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- What if you wanted to win trainer challenge but God said lmao nah
- Is anyone playing malmar v?
- New Player Guide (Part 1) - Theme Decks & Transitioning to Standard
- Is there a place where I can find competitive deck lists?
- Any way I can fix my deck or should I leave it?
- Is Dowsing Machine worth keeping?
- Thought I’d buy a pack to test my luck!
- What's Supposed to be Good About This Deck?
- Item Value?
- Evolving a confused Pokémon?
- Did my opponent just play 2 Support's in one turn?
- Playing on Galaxy S10?
- Store of Value in PTCGO?
- Um what?
- Newbie here
- Suggested Change in Public Trades
- Benefit of being the top player of the season for both VS and Tournament ladder?
- Looking for Upgrades to Expanded Turbo Dark
- Help!
- Which theme deck should I get for my water based deck?
- Super-aggressive match timer?
| What if you wanted to win trainer challenge but God said lmao nah Posted: 18 Jun 2020 04:52 AM PDT |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2020 01:49 AM PDT I get it's not the most competitive but man it's one of the funnest decks to pull of that i played in a while. I get the initial turn of, since theres a lot of stuff that counters it but it still can steal games like crazy. It's the deck I stuck to for a while. Malmar v win condition is simple, you put them at a smaller hand chip chip axe and dont let them draw into anything useful while chugging 180 at them while getting rid of any problem cards in their hand. Even with cards that get them out of this lock, knocking two 310 hp malmars is still a difficult feat. The biggest thing is how to get 3 energy on malamars because 3 turns is to much. Electrode gx has the perfect synergy for it. With his ability you can knock him out to attach 5 energy to any non gx pokemon. So your opponent takes 2 prizes and you get 5 energy. I added one shuckle for a easier way to fill your discard pile, and a bunch of consistency cards. My combo is usually that, stamp mars and chip chip axe. Or just a chip chip axe and a marnie is enough pretty much all the time to start the lock. Sorry for the formatting, I just want to show some love for my favorite deck. [link] [comments] |
| New Player Guide (Part 1) - Theme Decks & Transitioning to Standard Posted: 17 Jun 2020 02:34 PM PDT Hiya, I'm Hyla. I've been playing the Pokémon TCG off-and-on for a while, and I noticed our sidebar sections on Tokens and Theme Decks are outdated. A lot of new players wonder how to get started in the game, so I wanted to create a guide that went over how to use Theme Decks with a focus on transitioning into Standard. Part 1 - The First Deck When evaluating theme decks, we need to look at (1) how good the deck is within the Theme Format and (2) how good the cards in the deck are outside of the Theme Format. With #2, it is also important to consider that some cards rotate out every August; this guide will focus on cards that remain standard-legal. The common advice is to get Relentless Flames, a Charizard deck that can self-accelerate energy and win otherwise lost games by abusing Rapidash's Agility attack. This deck has become the most popular, but I believe a better first choice exists: Unseen Depths. Here's why:
So, with your first 500 tokens, I highly suggest picking up this deck. Moving on: Part 2 - Using Your Deck Each day, play the Theme format in Versus Mode and aim for 4, 7, or 11 wins, depending on how much time you have. This will maximize your daily rewards. At the same time, you'll be building up rewards on the tri-weekly track by taking prizes and winning games. If you have more time after getting your daily wins, head to the Trainer Challenge. If you beat 12 different trainers with a theme deck, you unlock a pack of the set the Theme Deck pairs with. Additionally, if you beat the same trainer with 4 different theme decks, you get a random standard-legal pack. If you're patient and it is near rotation time, you may want to wait on claiming the trainer-based rewards to make sure all of the cards in the packs can be used after the rotation. Don't forget that there are three difficulty modes, each with their own reward set. Part 3 - More Theme Decks Whenever you get to 500 Tokens, it is time to get a new theme deck. Since you already have a powerful deck in Unseen Depths, you can focus more on the cards you get rather than how good the decks are in the Theme Format--and you don't need to worry about the Trainer Challenge, either, as it is designed to be beatable with any theme deck. That being said, having only one deck to play can get stale, so I suggest going for Towering Heights as your second deck. This deck is also good within the Theme Deck format, and it features many of the same Trainers as Unseen Depths. With this, you'll have a full playset of Switch, Pokémon Communication, and Draw Energy. You'll also pick up Mew, which, like Phione, is a card that sees play as a 1-of tech. After that, the best decks to pick up are one copy each of all five Sword & Shield Theme Decks. Once you get the Zacian and Zamazenta decks, you'll have a playset of Professor's Research, the most important supporter for a new player. You'll also get a playset of Sonia, which is a decent card for beginners, and a playset of Metal Saucer, a staple card in Metal decks. Lastly, you pick up 2 copies of Pokémon Catcher, which, while unreliable, has a very powerful effect, making it worth running until you get other cards that can fulfill the same purpose. With the Cinderace, Inteleon, and Rillaboom decks, you'll pick up 2 Bede, 3 Pokégear 3.0, and 3 Ordinary Rod, all decently useful cards. You'll also finish your playset of Pokémon Catcher. As an added bonus, the Rillaboom deck can join Unseen Depths and Towering Heights among the powerful decks within Theme format. At this point, I also want to call out the deck Solar Strike, which contains 2x Energy Retrieval. The card doesn't see a lot of competitive play, but it can be a useful card to own when starting out. Part 4 - Double Decking Up until this point, we've only needed one copy of each Theme Deck to get the cards we want, and we've bought others to complete playsets of usable cards. However, certain theme decks have good cards you can't find in any other theme deck. You'll want to pick up 2 copies of both Battle Mind and Laser Focus. Battle Mind has 2x Welder, a card that only works with Fire Energy and managed to propel fire-based decks into taking 4 out of 4 top spots at the 2019 World Championships. If your deck runs Fire or Colorless attackers, you almost always want 4 Welder. As a bonus, you'll pick up a playset of Fisherman and Roast Reveal Salazzle, while also grabbing Turtonator, a tech card used in Fire Decks. Laser Focus comes with critical Psychic support in the form of 2x Malamar and 2x Mysterious Treasure. You also get a playset of Weakness Guard Energy along the way, which is useful for decks that are weak to the most popular archetypes. Part 5 - Transitioning to Standard Standard decks feature Pokémon that deal more damage and have more HP than the ones you've seen in Theme Decks. Some even have powerful abilities as well. As an example: Zacian V. You'll need to get some new cards if you want to compete with them. Luckily, at this point, you've played a fair number of games on the Vs. Ladder, and you should have some Tournament Tickets available to you. For four tickets, you can enter a Theme Tournament by clicking on the Events tab right under Trainer Challenge/Versus. In addition to Tokens, these 8-player events offer booster packs, with 1 pack being awarded for each win. Unlike the packs you get from the Vs Ladder or Trainer Challenge, these packs can be traded with other players for cards. Resist the temptation to open them, and instead go to the Trade section to get specific cards. Alternatively, as figuring out what a fair deal for your packs are, you may want to post in this subreddit's pinned "Weekly Trade Post" and let the offers come to you. You could also try putting "PTCGO Price Guide" into Google to see what comes up, but these guides are inherently always slightly outdated. The big question still remains: "What deck should I build?" Perhaps you've already opened a card you want to build your deck around. Or maybe you've seen a streamer or youtuber play a deck you want to try. If so, go ahead and start building towards that--just be careful that the deck you like isn't about to have all of its key pieces rotate out in August. For those of you that haven't seen games in Standard before, it can be intimidating due to the number of cards. I'm going to take a page from the publishers themselves and suggest a deck called "Green's Reshiram & Charizard", recently featured in a League Battle Deck, a physical product meant to help players get into the game competitively. The first part of the deck name comes from Green's Exploration, a Supporter that adds any 2 Trainers to your hand if you have no Pokémon with Abilities in play. This is a go-to budget deck Supporter card, as the most expensive cards in the game are typically support Pokémon with powerful Abilities, such as Zacian V and Dedenne GX. And if you look around, you can get a full playset of Green's for less than one pack. The second card is Reshiram & Charizard GX, which is a simple-to-use Fire Type that puts out big damage. The simplicity of the card makes it great for new players while still managing to offer competitive power. I suggest finding an example decklist to help you figure out what cards you need. The core cards of this deck are Green's Exploration, the 7 Pokémon, Quick Ball, and Giant Hearth. Once you have those, you're ready to fill in the rest of the deck with various Trainers and can improve the deck as you go. Feel free to substitute cards (e.g. Fire Crystal -> Energy Retrieval) or make direct replacements (e.g. adding more Switch, Fire Energy, or a Turtonator over the various 1-of tech cards). One last thing to note with this example list is that it was not built with the August Rotation in mind. You'll need to replace the following cards:
Part 6 - More Tokens You now have powerful theme decks and have made some progress on getting into Standard, but you'll still be earning Tokens. These theme decks have cards that see play, but aren't quite as good or common as the ones previously discussed. These are optional decks you may want to buy to grab more niche cards.
Apart from Theme Decks, you can also spend Tokens on trade-locked packs. Once you have all the theme decks you need, which packs are worth spending tokens on? That will be covered in Part 2 of my guide, coming soon! [link] [comments] |
| Is there a place where I can find competitive deck lists? Posted: 18 Jun 2020 05:50 AM PDT So I heard of limitlesstcg but I'm not understanding how to work the website. I'm interested in checking out some expanded decks. But whenever I choose the expanded option from the drop down thing, I get no results listed. I'm pretty dumb though so that could be it. But I was wondering if there were any other places I could go to to get ideas. Or maybe someone can explain the limitless website? I'm sorry if this isn't the right place or if this is listed somewhere. [link] [comments] |
| Any way I can fix my deck or should I leave it? Posted: 18 Jun 2020 07:58 AM PDT ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ****** ##Pokémon - 16 * 2 Fomantis SUM 14 * 4 Wimpod BUS 16 * 4 Golisopod-GX BUS 129 * 2 Lurantis PR-SM 25 * 4 Jirachi TEU 99 ##Trainer Cards - 33 * 4 Escape Board UPR 122 * 2 Viridian Forest TEU 156 * 3 Acerola BUS 112 * 4 Guzma BUS 115 * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135 * 4 Nest Ball SUM 123 * 2 Switch SUM 132 * 4 Cynthia UPR 119 * 2 Bodybuilding Dumbbells BUS 113 * 2 Lillie UPR 125 * 2 Erika's Hospitality HIF 56 ##Energy - 11 * 3 Double Colorless Energy FCO 114 * 1 Aurora Energy SSH 186 * 7 Grass Energy SMEnergy 10 Total Cards - 60 ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ****** [link] [comments] |
| Is Dowsing Machine worth keeping? Posted: 17 Jun 2020 10:40 PM PDT Just pulled a Computer Search from the locked packs on the ladder (wasted my pack luck for the next month) and was wondering if there's any point in keeping dowsing machine or if I should just trade it away [link] [comments] |
| Thought I’d buy a pack to test my luck! Posted: 18 Jun 2020 07:43 AM PDT |
| What's Supposed to be Good About This Deck? Posted: 17 Jun 2020 08:13 AM PDT Apparently Zoroark-GX is the best expanded deck according to limitless (idk if that includes after all those cards were banned), so I tried using the deck below but with 2 Shaymins and no Tapu Leles or Dedennes. It's been working out pretty meh for me tho. Pokemon - 24 4 Zorua DEX 70 4 Zoroark-GX SLG 53 1 Trubbish NVI 48 1 Trubbish PLS 65 2 Garbodor LTR 68 1 Garbodor GRI 51 2 Exeggcute PLF 4 2 Tapu Lele-GX GRI 60 1 Dedenne-GX UNB 57 1 Shaymin-EX ROS 77 1 Sudowoodo GRI 66 1 Klefki STS 80 1 Mew UNB 76 1 Oranguru UPR 114 1 Ditto Prism Star LOT 154 Trainer - 30 3 Colress PLS 118 1 Brigette BKT 134 1 N FCO 105 1 Guzma BUS 115 4 VS Seeker PHF 109 4 Ultra Ball SLG 68 2 Cherish Ball UNM 191 2 Field Blower GRI 125 1 Battle Compressor PHF 92 1 Great Catcher CEC 192 1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130 1 Super Rod BKT 149 1 Dowsing Machine PLS 128 2 Choice Band GRI 121 2 Float Stone BKT 137 3 Sky Field ROS 89 Energy - 6 4 Double Colorless Energy SLG 69 2 Psychic Energy 5 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 18 Jun 2020 02:30 AM PDT What is the go to place that shows how much tins/packs/cards are worth in game [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 07:52 PM PDT Sorry but I cannot find there answer to this in any of the rule books we have at home. Can I evolve a confused Pokémon? If it evolves into a VMAX, does it lose its negative status ability? [link] [comments] |
| Did my opponent just play 2 Support's in one turn? Posted: 17 Jun 2020 03:10 PM PDT Cost me the game. First time exporting a file and I could of sworn he already played a supporter. Little did I know, downloading and c/p the text, he sure did .. or did I read it wrong? It's at turn #3 Game Log Output Begins Here:
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| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 05:43 PM PDT Downloaded the APK file and installed. I'm stuck on the loading screen, has gotten to 100% before but just stays there. Seen some people say they've been able to play on phones and not necessarily only tablets.... Anyone playing on a phone? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 02:54 PM PDT Looking for some advise here. I have some excess of RCL packs (apx. 150 packs) and have no real need for any cards at the present time and I am wondering what might be the best way to optimise my return when Darkness Ablaze comes out. My mind went to the only two options I could think of - 1) Trade RCL for higher value items (gold Quick Ball, gold Switch, etc.), hold these items just now, then trade them for DAB when the set is released. Or; 2) Just hold RCL and trade directly for DAB. I know that SSH to RCL was a poor exchange rate, so I anticipate the same for RCL to DAB. Do either of these options offer a better end amount of DAB? Or is there another avenue I should be looking at? TL;DR - Trying to figure out best way to get the most DAB for my RCL. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 10:36 AM PDT Was scrolling through pubs today and I found a trade that looked like gave an ABSURD profit. It was a 5 card Flashfire pack for a rr dedenne gx. I was confused. For a second I thought about going for a flashfire 5 card pack, but then I realized this trade had been up for hours. Which meant it wasn't some crazy giveaway someone was doing. I figured that somehow the pack was rare, despite it seeming worthless. I asked a friend and he says it was very rare. Can anyone explain the story as to why? Edit: The same person has other similar trades. 5C Furious Fists for dedenne rr gx, 5C BW for Pult VMAX, and 5C BW for sr qb. Yep, sr qb. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 05:08 PM PDT How can you tell if the card is good for a standard deck? I've never played, I'm about a month into this. Trying to build a few competitive decks. Thanks! Any help would be awesome! [link] [comments] |
| Suggested Change in Public Trades Posted: 17 Jun 2020 10:48 AM PDT They should make a mark indicating 6 card packs when your in pubs. (I mean on the little bar showing the trade, not after you open the trade) It would make things a bit easier because sometimes I think I'm getting a rcl for a card, but it's just a 6C rcl. For example, recently I was selling some stuff so first I looked through pubs for possible snipes, saw one where I gave a Zamazenta V for a rcl, oh wait, it's just a 6C pack. (Zamazenta is worth almost a pack, I think. I may be wrong) So yeah it could be a little red circle or hexagon next to the pack name or whatever, or they could just make it say, "Sword and Shield-Rebel Clash 6 Card Pack" [link] [comments] |
| Benefit of being the top player of the season for both VS and Tournament ladder? Posted: 17 Jun 2020 02:46 PM PDT Is there any? Like prize cards or whatever that PTCGO will give at the end of the season? [link] [comments] |
| Looking for Upgrades to Expanded Turbo Dark Posted: 17 Jun 2020 12:21 PM PDT Looking for cheap upgrades to the following turbo dark list. Budget is 2 RCL or less for each new card (sorry, no Dedenne-GX). ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ****** Pokémon - 15
Trainer Cards - 33
Energy - 12
Total Cards - 60 ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ****** A couple of thoughts on the current choices: I would like to avoid running 1-of techs that are dead cards in certain matchups, especially Pokémon like Roadblock Sudowoodo. Not playing Choice Band or Fighting Fury Belt because they're bad against V and VMax. The deck goes for OHKO via Dark Pulse and Dead End-GX. Dark Pulse is boosted by Sky Field bringing back 2 Darkrai-GX with 2 extra energy. The deck avoids attaching energy to more than 1 Zoroark-GX because Riotous Beating's damage is too low. Playing Zoroark-GX instead of Weavile-GX because I'm coming back after a long break and don't own the newer cards. The toolbox approach goes against my desire to keep the deck simple. No Propagation Exeggcutes because Darkrai-GX and energy are the primary discard targets. The latest change to the deck was replacing a Memories of Dawn Mew with Darkrai Prism Star. Mew was useful for free retreat, searching up a Zoroark-GX, and copying attacks. Not sure yet which is better. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 06:18 PM PDT What are the best options for attaching more than 1 energy to my Pokémon (benched or active) per turn specifically for my metal deck? [link] [comments] |
| Which theme deck should I get for my water based deck? Posted: 17 Jun 2020 01:57 PM PDT |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 10:38 AM PDT I just played my first game on PTCGO with the 'match timer' checked. I usually play rather quickly, but this game I was getting pinged before every action -- i.e. maybe seven times a turn. Mega stressful. Is this usual for 'match timed' games!? [link] [comments] |
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