Pokemon TCG

[Isis]

oh you evolve them and then they start asking for less energy???

[Dwlee99]

Isis, do you play theme decks?

[Ythan]

Oh nice!

What do you mean about eight double colorless? Are there like two similar versions? Colorless energy with bonuses look fun, I have considered a colorless deck featuring a variety of them instead of basics.

[Isis]

i play the theme deck mode some but i tryhard and play soaring skies usually

[Dwlee99]

i play the theme deck mode some but i tryhard and play soaring skies usually

That's what I do too lol

[Isis]

"is nothing in this format going to stop Grimer from doing this two more times"??

Deck is pretty memy

[Flea The Magician]

Wonder if my janky Gengar deck is still loosely viable on extended...
The whole gimmick is around indirect damage and centers on Gengars Creep Show and Aegislash's Painful Sword

Spoiler: large cards

Spoiler: Decklist for maximum jank

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

##Pokémon - 15

* 2 Alakazam-EX FCO 25
* 2 Gastly BKT 58
* 2 Honedge BKP 60
* 1 Seviper BUS 50
* 2 Doublade BKP 61
* 2 Haunter BKT 59
* 1 M Alakazam-EX FCO 26
* 1 Aegislash BKP 62
* 2 Gengar BKT 60

##Trainer Cards - 30

* 2 Pokémon Fan Club FCO 107
* 3 Evolution Incense SSH 163
* 2 Ordinary Rod SSH 171
* 2 Shrine of Memories PRC 139
* 4 Professor's Letter BKT 146
* 2 Revive ROS 88
* 2 Copycat HS 90
* 2 Bird Keeper DAA 159
* 4 Aroma Lady EVS 141
* 2 Special Charge STS 105
* 3 Evosoda XY 116
* 2 Mega Turbo ROS 86

##Energy - 15

* 13 Psychic Energy Energy 5
* 2 Double Colorless Energy XY 130

Total Cards - 60

****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online http://www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******

Spoiler: Bonus deck of lol - also extended

I love the cheese in this deck ngl.
****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******

##Pokémon - 16

* 2 Ditto PR-XY 40
* 4 Fletchling EVS 138
* 1 Swablu EVS 132
* 1 Altaria ROS 74
* 4 Fletchinder STS 95
* 2 Talonflame STS 96
* 2 Talonflame EVS 140

##Trainer Cards - 24

* 4 Professor's Letter XY 123
* 2 Ordinary Rod SSH 171
* 2 Revive ROS 88
* 1 Lure Ball CES 138
* 2 Escape Rope PLS 120
* 2 Special Charge STS 105
* 3 Evosoda XY 116
* 3 Pokémon Center Lady FLF 93
* 2 Tierno PHF 107
* 1 Rescue Carrier EVS 154
* 2 Aspertia City Gym BCR 127

##Energy - 20

* 1 Fairy Energy Energy 9
* 2 Psychic Energy Energy 5
* 2 Water Energy Energy 3
* 2 Lightning Energy Energy 4
* 1 Fighting Energy Energy 6
* 2 Grass Energy BLWEnergy 5
* 2 Fire Energy BLWEnergy 4
* 2 Metal Energy Energy 8
* 4 Powerful {C} Energy DAA 176
* 2 Darkness Energy Energy 7

Total Cards - 60

****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******

[Ythan]

That seems fun!

[Ythan]

My third win! I actually lost a Pokemon this time which was nice because I had filled my bench up for no reason and then drew my Noivern.

[Ythan]

I may turn my deckbuilding efforts toward speedy wins, as I often have a limited time to play and kids dawdle.

[Flea The Magician]

Hm, I'll have a look because you're probably looking at rush competitive deck where you want a buttload of trainer cards.

[Isis]

Sdts dawdle too

[Angel3]

This is a cool thread, you are so cool Ythan <3 I'm betting the kid agrees too.

[Ythan]

That's awfully nice thank you!

[Isis]

I finished building an Arceus deck. It's pretty simple in fun. Well the plan is simple, it has lots of complicated choices and i like that

[SleepyKrew]

hello is there a site you would recommend to find decklists (preferably also budget decks) asking for a friend that didn't like the google results

[Isis]

Google probably led SLEEPYKREW'S FRIEND to limitlessTCG which is what I have been using, and "there's gotta be a better way" is probably super valid because it only pulls results from D2s of grand-prix-like events which could miss some deck concepts. For example, on a budget I once played an MtG GP with a deck that had no or virtually no GP top finishes, but had 5-0'd a MTGO queue, which is a bit of a middle ground between "there's no evidence this isn't a pile of cards" and "no expense was spared here".

Malamar is a very very strong budget deck that's the budget deck of pokemon atm.
If you find any decks you like and the deck is using an Inteleon package, you can probably replace it with a Bibarel or Cincinno package to make a cheaper version of the same deck.



Ok actually I was googling around trying to see if I could find a decklist for the Sandaconda deck I lost to in PTCGO randoms one time, and I found this site, which seems good (?):

https://www.justinbasil.com/guide/budget#dragapult

Hm.. this may kind of be 12 different ways to snowflake and not play malamar when you would have won more playing malamar.

This listing doesn't include the bizarre 7 left turns control strategy Sander top 8ed a tournament with, which comes out to 35$ and then like whoa wins, so, maybe there's still a lot to be said about looking through the limitlessTCG regional results and finding offkilter stuff and playing it because it's 35$ or 50$ or adapting it so it's 50$

One thing to keep in mind is that if you buy a deck with an Intelon package you can reuse the Inteleon's in anything, if you buy a midprice pokemon V like Urshifu V + VMax you are not reusing that when you switch to a deck with a different energy type.

I proxied out a Malamar deck and played it with my roommate and quite enjoyed it so I think that seems like a really good route to start out with. It's like 40$ with Inteleon as the draw engine and 25$ with Cincinno as the draw engine (Bibarel can't really be the draw engine because of the text written on Malamar and what you intend to do with it.)

[SleepyKrew]

thank you I will relay all of this!

[Flea The Magician]

I finished building an Arceus deck. It's pretty simple in fun. Well the plan is simple, it has lots of complicated choices and i like that

Ooo wanna share the deck list?

[Isis]

I should not have used he/him in my post, maybe I did so because "asking for a friend " crossed my mind so I let SleepyKrew's pronouns leak

[Isis]

Pokémon - 18

3 Arceus VSTAR BRS 123
4 Arceus V BRS 122
3 Inteleon SSH 58
4 Drizzile SSH 56
4 Sobble CRE 41


Trainer Cards - 31

2 Boss’s Orders (Cyrus) BRS 132
2 Cheren’s Care BRS 134
2 Marnie SSH 169
1 Melony CRE 146
1 Professor’s Research (Professor Rowan) BRS 147
3 Path to the Peak CRE 148
4 Level Ball BST 129
4 Evolution Incense SSH 163
2 Big Charm SSH 158
2 Choice Belt BRS 135
2 Scoop Up Net RCL 165
2 Ultra Ball BRS 150
1 Cynthia's ambition
1 Capacious Bucket RCL 156
1 Pal Pad SSH 172
1 Training Court

Energy - 11

7 Water Energy Energy 3
4 Double Turbo Energy BRS 151

Total Cards - 60

[Isis]

The one card that didn't come in from my orders is the Inteleon with Rapid Shooting, so I tweaked the deck such that it is more capable of attacking with Inteleon SW/SH so that in yielding fewer prizes, to offset missing that bench prize per game. Maybe it can be a viable way to build the archetype, Rapid Strike Inteleon's waterfall attack is so weak, when I play with the card online I always feel like, yo, I evolved this thing three times and I can't even use it for energy-for-turn and feel good??

[Isis]

I made that from copypasying but I actually have Cyrus art for boss's orders and woman art for professor's research

[Isis]

I really should have Quick Ball. It's normal to run like 3 or 4 but I think that's sus if you end up using a sobbles Keep Calling on turn 1. I should be running the first searchable copy for sure though

[SleepyKrew]

I should not have used he/him in my post, maybe I did so because "asking for a friend " crossed my mind so I let SleepyKrew's pronouns leak

I figured this is what happened! It's fine my friend uses he/they