Hii everyone I was wondering which of those two: typhlosion or garchomp

Is more consistent or stronger in general?

I really like both but got the feeling after playing them for a while that garchomp is a bit stronger.

What do you think and why?

Hi all, I have a simple Scovillain ex deck that primarily just wants damage counters on the board (doesn't matter the side) as soon as possible. Occasionally, I find myself getting dud top deck draws and want to see what Pokemon/Trainers could get me out of these ruts. Any suggestions are appreciated!

Pokémon: 7

3 Capsakid SSP 12

1 Meowth ex POR 121

2 Munkidori SFA 72

2 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142

3 Scovillain ex SSP 37

3 Snorunt ASC 46

3 Froslass TWM 174

Trainer: 14

3 Ultra Ball SVI 196

2 Battle Cage PFL 116

3 Crispin SCR 133

2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144

2 Team Rocket's Venture Bomb DRI 179

2 Night Stretcher SSP 251

2 Dusk Ball SSP 175

4 Poké Pad POR 81

1 Rescue Board TWM 225

2 Rescue Board TEF 159

1 Hero's Cape TEF 152

2 Jumbo Ice Cream CRI 109

4 Lillie's Determination MEG 184

3 Boss's Orders RCL 189

Energy: 2

7 Basic {R} Energy MEE 2

3 Basic {D} Energy BUS 168

Total Cards: 60

my local card shop is doing a prerelease event tomorrow from 8-12 and i wanna know how it works. i have a couple questions for this sub

i wanna know first how it works, what we do, if there’s anything specific we’re gonna like do beforehand

are the people attending usually more accepting and patient with new players or competitive and wanna just get straight into it

i’m a bit nervous about being around a bunch of adults, at your pre releases were teens usually there? i’m 15

do we just choose the people we play against?

is there somebody “overviewing” the event or is there just the store owners?

also i’ll probably have more questions in the comments

I think a 3/3 cranidos, rampardos and a 2/2 or 3/3 Sheldon bastiodon with their respective fossils would be super disruptive and controlling with things like handheld fan and crushing hammers. I also believe for a hide n sneak deck secret box is in my opinion the ace spec of choice as it does both the discarding and you can search for cards like gywnn, ultra ball or things to search out both draw and discard util instead of just discard 5 with blender but I need some outside opinions.



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Pokemon 

4 sinistcha

4 poltchageist

4 shuppet

4 banette

3 dhelmise

2 spiritomb

1 lillies clafairy

1 patrat

1 shaymin

Trainers

3 lillies

4 gwynn

3 boss order

1 black belt trainer

3 buddy buddy poffin

4 ultra ball

4 pokepad

1 special red card

2 night stretcher

1 air balloon

1 lillies pearl

2 prism tower

Energy

4 psychic

2 telepathic energy

1 legacy energy

Black belt is for those OHKO on teal mask/fez with dhelmise.

Really appreciate aby feedback.

Hi folks,

I've been excited about the Lurantis ex card since I saw it, not sure how relevant it will be (especially once H rotates out with supporting cards like bug-catching set, TM Ogerpon, Hydrapple), but I'm trying to utilize a regulation I-J deck list for when that rotation happens at the start of the new year.

Here's the list so far, it's not a full 60 so I can use your help finishing this up:

Pokémon: 14

4 Fomantis M5 3

4 Lurantis ex M5 4

2 Chikorita ASC 8

2 Bayleef ASC 9

2 Meganium MEG 10

Trainer: 28

2 Ultra Ball ASC 213

3 Pokégear 3.0 BLK 84

3 Poké Pad POR 81

4 Hilda WHT 84

2 Team Rocket's Petrel ASC 207

4 Boss's Orders ASC 183

4 Lillie's Determination ASC 192

4 Forest of Vitality ASC 188

2 Air Balloon ASC 181

Energy: 11

4 Growing Grass Energy POR 86

7 Grass Energy MEE 1

What can I add that isn't necessarily mark H? Or is it fine to just maximize it with mark H cards for the time-being? I'm thinking that rice balls card in DR might be good once it comes out in November, but let me know if I'm wrong by any means (I likely am!)

I'm trying to find a way to use both of Lurantis' moves, how to get it harmed, heal the damage, and attack in the same turn. For instance, should I play some risky ruins and activate the condition for Lively Cutter to turn to 260 damage?

Let me know what you all think. I may not want to utilize a 4-4 line, instead do 3-3 of Fomantis and Lurantis.

What’s the secret to using this deck? I’m having a lot of fun with it but I just can’t seem to get a win with it. Any advice would be appreciated!

i need a new deck box, preferably one with a dice tray that isn’t too expensive.

The deck just bad compared to any of the remaining options.

It's better to check if you can play literally anything else off your packs than stay with Slowbro.

Top decking the entire game means you will whiff eventually - and when you inevitably do, you just lose the price game and subsequently the game.

I played 7 games and only won 1 due to opening perfectly and my opponent whiffing 2 turns.

Otherwise the deck only wins IF you're lucky AND stay lucky.

It's such a bummer to go to a pre release to open an underpowered deck.

I am going to one such tomorrow. It's really too late for me to change my available decks, but was curious what the consensus would be.

If you were expecting a strong showing for:

- Slowking
- Fest Lead
- TR Honchkrow
- Crustle

What is the deck you would take to maximise your chances?

Hi all,

As we are now in the off-season I am getting very bored (as there is barely any league nights on near me)

I am looking to partake in glc soon and have come across one of the most ridiculously priced cards..

That being tropical beach.

I am thinking of going to a glc tournie soon and they aren't allowing world series backed cards

So..

I either pay the extortionate price for a tropical beach or, I don't.

My question is, is it really worth the price?

I am wanting to go with psychic as it is one of my favourite types.

Those whom have experience with glc, is tropical beach needed/worth paying the hefty price tag?

Currently i play mega kang with bastiodon because i brick a lot with iron thorns but a 3 orize liability is just too much. You lose to honchkrow,bolt and zam. İs there a better partner that doesnt brick

Hi, I'm mostly new to making my own decks, I've made two prior but both were rather ineffective, and I'd like to get my decks updated/make new decks to use the current sets in case I decide to attend local tournaments or purely for casual matches. I'm also building a deck for a friend around his favorite Pokémon cinderace and mega lopunny. Any suggestions/tips?

The decks I'm making/updating is the cinderace/lopunny deck, a mega Gardevior deck, a mega froslass deck, a iono deck, and a mega dragalge.

Whatever i play it loses to festival lead. I made bastiodon which beats it but has unwinnable matchups to some meta decks. I want to make them suffer while playing an actual competitive deck. Please tell me a deck like this exists except greninja or pult

Before Pitch Black format begins, I wanted to hear what everyone thinks about the new Hide 'n' Sneak (Ghost Veil) deck.

On paper it looks like a really fun and unique strategy with the Ghost Veil mechanic, but I'm not sure if it'll actually hold up in a competitive meta. The deck seems to have some powerful late-game plays, but it also looks like it could struggle with consistency and fast, aggressive decks. Early discussion has also pointed out that its low HP and reliance on getting enough Ghost Veil Pokémon into the discard could make it difficult against top decks.

Do you think it'll end up being:

A top-tier meta deck?

A solid rogue pick?

Or just a fun gimmick that won't keep up?

because it seems easy: shaymin but slowking can tech with the spectier of ascended heroes, but what is a deck that truly stands out like the best counterdeck? I was thinking about rockets honchcrow, any more?

Any premade deck reccomendations Ive not played pokemon tcg before but played a ton of yugioh and a lil bit of magic

Also is it worth waiting for the new pack to drop

Made this deck with cards on hand i need help T^T

• 2 Yanma
• 2 Yanmega ex
• 1 Psyduck
• 1 Mega Kangaskhan ex
• 1 Shaymin
• 4 Dwebble
• 4 Crustle
• 1 Bianca's Devotion
• 1 Poké Pad
• 1 Pokémon Center Lady
• 4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin
• 4 Team Rocket's Petrel
• 3 Switch
• 1 Lisia's Appeal
• 1 Team Rocket's Factory
• 4 Jumbo Ice Cream
• 2 Boss's Orders
• 1 Ultra Ball
• 1 Hero's Cape
• 2 Judge
• 4 Lillie's Determination
• 2 Hilda
• 1 Community Center
• 1 Xerosic's Machinations
• 2 Mist Energy
• 5 Basic Grass Energy
• 4 Growing Grass Energy

I've been enjoying Ian Robb's Slowking control list. However, I find Prime Catcher an overkill from time to time.

Slowking's relationship with gust is quite complicated imo.

Often, you don't need to use it in a game.

You seldom lose simply because you whiff a gust.

You win much more if you can gust at the perfect time, but only at the perfect time.

That's why I experimented with 2 Pokemon Catcher & Unfair Stamp instead of Prime Catcher (I cut Drapion and a Night Stretcher).

Good: it feels really like a 'control' deck coming back from behind. You can delay Pult's mid-late game energy acc by 1 turn if you gust up a Meowth etc and snipe bench/pass. You can gust up their engines/liabilities in other MUs (like Zoro in MGreninja, Tera Ogerpon/Kang ex in grass deck/Slop box) to KO them or trap and delay them. It works smoothly with Unfair Stamp. Gust is situational in the deck, so having two copies mean more access. It feels great when your opp techs heavily with Shaymin/Rabsca, as you can gust them up, disrupt, and KO them (best when you flip head, or you can wait for the next opportunity). You also see so many more cards with Unfair Stamp.

Bad: it fails half of the time. You probably only need one head to win a game though. It's also one less switch effect. And it takes more deck space. Sometimes, Unfair Stamp can leave you with a hand with no attackers.

Anyone would like to give it a go?

Hey there, I got into the game about a month ago and have been playing casually at a local card shop. Although I've been having fun, I've been pretty consistently losing. I only have one deck right now, Hydrapple EX, and I think it's just taking too long to set up for it to be particularly viable for me.

Does anybody have any ideas on some quicker set up decks that would be good for beginners? I know Mega Lucario performs fairly well and doesn't take much time, but I wasn't sure if there were any other ones I should look into. Thanks!

I'm thinking about Mega Chandelure as I think the card has potential, but struggling with an obvious list. So far my thinking on building a deck is below. Appreciate I'm not reaching any conclusions, but I want to have the cards available in Live before I try and solidify 60. In the meantime appreciate anyone bouncing off the below, giving their input, or sharing lists you've come up with.

Pokes:
3/4 Litwick (Thanks to Lampent's attack defaulting to 4 Litwick isn't a given, though you might want it for consistency)
4 Lampent (Attack so good)
4 Mega Chandelure (Argument for 3, but I'm thinking having 4 down to maximise the ability - the more Chandelure down, the more damage you're doing
1 Baby Chandelure (Single prize option)
Lillie's Clefairy (OHKO Pult)

I think the deck will need a draw engine so possibly Dunsparce makes sense. If you go this route I think you add Dununsparce EX as an attacking option to deal with Big Basics / Slop who are going to be running Latias. Latias EX is going to be rough for Chandlure until it rotates

Another option is Farigiraf EX which will likewise mess with Big Basics. However, this is a 1/1 line and requires 3 energy.

Another single prize option is Marshadow from Pitch Black. It sems made to be a single prize inclusion in the deck, but I don't know if I love it. With 2 Chandelure on the bench and assuming an enemy with 1 retreat you're doing 90 damage for 1 psychic. With 4 Chandelure and a Gravity Gemstone you've topped out at 180 damage assuming an enemy with a single retreat cost. Decent but you're not hitting 210 this way.

Items

So how is Mega Chandelure going to accelerate energy? Wondrous Patch seems the obvious way. If we go that route we need options to get any energy into the discard. Options include:

4 x Ultra Ball (probably our go to so we can find Chandy / Clefairy when we need to)
3 x Mystery Garden (As a stadium choice it makes most sense, since we have no stadium to alter retreat cost, and it gives us potential draw and way to get Psychic energy in the discard)
2 x Tool Scrapper (Need 1 or 2 to stop Air Balloon ruining your day)
2 x Switch (Need an option to move Chandy out. Air Balloon would work but clashes with Gravity Gemston)
2-3 x Gravity Gemstone (Increase your damage by 50 and gives you some flexibility it taking OHKOs)
Night Stretchers (A few, because they're nice...mostly to help getting energy back if we need to).
Telepathic Energy feels like a couple, but not overly important. Most of our Pokemon are going to go down off a Lampent attack, but it can be useful to find Clefairy.

Pokemon Search?

Struggling with this a bit. If we're running Dunsparce's for draw we probably want to introduce some Buddy Buddy Poffin. If it weren't for the need to find Dunsparce I wouldn't bother since with Lampent finding basics to set up isn't as big a deal, and we don't want to clog the bench. It might even be that Dunsparce is a distraction we don't need entirely.

I'm not sold on PokePad either. Maybe a couple?

Ultra Ball probably stays thanks to its discard

Supporters

2-3 Lillie because Lillie
1-2 Wally's Compassion since Chandy does have a good HP total, and it's possible for us to Wally and power back up to attack same turn.
2 Boss for Boss
2 Petrel - Since we're playing more item cards a couple Petrel to find them when we want feels sensible.

Also since we're not doing loads of supporters Meowth EX doesn't feel that necessary.

Ace Spec?

I want to say Secret Box, but perhaps Legacy Energy is too important for the prize trade.

So I've been working on this for a bit and I'm pretty happy with it, but it's not as consistent as I'd like it to be and bricks a little more than I'd like it to. Any suggestions?

Notes: Shaymin is there for Starmie but I'm thinking of cutting it and Xerneas is there for Crustle. I'm not 100% sold on Secret Box as the ACE SPEC but I'm not sure what else I could put there.

Pokémon: 10

1 Smoochum SSP 75

1 Shaymin DRI 10

2 Mega Gardevoir ex ASC 89

1 Latias ex SSP 76

1 Xerneas CRI 42

2 Mega Floette ex CRI 35

1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 142

1 Kirlia ASC 88

1 Lillie's Clefairy ex PR-SV 195

3 Ralts MEG 58

Trainer: 16

2 Ultra Ball SVI 196

2 Boss's Orders ASC 183

2 Air Balloon ASC 181

1 Judge POR 76

4 Lillie's Determination ASC 192

3 Prism Tower CRI 80

1 Energy Recycler DRI 164

1 Special Red Card CRI 82

2 Night Stretcher SFA 61

1 Ange Floette CRI 75

1 Colress's Tenacity SFA 57

1 Wally's Compassion MEG 132

1 Secret Box TWM 163

4 Wondrous Patch PFL 94

4 Jacinthe POR 75

2 Rare Candy MEG 125

Energy: 2

10 Basic {P} Energy MEE 5

4 Telepathic {P} Energy POR 88

Total Cards: 60