Pokemon TCG

Dwlee99 · Post Post #69 (isolation #0) » Wed Mar 30, 2022 12:36 pm

I started to get into the TCGO two weeks ago but haven't played in a week. Figured I might as well ego this thread. I was playing mostly theme decks, though (soaring storm, specifically).

If you're looking to teach him the game, I've read that theme decks are good for beginners. It also looks like some theme decks go for a reasonable price. The Charizard deck for instance looks reasonable. If you have any questions about theme decks I might be able to give some direction just based on how many games I've played.

Theme decks are known for having terrible Pokemon:trainer:energy ratio though, so keep that in mind.

Dwlee99 · Post Post #71 (isolation #1) » Wed Mar 30, 2022 1:26 pm

Probably something

around

12:38:10 pokemon:trainer:energy? Some decks can get away with more or less pokemon/energy depending on what they do, but I think the main theory in the meta right now is that it's better to have a trainer card that will let you select a pokemon/energy than it is to have the Pokemon/energy itself.

Especially because you can only really put one energy onto a card each turn, it's important to have access to energy accelerators (anything that can place energy onto a pokemon in addition to the 1 a turn) because you don't want to have more energy in your hand than you can use.

Dwlee99 · Post Post #73 (isolation #2) » Wed Mar 30, 2022 1:34 pm

Yep, no problem.

One other thing I forgot to mention is that meta decks very frequently have ways to draw cards from the discard pile. That's part of why you can get away with less energy than you'd typically need in total.

Dwlee99 · Post Post #74 (isolation #3) » Wed Mar 30, 2022 1:43 pm

Rechecking, it looks like meta decks are actually averaging more around 16-20 Pokemon? So yea it definitely varies depending on what you want your deck to do.

Dwlee99 · Post Post #83 (isolation #4) » Sat Apr 02, 2022 11:27 am

You might be interested in Durant.

Dwlee99 · Post Post #87 (isolation #5) » Sat Apr 02, 2022 1:23 pm

In post 84, Isis wrote:that one seems good. a comment on durant mentioned Magmortar which can mill one per fire energy attached to magmortar

Link

Dwlee99 · Post Post #89 (isolation #6) » Sat Apr 02, 2022 1:28 pm

Some
other
Durants
also have discard moves

Dwlee99 · Post Post #101 (isolation #7) » Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:30 pm

Isis, do you play theme decks?

Dwlee99 · Post Post #104 (isolation #8) » Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:12 pm

In post 103, Isis wrote:i play the theme deck mode some but i tryhard and play soaring skies usually

That's what I do too lol

Dwlee99 · Post Post #133 (isolation #9) » Mon Jun 06, 2022 3:11 pm

You might be able to call and ask to speak to customer service or whoever handles the data. It's possible that they could find your records when the website can't?