Triversary Edition>I want to learn the game, where do I begin?Download PTCGL at https://tcg.pokemon.com/en-us/tcglThe game has a quick tutorial and a bunch of decent decks to get you started against other beginners or against the AI. Some of those decks are very close to meta too. You can also go to your local game store and see if people are playing Pokémon.>I know how to play, how do I make my own deck?You have a decent beginner's guide at https://www.justinbasil.com/guideThere's also the old /tcg/ guide at https://imgur.com/a/W4NkOu6After that, look up meta decks and try to reverse engineer them to see how things work.>Where to find meta decks?For big irl events, go to https://limitlesstcg.com/decksFor online events, go to https://play.limitlesstcg.com/decks?game=PTCGFor japanese events, go to https://pokecabook.com/archives/1417Previous thread: >>59340574Old /tcg/ pastebin: https://pastebin.com/Ge95YuMA
First for Dragapult losing
>Max rarity for importWhy can't we select what rarity we want for each card? Let us add a favorite art and it prios that when importing
>>59356893>load in a deck with ultra balls>have to change it from the ugly ass CG arts to the plasma freeze oneswhat's the point really
I caved in and brought dragapult to locals.I won and got a Chaos Rising bundle but felt empty inside btfo'ing fun rogue decks.
> Crustle StallAbsolute cancer> Sylveon Stallwaow
>>59357078what version of pult? what did you face? any zoroarks?
The bots are out hard tonight.
>>59357095got the decklist? how good is it
>>59357097I don't have the deck list. I threw something together based on the rumor it was a thing.
>>59357079All stall is cringe, simple as is. People are just amazed there's more than one because half of the players in this TCG don't actually read the fucking cards
>>59357109silence cunt
>>59357112Not my problem that people don't read bulk cards, drool on themselves and can only watch youtube videos of already solved decks.Or if you're offended by the stall remark, no one has ever respected stall decks in any TCG. Deal with it faggot.
>>59356915Yeah... it takes a good 3m just swapping arts of cards after importing. Pretty tedious if you play various decks Especially on stuff like research/boss/ultra ball you have to scroll ages to find them. energy are worse you have to try and locate which ones your fav because they randomize the order on those every time
>>59357095I remember bringing up this card here pre-rotation as a shitpost. it's funny to see it on stream. I wonder if crustle would still be the better play over this since they can out wall it with cornerstone.
>>59357196Sylveon can pivot to other eevees at least or be a wall in eeveebox for a while anyway. Crustle can turn1 evolve though so you can't get donked. Both have uses but I'd say crustle is better because the special energy giving +HP too
Which fucking Dragapult variant beats Zoroark
>>59357234Noose.
>>59357109stall in general isn't actually meant to be a playable archetype in the gameit's just what happens when they absent-mindedly print too many disruption cards or single prize basics with bloated HP poolsyou're not really meant to win by just refusing to ever attach energy cards, attack or take prizes
>>59357234whichever one you're best with. the pult zoroark matchup is typically zoroark favored. you're only really beating it if you're better at the game. or they prize all their zoroarks
Thoughts on rotom tool drop?
>>59357234Ghostpult.
Did pretty mid at NAIC with a 4-2-2 finish. Played 5 pults and they were mostly ass.
>>59357789what did you play?
>48% pult in day 2kys...
>>59357804That's nothing. Look at what our VGCbros are dealing with.
>>59357789sorry bro. did you at least have fun?
>>59357804I didn't think it would be that bad
WITH FINNS YOU WIN :D
I'm having fun watching crustle
>>59358096i enjoy crustle vs something else like the zam vs crustle in finals last timebut crustle v crustle is just boring, not as borign as pult v pult thoughbeitfully
why didn't he play xerosic first?
Will attend the local league tomorrow, decks are mostly Pults (all 3 variants) and TRs Mewtwo or Honchkrow with a couple odd ones out Starmies and Lucarios.Should I take Pult w. Blaziken, Pult w. Ghosts or Hammers?My thoughts are hammers are good in the mirror and screw TRs but wont Blaziken be better when they spam me with those so I can recover energies? Also ghosts arent being teched for, and I could Dusknoir the Articunos or just spread damage.
>>59358176Yeah, usually Blaziken is better for the mirrors. Alternatively you could build mega diancie to fuck everyone else.
>>59358229I thought of it but dont have the cards rn, irl I have Lucario, Lopunny, TRs Honch and Pult with the cards for all 3 builds.Game is much cheaper than mtg and this way I can loan someone a deck if they need or teach friends.
>pult player cheating at nationalstypical
>>59358332apparently thats not his first time
jesus won this match apparently
>>59357804Good thing they're printing strong new cards to shake up the met-aHAHAHAHA
>>59357804>I don't like that people took the best deck to the national championship
>>59358579The question is why is there a deck that's clearly so above the rest? In my opinion this is a game design fail.
>>59358560220 for 2 and a trivial condition is bretty decent.
>>59358624"Myriad Leaf Shower for knock out, taking three prizes."
>>59358642Not even going to be that once rotation happens. It'll just get Meganium OHKO'd.
>>59358719Once rotation happens it's getting fried by Bug Panic which will definitely be a basic weakness box that they totally won't give next to no support to
>>59358735Beedril and Decidyeye will absolutely rip it a new hole.
>>59358560mow-rotom food
>>59358748It already hits grass for weakness and Decidueye is borderline unplayable, once it gets like 2 cards of BP support it's going to be OHKOing both of those with zero effort
>>59358624Basics have been hitting 3 for 220~ range for a long time and those were 2 prizers. Darkrai is a 3 prizer lol. The -1 energy doesn't justify that when the requirement for a dmg counter is essentially a toxtricity energy
>>59357490It's stall in the same way control players stall.They have one very slow and tedious wincon, and 90% of the gameplay they choose to do is making sure you have no choice in how the game plays out.So while you can't do shit, you wait 10+ turns until they find their one wincon and slowly win the game.
Stall is unironically the playstyle that requires the most intellect to succeed with, if you lose to it you've either been found lacking or are in a meta where stall is easily accessible and simplified by virtue of some overpowered card like Snorlax
>>59359104or you prized your switch and lose loll
I'm playing expanded on live and I keep getting these losers that start taking the maximum amount of time for every single action once they start losing. What is even the point? Like, I get it on ranked because you don't want your internet epeen number to go down and you're hoping your opponent will just quit, but who gives a fuck on expanded?
I'm rooting for alloutbitzle to take this tourney.
i dont know who that is but i hope he loses because his handle is gay as hell
Mf is crying over making top 4
Well top 4 does secure the worlds invite.
>>59359452Yeah nigga, you're playing competitive Pokémon TCG. Everyone there is a gay faggot with no bitches.
>Grimmsnarl/Froslass completely disappearedWell fuck, I just bought this deck. At least, I have my backup Mega Lucario.
>>59359701It needed Counter Catcher and Iono the most.
>>59359701It was never good
>>59359712japan says otherwise
>>59359701the loss of arven and tms was big for the deck. you can play petrel but grimm might need a rework in general like how bolt did after pokestop rotated
>japan>bo1 formatcopium
I love 6 prize turns
>>59359779That game was so much fun :)
>>59359780it seemed over after the kyurem but thankfully fezandipiti has the next best attack in the game after dragapult.
>>59359712It's still good
This series is crazy
>no meganium pons in top cutThe grass sloppa stoppa
Ross' shuffling angers me
what can we do about the rise of liberals in our hobby? im tired of having to tolerate the two trannies at locals and one of them genuinely looks and sounds like a real female which is rape and deception and everyone expects me to be nice about it? fucking groomers man im tired
crushing hammer heads for game
>>59359881World class player and still shuffles like a 5 year old, jfc. I'm glad he lost.
>>59359774Perfect way to get decks to use at locals and in challenges.
Pray for James or its a draga mirror finals...
>>59359978James should easily win this tournament
YEAH, WE TAKE THOSE!!!
>>59359892normal people detest them, but the freaks who run card shops tolerate them
Did Rahul read his cards this time?
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO!!!!
After all that, a Dragapult isn't winning NAIC :3
MY FUAKIN HEROO
>>59359881>>59359954>thats just the way he's shuffled for 20 yearsyeah he's been cheating for 20 years thenthe way he shuffles is not bad by itself, but you'd need a lot more of that to reach the same randomization as 6~7 mash shuffles. the way he does takes more time and its barely 2 regular shuffles.someone playing against him should do the same and if the judges call them out, then call Ross out on it too.
james and justin getting top 4 at naic makes the constant bugs and DCs that happen in live even more annoying because you can be successful at the game simply by grinding ladder all day. but it is miserable to do when the client is so awful.
>>59358867>Ignoring the cooldown>Ignoring the higher hp base on 3 prizers.
>>59359701>>Grimmsnarl/FroslassSorry for your loss, but it seems you have a backup pla->Mega LucarioAnon, I....
>>59360365both of these mean literally nothing
>Mewtwo Ex pretty much disappeared from metaWhere is the guy that claimed R's M2 will be massively powered-up by the rotation?
>>59360369What's wrong with Mega Lucario?
>>59360624A finn used it to make top 8
>>59360624He meant 2027 rotation.
>>59360624it's good but boring so nobody wants to play it
>>59360929It caughts crossfire from everyone being able to run Lillie's Clefairy to counter pult doing so. Dhelmise is algo coming out ant that cucks Lucario the hardest. K.O.ing a 3 prizer with a one prizer is too much of a disadvantage to recover from. Not to mention his one-energy attack does fuckall damage, by the time you have 2 energy attached your opponent already set up with a way to one shot him.Mega Lucario Z might save him, tho. We'll see.
seeing a tri frost nuke 3 dreepy on stream is very cool
>>59361214Holy cope.
NEVER GIVE UP JAMES!!!
I thought James would easily win but the matchup is interesting
>another major decided by prizeslmao
skill issuedget fucked
ANON TURN ON THE STREAM, DRAGAPULT IS JOBBING AGAIN ON A MAJOR TOURNAMENT
GLORY TO THE USA!!!GLORY TO JAMES!!!RAHHHHHH
>Pult player gets fucked by draws/prize>Crowd cheers>He topdecks a lillie>Crowd boosBASED
Fez spawn camping, you love to see it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAe_eTA1hjE
>>59361811>Euro grabs the fezan to read it>Everyone laughs
Remember when they printed a Lampent with Water Duplicates for a Chandelure line that increases and does damage based on retreat cost in a format with Latias ex?
>>59361814He was right
>>59361824Latias is rotating out soon.
>>59361833>soon>10 months
FEZ OFF!!!FUCKING LMAO!!!
THAT'S THE WAY WE LIKE IT>WE LIKE IT>WE LIKE IT
GO FUCK YOURSELF DRAGASHIT!!!
>The Chechnian shows up Day Three for his humiliation ritual.
>Puts down his headset in slow motionLol he truly is careful where it counts.
>Damn Dragapult those Munkeys really didn't help you at all. Don't worry senpai, I'll be here in 3 months.
>>59361877I'm bringin this to my locals today.
>>59361877Gets destroyed by Excadrill gg
I'm not surprised that Dragapult lost. Everyone was prepared for it
Why does this thread like Dragapult so much? Its a mid levitating gecko design that looks like a poison type with the blue gradient it has past its giant B-2 head that looks like its gonna drop the third nuke on the pokemon franchise.
>giving 1 single fuck about a deck that plays well in a bo1 formatson...
Why does this thread like Garbodor so much? Its a mid levitating trash design that looks like a grass type with the green gradient it has past its giant moldy head that looks like its gonna drop a giant turd on the pokemon franchise.
>>59361886>Anti-meta deck does bad into other metasHoly fuck. You don't say, champ, you should have won NAIC, not him.
>>59361902>anti meta deck that won because of game 3 prizes and no other reasonlmao lolghost veil and excadrill are gonna put all these memedecks to bed
So is worlds going to use the same card pool?
>>59361919I think abyss eye is going to be legal for worlds.
>>59361919No it'll have Pitch Black too which means Pult/Veil, Veil, Excadrill, and Bastiodonboxes as well as the return of Pult/Chicken because of Drill will be drowning out the anti meta slop because they're actually good decks on their own.
Sorry I don't watch streams. Who won NAIC?
I'm not spoonfeeding you. fuck off
>>59361993JR: American with DragapultSR: American with Honchkrow Masters: American with Clefairy toolbox
>>59361999Decks aren't listed on limitless yet. Just standings.>>59362004Thank you anon.
bros i dont know why this general worships dragapult so much and schziophrenically talks about a livestream that isnt even happening and they dont even link to.
>all this general does is bitch and moan about Dragapult every day>it can't win a major
>>59361909That's fucking rich from a Dragshit player when 50% of the gameplay for that deck is to spam Unfair Stamp/Red Card and hope the opponent bricks.
>>59362034It's just like how Lucario had awful WL before it dropped off the face of the earth again.
>>59362015its ogre but you can watch it like a regular video https://youtu.be/igPt0ZyyUSYalso fuck pult
>>59362034That's because Dragapult is obviously the best deck in the format. So you either play it or make sure you have the match up solved before you head out to NAIC or else you will just get farmed. The fact that it was able to get to the Finals despite all of the targets on its back is a testament to the strength of the deck.
>>59362038Don't worry Pult/Hammers is dropping in play for the rise of Pult/Veil and Pult/Fossils as well as Pult/Chicken. Now you can lose without bitching about coin flips and instead enjoy the spiritual return of Lost Mine, not being able to hit the Pult at all, and losing your evolutions.
>>59362064I can't wait until we get PultMew where the deck just puts 1 Pult out at a time and just farms with Mew totally negating the Lillie's Clefairy as a card.
>>59362058Excellent post. I'm amazed a Dragapult made it to the finals considering how much everyone has teching for it
>>59362034I also bitch and moan about slowking, hitting for 330 on a single prizer is ridiculous, and make megas useless.
DRAGAPULT IS THE BEST DECK. BUDEW MAKES THE GAME UNPLAYABLE. DRAGAPULT SHOULD BE BANNED. WHY CAN'T IT WIN A TOURNAMENT? IT SHOULDN'T LOSE.
I love budew I think the game needs more of him
____* would've won this tournament*insert you're favorite meta psychic mon
Lugia and regidrago were the best decks also but iron thorns won Didn't make lugia/regidrago less cancer seeing it take up most the meta. Turns out when the entire meta revolves around trying to beat 1 deck it's not fun. You'd hope the prime target deck loses majors for that reason
>>59362699>iron thorns wonno, drago lost
>>59362703
>>59362712yes I know he won, but also how he got there in the first place. It wasn't his victory
don't jerk off the camera robbstick to magic with the rest of your weird friends
>>59362725Oh yeah, that was the Ian Robb incident huh? Felt like forever ago.
>>59362712
The last time an anti meta deck winning had soul was Mega Audino. Fight me.
>>59362698the more I vs slowking the more bullshit telepathic energy is. how is this fair compare to the other special energyit's always psychic wank shilling. every single time without fail.
>>59362736basedbut also, judges rigged it for henry to win
All this tells me is that Dragapult is a noobtrap chumpbeater. It deals with shitters but isn't good enough to actually win a tournament.
>>59362752Sounds like a nightmare for /ptcg/ then
>>59362764You would be right considering there's a handful of people crying over the deck every thread
>>59362087>Mew totally negating the Lillie's Clefairy as a card>160hp mew-ex (exactly half of dragapult ex's 320hp)>negating the Lillie's Clefairy as a cardMaybe if you have hero's cape, but 260 is still decently easy to reach for clefairy with area zero
>>59362087These are the posters you share a thread with everyone
>>59362773we shouldnt even be hitting mew with clefairy desu, as that leaves it open for pult to KO her on the oppo's turn
