Temporary Truce 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/1417Old /tcg/ pastebin: https://pastebin.com/Ge95YuMARotation:March 26th for online and April 10th for physical.https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/2026-pokemon-tcg-standard-format-rotation-announcement/tcc/ FAQ: https://pastebin.com/MypNBzcaPrevious /tcg/ Thread: >>58966180Previous /tcc/ Thread: >>58976055
Since neither thread could manage to stay on the board we're going to try this for a thread or two until everything settles down.
I woke up to no thread which isn't surprising because there's a billion threads being spammed off the pokemon stream. Did they talk about TCG Live at all or did we get ignored for another year?
Playing this tomorrow at an ASC legal tournament, winner gets an ETB. Thoughts?
>>58982472https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz5vu1TwuNkThey only mentioned the card game as a whole, so if it effects live at all, it'll probably just be because it also effects physical cards.
>>58982513Looks very bricky without a way to look for energies.Even if it's not a Rocket Supporter, add a Hilda or two just to get a more reliable way to get your Rocket or Triple energies.
>>58982513I would remove a Poke Pad and a Rocket Factory to replace it woth 2 Hildas.You are already using a Fezandipiti to draw cards so Ariana is only half as efective, you may as well just use a Hilda to find the Honcho and the energy it needs.
>>58982702>>58982759I've seen 0 lists with Hilda and honestly haven't had a problem finding energies past the first one (no use for a T1 Hilda anyways). I'm not playing Fez until I'm sure it won't fuck me over in the prize trade, and 100% using it after playing Ariana so doesn't ruin the effectiveness.More interested in knowing if anyone's running Counter Catcher, Pokegears vs Roto-Stick, Ultra Ball, fourth Petrel, fourth Honch...
>still buying modern
>>58982793Japan lists were only playing pokegear in honchcrow prerotation. It might be better than roto stick. >>58982919But no one is play expanded
Blew an easy matchup I was heavily favored in at locals, didn't do anything I should have correctly, and then made an embarrassing mistake by trying to play Poffin with a full bench. Feels humiliating.
So its looking like Konami will finally be done rarity raping TCG, these lower rarity overframes are 1 per box. And they straight up look better than the serialized versions with the ugly ass border. While I dont play pokemon tcg, I will probably go back to playing ygo as barrier to entry will be on par with pokemon tcg(if konami doesnt magically change the hit rates for us)
>>58983294People choke sometimes, don't worry about it. I'll bet whoever you lost to will've forgotten about it by tomorrow.
>>58982271If we get hologram cards after I was just talking about that a couple months ago I’m gonna flip out
>>58983313>YGO just entered the 5ban ex eraStill a long way to go
Everyone keeps afking versus me
>still buying vintage
Deltabros... are we back?
Wait you can play with pokemon cards??
>>58982271>Just contact a wholesaler distributor bro!>Jap posts the prices>literally worse prices than a fucking card shop in AkihabaraPokemon is dead
Does good places for people who are into cards even exist?- no schizos- no lame boomers crying about vintage vs modern- no investorcucksJust people who collect cards/being excited about that.This thread was the last place (mostly because i could just shit on boomers without being banned and keep talking about my interests)What the fuck.Literally every other place is swarmed by souless investorcucks who just interested in money.Why are you idiots decided to mix these two threads. People who PLAY tcg and COLLECT tcg are 2 different types.
>>58985265Both threads died in the wake of a million threads being spammed ESL poster, it'll go back to normal probably tomorrow.
>>58985265Go back to ,.reddit, lil bro
Sorry I passed out last night and the thread rotated out despite saying I'd bump it.
>>58985269oh yeah i completely forgot that the /vp/ is being all about 3 starters lol>>58985278Fuck off boomoid trash
>>58985278>lil broyou first, dumb gutter cunt
>>58982513if you don't dead draw and then get itchy pollened you should be fine.
>>58982513Why do your cards have low ign scores
>>58984920Doubtful but damn do I wish.
Prized double Gardy in the finals for the pokemon day tournament, no free ETB for me I guess
>want to buy PS5>nah i dont want to spend 500+ bucks on that...>...>2026. Picrel is around 400-500bucks>it's just a thin cardboard>I buy!!why i be like this...
>>58985507you’re black
>>58985562You are /vp-tard/ shitposter. So i would be above you in any situation.
>zero play
>>58985594ask a stupid question
Do (You) sleeve cards for your binder?I forgot I had sleeves and now some of my cards are almost sealed tight in the binder. Should I bother? It could be counter-productive trying to get them out...
>>58985790do not redeem
I don't get Live RNG.First match today, 3 out of my 4 Spidops prized.Second match, my 3 Protons prized while having only energies and my 2 Mimikyu in the hand.Third match, starting with only my Lillie's Clefairy and 4 Ariana and some Giovanni.It's as if it's telling me to change my deck.
>>58985935Yes, idiot
Remember these cards were just 3-5 bucks?
>>58986116I've had similar situations with TR decks both online and in paper. I have accepted that the archetype is cursed and learned how to bluff instead so my opponent ionos me into something playable
>still grading cards
I BOUGHT POGEYMAN CARDS!!!Seriously sucks for you people that don't live in Japan.
>>58982271My best guess is that the new gimmick is going to be a spiritual successor to Crystal Pokémon
I have opened 72 Ascended Heroes packs so far.>1 Poke Pad>0 SIRs>1 Hyper
>>58986649Oh and 1 MAR.
>>58985507That Charizard is way better than a PS5 tho
>>58986330I hope you get deported
Ignore the doomposters, I welcome our /tcg/ bros and I hope their playing decks are all centered around their waivues
>>58985311lmao why did you have to make me notice that
>>5898579030 packs?
Dropping a free pack code9WR-YQVN-ZVM-6YNSurging sparks
>>58987200Why Magma team look weak and cute while Aqua look cool and strong?
>>58986117But they're packed too tight I would send a picture but the damn thing won't take anything below 4MBs
>>58983337>I'll bet whoever you lost to will've forgotten about it by tomorrowYeah, but I won't. It's the next day and I still want to bash my retarded brains out.
>>58986791I am not used to people posting in my thread, especially people posting schizo foreign langauge out of rotation cards.
In Live, does low elo makes finding matches harder?I am at 1550 elo and I cam't start a single match.
Anons what 9" graded card should i buy? i worked hard and want an expensive "kind of grail" cardAll three of these choices cost kind of the same.Honestly i was just 151 starters VS Phantasmal Flames charizard. But my guts tell me to buy 25 Celebration Charizard before it will be too late. I feel like 30th set will make this one unobtainable.I'm not a rich guy by any means and this huge buy will probably be the only time i will spend on pokemon in 1.5 years
>>58987760It's only been 2 days since the ladder reset. Master league is separate from the lower ones.At the start of the month, master league games are hard to find. At the end of the month, lower league games are hard to find.
>>58983313>(if konami doesnt magically change the hit rates for us)They will like they always have done. TCG product is a fucking scam compared to their OCG counterparts.>>58984384Those look more like full art trainers, which 5ban never did.
>still buying physical
Today I went to my first card expo and frankly the experience was miserable. Every single card was 2x to 10x what I find online. Everyone talked like they were the wolf of wall street. Got 2 cheap cards and ran away.
>>58987780Phantasmal Flames charizard is very new. You will be safe leaving him for not. 151 is kind of overhyped. Celebrations char-char will be your best hit. We still don't know what charizard will be in 30 celebrations. After all it's the only way for normies to get the base set char for reasonable price and not completely destroyed.
>>58987950>Every single card was 2x to 10x what I find onlineWe are literally during the hype peak. And it will be like that till we will get the next generation that will scare away those crypto-normies.I can't wait to syphon all that cheap stuff they will be offloading.Because first sets of the next generation will be all new pokemon and startes so they will be crying.
>>58982271Pokerus and MissingN°
>>58987791This explains why I had a match with the same person three times in a row.I kinda felt bad for him because by all means he should have won due to deck compatibility, but he got bricked three times in a row.
>>58982271so these are real cards, not cards from game itself Pocket TCG?
Any Unsleeved Media fans out there?https://youtu.be/oofWzi8pBKo?t=19405
>>58988340I doubt that Kino Casino is in any way relevant to the pokemon tcg, but I will watch the clip anyways.
>>58988445It's timestamped
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7BNm6RJizE
>>58988340>>58988498>>58988445polfags still watch this retard?Holy fucking kek.
>>58988340>trump supporter is a pedophileI mean...it's nothing unusual but still.
>>58988539Uh no the whole point is nobody is watching him
>>58987200I fucking loved these cards, but then I bought them and I would be satisfied just having a wallpaper of it on my PC instead.
another pack code946-6MCH-MQQ-9JZ
>>58988667It was just so weird to see him in pokemon thread lol. What's next ? The Amazing Atheist? it's not 2016 anymore loli had no idea he unzips pokemon too...
>>58988705It's basically an unboxing channel with little background or interest other than desperate gambling cope/covert alcoholism.And he complains aabout how pokemon used to be better and for kids when he's a grown ass man (who wasn't even a kid in the late 90s) who buys in the thousands of dollars from scalpers and probably got scammed
>>58988340I was sceptical but ended up fukcing laughing. It's a good video to be a self-sentient for a while. Man im so glad im not opening packs anymore...I'd rather save up and by my "le chase card" instead of go through packs and feel stupid and throw money.Sure there is a chance to pull a card but it's not worth it. Even if you will pull your card - it will be better to buy singles and not open even a single pack (if you not going for Master Set of course)
>>58986791>and I hope their playing decks are all centered around their waivuesWhy yes I am planning to play Arboliva post rotation.
>>58987389Literally use paint, retard.
>>58986791uhh anon are we psychically linked
>>58986791>>58988973i misread this as physically which is also true
>>58982271>Slowking 4-0 at Seattle I FCUKING KNEEL
>>58989106Those turn 2 or turn 3 Trifrost are brutal.
>NpcGG casting seattleGrim
>>58989106Forget it, he tarded out on third game.
>>58989133yep, it's prime time for bench sniping since shaymin isn't getting played as much right now
Mail Day!!!Hi /tcg bros!
>>58988831Ironically Pokemon is the TCG I play the most but the one I buy the least packs for. I'd rather get DM boxes.
>>58988973Great minds think alike
Won a league cup today!
with what
>>58989622your favorite deck!
>>58989625my favorite deck is not legal in the standard format
>>58989674if you aint cheating you aint trying
>>58989683I think I would be DQd immediately if I flipped over Garchomp&Giratina Tag Team GX
todays pickups
>no full artsinto the trash it goes
DZN-Y69T-G66-22GMore surging sparks
investing = collecting >>>> playingprove me wrong
>>58986234Value is good for the hobby. Value = more hype = more sales. TPC love the fact that we're in an investing boom nowadays because they're making so much money from primary sales due to people hyping the secondary market.
VBL-X2JD-6XD-B6XSurging sparks again, i have quite a few.
I miss my /tcg/ schizos.
>>58990159Good riddance.
4GC-YB4R-TCW-LY4Surging sparks again
>>58990159>25 minute timers were reduced due to gardy tards Im glad its almost over.
I just won a league challenge with Froslass Munkidori. AMA
>>58990370I went 2-3 with Bolt-Bolt at my Pokemon Day. AMA
L7X-JJYG-PVR-77GSurging sparks
>>58988322We don't know but I doubt they'd announce a celebration for the tcg as a whole and then only do something for pocket. >>58986349 is most likely.
>>58988322>>58990618It is very clearly using the card frames for the main tcg's ex cards.
Last surging sparksP69-NJJN-RZ2-CYZ
Phantasmal flames before I go back to my tank game9HV-GWPR-MZJ-MYW
>>58990668Lol should've include a couple switch item cards or jet energy maybe? Lmao
Whoever plays Cornerstone with Bravery charm and Munkis are evil.They also bring a crustle in case the opponent has an abilitiless ex pokémon like Dragapult.I play Rocket Spidops and had to add a stupid Rocket Kangskhan just to deal with that piece of shit.The Rocket Honchkrow doesn't have an issue against that deck, but I hate how bricky it is.
>>58990945>Raging Bolt>7.4%If only It was Bolt-Bolt.
>>58989621nice gj!>>58990370congrats, what were your mus?
>>58990945Is Alakazam deck that good? I feel that Dusknoir on Alakazam/Kadabra and bench sniping the Abras would destroy it.
>>58991107Alakazam has psyduck and 4 battle cage. If long alazakam can evolve their abras fast enough, they are mostly safe from phantom dive and dusknoir.
Are these good cards? I haven't collected since 1998-2005. (oldfag). All of the packs with Lucario on them had no holos.>>58986779Stay mad, you will never live in Japan.
>>58991250Duskull, Munki, Zoroark, and Crustle are playable. Gardevoir is homeless after rotation as is Zeraora for the most part.
>>58991264I don't understand the rairty system in PTCG anymore. It used to be just a circle, diamond, star and star Holofoil. I hear the drop rate for rare cards now is stupidly high which just makes me hate Nintendo/PC more.And honestly I'm buying them for the memes and visiting pokemon centers in Shizoka.I think this is my haul.
>>58991291I've never cared about the rarities because I don't collect or pull cards. I just play the game so cards being usable is the first priority, and then after that if there's an artwork I like I'll just get it if I'm going to be using the card enough to warrant it. In any case, the special psychic energy and the Clefable are also playable, though the latter is probably going to settle into being rogue territory.
>>58991291Only art rares/AR, special art rares/SAR, and gold cards matter for modern "collecting"/Investing. If you really care about collecting, you should look for the art you like and buy them as singles, but your most expensive card is the mouse/Dedenne at around $5. Here's mine from two pokemon center etbs, 22 packs + promo cards, which cost me $120 and have a sealed market value of ~$600. I got back ~$300 of raw cards. The Psyduck is the most expensive due to being english, $60, instead of jap, $12.
why dont we just merge /tcc/ and /tcg/ indefinitely? to just /tcg/. theres always confusion for people who want to talk cards having to ask one thread and then get shit on and linked the other thread.
>>58992217because I hate this, I wanna talk about the game and decks and meta NOT collecting
>>58992250This. I couldn't care less about collecting. I just want to play the game and talk about it with people that take the game at least somewhat seriously
>>58990945Are these the most valuable cards in Japan at the moment or something? Should we be investing in Dragapult cards?
>>58992276Investing is more serious than playing a kiddy game. Some of us are putting thousands of dollars on the line instead of going to a hobby store and mincing around with children
>>58991291The cards up to holo are considered bulk now, as you find a holo/reverse in every pack.Then you have ex cards, i.e. the bloat to dilute your "hit" chance with 5ban slop coming out of the frame and gay sparkles.Then you have art rares which are special illustrations of common cards, most collectors chasing good artworks will go for these.Then you have full arts, another tier of slop where the pokemon is just a full frame render with thick outline and no background. Rarer than AR but generally people don't like them too much.Then you have special art rares, the big chases, art rares of the ex category. They have texture compared to the regular AR, and the reason no one can have fun anymore is because of this tier of cards.Then you have other seasonal gimmicks such as gold, rainbow, etc., which are the rarest with ridiculously low pull rates, they fetch good money the first month after release due to scarcity, but then they drop hard because no one really likes them.
>/tcg/ and /tcc/ truce>no OP card artfalse and gay truce!
>>58992217The schizos from both factions are still stunned by the first merge and are still holding back. If we keep the thread merged it will be hell in 1 month
Note for /tcg/: most of /tcc/ is not like this nigger "investooor" here >>58992337
>>58992447Investorchad created /tcc/ you cuck. We're the ones that actually post photos of our cards and portfolios
>>58992416>The cards up to holo are considered bulk now, as you find a holo/reverse in every pack.Not in Japanese
>>58991456Everyone seems to be getting the Psyduk and Dreepy.
>>58992472>portfolios Lmao
>>58992472Walmart vultures are the antithesis of hobby collectors. You’re weird and abrasive and no one here likes you. You’re desperate to shit up any place you can.
>>58991291>I hear the drop rate for rare cards now is stupidly highThis is a good thing, when Shaymin EX was the best card in format it was $40 for one copy, now the equivalent is around $5. SIRs are kind of the compromise, as they are still really hard to pull and have better art than most cards in the set.
>>58991291
>>58991250>Stay madYou're a parasite
>>58992337Feelsgoodman.jpg
Bolt-Bolt has too many moving parts so just using Voltorb this week methinks.
It feels good when you make a comeback from 4-0 and end up winning 5-6.
>>58992337Then invest in something that isn't a "kiddy game"
TNT-H4MK-NZH-664Phantasmal Flames
>>58993105>Cropping someone else's screenshot from r/pokeinvesting
>>58993137fwiw I've seen Raging Bolt still have good results
>>58994127I know that Teal Mask + Raging Bolt is still good post rotation, I'm just really trying to make this work because it's a fun deck. The consistency is just awful and you're frequently 1 energy short. I There was a City League list that used Naveen that I'm kinda interested in.
>search for any card in your deck as an abilityWhat kind of mental retard puts this in card game?
>>58991011>congrats, what were your mus?Gardy - I ate his mew alive then a tm devo sealed the dealTerabox - A couple froslass literally melt all his board in a coupe turnsGrimmsnarl - this one was hard, he got 1 prize left while I had all 6. managed to trap a munki then a snorunt with maractus then pile on each of his munkis with all of mine one by one. Fortunately the Grimms got in tm devo range before he could draw a switchZardPult - Budew wars. Fortunately I equipped mine with bravery charm, the rest is history.Too bad I didn't pull anything noteworthy from the prize etb but eh. They gave me a little trophy so that's very nice.
>>58993105>>58993923>Cropping someone else's screenshot from r/pokeinvestingPost your honest portfoliosHere is mine (it's price and cards are generic - many non-investing people that started during 2020 pokemon craze have these two cards and ~$2k as their portfolio):(im still sipping some of Sw/Sh. Honestly i didnt like s/v that much but Mega era is fucking amazing. It's so cool it brought my interest back. Im sure i will add some of these new chase cards. one thing i learned about Pokemon cards is not to go too degenerate with pack openings.
>>58994171Pidgeot is going to rotate soon.The other one only works in the apple festival deck.
>>58992417/tcg/ doesn't actually play the game and /tcc/ doesn't actually buy cards
>>58994171I collect and play pocket only, but this sounds like a stupid and broken card. Are the physical tcg designers really this stupid that htey'd make cards like this?
>>58991130Is psyduck better than saymin? Addinng both just adds inconsistency.
>>58995138So long as the dusk line exists and pult/noir is a thing, yeah. You're more likely to find pultniggers using it than not
>>58995015Don't make me post my physical Bolt-Bolt deck again.
>>58995111Pokémon TCG is the TCG with the most draw and search of any TCG I've ever played.
>>58995213And it won't do anything for you because you're limited to 1 per turn supporters, a very limited ability to attach energy, and evolution restrictions.
>>58994514About 5k spent that now are worth 8k. Mostly japanese stuff so the shifts aren't too big.I put them on collectr mainly to keep in check my spending habits, I don't need to sell anything.
>>58995221>1 per turn supporterscounter catcher/unfair stamp/mass card draw without supporters>limited ability to attach energymeta is one or zero energy attackers/gardy/crispin>evolution restrictionsforest of vitality/middle evo draw engine
>>58995356I don't think i will sell it either (i never sold anything and don't even know how to open ebay seller account). It's just good to know you own something "rare/expensive".Like...if i will sell that Giratina sure i gill get those 500-600 bucks (much less than that if you include Ebay taxes as i heard).but...But i also will be a man without Giratina card and that would suck much more than having 500 bucks lol!
>>58995422>counter catcherpicrel>unfair stampOne per deck, can be searched with Petrel, but cannot be put back in the deck because the only card in rotation that can put cards back into deck is Max Rod. (also picrel)>mass card draw without supportersNo, max card search without supporters which is hard countered by Budew and Frillish/Jellicent.>zero energy attackers1-2 energy attackers actually.>crispinSuporter>forest of vitality/middle evo draw engineGrass isn't meta no matter how much you try, and Dragapullt is going to be S Tier for the next year unless they make an anti-Dragcloak card.Do I need to elaborate?
>>58995356Nice. I'm currently at 9k, but I just started last year so haven't seen any significant ROI yet. Hoping to secure some EVS because that's got solid growth
>>58995465One to enjoy and one to keep is a solid strategy. Every time I order from PC, I order one to keep sealed and one to rip. If I get a chase, I grade it and put it in my safe holdings for the future.
>>58995461*laughs in Kloak*
based joltik boomer in top cut
>>58995461So, you can do everything a supporter can do with other cards, power up all meta attackers in one turn, and evo is not a big deal for meta decks?then what is this? >>58995221>limited to 1 per turn supporters, a very limited ability to attach energy, and evolution restrictions.
>>58996074I want to see what this nigger has to cover with the electrical tape on his cap.
>>58996088Could be literally just the brand, live streamed events can have stringent rules about that.
>>58996074And to nobody's surprise he's a gargantuan retard
>>58996192Lots of TCG players are desu. If you've ever been to a regional or international, you know what I mean
>>58996192nah you're in the top end of joltik IQ curve if you actually know to attack with cruel arrow
Finally finished my playset of Pads. Locals had two just sitting in their intake box when I walked in this morning.
decks for this feel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDMfAWf5z6E
>>58996269I can't believe azul's prediction of fez-boss was right
>>58996405mega charizard oricorio post rotation
Slowly getting all the WOTC Black Star Promos (although I'll never get a Pokemon Center or Lucky Stadium since I won't pay 1k+ for a card
>>58996477SNAP pikachu is so based, I bought one a month ago
>non full arts>non holos
What to do as a pult player when your Dragapults are prized?I just had a match against one thinking that I had shit luck for having my Articunos and Lillie's Clefairy prized, but my opponent had it worse.
>>58996588Scoop and go to game 2. Your only other option is to attack with Drakloak and start blowing up small stuff with ghosts and hope you get one out of the prizes.
>>58996588Bomb single prize attackers and hope you get it off the prizes. Depends on what they have on the bench but generally attackers will give you more value because their supports on the bench will probably stay low hp supports unless it's something like Pigeot. You could scoop I guess but I'd rather grab a prize or two early while trying to stop them from attacking or getting set up with boss/budew and see what my options are in 2 turns instead of scooping immediately.
i kinda like this merged thread...
>>58996680no it's full of stuff i dont care about. i want to be angry about munkidori and dragapult but i cant when theres stock market investors posting over me
>>58996588turboing curse blast and start killing with ursuluna or moltres. the first 2 prize cards are probably going to lead to a pult
>>58996477snap pikachu was less than $5 in 2018
>>58996974i give you $3.50 for it
>>58996989throw in a piece of lint and it’s yours
>>58996989With $10.95 shipping.
Absol mirror matches feel so gimmicky
The dynamics of the mirror definitely changed when people started playing Genesect to deny trolley.
How do tcg bros do it? I played the old online card game for two days and then lost interest.
>>58997114you start by playing LIVE and not Online or Pocket
>>58996732He turboblasted and knocked out 2 of my unevolved Tarantoulas, but I had already taken 2 prizes so I only needed 2 more to win.It was a bit too late for my opponent.Maybe things could have been different if he had an unfair stamp in his hand.
Have autists in your area gotten as bad as the ones in mine?At every target, walmart, costco, or bestbuy restock, there are 10-30 people camping there, waiting for the restocker to arrive. Whenever there is a "surprise" restock discovered, there is at least one person who complains about getting a ticket for going 80 trying to get there in time. I know all this because they've created a discord for the express purpose of catching restocks. Everybody is trying to get one over on each other. Most shit is bought and sold the next week at card shows for double msrp. Recently, someone made a post in the discord trying to dupe collectors out of their pokepads, playing it off as a goofy collecting challenge they're having with a friend, as if any collector gives a shit about pokepads aside from their sale value. Girl said she wanted to fill a binder faster than a friend, a binder of $9 pokepads. Yea, right.
how can i playtest next format online?
>>58982271What deck should I shoot for in PTCG Live if I like water types? I've heard Mega Gyarados Ex is good.
hey so i wanna send some of my cards to get graded, i went to gamestop and saw that they can grade my cards for me, but I just have this huge fear of my cards being stolen or damaged by the employees. have any of you guys done it before?
>>58997887>I've heard Mega Gyarados Ex is good.It's not. The attack you care about takes 5 energy which is obviously a lot but it does OHKO anything you hit if you have some damage on you. The problem is getting that damage on you on your own terms on top of the ridiculous energy cost. The deck with the most potential for water right now is probably Frosslass Munkidori but that's not exactly a deck that uses water types as much as it's one that conveniently has access to one and the only reason you would put it in the active is if you're swinging with Mega Frosslass for some reason or you're just using it as a pivot. We're also losing a bunch of water types that were previously playable in approximately 3 weeks so your remaining options are all not good so if you're still wanting to try then you'll probably have to play something rogue like Misty's deck, Palafin, Mega Abomasnow, Mega Feraligatr, Wugtrio (mill), or Greninja I guess but that is Tera Fighting so it's technically not water despite using water energy, but it's also getting a new Greninja to use with it in the near future.
>>58997954I should also state for the record there is no Mega Gyarados, just an EX, Misty's and then 2 or 3 miscellaneous mediocre Gyarados cards.
>>58997954Hmm, what deck in general would you recommend to someone new to the game then? I'm not married to the idea of using water types.
kino 1
>>58997980If you're not sure what to play and don't care for the pokemon then pick something that has a playstyle you like (mill, aggressive decks, decks that are strong once you set up, decks that try to wall your opponent, whatever) and if you'd rather play something with a pokemon you like and gameplay is secondary since the game is relatively simple then here is an image of the JP standard format (minus a random deck that's not legal being misplaced here). There's a few playable decks missing and there will be a few decks coming up since the format is changing but among this list I would say Dragapult, Zoroark, Tera/Ogerpon toolbox, Raging Bolt, Rocket's Mewtwo, Lucario, Grimmsnarl Frosslass, or Grassbox are all fairly approachable for a new players with the first 3 being probably the most nuanced (means little to nothing in this game, for people that aren't retarded) in how you approach matches. Pick nothing with a red line because those are rotating out pretty much entirely as decks. As far as meta goes, Dragapult is going to be BDIF post rotation for a while and it's top 3 right now but the format is pretty healthy even if people are largely tired of Gardevoir and Gholdengo if you find people topping with it on Limitless it's probably going to be fine for you to steal. Additionally, on Live if you enter PokemonDay2026 you should get a lot of currency and cards, but I don't know when the code expires.
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>>58998037I should have added this also but among the /tcg/ side of players people are playing Rocket's Mewtwo, Honchkrow, BoltBolt (bad version of Raging Bolt), Frosslass Munkidori, and some other decks I'm surely forgetting and I personally play both Zoroark (the Darmanitan variant) and the Grassbox variant with Arboliva.
>>58998039>>58998048>>58998052Sorry i posted the wrong pics
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>>58998037See>>58985790>redeemable until March 5, 2026, at 10 a.m. PST
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>>58998037>PokemonDay2026Thanks for this. I got like 300 cards as a result. I also got a Mega Luicario ex that I wouldn't mind using out of this.
>>58996974That's the same story for a lot of cards. 2019 was the time a lot of millennial boomers crying about muh childhood came back into Pokémon. They didn't care about it at all between 2002-2018, but came back "always having been big fans"and will then go on with a kanto obsession and other genwunner tier shit. Saying this assomeone who stuck around for all the years.
>>58998255>They didn't care about it at all between 2002-2018, but came back "always having been big fans"and will then go on with a kanto obsession and other genwunner tier shitDamn that's literally me frfr. Honestly I just want to try the card game because like everyone else back then I just collected the cards for fun and never even attempted to play the game, also mtg has become pozzed and multiverse crossover trash and modern Yu-Gi-Oh is about as fun a filing taxes. >>58998135God I love Marnie. I want to play whatever constitutes as a "Marnie deck", fuck the mons I'm just in it for her. If there's a Kieran deck out there I'd play that too.
Tried preordering on Target for 10 minutes and couldn't Place Order. This shit is so fucked, really thinking about selling my entire collection soon and just being done with this shit
>>58998290Grimmsnarl is quite literally the Marnie deck.
>>58998314>10 minutestook me 23 minutes>>58997980Live gives free decks so try them out. There are a few tech cards to add to not be cheesed, but they are mostly fine.
>>58986791I bling out decks i enjoy a lotMy zam deck went from 20 bucks to 300I also own 30 maractus full arts because i really like the card and its so cheap
>>58998414Why do you need so many?
>>58982271Why these are not cheap if you live in europe?every american showing them for like 1-2 bucks.In EU these ex cards usually would cost you 5-10 euros.What the fuck.i want to make a whole binder page of these charizards but why such a simple card is so expensive for an EX???
>>58998161This is a cool page anon!Venusaur is not my favorite starter but i would say he has the best cards during modern era.
>>589986761st gen starter price.
>>58998680Yeah but every time i see an upacking they say "uhuhhuh this is like a $2 card"2 doll card?Where?why they saying that...
>>58997887Mega Abomasnow with Kyogre is a decent water deck.
>>58998676Low supply. Europe has a lot of KANTOOOOOOOOOO loving genwunners. The UK is particularly bad for this. For example, you're lucky if you find a supermarket equivalent to Walmart have more than a box of mini-tins. A single American supermarket can conceivably have more stock than every big box store within an hour's drive. Then you throw in 40-year-old genwunners and their children who only care about shit like CHARIZAAAAARD and you get all the makings for stupidly high prices for cards.
>>58998683>he lacks critical information....
>>58998699>It's not that.Everybody i see cards are much, MUCH cheaper.In youtube reviews.In pokemon card apps. Like - open Collectr. It always showing lowest of the lows.Yeah try to find any cards for that price. And don't forget about shipping cost.So every time i see anybody saying "uhh that's like $5 bucks card" - you can pretty much add another 5 to that and probably 3-5 bucks for shipping so it will be 10+ bucks.>>58998698Mega Charizard X is from Pokemon X/Y which is Kalos not Kanto.And he's much better than orange tiny charizard.Phantasmal Flames is the best set ever!!!
>>58998722damn sorry for grammar mistakes. im from germany so my english sucks ass, but you get the idea.
>>58998722Is this card a good one to build a deck around? I have several of them in TCG Live now.
>>58998722It's because it's Charizard, regardless. People don't care where it's from in-universe. It could be the Giganigger Charizard from a new region, and people would still KANTOOOOOOOOOO about it.>>58998727Dog shit. There is no quick and easy acceleration and retrieval of fire energies at the moment. I tried to use it in a Charizard ex deck, since that can accelerate energies on being played, but it barely works as an early game attacker, once. Then slows you down for the late game. Charizard ex is just a better card.
>>58998727It's got the tools to be playable with Firebreather, Oricorio, Energy Recycler/Retrieval, but like with every Charizard variant it has trouble finding ways to refresh hands or find certain key cards like said retrievals with Arven rotating out and Dudunsparce isn't good or consistent enough to bridge that gap in the same way that Bibarel for example was. They'll undoubtedly print more support for it or support that inadvertently gets used for the deck because they love shilling the fuck out of Charizard, but you technically CAN play this (and Charizard Y) in the same deck but it's definitely not good enough to be competitive I would say.
>>58998760Hmm, Is Mega Gengar ex any good? I'm just trying to piece together my first deck (I did a stupid/silly thing and just bought 100 booster codes and for each set and now have most of the Phantasmal Blaze set in full playsets. Still wating on the other ones to come in digitally.)
>>58996578ToT
picrelated is so fucked up by scalpers beyond belief.It's just 2 packs...Will we get other AH products besdies blisters and ETB?
>>58998840My friend had to get one for his "collection" (1 of every sealed Ascended Heroes product). Good thing is that he got it from our LGS which means only 33% higher than MSRP.
>>58998783Not particularly to be honest. The gimmick is cute I guess but it's not worth using an entire stage 2 line for that is still worth 2 prizes at the end of the day, and Gengar itself isn't strong enough to carry itself as the centerpiece of a deck because it only does, what, 230? For the same investment you could be playing something like Mega Sharpedo (another deck not in a great spot but at least it has a lot more going for it and is very playable) and be swinging for effectively 290-330 each turn.
>>58998783mega gengar is playable but it's not competitive right now. I've seen it being played with attackers like roaring moon ex and marnie's grimmsnarl
>>58998840Booster bundles and Poster Collections still need to be released. There will be an inevitabe Sam's Club/CostCo heavy hitters style box
>>58998673Its fuarking cute and whenever i order other cards i always check if they have itits 0,50€ to1,50€ usually
I haven't bought this cardboard slop since 2023. Feels good to be free of constant FOMO.
>>58998924Just admit you're broke
>>58998924What? You don't find joy in opening $2000 worth of cards to find 1 $500 card that you can't sell? It's gambling with extra steps.
>>58998676it's 2€ on cardmarket
Anyone watch any of those trading card expo youtube videos or streams? They seem like nightmares. Just scalpers and scammers and thieves everywhere.
>>58998722>Mega Charizard XWhy did it flop, tho? Even after rotation it is seeing no play in japan. We all thought it was the next raging bolt but the next raging bolt just ended up being raging bolt.
>>58999255No good way to recycle + search for Fire Energies.
>>58999232I watch thief videos if that counts kek https://www.youtube.com/shorts/flfn_Ntz2rIhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/WgX6DxrmxIY
>>58998962This is why playing competitively is the best way to approach this hobby as a collectorfag. Pay the $5 fee, don't be a shitter and you end up with lots of sealed products you can rip, sell or preserve. I got an ETB this way the other day. I didn't got anything to write home about but eh, it's only 5 bucks.
>>58999283They gave away old Prize Packs (I think it was series 4?) at our Pokemon Day. I got a stamped Toedscruel ex from one (along with a bunch of stamped reverse hollow staples).
>>58999305>They gave out series 4 prize pack>He opened themRookie mistake.
>>58999311I don't sell stuff so it's whatever. I also got stamped Mega Kangaskhan and TR Mewtwo so just participating made my money back from those alone.
>>58999313You could have kept it sealed as part of a sealed collection, or sold it to buy better singles in years to come. You are a retard. Seriously.
Are league battle decks worth buying?
>>58999430Depends. Dragapult ex? YES (as long as it is not overpriced).Rocket Team Mewtwo? Barely, only at msrp.Anything older? Nah
>>58999461I found Team Rocket Mewtwo for $19.99
>>58999465If you want to play Team Rocket then it's alright as it will save you the headache of looking for all singles individually.
>>58999465People slept on the $9 League Battle Decks.
>the newest yu gi oh cards sell for as high as 2 million yenPokemon just had a new idea and TCG collecting is gonna get more cancerous once they include serialized rares too!
>>58999570God, I want to stick my dick in DMG's sweet pink asshole. VNR.
>>58999570>Dark Magician CourtainDid they call her a roastie? Lmao.That card is indeed very beautiful, tho. I don't play or collect YGO but I would get that card if it was $10 or so.
>>58999570Oh boy a card game nobody plays anymore because Konami is too retarded to implement set rotation.
>>58999610funny enough, this is not a Dark Magician Girl card. pic related is the original form of the card.
>>58999637Ah I see, makes sense although the amount of text seems to be larger in japanese. If english ygo cards are already verbose I can't imagine how bad it gets in japanese for other cards.
>>58999570Wait thats NOT actually DMG but dark magic curtain? wtf? Did they at least make an actual DMG card? Why dark magic curtain of all things? Do people actually still play that ancient card???
>>58999857I had a look, and no. They have GagagaGirl and that's it
Which one of you anons did this?
>>59000109>Taco seasoningGringos wtf am I reading?
>>59000135One would assume it's a self-checkout scam unless there is something more sophisticated going on.
>Gen 7 is where FA trainers became a staple>A lot of them are only available in Japan onlyDamn
>>59000135We do not eat/cook enough tacos to know the spice mix, so we buy it premixed.
I bought that Team Rocket's Mewtwo deck, if I get it in time I might go to locals with it.
Alakazambros we will inherit the post-rotation world.
TPC actually had a great idea not releasing ascended heroes boxes in the first wave. People will scalp regardless, but the first month is the worst because retards will do anything to be the first to grade the SIRs. Also filters the buyers that are not only stupid enough to buy at scalper prices, but also stupid enough to buy trash with only 2 (two) packs at scalper prices
>>58999610The good thing about YGO is that they reprint the same cards in 1000 variants, so even if the 1/1 dick shaped holo pattern variant sells for $3M, you will find the regular holo for $10 sooner or later.
>>58998840>It's just 2 packs...>>58998853>My friend had to get one for his "collection" (1 of every sealed Ascended Heroes product). Good thing is that he got it from our LGS which means only 33% higher than MSRP.The two pack + coin blisters can be weighted so asians and pajeets buying EVERYTHING and weighting them to get the god pack.Then they selling the most light blisters online.DO NOT BUY ANY OF THIS PRODUCT ONLINEi repead!Don't buy it! This specific product can be easily weighted. The coin has a very specific weight. There is 1 promo card + 2 packs and a blister.For example tech-stickers can't be weighted because giant sticker messing up the weight.I REPEAD DON'T GET SCAMMED - any online lot is a weighted blister from some filthy scammer.
>>59000435>i repead!fuck my esl engRish...
Monday mailday
>>59000160Nips kept the best ones for themselves, no sharing with whaito piggus.
>>59000442More of those fat thighs
>>59000363Arboliva fag get in here. We are so fucking back.
>>59000363I keep seeing so many mixed results for Honchkrow, even in my own games you can play as best as possible but it's still feels so luck based. Looking for a more consistent deck...sigh
>>58997815please...someone...i just want to try decks with the new meowth...
>>58998941I am broke but that's neither here nor there. And my multiple copies of the Detective Pikachu promo will go to the moon soon and save me. Trust the plan.
>>59000363Not enough love for Rocket teams yet.A single Articuno completely invalidates Alakazam decks.
>>59000489That's already a $300 card if you get graded a 10.
>>59000469Another anon says that it doesn't happen to them, but no matter how I see a Honchkrow deck, it's a brick festival.
>>58994514>Post your honest portfolios
>>59000605>honest
>>58999857Pretty sure it's a retrain of DMC the way all the new fullarts are retrains.
>>59000605sure why not
>>59000605I don't keep track of that stuff because i'm planning on never selling so all i got is pic related. Not sure how accurate the prices are though
>>59000657>>59000605>>58994514>>58993105you fags seriously have a fucking stock price tracker for pokemon cards prices??? the fuck??????
>>59000700>you fags seriously have a fucking stock price tracker for pokemon cards prices??? the fuck??????Yeah i do.pokemon is for big boys
>>59000700What makes you think that's hard to accomplish? It's a simple sql database and periodic api calls.
What cards should I look at for upgrading the Rocket Mewtwo deck?
>>59000700I just wanted a place to digitally keep track of my cards without having to open binders every time. I tired many apps before settling on Collectr. The price chart is just a plus
why investorcucks talk like AI-bots...They always using this weird slop-buzzword language>LUQUIDITY LONGTERM VALUE. YES SIR! LONG TERM! WHAT IS YOUR NEXT MOVE SIR? HOLD LONG TERM SEALED!like...who the fuck talks like thatand why they calling each other "sir" most of the time
Nostalgia
>Trucefree me from these shills and make a /tcg/ only genny again
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>>59000435>Asians and pajeetsI don't know what kind of mental illness makes one think whites don't do this kind of scummy shit as well.
>>59000135he probably held a seasoning packet over the tcg barcode when self checking out
>>59000700Never seen collectr screenshots on /tcc/ for years, must be some /tcg/ schizo falseflagging
