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New? Check the pastebin for advice on starting the game, client information, a guide on the various theme decks/products you can redeem in-game and more.
>http://pastebin.com/gPEnw6GW

How to progress in PTCGO, tl;dr edition:
>complete all Trainer Challenges (Cheat Engine's speedhack strongly recommended to speed up AI games)
>play through using Basic decks to unlock them for versus play
>farm Versus Mode theme ladder for Tokens and Tournament Tickets
>Enter Theme format tournaments whenever possible
>enter Standard/Expanded ticket tournaments and accept that you'll lose
>you'll get tradable tournament chests and sometimes tradable packs
>DON'T OPEN THEM
>Instead, trade them for the cards you actually want for a deck you want to build, most cards go for like 1-3 packs each.
>Public trade is like the GTS, if you want proper results, put up your own offers.
>if you don't know what deck you want to build yet, see http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/forum/tcg-competitive-play.156/ or check out tournament results for a list of viable decks

To see what your PTCGO stuff is worth, look on the PTCGO forums in the trading section. For example, Top Cut Trading inc
>http://forums.pokemontcg.com/topic/25163-the-top-cut-trading-inc-2/
provides an approximation.

Tips for Code Giveaways:
>Post them as an image with the QR code covered. Don't just post it as plain text because of bots lurking threads

>Your Old Cards
No one wants them

Previous thread: >>25850568

ToTT: What's your favorite deck to play in Legacy?
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Ho-Oh is the most fun legacy deck.
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>>25862629
what pogemon is that on the right?
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How would you make a format that works kind of like UU for the TCG? I would like to play with pokemon like Walrein and dodrio, and keep things fun without. Suggestions?
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This new victory wheel kind of pisses me off if I play too much. At the moment I got like two unclaimed prizes but the wheel keeps stopping in prizes I already got, so I'm getting something like 2 tokens per win.
Considering the prizes have some big token payouts, if I do the math I probably am still getting more right now, but in the long run the old model was better to grind tokens.
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almost done with this collection.

just need a pretty fucking rare JR rally card, and a few others.
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>>25862725
mega taurus
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>>25862820
is there a 10th movie promo for mewtwo?
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>>25862866
wait I see it right there
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Oh wow, a card I might actually use.
Nice.
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>>25862866
>>25862887
:)
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>>25862820
>>25863207
I already finished collecting my favorite. there's a new one coming out soon. BTW the crystal guardians one is a psa9.

thinking about going for either all raikou or all garchomp cards next, but I don't know if I will.
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>>25863360
sorry its flipped... 4chan on mobile is weird.
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>>25863360
Raikou would be a good collection, not a lot of expensive cards so it wouldn't be super difficult to complete either.
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Anyone get that HGSS bundle thing?
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>>25863445
I did. The structure deck included with it contains a copy of Professor Oak's New Theory so it's not a complete waste, but it's HGSS era and everything from that era with very few exceptions is complete garbage thanks to number inflation.
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>>25863024
Nice pull dude
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>>25862629
Can someone tell me if we'll also get those reprints?
Or is it japan-related?
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As a new player where would my tokens best be spent?
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>>25863445
What bundle thing?
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>>25863751
Roaring Skies to pull Shaymin or wait until next set.
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>>25863602
Very rarely does Japan get a product that TPCi doesn't release elsewhere.
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>>25863751

If you are interested in Theme at all, people recommend buying Dark Hammer with some tokens. After that people recommend just saving them for bundles that are good and/or buying a bunch of packs when a new set comes out.
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What's the good "energy to damage" ratio standard for cards?
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>New Pokemon Newsletter doesn't have a code for the TCG in it

What the fuck?
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>>25864281
THEY'RE DOING AWAY WITH PTCGO

PANIC

ABANDON SHIP
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>>25863024
>Everyone getting good pulls.
>I just get a 100 HP Gourgeist.
Thanks Obama
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>>25862820
>even have the GR Mewtwo
I will never get this many Mewtwo cards, I'm just happy I have all the FA Mewtwo cards and the Mewtwo d art.
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>>25864472
>Base Set 2
You sicken me.
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Is there any reason why this reprints set wouldn't came to America at all? People seem to think that we shouldn't talk as if they're confirmed on our side (the side that matters for competitive play), but I think they're stupid.
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Who /Toad/ here?
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>>25864547
Because Japan has gotten reprint sets before that didn't come over, but it probably will because this is basically Legendary Treasures 2.0.
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>>25864472
i got the GR mewtwo for surprisingly cheap on tcgrepublic, pretty good site for obscure cards.
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>opponent plays Fairy deck in standard
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>>25864606
Whats wrong anon? Don't you like cute fairies?
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wew lad
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>start with all 4 DCE in hand
>N
>get 3 back and nothing to draw with

This game can go fuck itself with its shuffling.
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>>25864796
what deck is it?
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Should I splug on Roaring Skies or BreakPoint?
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>>25864872
Is there anything from BP you really need?
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>>25864796
Purple onii-senpai
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>>25864890
Greninja Line.
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Anyone have any real good grass decklists for this challenge?
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>>25865005
>good grass decklists
lol
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>>25864910
thx fampai

>>25864857
they're actually going to be for a few different decks, all casual as fuck. raikou
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>>25865005
X/Y Basic Green
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did I do good? I know I can at least break even if the bulk isn't damaged or a bunch of world championship cards
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>>25865071
You like wasting money or?
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trevenant is like some fucking bottomless well on ptcgo

trading for it and then trading it away is like infinite packs, people have no idea what it is worth
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>>25865041
aren't those a little expensive for sleeves?
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>>25865104
Why?

It's like a gimped Toad
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>>25865148
KMC sleeves usually go for $8-10 a pack.
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>>25865091
wasting money? I sell 100 bulk cards for 8.75. if I can get 700 cards out of it I'm in the positive.
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>>25865104
You mean BREAK or the XY 55 one? Because I really need the XY 55 one. I've been running a less effective version of the deck with BP Trevenants only.
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>>25865148
yes, you can get 400 dragonshield sleeves cheaper.

but you can doublesleeve the KMC hyper mats with the KMC perfect fits.
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>>25865198
>>25865156

It might be because im just a collector, but do competitors just use those thin plastic sleeves?
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>>25865071
Looks like a good deal. Would have taken it as well for that price.

Any idea of the EXes/Rares inside? Would like to know what you're gonna find!
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>>25865205
Yes, double sleeving them generally means they'll still be in mint condition even after months of play, so long as you don't handle your cards like a jackass.

There's even a video of a guy dunking a foil MtG card in a pitcher of water and jiggling it around while double sleeved, and the card comes out completely dry.
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>>25865180

xy

>>25865150

toad is like a gimped toad
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>>25865205
some tournaments don't allow double-sleeving, so single-sleeved dragonshields are probably the best option for tournament play.

for collecting though double-sleeving is great.

>>25865211
No clue yet, I'll post results in a week or so when it gets here. The only UR you could see was a slowking prime.
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>>25865104
>effect gets shut down by Lysandre
>auto lose to every dark deck

Do people really think Trevenant is worth a damn?
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>>25865245
>some tournaments don't allow double-sleeving
And those are the ones run by jackasses that you don't go to.

If any tournament doesn't allow Double Sleeving, report them to TPCi.
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>>25865255
>you have to open Lysandre to use it, and most people one play one or two
>every deck has weaknesses

The fact that it's topping tournaments is why people think it's worth a damn.
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>>25865104
do you buy at 3 sell at 4?
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god BREAK cards are so fucking ugly, why did they even release those
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>>25865255

you should take a gander at standard results sometime

it's gone from roughly the 10th best deck in the first week of state championships to the 2nd best deck in the 3rd week

it may very well be the 2nd best deck in the format
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>>25865299
they are just looking for new UR cards to get people interested in buying cards again.

generations did that anyways
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>>25865283

nah I trade a (pretty good) rare for trevenant, then trade that trevenant for 2-3 of that same rare

I'm currently just hoarding trevs until the price gets firmly to 3 RS/trev
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People are posting collections so...

>>25862820
Fucking great collection m8. I've been following your collection in these threads since you first started and it's good to see you've come a long way.

>>25863360
This is also a really awesome collection, Jirachi is a qt and has some amazing artworks.
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>>25864413
That Gourgeist is rad as fuck, though.
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>>25865321
which rares work best for this.

Sorry if you feel like I'm trying to steal your secrets.
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Washington States Top 8 included a guy running Megaman/Giratina/Cresselia BKT
But I don't really understand how the Cresselia integrates to it, anyone care to enlighten me?
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>>25865354
Safe, bulky switch, maybe?
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>>25865330
thanks senpai, I actually saved this pic of your collection as a sort of inspiration to get mine finished lol
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>>25865338
Can you make a Esper/Grass deck out of it?
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>>25865330
>>25862820


holy shit, that's impressive.. how many of those did you pull in packs?
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>>25865302
>2nd best in the format
>while Yveltal (that autowins the match up) and night march still exist
>I imagine it loses to Seismicock too

I know you want to exaggerate but come on now
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>>25865391
i wish my favourite pokemon had tons of cards :(
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>>25865401
>how many of those did you pull in packs?
the only mewtwo cards I pulled in packs are the breakthrough cards, most of the others are promo cards or would cost a fortune in packs.
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>>25865391
I didn't think anyone would save that, kek. That's actually a much better photo, just missing the Mythical Collections Mew, and I'm too lazy to lay them all out again. Glad I could be of inspiration. I think a collection of your favorite Pokemon is a really neat idea. Unless your favorite is Charizard or Pikachu or Kadabra.
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>>25865406

sorry man I'm just giving the results to you, not the hot opinion piece you're looking for
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>>25865406
That anon is referring to this chart. While I don't think Trev will ever be the second best deck in the format, it is certainly a major contender.
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>>25865401
I didn't start buying packs until last year after getting back into the TCG. Those two Wizards Promo Mews and the three Ancient Mews are from my childhood, however.
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>>25865459
>Night March
Wew.
Which new card(s) made that top tier?
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>>25865494
Night March has been top tier in Standard since rotation.

But pic related pushed it over the edge.
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>>25865494

puzzle of time covered what few weaknesses the deck had

the mew coming out next month will be the final nail in the coffin for the TCG until night marchers rotate

standard will be unplayable
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>>25865354
Zero retreat is a hell of a drug.
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>>25865516
Don't forget that we'll also be able to N Night March players down to low hand sizes to slow them down, which will be especially potent in Toad and Trevenant. It will still be top tier though.
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Good Serperior EX fucking WHEN
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>>25865605
Grass isn't allowed to be good so long as FoGP exists. Watch as Mega Pinsir is total garbage.

At least you're getting a meme deck next expansion.
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>>25865619

>implying I'm not already planning my ServineLock deck
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>open a pack
>get this thing
Neat.
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Anyone got a Greninja break decklist to share?
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>>25865722
Pokemon - 18
3 Froakie (BREAKpoint)
4 Frogadier (BREAKpoint)
4 Greninja (2 XY, 2 BREAKpoint)
2 Greninja Break
2 Remoraid (BREAKthrough 31)
2 Octillery
1 Miltank
1 Shaymin EX

Trainers - 43
4 Professor Sycamore
2 Fisherman
1 Ace Trainer
1 Xerosic
1 Pokemon Fan Club
1 Lysandre
1 Wally
4 VS Sekker

4 Dive Ball
3 Battle Compressor
2 Ultra Ball
2 Muscle Band
2 Float Stone
1 Startling Megaphone
1 Sacred Ash
1 Town Map
1 Professor's Letter
1 Energy Retrieval


Energy - 8
1 Splash Energy
7 Water Energy
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>>25865774
Thank you
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>>25865354
free retreat, you need more pokemons if you don't want your opponent starting with 3 extra cards in his hand. And since you need to a mon with free retreat, Cresselia is a good contender.
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If I'm playing Manectric/Toad/Bats, am I good with 3 Toad or do I need 4?
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are mega evolution pokemon considered stage 1's?
I can't think of a better stadium to use for Max Potion+M-Scizor than training stadium. 10 damage on reverse valley isn'tw worth it and I'm 2HKOing everything anyways
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>>25866166
>are mega evolution pokemon considered stage 1's?
No. They're considered Mega Pokemon, so Training Stadium won't work.
They count as evolved, though, so cards like Espeon or Devolution Spray do work.

The -10 damage from Reverse Valley combined with Shield Energy is situationally good. Stops Overrun, Quaking Punch, Tree Slam (+Resistance), Shadow Stitching, and can make early-game NM and Vespiquen miss the 2HKO. It also means cards like M Mane can't 2HKO you.
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>>25866166

sky field is the best stadium for steel related decks because of how much bench space they use anyway
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>get shit pulls for the past IRL 25 packs
>No EXs, no URs, no SRs

>Pull these in the client

FUCK

FUUUUUCK
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>>25864490
But I do have both, just did put too many cards up there
2nd base Mewtwo is pinker
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>>25866314
It also has shittier foiling because circles instead of stars.
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How many Packs is Manaphy EX worth?
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>>25866346
1
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REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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>>25865221
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6ErMkA_c_c
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Was this a good deal?
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>>25866245
>1mb for two cards
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>>25866399
Of course I forget the pic.
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>>25866314
Also have all the FA Mewtwo of Breakthrough
Had to get Mewtwo Y off ebay,, but got it for $5 bucks, since it was spelled weird.

Sometimes I just look on ebay and just type pokemon cards and see what I get.
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>>25866358
Fug.
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>>25866314
I never noticed it has a different foil pattern. I only have the base set version right now, I might pick up the shadowless and base set 2 version now, mostly because I need to fill up another binder page lol.
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>>25866446
Yeah, they stopped using the star foil pattern after Fossil, and they brought it back for Legendary Collection.

It's fucking beautiful and I hate Wizards for not continuing to use the starry foil pattern.
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>>25866425
AS much as I like Mewtwo, I have a bigger Charizard collection.
I get luckier pulls with Charizard cards
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>>25866415
Yes. Literally all of those are unplayable garbage.
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>>25866222
>>25866240
How does this look? A couple things:
>parallel city is a tech to either fuck with seismitoad/vespiquen/mega-fug/whatever or remove shaymin/hoopa from my own bench (as I can take it out and bring my bench back to 5 in the same turn with m-scizor's attack). probably gonna remove it, but I wanted to know what you guys thought first.
>do I need mega turbo when I have bronzong?
>do I need max elixir?
>what tech supporters would be good (I just noticed I forgot lysandre)?
>float stone or switch?
>any basic pivots? thought about zoroark but didn't want to dedicate the deck space
>numbers of everything good?
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>>25866469
>Yeah, they stopped using the star foil pattern after Fossil
I did not know that, also how can you tell if a card is shadowless?
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>>25866520
it doesn't have a shadow

also has '99 listed as a copyright date after '98, they left it off on the unlimited print because 1999 is listed at the end of the copyright line
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>>25866520
it's only for base set cards, but it's the shadow around the card art box.
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>>25866481
>2 shiny Charizard
>2 SR Chari Y
>2 Chari Y EX, and both Chari X

Sell those cards while their worth something, that's like $300 bucks right there.
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>>25866512
Most Bronzong decks run Zoroark so you can actually get shit on the bench. What happens when you Max Potion a Scizor? Do you just let it sit on the active for a turn and hope for a Mega Turbo?
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>>25866481

>tfw pulled a Mega Charizard in a Jirachi box last weekend.

too bad the only other Charizard cards are ALSO Generations cards
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>>25866425
>Had to get Mewtwo Y off ebay,, but got it for $5 bucks, since it was spelled weird.
Was it from this guy?
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>>25866425

>all those Mewtwos

holy fuck, I'm tempted to get a Breakthrough Booster Box next weekend. they look so fucking nice.
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>>25866668
Post back when you've spent $100 on a set of Houndooms and a few dozen junk commons.
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>>25866704

yeah.... thats the thing. the EX FAs are either Mewtwos, Glalies or Houndooms. no variety. im prolly just going to end up getting an Ancient Origins one, since they have a bunch of EXs
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>>25866724
How about you not be retarded and just buy singles for a fraction of the cost.
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>10 cards left in deck
>8 would win me the game
>draw the two that don't

That's what I get for playing like the game gives you fair draws.
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>>25866848
it's also what you get for being a whiny exaggerating bitch
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>>25866730
>>25866907
ey found the edgelord from yesterday.
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How many Octillerys can I get for a Generations pack?
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What is the Theme Deck meta?
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>>25867195
XY Blue and XY Green. Kinda Dark Hammer.
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http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/the-pokemon-tcg-online-is-available-for-android/

Did no one notice?
Android release confirmed.
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>>25867293
what purpose does this serve to me when I never leave my computer
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>>25867339
You can now play in bed or on the toilet without turning on your ceiling monitor or bringing a laptop
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>>25867339
Hundreds of new players. Make sure to scam them all.
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>>25867208
Is XY Red that shit?
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>>25867372
You can do this anyway with iPad???
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>>25867389
delphox and rapidash are good but
>pokeball
>sparkling robe
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>>25867389
If it gets out Delphox it's arguably the best deck in the tier because it then gets super powerful attacks and consistent draws. If it can't it's pure luck with Birch, drawing into Scorched Earth and Poke Ball.

>the deck with Blacksmith doesn't have Sycamore
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>opening hand of Zubat, 4 Raichu, 2 Crobat
>topdeck Shaymin

This is why you don't play decks with more than 10 pokemon in them.
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>Just faced Wailord EX Stall for the first time
CANCER
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>>25867698
how does it work? just max potion and makes you draw out?
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>>25867726
Ye
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>>25867726
max potion, cassios, az all x4
then energy removal
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>>25867698
>implying
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>all these Vespilock decks
>their faces when Jirachi
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>>25867788
Best thing in my eyes actually.
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>>25867698
>run blacksmith deck with solar birth volcarona
>face wailord-ex
>easy win
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>>25867917
How?
Could you one shot it?
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>>25868048
Yes.
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>>25867788
Wailord match up vs Night March is easy as fuck

Night March never has a chance
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Is the porn of Ella?
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>>25868060
Which Pokemon could one shot it?
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>>25868178
camerupt ex, flareon ex with a bit of work, m-charizard-ex, delphox with a bit of work
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>>25868178
Any grass type
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>>25868198
Sounds like you were playing against the worse Wailord player on the planet

None of those pokemon should ever get through 3 wailords in time
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>>25868117
http://rule34-data-003.paheal.net/_images/f88a10077eca055a7fa1c87ccd4ba0c6/1594347%20-%20Atnog%20Ella%20Porkyman.jpg?
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>>25868268
k.
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>>25867293
>Device not compatible

Worthless
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Can someone tell me what the early metagame was like? Early as in when the TCG first started.

What was it like to use cards like >>25868659, that had little HP and did paltry damage for 3 energies. Or would force you to discard all energies for an attack that did only 80 damage.

What was it like?
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>>25869100
It was shit. I used a psychic deck and my mother would beat the shit out of me with her colorless deck.
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>>25869100
Early metagame was an unbalanced mess.
The major rule difference was that you could attack if you went first. Also, you could retreat multiple times per turn, and if you were confused you had to flip to retreat (and lost the energies on tails without retreating).

Because of the attack rule, Haymaker was a Tier 0 deck:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Haymaker_%28TCG%29
It's basically what EX decks are today; lots of big basics that can hit really hard on the first turn. Evolution decks had to wait a turn at the very least to evolve, meaning they were sitting on Pokemon with 30-60 HP which would get KOd quickly by cards like Hitmonchan.

This alone invalidated virtually every other Gen 1 card competitively. The meta would only stabilize in Gen 2, when they introduced a rotation system which let Haymaker die. That was the start golden era of the TCG.

Other Gen 1 decks include:
>Rain Dance (Blastoise + Water Big Basics like Articuno), since if you could set up Blastoise you could outpace Haymaker (but you normally couldn't)
>Alakazam + Chansey/Kangaskhan, since Haymaker doesn't do enough damage to KO Alakazam through Damage Swap if you manage to set up
>Moltres mill, which was just 4x Moltres and 56 Fire Energy
>Mewtwo stall, which was just 4x Mewtwo and 56 Psychic Energy where you just spammed Barrier until it your opponent decked out
>Wigglytuff, which was Tier 3 thanks to fighting weakness but could compete and potentially beat anything other than Haymaker
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>>25869177
Wow, that's unreal, thanks for the info.

If you're willing to continue writing I'd love to read.

I like learning how the metagame evolved from the beginning to now. What was OP and a good strategy and why that fell out of favour.

By "rotation", you mean that certain sets are no longer playable after a certain time? Why would they introduce that? Doesn't that just invalidate a bunch of great cards?

I understand the reasoning from a financial standpoint, but from a competitive standpoint it's a pain in the ass, no?
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>>25869347
Magic did it and it works.
Many card games follow the same in a way.
(Yugioh does it through Banlist though)
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whats the minimum screen size allowed for the android beta app?
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>>25867293
Is this out now, and working?
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>>25869347
Set rotation is a fairly widely accepted practice by now; notably, mtg uses it as well. The idea is that by rotating out old cards, it keeps the game fresh and simple enough and eases the load of balancing tremendously. Compare Yugioh, a game with a gigantic card pool and an enormous banlist to go with it. Granted there's upsides to that system as well, but it is very complex. Yes, it is a bit of a pain in the ass to have cards pretty much disappear and have to rebuy them, but it's more of a pain to track down old, single-print cards after a surprisingly broken interaction has been born thanks to an oversight by r&d. With rotation, cards are always in print and if a card was healthy before, it can easily be reintroduced and rebalanced through reprints (for instance the "Professor x" line of cards and all the other continuously remade staple supporters).
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>have pretty sick collection from growin up with the stuff
>neighbor kid who's a bit younger and for some reason adores me moving away
>he's super sad
>give him my collection

easy come easy go. worth it, but i miss my movie promos.
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>>25869177
>forgetting the JP only T1 deck of Brock's Ninetales and Dark Vileplume that was so good they had to errata Brock's Ninetales to make it not fucking work
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>>25869177
>>Moltres mill, which was just 4x Moltres and 56 Fire Energy

i swear i've seen shit like this recently with gyarados and charizard EX
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what does sableye garbodor look like in legacy?
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Got 6 Plasma freeze packs that I cant shift because nobody believes that they are 2.5 should I just open them?
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>>25870135
open them or forget about them for a few more releases when they are old enough for people to pay up
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anyone here selling shaymin EX?
I have 19 packs worth of packs they're just all over the place set wise.
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>>25870210
>i have 19 packs worth of packs
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>>25870236
Don't know if you play TCGO but a ''pack'' = 1 unit so packs that are wanted like roaring skies are counted as 1 pack however a pack like breakpoint is counted as 0.5/0.75 of a pack. Its weird but it works.
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Doing my first tournament, wish me luck!
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>>25870269
Bit late, but good luck!
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>>25869177
any idea why you don't have to flip to retreat under confusion any more? I get the other changes but that one seems like a step in the wrong direction.
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>>25870316
First match was a d/c and second match was unfortunately shit draws against night march
Oh well!
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Just built my first deck. Noivern BREAK/Gengar. Instakilling shit is tons of fun.
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>>25868608
Ehhh, I've seen worse. But also seen much better
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>>25870510
Would be nice to see your list
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>>25870715
It's still got a lot of work to be done optimizing energies and Trainers but i runs

-3 Noibat BKT
- Noivern FFI
-3 Noivern BREAK
- 3 Gastly/Haunter/Gengar BKT
-2 Remoraid/Octillery

I'll post the full list when I get home and can work on it
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r8 my deck
still need vs seekers
are there any stadiums that could be useful if any for my deck
****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******

Pokémon - 11

2 Miltank FLF 83
3 Axew BKT 108
1 Axew BKT 109
1 Fraxure BKT 110
4 Haxorus BKT 111

Trainer Cards - 39

2 Bursting Balloon BKP 97
2 Lysandre AOR 78
1 Wally ROS 107
4 Acro Bike PRC 122
1 Professor's Letter BKT 146
2 Super Rod BKT 149
1 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
3 Ultra Ball FLF 99
2 Brigette BKT 134
2 Pokémon Center Lady FLF 93
2 Skyla BKT 148
3 VS Seeker ROS 110
1 Professor Birch's Observations PRC 134
1 Town Map BCR 136
4 Rare Candy PRC 135
2 Muscle Band XY 121
2 Professor Sycamore PHF 101
4 Shauna XY 127

Energy - 10

3 Fighting Energy Energy 6
4 Double Dragon Energy ROS 97
3 Metal Energy Energy 8

Total Cards - 60

****** Deck List Generated by Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
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What's the red thing in his mouth?

It's not part of his model in Pokemon Snap, is it?
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>>25870994
it's food
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>>25870989
Consider adding 1 maybe 2 Shaymin. You don't need more than that.
Ditch Pokemon center lady for a Hex waifu.
Trad Burch for an Ace Trainer.
Since you only have a 3-1-3 line, 4 candies is unnecessary.
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>>25871045
>3-1-3 line
Wow, I am only half awake aren't I?
Forget that part.
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>>25870994
tongue?
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>>25871005

You toss apples though. That looks sorta like a lunch tray

>>25871082
My first thought, but I don't remember him ever having a tongue.
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>>25871093
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>>25871100

Well shit, there we go! Thanks
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I don't think I've seen a single DCE in my XY basic grass deck in the last 10 games, fuck this shit.
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>>25867293
>device not compatible
Lies
I bet If I can get the apk it wi run
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i'm sorry what
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>>25871413
The new prizes offer far bigger payouts now
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>>25870773
yes more info, i got one nov break to start with and a pretty OK gengar bench damage deck goin
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>PTCGO now available for android tablets

FUCKING FINALLY

HOLY FUCK
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>>25865198
They only sell this package http://slist.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=CGM-8275&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3DKmc%24pagemax%3D15%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1 or the box is sold out? Also, are they good for casual playing? I want to start collecting but i also like to play.
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>>25871617
Time to buy one
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>>25864472
https://tcgrepublic.com/product/product_page_51544.html

get it while its hot
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>>25871722
>Also, are they good for casual playing?
the perfect fits alone aren't great for play, they are really thin so the card can still get damaged through them, you need the KMC hyper mats on the outside of them to make them useful.

the perfect fits alone are good enough for long-term binder storage though.
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>your device is not compatible.

Bull shit my phone is new.
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>>25872072
Seems to be compatible with tablets only, no Phones. Someone has to try to extract the apk
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Should I do it?
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>>25872088
i would
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>>25872085
Fuck. And kindle doesn't have google play. Shit
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>>25867698
>be me
>use haxorus deck
>face wailord EX
>dragon dance
>dragon pulse
>ez 250 damage win
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>>25872088
wew
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>>25872072
Someone posted the apk on virbank

>Play one game
>0.91 GB of data used
Fuck me
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>>25872130
Can I get a link to the site. Google just gives me a bunch of pages about the in-game city.
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>>25871987
These ones?
http://slist.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=CGM-4256&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_cate4%3D911%24pagemax%3D20%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D2
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>>25872139

Have fun senpai

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AJKpCAon4j6hGRc&id=614B0A0A8674B125!219916&cid=614B0A0A8674B125
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1 or 2 Birch in Toad/Man/Bats? And should I spring for a 4th Toad or am I fine with 3?
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>>25872188

>birch lmao

also you might not even want 3 toads

you certainly don't want 4
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>>25864714
wew lad
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FULL ART SHAUNA WHEN
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>>25872432
FULL ART SYCAMORE/HEX MANIAC WHEN?
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Why is the foil effect in Online so shitty?
I didn't even know I had foils until I checked the stats page.
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So my friend and I were playing the online game for some time now, I settled for a low budget Night March and he doesn't have any idea what to build, nor does he know how to construct decks, would any of you more experienced players be willing to share some tips on deck building? Also probably worth nothing he has the Seismitoad EX and Shaymin EX(the good one) so he definetly has things he can work with
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>>25872606
Tell your friend to run perfect 20-20-20 ratios across every deck he makes and add in your favorite evolutions and any EX pokemon he owns into the deck.
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haha so funny
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>>25872573

they used to be alright, but they've fucked them sadly

I literally have to move my mouse from one side of my screen to the other to get even the slightest shine on my col energy
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well, tcgo just came out on android, so I guess I'm obligated to play this game now. What deck should I work towards building?
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>>25872178
Not the same guy but thanks Anon
Works like a charm

Seems to be playing well on a phone, the cards are a bit tiny but Its still ok to read
Just took me an unecessarely long time for first boot/login>>25872188
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>>25872938
>avalaible for my old as fuck phones
>not for the newer Huawei P8
what the hell
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>>25873166
that cant be right. is your p8 from another region or something?
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>>25873224
Dunno, I live in europe and I just got all my phones from the same service provider, don't get why it wouldn't work, but no matter, at some point there's bound to be an apk file that you can just download, maybe after the tests end
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>>25872154
yep exactly
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rate pulls

pretty happy with them, especially since the vaporeon looks great in my new sleeves.
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>>25873370
VaporeonEX looks beautiful.
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>>25873347
Thanks anon, i'll order both
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why are TCGO generations packs so bad? jesus
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>>25873243
Apk here >>25872178
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>>25873508
well thanks, going to try, friend said that an admin on forum said it shouldn't even work on phones so I dunno if it will work
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>someone like UnlistedLeaf can make super shitty videos and get fantastic cards from stupid nine-year olds while all the good TCG channels are dying.
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>>25873499
>Complaining about getting energy people actually want
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>>25873499
>opening Generations packs
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>>25873599
Works fine, just a bit small

Takes a while for first load since it aparently downloads a bunch of stuff, so be pacient
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>>25873653
what's wrong with his videos? they might be annoying to you and me but it's not aimed at us.

he puts a lot more production time into his vids that 95% of tcg tubers.
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>>25865774
No rough seas?
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>>25872606
trainer cards should be like bare minimum half your deck i've learned
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>>25867423
Not everyone has an ipad, dingus. Android tablets are much more common.
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>>25867293
>Item not found
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>>25869347
Seconding this dude's request, I love me some old decks storytelling from the knowledgable anons lurking here.
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>>25862783
Bumping for interest. Here is a picture of a golduck.
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>>25873697
Alberto or Monkey?
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>>25873697
>playing in portuguese
I don't know why but this irks me so much. First thing I did when I installed was change the language.
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Neato
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cute cute CUTE!!!
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>>25874472
>Do the Wave gimmick deck again

I HAVE REASON TO LIVE
Will it come in FA?
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>>25874507

nope

mega fug already has a do the wave attack and it's better, so no reason to wait for this unless you just want to play cute pokemon
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