem to be pseudo copies of old archetypes

>Iono is rain dance
>Hop is buzzloc
>N is mewtwo zoroark
Wonder if they'll continue doing similar gimmicks for the rest of the trainer mons.

>>57144572
>bro just get 3 energy + support pokemon + tool + stadium
or i can use roaring moon lmao with 3 energy

>>57144578
Lillie is ???

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>>57144593
yellow border

>>57144604
Not enough cards revealed to know yet. Life dew and clefairy are opposites so I don't think she'll be a junk hunt deck

>>57144593
You gotta admit attacking for 210 for free with Cramorant is good as fuck tho

>>57144615
I'm kinda scared the only card left is Ribombee and it's gonna be bad

>>57144622
It seems pretty safe to assume all trainers will get 6 pokemon lines, otherwise what's the point of all the internal synergy.

>>57144593
3 is energy is just an Archaludon and 1 attachment. With Dark Patch rotating out you'll need Janine+Energy Switch+1 attachment which is way more work.

>>57144609
>>57144657
Yeah dark patch lose hurts but it's still doable. Remember you still need to figure out how to get energy on zacian on top of all those other stacking buffs. While moon just needs to figure out how to get energy
Playing future box a lot I can tell you you're gonna fucking hate needing so many modifiers to get anywhere, you miss one and you're short of a knockout and can never catch up. Cramorant might be able to help but even that needs modifier stackers.
They 100% wont reprint any tool recovery because of lilie's pearl being an infinite prize denial then

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>>57144622
I hope she gets something good, I want to rock my waifu to a tournament and at least be somewhat competitive. They can still give her Lunala, Solgaleo, or Alolan Vulpix and they can all even be Psychic to keep her monotype.

>>57144687
>They can still give her Lunala, Solgaleo
They'd probably be 1 prizers like how N's reshiram is. Doesn't seem like trainers will get multiple ex
So I'm wondering what they'll do about iono's mismagius, since there's no non-ex teras. And it would otherwise be a psychic type (only workaround I can see is it having an ability that converts lightning energy to psychic)

>>57144699
>since there's no non-ex teras
I wish these exist. Why should a gimmick like that be stuck on multiprizers? Would've been more fun and fair if they had given it to single prizers as well. Then Tera Orb wouldn't just be a "Search for an ex Pokemon from your deck"

>>57144742
Honestly, I think it's to keep Areo Zero in check, having to have a two prizer in play is a fair trade for having an expanded bench.

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Noob question but I'm about to go make some unwise financial decisions.

There's a handful of trainers that get reprinted in every set right? if I'm reading the rules right as long as they have identical card text they're still legal regardless of which set they're from right? So an ultra ball from a swsh set will still be legal even after rotation?

Also god damn is the TCG live app this shitty on purpose to get people buying real cards

>>57145043
>So an ultra ball from a swsh set will still be legal even after rotation?
Yeah, as long as it's identical you're good to use it. Some people like using really old cards for that reason
New ones are pretty cheap since they're printed so much

>>57145053
Sounds good. I ordered an astral radiance and crown zenith box for christmas but I think to start looking in earnest I'm gonna pick up twilight masquerade and stellar crown boxes today and see where I can go from there. Been looking at the Hydrapple and Dragapult decks but I think i'll just cobble together what I have until rotation.

>>57145180
Generally it's better to buy singles if you're worried about the financial for it, that way you could even go buy gen5 ultra balls or whichever art you prefer for them
Unless your goal is wanting to also enjoy opening packs as well of course

>>57145238
Yeah, its all christmas money so I've already mulled it over a bit. Pokemon's my only real consoom hobby these days and Pocket's just a little too glue sniffing for me so I may as well learn to play alongside the collection chasing.

>>57145043
>Also god damn is the TCG live app this shitty on purpose to get people buying real cards
Small indie company, please understand

>>57145043
copying old post I made (for someone who asked for live)
>potion
>poke ball
>great ball
>ultra ball
>switch
>energy retrieval
>energy search
>energy switch
>crushing hammer
>pokemon catcher
>rare candy
>pal pad
>poke gear 3.0
>champions festival (not sure if available to craft)
>judge
and not so evergreen but
>rods
>other balls
>rocky helmet
>vitality band
>escape rope probably soon
>copycat probably soon
>master ball
>scoop up cyclone

>>57145310
forgot to mention prof's research and boss's orders
And btw for those two, you cannot use prof oak, sycamore or juniper instead of research in standard format, or lysandre instead of boss's. You can only use those in Expanded and beyond, and not in combination with research or boss.

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>>57145321
basically this

>>57145321
>you cannot use prof oak, sycamore or juniper instead of research in standard format, or lysandre instead of boss's. You can only use those in Expanded and beyond, and not in combination with research or boss.
This still makes me mad. I traded for a Sycamore and a Lysandre because I liked the art to play in GGEX since I only needed the one-of and now that we're on PTCGL I still can't even play the deck despite being nearly 2 years into the release of the game.

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>>57145359
Lysandre really does have the best FA of any gusting supporter

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>>57145382
WRONG

>>57145382
I like the special illustration Ghetsis one a lot, if I could use either I would have trouble picking. Unfortunately I have two and I rarely run more than that, but I only have one FA research I actually like so I'm forced to use the other FAs I don't like

>>57145408
>FA research
I started playing again by opening celebration packs, and had a full page of Oaks. Stupid me didn't know players went crazy over them and sold them casually to others. I highly regret not being able to have my 4 Oaks in each deck. Lesson learned.

>>57145402
There's a reason why rainbow cards were worth less than regular FAs. They're all too samey
Lysandre FA being bright orange was iconic

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Sucks that Hop and Archaludon deck aren't poffin compatible

>>57145770
That's what Precious Trolley is for.

Is there any way to watch the champions league Osaka jrs division?
Their top 8 is very interesting.

>>57142261
I like how the one they obviously intend to be the best card of the set is the one who isn't an engine and instead just fits in with Metang or Archaludon. All the others are accelerators or drawers with nothing to swing with inside their box.

>>57146178
What's their top 8? Can't find any streams of it unfortunately.

>>57146341
https://pokecabook.com/archives/180317#toc12
A Tinkaton made it into top 8 so I'd like to see how those kids pilot it.

>pilot

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I need this card so bad. I never expected one of my favorite artists would make art for a Pokemon card.

>try laddering
>control
>control
>control
>control
what are these losers doing at night

>>57145043
Sorry your post piqued my interest, what do you intend to spend money on and for what purpose?

Dumb tcg live question. I'm workign through a big bundle of codes for the first time but I see it automatically traded a Dark Patch from these pulls for some currency? Did I miss something or is redeeming huge batches at once not a good idea?

>>57146938
Mostly general collecting desu, but now with a side of trying to learn the game. I picked up a stellar crown etb and have some twilight masquerade BnBs on the way and I think between what I already have and those I'll be good to hunt for singles after that.
I was looking at trying out the Dragapult and/or Hydrapple decks

>>57146940
Hey I just redeemed a big patch of codes for the first time and know what happened.
You can only have a certain number of a card in your inventory 4 for most pokemon trainers ans regular items. if you unpack more they get turned into gems. You can only have a maximum of 1 card for the colorful item cards after that they get converted.
The currency they get converted to is really useful because it allows you to exchange for specific cards directly so redeeming lots of codes is a very good idea because even if you don't pull what you need you could be able to exchange for it instead.

>>57146960
Thats what i figured, must be stuff thats already in the starter decks. Thanks

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Trying to cook something up.

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I am a big fan of this guy and I'll be sad to see him go no matter how hard he fell off

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Made a Wugtrio deck and I really like when the opponent bricks it is fun!

>>57144572
klefki shuts down nearly all of this deck's power

>>57147776
uh, no? it just shuts down Snorlax

>>57147781
you can joust and remove the tool too

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>>57147570

>>57147787
oh right, forgot about that. they'd probably just kill it next turn by attaching another tool tho

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>>57147761

>Haven't played the game since S/M
>Have codes for card packs from Sword and Shield all the way to S/V
>New client, OK
>Forgot password, email don't have access to anymore
>Go through the hassle of support
>they basically tell me to fuck off

I just wanted to play the game. Should I go through the hassle of making a new account?

>>57141379
Lol, Gardivor ex has been the best psychic deck for a long time now

Who up dippin their lins

>>57147440
I love my big void snake but I hate they made it a one-trick pony deck

>>57148138
>a new account?
no, you'll lose your entire collection of cards from Online
try recovering your email first, how hard can it be? you're not using proton right?

>>57148411
No it was gmail I just haven't used that email in years.

The login for TCGO should be the same for live right?

>>57148414
>The login for TCGO should be the same for live right?
it should be yeah, I don't recall if you had to forcefully link your pokemon trainer account, but try going that route as well

>>57147761
do you have a list? I have a friend who wanted to build him too but i have no clue on where to start

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>>57148580
Pokémon: 6
4 Wugtrio PAF 224
1 Skwovet SVI 151
2 Bibarel BRS 121
4 Wiglett SVI 56
2 Bidoof CRZ 111
1 Manaphy CRZ-GG 6

Trainer: 20
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146
4 Counter Catcher PAR 160
1 Iono PAL 254
1 Pokémon League Headquarters OBF 192
1 Roseanne's Backup BRS 148
2 Judge SVI 176
2 Irida ASR 147
2 Night Stretcher SFA 61
2 Capturing Aroma SIT 153
1 Iono PAF 237
1 Artazon PAL 171
1 Technical Machine: Evolution PAR 178
2 Super Rod PAL 188
4 Crushing Hammer SVI 168
3 Colress's Tenacity SFA 57
1 Energy Loto ASR 140
3 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144
2 Boss's Orders BRS 132
3 Ultra Ball SVI 196
1 Neutralization Zone SFA 60

Energy: 3
2 Jet Energy PAL 190
4 Reversal Energy PAL 192
2 Double Turbo Energy BRS 151

Total Cards: 60

I just copied it from the net earlier and it does well enough. I'm learning the game with it so really bad at piloting though, but I still have fun cause it's funny

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>>57148623
different anon, interesting to see you go for the attack cost increasing. personally I've taken a liking to retreat cost stacking to force an eventual checkmate that way, though latias and pecharunt ex are a massive pain. if energy removal didn't need a coin flip itself id consider trying your idea more
my list for reference

Pokémon: 11
4 Wugtrio PAF 224
1 Chatot ASR 129 PH
1 Skwovet SVI 222
2 Bidoof CRZ-GG 29
1 Rotom V LOR 58
1 Tarountula PAL 17 PH
1 Manaphy CRZ-GG 6
4 Wiglett SVI 56 PH
1 Mimikyu PR-SV 75
1 Spidops ex SVI 243
2 Bibarel CRZ-GG 25

Trainer: 17
4 Counter Catcher PAR 160
2 Eri TEF 146 PH
1 Forest Seal Stone SIT 156
1 Jacq SVI 175
1 Artazon PAL 171 PH
2 Calamitous Wasteland PAL 175 PH
2 Nest Ball SVI 181
3 Colress's Tenacity SFA 57 PH
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146 PH
1 Ultra Ball BRS 150
1 Roseanne's Backup BRS 148 PH
4 Arven SVI 166
1 Technical Machine: Evolution PAR 178
1 Super Rod PAL 188
1 Gravity Gemstone SCR 137 PH
4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144
1 Neutralization Zone SFA 60

Energy: 4
3 Jet Energy PAL 190
4 Reversal Energy PAL 192
2 Double Turbo Energy ASR 216
1 Double Turbo Energy BRS 151

Total Cards: 60

this goofy little trio is fun, its also what I learned the game with

coming from pocket, what's a deck that's easy/straightforward to play for a newcomer to the tcg?

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>>57150321
Charizard ex

>>57150321

Raging Bolt or Miraidon.

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Here are my trading cards

>>57149013
nice, this will give me a place to begin. I have to ask the purpose of the Chatot in this list though, since i can't figure it out

>>57150974
he exists to lock down an active that would otherwise be able to run for free thanks to latias ex, being able to draw 1 is an alright alternative attack, and he's not a huge pain to get out of the active either.
honestly hes kinda just a desperation attempt to buy time against decks like raging bolt, doesn't do anything against roaring moon or other dark decks so they still suck to fight, worst case hes often another mon that can just pop out tm evolution
hes a relatively new addition for me thanks to an anon here posting random cards, but he has won me some otherwise unwinnable matches through locking down something like fez and forcing energy investment into its attack, then countering up another shitlet that isn't energized
hes very cuttable, but his utility has been very valuable imo

>>57151112
thanks for the insight. How's the matchup against raging bolt? That's what i'm mostly facing in my town

>>57151124
before latias? a pain if you're unlucky on mills but very doable
with latias? pure agony, chatot/mawile locking something in and eri sniping switch items becomes a necessity during mid/lategame
either way choosing to run 2 prizers can really hurt against them because they rig their flips on pokemon catcher every time until proven otherwise, but rotom and spidops add enough to the deck that they're worth the risk. they will get you killed sometimes though
very doable but pray they can't afford that damned jet (they likely have it anyway), keep important count of how many of their pokestops have been played and milled, neut zone becomes another key wincon against it. if you can whittle away at the count of them over the game, plus get a couple of carts and switches off the eri, often times they help deck themselves out just by setting up. you'll typically have to eat through at least 30 cards still though, but sada drawing 3 starts to become a detriment for them lategame

>>57151147
this has been very helpful. Thanks again, friend, i shall pester you with more questions later, when they pop up in testing or play.

Really liking this dragapult deck so fun to use especially with a lucky early draw

>>57151188
do ask, there was another lad here who played the deck that gave me insights on it some months back, so you'll get a couple of perspectives
best of luck to ya

What deck is good against Dragapult? Every faggot in Japan is playing this shit and I'm getting tired.

>>57151935
Ive only played the pult/thorns variation and Im not in the JP format so idk how helpful my advice is, but garde is always a headache for me to deal with. unless they're bad at the deck. supposedly klawf/pagos is good against it too but I haven't played with the pagos build or against it yet myself so idk how true that is.

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>>57151767
I love this design of card, it's just so cozy looking

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I got second place at a League Challenge yesterday.
15 players, 4 turns with no top cut, I brought Charizard-Pidgeot as usual.
The first round was against a new player with a Roaring Moon ex deck. He didn't seem to have quite gotten the hang of sequencing yet and he was less aggressive than he could've been so it was an easy victory for me.
Then I played against a Raging Bolt ex deck. He prized most of his Sada's in the first game and couldn't do much. The next one was more drawn out with myself drawing pretty poorly at first but I ended the match with a four prizes turn using Briar + Dusknoir.
I lost the third round against a Charizard-Dragapult player. I was too trigger happy with my Dusknoirs and brought the opponent to two prizes. He obviously capitalized on that and won the first game. In the next game I was really close to winning with only one prize remaining but he managed to trap my Rotom V in the active zone while all of my energies were already attached to other mons and I had already used my Turo. That game ended in a tie when time runned out. I'm really bummed out about this match because it's not the first time I make the mistake of overusing my Dusknoirs and the match would've been totally winnable otherwise.
The last round was against an Iron Leaves ex deck that made use of Cornerstone Ogerpon to stall. On paper this should've been unwinnable for me but the opponent didn't draw into the Ogerpon in the first game and in the next one I managed to play around it with Counter Catchers and Boss's Orders so I won nonetheless.
Finished second place and got awarded with 4 regular packs and 3 prize ones. Only found a Miraidon ex from one of the prize packs and nothing else of interest.

>>57152321
you'll getem next time champ

cant wait for charizard to leave

>he still doesn't know how to deals with zard

>deals
Nice try third worlder it's not because I can't beat charizard it's because I want them to print usable grass pokemon in the next 2 years.

>S

>grass
lol
lmao, even

>>57152498
I'm having fun with Dipplin though?

>dipplin
noob detected

A shame there isn’t a grass Pokémon that one shots charizard for 3 energy with built in energy acceleration that is featured in like 15% of decks right now.

It was never about charizard

>>57152593
Don't you hate on my apple bro

forest doomed us all

>beating a stall pedo with 1 card left in my deck
too easy... kid...

>>57148424
Was able to recover it and now migrated. I see they removed coins and it seems the trade function is gone. Tournaments appear to be gone as well.

>>57152766
The entire point of them making PTCGL was to get rid of trading but they ended up getting rid off everything else the old client did better for a broken game with a shitty collection viewing system, no tournaments, and a halfway working expanded ladder

>>57152766
hey at least you have your cards
trading was removed in favor of crafting, you can basically have every deck for free as long as you do dailies, instead of buying codes to trade packs for a single

>>57152780
Didn't they remove the B/W cards? I remember in the migration process it mentioning their removal.

>>57152776
I had a lot of tickets from grinding ladders and they're gone.

>>57152785
>B/W cards
for now, but iirc they will release them eventually with better expanded and possibly unlimited. I only think they haven't done so as to not fuck up certain attacks or abilities as happened recently with some expansions breaking the game

>>57152821
Can I just use my older decks (I see they're deleted) and play in expanded? Or are XY and SM decks just ridiculously outclassed nowadays?

I loved some meme budget decks like the Vespiquen+Unown and Night March decks which had you using discarded cards to attack. What's the current equivalent to that or is everyone running Vmax cards or EX?

>>57152828
you can import them if you had exported them from online (not sure if you could still do that at this point in time) but if not then check for lists online to easily import.
>Or are XY and SM decks just ridiculously outclassed nowadays?
Mostly attackers, as we can do ridiculous amounts of damage in one turn now. 'mons with abilities or effect on the other hand are still used as newer similar abilities are worse.
There are plenty good combos with modern + "vintage" cards, especially using VStar powers and Ace Specs, so you might want to try building new stuff or check lists online

>>57152405
NTA but how does one deal with it? I should've expected as much from anything with a ranked ladder but trying out Live for the literal first time getting roflstomped by those all night feels like it happens too fast for me to actually learn what its doing or how to feel out my own decks in doing so. I was farting around with the Gholdengo deck they give you since it seemed funny but if there's others that are more beginner friendly I'm all ears

>>57153169
the best way to figure out how to beat a deck is to play it yourself. the pult decks typically have an easy time playing against zard. especially the pult/thorns list because most people who play zard don't understand how to play the deck properly. you can also just add in a couple tm devos and completely shut down zard after they've used up too many rare candies. countering zard mainly comes from exploiting your opponents mistakes since zard only has a couple bad match ups

Are there any resources for finding IRL events?

>>57153663
the only resource I know for finding irl events is the event locator on the pokemon website.

If I wanted to get back into the TCG would I be better served just waiting till Gen 10 launches?

>>57154007
nah we still got one regulation mark to go before gen 10, meaning at least 1 more year for the soonest cards to rotate out (after rotation this spring), and 2+ for the newer ones

>>57152604
Still needs an energy on the prior turn or energy switch. There's no killing zard outta nowhere mons. Even iron leaves needs energy on board or the ace spec
Leafeon ex could've if they didn't gimp it to never ohkoing zard if they're not dumb enough to put 3 energy on board vs an eevee deck

>>57154523
The second attack one hits it that shit does like 230 damage

>>57154793
Then you need crispin or glass trumpet(+ existing tera on board) + switch out + evo
There's no simple ways of hitting 170 as a grass type, all of them need a lot of prep and set up.

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Considering making a Tinka deck, should I?

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>>57154841
It's a lot of fun, drawing cards like a madman is utterly satisfying.

>Make 4 different Cup top cuts
>lose all of them 0-2
>only one of them was "competitive"
>get steamrolled in the other ones
Playing in my area fucking sucks...

>>57137829
Anyone have any experience with cube? I’ve put in a ton of time the last couple weeks building and printing one out. I have a group interested in playing, just need to show up with it

>>57154841
it's fun but the decks pretty much dead after rotation with the loss of DTE. I imagine it would get reprinted eventually tho
irl i wouldn't suggest it but online it's cheap enough, a lot of staples used anyway. arezu can be swapped for jaq if you wanted to use FA supporters

>>57151935
Snorlax stall assuming its the variation with iron thorns.

Deck that runs the highest amount of cute girls for trainer cards?

>>57155677
I think stallax and pidgeot control run the most because like 4 of their staple supporters are girls. the next one is probably terapagos since it usually runs a prof research(which can be a girl), iono, and briar.

Zero, so it died just like shaunberg's shitphone, kekekekekekeh
Remember that shaunberg, the kike from tel-aviv, tried to pretend he had an """iphone""" before, then a substandard (((prebuilt))) """desktop""", and now tries to pretend it was a Samsung. Like all his kind, he'll never be able to get his story straight, just like he tried lying about being from (((Stern))) despite his IQ and SAT score being far too low for anything above a shithole like CAS. Any time he pretends to be an American, therefore, is an outright fabrication from some yidsraeli who can barely speak English. He even has to wait until this hour to use some shitbox without permission, after supposedly """buying""" (stealing) some useless machine to post from. One can't help but notice how it's always the kike shills and their hired shitskins who support him, or his filthy jew family that buys shitphones for him and lets him reset their routers, or his fellow jews who let him beg them for freebies. One can't help but notice how it's always the kike shills and their hired shitskins who support him, or his filthy jew family that lets him reset their routers, or his fellow jews who let him beg them for freebies.
He'll never be able to deny this because shaunberg, as a yid, has no spelling errors when typing in his native language, yiddish. Meanwhile, whenever he tries to type in English, so many typos abound. This alone is enough to out shaunstein as a filthy jew, who was kicked out of Nasser Yorat University and not New York as he tries to imply, and was rejected from the University of Tel-Aviv and not UTM. As a member of a (((tribe))) with a professional victim complex, shaunberg's only available instinct when punched by a single pajeet was to curl up and beg for mercy, then play the victim later, rather than fight back like a real man would.

cards?

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oh shit it's med time

>>57155874
Funny looking at the meowscarada text
>Ability: Showtime
>Once during your turn, you may use this Ability. If this Pokémon is on the Bench, switch it with your Active Pokémon.
>[C][C] Rising Bloom: 90+ damage. If your opponent’s Active Pokémon is a Pokémon ex, this attack does 90 more damage.
Another 'can indeed one-shot zard ex but is only good at doing that one thing' card

>>57154921
how hard does this lose to Iono? How well will this do after double turbo rotates?

>>57154523

Good thing you can play 4 of them and you’re allowed (encouraged, even!) to use more than one of its ability per turn. Saying it needs some setup is like saying one of Charizard’s weaknesses is that you need to bench a Charmander. Like yes, technically it’s a weakness, but it’s the bare minimum effort you need to make.

>>57156537
>how hard does this lose to Iono?
1 or 2 shouldn't be a game over and if you add a mimikyu you can buy some time, the deck can easily draw over 8 cards but you also have to set up your board every turn.

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>>57154921
No Lacey?

>>57156537
you can stockpile dudunsparce on bench if you're already hitting enough, plus fez. it's ok but hates judge decks too
double turbo will kill it yes, you need to use the shitty xatu engine otherwise

>>57157964
Add in another cute girl and I'll make it

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>Almost everything is soldout in pokemon center
>All marked up on tcg by 200 percent
I FUCKING HATE POKEMON INVESTORS

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>>57158000
I think she is very cute.

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Is it monetarily worth it to buy boosters to hang onto for selling online later after the next generation even though this is sort of scummy and on the verge of scalping?
How much do people actually make from this?
What are the logistics that make people do this?
Is it better to do this or just sell single cards instead?

>>57158740
From what i've noticed after about two months of kinda paying attention the common threads seem to be sets with a Pikachu, Charizard, or Umbreon of some variety and full art waifus. But I don't think anyone knows what the reprint situation will be like with the modern sets yet. iirc the current meme set 151 just recently got a reprint/restock but scalpers are ravenous

>>57158868
So I'm guessing it's good for you if you can get on the scalping train but it's too volatile to predict if there's a good financial basis for it? Then why even scalp at all? Sounds like a lot of work and money for not even a guaranteed payday if the TCG want to do reprints

>>57158970
It has a lot to do with covid lockdown and zoomer tubers knocking some screws loose and normies getting into the hobby mucking everything up. Its a fairly hot topic and cards have been getting slightly more desirable treatments for collectors [different holo effects, full arts, etc] feeding that same kinda fomo high people get from rolling in gachas I'd assume. So recently stuff's been selling out just cause its new and nobody knows if it'll get restocked, I can't find any surging sparks or twilight masquerade anywhere though for what its worth singles of the cards that see active play seem to be on the cheaper side compared to dickwipe holo variant eevee or waifu of the month

I won't pretend to know anything more than what i've read and watched about recently, most of my fave mons are gen 5+ shitmons but it is mega gay getting caught in the collateral of a set having a pikachu everyone's tripping over themselves for or something. I don't get it much either.

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Testing out this no F cards decks. Any advice?

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besides these generals, where else do you lurk to discuss and learn more about the game? also looking for any youtube channels, but most of those idiots seem to be more about opening old booster packs than actually playing
I'm new and want to learn more

>>57159269
My local game store is my best place to talk about Pokemon, but I also watch videos by top players and listen to their commentary as they play. Sometimes I also check out the Japanese side of the game through Twitter and Pokecabook.

>>57158549
Wait, that's a girl?

>>57159269
theres a decent amount people in the competitive scene that record their games in live or make commentary videos so you can typically find a video of a deck you want to learn how play by searching for it on youtube. or you can find a players socials in limitless after a tourney and go from there. for just TCG stuff in general Ive been watching a couple channels named ruby retro and burtsPTCG recently because they talk about old formats or historic events that happened in the game

>>57159246
Seems standard enough
Decks are really gonna fall apart without rotom+lumineon+fss consistency. Jirachi/lele/lumineon always get reprinted anyway

>>57158740
>Is it monetarily worth it to buy boosters to hang onto for selling online later after the next generation even though this is sort of scummy and on the verge of scalping?
depends how long you plan to hold?

>prize all 4 of my lightning energy as raging bolt
damn i got outskilled huh..

prize cards are GOOD BTW apparently??

>>57159601
just attack with ogerpon

>>57159625
was vs dengo so i'd do doing no damage when they have 1 energy and resistance

Does anyone have an updated Orthworm ex deck?

>>57159544
I'm asking hypothetically but what's a reasonable amount of time one should hodl for?

>>57159832
theres an arch deck that uses orthworm ex showing up in limitless.

>>57159934
Thanks, I'm stupid.
>>57160322
Those eyes know no remorse

>>57159352
>videos by top players and listen to their commentary as they play.
>>57159511
>a decent amount people in the competitive scene that record their games in live or make commentary videos
Not that anon but being fairly new myself I wanted to ask the same question. Could you be more specific and give us some names?

>>57160660
There are anons in this thread who would greentext me, but I watch AzulGG, Littledarkfury, and DarkIntegralGaming

What would a Teal Mask Ogerpon deck look like that's just Ogerpon as the main attacker? I don't want this dragon or raging bolt bullshit, just the lil guy

>>57160676
Honestly, LDF could be a perfectly above average youtuber if he didn't put his ugly face in every single thumbnail trying to work the algorithm

>>57160772
Probably want some other support to attach more energies like Gardenia's Vigor or Hydrapple.
You're not hitting much with only two energies.

what is the cheapest way of buying japanese packs? From the pokemon center with a forwarder?

>>57160895
That seems like fun, think I'll try it

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>>57160772
>>57160895
>>57161020
Please be gentle cause I'm new and this is my first time trying to make a deck, what do you think about this? I think there's way too many Pokemon but not sure what good numbers would be. The deck doesn't have to be comp viable I just wanna have fun attaching tons of energy

>>57161309
>new
>all those full arts
Need more energy retrieval and something that gives you a free retreat, like beach or board to put on your ogers

>>57161309
Hydrapple and Sinistcha work against each other. Hydrapple likes to keep energy on things whereas Sinistcha wants to discard it to attack. I'd recommend either using Hydrapple or a Sinistcha and Sinistcha ex combo.

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>>57161354
As a christmas present for myself I bought 400 code cards, don't judge me...
>>57161420
I didn't think about that, I just wanted to jam all the grass energy cards together and see if it worked, I guess. This is why I just steal decks instead of trying to make my own. Both options seem fun but I'll try out the apple focused route for now. Maybe something like this?

>>57161453
Seems okay. I suggest cutting 3 Dipplins for 3 Rare Candies though. You'd want to have Hydrapple active ASAP if you want to get big numbers, and waiting for 2 turns to evolve is just too slow.

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>>57161453
>As a christmas present for myself I bought 400 code cards, don't judge me...
Hahahaha holy fuck, anon. No hate, that's just really funny.
>This is why I just steal decks instead of trying to make my own.
Nah that's fair. I still haven't got the hang of making my own decks from scratch. It does help to play a couple of games with your own decks to see what you're missing in practice though.
This is the Hydrapple deck I use. It's far from perfect so don't feel you have to copy it 1-1, just use it as a reference. As >>57161464 said I'd highly recommend including Rare Candies. Also consider swapping the Dipplin out for the Stellar Crown version. It's not a straight upgrade, but it's very funny to bully basics with until you can get set up.

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>>57161464
>>57161483
>Hahahaha holy fuck, anon. No hate, that's just really funny.
It was only 38 dollars and PTCGL kinda because my new obsession over the past few weeks, so I've spent enough hours playing to justify it! I appreciate you guys not making fun of me too hard and for all the advice, gonna add some rare candies and adjust things based on your deck you just posted. I've played a few matches and the biggest issue I've had is running out of energy to get card draw, so I'll adjust things with that in mind mostly.

>>57161508
>biggest issue I've had is running out of energy to get card draw, so I'll adjust things with that in mind mostly.
That's where Arven and Iono is helpful if you brick, I'd add more of them

>>57160772
>>57161020
>>57161309
>>57161453
>>57161508
based applebro in training
>have fun attaching tons of energy
indeed you will, trust me
too bad you didn't play before when shadow calyrex was around, 'twas basically the same deck but with psychic, you probably would have liked it

hydrapple is gonna feel so good to play once radzard rotates. that's just an ultimate cheat condition vs you making it an unwinnable match up

I like to think I play better with my hydrapples than kiki ever would

>>57161639
You say that but there's every chance that a 2025 set is going to include some other broken Zard. I'm surprised it didn't get a Stellar ex.

>>57161647
At least that'll be a 2 prizer. Radzard was cheating as it ohko anything fire weak as a 1 prizer, unless you were 2 prizes off game you can't boss around it as it will claim another 2 prize from you. so it just ends up checkmating you instead

The next zard card is probably mega zard. Who knows how they'll do megas, I'd imagine it's big basics again because of stage 2s like charizard would need to evolve 3 times like breaks were otherwise

dragon stellar zard will count as fire type since radzard will be gone

>>57161639
its going to be nice overall to revist decks after rotation. I feel like theres obvious stuff you're going to have to work around like budew and pult because they seem to be the next popular cards but it still sounds fun to tinker with old decks again

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Happy new year /tcg/!
What cards are you hoping to get a reprint in the upcoming set?

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>>57160660
>>57159352
>>57159511
thanks lads

>>57161990
haply new year. double colorless energy

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>>57162463
B A S A D O
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So, what do you bros think the next big thing for investing will be?

I've got a case of Prismatic to keep sealed. But the new sets after that don't seem to have much hype. Are we still HODLing on 151?

>>57162515
>>57158623

>>57139329
Literally just got back into the game online and fighting this stupid fucking Charizard deck shit
I like this Deck they give you tho

>>57162515
my gut says we should invest in costco gold bars next

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>Ceruledge mirror match
>they have an absolute blitz of a turn 1, using energy search pro, prof, and sqwawk to discard 15 energies in a turn
>their bench is stacked by turn 2 with 3x Ceruledge and Greninja able to do max damage
>bricking with Greninja and Charcadets despite using Concealed Cards every turn
>whip out Mimikyu and don't touch the rest of my bench
>watch as they panic for a few turns trying to retrieve the water energies they need to KO Mimikyu
Love this little shit. It makes for a complete change in gameplan if I have to use it, but it's so effective when it does.

>>57162821
what match ups does the mimikyu help you with in ceru besides the mirror?

>>57162848
Bolt, Charizard, Miraidon mostly. If they turbo and stack with lots of ex/V/Vstars, etc. and I have a shit bricky start, Mimikyu can really come in clutch. If that becomes my game plan and they tech Cologne, I have 4x Night Stretcher to bring it back.

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>>57162509
I love big numbers

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>>57162883
>Another mirror
>Start with Fez. Get Palkia and Greninja on T1
>3/3 Ceruledges in Prizes
>resort to Mimikyu stall again
>do not draw a single supporter in 18 turns and it's a Boss
>other person concedes after their third, Pal Pad Iono
With 3x Carmine, 1x Prof and 1x Iono in deck, I should have drawn into one of them at some point. When the RNG is getting this bad and trying to fuck me, I know I'm done for the evening.

>>57163524
Nice. I also love doing a final overkill to finish a match.

Are there any off the shelf products I can buy at my local game store to jump right into the tcg, or am I better off netdecking singles off of the links in the OP?
Looking for a new card game to jump into and I don't remember hearing anything bad about pokemon. Figure it's worth buying into and trying out.

>>57163714
Yeah. Shit like this is right up your alley https://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-tcg/product-gallery/charizard-ex-league-battle-deck

You basically get a mostly competent deck that you can play with immediately.

Ceruledge nerd decked out cause he couldn't kill my chad metal guy, get rekt

>starting with Fez for the 5th game in a row
>1/60
This is retarded

>>57163524
>>57162463
>>57161483
I want to make this to test the waters at locals. I got back into cards cause of Pocket and I know i should be buying singles for it but there's so many stellar crown boxes and premium sets in the stores around me its like the green goblin mask
Deck looks mad fun and is exactly what I was looking for of stuff that'll be pretty much untouched after rotation

>>57163734
Thanks, man. I appreciate it. If I'm roping a friend into the game as well, should I grab a second copy or are the other recent EX Battle Decks okay too?

>>57162463
Post deck

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>>57154841
>>57154921
Literally came to ask this since I love this gremlin fuck
God a card list in ENG?
Is it actually fun and good?

>>57164374
They're all fine. They tend to be based off some of the more popular decks in the meta

>>57164719
Hell yeah, that's great to hear.

Will we finally have a fully functional expanded format in 2025? I don't want to wait 10 fucking years just to play XY Trevenant Item Lock.

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New Chinese cards leaked. The translation is Chinese->Japanese->English so it's probably not accurate.

>>57165129
Pokebeach should have better translation
https://www.pokebeach.com/2025/01/lycanroc-and-spike-energy-from-battle-partners-revealed

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>>57165129
4 damage counters = 40*4+40 = 200 damage (with 40 already on the Pokemon) so that KOs most basic ex. Could combo it with Vengeful Punch or even this little guy. Pretty strong I'd say. And it even has self-acceleration and the energy is sustainable.

>>57164717
>list in ENG?
theres a bunch of tink lists on the limitless website. that list that you're replying to specifically is similar to the one that was played at a tournament about a month or so ago besides the jacq, dusk ball, fezan, and thornton.
>is it fun
if you like to zoom through your deck and do big damage then yeah its pretty fun. Ive enjoyed playing it the few times Ive tried it out.
>good?
eh I think its okay. its definitely a bit weird to get set up compared to other decks in the meta. also with drago, pult, and noir still being popular all your dunsparce are in constant danger of being nuked off the board. but with any deck if you're good at the game you'll see success with it. if you're new to the game then expect to be farmed a lot.

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>>57165136
Interesting

>>57165129
>>57165136
Meowscarada ex / Lycanroc deck perhaps?

>>57165328
Wayyyyy too slow and tedious (can't even target the Active). You have easier options like >>57165276, Munkidori, Starmie, Dusclops, or even just tools like Vengeful Punch/Rocky Helmet.
You can also just take the slow and easy way of spreading damage first with Uxie or Froslass or Calamitous Snowy Mountain.

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>Make Lucky Chansey deck that can make you draw all prize cards if you flip heads constantly
>Haven't flipped a heads in at least 100 attempts
At least I get a good amount of heads with Kangaskhan ex.

>>57165600
>relying on rigged video game RNG

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>>57165714
I'm using my own coin though.

>>57165755
>relying on furry RNG IRL
You didn't come in your plushies enough last night

>>57165759
Makes sense, thanks for the help!

>>57165759
You can't just reveal the secret this way

>>57165136
i thought with lugia/archeops rotating we would get good special energy again? huh?

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There's no tangible rewards for grinding masters ladder right? Might try some jank now that I'm at the end. Anyways, 2025 is the year of grass trust me on this we'll get some good bugs too it's our time finally

>constantly being RNG screwed from 1700 to 1500 on Arceus
Played over 15 matches today where I've not drawn a single Supporter till turn 6+ despite having 10 supporters in deck. But it'll keep giving me the the one ofs in my opening hand.

The deck isn't perfect, but I've had several games where I played against control and it took 15+ turns to see anything.

>>57166405
Nothing

>>57166405
i dont even bother going past deoxys desu, the reward for arceus isn't worth starting to lose points on loses

>>57166405
the only reward is playing more pokemon and getting more experience with a deck you enjoy playing.

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>>57165755
Try some of those precision casino dice.

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>>57167856
illegal

>>57168692
probably also so it doesnt scratch up peoples sleeves or even the cards themselves if there is none
>some tard throws his sharp dice and scratches me cards

>Iono to 2
>Give them the perfect 2 cards to win
Haha..

>>57168950
>playing shit meme deck I use to clear challenges
>still win because opponent is utterly brainless
Sometimes things go your way, anon, even when you don't deserve it

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STOP
can i get some other SIR please i dont want to spend credits crafting them
every one of the crates so far has given me a jasmine..

>>57168950
>Iono them
>they draw and immediately play Nest Ball for Fez

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I'm not ready to leave them yet :(

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>>57169342
her format

>>57169342
I still don't get why Suicune rotated earlier than the rest of the Trio Dogs

>>57169083
yeah keep eating that shit yeah... get fatter

>>57170203
More like Jasmine's Graze lmao

>>57170203
-30 damage is from her dumpy block

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First time facing a tinker...christ

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>>57170263
>780 damage

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>>57170361
Well...

>>57169342
I am, euthanize stallax players

>>57169342
Rest in piss lost zone and radiant greninja and charizard and regidrago you will not be missed

>>57169342
>Lugia
GOOD fuck off and let them print some special energy
>Lost box
>Snorlax
gtfo too
>Radzard
Get fucked

I'll miss the rest though

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This guys deck looked kind of ass but he scooped after I blasted his evil bird lmao
>>57170670
There's a jirachi that's a damage counter (different from damage which also places counters) blocker

I'm starting to hate Archaludon, I don't think I've won a single game against it

New

>>57171096
>>57171096