TCG/PTCGO General

Hi guys, I have a box of about 500 cards from the 2000-2005 era, and I am planning on travelling around Europe for 6 months in the summer. Will my cards cover the cost?

May be willing to sell some of my Yu-Gi-Oh! cards if not

>>31175338
unlikely, unless you have some money cards in there. What do you think is the most valuable? Now go search ebay for sold listings in that same condition and work it out from there.

>Your Old Cards
>No one wants them

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Did some local league yesterday, there were like 2 adults there amongst all the kids (it's usually a little more even), so they had everyone playing together. Mah boi went undefeated, pulled a FA Mewtwo EX

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUx9vaRu4VI
Looks like there's no new grubbin or charjabug in sm+

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>>31177525
I opened your Breakthrough

Cheers boii

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Rules question: If a pokemon with a fighting fury belt attacks and does 0 damage (Pikachu EXs Iron tail attack in this case) does the FFB still add the additional 10 damage?

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>>31177525

BREAKpoint claimed.

Reverse holo Reverse Valley is an amazing looking card; happy to pull another of those. Thanks anon.

Remembered the picture this time...

Might be a silly question, can you use Ultra Ball if it would empty out your hand? Say I have Ultra Ball and two other cards, would I be able to discard all of them and search for a Pokemon?

>>31179361
yes

>>31179361

Yep and it can actually be a desirable thing to do. If you have a couple of junk cards, you can get rid of them with Ultra Ball and search for a Shaymin-EX. Then you can draw a fresh 6 with the Shaymin-EX.

NVI and Triumphant in Legacy Tournaments this week, time to spend your tickets anon!

>>31179278
no. you need to do some damage in the first place to be able to add "10 more" on.

I figure by the exact wording it should add ten to the zero but that's not how it works, you gotta make an impact to add damage on is just how it goes.

>>31179985
>Legacy deck still unfinished

FUCK

>>31175190
>TotT: Have you accepted Vespiquen as your lord and savior yet?

It was the first deck I built, so yes. Nice that it shits on Greninja, Yveltal, and Gardevoir.

>1 prize card left, brother has 5
>put myself into a deck out by using a late-game Sycamore

fucking kill me

>>31183118
>bumping 17 replies in
stop

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Does this every see any use? It's kind of cool but I feel it gets trumped by almost any other draw tech

>>31183118
I like PTCGO

I keep getting shit cards fuck

>>31183377
gyarados

>>31180222
Much appreciated Anon, thank you.

>>31183377
its a great card, but you need all four of them in your deck and that's too much space most of the time. works very well in decks that utilize team mates or korrina already.

Since I have to buy another deck for the trainer challenges (i think), is there a specific deck that gives me best value so I don't have to go trading for certain universal trainer cards

>>31185161
wave slasher and electric eye have 1 belt and elixir each

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Pew?

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Would you do it for 21 ros?

Newish here
How should I work towards getting Shaymin?
How long will it take and how much money should I expect to spend?

>>31186656
Physical? ~60 bucks for regular, ~80 for FA

Online no idea, except you need a shit ton of boosters to try and trade for it

>>31186854
Yea online. I nevr see people trading them

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>>31186656

>How should I work towards getting Shaymin?

Trading. Enter a few (Theme) tournaments to win a couple of packs/chests and trade your way up. I haven't bought a Shaymin in a while, so I can't tell you exactly how many you need (you will want to post your own offer though; public offers are generally a poor deal).

After you've played for a while, you can always invest tokens into Roaring Skies packs in the shop. It's a long shot, but it's not like there's masses of things to spend tokens on. I just came back after a fairly long break and spent a load of tokens on ROS boosters and managed to pull a FA Shaymin-EX

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What would be a good secondary attacker for Snorlax GX?

I'm working towards
Snorlax GX x2
Xerneas (Geomancy) x3
Drowzee x3
Hypno (Goodnight, Babies) x3
Remoraid x2
Octillery X2
but I feel like bad draws could fuck me over. Obviously Shaymin would be an improvement, but I'm not ready to drop $120.

>>31188120
None, use ability vikavolt.

>>31187596
Thanks

>>31188348
God damn. February can't get here fast enough.

>>31188668
Newb here
What is February's significance

>>31188797
Sun & Moon release.

>>31185761
3 Landy and 2 Mewtwo would be good at that price, thats a steal

It keeps on giving me a blank page whenever I try to login to the game. Does anyone else have this problem?

>>31189334
It worked for me after I uninstall/deleted everything, then downloaded the installer again.

>>31175190
>TotT: Have you accepted Vespiquen as your lord and savior yet?
what does she do again?

>>31190719
Draw to six for an asshole energy.

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EXPLAIN THIS NOW

>>31191466
Full art, you can see higher up her thighs.

>>31190826

That's not the main draw of Vespiquen, it's Bee Revenge.

>>31191466

FAs are harder to pull in Japanese boxes, the waifu factor is also in play here.

>B-but FAs are guaranteed in a box now...

True, but now you have to throw in Hyper Rares into the mix.

>>31191586
>it's Bee Revenge
Oh, didn't even see that. I assume Vespiqueen is used in Fright Night decks, then.

>>31191497
>>31191586

Yeah, but I've seen normals of other cards at $1 with full art around $8 - $20. Then again, I saw Magearna at $20+ when it first came out, and now it's around $5.

Will the price drop drastically when (if) the card comes to the US? I hope so.

When does the Sun and Moon set release in the US?

>>31191822
Yes it will drop.

>>31191623
What's the logic behind Vespiquen in Fright Night? It's used in a deck as the main attacker with a lot of tech attackers that you can use depending on the match-up or discard to power up Bee Revenge.

>>31185761
21 RoS is too much for this lot. You can it with our own separate offers for less overall, something like 17-18.

>>31192480
>What's the logic behind Vespiquen in Fright Night?
Fright Night likes lots of dudes in the graveyard, as does Vespiqueen.

>>31192654
Oh okay, you mean Night March, makes sense now.

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>>31177525
Really generous, thanks

>>31192656
Derp.

>>31191466
She's adorable

>>31188120
I've used Fates Collide Snorlax as the second attacker myself, but since you play Xerneas, you could easily slap a Xerneas BREAK in. That'd give you an evolved attacker too.


>>31180222
>>31179278
To further elaborate on this: there are no attacks that deal 0 damage. Attacks without a damage number deal no damage. While similar, they are not the same thing.

>>31195050
>To further elaborate on this: there are no attacks that deal 0 damage. Attacks without a damage number deal no damage. While similar, they are not the same thing.

You aren't covering all bases there though. There are attacks with a damage number which can potentially deal 0 damage (attacks where you flip coins and deal damage proportional to the number of heads flipped, for example).

That said, FFB still does not boost these attacks unless you flip at least 1 heads, so it's not a massively relevant distinction.

>>31191822
>I saw Magearna at $20+ when it first came out, and now it's around $5.

That's partly due to the tin promo and set hype dying down.

>Will the price drop drastically when (if) the card comes to the US? I hope so.

Seeing as how we get more FAs in our boxes and that Lillie's US fanbase isn't as rabid as Japan's, I can definitely see that happening.

What is the best energy to go alongside double colorless in a colorless only deck?

>>31187596
Why is the shaymin in pic tradelocked?

Was the thing about a minimum of 1 SR or HR in Jap 30pack boxes a lie?

>>31198526

Fairy energy could be a good idea as it can give you free retreat.

Metal energy can be used with Magearna-EX to protect from effects of your opponent's attacks.

>>31198594

It's trade-locked because I got it in a booster I bought with tokens.

Only packs redeemed from codes, won in tournaments, or won from daily challenges (starting at level 16) are tradable.

>>31198661
What about special energy?

>>31198726

What special energy could you even use? Almost every special energy is type specific and you specifically said 'colorless only'.

That said, basic energy is always preferable to special energy unless you have a very good reason to use the special energy. There is a lot of special energy hate in the game atm and cards such as Max Elixir only work with basic energy.

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guys I haven't played in a long time
is my horde still worth something to get back into the game?
I noticed gold catchers seem to have tanked like crazy (i think?) and my full art Ns skyrocketed

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>>31198526
>>31198661
>>31198726
>>31199302

Sorry, forgot to point out that Fairy Energy gives you free retreat when used in conjunction with Fairy Garden.

>>31199515

Plasma Freeze packs are extremely valuable.

How many FA Ns do you have?

>>31198526
>Fairy energy & fairy garden for free retreat.
>Fire or fighting energy along with Scorched Earth for draw.
Bear in mind your opponent can potentially leech off these same factors. Not the case with:
>Water energy & Manaphy for alternate free retreat.
>Steel & Magearna to prevent additional effects of attacks.
but these two can be shut down with Garb or Silent Lab in play.

I can't think of any reason to go Psy/Grass/Electric offhand, unless it's some specific accelerator like Volcanion or Vikavolt, in which case it's not a colorless deck in the first place.

>>31199563
I've got 4
all my old decks are pretty neat and pimped out

>>31199527
Ooh. Neat. Are there any other cards that interact with fairy stuff?

>>31175939
Where do you find game stores this welcoming? There are like five nearby (Manchester) and all of them are vile pits where no sane man dares tread.

>>31200180
the old aromatisse
florges if your attackers are fairy
geomancy xerneas

>>31200261
Any other trainer cards? Is wonder energy the only special energy fairy benefits from?

>>31200443

>Any other trainer cards?

Fairy Drop heals 50 damage from a Pokemon with a Fairy energy attached.

>Is wonder energy the only special energy fairy benefits from?

Yes. Wonder Energy is no use in a Colorless deck though, as it can only be used with Fairy Pokemon.

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Had very good pulls in my two tins, so sharing codes with you guys.


Also, shameless advertisement for the /vp/ monotype tourney. Starts in 4 days, always a fun time.

>>31201084
Thanks for posting these dude, but I missed out
I hope more than one person got these

>>31201084

Just forfeited a match to try and redeem a code, but they were all gone within 2 mins.

Hope they got shared like with >>31177525, but I feel like it might be that one person just took them all...

>>31201194
>>31201204

Hivemind.

>>31201084
>>31201204
Here, out of curiosity, what does a tin code get you? The deck? Or something else?

>>31201194
>>31201204
fuck, sorry dudes. Was hoping they'd get shared.

Whoever took, at least post pulls

>>31201084
>good pulls
What'd ya get?

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>>31201323

I'm new to the game and a while ago I decided to buy ring of lightning as per advice from an anon here and it's a pretty cool deck, but where should I go from here if I want to build a deck of my own?

I have all of the ring of lightning cards plus a few spare energies from all elements EXCEPT fairy, also no double energies, I'm also on a budget, all help appreciated!

>>31201836
on a similar note, i'm just starting up again too but i've got some trainers and stuff from before. what should i be buying?

>>31202039
>some trainers and stuff from before
Only stuff from the past 5 or so years is tournament legal if you care about that

I'm awful at the game so I cant help apart from that

>>31201836

Buy Gears of Fire, a few Volcanion tins, and try to build a Volcanion deck.

>>31201434
Cool
Even though that Umbreon is furfag pandering

>>31200180
someone mentioned fairy drop already.

while you're thinking about energies in this manner, remember that Double Dragon energy can count as any type of energy once attached. Meaning it can equally be used with Fairy Garden or Fairy Drop same as regular Fairy Energy would.

Xerneas Break/Dragons, or Arrow Gardevoir/Dragons are not unheard of for just this reason.

>>31202272
That sounds cool, any tips on deckbuilding?

>>31202407
more like even though its the most valuable card in the set.

>>31202774

This is the decklist for the Volcanion deck that got Top 8 at the recent European Nationals, I'd recommend reading up on it.

Pokémon (11)
>3x Volcanion 25/114
>4x Volcanion-EX 26/114
>1x Salamence-EX XY170
>1x Hoopa-EX 36/98
>2x Shaymin-EX 77/108

Energy Cards (12)

12x Fire Energy

Trainer Cards (37)

>4x Professor Sycamore
>2x N
>2x Lysandre
>1x Fisherman
>1x Pokémon Ranger
>1x Delinquent
>4x VS Seeker
>4x Ultra Ball
>4x Trainers' Mail
>4x Max Elixir
>2x Float Stone
>2x Fighting Fury Belt
>2x Escape Rope
>2x Energy Retrieval
>1x Sky Field
>1x Scorched Earth

You can easily drop a few of the more expensive cards (Shaymin-EX and, shockingly enough, Salamence-EX) from this list and swap in some cheaper cards.

>>31203256
Honestly, I think Volcanion kinda sucks without at least one Shaymin. You really want those explosive turn 1 to set up your board and get strong Power Heaters going into your turn 2 (that's if you win the flip).

>>31203256
Nice, Thank you!

>>31202824
Jesus, how deep does the pandering go?

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What am I supposed to do against VirGen and Team Plasma?

New, I like stupid clunky bullshit.
This would make Vilebox and Aerdactyl good for me, yes?

What's a good card to get for 2 evolutions packs and turn around to trade it for 3?

>>31209159
You can a lot more than that if you're patient.

>>31209979
elaborate? My only real resources right now are 2 pokemon evolution packs and i'm probably not gonna buy any more

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>>31210086
It's all about trade engines.

There are two ways around it:
1) buy common/uncommon stables in bulk and resell individuals
2) buy rares in bulk and turn them into highly valuables cards trade by trade

Gonna give some exemples without telling you my own engine:
1) Get 8 Parallel Cities for 1 pack, then sell them as 2 for 1 pack. 3 packs profit overall. You always want to buy these cards in 4, 8 or 16 units and then resell for 1, 2 or 4. For it to work, the cards need to have some demand out there, so go with meta cards.
2) Acquire an EX that is worth 1 pack, and trade it for one that is worth 2 packs or more, and so on. Using a card value guide could help you there. It's possible to acquire 3-4 moderatly rare cards for 1 pack, such as the Mythical Pokemons promo and sell each of them for EXes so you can finish with 3-4 valuable cards from 1 pack.

To give another concrete but outdated examples, you used to be able to easily acquire 16 Ariados for one pack and then sell them at a 4:1 rate. You also used to be able to acquire a SR VS Seeker for a SR Energy Switch and then sell them for 2 SR Energy Switch each.

Find your own engines and keep track of the metagame to update them. You'll be able to hoard packs and build a huge collection from nothing and without investing a single penny. Patience is key too.

Pic related is another outdated (though I haven't tried it in a while) example.

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Bought two packs of Evolutions and didn't even get a holo
I don't play TCGO so here you go family

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>>31210265
Thanks anon! Claimed the second one.

Better luck than you here.

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>>31210265
got a double colorless so it works out, thanks!
>>31210170
so a sensible thing to do since 4 mega garde decks were in the dallas top 8 is to try to make a trade engine off of cards in those decks?

>>31210283
Those tropical championship Exeggutor cards have the best artstyle

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Hip Bump.

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is this deck fun?

>>31203256
>shockingly enough, Salamence-EX
Not very shocking, the product it comes in costs $50.

>>31214054

It is when you see the price for the Garchomp EX from the M Garchomp-EX Premium Collection box, it goes for $2.99 and the M Garchomp-EX goes for the same price as M Salamence-EX.

>B-but other boxes-

The only other EX box promo that trumps Salamence-EX in price is Mew-EX, others can usually gotten in sets (the normal EX, Mega EX, and Spirit Link if they have 'em) for around Salamence-EX's price (give or take a few bucks).

>>31214391
That's because unlike Garchomp-EX, M Garchomp-EX, M Salamence-EX and literally every other promo Ultra Rare that comes out of a $50 box, Salamence-EX is actually good.

>>31213410
It's the best theme deck that can be purchased online currently IMHO.

>>31214844
Thanks, if I don't hear another opinion in the next half an hour I'll get it since it looks like the least tedious

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Expecting anything /ptcgog/?

I used to play back in the day and I'm considering making between 4 to 6 decks for my friends and I to play for fun. Format isn't an issue as we're just going to play around the kitchen table, but I got no clue where to start when it comes to building a deck. The decks don't need to be hyper competitive, they just have to do something cool.

>>31216579
Just buy theme decks or trainer kits. No sense in spending more than you have to if it's not going to be serious. Or buy the World Championship decks for a taste of competitive lyfe.

>>31217016
Any recommendations on which ones?

>>31215752
>>31214844
>>31213410
>>31217115
Got it and can confirm, it is indeed, fun

I really dig the new Raticate print, so I thought I'd try my hand at making a disruption deck.

Rattata (evo 66) x4
Raticate (evo 67) x2
Raticate (BP 88) x2
Raticate BREAK x4
Houndoom EX x2
Bunnelby (PC 121) x2

Crushing Hammer x4
Enhanced Hammer x4
Red Card x4
N x4
Team Flare Grunt x4
VS Seeker x4
Ultra Ball x4
Lysandre x3
Sycamore x4

Double Colorless Energy x4
Fire Energy x 8


Thoughts?

>>31200239
Most game shops I've been to (Yorkshire) are alright as places. The staff tend to be utter shits though. It's particularly alarming how many of them seem to apply house rules and add shorter time limits, make decking out count as a draw etc., especially in League Challenges which are actually worth CP.
I do a lot of VGC Premier Challenges too, and any VGC organiser who tried to change the rules would get shot down by every player there. I gather that a much lower proportion of TCG players really care about the competitive circuit though.

>>31217222
Raticate BREAK + Ariados is scarier

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>>31214054
Hey good timing, we just put up a unboxing video for that right now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xksJJw7QvR0

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I think it's a good value personally because it actually comes with a playmat and whatnot. Plus I found it for $40 on some online store called GrandMango. They're legit, as far as I can tell.

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>>31217368
From a pure damage standpoint yeah, but I was really trying to take advantage of the EVO print of Raticate

>>31217222

If you are running disruption, why bother with Raticate BREAK?

>>31218312
Just to give Raticate a little more HP + a good attack that doesn't need setup

Free code I got in my email a while back. I don't play TCG so have at it.

>XW6-ZJXW-ZBZ-ZY2

>>31218432
Got it, much appreciated kind anon

>>31218375

Is it necessary to run 4 of them? It seems like you are trying to run two different decks at once.

Does it run consistently?

>>31218468
I've never actually ran it, I just came up with this deck list. By two decks at once are you referring to the different Raticates or Houndoom/Bunnelby? I picked the BP Raticate just for flexibility, but looking at it again I should probably just run the EVO. I threw in Houndoom/Bunnelby just because that was the first disruption/mill secondary I could think of.

>>31218547

>By two decks at once are you referring to the different Raticates or Houndoom/Bunnelby?

It's a bit of both really. If you run it, I think you will find it difficult to work towards a definitive win condition. Evolutions Raticate may well work with Raticate BREAK, but I would imagine you will naturally have to settle on one of 3 decks:

-Evolutions Raticate disruption

-A more focused mill

-Raticate BREAK & Ariados (as >>31217368 said).


>I've never actually ran it, I just came up with this deck list.

It's a fairly cheap list, so you may as well give it a try. Don't let me stop you building it. Even if it doesn't work out too well, you will at least get a feel for the aspect you like most.

Suggestions?
Everything except for the Remoraids and Karen was lucky pulls.

****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******

##Pokémon - 20

* 2 Delphox BREAK FAC 14
* 3 Fennekin FAC 10
* 1 Fennekin FAC 11
* 4 Braixen FAC 12
* 2 Delphox FAC 13
* 4 Moltres FAC 9
* 2 Remoraid BKT 32
* 2 Octillery BKT 33

##Trainer Cards - 28

* 2 Pokémon Fan Club FAC 107
* 1 Great Ball BCR 129
* 3 Evosoda GEN 62
* 4 Wally ROS 94
* 3 Lysandre FLF 90
* 2 Professor's Letter BKT 146
* 2 Faded Town AOR 73
* 1 Karen PR-XY XY177
* 2 Fisherman BKT 136
* 1 Healing Scarf ROS 84
* 2 Steven ROS 90
* 2 Tierno KSS 39
* 3 Energy Pouch FAC 97

##Energy - 12

* 10 Fire Energy Energy
* 2 Double Colorless Energy

>last 10 cards contain all Ns and Sycamores
>drawing all 4 VS Seekers one by one in a row
>opening hand is 4 Talonflames
>opponents mulligan 5+ times 3 games in a row

What the fuck is going on?

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Any advice on making it better? I keep milling myself. I've seen a build with heavy skyla counts, but that doesn't seem correct in situations where your need multiple cards. Also considering a different ace spec, but it's better than the third ultra ball.

>>31220021
>salado