Rats Of The V Riety 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: >>59623750Old /tcg/ pastebin: https://pastebin.com/Ge95YuMA
spiky
Locals are filled with excadrill, basic bitch box and dragapult, should I play dragapult blaziken or stick to hammers?
>>59662604Blaziken doesn't always even beat Excadrill because they might run Cape.Drill became popular because people finally figured out you can build it that it's not an immediate autoloss to Zam.
>yet another tranny showed up to localsWe're up to four in one shop now. Seems high for such a small collection of people.
Serious question: How difficult is it to actually play and enjoy the recent releases with scalpers driving up the prices of everything physical? I fell off the wagon back in like 2020 because it felt like it was raped by scalpers, can't imagine how bad it is these days.
>>59663698>How difficult is it to actually play and enjoy the recent releases with scalpers driving up the prices of everything physical?Sealed product and what people do with it is a complete non-issue if you actually want to play the game. You can get the BDIF for $40 without ever opening a single pack, and any cards you need from new sets are usually 25-50 cents online.
>>59663698I started playing a few months ago; I bought a League Battle Deck on Amazon, upgraded it with singles from TCGPlayer, and played it in a local challenge. If you're not "buying sealed" it's generally cheap to pick up the singles you need; I even had some luck locally.
>>59663698Low-rarity singles are all you need to play at tourneys, and they don't get any cheaper than PTCG. The people who buy and open product, chasing after high-rarity pulls, have to make some of their money back somehow, so they offload bulk to shops, which then have an oversupply and sell it to players.
Are we ever going to get a Dark deck weak to Fighting again? Fuck all these Grass decks.
>grass playable for the first time in over half a decade>people cry about it
>>59665443Does anything else get to be playable, or does half the format have to fold so one type gets its time in the light?
>>59665465So Dragon?
>>59665471There's one playable Dragon deck. That's not the same thing.
>>59665481So Psychic?
>>59665484What decks are weak to Psychic? Lucario? How many decks in the format are weak to Grass? I feel like you're purposely missing the point.
>>59665491Why is it every Zoroark bitch so whiny?
>>59665493If you're incapable of having a serious discussion, stop replying.
>>59665501I am capable of having a serious conversation. If I see one more Zoroark player bitch about grass Pokemon...
>>59665465This is a very delusional thing to post when the current format is 3 dragapult decks and then the next best decks are alakazam and lucario
>>59665599Lucario is NOT in contention for "next best decks" lol>auto-lose to Basic Box>auto-lose to HnS>have to run Rocky Fighting (shit) or bad MU into Zam
These were my pulls from my first simplified Chinese booster box
>>59665673>>59655003
>>59665465Psychic runs every format. People should really cry about how oppressive that is for the fighting types first off.
>locals is having a Halloween night tournament later this month>picked up a full reverse holo set of Hide and Sneak from their bulk box
HOLY SHIT NEWSIT'S BEEN 3000 YEARS>Heatran ended up steelRIP oricorio you're charizards bitch
>>59666335Heatran is kinda playable >coin flip support
>>59666379Metang sadly rotates soon after so it can't be a basic excadrill then. And stevens metagross doesn't work either with triple metal, plus it has better options
I want Mega Raichu X and I want Mega Chesnaught.I want to make decks for them and play at my local game store. I like how the new TCG lets me skip over the non-megs forms straight to peak
>>59666431Raichus are in the next JP set which is probably going to be merged into the shiny holiday setChesnaught will probably get gym promo'd like delphox was and be cucked out of a full art. Most the time the promos arent very good either..
>>59666473do we have the text or images for the Mega Raichu cards yet? I'm a newfag
>>59666651No
>>59666335>mega heatran is boringthis is so fucking sad can they please make something interesting for once its been ages
I did the thing! This deck is pretty fun when you get the t2 arbok. I feel like most of the games I lose are because I made bad decisions. Going to keep playing this deck.
>>59666884just wait for dragapult ex star
>>59666335They fucked it up so bad. Now fire has no basic mega pokemon to make oricorio EX decent in other fire decks.Steel already has skarmory and mawile, fire got nothing.
>>59667285>Make all these expensive steel attackers>Metang rotates soon>Your only acceleration is this fucking guy
>>59667303And Steven's Metagross. But even that got fucked up by making MMM energy to attack instead of AT LEAST MMC.
saw some tcg player got a lifetime ban and some people are complaining, can someone give me a tl;dr?
>>59667453the guy cheating on stream?
>>59667509People in the replies seemed mad about some cheating on stream that didnmt get someone banned, so gonna assume no. It was some caterpie guy
>>59667511gotcha, I must have missed that
wasn't there a cheater in brisbane? what was up with that?
>>59666335Boss resets the attack. Worthless bulk Have we even gotten 10 playable cards this year
>>59667512I looked through the replies and it was a lot of 'omg this guy is so nice! tcp fix now!!!' with no info so I was curious.
Ah, someone wrote an article. If true, that's some gay bullshit. https://x.com/Dexerto/status/2111197472471019940
>>59667661>Have we even gotten 10 playable cards this yearForest, Pokepad, Telepathic (busted), Meowth ex, MExcadrill, MStarmie, MFroslass, Beedrill ex, Red Card, baby Metagross, Prism Tower, Gladion, Ghost Veil archetype, Gwyn and Rose as decent supporters.
>>59667668what a weird situation. hopefully they walk it back if what he says is true.
>>59667730Twilight Masquerade alone has more playables than this
>>59667668unfucking serious company...
>>59667668So what did the judge even say/do. It's not said anywhere
>>59668293he accused a judge of unfair treatment. Thing is he gave names and TPCi is super protective towards judges, so it's a permaban. Play!Pokémon would rather burn the playerbase than holding judges accountable.Rule zealots will come and tell he should know the rules and stay shut, mumble shit about judges' right to privacy etc, but even if we buy that argument. What the fuck is happening in the scene, when people who are largely beloved, regarded by many as a net positive to the community, are getting banned because the people in charge are so horrible they're pissing them off. I remember when the people getting banned were genuine assholes - sex pests, violent retards, bullies, etc. Now it's decent people losing their marbles instead.When the good guys start breaking the rules, there's something wrong in the system.
>>59668293My bad, you were asking about what the judge say, not the banned guy rightWe'll never know because judges are coward and allergic to accountability.
>>59668321all you have to do when a judge fucks up is ask for their name and player ID, you will have them literally crying because they know you're going to report them to TPCI and they'll never work a major event againthis is the correct way to do things, not publicly bitching about judges
Simplified Chinese pulls
>people want to turn Pokemon cards into a sec controlled security We are so fucked as a hobby if this actually becomes a thing holy shit. Let us buy cards in piece Jesus Christ
>>59668321>>59668399If he doxed the judge publically then that's sort of a justified ban. Regardless if the judge was in the wrong or not TPCi wouldn't allow witchhunting like that
>>59668430Use the collectors thread >>59655003
>only available in Gem Pack Vol. 7>probably not available in other countriesMay my wallet forgive me, but I need it for my Misty collection.
>>59668399it's naive to think it works like this. Judges are all about networking and very little about merit. If the accused judge is well connected no amount of reporting will take him down unless he's publicly caught doing something very criminal.IIRC this player said he's had issues with that judge for years, what makes you think he didn't attempt the regular paths.>>59668540>If he doxed the judge publically then that's sort of a justified banperhaps, but I'll say it again>When the good guys start breaking the rules, there's something wrong in the system.I've seen literally hundreds of people stepping up to comment how much of a net positive for the community he's been for literally decades, and my point is NOT>oh he's so nice and popular he should be above above the rulesbut rather>what kind of situation frustrated a good guy so much he ended earning a ban for ventingAnd it keeps happening because the system is broken, judges and SPECIALLY well connected judges are unaccountable. This is slowly driving away decent people while letting the worst of these communities in.
Is Kaya now a stream judge?
Do we have any chance of justice if we all email TPCi about this and how the judge abused his power and connections to ban the poor guy?
I just pulled this :DI don't have any sleeves to put it in lol
>>59669147>wecan try but it looks like a systemic issue>>59669184sell it for deck sleeves so you can protect your cards that are playable
>>59669194Selling it would give me enough for 7,000 sleeves. I only have ~60 cards
>>59668744Not to defend the judge or anything but if he's namedropping someones private information like that is a surefire way to get yourself banned or even fired from a job. You do not do that period, it's even banned on this site. Like obviously TCPi is going to handle that asap. There's a reason whistleblowers stay anonymous and receive protection from the repercussions. Regardless if the judge was in the wrong, or the guy is super wholesome or the judge system is corrupted/unaccountable. That was the worst way for him to handle things.
>>59669325you're deliberately ignoring my point.
>>59669477What point? There's something wrong with the system? The judge being a douche? Yeah I acknowledged that. That doesn't defend what he did even if he's a nice guyEven unhinged retards on xitter don't go namedropping and doxxing their neighbors or delivery drivers they hate, you simply don't do that.Perhaps this drama and public pressure makes TCPi investigate properly and reform their procedures. Tho even if the judge ends up guilty, this caterpie guy has forever lost his career here by potentially endangering someone irl over this.
>>59669542corrupt bastards deserve to be publicly called out by name AND face.>Perhaps this drama and public pressure makes TCPi investigate properly and reform their proceduresit won't
>>59669545Just saying that whistleblowing stuff like that means you have to be prepared to accept consequences of endangering someone. TPCi is super privacy first, even when players get yeeted mid tournament like regidrago a year back in world, they don't publically namedrop them it's done quietly. Pretty much every company handles it like that. Then they do investigations after, otherwise it's a witchunt on a he said/she said where you don't even know if they're lying or not.
I don't think they will ever make a deck as fun to play as GardeEX with self damage
>>59667798Do not pretend Twilight Masquerade is not a meta outlier with how many cards in that set broke the game
>>59669761Sets used to be like that bro... sets would have... good cards...It's foreign to think that nowadays with how garbage modern sets have been but it's true
>>59668293Judge has been harassing him specifically for the past decade according to his word, he tried emailing TPC and Play but never got responses. He also suspected someone over at TPC, probably Becca, being behind the intentional negligence of the matter because she's supposed to tard wrangle the entire staff that's hired under tpc. There's been a severe uptick of judges and professors in general going on power trips and I don't know how long this company is just going to ignore that >>59669586>Just saying that whistleblowing stuff like that means you have to be prepared to accept consequences of endangering someone. TPCi is super privacy first, even when players get yeeted mid tournament like regidrago a year back in world, they don't publically namedrop them it's done quietly. Pretty much every company handles it like that. Then they do investigations after, otherwise it's a witchunt on a he said/she said where you don't even know if they're lying or not.It's not that hard to find a judge or professors name since they're on LinkedIn and always published at the end of the credits for every event. Names are not private and are privy to the public. If he leaked their addresses or email handles and that wasn't on the internet, then that would be considered doxxing. Does anyone even know the alleged name of the judge? Alessandro deleted the tweet and I saw at least 2 Chinese randos telling him to kick rocks so I'm suspecting the judge may be Asian? If so damn, fucking idiot making the rest of us Asians look bad.
>>59669983>If so damn, fucking idiot making the rest of us Asians look bad.Every major tournament there's people calling out asian cheaters lol
>>59669983>>59669995I don't think it was an Asian judge since they've been harassing Alessandro for years, he wouldn't meet an Asian judge often enough to develop a feud. The judge is most likely from Europe itself. Mayyybe it could be a Chinese residing in Europe, or maybe it's just those randos just being karens.
>>59670079EUROPE ITSELF
What Mega Pokemon that still haven't made an appearance yet?
>>59670473Garchomp ZRaichu xy
>>59670473WAAAAY too many They're too slow at releasing them, meaning a lot of these wont even get mega cards by the time of gen10
>>59670691Condensed down the image better. Yeah I don't think we're getting through all these in time.. Some might not get cards like abomasnow and lopunny with mega in XY era before
Why am I not this good IRL?I know why - when I go to Regionals/Cups/Challenges I'm playing against actual good players.
>>59670703Online is filled with a lot of noobs. The clients pretty buggy too which can cost games. Matchmaking is speculated to be rigged at times and sometimes vsing bots. The people you vs irl are far more invested as they've bought cards and are playing in person. Compare to little timmy playing on his phone on the toilet with his free premade deck
>>59670698>>59670691Mega Malamar is in Storm Emeralda/Delta Reign already.
the goat
>>59671343I came first at the Halloween event at our league with Dhelmise, felt crappy to play at first but after finding Rahul's list it's so fucking good. Everyone's list was placed under a "trick" or a "treat" and depending on what that player was, they'd get a special rule applied to them each round.>Round 1 Trick - Your attacks always cause confusion Treat - Your attacks do +30 damageI confused the opponent once because we were both playing single prizers lol>Round 2 Trick - When your opponent plays a non-Pokemon card, put a damage counter on a PokemonTreat - When you play a supporter, heal 60 damage from one of your PokemonLucario is EZ so didn't matter much>Round 3Trick - Choose the Prize Cards your opponent takesTreat - Play with Prize Cards face upThis was the only one that felt unbalanced, opponent bricked and definitely could have used his prizes.Did anyone else have a similar event?
yurop isn't a real region anyway, lol
What are your experiences ripping prize packs? Is it worth driving around town playing for them?
>>59671476The Pokeweek event at the LGS is on the 31st, but I'm not sure what is actually going on, happens to fall on the regular casual play day
Every fucking week the only conversation at my LGS is whether hammers are optimal in Dragapult or some other retarded shit like that it's so fucking boring>>59671670If you mean the actual Prize Pack series, they're nice if you want some nice holo trainers, the actual ex cards used to really intrigue me but now I don't really care. Maybe because they all suck. There's definitely a niche there if you're trying to complete the set but there's nothing in there you can't get elsewhere. They're better as a nice reward for doing well instead of the reason you play.
>>59671670Prize Packs are amazing if you play the game. Ignore them if you just /tcc/.
What's with the high cost attacks with negative side effects that can't even OHKO everybody?
>>59671845300 for 2 is a cheap cost for mew-ex to pay. Most of the time you are supposed to try and use your own ability lock to turn off detrimental abilities.
>>59671845A lot of the cards recently are overwhelming weak. Especially on the 3 prize megas, I don't think that'd even see play if it were 2 prizes
Jesus Christ, how much hair loss is mandatory to be allowed in the European finals?
7 out of 9 people were on Dragapult Hammers at a challenge today.
>>59672141I wonder how many people will stop playing until Dragapult rotates out
>>59671917global epidemic
>>59672326Even if dragapult didn't exist the new sets are so dogshit anyway, the non-dragapult meta would remain stale just as it is no. It's just a terrible year to be a player, the pokemon company is focusing more on collectors than players with how everything is junk filler
I am now five tails in a row on the ekens coin flip attack
>that name>with that flag>those tiesImagine having to play against someone like this.
>>59673299This track record screams of slow play while begging to ID. Must be miserable to play against
>>59673299can't even imagine not getting stabbed
Team rocket vs team rocket. This one was a doozy boys.
Lugia has been gone for a long time, why cant we get another double colorless card? I'd settle for one that doesnt allow rule box mons to use it. What im saying is i miss the regi deck.
>>59673461it was even banned in GLC (cue memehone poster) I just think TPC considers it too OP
>>59673299crustle player I'm guessing
slop box is taking over
>>59673799i added moltres to my dragapult
>>59673801Literally the only tech Dragapult needsThe only reason plant is winning now is because Andrew's list removed it
>>59673502Double colorless for pokemon without a rulebook would be fine. Until TPC decides to start streaming GLC or officially states they're making products with GLC in mind I dont really care about their rules. The game type is fun but its unofficial and idc if tcg live put it in as a limited time mode since TPCi runs that. We also need another radient or prism start type card. The format is getting so boring with ex cards. The next gen cant come soon enough if it means a shake up
>>59673966What about glc side events?
>>59674084With a quick google search GLC is an officially hosted side events but that doesnt mean it's an official format. I think it would be cool if it was official and for TPC gave it support with precons with some older cards that might be pricey to find but until that happens I'd rather the card makers focus on the official game. And like what anon said earlier, GLC will ban cards if theyre too strong for their format. They are quicker to ban bullshit than TPC ever will be.
>>59674191It's in the alternative formats handbook. You act like you don't go to locals which is a red flag for me.
>>59674206Every time I got it's prerelease or a cup. Never once saw glc on the side besides designated glc days hosted by the store. Ive been to other stores that dont even bother with glc. It’s a fun format but let's not pretend TPC has ever once championed it. It's not like singles and doubles for VGC.
>>59674216Your experience with the game is super narrow. GLC Is always played on Sides (With Raid, Ditto Draft, and 4 person standard) at regionals. Locals frequently play Expanded or other Alt Formats during Play Sessions. Pre-Releases, Cups and Challenges are separate. You should look at how Organizers sanction events. If you don't have any of these your locals suck.
Are you wearing a costume to your locals this week, /tcg/?
Why hasn't there been any Aura Seeker leaks yet? What does big Pika not want us to know?
>>59674311Because there's negative aura after how shit lucario was..
>>59674328It's genuinely amazing how utterly shit this is.>bad typing offensively AND defensively (nothing relevant is weak to Metal; weakness to Fire is awful)>prohibitive retreat cost, so you can't even use it as a pivot after your opponent takes a KO>which pairs with its ability only working in the active spot>240 damage KOs NOTHING after rotation except Meowth ex>Metal Maker Metang is leaving with rotation, and there are no good substitutes, not even Steven's Metagross, because the attack cost is MM>inferior to M-Lucario ex in every way imaginable
>>59674343Don't forget it evolving from a fighting mon while being steel. Any fighting synergy like gong is useless getting the lucario half out, same with any steel specific synergy not working until you evolve
>>59674328>>59674343>>59674350mite b a cool pivot in my metal box deck, any supporter I want + a basically guaranteed 2 prize KO whenever I want seems strong
>>59674343This card is hilda bait with the free retreat cost Metal energy.
>>59674343I mean it's alright. But that's what PCL has been doing for the last few years, hold everything about it back just enough to make it below usable. It could have done 140 base to knock out most one prize attackers, they could have made its ability work in the bench, having to have a stage 1 3-prizer in play is liability enough. They could have given it free retreat but instead you have to waste an Air Balloon or a special energy attach to give it that. Having said that, it could be a decent late game attacker if you can fit a couple of metal energy in the deck and can discard them relatively easy. Just promote after a knock out and search phillipe for an easy 240.
>>59674420It's a 3 prizer with 330 HP. It's never seeing play. Most decks already have a massive issue with bench space they can't afford that too
>>59674309I only have Scream and Chewbacca costumes. Perhaps I could play ghosts with the Scream tunic
Arbok lock destroys gengar
>>59673299>>59673506Just a standard Blaziken Pult list. Either a slow-playing dickhead or there's not a functioning brain in his skull.
>Flowing Fists featuring mega Lucario Z>Furious Fists featuring mega Lucario was 12 years agokino…
>more lucario sloppa when all we want is the return of BSTthey simply dont know how to make good cards anymore...
>Card news on pokebeach>Oh it's just pokemon pocketBaits me every timeWhere the fuck is our news it's been 2 months
>Played in Nice>Paired with someone who made top 8 at Frankfurt>Managed to go to game 3 against him>Mentions me in his stream interviewNot bad for a piece of shit pile deck lol
Just got the Mega Lucario League Battle Deck. What do I need to swap out to improve it? Or should I just go to locals as is and see how it goes? I haven't played PTCG against a human since 1999.
I am registered for seven (7) pre-releases for a set that has like 3 meta cards.
>>59675774The 3rd Place Senior's list from the World Championship is pretty much the only list anyone plays these days. It's consistent and has everything Lucario needs to execute its gameplan, just go fast and hit hard.
>>59675893Neat, thanks. Cheers.
>>59673309just like Tord
gardevoir is back baby
dont say that you're going to make me mad
>>59676178>gardevoir is back babyW-what do you mean? Don't give me hope.
should counterfeit cards matter when playing casually irl?
>>59676205you could be playing trainer trials right now!>>59676208yes...
>>59676208No, unless something about them is different than real cards. If I shuffle your deck and can tell where the fake card is, it's a problem. Other than that, it doesn't really matter.
>>59676208Depends on who you're playing with. I think proxies are gay but if everyone is fine with proxies who cares
>>59676208Yes, I don't want to be playing with brokies. Get a job if you want to play against me.
I don't think I personally have the luck needed for Crushing Hammers. I felt the same way about Pokemon Catcher.
>>59676220ugh no thanks, I don't play redditslop
>>59676415just don't tunnel vision on plays that require you to hit heads. make two plans in your head before playing hammers
>>59676608>just don't tunnel vision on playsThat's a hurdle I've never been able to get over. Other routes don't even enter my brain until the second after my turn ends.
the future is here
>>59676208Not for casuals, if you're able to use the fake card to cheat prizing that's a shit move but when there's no stakes you're only cheating yourself out of real practice
News reveal any day now..
So I tried pocket TCG out of curiosity, realized it wasn't what the actual game was like, and downloaded TCG live. It's alright, I've been mainly using the mega Venasaur deck that I've slightly modified and a Maushold mill deck because it's funny. Compared to master duel it definitely seems a lot easier to get cards and build decks but there's not really any interaction that can happen on your opponent's turn. I've had some duels where you can just see how it's going to play out resulting in trading kills. Also not a huge fan of the mulligan mechanic, it can give the first turn player an even greater advantage due to bad luck.
>flowing fists for februaryi have to assume they will combine the high class set and flowing fists into a single set, right?
>>59678209No.
>>59678209Enjoy another tiny EN set I miss when they merged JP sets. They only ponder to collectors now and they love those smaller sets
>>59678261I would think larger sets would appeal more the collectors/"investors" since a larger pool makes pulling a specific card rarer and more expensive.
>>59678314The ones vocal about it like the smaller sets as it's easier to "master set". Since the SIR and SR only have a few cards rather than 15+. Making it easier to get specific ones.
>>59678213>>59678261then are we getting our high class set in march? first time in a while we don't get the whale set during winter.
>>59678368It's possible because the 30th set altered the schedule
NEWS TIME FINALLYhttps://www.pokebeach.com/2026/10/aura-seeker-set-starring-mega-lucario-z-ex-officially-revealed
>>59678680Nevermind don't get your hopes up, the revealed cards all suck
They really love the basic 270 mega
>>59678686regidragobros?
>>59678700It is the new strongest shred attack. So a regidrago upscale>>59678680>All these triple metal energy costsThey have to print a new metal acceleration engine or something with metang leaving. These costs make no sense otherwise
>>59678692Absol could be fun with mew. You turn off your own metagross though and most ability spam is on basics currently rather than evolutions
These worth anything?
>>59678823wrong thread
korrina will see play eventually fight arena is also good
>>59678686>Dragonair>Kommo-o>Salamence ex>GwynnThere's something there
>>59678915Not with 2 energy cost. Unless they're reprinting double dragon energy. Which I doubt will ever happen
>>59678953>Drakloak>CrispinIt's possible, a rainbow energy reprint would be nice though.
>>59678953>>59679057>nooo we can't directly reprint strong cards you must do the same in convoluted ways with more cards
So, uh did the tcg pocket general die for good?its been a while since I was around here, but I got this dupe I wanted to see if anyone wanted to trade
>>59679716I haven't opened it in months and see now it's gone. What card is it?
Regidrago bros we wont die in expanded right?
>>59679057Both rotate like 2 months after that garchomp releases. Your only engine is vibrara's weird self discard for nothingSame with metang which is why I brought up >>59678712These energy costs don't make any sense
Hows your collecting going mewtwo bros
>>59679780wrong thread
>>59679753
Hey anons, I'm dipping my toes back into Pokémon after a looooooooooooong time away from the game. I still have my base sets etc but I was wondering, are there any rulesets or engines for playing the Pokémon tcg solo? I can't always get a game, and I enjoy solo games, but my google fu has turned up nothing.
I like Cynthia's Garchomp but I don't have a Neo Upper, does anyone have a good list that runs Unfair Stamp?
Would it make me a scalper if I made multiple accounts to buy this delta reign box?
>>59679772How comes this is and english card but it has the Japanese rarity grade RR, instead of the gay little stars?
>>59680283They'll probably just check the IP address and remove all your orders
>>59680285
>>59680285https://pokemonproxies.com/Someone makes proxies of upcoming JP cards if you wanted to try the decks before they're out
>>59680018I think the best way to enjoy the tcg solo are the gameboy games. otherwise it's just playing against bots or yourself all day in simulators
>>59675731congrats!
>>59680018There’s Ptcg live you can play against the ai on there if you select the “test deck” option and you don’t even need the cards in your collection to do that
>>59678201Ptcg gets really stale at this point in the standard rotation the best decks have all been sorted out and every rouge deck has been tried. I kind of like the no interaction because you can easily watch tv or something while playing but it definitely limits viable play styles. I was thinking about trying the gundam tcg but there’s no good official online client as far as I can tell.
First official broadcast for a mexican regional tournament in case you are curious about it.https://www.youtube.com/live/IXfiquO13hM?si=uavUw5209gVSSzSO
>>59681284Diego Cassiraga is jobbing against excadrill lole
>>59676821>2 naveen instead of 4 lillies and 4 gwynn>4 guidance we really need research back pronto!
pre-release happened, and build and battle decks droppedI'm really liking the idea of the genies.buddy boost is also pretty rad.I plan to play some of these as a palate cleanser over my usual zoroark, especially while I wait for mega ray.how can we build the genies?
>>59681146It's new enough to me that it's still interesting, and if I ever feel like creating a new deck it doesn't seem like too much of a hassle to make. Seriously, master duel's rate of gem acquisition is so slow and with most of the necessary cards for a deck being SR or UR that's what's going to bottleneck you, meanwhile everything on here runs on the tickets with lower rarity variants that can be made for cheap. I had a duel this morning though where the opponent milled 17 times before they could get a pokemon in their hand in the build and battle mode, fossil decks seems like you are actively sabotaging yourself since they only count as items in your hand.
>>59679772I get that they don't wanna make locking possible but they could at least make it cheaper energy wise or make it deal more damge, this is such a shit card
the zesty muscle men are the most fucking busted deck lmao
>>59673299How do you even tie in this game
Can't get over how bad this thing is>Stage2>3 prizer>Water fighting??? >30 per dragon in the discard>You need 7 dragons in the discard to at least do 210, the bare minimum >8 for 240>9 for 270>10 for 300>11 for 330>12 to knock out opposing stage2 megas at 360 7-12 discards of fodder pokemon just to do anything? Where are you fitting the deckspace for that? How are you getting 2 energy on it? How are you chaining stage2s? There's no room to fit all thatCeruledge works because it's a stage1 and the energy feeds back on itself. That deck already cried vsing 1 prize decks until solrockRoaring moon worked because it had energy acceleration and was a 1 prizer. You're not doing anything with a 3 prizer version. It autoloses vs 1 prize decks. It loses to other mega decks. It can't use wally because 2 energy. No free retreat despite it being the 5th fastest pokemon in the game??
>>59682025The evolution line itself makes up most of the fodder, then add another 8 dragons for 20 total.Getting 2hko'd by 1-prizers is bad, but how many ex decks are swinging for 360?There will be 2 years without dragapult for a dragons to get some new acceleration.Being clefairy-weak is the biggest issue. The deck won't be able to funcion with 2 bench spaces.
>>59682025garchomp is fine, but it needs something worth doing while you actually build up to big ohkosthere's decent dragon support like tatsu (for the time being), dragonair and the new vibrava and drampa, but if the deck is just swinging with 3 prizers it will be awful if it's like lucario where the deck has other options, it'll be playable
>>59682062It's a 3 prizes so even if it's evolutions are feeding into itself, it doesn't matter when that's half the time already over.. It's not like polteageist or banette where it's 1 prize for +2 in the discard. It's 3 prizes for +3 (or +2 if you rare candy'd) Vibrava literally does nothing but self discard. It needed an engine like this.>but how many ex decks are swinging for 360?A few but they all suck as it's always an infavorable prize trade into 1/2 prize decks. 3 prize megas are not worth their cost and that's still the case post rotation..>for a dragons to get some new acceleration.There's a new kommo-o in delta reign which looks at the top 6 and accelerates any basic energy there. but that's rng and another stage2 in a deck without any draw engine
If this was dragon it would've saved garchomp desu
>>5968166817 should be a rare occurrence no? If you are talking about Tyrantrum it is just so strong you normally sweep everything away(I did), the offset sounds fair
>>59682025Imagine Dragon energy reprintBut for Mega
>>59682025All this time I thought it was just regular Garchomp
there's a neat looking loop you can do with the upcoming vibrava and the dragonite line.
>>59682786oh wait vibrava says check the top card I thought it was a draw 1 for some reason
>>59682791>>59682786It's funny that you think this balancing team would allow a single instance of looping
>>59682025dragapult MOGS this little bitch lol
>>59682025dragon megas will NOT be viable until clefairy is gone because a 3 prize liability that can be killed by this pokemon JUST being present in the match is awful.They should make dragons only weak to dragons again because making them have no weakness clearly isn't working out
>>59683106dragons should have stayed colorless imo
>>59683106clefairy won't be nearly as strong without crispin, it'll require eswitch or a dedicated psychic deck with wonder patch to spawn it out of nowhere like anti-pult decks have been doing
>>59683106What? You can say that about any mega anonExcadrill eats shit to a 1 prize moltres+tool. We have other low effort basic attackers like clefairy Megas are too shit that their HP doesn't matter when most modern mons can hit the 200 range so a weakness just nukes them
Getting my shit eaten with Sharpedo but i'm not sure if i'm just piloting it badly
>>59684073focus on evolvingjudge and play for disruption while finding the pieces you need to set a proper board state
Supposedly the board is going to be angled again.Cards are still tiny and the crowd sounds can't be turned off haha..
>>59684272lol im not surprised considering literally nobody liked the change
>>59684272>Board is reduced in size because they want the meme oval stillJust revert the whole fucking thing. Pokemon battles aren't even done in circle arenas anymore
>>59662578Hello guys, I want to start getting into the collection part of TCG and I was wondering if it made sense at all to pull packs in a language that's not english nor japanese. I don't want to scalp but it makes it more fun if I know I can find card rare enough to sell and make some money back. I might start playing the online as well but I see the OP has a lot of research on that.
>>59684272This is old news, there's a bug that makes it appear again
>>59684608If you're just collecting just buy whatever is cheap, language doesn't matter. If you're playing the game, foreign cards aren't legal. Either way the collector's general will be more helpful.
>>59684608Depending on where you are, certain cards will be legal/illegal.In Europe, all European cards are legal for ranked play.In the US, only English cards are.In casual tournaments typically anything is fine. If you're buying single Asian packs, watch out because they can be weighed/scanned to find the hits. Either buy sealed boxes or from a store you can trust.
what new cards will work with my original 'pult deck and generate the most tears?
>>59685144It doesn't need any new cards. Just play the World's winning list.
>>59684608If you are buying sealed product in hopes you hit it big and sell any big hits for money then you should rather just keep your money.
>>59685144>Dragapult>OriginalCan those two words be used in the same sentence?
return of the king
applebros...
Did some chart autismThere's a surprising amount of dragons without dragon type cards. Some like tyrantrum/dracovish only have 1 too. Metal is by far the least used energy, only used with fighting/water/psychic. While water is the only one that has combos with every other type
>>59686293i always wondered if there was some balancing in the energy types but since the return of dragon types in SWSH they just choose the type based on colors
>>59686325Surprised something like miraidon wasn't metal/lightning. It's literally perfect
I put off playing it for a long time but basic box feels really good. I’m playing the winning list from nice and it’s got answers to everything I don’t even know what new cards I want to try in it yet. Talonflame and pyroduct seem like the obvious choices but what to take out?
>>59687403take out 1 wellspring mask 1 ultra ball
>>59686158You read this and cry about pultI read this and celebrate how balanced the game will be after rotation We are not the same
>>59687759>game is balanced after rotation>it's just because the rest of the decks available are mediocre so you can play any piece of shit pile and find successgrim
>>59687796You could always play Extended. You won't because the bullshit you say you want is not something you'd actually play, but you'll talk about it.
>>59687796>finally being able to play what you want and do well with it>grim
>>59687804I love Extended format, the expanded cardpool is nice. Regular format just feels too standardized.
>>59687804Nobody plays expanded because it's an entirely unsupported format except for the rare tournament. If they had a real banlist and players for it and/or a division between expanded and legacy cards I would play both but expanded suffers from the exact same thing standard is suffering from now, with the mild difference that there are like 2 other decks as good as regidrago but not many people play them so your talent pool is inundated with that boring ass deck. I do like Vileplume piles and I wanted to try the 2016 era decks but the time for those have past.>>59687806All of the new options are boring so I'm just playing a neutered version of decks I already play and there's no real fun in that. If anything new I would probably play Talonflame but I don't think I would enjoy it enough to keep at it compared to how fun Grimmsnarl was (and it's losing the parts that make it playable) so I'd probably just cope and play Arboliva and whatever grass attacker is good after rotation. Probably Beedrill I suppose but I dislike how inconsistent it is
I’ve really been getting into playing on Live recently, and the nearest regional isnt until april after rotation. What’d be some good swaps in my decklist to “rotation proof” my deck. I want as much practice within those 6 months with a solid decklist
>>59687870I would say replace carmie with pyrotube and max belt with another air balloon. Rocky kind of sucks and has negative synergy with lunatone so just go all basics too.A big part of being good is knowing how the other decks play so practicing to be good for post rotation is kind of pointless because all the best decks, which is what you’ll be facing, are going bye bye. I would enjoying playing dragapult, basic box, slow king, and festival lead now while you can those decks are fun and we probably won’t see anything at their power level for awhile.
>>59687870M-Lucario doesn't lose anything from the next rotation except Carmine (which most lists don't run) and ace-specs as a whole.
>>59687870Speaking from experience it's really not worth it on Live. If you're able to play some early Post-Ro games in person go for it but if you're playing against regular decks you're not getting relevant practice.
People will praise this and act like it's gamechangingDespite the game being a mess still
>>59688007Base-Gym next, I can feel it
>see people posting Cup wins with Sharpedo on twitter>decide to try it>eat all their small basics>do 300+ practically for freeSharpedo is really fun.
>>59688812Going second and getting a mochi, energy and pech for a 70 damage attack carvanha is really fun. Sharpedo killing lots of stuff for 1 energy plus draw is also fun. But the absolute best is when they miss a KO on the sharpedo, you wally, retreat, tox ability for one energy, add the second from hand, pech it back to active and go at it again really gets into people's minds. Bonus points if you retreat into a tatsu and grab a boss from its ability.
>>59686158>All those decks either lose half their engine or entirely disappear next rotation except for garchomp and lucarioIT'S A FIGHTING WORLD, YOU ARE LIVING IN ITTWO MEAGER SETS WILL CHANGE NOTHING
Don’t worry mew and dhelmise will make sure those decks never get any traction in the competitive scene. Fighting has the worst weaknesses I hate it because a lot of my favorite Pokemon are fighting.
>>59690133Garchomp is not weak to psychic. Lucario might get cucked yeah but only by dhelmise. Mew is a complete nothingburger. If it isn't playable now with all the basic box support it will be buried even more after rotation.
every deck is fun and kewl until you are hit by unfair stamp and suddenly you no longer have a deck but a "draw and pray" pile of cards.
>>59690164reprint when
>>59690164I know! Such and unfair card
>>59690536
>>59690495I miss the squirrel and beaver combo
>>59690729Skwovet into brick is my favorite
>>59690495It keeps getting shittier
>>59690944The bird is worse, it needs to be attached
none of these cards would see any play in the modern format with dragapult + dusknoir
Should I bother spending $12 on Unfair Stamp for my Lucario deck only to have to get rid of it in five months, or should I try playing without ACE SPEC?
>>59691091>Should I bother spending $12 on Unfair StampYeah. It's $12, you're not going to go broke.>only to have to get rid of it in five monthsFive months is a long time. You don't need to think about rotation right now, it's literally not until next year. Focus on today.>or should I try playing without ACE SPEC?That's stupid. Just buy the card.
>>59691217Well, not with that attitude, young man.
>>59691264Do without and gimp yourself then.
Dragapultniggers... is your deck SO FUN that it's the only deck I see when playing Live? You guys know there's no points or anything for winning games on Live, right?
>>59692314I can't wait for Dragapult to rotate just so people like you will shut the fuck up about it.
>>59692335Still not answering my question retard
>>59692335They will start bitching about garchomp instead.
>>59692435no they wont
>>59692435This. New cards suck so much ass that I block cards will just be the new complaint.
>>59692435Garchomp's shit
>Three new trademarks have been filed by Pokemon: Magma Heartbeat, Lightning Impact and Aurora RipplesWe're so back competitivebros. Finally we're going to get merged JP sets again for larger global resets
>>59692852I'm still bummed mega heatran looks bad
Turns out I pulled a JP Unfair Stamp whenever Crimson Haze came out. Would my LGS care?
why are you asking us instead of your LGS
>>59692901By default they won't let you use it on league challenges or cups.They might give you permission to use it on weekly casual tourneys but you have to ask. It would be treated like a proxy pretty much.
suck a dick outside a seedy gastation if you really can't afford a fucking unfair stamp
>>59692466>risky ruins >mega golisopodOHKOing your 400 HP card for one energy gonna be fun
>>59692921Because I don't want to ask them and look like a retard. I'd rather be insulted by my good buddies at boards.4chan.rg (formerly 4channel, formerly 4chan again).
>>59692938Why spend $12 when I can spend $0? I feel spoiled by the fact that I got most of what I wanted easily through the Meowth box that just came out.
>>59693039Because you don't actually have the card, you have a Japanese one that isn't legal for play here. If your TO tells you no, you're playing without it.If you're that torn up over $12, you probably shouldn't be getting into a TCG in the first place.
i wonder, would it solve Pokemon TCG's scalping problem if TPCi launches an all-new Pokemon TCG line with an entire different set of rules and follows YuGiOh's release format where every card gets reprinted from time to time?
>>59693048Damn, I guess I should rip up my Japanese SAR Iono as well, since I don't really own the cheaper, gayer American version.
>>59693050scalping isn't a problem for players
Ive been playing this deck on Live and was wondering if I should make this irl, I love Charizard but I don't know what I'm going to lose going into the rotation next year
>>59693331>but I don't know what I'm going to lose going into the rotation next yearFezandipity, Lana's Aid, Night Stretcher, Unfair Stamp.
>>59693345I see. Thank you, anon
>>59692862Any that end up as gym promos are shit 99% of the time sadlyThere's a good chance chesnaught is next if delphox got one..
>>59693055Iono is not legal anymore to begin with.
>>59693650Well I meant more in terms of value.Anyway, I went ahead and purchased the card, as well as a couple other things I wanted for the deck. Fags at TCGplayer tried to card me $5 extra for Unfair Stamp when I clicked to "optimize" my order lel
How much do you factor weakness and bad matchups into your deck choices? I always get hung up on thoughts like "I'd like to play this, but if I hit that deck, I'm fucked."Most of the tournaments around me are best of 1 with no top cut, so you have to go undefeated to win. Do you just pick what you're good with and let whatever happens happen?
>>59694462If the weakness creates an autoloss and the type has enough of a meta share that it's relevant, I won't play the deck. That's why I dropped Mega Lucario and Zoroark.
>>59694477>zoroheh get apple dunked
>>59694462Depends on my local meta. Having autoloss matches is normal, most of the time you just have to get lucky not to run into them to win a local tourney, that's just how it is. Pokemon tcg is a coin toss you can fuck up.
I will be terrorizing my locals with Goldeen Festival Lead today. I just wanted everyone here to know. Being able to autocuck tealmask ogerpon, mega excadril and alakazam more than makes up for missing out on diplin.
Do any pokemon have Resistances these days? Seems like a waste of space if the majority of cards don't have a resistance
>>59694565Some, but I can't think of the last time it was relevant beyond trapping a Steel-type in the active and repeatedly hitting it with Budew Itchy Pollen. I guess it also matters if you're playing Mega Luc and want to OHKO Alakazams
>As long as this Pokemon is in play, attacks used by your [W] Pokemon do 30 more damage to your opponent's Benched Pokemon. This Ability's effect doesn't stack.Pretty unique for an effect. Frosmoth can do 50 to the bench and sleep the active for 1 energy
>>59694782Seems cool but more importantly N's Vanilluxe now does 120 to active +40 to benched with this so building up to multi prize doubling counters attack is a lot more viable now. Unfortunately I don't think we have a water accelerating method so WCC is still kind of tough to hit without Ignition
>>59694802That's why I mention frosmoth, it's super low effort to achieve while disrupting the active.
>>59694867I know, I just think Vanilluxe is more fun. If you're going to be playing some rogue gimmick deck, I would rather play the more fun looking one, but if it's at least somewhat playable I'll be playing this too. Spread and alt wincons are the only fun I have in this game anymore and they're working really hard to remove anything but punch active it seems
>>59694782I guess it replaces any munki+froslass package in mega starmie to let you continue to snipe the bench for 80.
>Add all this shit nobody cares about>You still can't mute the crowd>You still can't change the board POV
>hit all hammers>unfair stamp>kill niggerpult, only 1 drakloak in bench>manages to get both rosa and night stretcher in the next 4 cardstruly a demonic deck
People complaining about Dragapult are in for a rude [Psychic] awakening come rotation.
>>59695124smoochum is leaving, latias is leaving, dusknoir is leaving, pretty sure slowking is leaving (kyurem is DEFINITELY leaving)
>>59695150how will psychic survive with just mew, clefairy, psychic patch, dhelmise, alakazam, unknown, jellicent. we must print more for itmetal losing everything? fuck em. grass losing ogerpon and bug catching set? lol!water? LMAO WHO
>>59695206Grass had it too good being a t3 type for 6 months after 6 years of being irrelevant. We need it DEAD ASAP
Why is Dragapult Dusknoir the worst version according to Limitless? Is it just the extra prizes it gives up that makes its winrate so bad? The ability to take KO's faster is my favorite part of that version.
>>59695124rotation will kill psychic decks as well, alakazam will lose half of its draw engine, slowking will be gone, hide and sneed will lose its draw engine and legacy. Maybe jellicent will have the upperhand as the only itemlock deck
>>59695246More draw engines will show up of course. Mist energy being removed is huge for alakazam. It gets to keep pseudo-buddy poffin with the psychic energy too while everyone else loses it. No dragapult means abras aren't eaten
>>5969526015-17 card hand without enriching and dudunsparce will not be a thing moving forward, alakazam, I can see alakazam turning into toucannon's draw engine and back up attacker actually
>>59694521the basic goldeen having the ability more than makes up for the lack of dipplin too. you probably play way more games only using the seaking line than using dipplin
>>59695275No unfair stamp either. Unless they're judging you're keeping your hand. Alakazam definitely has a lot of potential post rotation
>>59695291the issue is that dudunsparce can be recycled turn after turn efficiently, i guess everyone will run 4 strange timepiece to recycle kadabra and alakazam, but a compared to dudunsparce and enriching that can be preventively used if you are expecting hand disruption, alakazam is out of options after hand disruption.
New>>59695586>>59695586
>>59694513This. It depends on hows the meta where you play. And sometimes you can get the win anyway. Bricking or the player just being bad is a thing. At least around here we have BO1 and BO3 days at the big LGSs, so you can get away with a lot of stuff.
