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New? Check the pastebin for advice on starting the game, client information, a guide on the various theme decks/products you can redeem in-game and more.
>http://pastebin.com/gPEnw6GW

You can also check this FAQ:
http://i.imgur.com/HoY1IaG.jpg

How to progress in PTCGO, tl;dr edition:
>complete all Trainer Challenges (Cheat Engine's speedhack strongly recommended to speed up AI games)
>play through using Basic decks to unlock them for versus play
>farm Versus Mode theme ladder for Tokens and Tournament Tickets
>Enter Theme format tournaments whenever possible
>enter Standard/Expanded ticket tournaments and accept that you'll lose
>you'll get tradable tournament chests and sometimes tradable packs
>DON'T OPEN THEM
>Instead, trade them for the cards you actually want for a deck you want to build, most cards go for like 1-3 packs each.
>Public trade is like the GTS, if you want proper results, put up your own offers.
>if you don't know what deck you want to build yet, see http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/forum/tcg-competitive-play.156/ or check out tournament results for a list of viable decks http://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/state-province-championships-2016/decks/week-four/

To see what your PTCGO stuff is worth, look on the PTCGO forums in the trading section. Top Cut & other big trading companies will typically overprice cards, expect to get lower
>http://forums.pokemontcg.com/forum/33-in-game-item-exchange/

Tips for Code Giveaways:
>Post them as an image with the QR code covered. Don't just post it as plain text because of bots lurking threads

>Your Old Cards
No one wants them

OLD: >>26328516

ToTT: Who do you see becoming big players in the meta after an Xy-Phf rotation?
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>ToTT: Who do you see becoming big players in the meta after an Xy-Phf rotation?


So I'm new to this when do rotations even happen?
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>>26372351
They're announced around worlds and go into effect September First.
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>>26372614
ah so a while off then.
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>ToTT
Assuming it's PRC-on, with no reprint set announced yet, I see the meta's biggest players being

>Zoroark BRP/Yveltal XY
>M Rayquaza EX/Jolteon EX
>M Alakazam EX/Golbat PHF
>Zygarde EX/Carbink
>M Gardevoir EX (PRC)/Xerneas XY
>Giratina EX/Reshiram ROS
>M Sceptile EX/Ariados AOR
>Greninja BREAK

The presence of these decks will vary of course, especially with weakness as a factor for some of these decks. I thought of some other decks, like Raichu, but it's not going to have Muscle Band, SSU, or Crobat, and it auto-dies to Zoroark BRP. Wailord EX won't have AZ or SSU to heal but could still see play, maybe? Also Garchomp BRP may or may not see play.

>>26372351
Every September.
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http://forums.pokemontcg.com/topic/42170-dev-update-51616-content-bug-fixes-and-more/

Spoon has been fixed, and apparently a bunch of prize cards over the weekend.
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>http://www.pokebeach.com/2016/05/20th-anniversary-set-in-september-surfing-pikachu-and-m-slowbro-ex

I'm Hyped Brethen.
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>>26372882

That looks about right.

Garchop dies without Korrina and I think the straight M Alakazam works better then Golbat. (Alakazam, Hoopla, Shaymin). If Blacksmith doesn't get a reprint or better fire types I think that M Sceptile might be the deck to beat.

The next set might give Carbink a new partner with M Steelix (If it's good) and Rainbow Xerneas could teir. (Getting a BREAK and the new dual type mechanic: despite the ones we've seen so far not working for the deck)
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>>26373330
>Mega Slowbro finally gets a card
>probably going to be trash

Quillme.jpeg
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this is a resealed pack, right? couldn't get a good picture, but the pack was open basically.
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>>26373330

I hope we get a really good Starmie (EX?). I've given up hope of getting a playable Clefable so second favourite I guess.

Also this might be part of our reprint set. The set is only 87 cards and unlike most sets it's not paired with another. So we could be getting this and whatever they plan to carry over as our last XY set.
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pokemon is onto me
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>>26367664
>>26369956
That's the thing, though, I have the same version as is stated on the Play Store. 2.36.0
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Hello anons, I need 3x Garchomps, what is the worth of these cards?
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How much are holo Generations energies worth?

>>26374038
1 RS each
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>>26373330
I thought Generations was the 20th anniversary pack
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>>26374333
No, you can get 2-3 Garchomp for 1 RS
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>>26374388
nobody ever actually takes those offers
I see people trade them for 1-2 RS each
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>>26374365
They apparently decided they wanted multiple anniversary packs.
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>>26374415
>2 RS for a Garchomp
Just so you know, you're helping someone else go infinite
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>>26374435
I mean I don't grab them for 1 RS each, in fact I managed to trade 1 for 3 RS
I'm just saying that's what I see them go for that's all
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>friend and me get boosters
>friend pulls out of first booster M Rayquaza ex
>makes jokes he now only needs Rayquaza ex
>he opens second booster
>pulls Rayquaza ex

>"WTF"

>my turn to open booster
>after 4 packs still nothing worthy, not even an EX card
>then the last pull got me pic related

how many years bad rng luck will I have now?
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>>26355560
>>26355603
>>26355625

here we go again
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>>26374751
I'm sorry anon, I got mine after the 5th pull. But I know, luck will fuck me over now.
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>>26374751
3/6. I found out I still had one in my collection, so I'll get to open an extra one.

>>26374782
aw gdi, that's nice. it kinda gives me hope.
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>>26372104
Faggot.
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>>26374816
:|
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>>26374682
>friend of mine started to play for 3 days
>plays tournaments with rayquaza bullshit deck
> wins somehow fates collide
> opens and pulls FA SR Alakazam ex
> 3h later opens FA gengar EX
> I wanna try same, biggest bullshit cards alive

Best card I´ve ever pulled was shaymin and this was right after my finals.
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>>26374463
newfag here what the hell is RS?
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>>26374877
Runescape
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>>26374859
I feel you, my friend with the rayquaza got the alkazam sr today too from a pack.

and he plays like your friend only since 3-4 days
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>get beaten by shitty scrub decks because of a bad hand and all your key cards are prized 2 games in a row

They could at least make it less obvious this game fucks you over on purpose
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>>26375033
Fucking this, Jesus.
>Play Frog Break
>Mull like 6 times
>Finally get a Basic
>Either Remoraid or Shaymin
Just fuck my shit up phamiliaris.
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>>26373795
So nobody has any idea what the cause for this is?
I really wanted to be able to play on my phone.
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update

looks like you're basically equally as likely to get 1 ticket as 25 tokens and 2 tickets as 50 tokens

gonna keep going, hopefully I get the rest of the shit on the wheel soon so it doesn't look quite so stupid
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>>26375422
Just tried again.
Now it's saying my username or password is wrong, but they're both right.
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I don't even know why I started making this.
I only have one Groudon and one Garbodor, so it's not like I could finish it anyway.
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>>26376328
Groudon works better with Bats+Silent Lab, I think. As of right now, you're setting up a four-energy Pokemon to swing for 80. Once you start playing the deck, you'll realize Magma Base isn't consistent at all.
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>>26376328
Ability: Power Saver
If there are 4 or fewer Team Magma Pokémon in play, this Pokémon can’t attack.
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>>26376867
Ability: Garbotoxin
If this Pokémon has a Pokémon Tool card attached to it, each Pokémon in play, in each player’s hand, and in each player’s discard pile has no Abilities (except for Garbotoxin).

Not even him. How did you miss this?
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Anyone with an irl deck want to skype battle?
Reply with skype id
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>>26377062
Why not just use PTCGO???
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>>26377062

do you seriously not have a friend to play with in real like LMAO
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I become really disappointed when I find out that a free random booster in ptcgo is a fates collide booster, it just such a dull set.
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>>26377142
FC is an extremely fun set. It's just not competitive at all.
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>>26377177
Well that's why it's dull because it's a collection of cards to get stomped with.
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>>26377076
I only have mobile
>>26377080
It's nighttime here, cunt
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>>26377188
>get stomped with.
It's PTCGO. The game's target demographic consists of children and autists who barely understand how to get around the paywall. You should have a 70%+ WR with a properly-built Tier 4 deck.
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I'm about to buy the mewtwo vs darkrai set because I have no physical cards and I've been told the trainers form that set are kinda fine.

Is this a good move?
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Could a deck made around Snorlax (Flashfire) with Hypno (BREAKpoint) and All-night party work?, the idea is have 50 heal each turn and hit for 130 with Fighting fury belt, also what other pokemon would help this?
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>>26376739
Originally I was going to do it with Kyogre, but then I remembered that Garbotoxin also shuts down Muk.
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>>26377728
>Snorlax (Flashfire)
Go reread it again. The last thing you want is for that Snorlax to be asleep. There's no real synergy there between it and Hypno. Also, All-Night Party is a bit outdated now that Chaos Tower exists, since healing 30 is a lot worse than just leaving your opponent asleep.

The new Snorlax from Fates Collide is pretty cute, though. 120 for CCC, sits at 180 HP with Belt, and you leave your opponent asleep every turn. Don't even need Chaos Tower for it to work.
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>all these fucking cheaters disconnecting you when you beat them

Why are there so fucking many? So many matches kicking someone's ass and the game freezes up on their turn and I have to restart the client while they get a win because I "timed out."
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>>26377692
Yes. The cards in it surpass the value of the $30 price tag.
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>>26373368
a-anyone?
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>>26378125
literally never had this happen.
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>>26378125
been seeing this as well, not super common but it happens.
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post what you get

>>26377062
I'll play you, post your skype though
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>>26377832
Going to try this, thanks anon
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>>26378249
Nothing great, but thanks anyway
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>>26378275
If you want to play with Hypno, you can also try Darkrai EX from BP. Sets up very quickly and hits for 180.

Or if you just want a sleep gimmick deck, the new Anniversary Darkrai is pretty spectacular.
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>>26375585
Its your nintendo username and password
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>>26378334
I was one letter off of my username. Oops.
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>Legacy tournaments fill so slowly
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>>26378380
I can fill you faster I you catch my drift.
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Pulled both of these yesterday.
Any good?
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>>26378608
Absolutely not
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>>26378624
oh well at least the first one looks a little cool
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>>26378608
No card in this game is good besides the Night March staples.
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>>26378608

They're pretty good. I personally like Magnezone/Kingdra more than Magnezone/Raikou.
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>>26378637
The meta really does need a Night March killer.
I know NM is getting a reprint, but is battle compressor at least going to be rotated?
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>>26378831
You'll need 4 electric energies on top of the water to KO an EX, and an attack that costs 4 energies is too unreliable.
At that point you're better off with Pikachu.
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>>26378831
>pretty good
Hahahaha

>>26378840
We need LTC back. Also NM is not getting a reprint, but if we get Japan's CP4, we would be getting reprints of both NM and Battle Compressor.
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>>26378867
>We need LTC back
No, maybe a watered down version that only shuffles nonEX Pokemon back in the deck.
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>>26378892
I would not mind that either.
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>>26378867
>but if we get Japan's CP4
Wait, why wouldn't we?
Most of the cards we miss out on are just promos, so the odds are in the favor of a reprint.
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There are 4 of us in my game group. If we each buy pic related and a pack a week, will we be able to each build a deck and play at a casual level?
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>>26378831
Energy pouch works wonders
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>>26378866

Pikachu is an EX with 130 HP, 170 with FFB, who needs to fisherman every turn. The upside that Kingdra has over Pikachu and Raikou is it's longevity.

I've found that the main problem with Magnezone/Raikou was that I needed to Fisherman every turn to set up a new Raikou. I didn't find that to be true for Kingdra. It's not a strictly worse Raikou, as many would believe.

Why would it's 4 energy requirement be a deterrent? You're already playing Magnezone, while fisherman gets you 4 energy out of the discard. It's not much of a problem.
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>>26378915
There's only 4 cards in it that we don't have, we're getting one of them in a box and the other three would be fine in its own box. And so far it's not in the schedule of product releases for 2016.
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>>26378951

If you are not the same person who asked the question a while ago, no, Pokemon is absolute trash in sealed play / draft / etc. since you need too many things for it to work
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>>26378951
No, you will not.
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>>26378951
ETBs are $40, right?
Even if you can get them for cheaper, no. Eight packs won't get you shit. Energies cost literal cents each.
The only "expensive" staples in the game are Shaymin ($40 each) and VS Seeker ($10 each). If you don't buy those and stay away from the $15 EXs like Toad, then $40 will get you a fully-built casual deck and more.

If you don't care about playing in tournaments at your local game shop and only want to do casuals at a friend's house or whatever, then buy World Championship decks.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/World_Championships_Deck_%28TCG%29

$10, fully built tournament-level decks. Choose a format and buy all the decks from that year and the year before/after it. 12 decks between 4 people should be good.
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I can't remember the last time someone flipped tails on Hypnotoxic against me. I can't remember the last time I flipped heads to wake up.

>opponent 4/4 heads, me 0/7 heads
Still won but the game tried so hard to make me lose.
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>>26378989
Sorry, first time here. From /tg/

>>26379027
So, is Pokemon really a singles game? That sucks packs are basically worthless, even at a competitive level. Learned how to play a bit ago and my friends seemed to really dig it. Problem is I barely have any cards, just enought for two really shitty 30-card decks.
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>>26379115
Yes, it's a game of
>singles
>pre constructed theme decks
>Arena Decks

Packs are worthless garbage.
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>>26379115

>Sorry, first time here. From /tg/

The FAQ guy should probably update the thing and explain why the idea doesn't work. I'm curious can you actually do that in any card game at all since almost all TCGs are singles games (unless you play MtG strictly for drafts)

>That sucks packs are basically worthless

Packs are only good if you can pull worthwhile things for them just like every other TCG

>>26379148

Even most pre-constructed theme decks are useless as well
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why the FUCK do people care about Full Arts in the TCGO?
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>>26379264
>theme decks
>useless

They're playable, but not going to win a tournament
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>>26379264
Actually, I mainly played draft from a cube in MtG. I was just looking at Pokemon because it went over so well when teaching my friends. Magic seems to be too complicated for them to really enjoy.

The reason I was interested in packs is because they would promote trading between friends and make it easier to make decks with a limited pool of cards compared to just telling them to buy stuff and figure things out.

I'll look into theme decks, although I think making custom decks is what they were excited about. I'll have to talk to them more. Just trying to gather info right now.
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>>26379291
they look neat
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The final round of the tourney has fucked up RNG. Either I or my opponent autolosses 90% of the time. I just got back from one where I got a flawless T1 and they had the utter worst possible start. Right before that I lost to an unrealistically bad Juniper killing my hand off a terrible start.

The matches are never close. Anyone else experience this?
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>>26379291
They look nicer, and it takes zero effort to get them online if you understand the basics of a trading system. It's not like real life where the FAs cost actual money or time/effort to get.
The only card that's marginally difficult to get is SR Ultra Ball.
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>>26379480

>SR Ultra Ball
>Marginally difficult in PTCGO

Last I heard it costs 100+ packs or worse
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>>26379480
>marginally difficult

I understand you gotta downplay everything but there's no need to add "marginally" to that sentence there. SR Ultra Ball is difficult to get. Say it with me. SR Ultra Ball is expensive as fuck. SR Ultra Ball is the most expensive card in the game. Ultra Ball is the only card that people pay real world money for. The only people with SR Ultra Ball aren't trading it or are massive Jews.
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>>26379515
100 Roaring Skies can get it easily. All other cards are 10 or less barring N who is 20.
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>>26379515
>SR Ultra Ball is the most expensive card in the game.
Older gem promos and bundle items like Victini sleeves are worth a lot more. Especially since SRUB's price has dropped dramatically thanks to Legacy.

I'm sorry though, you're right. I shouldn't have said "marginally". Either way, it shouldn't take THAT long to get a set if you know how to make profit. I'm personally making 20+ RS a day, so the only thing stopping me from getting one a week is that I'm focusing on other things right now.
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>>26379548

Are you the guy who told me N was worth 20 RS packs? I told him he was bullshitting and he said to put up a 20 RS trade offer for N and he'd accept it later. So I did and it wasn't accepted. That guy tricked me pretty good. He lost me a total of 16 tokens, that trickster.
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>when you pull a FA Wally and it's trade locked so you can't trade it for packs
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>>26379655
If it makes you feel any better, it's worth one pack.
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I know Weavile/Eggs is slow, but I didn't think it was that slow.
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>>26379447
I actually just won a tournament a couple hours ago where two wins in a row, I just barely managed to knock out their Pokémon for my last prize card and had they gone one more time, I would have lost

I have had plenty of bullshit autowins and autoloses tho
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>>26380048
>>26379447
Oh and the second close win was the final round
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>>26379410
what i did to play casually with friends was buy up a bunch of the world championship decks

they're dirt cheap compared to playing booster lottery and you get use really strong meta decks, as opposed to theme garbage
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>>26379291
Because alot of them are full arts of cute girls.

Delinquent FA when?
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Pulled pic related from a box today, is there any way to build a decent deck around this? Being able to draw fossil mons without having to rely on the fossils themselves sounds neat, and dangerous tentacles sounds like it could have some decent synergy with anti-ex mons like BP Garchomp/FF Hawlucha
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>>26380323
It's shit now because Fossil's best attacker is Aerodactyl. If they made good attacking fossils his usage would rise quite a bit since it's not hard to Archie Omastar out turn 1.

>Fossil Researcher works for exactly 2 cards, neither are good
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>>26380343

> it's not hard to Archie Omastar out turn 1

That's kind of what I figured, that I could run a battle compressor/Archie setup and get omastar out that way. I'm just wondering if it'd even be worth it, since as you said Aerodactyl is the best fossil attacker, and if so what basic I could put on the active until I manage to get omastar out
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>>26380343
I've been fucking with Fossils since FC's launch.
Aerodactyl is a really fucking good attacker. If it were just a Basic Pokemon instead of Restored, it would easily be tiered. 120 for a single DCE with no setup and a good secondary effect is extremely above-curve. But the fossil engine slows it down too much.
The real problem with fossils are that:
>You need Archie's since there's no viable way to use the items
>You're going to be dedicating a quarter of your deck to an Archie's play, and that entire quarter will be useless until you hit that Archie's
>There are other, better Archie's targets
>You still need an entire functional deck alongside the Fossils since they're not Basics, and all the best partners are objectively better off without Fossils weighing them down
If they printed a Basic with an ability like "Draw 1 card, put 1 card from your hand at the bottom of your deck", Fossils would be usable. But as of right now, they're extremely clunky unless you manage to meme out a sacky Turn 1/2 Archie's.
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>>26380448
Old Amber can work in Archie's since you can just use them up, if they fail you thin the hand, if they succeed you thin the hand and get an Aerodactyl in play. The problem is your deck has 4 attackers that require an Archie's to ever use, and if that Omastar dies you're fucked beyond repair. It would be better if Fossil Researcher could pull any restored pokemon and you could get out two Aerodactyls instantly.
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>>26380448
>"Draw 1 card, put 1 card from your hand at the bottom of your deck",
Yeah, a Caitlin reprint could help.
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>>26380784
Except I wouldn't want to waste my turn supporter on a -1.
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>>26380784
This needs to be an item or it will be unplayed.
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>>26380448
>>26380784
>>26380832
>>26381003

Just print this again.
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>>26381202
We already have Octillery and Shaymin, so this wouldn't be a crazy idea at all. I don't think it would even see much play outside of casuals dodging Shaymin's price tag.
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>>26381211

It saw play in the same format as Uxie, who was a straight up better Shaymin. I'd have a very hard time believing it wouldn't see play.
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>>26381317
That was a very different format. It was slow enough for Stage 2/3 Pokemon to consistently set up, didn't have cards like Lysandre until we saw Warp Point and Luxray Lv X, and the Supporter/Item lineup had very, very little draw power, with most Trainers acting as toolbox/consistency options instead.

Don't forget that before Juniper in BW, the last +7 card was Professor Oak in Base Set. And we have Octillery right now, which is only a tiny bit worse than Claydol.
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>>26381339
>And we have Octillery right now, which is only a tiny bit worse than Claydol.

In the same way that Tierno is a tiny bit worse than Sycamore, maybe. But seriously, where Octillery is a step better than Electrode was, Claydol is leaps and bounds better than either. It's not 1 card difference between 5 and 6, it's more like a 3 card difference because you can toss the 2 cards you don't need.
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>>26374877
Real shit
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>>26376328
You need a he to disable the Groudon ability every turn if you're going to attack with it
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>>26381448
>second person not to read Garbodor
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>>26381459

>these people are new enough that they've never seen the Garbotoxin meta
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>frog deck turns that last twice as long as night march turns

god
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Is anyone else randomly missing packs? I had 2 RS and now they disappeared. I know for a fact I didn't trade them since I was starting to save up.
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>>26379548
>N who is 20

yeah, good fucking luck getting an N for 20 packs
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>>26382400
got it for ~15 earlier this week so nt
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>>26382558
what is it with retards in this thread acting like the stupidly cheap deals they get is the actual value of the card?
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I know Shaymin-EX (RoS) go for about 20-30 packs. Can these just be any packs? Or are certain packs worth more than others?
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>>26384271
taken from one of the forum threads. roaring skies packs are pretty much the universal standard for 1 pack value.
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>>26384025
Not him, but the prices I normally post are accurate, and people especially Binder Guy try to call me out on exaggerating.
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>>26384391
Hmm, anywhere I can keep track of this? Any sites that update this list regularly?

(And wow, Uncommon Chests are worth 0.5 packs? Damn, didn't know they're worth that much... Can I theoretically get a Shaymin-EX (RoS) for 40 Uncommon Chests?)
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Good day, famnons.

I decided to stop by after a long absence to ask for your feedback on my deck.

I kind of do want to keep the fullart Qts since it keeps me invested for obvious reasons. So any changes I could make?

So far it pilots fine and I've only lost due to decking myself out.
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Holy fuck I just played against a M Alakazam deck.
I've never seen a nigger stall that much.
Whats funny is that I only had a Greninja Break in my firld, and just that Break was keeping all hi cards, Bats and Megas, in chevk thanks to Shadow Stitch.
That nigger only conceded after I destroyed his 3rd stadium card and had 6 minutes left in the counter.
What a fucking faggot holy shit.
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>>26385392
Pic is how I run mine. Did you forget to add in your Candies? Wally has no business here.
Shaymin works better than Octillery in this deck since you need to turbo out Magnezone ASAP.
You don't need that many energy toolbox options, I'd cut down on the Retrievals and Letters.
Fisherman is better than Clemont, since the latter works against Compressor.
If you're going to bother with Brigette in this deck, you need to run 2-3 of her.
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Do you lot get random friends requests?

Like not after a match but just out of the blue when sitting on the menu.
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>>26385392
Where are your Rare Candies?
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>>26385829
Yes
And I always decline them
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>>26385651
>>26385851
I surprisingly have none since I traded almost everything for what I have now.

I'll push it in.

Thanks famnons.
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>>26385651
Since I'm not home, and have no Shaymin-EX, what do you think of this deck list for the most ideal build?

So for the finalized build I was thinking something like this.

1. Jolteon-EX
3. Magnemite
1. Magneton
3. Magnezone
2. Pikachu-EX
3. Raikou
2. Shaymin-EX
>>Pokemon = 15

3. Battle Compressor
2. Brigette
2. Energy Retrieval
2. Escape Rope
2. Fighting Fury Belt
2. Fisherman
1. Lysandre
1. N
1. Pokemon Center Lady
3. Professor Sycamore
3. Rare Candy
2. Rough Sea
1. Skyla
3. Trainers Mail
3. Ultra Ball
4. VS Seeker
>>Trainer =35

10. Lightning Energy
>>Energy = 10

I just have a thing for running the full art qts.

I could Float Stone over Escape Rope though. Just need to trade for them.
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>>26386162
Cut Pika to 1
-2 Brigette
-1 Poke Center Lady
-2 Escape Rope
-2 Electric Energy

+1 Ultra Ball
+2 Float Stone
+1 Magneton (If you're against Item Lock and have the one Magneton prized or can't search it, you're fucked)
+2 Flash Energy
+2 Level Ball
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>>26385651
wow this looks really nice.

So how much is the
- pikachu
- raikou
- magenzone
worth?
And how can I use this without jolteon? :)
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Diancie EX viable? With fairy drop, I'm wanting to give fairy decks a go, and the fairy garden/diancie ex synergy is so obvious it's stupid.
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uncommon chest :)

now I can sell my tradable card
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>>26386691
Congrats. Can I buy it from you?
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>>26386878
for how much?

there are public offers for 22 fc so you'll have to best that
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>>26386929
Not him, but dont be a kike.
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>>26387043
what's wrong with taking best offer? public offers are lowballs to begin with
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https://youtu.be/jWEBI4N4W1E

this guy is the worst poketuber right? does 0 research on the packs he's opening, opens everything like 2-3 months late, and just rambles.
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>>26387145
you can assume that anybody who isn't OmniPoke, PokeDecks or TeamFishKnuckles is pretty bad in general. And even then nobody will ever be on Pooka's level.
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>>26384391
>mfw going infinite
Also
>Generations
>0.5
What? I thought they were more expensive.
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>>26387065
20 packs is an excellent offer. At least for a normal Shaymin EX.
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>>26387234
generations is 1 pack on that list, but most people will say its worth more
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>>26387252
Youre right, I got it mixed up with the one following it.
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>>26387248
ok, but there are offers higher than 20 just on the public trade section right now, so why should I take lower than that just because you insulted me?
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>>26387213
I came after Pooka it seems what exactly did he do? When I went to his channel it said it shut down a year ago or something.
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>>26387289
Go ahead. I'm just saying don't jew ptcgofags.
But if you can trade it away for 22, heck 30 packs then do it. It would be fucking retarded not to.
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>>26386929
This is everything I have. Please have mercy.

Fates Collide x14
BreakThrough x2
BreakPoint x3
Ancient Origins x2
XY Flashfire x1
Uncommon Chest x20

What about it?
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New Shop Bundle is up, if anyone missed it. It's the third FC blister.
250 tokens for:
>1 Foil Gastly (BT reprint, pic related)
>1 Chespin coin
>1 FC pack
Meaning next week, we'll probably get the final FC 3-pack blister with a foil Froakie.
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>>26387597
>bought four
>got my fourth Regirock EX and fifth SR Alakazam
neat
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quick someone tell me a fun deck to play
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>>26387673
XY Basic Red or Earth's Pulse
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>>26387683
competitive deck, not theme
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>>26387673
Greninja

Anyone know when the Blastoise box codes go live?
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>>26387693
It's not meta but Darkrai EX is fun
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>>26387845
post a decklist? all I know is that it revolves around darkrai/hypno/all-night party
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>>26387912
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>>26387912
Now it runs Chaos Tower over All-Night, but that's the idea.
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>>26387912

The expanded version that just abuses Dark Patch/Max Elixir is legitimately good.
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>Want to read pokémon articles
>Everything costs money

Why? Don't they want to grow the scene?
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>>26388003

Just use thecharizardlounge. It's got tons of useful information that goes beyond pros posting decklists and explaining that they use Sycamore because it's a good draw supporter.
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>>26388003
Pokemon isn't a complex enough card game to warrant articles. Once you know the cardpool, it takes minutes to fully understand and analyze the meta.
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>>26388025
I do, but I like to read articles at lunch breaks.
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>>26386929
>>26387460
So, how about it?
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>>26388069
i already sold it anon sry :(
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>>26388079
my heart
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I got some codes for y'all (along with a tin opening).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZdqD9VhxKw
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Uno mas.
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>>26388069
Put up a trade offer for a Shaymin for 20 packs. Wait a day, you will get one. I did.
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>>26388170
praying
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so all of a sudden it just won't load for me at all. is it just me?
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>>26388246
hahaha
>>
3 games in a row drawing 4 copies of a card at once.
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I just played against a Night Meme deck. That's what it is? You just play battle compressor and Professor Sycamore to discard all your cards so you can use the Night March attack? What kind of toddler deck...

The guy I played against had 10 cards left after like 3 turns.
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>>26389034
>Round 1
>1 Basic
>3 VS Seekers
>1 Sycamore
>2 Shit not usable right now
Fuck.
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>>26389261
Stall with Jirachi XY67. Or make sure to get some hammers/xerosic.
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>>26387938
wouldn't this be better with 4 chaos tower? should get rid of the 2 skyla for an N and a 4th chaos tower
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.. these fucking servers are a joke.
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>>26389261
Toddler deck or not it was the best deck in the previous format and positioned to the stay that way in the upcoming format.
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>>26389446
>upcoming format
the one where it rotates out? rofl.
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>>26389468
The upcoming format is XY-FC.
The format after that is undetermined.
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>>26389261
youmustbenew.jpg
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someone pls kill me

>bought 25 booster
>no ex card
>got one delphox break out of it

>friend buys 10 booster
>rayquaza ex
>mega rayquaza ex
>latios ex
>proto groudon ex
>kangashkan ex
>diancie ex
>primal kyogre ex
>houndoom ex

in 8 out of 10 boosters he got a fucking EX card
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>>26389621
most of those cards suck fat dick
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>>26389698
They are worth money though.
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>>26389698
w-what about delphox break? Im playing since a week now
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>>26389717
You'd need about three more to build a "playable" deck but yeah it sucks fat dick.
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>>26389711

>Worth money

Maybe the Megas which are at least $10~15 (more if they are full art or the Mega Fug is Dragon), all the other ones are literal chump change EXs
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>>26389767
Assuming regular arts, the Rayquaza EX is $3, the Mega Ray is either $10 or $30, the Latios EX is $3, the Primal Groudon EX is $15, the Kang EX is $3, the Diancie EX is $3, the Primal Kyogre EX is $13 and the Houndoom EX is $3.

That's a total of $50-$70 value in cards pulled. Ten packs would be $40. So even assuming all regular arts and the colorless Mega Ray, they made a profit.
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What are some good types to mix in with a primarily water deck?

Also, how many single energy cards should you have in a deck?
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>>26389932
How many more times will shit like this be asked?
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>>26389932
First off hoss, you shouldn't be building a deck centered around a type, let alone two. You build decks around specific Pokemon. Read pic related.
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Sorry it's upside down my phone's a piece of shit.
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Aight hope you guys get some good shit from these. Also not all of these are boosters.
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>>26390197
>>26390228
>>26390253
>>26390275
>>26390302
>>26390325
>>26390349
>>26390373

thanks senpai

I got one of the darkrai boxes

the sleeves are dope af
>>
Other than this, got Trev Break and Xerneas EX. I'm a casual so I guess these are good, right?
I'm happy to have just gotten stuff, thanks anon!
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>>26390197
>>26390228
>>26390253
>>26390275
>>26390302
>>26390325
>>26390349
>>26390373
Wow thanks that's a lot of codes got some of the card and deck sleeves and some boosters will post pulls.
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shit but at least it's cute af shit
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>>26390197
Thanks mate.
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Thanks
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>>26390197
>>26390228
>>26390253
>>26390275
>>26390302
>>26390325
>>26390349
>>26390373
I got stuff thanks.
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2 out of 4 ain't bad, thanks for the codes.
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Thanks, how good is Mega Gyarados anyway?
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>>26391113
Not at all.
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>>26391218
Eh oh well I'm just happy I have it in my collection.
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Can someone explain to me how Magneton's ability works? Can I just put as many energies as I want on one active or benched pokemon from my hand
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>>26391471
Yes.
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>>26391471
Magnezone* not Magneton
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>>26391471

As long as they're electric.

Specifically (online) you need to use the ability to place the energy. Any energy you drag and drop like normal will count as your energy for the turn.
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How good is Glaceon EX? Got one a while ago.
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>>26392417
Very good with Mew/Jolteon, and sometimes Mega Mane. Useless otherwise.
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>>26392417
It's great against BREAK and Mega decks
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I'm gonna buy 8 packs of cards which ones should I buy?
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It's nice when something pays off in the long run.
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>>26392628
Whatever the bundle is, but only if you don't already have 4 of the promo.
Otherwise wait till next week.
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Anyone Going to Regionals?

I have several decks built and ready.

Primal Groudon, (I have the beaches on loan)
Virizion/Genesect
Raikou/Eelektrik
Darkrai/Dusknoir
Accelgor/Wobbuffet
Sableye/Garbodor
Mega Manectric/Garbodor
Mega Rayquaza
Maxie's Yveltal
Maxie's Night March
Trevenant Break

Since this is week three Fates Collide will be legal
I'm leaning towards Dusknior or VirGen
I have deck lists ready for all of the decks if you want them.

Help me /vp/ your my only hope
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>try trading cards on forums and reddit
>everyone wants Shaymin EX
>don't have one
>buy Roaring Skies booster for the fuck of it
>not expecting shit since probably weighed
>pull Shaymin EX RA
>try to trade for a few FAs
>no one wants to trade
what
the
fuck
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>>26393284
Post your own public trades
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>>26393284
>reddit
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>>26393292
I have, no one wants to trade aside from one autist who wants to trade an Ancient Mew for it

>>26393296
have any suggestions on where to trade physical cards? there's no card shops around here for 50 miles
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>>26393315
Sell cards on ebay or something similar, then buy cards that you want. Trading card for card isn't always reliable.
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>>26387145
>unironically says "crud"
Disgusting
>>
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Mew + Dimension Valley allow you to use any move from your bench for free? How is this not top tier?
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>>26393901
Mew (FC):
>This Pokémon can use the attacks of any of your Basic Pokémon in play. (You still need the necessary Energy to use each attack.)

Mew (DRC/LT):
>This Pokémon can use the attacks of any Pokémon in play (both yours and your opponent’s). (You still need the necessary Energy to use each attack.)

>(You still need the necessary Energy to use each attack.)
>any move from your bench for free
>(You still need the necessary Energy to use each attack.)
Not sure how you came to that conclusion.
But yes, D Valley lowers the energy cost of whatever attack it copies by C.
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>>26393901

It's not nearly what you described and it's still top tier.
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Building a new deck, what pokemon synergize well with Sceptile EX and Mega Sceptile EX?
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>>26393992
Look up a SceptileEX/Ariados deck
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>>26393992
Here are two Sceptile decks that won States.
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>>26394002
I'm already running that, anything else?
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>>26393117
You are*

Pick dark.
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>>26394121
But dark is so scary, and which version do I play?

YZG? Maxie's Yveltal, Turbo Darkrai, Darkrai Dusknior, And what about that promo card? The two coins for sleep.
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>>26394147
I'd go with maxie or turbo darkrai with 1/2 promos. I think maxie is better because archeops, but turbo looks fun.
>>
I really like this new feature where half my hand doesn't load at all and Shaymin-EX is my only basic every game.
It's really neat and innovative.
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>>26387938
what's the point of the darkrai promo?
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>>26394494
I love it when I run 20 basics and my starting hand is just Shaymin-EX and Jirachi-EX
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>>26394503
Double sleep flips is a bitch.
>>
>when you want to build MegaMan/Ho-Oh IRL but don't want to get fucked over by the rotation
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>>26387938
this is what I ended up with

someone tear it apart pls
>>
So tell me what exactly is getting reprinted in Steam Siege? and weren't those rumors about night march reprint false? or just part of the jap only product meme?
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>>26394765
Your deck actually looks good, you might want to add like one level ball so you always set up your hypo, Change one of your Yveltals to the Fright Night one and then add a delinquent just in-case some one happens to play the same stadium.

Other things you can maybe add.
>Zoroark line
>AZ
>Second Lysandre
>Jirachi promo
>Xersoic
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>>26394935
Nothing's getting reprinted in Steam Siege.
http://www.pokebeach.com/2016/04/premium-champion-set-cp4
Premium Champion Set 4 (CP4) will be reprinting practically every viable card from XY-on. Going through the lists, you'll see that only ~6 viable cards TOTAL from XY through PHF are not being reprinted. This pack invalidates the rotation.
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>people using Sky Return without any Pokémon on their bench
>>
>my timer at 22 minutes left
>opponent at 14 mins left
what takes these people so long
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>>26395132
Most people just play this game passively in the background. They're most likely doing something else whilst playing.
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>>26394692
>Not playing expanded
>2013+3
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>>26394765
have yet to win with this deck after 4 matches, pretty difficult to set it up perfectly.
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>>26394765
Focus less on Yveltal. Either drop the count or eliminate it entirely; this deck doesn't need that form of acceleration. Max out Max Elixer and throw in 1-3 more energies to make it more consistent. Fit in 1-1 or 2-2 Zoroark to help with Elixer as well. The entire premise of the deck is that you can set up a Darkrai instantly off Elixer+DCE, then swing for 180 with a Muscle Band.

-4 Yveltal
-1 Center Lady
-2 Belt
-2 Switch
-2 Mail
-1 Super Rod

+1 Max Elixer
+1 Energy
+1 Muscle Band
+1 Chaos Tower
+2-2 Zoroark
+1 Float Stone
+2 Level Ball (you NEED a fast Hypno)

If you're not comfortable with only Darkrai/Zoroark as your attacker, consider Yveltal EX, the other baby Yveltal that locks tools, FC Snorlax (might need to switch to All-Night for this), or a generic tech like Toad or Lugia EX.
You might also want to fit in 1x Xerosic or Megaphone, since Garbodor ends your deck.
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>>26394974
And it's not coming to the west and therefore doesn't effect the rotation.
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>>26395354
Oh, and I forgot to add: if you're still having a lot of trouble setting up Hypno, you might want to bump it up to 3-3 instead. It makes the deck clunkier, but it's fine considering how well Hypno's ability can stall out the game. The card might as well read "your opponent has a 50% chance of skipping their next turn".
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I hate Shaymin EX and how literally every deck runs it. Why can't I just use Octillery in peace?
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>>26395529
what stops you?

I used 1 Octillery for about three to four weeks until I could afford my first Shaymin, and oddly enough I didn't even encounter any Shaymins during that time.
Now that I have one myself, almost every deck I match up against runs at least one.


coincidence?
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>>26395529
you can if you want
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>this hand
lost on turn 2 fun
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>>26395558
>Trevenant
You deserve it.
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>>26395573
w-what's wrong with trevenant?
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>>26395611
It's a degenerate deck
>>
is the zygarde ex box out in europe already?
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>>26395611
It's annoying
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>>26395636
>>26395658
it's just a game mechanic though. do you get annoyed at opp deck when you're poisoned/sleeped?
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>>26395683
It's like you hate people having fun.
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>>26395769
whoever wins the game is the one having fun.

should I just concede every game?
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>>26395795
I'm kinda on both sides here.

First of all, a match should be fun for both participants, not only the winner. Noone is playing this just to feel frustrated afterwards because some fucking annoying opposing deck flat-out prevents them from even trying to land a successful turn. And with PTCG decks, it's not like you have plans B-E most of the time - decks are built to work a certain way, and if an opposing deck just fucks up your entire plan from the very beginning, it's goddamn annoying and frustrating, and yeah, in THAT case the only one having fun is the winner.

ON THE OTHER HAND, I'm guilty of this too. I've played Night March for about three weeks until I could afford enough cards for a first "real" deck, and thoroughly enjoyed that time. I love NM. I really do. But I do understand what's so shit about it for the others, and I've been playing my second deck, the new one, 95% of the time since I finished making it.

There's a purpose for decks that fuck others over, and it's fucking others over. I don't think the question of what's wrong about this can be taken seriously.

Shit that took long. Positive note: of course decks like that aren't unbeatable, and it's a damn good feeling winning against NM or a very pesky Trevenant deck. But it's still shit to encounter.
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>>26395683
Poison/Sleep doesn't shut down entire decks.
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>>26395925
Playing a good deck isn't a problem. Night March isn't a problem. It's just a good, fast deck that takes advantage of the prize trade right now.

Trevenant, Toad, and Vileplume are a problem, though. Item lock is cancerous in the traditional sense of the word, since it directly degenerates the metastate to specifically dictate what is and isn't allowed to be played, period.

You can very realistically pull a win off against a Tier 1 deck with a shit one. That's why Night March has a 30% WR on a competitive level instead of 100%. But against an item lock deck, entire decks become unplayable with no real counter. Outs like Hex Maniac and Lysandre aren't enough when item lock. There's a specific reason why don't see a single Rare Candy deck on the tier list, for example, and decks like Trev Break, Vileplume (ironically),and Greninja Break show that that has nothing to do with Evolution as a mechanic.

There's a reason why Item Lock has historically always been Tier 1 in every format it's been available in. Pic related was almost Tier 0 after the very first rotation knocked out Haymaker. Allergy Flower Vileplume defined part of Gen 4's meta. Toad had a nearly 40% WR in 2015. It's a mechanic that needs to stop being printed.
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how do you pronounce xerosic?

zero-sick?
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>>26396267
cross-euro-sike
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>>26396267
zehrosick
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>>26396267
zir-row-sik
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>>26396267
Sherosic
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>>26396503
Nice lisp faggot
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>>26396503
>>26396288
>>26396280
retards
>>26396347
correct
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Is Shaymin more valued for his ability or his attack? newfag here
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>>26396751
Both, they synergize to make each other good
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>>26396267
Gogglefag.
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>>26396751
Its ability is a bit underwhelming (cards like Octillery let you do the same thing every turn for free), but its attack practically defines the meta. 30 damage is extremely on-curve for a single energy attach (double colorless). You see this in a lot of other meta cards like Seismitoad, baby Yveltal, and Trevenant BREAK. It's also why cards like Manectric aren't very good anymore, since it only does 20 for a single energy.

On top of being a powerhouse in terms of damage, the format doesn't have a single good Pokemon that hits for more than 100 (NM decks can't really afford to put more than 4-5 Night Marchers in the discard, since they'll run out of Pokemon too quickly, for example), so most players splash in 3-4 Shaymin as a generic attacker that resets its health every turn.
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>>26394765
as odd as it sounds, if you max out your max elixir and want to use baby yveltal, then why not go 11 dark instead of using 4 DCE? More of them in the discard to be used. More synergy with Darkrai's other attack for when you can't Hypno.

You don't need 4 yveltal for sure. Pic related is my take on the deck.
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Is Marowak BREAK with the Fates Collide Marowak viable at all, do you think?
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How much should I give (in PTCGO) for 2 gallade and 2 puzzle of time?
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>>26397578
Not really. The BRP Marowak had a better attack and it went nowhere.
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>>26397578
Competitively no, probably not. For fucking around on the Client, absolutely. I run it as a 2-2-2 line in with Carbink Break and a few one-ofs and it wins more than it loses.
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god fucking damnit, like wow fuck this shit rng - I'm having such bad hands today, my win ratio is like - 1 win after 7 loosing trough a bad hand
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It was short lived, but it was still nice.
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I really miss blend energy.
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>>26397795
You could get all that for 2 Packs
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got these memes from the darkrai box, just collecting for fun
happy with venu
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also here
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>>26372104
>He doesn't have a QT Japanese gf that sends you TCG from Japan and some cool Pokemon Centre stuff.
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>>26398298
Post pulls, fgt
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Will tournaments allow me to use jap cards?
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>>26398291
Thanks.
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>>26398360
No.
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Is this valuable? I don't even remember playing the game that long ago.
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>>26398376
That sucks. I guess there's no way to avoid high prices.
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>>26398298
have you lived in Kyôto in 2014/15?
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>>26398404
no it's trash
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>>26398417
>high prices
>Pokemon
kek
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>>26398417
>>26398642
Here we go again.
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>>26398346
I-I have to wait for the stuff to arrive

>>26398514
Not lived in Japan just yet, just asked my Nip gf to get me the plush and some Pokemon cards
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This deck is super fun but my collection really needs more Skyla. How much do you think 3 Skyla would cost?
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is my account broken ?

45 boosters so far, no ex card, not even a break

friend had 4 boosters and he got 2 blastoise ex, venusaur ex, sylveon ex and fucking gardevoir ex out of it.

I feel like jumping off a bridge, fuck you rng
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>>26399008
Gen packs have higher rate, but you still got uber shit.
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>>26399008
>opening packs
this is where you fucked up
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>>26398974

what the fuck are you doing senpai

you don't need any skyla, level balls, Ns, pokemon center lady, or muscle bands
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>>26396795
is this copypasta

if not you've earned yourself some upboats
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>opponent has 1 ex pokemon and some other shit 50HP pokemon in play
>I have 3 EX pokemon in play
>opponent in chat: have enough EX?
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>>26399885
The newly revised one looks like this. Ns are alright for shuffling all those energy into the deck so I don't have a bunch of dead cards in my hand in the "lategame". Muscle bands are very useful for getting around numbers like 120 and 170. Skyla just helps with everything and Pokemon Center lady is a qt but has also won me some games with this deck

I replaced the level balls with ultra balls though. Otherwise I'll probably never find additional Heatmors. Not before it's too late.
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>>26400565
new bread

Also, have you guys ever put up stupid trades for shits and giggles and actually got them accepted?
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