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Old: >>32819641

New?
>http://i.imgur.com/HoY1IaG.jpg
>https://pastebin.com/sHq3y40X

TL:DR:
>Complete all Trainer Challenges (Cheat Engine's speedhack to speed up AI games) to get 45 free packs.
>Play through using Basic decks to unlock them for versus play.
>Farm Versus Mode theme ladder for Tokens and Tournament Tickets.
>Enter tournaments to get TRADABLE chests and packs.
>DON'T OPEN THEM.
>Trade them for the cards you actually want for a deck you want to build.
>Public trade is like the GTS, if you want proper results, put up your own offers.

What themedeck should I buy?
>Buy the Lunala one.

Resources
>http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/forum/tcg-competitive-play.156/
>http://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/pokemon-events/championship-series-event-results/
>http://thecharizardlounge.com/decklists/

To see what your PTCGO stuff is worth, look on the forums in the trading section. Trading companies overprice cards, aim lower. Keep pack value in mind when trading.
>http://forums.pokemontcg.com/forum/33-in-game-item-exchange/

Code Giveaways:
>Post them as an image with the QR code covered. Bots will snatch plain text or uncovered QRs.
>Ask for emails and send em individually.
>Post your pulls faggot.

TotT: Which no-longer-used mechanic do you want to see make a return?
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>>32850369
First for our overlord.
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>>32850388
Alolan Ninetails sure has changed
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Posting this again because I really need to know. I have 4 Night March Pumpkaboo and 1 reverse foil Fighting Fury Belt I think would that be enough to trade for 3 Next Destines Sneasel, 3 Dark Explorers Zorua and an Umbreon-GX
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>>32850732
You posted this last thread

You seem confident so try it goddamn fuck off already
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>>32850369
Dark pokemon and Owner's pokemon would be nice.
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Just started both the physical and online recently but having trouble getting a proper functioning deck.
What's the best way to get into the physical cards? And how do you avoid investing in a deck that gets BTFO come next expansion/rotation.
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>>32851083
Buying singles, only buy packs after your deck is built and you want to take the gamble on getting a SR

There's really no way to tell about rotation
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Eighth for Alolan Ninetails
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>>32851115
Ok thanks, so for buying singles is it best to pick a GX/EX and then find a decklist online to copy?
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>>32851174
Look up decklists and prices first, not every GX is good enough to build a deck around so you'll find yourself picking a GX that has a terrible deck structure no matter what you do with it, so look on YouTube and listen to people talk about the cards, they'll usually give you basic info on the card and the strategies that surround it

Take Pikachu EX, a shit card to most, but if you build it correctly with Magnezone it can do pretty well against most match ups who aren't top "meta"
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Folks, I don't know jack shit about TCGs, but I know I want that holographic Wicke card I saw online the other day. But, as far as I could tell, it's JP only right now and going for 30+ dollars on ebay.

How long does it take for a set to be released stateside?
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>>32851274
Pre-releases of the set she's coming out is in July and her actual official release is sometime in August iirc.

Typically it's around 2-3 months between Jap release and US release. All major releases get released stateside while we do sometimes miss a couple special Japan only re-releases like Best of XY since they run a different format from us.
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Just posting the discord etc as usual for peepz who want it:
https://discord.gg/mHJxvq

As an aside, I'll be doing a giveaway of GUR and possibly a bunch of ROS.

I've basically got my collection as I want them and the only thing I majorly want is Tropical Beaches which are a pain in the ass to find sellers so thought I'd throw some love to y'all and specifically people who already frequent the thread and discord.
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>>32851332
Also oops, I didn't specify when.
It'll be on Sunday in the afternoon, I'll post in thread as a heads up when I will do it.
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>>32851136
I want to suck off Nintetales' nine dicks desu
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>>32851474
Go for it I guess
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>people posting trades like 3GUR for SR Nest Ball

Get fucked cucks
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>>32851274

We're not 100% she's in the next set since we get 6 full art supporters and there are 7 pending but when she does come over she'll be dirt cheep since the card is absolute shit.
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>>32850733
This, fucking kek
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>>32852137
>quoting
>kek
I'd rather you don't nigger
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>>32851274
as a transgenderwoman myself i have to say that tits don't work like that
awful art
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>>32852157
This has to be bait
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>>32852148
Hm, is it autism?
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>>32852175
>kek
>autism

Glad you figured it out
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>>32852183
>Significantly bothered by the bastardisation of a meme acronym
So, you don't like change very much huh?
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>>32852240
>sick of seeing it everywhere for years
It's no different than desu desu desu at this point faggot
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>>32852284
What the fuck is wrong with you Jesus you reek of insecurity.
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Calm down the shitposting.
These questions are worth more to talk and think about. >>32851083

>>32851083
Look at all trainers that had been useful in many decks throughout XY sets and find alternatives from future sets to change with in current meta, like Lysandre-Guzma. Keep in mind trainers from BKT and onward can still be used.
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>>32852301
Okay bitch, I hate kek and throw insults, sorry for my small cock and your shit meme
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>>32852018
and how much is it? 5?
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>>32852442
around there - it sure as fuck isn't 1GUR and 2S&M
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>>32850732
http://www.ou7c4st.com/card-values.html
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>>32850732
2 1/12 packs for 2.7 packs of goods.
You might get some takers if they're stupid or the cards you're offering work well as a set, but you'll probably want to add another half pack of value
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>>32852167
Worse, pasta
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>>32852749
Danke, now I know

Have a wolf getting dat sweet watermelon pussy juice
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Threadly reminder that this month's newsletter code is fucked until July 12th for whatever reason.
Also, they're discontinuing the codes in the newsletter promos in favour of something else.
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>>32851136
>prefering HR > FA
cardlets, when will they learn?
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>>32853333
It's RR you fag
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>>32853380
how fucking new are you?
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>>32853380
>calls it rainbow
>calls others fags
oh anon
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>>32853386
Pretty fucking old since HR means holo rare to me

Besides, I like Rainbow Rare, go suck a bag of dicks
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>>32853406
>being a dumb nigger
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>>32853408
>>32853417
All vendors call them hyper rares, it's cool if you only play the client, no biggie
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>>32853436
Thanks for clearing that up instead of being a fucking retard over rarity
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>>32850369
Okay, so I understand why Roaring Heat is on the "bought most often" list, I've literally never won against it, but why are Iron Tide and Sky Guardian? And why is Night Striker a staff pick?
Is it just an easy way to get Metal, Fairy, and Dark energies, respectively?
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>>32851274
I wish Guzma's fullart ran for at least $30. I'm never going to be able to collect every language of Guzma's fullart, by this rate.
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>>32853443
>spergs over someone calling it HR
>no you
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>>32852318
I can empathize the small dick. Sorry for your misfortune anon.
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>>32853877
I mean, you're a woman, Hillary. I wouldn't expect yours to be too large. The fact that you've outgrown your husband's is already impressive.
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>>32853936
>Empathy
>sympathy
Pick one retard!

>>32853943
>Factious
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>>32854067
>facetious

You got me there nigger
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Can we get back to discussing pokemon cards?
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>>32854345
Finally built an Alolan Ninetails deck and haven't lost yet, had someone quit because I sniped his M Gyarados and was about to go for his second he had just set up

Feels good
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Started playing 4 Choice Band and 4 Float Stone in my Drampa/Garbodor, it's crazy consistent.
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>>32851274
Trying so damn hard to get this card via packs. Got a box and 3 RA Wicke's coming next month. I expect Wicke to come out in November though ;_;
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>>32854621
>facetion
what?
>Facetious definition, not meant to be taken seriously or literally
Are you deliberately confusing him?
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>>32853498
by default you have unlimited amounts of every basic energy
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>>32854938
That is a bastardised definition.

To be facetious is to joke in an inappropriately serious circumstance.

For example if someone started cracking jokes at someone who just got diagnosed with cancer.

And facetion is the proper way to express the term as a noun.

>Cautious, caution
For instance.
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Is there a good site for non conventional deck lists?

I normally go to charizardlounge, pokebeach, and pokegoldfish but I wanted to get some ideas for some more wackier decks. I have been having a lot of fun with an Ampharos deck and Haxorus deck I made and there is a bunch of other odd duck cards that could be fun but finding good advice on them is scarce.

I wanted to make a bunch of decks: golduck, typhlosion, talonflame break... But I have no idea where to start.
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>>32855389
If you want "wacky" deck choices then check out darkintegral gaming. He makes a bunch of meme decks that can probably squeak out some wins.

If you want a bit more competitive meme decks then check out yellowswellow.
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>>32855389
PS: Omnipoke has a video on golduck and he has a quad talonflame break decklist on his FB page as he meme'd it in one of his videos against his friend recently, it's GUR decklist too.

Quad talon is pretty close to being competitive but it loses if it doesn't start talonflame.
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>>32855128
>That is a bastardised definition.
It's the correct definition idiot
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>>32855025
could you be a nuisance and make a deck with 59 basic energy and 1 basic pokemon, so that you keep having to mulligan?
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>>32855687
>>32855704
Thanks brojam.
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>>32856307

Yes, base set Mewtwo was a thing. More so since Mulligans used to be mandatory.
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>>32857408
Aren't mulligans still mandatory?
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>>32857408
wait, as in the one that was reprinted in Evolutions?

What, did you just spam barrier 53 turns til they decked?

>>32857464
Sure, but they get to draw cards for every mulligan now. It was free.
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>>32857475
Yeah. Because you could, the rest of your deck was energies.

They fixed that in the reprint. No discard anymore, but it's only every other turn.
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>>32857464
>>32857475

THEY had to draw a card it wasn't a choice. Then yes, you would spam Barrier until they decked. You lost if your opponent played energy removal but it was a deck.

The Evolutions one has added text to Barrier saying that no pokemon can use Barrier next turn to prevent this.
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>>32857628
>You lost if your opponent played energy removal
Wasn't Super Energy Removal a four-of in every deck? I mean, I only started playing last year but that card is fucking OP.
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>>32857628
>THEY had to draw a card it wasn't a choice.
I've been playing pokemon tcg GB, and that is not how they handle that? There's no drawing for muligans. You just shuffle and go again.
>>32857628
>You lost if your opponent played energy removal
Only if they could get out 60 damage in that one turn before you could get back to using barrier.
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>>32855962
>>32855748
Wrong.
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>>32855128
right, just like athleticism and patheticism.
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>>32857915
Nigger
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>bought Alolan Moonlight Booster Box for 20 bucks
>got every card in the regular set
>No secret rares

Anyone know how rare the secrets are? I'm not super stressed about collecting them from this set, because of how expensive they are. But in general are Japanese boxes more difficult to pull secrets from?
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>>32858217
I'm pretty sure jap is way harder because there's no guaranteed rare

That's how it used to be at least
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>>32858221
Ah, I figured. I feel like I got pretty lucky, though, hitting all 4 regular GX's. Is a JP Tapu Lele worth much? I'm new to collecting the cards, I'm super casual about it so secrets aren't something I'm obsessed about at the moment. As long as I see 50/50 I'm alright, although I wouldn't complain if I pulled one of the hard to get cards. Which set should I do, next? I was thinking of maybe doing an XY set, which has the best art from the block?
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>>32858357
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patheticism
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>>32858374
Stop your retarded
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>>32858407
>your
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>>32858249
Tapu Lele has to be worth something in any language

I don't know, personal preference, look up the card sets on bulbapedia and pick a set with art you like
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>>32850369
>that 'it wont suck itself' pose
why was this allowed?
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Is N rotating out soon? I kinda want to invest in a full art but I won't bother if it rotate out in september.
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>>32858644
Nope, got a reprint in Fates Collide, so it's going to be around until at least next year.
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>>32858661
Nice time to pay 400 bucks and send the value down the drain by playing them.
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>>32858759
Perfect fit + eclipse doesn't keep them pristine?
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>>32858821
I shuffle like a madman
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>>32858838
>not shuffling like Yugi-boy to keep your cards in mint condition
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>>32859018
I shuffle like a blackjack dealer because I hate when my cards are badly shuffled.
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I can't wait for Alolan Gx and Golipsopod Gx
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>>32859321
>alolan gx
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>>32859321
Alolan Muk Gx
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>>32859329
Honestly don't see Alolan Muk GX being any good, except maybe in decks which don't already run any GX user and do run Muk SM.
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>>32859344
I can see it getting some play. Two attachments and a Salazzle evolution to do a minimum of 180, 210 with a Choice Band, more with Sevipers. A lot of OHKO potential, plus the bulky HP and Psychic resistance.
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>>32859344
I like it because the deck may run like ninetales amoonguss and hex/garbodor may rotate.
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>>32859344
When we get one more way to inflict status it's going to be good, specially paired with Darkrai
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Have you voted for your bro yet?

http://www.pokebeach.com/2017/06/what-pokemon-do-you-want-to-see-as-a-gx-and-why
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>>32859891
I have accepted that my bro won't get a card in a while.
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>>32859447
Salazzle Burn & Poison and Raichu Paralysis. How many do you want?
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>>32859370
Po Town & Acerola mean you can keep rotating Salazzle too, plus hurting them for an additional 30 if they have to evolve while your stadium is down. First deck I'll be building come expansion day.
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>>32860113
>Po Town
???
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>>32860124
coming in the same set probably:

Po Town – Trainer
Stadium

When either player plays a card from their hand to evolve a Pokemon, place 3 damage counters on that Pokemon.

This card stays in play when you play it. Discard this card if another Stadium card comes into play. If another card with the same name is in play, you can’t play this card.
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>>32860124
Do damage when you evolve so that you can pick up with Acerola. Feels a little more roundabout and less reliable than Devolution Spray, but I guess the bonus damage to your opponent, assuming they don't Field Blower or counter-Stadium you, is a nice plus.
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>>32860208
Presumably they'd have four deco sprays, one Acerola, and four VS Seekers
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Attempting to plan a possibly functional deck using Burning Shadows Wobbuffet and Shining Legends Mew, substitute Lysandre for Guzma, how's this look? Should all be standard legal post-rotation I'm pretty sure.
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>>32860231
VS Seeker is gone a few weeks after Burning Shadows releases unless it gets a reprint.
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>evo Pokémon already at a disadvantage
>po town

Yup, fuck this game
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>>32860274
I really hate how this game always want to be basic centered

And I still don't get why max elixir is for basic only instead of stage 2s.
Everyone and their mom knows basics are the fastest cards, why make them even faster and give even less reasons to build up evolutions
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>>32860296
Because fuck balance, they're trying to turn it into a speed focused game or some shit I guess

I should of known this dumb shit would happen
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Rate my Oc.
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>>32860316
Completely horrible. Awful art choice. Fonts are all completely incorrect and way off. wtf at that attempt at stroke? Even the kerning hurts my eyes and you have to go out of your way to make that as bad as this. The only colour on the card that's correct is the black font, even the GX blue is wrong - all the symbols are choppy as fuck and the Dragon symbol is just plain wrong. The attack names don't line up and are terribly unimaginative, the attack descriptions aren't justified and even overlap the symbols. Ignoring the fact that no way ever should or would the Lost Zone and GX mechanics be in the same era or format, the card is not even a good meme. You either break the game by neither player having any cards to play into, or are so OP you are completely out of sync with either era.

0/10 - completely unconvincing as a fake and pure shit as an OC creation. Go back to making Sonic OCs.
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Heads up, I'll probably be looking to do the GUR pack giveaway in the next hour I'd say.

Giveaway will be on discord, the link is earlier in this thread already.

Will post again when I actually do it.
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>>32860533
This
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Gonna do the giveaway now I think on discord, if y'all want just hop on. Ctrl+F the discord here if you haven't already.

Or don't join.
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>>32860316
Bad artists always mix up grim abstract art with fucking scribbles
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>>32860736
Since peepz seem to probably be meandering around and peopleone seem okay to delay I'm going to save the actual giveaway for afternoon.

Again will post whenever I actually do it.
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>>32860316
never use this faking app again. it's absolutely butchered any chance at this being in any way a good card. learn to photoshop fakes yourself, it's not hard.
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>>32860316
Must be 18 or older to post
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>>32850369
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF THE UPCOMING CARDS HAVE BEEN LEAKED AND DIRECT ME TO WHERE I CAN VIEW THEM

THANK YOU

2 YEARS AGO I TOLD MYSELF I'D NEVER GET INTO THE TCG SIDE OF POKEMON AND NOW I'M OVER A THOUSAND QUID IN THE HOLE OVER THIS DUMB HOBBY HELP ME
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>>32861495
Yes, on pokebeach. It's probably still front page news but might be on second page.

Same bro, not quite at 1k though.
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>>32861495
>>32861495
Jeezy, what? Are you like, one of those gatchapon addicts, just like, super addicted to the gambling side of it?
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>>32861538
THANK YOU YOU ARE SO KIND
I AM SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS
PRAY YOU DONT LOSE YOUR SANITY LIKE ME
>>32861562
YES
I ALSO LIKE THE PINS AND END UP FORKING OUT FOR THE BIG BOX SETS
MY PULLS ARE ALWAYS SHIT
I THINK MY PROBLEM STARTED WHEN I PULLED THAT SUPER RARE SHAYMIN IN MY FIRST PACK BUT IVE NEVER BEEN THAT LUCKY SINCE

IM ALSO TOO AUTISTIC TO GO TO THE TCG EVENTS WHICH IS DEPRESSING
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>>32861106
This.

Fakes are easy as fuck to make.
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>>32861587
I FORGOT TO ADD MY CAPS LOCK AND SHIFT IS ACTUALLY BROKEN AND IM TOO RETARDED TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS ISSUE WITHOUT THOSE HENCE THE CAPS

NOT BEING RETARDED JUST BEING RETARDED
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Shining Celebi – Grass – HP70
Basic Pokemon

Ability: Time Recall
As this Pokemon is in play, each of your evolved Pokemon can use any attack from its previous Evolutions. (You still need the necessary Energy to use each attack.)

[G][C] Overstep: 30 damage.

Weakness: Fire? Psychic? (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1
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>>32861593
You could hold down shift while you type?

http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=007380
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>>32861608
Shrine of Memories but it's a bit harder to donk off the field, will deffo see some use.
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>>32861608
Wow that's an awesome card. Can't wait.
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Alright, gonna do the giveaway away on discord.

Gonna do it no matter the amount of peepz that get on but will try to give some leeway for people to come in.
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>>32861917
is it over
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>>32862136
No, I have around 10ish packs still to giveaway. Giving them in groups of 2.
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>>32862150
is the discord still open, why do i get an error
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>>32862173
I didn't think the link should expire?

My bad if I put a linked that expired.
https://discord.gg/chVfNWb
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>>32861917
Thanks again

-TX
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Posting pulls from giveaway
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Got a few good ones hopefully I can use them to work on my current deck
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>>32861608
>Time Recall given to a non-EX Celebi.

Neat, at least it won't give your opponents 2 Prize cards when it's knocked out like Celebi-EX did.
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>>32861668
Glad my boy is gonna be able to stick around in "at least somewhat viable" tier.
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I need a Metal deck for daily challenges.
Metagross or Solgaleo?
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>>32862821
Uh, no, not at all buddy. Sorry to tell you but Garbodor trashed that card on day 1. I haven't seen one megatwo deck on ladder since May and there hasn't been one that even made top 64 in any events since GRI became legal.
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Idk about you faggots, but I'm getting sick to death of facing Espeon GX/Garbodor on Versus everyday.
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is it even possible to get more than a streak of 3? Every single time I do, I end up in some horrible matchup where I also dead draw. I just had to use a t1 kukui lmao
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>>32863161
Metagross is more consistent for grinding.
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>>32863636
I have a streak of 5 using my shitty meme deck and im scared i may lose the next. I kept getting paired with my weakness.
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>>32863636
I managed to get up to 5 with my Dark deck
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>>32863636
Ive only gotten a 3 streak. I always have a good thing going then dead draws right after.
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>>32863713
Thanks. Knew it would be rotating soon, so I wouldn't really be able to use the cards from it for deckbuilding, and that also this would probably be the last time to purchase it.

So good to know it outperforms the other one, which means I should buy it now while I can, regardless of the fact i can't reuse the pieces.

Yes?
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>>32861608
What pokémon benefits from this SM onwards?
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>>32863981
Alolan Ninetales GX?
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>>32863998
eh, having to beacon is pretty fucking shit. I think Decidueye is the stand out answer to that question, since it will let you use Dartrix's attack to pile more damage into the bench if you've lysandre'd something into active you don't want to damage.
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Can the opponent see our win streak?
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>>32864564
I don't think so, I haven't run into anyone on a streak yet.
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Who is the strongest Pokémon TCG player in the history of the game?
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>>32864571
too bad.

Does anyone know how advantage calculated?
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>>32864642
me desu
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>Set up Alolan Vulpix with one water energy
>end first turn
>other player has Rockruff
>uses Team Flare Grunt to get rid of my energy
>sets him up with DCE, lands tails on his attack so it doesn't do anything
>Lay down Alolan Ninetails GX and throw another water energy on him and place a Rough Seas
>he concedes

I didn't want to play anyways
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>tfw can literally never win with volcanion and have just a miserable time playing it despite it being an objectively good deck and me using a netdecked list having read various commentaries on how volc is supposed to be played

anyone else have that deck that just never fucking works for them?
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>>32864727
It was good back when Steam Seige first released

>objectively
Look up the definition, you're not using it correctly

I've always been able to beat the shit out of Volc players using Pikachu EX and Magnezone - it's never been a "good" deck to me, decent maybe
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>>32864727
To answer your question - all theme decks, usually I've been able to make a deck that at least gets a 50% W/L ratio

Even made a Gengar evolution stall deck (no EX) that would absolutely piss people off
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>>32864720
Holy shit, a Lele and a DCE would have won him the game right tgere
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>>32864720
way too many unwarranted concedes these days.
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Fug it, post deck format/themes you've made

Since starting PTCGO I've made a..

Gengar stall
Volcarona/Amoongus stall
Infernape/Burning Energy
Volcanion
Pikachu EX/Magnezone
Alolan Ninetails GX/Alolan Sandslash

Hopefully people can get some ideas from it
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>>32864774
To get theme to work you basically have to treat it like it's own special format. If you ever played any of Gen 1 Base set, it's closest to that.
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>>32864787
Especially considering I actually didn't want to play, even more so against energy manipulation like Team Flare/Hammer and almost conceded when he played the Grunt

I was laughing pretty hard
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>>32864804
Yeah way back in the day, but I still didn't like PTCGO's Gyarados deck where I hand a handful of water energy every match

That and it was heralded as the best of the theme decks last year - still didn't like it
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>>32864792
People are just trying to rush through the ladder - I don't blame them. I reserve the right to laugh but I can understand why they do it.
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>he runs midnight Lycanroc gx and raichu

That deck is ass my friend.
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>>32863981
Victreebell, Golisopod & GX, Salazzle, Alolan Ninetales & GX, early-game Garb, anything with a stupid high cost attack on the evo like many [F] and [N] type that want to do something instead of nothing, e.g. Pallosand. Memes mostly. Nothing suddenly becomes amazing.

Could be nicest to spring scuttle away in a Golisopod deck then FoGP back up
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>>32864840
But you get additional points for knockouts, regardless of win. Might as well stay. Plus it lets you fill up some daily challenge, and lets them do so as well.
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What is the best pure Darkness deck? I'm trying something like this:

Pokémon:

4x Eevee
2x Umbreon GX
2x Alolan Meowth
1x Alolan Persian
4x Murkrow
3x Honchkrow
3x Alolan Ratatta

Total: 20

Items and Supporters:

4x Poké balls
4x Great balls
4x Super Potion
4x Map
2x Sycamore
2x Crushing Hammer

Total: 20

Energy:

20x Darkness Energy


I only play in physical format and I do quite good at my locals, but I want to improve and crush my opponents.
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>>32864845
>midnight Lycanroc gx
Who the fuck is responsible? My god what a horrible card

>200hp ~ okay that's decent I guess
>three energy for 110 damage ~ absolutely atrocious
>two energy GX attack ~ only does 50 for each benchedl; means he needs to have an active PLUS three benched to hit for 150

Cucked
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>>32864845
I had a streak of eight with it today. Seems pretty solid with room to improve post-rotation.
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>>32864863
New?Check out the op
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>>32864859
It still takes longer than if they were to just concede and find a weaker player, especially within the first two rounds
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Are fighting/ground/rock types viable/broken now/again? Were they ever viable or broken? Wasn't the Claydol from many sets ago broken as fuck or something?
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>>32864845
I don't really understand it either. Literally the only thing they have in common is that they both use DCE, and that Pokémon that are Flying-type in the games usually resist Fighting and are weak to Lightning I guess
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>>32864863
>20 pokemon

Holy shit dude
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>>32864869
I know right? You'd think they'd at least give us some ways to boost fighting mons like a special energy card or something. Or at least let us attach a tool to boost the damage output. I fucking hate the free Lysandre effect too. What am I supposed to do with my Supporter for the turn now? Desingers are clearly imbeciles.
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>>32864915
I actually couldn't care less, I don't like fighting energy to begin with, not many people use electric pokemon

Also, don't use lysandre then, it's pretty simple

Maybe dont play a shit card
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>>32864939
dark are also weak to fighting.
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>>32864804
uh not really at all. Base set plays a lot like standard before SUM came out. Every deck plays blazingly fast with big basics.

Shit, there's never been a format and will never be a format as fast and consistent as base again. Theme had Sycamore as an item card, an acro bike that let you draw both cards instead of discarding one, non-ace spec computer search, item finder, ect. If you wanted a card on any given turn it was ridiculously easy to get it. One of the biggest hazards of playing base was how easy it was to deck yourself out actually, since you could easily burn through 30+ cards in one turn with just Oak/Bill.

If you include the pre TR sets that were banned in the first modified format, there were 3 decks in base era

1. Haymaker - Hitmonchan/Electabuzz core (plus Scyther with Jungle), then you'd see Magmar, Mewtwo Promo and Ditto as tech pokes. By far the strongest in relative terms, and certainly most consistent style of deck the game has ever had.

2. Rain Dance - Basically Blastoise with the old equivalent of rare candy, Pokemon Breeder. Had a really hard time winning if you didn't go first but if you got ahead and got a few Blastoise online it became very hard for Haymaker to keep up since you're free to nail them with super energy removal over and over again and had 120hp compared to the 60-70 that big basics had at the time.

3. Do the Wave - Wigglytuff usually with some tech Haymaker pokes (especially Scyther to cover against Hitmonchan),the Megaray of its day because it was an OHKO deck in a generally 2-3HKO meta.

Haymaker was basically hitting from t1 while the other two needed to get online by turn 2 unless you managed a super energy removal/Lass comeback. There's no theme deck that can even dream of being that fast.
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>>32864948
>dark
>mattering in the meta

I'm telling you right now it's Psychic and Ice/Water
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>>32864863
are your opponents like ten years old?
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>>32864961
Darkrai is still good and Zoroark is one of the best cards in the meta right now.
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>>32864969
They both lose to Ninetails GX regularly, anymore dumb things to say?
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>>32864973
Man, remember how fucking shit Decidueye was because it regularly lost to Volcanion?
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>>32864992
No because I don't pay attention to shit cards
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>>32864959
Let me rephrase. Theme plays like "kitchen table" base set. The stuff you played as kids, not what teen-aged tryhards did to cheese their way to tournament wins.
Alternately, if you played either of the Gameboy games.
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>>32864939
>your arguments are invalid
>well I don't care anyway i don't like the thing
it's okay anon, nobody says you have to like the thing.

>>32864897
you're approaching it from the wrong end. Raichu is your primary attacker not vice-versa. Lycanroc is there to offer a free Lysandre effect on command which frees up your supporter per turn to allow you get the deep draw that you need to refill your bench every time someone knocks out your Sky Field. You can use this opportunity to launder your Shaymin & Lycanroc through the discard and back into your deck for even more draw and more free Lysandre to choose your targets to pick and choose ones that Circle Circuit OHKOs instead of needing two swings. Stay ahead in the prize race.
You only really want to build one Lycanroc, and fall back to attacking with it if either your opponent is rolling out something weak like Drampa / Zoroark / Darkrai / Oranguru / Raikou / baby Koko, if they have slipped up and tried to utilise Sky Field to their own benefit, or if it's late in the game and either you want something with more staying power than Raichu, or all your Stadia are now in the discard and you need to hit harder. And a spread of weaknesses is always nice.
That both your energies can be Special Charged is just an added bonus that makes it more useful than in a straight DCE deck like a Gyarados or Vespiquen. The fat bench required allows you customise the build to suit your local meta or playstyle with cards like promo Giratina, Jirachi, Oranguru or Sudowoodo.
I've been enjoying it a ton the past week, there's not many decks that can handle it.
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>>32865005
That's not base set, that's theme and that is how theme has always played. Theme decks are targeted at younger players and don't include thick lines of consistency cards because consistency strategies give people who know what they're doing a large advantage.
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>>32865019
I didn't say that at all nigger, I was merely saying that it's a shit card, your arguments are valid but I don't care for them, there's a difference you fucking backwater hick
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>>32865070
Theme is played with theme decks.
This was homebrewed decks, just not a deck half-full of consistency cards and the other half basics with the stats of Stage 2s.
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>>32861587
>YES
>I ALSO LIKE THE PINS AND END UP FORKING OUT FOR THE BIG BOX SETS
You know you can just buy those pins, right? People sell them online for like, 2 bucks maximum?
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>>32865019
My problem with lycanroc/Raichu is that you are using a 90 hp stage one to 2hit KO. Raichu maxes at 190 if you use a choice band and have a full bench of 8 which is no easy task. In addition to this raichu is squishy so you'd have a hard time attatching to lycanroc if the opponent takes prizes back to back. If one really wanted a bench sitter why not Golbat or octillery. Both are a stage one, and can be searched out with a level ball. Golbat help with the one hit kos by adding 20 points of damage anywhere and octillery helps you draw more cards. More cards = more options and it isn't abysmal hand one time abillity. Also if the opponent lysandres and octillery or golbat you'd only lose one prize and not two.
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>>32864893

Someone please respond already ;_;
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>>32866699

SATAN GAVE ME DOUBLES SO HE DEMANDS IT
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Alright senpai I finally received my Skyla card sleeves but I forgot to buy oversleeves and while looking for some I was remembered that I actually have no idea what kind to look for. So basically, what's pctgg favorite oversleeves?
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>>32866829
Are oversleeves sleeves for sleeves?
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>>32866699
Fighting is garbage at the moment, there's no real support and you autolose to Lurantis
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>>32867120
>>32866699
That said, Passimian is a meme.
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>>32866699
There's no good fighting decks right now other than these:

Lyanroc/Raichu
Straight Lycanroc Midnight
Gallade/Octillery

And most of those are really just good in the right meta. Zygarde is still pretty decent in expanded.
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>>32867424
Didn't Gallade/Octillery top 8 at Mexico?
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>>32867434
It was either top 8 or top 16.
I can't remember but it did pretty decent.

It's definitely a good deck in a slower format, issue is it loses to garb pretty bad and has issues trading well since you have to evolve and they don't.
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>>32863636
I got up to nine with Greninja/Talonflame, only broke the streak because the tenth game was a mirror match where neither one could kill the other and I ran out of deck first.
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>it's a you get N'd into a useless hand t1 episode

happens way too much.
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>>32866829
Check out the KMC ones.
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>>32850369
Is this a good box?
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>>32867977
Fugg
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>>32867981
>no lele or DCE

not a good box but not a horrible one.
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>>32865381
NOT TO THE UK MY FRIEND
TO BUY YOUR PINS IT USUALLY COSTS ME 20 BUCKS ON SHIPPING ALONE
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So we're just jumping right to Burning Shadows and skipping Facing a New Trial then? No Salazzle GX for us?
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that feel when Mallow/Lele engine has made Typhlosion almost not a meme
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>>32866699
I run Garbo/Lycaron Midnight online but it's mostly because I have no other cards
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>>32870531
Its part of Burning Shadows
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>>32870684
But it's not. It's an expansion for Guardians Rising.
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>>32871001

The rest of the world gets the expansion sets in the next mainline set for the most part.
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>>32871001
International sets usually include 3-5 Japanese sets. Japan gets smaller sets with constant releases while we get bigger sets with less frequent releases. Partially because of translation time and partially because Japanese fans get mad when the rest of the world gets equal treatment.
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>>32867105
Yup, extra protection for the card too.
>>32867777
I heard good things about these one but I don't like the strange golden border they got, any clear version?
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>1st turn
>Red card
>Silent Lab
>Delinquent
>Opponent concede

Game is hard
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>>32871702
That actually sounds pretty fun.
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ger if it matters
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>log in
>fire up a game with expanded turbo dark
>8 mulligans later in a deck with 10 basics I get a solo shaymin start

Nope, fuck you I'm not going to entertain the guy that TCPI decided should win that match.
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>>32871902
>active on july 12

Dang it guy.
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Ever wonder if some people are just letting the timer play for them? Cause like, I'm pretty sure that last match was an AFK. After a point just sat there with a full hand and did nothing.
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>>32872675
I wonder if i can report them
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I hope steam siege on is the new standard format but Generations on would be nice too.
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>>32850369
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>>32873319
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>>32873319
Current consensus theory is that Breakthrough will be the oldest.

I could see a case made for steam siege though, yeah.
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So, what's the Pokemon equivalent to MTG Gatherer? I want to search for a card that likes being confused (bonus damage or something) or is immune to it entirely.
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>>32872810
See, i'm fine with it. Concedes are quicker wins, but punching bags let me get my dailies off faster.
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i usually save pack for trades. got 12 pack of GR from a good trade. said fug it ill open them literally only good card was a friggin' delmise holo...
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>>32867981
dang dude sorry thats sucks
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>>32873612
pokepedia used to be great for searching out specific functions, but it's not been updated in a few expansions now.

https://pkmncards.com/ is probably your best bet, use advanced search to find the right text snippets. I'd suggest that Inkay that can auto-evolve is probably closest to what you are looking for. For immunity look at comfrey from the newest set. For bonus damage you have cards like Machamp-EX I guess. But you've gotta flip for the confusion.
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>>32873612
Chaos tower and Heavy boots can prevent confusion
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>>32865005

Its pretty pointless to discuss gameplay if youre gonna ignore the world of gameplay strats that exist outside your kitchen table.
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>>32872892
That 50x attack is god tier
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>>32873906
Definitely included. But still hoping for a benefit one, mostly to find a use for Generations 'Imakune?'.
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>>328739588
It gets better with every kill. The only issue is, it can't start the snowball.
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>>32873950
We're just describing what Theme plays like, and thus, why you have to approach it with a different mindset. It's a unique format, like pauper in MTG. In fact, very similar, since both involve playing weaker, ineffecient monsters and sorceries( trainers), often forgoing traditional staples.
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>>32867752
N. The Nigger Pokemon.

It is seen in every area in the Pokemon tcg universe. It likes to take away the usable opening hands of people it encounters. It also is most notorious for stealing away the win from someone who has been dominating all game and giving it to someone who doesn't deserve it.
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>>32874100
T. Salty nigger who didn't thin out their deck and is now butt hurt.

Get used to playing around N for another year, it's not going anywhere yet so might as well play around it.
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>>32874118
Oh I do. I am actually pretty good at the game. It doesn't mean N isn't a dumb staple in every deck.

I supposed you find Garb a fun and fair win too?
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>>32874132
Just use less abilities scrub
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>>32874132
Unfortunately it's part of the game and in literally every deck, so you have to play around it. I don't like having to consider that I'll be N'd every turn but it's something I need to get used to. I certainly don't like being N'd every turn when playing Sable/Garb but guess the fuck what? I deal with it.

Nope, but you deal with it too. Play your items differently.
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>>32874168
How exactly do you win with that? No abilities, they can't support, fine, but how do you deal damage? Prevent your own?
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>>32874150
I don't think you know what Garb I am talking about. The one you have to play around from turn 1 just by having the threat of existing. The one the the entirety of the deck building format had to be adjusted to accommodate. The one that does not have a counter like it's predecessor like megaphone and blowers (just fyi that garb is fair and balanced). The one that requires 1 whole energy to kill a GX. The one who dominates non-GXs even with the powercreep of making nonbasics have more HP. The one whose typing removed Mewtwo from the meta. The one that consisted of 70% of all the major tournaments as of late.

You know. The fair one that is fun to play against and fun to play and was thought out very carefully by Wizards of the Coast and tested a lot.
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>>32874190
He is as fair as balanced as Fox News.
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>>32874190
>Wizards of the Coast
Garbodor was in 3rd Gen?!
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>>32874190
Sorry, "play less items"
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Garbodor makes the meta healthier. If your deck contains only the bare necessities, it has no power over you. But it kills all the autopilot turbo decks that rely on overwhelming the opponent with sheer draw power.
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Okay, so I'm think Delta-Plus Dragonite and Dustox, Whimsicot GRI, and 4-of Greedy Dice. Chinchou SUM or Patrat FFI to make sure I hit the dice... maybe Rotom UD to swap non-dice prizes and Town map in there just in case?

Kill 1 E/GX, potentially win game.
Kill 1 basic, minimum take 4 prizes if no dice prizes.
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>>32871011
>Partially because of translation time and partially because Japanese fans get mad when the rest of the world gets equal treatment.

tell them to fuck off?
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>>32873577

As much as I'm sure that it will be BREAKthrough on I kind of wish that it would be a bigger rotation.

We loose Vespi and Ray plus the other Sky Field decks and then everyone ups their supporter count to make up for no VS seeker. That's it. Power creep pushed the Meta too far along.

Really GRI was more of a rotation than rotation will be
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>>32850369

anybody have connection errors at the beginning? [the one that makes app quit]
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>>32874325
Chances of at least 1 of 4 Greedy Dice being in your 6 prize cards chosen from a 60 card deck is 35%. Dice requires a coin flip, so total, a 17.5% chance you instant win upon defeating an Active EX with your town map on.

4% chance of two dice in prize cards, meaning a 1% chance of instant win upon defeating any other Active pokemon i.e. (4%*50%*50%) (don't bet on it)

That said no matter what, any two KOs guarantees a win assuming you have just Whimsicot.

The Dustox is for bench sniping things that try to escape by retreating.

Dragonite is for things that stay in.

Throw in Lysandres, Escape Ropes, pokemon catcher, all to make sure you get to mark the things you want for death and that those things you marked for death die.
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>>32874500
Unown NOD or Lt. Surge’s Treaty into 4 Dice then a Walk-Off Homer or bust

Use Rattata (Team Rocket) and Azelf (Legends Awaken) to set up prize cards.
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>>32874190
>the one that slowed down the meta and even made a few stage 2 decks viable
I like this Garb, really.
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>>32874190
>The one who dominates non-GXs even with the powercreep of making nonbasics have more HP.

This really makes power creep seem like a bad thing, but between "haymaker," EX pokemon, and deck lists that require tons of items, evolution has been shit on for over twenty years. Making evolutions bulky has really stirred up of stagnant deckbuilding practices.
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>>32874190
>The one who dominates non-GXs even with the powercreep of making nonbasics have more HP.
Vespiquen, Zoroark, and Greninja are the current viable non-Garb non-EX/GX archetypes, with an honorable mention going to Vikavolt/Bulu for using a stage 2 at all in a non-FoGP.
Before Garb, it was just Vespiquen.
Garb has been nothing but healthy for this format.
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>>32873331
>>32873333
H-hayai
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>Ho-oh finally getting an ETB
>ETB has a Ho-oh promo
>Ho-oh finally getting featured on a tin
>Ho-oh getting pack art spotlight prior to Lugia in a generation
>Ho-oh finally getting a movie

It's a good time to like that bird. All I had to do was wait.
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>>32875179
correction: it's getting a gx box. Necrozma is on the ETB for Guardians and he looks slick as fuck.
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>>32850369

I got lele :^) 1 in 8 packs, rest is shit, for future ho oh incineroar one should be enough...
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>>32875499
Shining legends my dude. It's a ho-oh trainer box.
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>>32875499
Ho-oh is getting an ETB from shining legends.
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>>32874132
>I supposed you find Garb a fun and fair win too?
Yes.
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>>32875605
You're retarded
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>>32875529
>>32875531

Is it shiny ho-oh tho?
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>>32870531
SM2+ and SM3 will be combined for Burning Shadows.
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BATTLE
BOOST
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>>32876623
It's crazy to me how much faster Japan gets new cards than we do. We just got SM2 last month and they're already showing expansion sets for SM4 over there.
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>>32876623
Another set with solgaleo and lunala? Wow.
Also its kinda confirmed the UBs wot be GX, at least not now.
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I wonder if the other 4 will be in the main set
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>>32875794
A card that does zero damage unless you fuel it. That's pretty fair no?
Just because it fucks with your strategy from last Season, doesn't make it unfair. Adapt. You know it will feature in every tournament you go to, so you can safely account for it. Makes it fairer than the deck that might ot might not feature. Rather than sitting here throwing insults at strangers on the internet, learn to build decks that can handle it.
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Anyone have a good decklist for Sylveon GX and a basic rundown on how to use it effectively?
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>tfw you used to play on your Galaxy S6 but recently got an iPhone so you're playing Hearthstone to settle

I miss PTCGO, how can an iPhone user get it? Help a brother out
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>>32877385
spam stadium into delinquent and hope you don't run into metagross or solgaleo because those are both unwinnable matchups, especially metagross.
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>>32877435
Dumb phoneposter
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>>32874168
>Misusing literally

Kill yourself.
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>>32864863
Umbreon-GX/Zoroark
Zoroark pairs better with Drampa but if you want to play pure dark Umbreon does pretty well

Here's my list but I change it daily depending on meta, I haven't seen a Vespi today so I took out Oricorio. With Umbreon you'd replace the Drampas and Team Magma's Secret Bases with Eevees/Umbreon, I'd also add AOR Flareon for coverage against Metagross/Vespi/Decidueye.

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

##Pokémon - 17

* 3 Drampa-GX GRI 142
* 1 Oranguru SUM 113
* 2 Zoroark BREAK BKT 92
* 3 Zorua BKT 89
* 1 Zorua BKT 90
* 4 Zoroark BKT 91
* 3 Tapu Lele-GX GRI 137

##Trainer Cards - 32

* 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
* 1 Hex Maniac AOR 75
* 4 Ultra Ball DEX 102
* 3 Choice Band GRI 121
* 2 Lysandre AOR 78
* 4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
* 1 Special Charge STS 105
* 1 Teammates PRC 141
* 2 Brigette BKT 161
* 1 Professor Kukui SUM 148
* 3 N NVI 101
* 2 Float Stone PLF 99
* 2 Team Magma's Secret Base DCR 32
* 4 VS Seeker PHF 109

##Energy - 11

* 4 Double Colorless Energy GRI 166
* 7 Darkness Energy CL 94

Total Cards - 60

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>>32874132
You're shit bud. The meta is currently the best it has been since I can remember and that's thanks to Garb, just look at the split of viable Basic/Evolution decks, this has never been the case.
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>>32877577
So, no help?
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>>32878640
There's this pretty new thing called Google. Not many people know about it since the word has gotten around. Hear it works pretty well
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>>32877435
Find the iPhone apk equivalent, jailbreak your phone, then install it.
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Hey guys, going to my first tournament for a long ass time. What's the best theme deck I can buy? (those 14 buck ones.) that has at least some chance of not being utter garbage.

Can't afford EX's/to build custom decks at the moment sadly.
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>>32879288
Will you play in a tournament with a theme deck? If you mean online just follow OP.
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>>32879291
It's a little local event, so I need a physical deck. I know i'll be facing good people (one dude is the regional champion there) so I'd like to at least have some dignity facing them.

Are the Sol/Luna ones better then the 3 Starter ones?
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>>32878741
Try looking it up and you'll see that there isn't much info, I don't see the need to be a snarky asshole. I already tried that, is that not a given? You're not even funny, just an asshole.
>>32879166
Thank you, I really appreciate the simple answer.
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>>32879307
You wont win a single match with a themedeck, wtf you doing.
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>>32879356
In my first post I literally say it's the only option I have. I know I won't win. I'm just asking what the best one is to at least hold my own for a couple of rounds.

Can't afford a custom deck. Ain't happening. It's shitty and I'm annoyed about it too, just tell me the best theme deck goddamn it.
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>>32879381
If you cant afford a real deck why spend money on theme instead of reserving to buy singles?
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>>32879381
You'd honestly be better off just not competing and waiting until you have a decent deck.

Do you just want to enter so you can lose?

Hidden Moon is probably the best right now
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Is trading Foil Fighting Fury Belt for 2 Zoroark a good deal
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>>32879415
I don't know why you can't just answer my question without turning it into bait but I'll bite.

Because I'd like to go to this specific event and it's very soon. I just want a quick and easy deck that I can afford at this moment in time.

I can buy and make a deck later. I'm happy with a standard theme deck for now.


Besides realistically, trying to buy half of the cards I need for a 'real deck' will be a lot of money in general, even if I save up for it.

I just want to go and have fun, man.
Just a bit of fun.
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>>32879429
I just want to go and have fun. I don't get out much, this will be my first social event in a long time, it's more about that then the cards. I just want to play some pokemon.


Thank you. Seriously. Bless your family bless your crops.
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>>32879450
>Thank you
Its literally in OP nigga
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>>32879450
sounds like you'd be best to buy a themedeck along with spending twenty dollareedoos on some singles to make it slightly less shitty. Are you limited to Standard or Expanded format? Because a whole lot of the theme decks run Expanded cards which won't be Standard legal any more.

In which case I'd get the Steel Sun deck, and buy these extras aiming for a deck a bit like this one: http://thecharizardlounge.com/2017/05/24/fun-in-the-sun-solgaleo-gxrayquaza/

+2 Solgaleo GX ($3 each)
+1 Drampa GX ($3.80)
+2 Vs Seeker ($3.50 each)
+2 Rayqueza (¢20 each)
+4 DCE (¢30 each)
+4 Ultra Ball (¢15 each)
+2 N ($2 each)
+4 Sycamore (¢50 each)

You need a Tapu Lele to make it run smooth, but that's a $40 card.

At least this way you can be building towards a half decent deck for the future, whereas with the Hidden Moon one 95% of the cards are trash once you leave Theme format.
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>>32879775
just a question from a different n00b here, would this also be a good strategy for PTCGO?

2 Solgaleo GX (2)
Drampa GZ (3)
2 Vs Seek (1)
2 Rayquaza (.66)
2 N (free from Hidden Depths)
4 DCE (.5 ; 2 free from Rallying Cry)
4 Ultra (.4, 2 free from Crushing Current)
4 Sycamore (.4 ,2 free from Born of Fire)

Total 8 packs. Seems like an easy starting point.
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>>32880364
actually wait, you can get more ultraballs, DCE's, Ns, and sycamores from other themes.

I have literally all of this but the Rayq, the GXs, and 1 vs seeker.
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Post worlds most likely the set rotations will start from BKP onward right?
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>>32880898
kek
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>>32880364
yeah it could work. Heres the full build that won and topped Singapore and Indonesia a month ago. I might focus more on Drampa currently, seeing as it gets around all the Flareon techs people been bringing for other Steel or Grass decks. Or see the Charizard link above for a different set-up.

Only reason I suggest it at all is because outside Lele its super cheap. Solgaleo is only a pack or two, Drampa the same. Its a real fun deck to play and all. But decent enough to win tourneys in the client.
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>>32880944
fuck, pic related.
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>>32880898
>Stando Inn!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rasqc9aQaCY
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>>32880994
Reshiram so hot the card is melting.
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Rate my deck, /ptcg/

12 Lightning Energy
4 Double Colorless Energy
1 Flareon LV22
1 Vaporeon LV29
1 Jolteon LV24
4 Eevee LV12
2 Zapdos LV68
4 Tauros LV32
4 Professor Oak
4 Bill
4 Pokemon Trader
4 Energy Removal
4 Scoop Up
4 Computer Search
4 Gust of Wind
1 Item Finder
1 Super Potion
1 Full Heal
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>>32881386
Not haymaker/10
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>>32881386
>no hitmonchan
>no electabuzz
>no scyther

absolute dogshit try again.
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>>32881386
Runs ok but doesn't have nightly garbage run or energy retrieval
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>>32881495
*Knocks out all of your pokemon in one hit*
Nothin personell... kid
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>>32881386
Instead of a 7 eevee line why not try Ponyta lvl 10, Squirtle lvl 16, Scyther lvl 25 and a few Electabuzz lvl 35?
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>>32880898
How 'bout them Zoroark vs Bulu games,
>leave some shitty bait dead in the active slot
>just hunt through your deck for Zorua>Zoroark>BREAK
>start playing energy on turn 4
>still win.
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>>32855389
Someone's PC posts weird decks sometimes, but half are behind the paywall
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Horie shitto

>Zoroark-GX – Darkness – HP210
Basic Pokemon
Ability: Exchange
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard 1 card from your hand. If you do, draw 2 cards.
[C][C] Riot Beat: 20x damage. This attack does 20 damage for each Pokemon you have in play.
[D][D] Trickster-GX: Choose 1 of your opponent’s Pokemon’s attacks and use it as this attack. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack a game.)
When your Pokemon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: Psychic (-20)
Retreat: 2
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>>32882939
Fucking Christ that's bullshit.
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>>32882939
Foul Play got nerfed, but DCE attack and HP are a sersious thing since latest decks tend to fill the whole bench.
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>>32882939
It's garbage.
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>>32882939
>Ability: Exchange
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard 1 card from your hand. If you do, draw 2 cards

I've always wanted this ability but i can't remember why
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>>32882939
Terrible GX attack compared to Break form, gives up two prizes

Fairly strong DCE attack and I really like the ability
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