Pokémon TCG Weekly Trade Post - December 07-13 |
- Weekly Trade Post - December 07-13
- Take that ADP! Feels soo good to beat ADP with single prizers (Hitomonchan deck)
- I bought all the most powerful PTCGO theme decks and want to review them here
- Competitive decision vs beginner decision
- Help with Standard Green's ReshiZard?
- Best place to buy?
- Dispose of Vivid Voltage packs now?
- Expanded Yata Lock
- Centiskorch Labyrinth deck?
- new to ptcgo, when will be the next ban coming?
- Codes Giveaway!
- Expanded Welder Cramorant Deck?
- Packs
- Help me with my decklist
- Quick Advice Wanted
- Double Colorless Energy
- Completely fresh player can't connect to the game.
- how do u not unlock. a theme. deck?
| Weekly Trade Post - December 07-13 Posted: 06 Dec 2020 04:06 PM PST |
| Take that ADP! Feels soo good to beat ADP with single prizers (Hitomonchan deck) Posted: 07 Dec 2020 06:46 AM PST |
| I bought all the most powerful PTCGO theme decks and want to review them here Posted: 06 Dec 2020 10:19 PM PST I started playing this game four weeks ago and have been hooked on it ever since. I created my account on November 9, 2020, although it feels like I've been playing a lot longer. Most of my time has been spent using theme decks in Trainer Challenge and Versus Mode. I've been trying to spend my tokens on the strongest theme decks, so I used these two threads on Reddit to determine which ones are the most efficient for easy wins: https://www.reddit.com/r/ptcgo/wiki/themedecks https://www.reddit.com/r/ptcgo/comments/c38xpo/quick_theme_deck_faq_for_newbies/ My statistics as of December 6, 2020 look like this:
Although I know what most of those numbers mean, I don't really have a sense of scale for them, like how big they really are. All I know is that I've been using mostly theme decks in Trainer Challenge and Versus Mode for 28 days. Mental Might is available to start with in online, but I've never used it. You also have the three starter decks: Crushing Current, Hidden Depths, and Born of Fire. They contain some interesting cards, but I wouldn't really say they're competitive. In addition to the four decks that you start with, I've earned enough tokens to buy 17 theme decks. I bought every single theme deck that had at least a three out of five star rating on the first link and/or a tier 4 rating or above on the second link. So basically, I took every 3-5 star rating and every tier 1-4 rating and combined them into one list that happened to have exactly 17 theme decks. I didn't know how else to determine which ones were worth buying. In my opinion, the difference in quality is vast. There is a very clear cutoff point between the strong decks and the weak decks. Out of the 17, I found 7 good decks and 10 bad decks. I will sort them by good vs. bad, and then briefly describe them in alphabetical order. This is just my opinion, and it mostly applies to the time I spent grinding to 36 wins for each deck in the Trainer Challenge, plus some where the daily challenges required me to use cards of different types. I do want to put out a disclaimer that I'm the type of player who likes to go out and destroy everything in a short period of time. I don't like decks that involve stalling or a lot of setup. I like decks that get powerful really fast and annihilate the opponent with a lot of damage quickly, so that biases my opinions below. Just an explanation for why I think the way I do. The 7 good decks in alphabetical order: Blazing Volcano (Colorless/Fire/Grass) - Wow, Entei/Magcargo can be a really powerful combination... if you can pull it off. It requires a bit of setup and is quite cheap once you get it going, but somewhat unreliable compared to Relentless Flame. I found Shuckle and the Grass Energies to be utterly pointless. Mach Strike (Colorless/Dragon/Fighting) - All you need to do is pull out Garchomp and Lucario to win the game, but many things can go wrong here. And while Garchomp is strong, it's also not that strong. 100 damage or 200 damage if you played Cynthia this turn... some of the other decks are able to deal higher damage more consistently. Relentless Flame (Colorless/Fire/Psychic) - Not much needs to be said here. Getting out Nidoqueen and Charizard is like an instant victory button, but it's infuriating when you can't find the pieces you need because they're in your prizes or something. Also, I feel like Farfetch'd and Brock's Grit slow this deck down. Rillaboom Theme Deck (Colorless/Grass) - There's no question that this is the deck to use for daily challenges involving Grass. Rillaboom is insanely powerful, alternating between 180 and 90 damage every turn. Maractus is no slouch, either. It can be very frustrating to go against this deck in Versus Mode and get wiped out so easily. Storm Caller (Colorless/Electric/Psychic) - In my opinion, this is the weakest of my seven "good" decks. Ampharos and Raikou make for a rather broken combination, but the setup is slow and unreliable. Zebstrika and Naganadel aren't that useful by comparison, so they often end up being dead draws. Torrential Cannon (Colorless/Water) - Get out Blastoise, and your opponent is going to have a hard time. It doesn't matter what type their deck is, because Blastoise will wipe out just about everything. However, the rest of the deck isn't that great. Unseen Depths (Colorless/Water) - Empoleon is overpowered just like Blastoise, but in a completely different way. Empoleon has the ability to snipe benches, which is essential for ridding your opponent of their weak monsters before they become Stage 2 Evolutions. This is largely luck-dependent and player-dependent, but Empoleon has the power to absolutely ruin some decks. The 10 bad decks in alphabetical order: Battle Mind (Colorless/Dragon/Fire) - You'd think that a deck with Incineroar and Mewtwo would be extremely powerful. No, it's actually quite weak. Not horrible, but not great either considering that you have better Fire options with Relentless Flame and Blazing Volcano. Hidden Moon (Colorless/Fire/Psychic) - My god, what is this thing? You need Lunala (and maybe Bewear or Salazzle) to pull off anything, making this deck too unreliable to be of any use. Hydro Fury (Colorless/Fire/Water) - Terrible, just terrible. Water and Fire do not go together. It's mostly just Swampert that runs this whole deck, and indeed its damage potential is insane. However, I don't like everything else going around this deck. Imperial Command (Water) - This is a different Empoleon, and in my opinion not nearly as powerful as the one from Unseen Depths. Absolutely no reason to use this one. Leaf Charge (Colorless/Grass/Electric) - Whoever said this was a good Grass deck? They lied to me. The Electric-type is nearly useless here because you'll rely on Sceptile to accomplish anything. Just like Swampert from Hydro Fury, you can dish out a ton of damage and sweep your opponent for the rest of the game, but everything else about this deck is worthless. Lightning Loop (Colorless/Electric) - You know, this one is actually... okay. You have some interesting choices with Magnezone, Stunfisk, Zeroara, and Dodrio. The problem is way too much drawing power, way too much switching around, and way too much running into dead ends with not being able to attack or play Supporter cards. Luminous Frost (Colorless/Fire/Water) - Again, too many useless cards. It might be a different story if you can get out Alolan Ninetales or Bouffalant, but even then, they're not that powerful. The rest of the deck is terribly weak. Rock Steady (Colorless/Fighting/Psychic) - I hate to admit it, but this one might actually be my favorite of the 10 decks I consider "bad." You have some pretty good choices for attacking with Lucario, Lycanroc, Meowstic, and Rhydon. By contrast, Rhyperior happens to be less useful and only comes in handy during an extreme emergency. Tropical Takedown (Colorless/Dark/Fighting) - This one is easily my least favorite of all the decks. It is incoherent, disorganized, slow, and altogether weak with its five different Energy types. What's the point of all these Energy cards that are only good for one Pokemon? Never mind that all the Pokemon themselves are pitiful except Exeggutor and Alolan Marowak, and even that's questionable. Without a doubt the worst deck on this list. Twilight Rogue - All right, not great, but we have some okay attacking options with Lycanroc, Dusknoir, and Salazzle. I wouldn't call any of these cards strong, but they kind of get the job done. One of the better "bad" decks along with Rock Steady and Lightning Loop, but nothing to write home about. All right, there you have it. My synopsis after 28 days of PTCGO and experimenting with 17 theme decks. What do you think? Are there any changes I could make to my playing style to get better at the game? [link] [comments] |
| Competitive decision vs beginner decision Posted: 07 Dec 2020 08:19 AM PST So I play a few games yesterday and ran into this scenario a couple of time. Deck I played with was orbeetle/sandslash. I start out with a oranguru or some supporting pokemon. I have quick ball in hand or pokemon communication, nothing else in hand that can help draw cards. Should I quick ball for a dedenne or crobat or should I quick ball for my orbeetle? [link] [comments] |
| Help with Standard Green's ReshiZard? Posted: 07 Dec 2020 08:18 AM PST Getting back into the game (last time i played was Phantom Forces) and picked up 2 copies of the reshizard battle deck. I've looked around online and came up with the following list: https://www.pokegoldfish.com/deck/17154#paper I played my first Standard event last night and got second (beating Psychic jank & Inteleon/Frosmoth, losing to Eternatus) and have been happy w how its playing so far. That being said, Im wondering if i missed anything obvious. Text list below if link isn't working/people can't open. 4 Volcanion UNB 25 3 Reshiram & Charizard-GX UNB 194 4 Green's Exploration UNB 175 4 Welder UNB 189 4 Pokegear 3.0 SSH 174 3 Fire Crystal UNB 173 3 Giant Hearth UNM 197 2 Boss's Orders RCL 154 1 Lt. Surge's Strategy HIF 60 1 Air Balloon SSH 156 1 Scoop Up Net RCL 165 2 Quick Ball SSH 179 2 Pokemon Catcher SUM 126 4 Crushing Hammer SUM 115 2 Reset Stamp UNM 206 1 Cynthia & Caitlin CEC 189 1 Tag Call CEC 206 1 Mallow & Lana CEC 198 1 Team Yell Grunt CPA 67 14 Fire Energy 2 1 Big Charm SSH 158 1 Tool Scrapper RCL 168 [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Dec 2020 07:55 AM PST Hey folks! What's the best place to buy? I'm super-new to this, so have used some places but am unsure of how good of a deal I'm getting. Discount codes always welcome, ofc. Thanks in advance x [link] [comments] |
| Dispose of Vivid Voltage packs now? Posted: 07 Dec 2020 12:38 AM PST I understand there's not a lot of good cards in the set. Should packs be disposed now as value is dropping fast? Is it better to trade them for cards or packs? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Dec 2020 03:36 AM PST Yata is a reference to a Yugioh monster that stops your opponent from natural drawing. This lock does the same. You'll need to employ typical control tactics like hand disruption with BKT Mismagius or N and Counter Catching a non immediate threat that can't retreat. Drone Rotom is an interesting new option. You'll likely want to run draw Cincinnos. There's a Luvdisc with a move called Heart Wink and when it's paired with the Supporter Will, stops your opponent from natural drawing. The next step is to keep using Will. Double Supporter Magnezone + Molayne + Mt. Coronet + Pal Pad will prevent deckout and allow you to loop Will. You can lastly proceed to win the game with something like Decidueye GX pinging everything. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 07 Dec 2020 03:26 AM PST I have an almost perfect centiskorch vmax deck, but I was considering adding a copy of wondrous labyrinth, since the attack costs are almost always exceeded anyway. Any thoughts? [link] [comments] |
| new to ptcgo, when will be the next ban coming? Posted: 06 Dec 2020 10:45 PM PST Want to decide on what card should I invest in. If it still playable for 1year then its worth it. I heard Japan will be banning cards labeled B on 2021 February. So when will that ban be on ptcgo? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2020 02:41 PM PST Going to be posting some tcgo codes to my Instagram later tonight as an end of the weekend treat for anybody interested! Random assortment of packs! Going to be posting to @LiamTCG come follow and hopefully get a few codes :) [link] [comments] |
| Expanded Welder Cramorant Deck? Posted: 06 Dec 2020 08:43 PM PST Hey y'all, I used a couple decklists I saw online to create a Cramorant deck, but it has not been as successful as I would have liked. Could anyone give me some recommendations to play in Expanded? I figured I needed a secondary attacker, and I don't think Entei is the right choice. I couldn't think of anything else though. Thanks so much! ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ****** ##Pokémon - 12 * 1 Entei CEC 28 * 1 Mew UNB 76 * 1 Oricorio-GX CEC 255 * 4 Arrokuda VIV 41 * 4 Cramorant VIV 40 * 1 Phione CEC 57 ##Trainer Cards - 36 * 4 Nessa VIV 157 * 2 Great Catcher CEC 264 * 1 Pokémon Communication TEU 152 * 1 Professor's Research SSH 178 * 4 N DEX 96 * 1 Lysandre AOR 78 * 2 Welder UNB 189 * 1 Chaotic Swell CEC 187 * 1 Familiar Bell DAA 161 * 2 Fighting Fury Belt BKP 99 * 2 Scoop Up Net RCL 165 * 2 Switch SSH 183 * 2 Lucky Egg SSH 167 * 4 Great Ball SSH 164 * 2 Float Stone BKT 137 * 4 Dive Ball PRC 125 * 1 Guzma BUS 115 ##Energy - 12 * 2 Capture Energy RCL 171 * 4 Double Colorless Energy NXD 92 * 6 Fire Energy SWSHEnergy 2 Total Cards - 60 ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ****** [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2020 08:13 PM PST I have some packs but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to open them or trade them. What should I do? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2020 01:34 PM PST Heyo im new, and i'm trying to get into standard. Since Zadp deck is utterly expensive for me right now, i tried to build something with the cards i've got laying around. I Struggle a lot with GX and VMAX mons (mostly with 250+ hp mons) The deck revolves into getting all nidos in the bench and start hitting. ##Pokémon - 20 * 3 Alolan Grimer UNM 127 * 3 Nidoran♀ TEU 54 * 4 Nidoran♂ TEU 57 * 3 Nidorina TEU 55 * 3 Nidorino TEU 58 * 2 Nidoking TEU 59 * 2 Nidoqueen TEU 56 ##Trainers - 22 * 2 Great ball BCR 129 * 3 Crushing hammer EPO 92 * 3 Evolution Incense SSH 163 * 3 Marnie CPA 56 * 1 Bird Keeper DAA 159 * 2 Rare candy SSH 180 * 2 Brock's grit TEU 135 * 2 Hop SSH 165 * 2 Professor's research SSH 178 * 2 Switch SSH 183 ##Energy - 18 * 2 Capture Energy RCL 171 * 4 Twin Energy RCL 174 * 6 Psy Energy XYEnergy 8 * 4 Horror Energy RCL 172 * 2 Triple acceleration Energy UNB 190 What could go well with this deck? what am i lacking? Thanks. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2020 07:10 PM PST New player. I'm doing well with my standard deck and accumulating plenty of daily coins. I looked a bit into expanded, and I was wondering if it could be a good idea to redeem Boundaries Crossed packs to try to randomly crack a Computer Search. It seems like a lot of lists run one in their toolboxes, so having one trade locked copy would be fine. Similarly, I redeem DA packs to try to open a trade locked Crobat so I might be able to offload my tradable one before the special Crobat box releases. Just spitballing since I don't otherwise know what packs are good for opening potential expanded staples. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 06 Dec 2020 05:46 PM PST So I have multiple double colorless energy. While scrolling my collection, I have noticed that I have a twin energy card. Why would you use a twin energy if you have double colorless? Twin Energy: Provides 2 normal energy to non GX/V Pokémon. Provides one normal energy to GX/V Pokémon. [link] [comments] |
| Completely fresh player can't connect to the game. Posted: 06 Dec 2020 02:38 PM PST So I'm a completely new player who has practically never played this before, I have downloaded the game as instructed on the website and whenever I launch it I'm met with a screen saying "Could not connect to the server," my internet connection is perfectly fine. Is there anything I can do? [link] [comments] |
| how do u not unlock. a theme. deck? Posted: 06 Dec 2020 01:39 PM PST ive been gifted. a theme deck code and i. thought i wouldhave. to open the theme decklike a pack to get it butit justunlocked. [link] [comments] |
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