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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 (embed)
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
Old thread >>26012083
TotT: What EX are you hoping for the most?
>>26030839
ToTT: would love to see a Fighting type Quagsire EX with some cool defensive ability. It could help give P-Groudon some time to stall, instead of siting on Wobb.
also here's the faq
>>26030780
bats decks are always going to be inconsistent without colress and n in the format. we do get n soon so maybe that'll change things.
>TotT: What EX are you hoping for the most?
Do you mean to pull from Fates Collide, or just one that they'll make that hasn't been made yet?
If it's the first, them I'm hoping to pull a SR Alakazam at pre-release.
If it's the other, idk. But I do know that I'm pretty pissed they didn't make Flare sets like they did with Plasma.
It's so cute (´･ω･`)
too bad I'll never use it.
2nd pack was garbage tho, Oh well! Anyone get anything good?
>>26031078
What's the part 2 challenge?
>>26031089
This.
There has to be a part 2 if there is a part 1.
>>26031089
>>26031095
It doesn't say yet, it just ticks off part 1.
>tfw you beat Night March using good plays and Yveltal skill
>>26030874
I'm really suprised there is no unaware ability for quagsire, like the game, but in tcg it could be like, none of the opponents item buffs, attack effect buffs, stadiums, or any defensive buffs are active when doing or taking damage from quagsire.
>>26030881
because flare are a very interesting team xd
Fuck that.
I think the PR department of this fucking game are terrible, they could at least give predictions of when code redemption is up again
Wasn't that the reason it went down anyways?
I dont think im going to make it. Getting way too burnt out.
/vp/, complete newfag to tcgo here
i have a shit ton of pack codes that i want to trade to make a decent deck, but there's nowhere to redeem them (i already checked the shop menu or w/e it said on the pokemon website kek)
is it down or am i just dumb and it's in a different spot?
>>26031544
Its down
>>26030881
Pulling a SR at a prerelease would be pretty fucking sweet.
>>26031544
It's unfortunately down at the moment so you'll have to wait to redeem
So let's say I wanted to make a deck out of this, Ariados and Skyfield, what else would you think I'd need for extra support?
I'm thinking maybe having it alongside Machamp EX but it's only optional. I'm mostly speaking trainers and such when it comes to support though.
>>26031594
that's a really cool card and a cool ability.
If set up right you could 2-hit almost every EX, while also having 200 hp, which is a LOT for a stage 1.
>>26031469
Interesting enough to make Head Ringer, Battle Compressor, Team Flare Grunt, and Lysandre competitive.
>>26031594
>weakness psychic
It bugs me when some weaknesses/resistances don't follow game logic at all
>>26031341
How
>>26031594
Don't try to build a deck with this. It's not already a thing for a reason. Too much energy, too big of a chance of getting fucked in the ass by Parallel City, mediocre move in a format where Night March and Vespiquen OHKO you before you even evolve
>>26031648
>Playing GB TCG
>Make Psychic deck
>Alakazam can't do DICK against Tauros
>>26031677
I already have a Vesipuen deck. This is more for fun not for serious but I'd still like for it to have a chance at least.
I'm so close I can taste it.
>>26031517
you have more than 60% left
>>26031724
you're not very good at maths are you, pal?
>>26031698
If it's for fun, then why are you asking strangers for advice on a Chinese knitting board? Also, it doesn't have a chance. 3 energy on a Stage 1 that relies on an Ability to not suck will never have a chance.
>>26031750
Because this is the Pokemon Trading Card Game general and am I fuck signing up as a member for PokéBeach.
>>26031707
And I got nothing useful from the LT packs as usual.
The only kind of good thing was the since it is one of the last 3 or 4 cards I still need before I complete the set.
>>26031746
of time you idiot
>>26031805
Yeah, I'm now only 3 away not counting the SR.
>>26031690
Is there a good stage 2 dragon I can make a deck around?
Maybe Dragonite? Kingdra?
>>26031807
Yeah, no one would guess you were talking about time based on your post.
>>26031807
that's not obvious in the slightest, you sperg.
>>26031828
Garchomp is the only one if you care about winning.
>>26031842
Garchomp is fighting though.
>>26031594
octillery is a must. some other useful mons might be lucario-ex, baby landorus, hawlucha, robo subs, etc
>>26031852
>There is only one single Garchomp card in existence, ever.
>>26031863
I'm talking about standard.
>>26031832
>>26031841
>I don't think I'm going to make it
>If you make it or not is based on time
nice context comprehension
>>26031865
>standard
Well why didn't you say that?
Then no.
There is not one that is good.
A few might be ok, but those decks are 4/10 at best.
>>26031874
You don't understand how text based English works if you think you're in the right here.
I hope you're not a native speaker.
>>26031675
Using basics and making sure you keep your EX's off the board always
Also fuck the tournaments just went down. I've been having such good luck today getting 1st in every single tournament
>>26031874
No, you're just an idiot who is incapable of using words to properly convey his message and then blames other people for his failure in communication.
This is probably a deeper issues with who you are as a person and you might want to see someone about this.
>>26031828
No. None of them are good.
There are plenty of shitty rogue options, though. In Standard, you have Haxorus, Salamence, and Hydreigon. Kingdra and Dragonite are bottom of the barrel. Honorable mention goes to the new Dragalge, even though it's a Stage 1.
In Expanded, Dragonaxe Haxorus with Bronzong is usable.
You have a better chance in Legacy, though. Garchomp, Deafen Dragonite, Flygon/Dusknoir, and the same Haxorus as an anti-Plasma tech perform better as rogues here than their Standard/Expanded counterparts.
As a reminder, in both Expanded and Legacy, you have access to Call Gabite and Altaria.
While technically not Stage 2, Noivern Break is a valid rogue that's better than everything else listed here, since you win games of sack alone since it's hard for an opponent to pull four straight Hex Maniacs.
Again, emphasis on shitty. I have a decklist for any of these if you're interested.
>>26031594
Just keep in mind that it only keeps the HP while it is you active Pokemon, so if it is sent back to you bench for any reason at all you could be in trouble.
>It's an "Opponent waits 50 seconds before doing anything" episode
At least I've got my jams to keep me company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwnpLz9Eyzs
>legendary treasure packs
eww
unless the 2nd part has a better reward I'm not even going to bother
at this point I'm wondering if they're even working on getting the code redemption system back up...
>>26032162
What''s good in Legendary Treasure? I got a FA Shaymin-EX from my two packs and it doesn't look like garbage
>>26031828
Garchomp in Expanded and that's it
What am I supposed to include in my Night March deck to get around Pyroar? Everything I have is basics and if I run Hex Maniac then I can't use Mew EX's ability to give it access to Night March.
>>26032395
it's garbage.
>>26032395
Mew EX and that's literally it, famo.
>>26032403
You're supposed to use your brain and hex whilst you have joltik or pumpkaboo out.
>>26032403
You have a few options:
Lysandre
Hex Maniac and then attack with another Pokemon that isn't Mew
OHKO Litleo before it evolves
Gitting gud
>>26032403
Nobody has used Pyroar since Phantom Forces.
>>26032395
Why the fuck are you buying Expanded packs that have 90% shit in them?
>>26032451
Everyone got two free LT packs as part of a challenge, famurai
>>26032425
>>26032444
Thank you, I'm retarded
>>26032446
Well I was just up against someone using it in Expanded since I'm trying to get through the 5000 damage challenge.
>BW packs are no longer is tournaments
I was so close to having a play set of FA Reshiram, but I guess the price is going to start to rise again.
>>26032637
BW rotates every week, HGSS rotates every two weeks. So you'll get another chance at BW base packs in 2-3 months.
>wake up
>code redemption still down
>>26032720
Yeah, the only thing I want at this point is one more FA Reshiram and a play set of RH Juniper since the BW version is the most noticeable and I'll never get my hands on a set of 4 FA.
>finish tournament
>get prize
>see that tournaments are now off line
Oh well, at least I got what I wanted.
>>26032974
tourneys are offline? maybe they're gonna finally fix the code redemption.
>>26032930
g'day
>>26032993
If they were going to do that, we would've gotten an announcement.
And judging by some reports on the TCGO's forum, tournaments are down to address a glitch that caused some players to only see Legacy tournaments.
What Theme Decks should I buy with the coins I saved up? I can get 2 right now.
>>26033116
Dark Hammer is amazing, then whatever you want the cards out of/what pokemon you like.
>>26033116
Don't buy theme decks.
>>26033229
Packs bought aren't tradable though right? So what do I buy?
>>26033258
I would get one or two theme decks you like/are good
Spend the rest on packs that you want something out of since coins aren't really that valuable
>>26033258
Theme decks are shit on their own but they have staple Trainers, so buy shit you don't have.
Otherwise save up for Bundles which sometimes have things that aren't shit.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262400650996?
$15 mewtwo box
>no one notices u finding the best deals
:|
>>26033116
just adding to this >>26033229
Wait until the next set is released and see if the Lugia deck is any good
Lugia itself isn't half bad and the deck is confirmed to have two of them. When you're ready to get out of theme format you could trade for the Lugia BREAK and make a decent anti-ex deck.
>>26033258
Packs bought with coins don't need to be tradable. You spend those on a new set and get a baseline of cards from the set. The idea is that you get cards you want and have to trade for fewer cards to complete playsets.
>>26033379
Oh okay. That makes sense. Thanks for the info. I'm new to playing this seriously, although I did download the beta way back.
>>26033356
nobody cares about clapistan only listings.
>promos are dogshit
>evolution packs are dogshit
>the three extra packs aren't even guaranteed
Good job TPCi, you killed prereleases for everyone over the age of 7.
>Set list is out
>Only 5 holo rares for the set (Lugia and Zygarde got demoted to non-holo rare since they were featured in theme decks)
Wew TPCi
>>26033925
I'm pretty sure most oraganizers wouldn't be that stupid to pool those packs only to the winners if they don't want the Prerelease attendance to tank in the future
>>26033925
Where are you getting this info from?
>>26034102
beach
>>26034102
Pokebeach has 2 out of 4 of the evoluuion packs contents and the promos
>>26034117
>>26034121
I already paid for the prerelease but oh my god this sounds stupid as fuck.
>>26033997
>lugia non-holo
????
that's retarded if true.
>>26034146
The card list posted on PokeBeach shows Lugia and Zygarde as non-holos, which happened to BKP Greninja and some other cards as well
>>26034146
of course it's true, the theme deck cards are always holo only in the the theme decks.
>>26033925
Agreed, and I bet the backlash will go unnoticed by TPCi.
>>26033997
You'd be surprised at how incompetent some PTOs are, I remember last year (or the year before that, I can't remember) at States where you weren't even guaranteed a States die if you attended the event.
>>26034134
>Demoting a holo card to non-holo just to fill a theme deck.
This isn't the first time TPCi's done shit like this, Sylveon FFI and Greninja BKP are good examples.
>>26034215
Didn't get a states die this year.
where is a good place to buy a booster box online?
>code redemption back
>try to redeem codes
>half of them don't work, just say "INVALID CODE"
wew, this company.
>>26034604
I'm in the UK and go with Magic Madhouse.
>>26034215
>I remember last year (or the year before that, I can't remember) at States where you weren't even guaranteed a States die if you attended the event.
Isn't dice and promos more of a "while supplies last" thing and the dice also belong to "if the PTO actually bothered to order them" category as well?
>>26032487
You can use Archeops in Expanded. That's most likely why you're seeing it. And if it's not, whoever you played against is a dipshit who hasn't heard of Megas.
>>26034611
Going through the old threads, I got 13/16 codes to work. For some reason, "INVALID CODE" appears for already redeemed codes too.
So, prerelease tomorrow
>>26034693
yeah I guess you already got them, gg
>>26034679
Not him, but Megas are virtually unheard of in today's meta. You have M Mane and M Fug barely holding on to T3, but that's it.
>>26034693
>there was one (1) code I've been saving to redeem from four threads ago
>getting Invalid Code
Kill me
>>26034726
>M Mane
>barely clinging to tier 3
I fucking love this deck.
>>26034747
Oh, you're right, the seventh best deck in the format with only a 6.39% meta share and a mere 3 1st Place States victories is singlehandedly responsible for holding back Pyroar. Because it's at the very bottom of Tier 2 instead of 3.
My bad.
>>26034693
I'm not going to open the 5 BT and 2 AO packs.
>>26034776
>7th best deck
>25 total tops
>6.4% meta share in NM format
>comfortably between tiers 2 and 3
>barely holding on to t3
>barely
>holding on
>to t3
>t3
>>26034859
Yeah, you got me. I'm caught red-handed. I got the tiers wrong, guess the cops are coming. Farewell, PTCGOG.
And that one tier difference that puts M Mane in an impressive, meta-defining seventh place is specifically why Pyroar is bad. Those darned Megas dominating the format from the bottom of Tier 2!
got like 15 unusued codes off of twitter
>>26034881
A.) Megas aren't dominating anything
B.) Pyroar is trash
But let's keep the misinformation to a minimum sweet cheeks, especially since you're reading the same statistics as I am.
>>26034905
>A.) Megas aren't dominating anything
>>26034679
>And if it's not, whoever you played against is a dipshit who hasn't heard of Megas.
Apparently the retard playing Pyroar hasn't heard the news. M Mane is in Tier 2, not Tier 3. This singlehandedly stops Pyroar from being viable.
>B.) Pyroar is trash
Link a post implying otherwise.
The only misinformation here is the idiot claiming that a seventh place Tier 2 (two) deck with a 6% meta share ISN'T the dominating deck of the format that's responsible for the Pyroar oppression.
>>26034928
I don't give a literal shit about Pyroar
But to say a tier 2 deck is desperate for relevance is retarded. Especially given that it's the only EX deck in the entire format worth a shit, besides Toad, in a format dominated by non EX decks.
>>26034965
I feel like you have no clue what this reply chain is about.
Some anon said Mega Pokemon are the reason why Pyroar is bad.
I pointed out that this is wrong because Mega Pokemon make up an extremely small share of the meta and don't even place above Tier 2. On top of that, you have decks like NM, Yveltal, and Toad above M Mane, which should imply Pyroar should be tiered somewhere.
Or, in other words, Megas are absolutely not the reason why Pyroar is bad.
I guess me incorrectly saying M Mane was Tier 3 triggered some kind of autistic fit on your behalf, but thanks for correcting me. And before you go off again, reread my posts (including this one) and make sure you understand that I never once said Pyroar wasn't shit.
>I don't give a literal shit about Pyroar
>But I'm going to assert myself in a conversation about Pyroar
>Because I don't give a figurative shit about Pyroar
anyone post their trev break deck? have a few examples from weekly champions but want a /vp/ opinion too
Mythical collection box only giving sleeves and 1 pack. Good going tpci...
hi /vp/, please tell me why I fail at PTCGO rules
I started playing last weekend because I had 20+ codes lying around. so I grinded through all Trainer Challenges while code redemption was down and redeemed them just now. wanted to go VS for the first time with the new cards, but when I tried to enter Standard format only my Hoopa EX deck box was available.
lost as expected, and am trying to fix some things within the deck that I thought were bad. when I try to enter Standard again now though, it seems it's not qualified for that format anymore. so, /vp/, help me out on 2 things alright
1) what card is in there that's not allowed in Standard format?
2) can you help me fix this as much as possible? I don't have any fancy cards though obviously.
hope you can tell from the card artwork, they're all German anyway so idk how much it'd help to be able to read them
Thanks.
Part 2 is available now.
>>26035271
N is not legal in standard again until May 4th when its Fates Collide reprint is released.
>>26035279
Actually it is May 25th since now all sets have a 3 week between release and actually being legal in tournaments
>>26035298
That's only for physical. Online is street date.
>>26035279
Thanks! I switched them out for 2 Prof. Sycamores, it works now. I'll give it a try again rn, but if anyone can tell me a way to improve it, I'd be grateful. Or if anyone could tell me whether or not the basic setup itself is so bad I should build a new deck from scratch. I think Hoopa was actually pretty bad the last time around, lost both of them and they knocked out only 1 Pokémon (also EX)
>>26035271
lmao this deck
why do newbies love monotype so much
>>26035316
First thing I need you to do is read this
>>26030874
Now onto your deck. Here's the thing. It's terrible, but you're actually onto something here. Wobbuffet is a great card, and Zubat and Golbat can deal a good amount of damage. So you need to focus your deck around those guys. And also, you'll want to get Crobat from Phantom Forces. Max out both lines: 4 Wobb, 4-4-4 Crobat. Cut all the other Pokemon. Basically, you leave Wobbuffet active to shut off Abilities while your bats stack up damage. And of course you can attack with Wobbuffet too.
Next, your supporters. You'll want to replace Fan Club with Bridgette, and the 3 Tierno's with 3 Professor Sycamores. Obviously the N's have to go for a few more weeks. Throw in a Xerosic or two, and one or two AZ.
As for items, cut the Energy Switch and Energy Retrievals and run 4 Trainer's Mail and 4 Super Scoop Up. Add another Professor's Letter. Bump Level Ball up to 4. EXP.ALL and Lucky Helmet need to go and be replaced with more Muscle Bands.
Add in 3-4 Dimension Valley.
Cut back the Psychic Energy count from 14 to 8.
That's about all I can think of right now.
>>26035324
Because it seems like the most logical thing to do for beginners, but obviously Pokemon TCG isn't built around types, it's built around specific combos.
My brand new triple power tin gyarados code is invalid???
>>26035271
As a fellow noobie, I cant give that much advice other than, get 4 VS Seeker, and 4 Sycamores. Since doing this, My win rate has gone up drastically.
>>26035402
There's a lot of codes not working atm. And some that only give 1/2 there items.
>>26035319
I already did, but I was unable to trade cards bc I couldn't redeem my codes yet, and after days of Trainer Challenges I finally wanted to do VS. So I used the Hoopa deck and improved it a bit instead of spending some more hours trying to a) assemble a deck and b) hopefully trade cards for said deck
but yeah, it's the best advice one can give a newbie, so thanks. the guide changed a lot for me.
>>26035324
it's based off a pre-made deck that has only psychic types and beavers in it.
>>26035377
Thanks a LOT! I was about to kick Wobbuffet out actually, and used the bats only for Golbat's evolution damage... I don't really see how that can turn into a "good amount", but I'll try.
I won the second battle, but my opponent either had only horrible Pokémon in it (best one was a Rapidash), didn't draw any good cards or read this thread and had pity on me.
>>26035568
>based off a pre-made deck
why
>redemption back up
>attempt to redeem a tin code
>invalid
money well spent
can someone explain why i could use my standard deck earlier for legacy but can't now?
I found a scale at a thrift store for $3
Fuck you, I had to buy it
>>26030839
>"NANDA?"
>>26035622
I said that in the very first reply within the same post you're replying to
but since so many people seem to be super confused about my case, long version (sigh):
I joined Sunday only because I had lots of codes lying around. I wasn't able to redeem them. when I finally could, I was super bored of being forced to do only Trainer Challenges the whole week and didn't want to spend hours to see what deck I could be making, and how I could obtain the cards I'm missing for it.
I considered Night March because it sounds fun, but wasn't sure if I was even able to trade the cards for it. I didn't even know what cards/decks/??? I would get for my codes. SO I wanted to have some fun with my new code-obtained cards right when I got them, and that's where I'm at now. making a proper, lasting deck is another thing. right now I just want fun. never expected it to be a good deck, but hey, I'd improve it as best as I can and when you can help me understand the game better while we're at it, great
also it's 3:33 am. good night, /vp/, and thanks for your help~!
>do challenge
>everyone concedes
I have no motivation.
>>26035718
I'm not sure what emotion this is trying to convey, but my reaction was "D'aww!"
How many packs is Diveball worth?
And Fisherman?
>>26035936
I got 4 fisherman for 1 RS the other day
>>26036004
thanks anon
>4 matches in a row of conceding before I can attack
>in fucking prize trade tier expanded
Okay, yeah, fuck this. I have 5 junk arms plus a reverse holo anyway, I wouldn't pull Celebi.
Friend gave me two tin codes and neither of them worked. What is going on? Are tins not sealed or something?
>>26036031
>That Jynx
>>26035714
Yeah, I know that feel brah. If you're going to lose at least let the person get in that final hit. Was trying to complete the 5000 damage challenge with Night March and people kept conceding before I got my last big hit in making it take forever.
>>26036078
Nevermind I can't read lmao
>prerelease decks just come with junk rares and one of 4 unplayable holos
No promo Mew is pretty sad.
My RS packs wont show up for trade even when I tag them.
They aren't untradable either.
That new Tyranitar card looks fun. Gonna try some gimmick shit with it.
Trying to get PTCGO ON my computer.
For some reason it's not working.
What am I doing wrong.
>>26036455
You're probably retarded
>>26036522
>game starts
>shut down in a few mins
I have no idea why it does this.
I want to get off Alie's wild ride.
>>26036660
Why the fuck couldn't this be the one for the first two? Damage challenges are fucking hell and take like 100 matches, that one just takes a little over 3 tournies.
Would Greninja Bats be a good idea?
>>26036741
Too much Pokemon lines
>>26036660
>Have to do 10,000 damage with Expanded shit for fucking nothing of value just to attempt this
S T O P
>get kinda drunk and buy a few roaring skies hoping for a shaymin
>mfw this
R8
http://pastebin.com/E1isAgzy
>>26036955
+2 Jirachi
+1-1 or 2-2 Octillery
+2/3 Silent Lab
-4 Ultra Ball
+2/4 Level Ball
>>26037066
What does Jirachi do?
Check em.
>>26036786
I wonder if there is a part 4.
Really, we've been given 9 days, this is going to be a long one that we'll finish by Sunday.
What's a good deck for a newbie? I got a lot of tradeable packs and was looking to make a deck.
Is M-Ampharos viable at all? What about Gallade?
>>26034604
Trollandtoad and Amazon. You might have some luck with other places like coolstuffinc, toywiz, etc.
>>26037165
O-oh, ok.
>>26037163
Night March.
>Play Standard for the first time
>Play Greninja Break
>Which I barely even made
>Start to remotely set up
>Everybody just quits
>>26037163
>What's a good deck for a newbie?
Same deck that's good for an experiences player. One that wins.
>Is M-Ampharos viable at all?
No.
What about Gallade?
Which one? Gallade EX? Not really, and especially if you don't play M Gallade with it. If you're talking about the one from Breakthrough, then yes. Gallade/Octillery was a surprise deck thay won/topped multiple Cities.
I didn't get a fourth part after part 3 so it may be over.
Fucking god damn damage challenges man. Everyone always quits as soon as you got set up so you never get the good hits in, especially right at the end so it takes for fucking ever.
Open it? Y/N
Big question doe the card animations still take forever?
>>26037590
>Not tradable
There is literally no reason not to open it
>>26037601
How'd I do? I'm new to the game and have no idea what cards are good and not.
>>26037633
Shit pull.
But cards that can lead you in a direction.
>>26037633
Nothing of note there. At least I don't think that's one of the Jirachis that's being used
>>26037648
Howso?
>>26037651
I'm turning 20 tomorrow and Jirachi is one of my favorite legendaries, I guess I can count it and the wifi Jirachi on ORAS as my gifts.I'd prefer Deoxys though
>>26037664
You didn't get Shaymin EX.
The Dragonair could be used in a good budget Dragonite deck.
>>26037679
Good point, not exactly sure of myself at deck building but I'll give it a go.
>tfw you pull your first Full Art EX
>and it's shit
Halfway to the Teammates at least
>tfw playing accelgor/wob
>dead drawing and down four prizes
>still win
>mfw
code redemption back up?
also, question for you guys: I got the Charizard on the right in a Generations box that was returned (packs were opened and cards were removed; returning that box tomorrow); is this a misprint or fake or something? I have a similar Jirachi with Radiant Collection markings/dots too
neither triumphant pack had a junk arm
just kill me
>>26037814
Yeah it's back.
>>26030839
Build a Garchomp deck as your first build for standard and expanded play. Easy to trade for the staple cards only need like 10 to 15 packs and buy the dark hammer deck twice for the rest of the staples. Use Dark Hammer deck for theme tournaments to win tradable packs.
What's a good Fire mon deck that rewards Blacksmith the most?
>>26038064
Typhlosion or entei/pyroar
>when you beat nightmarch with your shit tier zapdos deck
Feels good.
>>26038119
you didn't play against a good player then
>>26038123
He had the "advantage". The dude also ran malmar ex and mewtwo in the same deck which was odd. I could have ended the game early if I got on sleep coin flip but it was not to be. Please just let me have my moment, zapdos is bae
>>26038032
thanks, have some codes
>3/4 of my Greninjas in my Prize pile
>My only Sacred Ash in the Prize pile too
>My only Greninja got killed
>Froakie and Frogadier have no dmg moves
>Lost because of it
>To edgelord.dek
How do you remedy this bullshit?
>>26030839
>open like 50 packs
>get 2 Glalie EX's and some other trash
>ugh
>decide to make Glalie cheese deck using Judge and Red Cards
>mine and my opponents' face when I get the 170 damage off
>>26038225
Don't play lol. Shit happens frequently, I've had 3 Garchomp prized carded before, and once had all my rare candy prize carded
>>26038238
Forgot to add:
>deck actually has high win ratio
Feels good.
do all non-holo packs weigh the same before breakpoint?
>>26037814
take it out of the sleeve, can't tell in the sleeve.
T-This is good right? Should I be happy or disappointed?
>>26038392
would be good if you pulled irl
>>26037651
that's the jirachi being used.
>>26038393
Ah well, just happy I got something. I'm not a big charizard fan though, would I get anything out of trading it, or should I hold onto it just in case?
>>26038397
lol it is not
the jirachi that is being used is a promo
and cannot be currently pulled online
>>26038225
>mfw I beat a Deoxys EX with Ponyta just because I kept getting lucky when flipping for Agility
The guy I played even mailed me after the match and said he couldn't stop laughing his ass off.
>>26038225
>Not having flash fire miltank as a secondary attacker in case this happens
>build Trevenant BREAK deck
>every match only opening basic is shaymin
this is pain
>>26038457
have fun doing 10 damage a turn.
>>26038498
I'm having fun dealing 80 damage a turn
This dairy queen is an excellent meat shieldif you didn't evolve all your ninjas into break. you better pray to RNGesus if all you have is greninja and you're missing 2 or more frogadier.
Does Greninja Break even work well in Extended?
And why I don't see alot of EX Pokemon in Standard?
>>26038578
EX pokes are pretty shit in standard
>Code redemption still broken
>None of my tins work
>Facing Flareon EX for the first time
This is my dream Fire Deck.
I must grind for it.
Deck testing for Regionals
Things I want in the deck but don't know what to take out.
+1Tropical Beach. (Don't think I have access to it.)
+1 Xerosic
+1 Mussel Band
+1 D-Valley
+1 Lysandre
+1 Skyla
+1 Dowsing Machine
****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
Pokémon - 21
2 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
4 Shelmet PLB 7
4 Accelgor DEX 11
2 Pikachu BKT 48
2 Raichu XY 43
1 Jirachi PR-XY XY67
1 Mew-EX LTR 139
1 Munna BCR 68
1 Musharna NXD 59
3 Wobbuffet PHF 36
Trainer Cards - 33
1 Computer Search BCR 137
1 AZ PHF 117
1 Silver Bangle PLB 88
1 Lysandre FLF 90
2 N DEX 96
1 Dimension Valley PHF 93
2 Robo Substitute Team Flare Gear PHF 102
2 Brigette BKT 134
1 Super Rod NVI 95
1 Silent Lab PRC 140
1 Forest of Giant Plants AOR 74
2 Colress PLS 118
3 Float Stone PLF 99
2 Level Ball AOR 76
1 Town Map BCR 136
3 Ultra Ball ROS 93
4 Professor Sycamore PHF 101
4 VS Seeker PHF 109
Energy - 6
4 Double Colorless Energy PHF 111
2 Psychic Energy BLW 109
Total Cards: - 60
****** Deck List Generated by Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
Ordered a few full art cards from TCGplayer, 4/5 of them have really blurry text. Is this common? Should I be worried? The card is still textured like the rest of my FAs but I can't shake the feeling that it could be fake.
Pic related of course.
I'm trying to get some friends into pokemon, but it's hard for everyone to make a good deck from my limited pool of trainers. What are the best ones to stock up on?
>>26039033
-Vs Seeker
-Professor Sycamore
-Professor Birch's Observations
-Ultra Ball
-Level Ball
-Trainers' Mail
-Battle Compressor
-Acro Bike
-Max Elixir
-Shana
-N
-Super Rod
-Muscle Band
-Az
-Lysandre
-Double Colorless Energy
-Float Stone
-Xerosic
-Skyla
-Hex Maniac
-Puzzle of Time
-Fighting Fury Belt
-Startling Megaphone
-Judge
-Wally
-Sacred Ash
-Brigette
Most decks are made up of those cards Not including stadiums which depend on the deck, the most popular ones I've seen are
-Dimension Valley
-Rough Seas
-Parallel City
-Reverse Valley
-Silent Lab
-Sky Field
-Team Aqua's Secrets Base
-Fighting Stadium
-Forest of Giant Plants
And there you go just $300~ away from having fun with your friends.
>>26039082
Totally forgot about
-Rare Candy
-Focus Sash
-Max Potion
-Target Whistle
>>26039090
>>26039082
Thanks, that's a great list!
For some reason rallying cry codes give tradable cards now.
>>26039163
>BULBAGARDEN-POKEMON-TCGO-APP-FUN grants unlimited tradable XY base packs
>>26039185
>https://www.reddit.com/r/ptcgo/comments/2ihuty/codes_for_free_packs/
The full list of infinite pack codes. Don't be an idiot and abuse it too much.
>>26039210
what do you mean with abuse it too much?
I mean if I keep the cards to myself for now I pull form this
how are they going to figure out?
>>26039210
I'm still pretty new to the TCGO. Is something like this legit? Is this something that can/will be traced and have all accounts that used it banned? What's the deal?
>>26039254
Made a alt account and spam it, you can trade it to your main late
>>26039254
Going by the comments you'd only be punished if you're exploiting it by making alt accounts and trading free packs to your main.
>>26039280
Those comments are from when the codes were valid and single use. Currently, they're supposed to be expired and now infinite use. Technically even using it once would be abusing it. So you really shouldn't be redeeming them more than once or twice each.
Has anyone been able to redeem a code for a tin yet?
I have 10 tin codes and they are all invalid
>>26039323
You actually expected the maintenance to not horribly break codes?
Time to open some FF packs.
Opened a jirachi box, did I do well?
>>26039337
Lousy pulls, but I don't really mind.
>Open random booster pack from grinding trainer matches
>Full art Giovanni's Scheme and full art Florges Break
>>26039448
>full art florges break
>>26039448
>FA Break
>>26039460
>>26039457
Oh, nevermind that, I thought it was full art. New to the game. Still, decent pull?
I hope there is a server rollback
sure having 100 free Furious fists xy and flashfire is great
but they costed me less time than I spent winning packs for those fa toads
>>26039467
Actually no. Florges is shit, and no one uses it, if you can trade it for a single pack, you are lucky. Giovanni Scheme is slow in fast decks, and slow decks have better cards than wasting their support on Giovanni.
>>26039210
It work on older codes like (PrimalClash) for an Rallying Cry deck
>>26039496
Damn, oh well. No clue what the fuck a fast and slow deck is.
>>26039377
>smoker
kill yourself.
>>26039513
But anon, he already is.
>>26039520
i want him to do it faster.
>>26039509
Fast and slow is literally how a deck works, NM is a fast deck(too fast actually), it doesn't want to waste turns setting something up, just hitting as hard as you can as fast as you can.
Slow decks usually wants to disrupt fast decks, they want to survive fast decks until they run out of gas.
fast and slow is just another name for Aggro and Control, deck types known in any card game.
>>26039210
They'll probably rollback the server if too many people abuse the codes.
Its happening
DE BIG CASE OPENING
>>26039620
>Redeeming pack codes
You should be redeeming fedoras (dragonsexalted) like a supreme gentleman.
>>26039620
all the abuse and shit aside
this is actually interesting for the future
I just opened 69 ff packs and got 3 total ex cards and pulled 7 hypno
I'm not saying I deserved better but the interesting information is that I used the same code for about 50 of those packs
it looks like not every pack is worth the same (those odds are too skewed to be a coincidence)
apparently packs recieved from some packs cannot hold ex cards?
>>26039675
I don't have the codes for these
can you hook me up?
>>26039545
Oh, well what pokemon and supports should I have if I want to make a fast deck?
>>26039688
It's "dragonsexalted", "darkexplorers", or "nextdestinies". But I couldn't get next destinies to work.
>>26039697
Well, competitively, it is only NM as the fastest deck ever, and the rest are decks that can somehow stop it from raping you.
>>26039709
Welp, guess I'm aiming for NM then. Thanks mate.
>>26039620
Are these boosters codes unlimited?
>>26039733
yes
More than 150 pulls and still not Pokemon Center Lady FA
>>26039773
Like this:^)?
Also 2 FA Lysandre.
>>26039810
Just got mine almost 250 pulls, also pokemon fan club FA is cute as hell
>>26039688
Just opened 39 of the xy packs myself and not a single ex or holo rare. So it looks like you're onto something here.
Just pulled a FA Korrina, Fossil Researcher, Dragonite EX, and Lucario EX from the EPLAYS-POKEMON-TCGO-APP code. If these are skewed it might be a good one to look into
>>26039924
Tried some more. Heracross EX and M Heracross EX, from 14 codes
>>26039924
Right now i'm digging for a playset of fa dragonite, korrina & lucario. One more Dnite to go and two more Korrina.
>>26039952
22 more. M Lucario EX, Lucario EX, Dragonite EX, another M Lucario EX, and Heracross EX,
Hoopa-EX deck anon from 10+ hours ago here.
tl;dr: complete newbie trying to make first deck, Night March:
1x Bench Barrier Mr. Mime
3x Legendary Treasures Mew-EX
4x NM Joltik
4x NM Pumpkaboo
4x NM Lampent
4x Dbl. Colourless Energy
3x Psychic Energy
4x Battle Compressor
4x Sycamore
2x Lysandre
2x Teammates
4x VS Seeker
4x Ultra Ball
2x Trainer's Mail
2x Acro Bike
2x Dimension Valley
1x Town Map
4x Muscle Band
[1x Computer Search]
2x Pkmn Center Lady
based off of this NM deck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuRO2iXJ8I
I don't know if I can afford the Computer Search yet, maybe switch that out for sth else
Also you might've noticed there's still 3-4 cards left. I know all about the Shaymin/Octillery thing but I don't know if I can afford those just yet, so I figured I give it a try without them first
Now everyone who said the last deck was shit can tell me how much less shit exactly this one is
and the guy who called me out on the monotype thing, well, there's a Joltik in this one. you're welcome
Thoughts?
Everybody post best pulls
>>26039989
21 packs of TINYCARTRIDGE-POKEMON-TCGO-CODE and got Charizard EX, Toxicroak EX, FA Kangaskhan EX, Magnezone EX, and FA Pokemon Center Lady
200 in, anything that says new is what i've gotten in terms of ultra rares and srs thus far. I'm only looking for Lucarios and Korrinas to make my already existing decks look nicer. I'm the "only uses full arts" kinda guy.
>>26040063
30 packs of GAMEINFORMER2014-POKEMON-TCGO-APP.
M Blastoise EX, FA Blastoise EX, and another M Blastoice EX. Not as good this time
Are the codes supposed to work like this? Should I keep reddeming until they have a maintenance to fix it?
>>26040157
What code you use?, can't get a good pull from Furious Fists
>>26040266
APPS-PYYT78-POKEMON-TCGO-APP
I've opened almost 400 so far, 5 fa fossil researchers still no korrina.
>>26040280
Wouldn't this result in a ban?
>>26040288
Who fucking knows. I just really enjoy opening packs.
Good enough.
Send a valid code with a invalid one, no more pop up after get the pack, now it is faster
So is the only reason these are working is because code redemption is fucked right now?
ayy lmao
anyone need sum rares?
Finally got it!
I should be safe if I only put in the codes once right?
>trade has been disabled
whoah, totally spaced but pulled a gold M Charizard X EX and a FA Gold Shiny Primal Groudon. Either of these playable or trade fodder?
Its ogre
>playing Xerneas EX deck
>make someone playing NM rage quit
That was a good feel
Fuck. I didn't have enough time to get anything good from Flashfire. I got to complete FuriousFists as a set though, so I have two sets completed now.
>>26040688
Neither
So how did everyone find out? Did it for like 8 hours last night and opened about 3000 packs
Is the server down or are we all just banned?
>>26040830
People got suspicious because of ridiculous public trades. Then it was posted on the forums and reddit and people were streaming it too.
>>26040830
Trade is down, probably so they can check the logs and see who's been sending packs around.
>>26040830
People found out and posted it on Reddit and the official forums. I only got through about 700 packs before they shut down trading and code redemption. I was able to complete furiousfists but i didn't have enough time to get a playset of fa lysandre. I'm seriously doubting banning or a rollback will happen, I'm more expecting just a fixing of the code redemption system and a large apology.
>go to sleep
>wake up
>apparently everyone got infinite free packs while I was asleep
>and now the servers are down
The fuck
If there isn't going to be a rollback, I sure hope I can get FA Korinna for cheap
>>26040846
But will I still have my packs is the question, I haven't opened them all yet
if rollbacks and bans don't happen, how long do you think it a good time to wait before transferring cards?
>>26040881
>Alert: Game Dev's announced this morning they will review every new account created to exploit the codes and the accounts those codes were traded to (the main accounts) will likely get suspended indefinitely
Source: Reddit, PTCGO forums
So a long time
>>26040854
This is reminding me of when a ton of black hats were flooding the public trade.
>>26040857
>>26040854
Servers are going down now, seems as if they're going to attempt to remedy the problem. I'm expecting them to lock every single pack gotten through these means, or removal of the packs. I don't know if they even can do a rollback, do they save the server states? How would they handle every single pack? People traded away good cards for a lot of the easily redeemed packs, there's no actual solution other than a rollback and if that can't be achieved i'm guessing they just lock the shit. I only even did it because opening packs is super fucking fun
>legacy comes out
>creates Reshiphlosion variant to counter tournament meta
>takes the plunge and invests in promo Reshiram
>BW packs become available
>price of FA Reshiram drops
>regrets trading for promo Reshiram
>finally gets 4 FA Reshiram
>only to discover that the promo Reshiram looks better aesthetically next to Typlosion
It’s funny that I’ve wanted the BW Reshiram for so long, but I don’t want to use them now that I finally have a play set.
>>26040895
There's no such announcement on the official forums or in-client. Link?
>>26040913
>locking boosters
No problem, I got like 50 BKP and 10 RS boosters. And I think I still have like 200 of those boosters.
>>26040913
>I don't know if they even can do a rollback, do they save the server states?
You pretty much have to when pushing a new maintenance patch. Considering we've had a dozen of those over the past week, they should have a shitload of backups to choose from.
So unless not a single member of the PTCGO took a Comp Sci 101 course, they're more than capable of doing a rollback. It's a question of whether or not they want to.
The other solution would be to go through each account, see who redeemed any of the codes, then suspend those accounts.
Alternatively, they can manually go into each of those accounts and flag/delete the packs. Considering how low-budget and barebones they claim to be on the forums, this seems unrealistic since it would take an absurd amount of time.
Or they could just do nothing and deal with the fact that tens of thousands of new packs are suddenly in the economy.
>>26040937
There's no reason to run Typhlosion in a format without Battle Compressor.
Either run Reshiram with Emboar and play it like a Typhlosion deck, or play it with Plasma Chandelure which is just a direct step up from Typhlosion on top of having Plasma support.
>>26040959
>Or they could just do nothing and deal with the fact that tens of thousands of new packs are suddenly in the economy.
Thing about this is that Flashfire/FuriousFists/XyBase aren't even highly sought after packs. They're actually some of the least valued out of all the standard legal set. I don't think it even matters that much.
>>26040976
I got a SR vs seeker for 200 of them. I know there is at least one more person who got a deal like that and also someone who bought one for 300 boosters.
Still have like 130 packs, should save or open them?
>>26040937
>bw series rare candy
Disgusting
>>26040976
>Thing about this is that Flashfire/FuriousFists/XyBase aren't even highly sought after packs. They're actually some of the least valued out of all the standard legal set. I don't think it even matters that much.
>He fell for the TC propaganda
Toad, Lucario, Korrina, Hawlucha, Strong Energy, Landorus, Lysander, both Yveltal, Xerneas, Aromatisse, Slurpuff, Raichu, Greninja, Trevenant, Muscle Band, Shadow Circle, Fairy Garden, Charizard, Pyroar, the list goes on. And that's just off the top of my head.
They're extremely viable packs and the only reason people think they're "worthless" is because Top Cut and the rest have been underbuying them for years now, then spinning the cards for stupid profit.
Seriously, the pulls from those packs easily, EASILY outvalue the pulls from shit packs like PC, BT, BP, and AO, yet those packs are considered more "valuable".
Open your eyes.
>>26041041
Open them while you can senpai
The end is nigh
>>26041055
>Open your eyes.
The difference is that the majority of valuable cards from these sets are commons, uncommons and rares. Whereas in newer sets the strongest cards tend to be urs. Shadow Circle, Pyroar, Slupruff and the whole fairy archetype are in general shit in the current meta and have been for quite a while now. Most of the urs from these sets are bad which makes it harder to pull the good cards. Ros is the base standard for pack cost because the best support card in the game only comes from that one set. Newer packs are always more expensive anyways, everybody wants their shiny new toys.
>>26041055
I'm guessing it has to do with the fact that a lot of people believe
>these packs are going to be rotated out in September
>we're not getting CP4
Game is back up.
>>26041129
can confirm, codes and trading still down
Sooo do we keep the cards? It seems the just shut down trading and redeeming
>>26041102
>The difference is that the majority of valuable cards from these sets are commons, uncommons and rares. Whereas in newer sets the strongest cards tend to be urs.
Except that's not true. With the exception of Shaymin, what UR from PHF through BP is valuable? And I don't mean Top Cut valuable, I mean objective public trade value.
>>26041292
I hope we can keep them
>>26040975
Actually, Energies are relatively easy to get in the discard pile without compressor and I can normally have one or two in there before I even get a Typhlosion into play. The Engineer, Ultraball, Juniper, Junk Arm, and Computer Search all do a good job at discarding energies.
The problem with Emboar is that it needs me to have a stockpile of energies in my hand, so I would need to make room for energy retrieving cads and add more energies to my deck to have a reliable amount of energies ready to go at all times. Also, the 4 retreat cost can be difficult to deal with since there are times with I would end up with Typhlosion as my active pokemon due to one reason or another. For a deck like Rayquaza Emboar is useful, since it can OHKO every card with just 4 energies, but Reshiram is different.
As for Plasma Chandelure, it suffers from the same problem as Emboar's need for energy retreating cards, but that is even less reliable because I would need those energies in my deck making 2 to 4 Energy Returners mandatory. Also, stop saying “Plasma support” like a buzz word. There is no benefit of Chandelure being a Plasma pokemon nor is there even one card in the game that would support it without hindering the deck as a whole.
What you need to keep in mind is that Reshiram burns through Energies fast, and attaching them from the discard pile cuts out the middle man. The final advantage that Typhlosion offers is that it has the most useful attack out of all the cards. Typhlosion discards an energy from the other pokemon without fail and this has been helpful in more than one game. Although it has to discard one of its own energies to do this, it will still have enough to retreat afterwards.
I'm surprised these actually got accepted even with infinite packs.
>>26039377
>did I do well?
quit smoking, maybe you'll do well
Fuck I missed unlimited packs. I hope they fuck up soon again
>>26041292
There is no way these incompetent fucks know how to rollback the server, but if you want to be safe just open them so it's harder to track them down.
>>26041728
I already did and i am content with what i got so it would feel bad to actually lose everything i got.
well I guess I missed the big commotion
hopefully I get rewarded for being a good boy and not abusing the bug although I definitely would have
>>26041052
but it's the best rare candy
blue and green is the best color scheme
hi, this is my collection i spent 3 hours opening who wants more
>>26042043
>125 locked fuf packs
wh-what are you asking btw
I only need more Medichams.
>>26042068
they are locked because i put 20 each for gold vs seekers before trades crashed.
just gonna leave these here
>>26042152
That'd be a cool collection if you actually had a playset of anything.
>>26042182
i have lots of decks,
Landybats,virgen,toadtina,yvelgalladezoro,
empoleon miltank,megaray,donphan,mega manectric
>Gone all day
>Come back to infinite packs crashing the economywith no survivors
this is my fave deck at the minute aside from expanded trevbreak
yveltal with archeops evo lock, usualy get turn 1 maxies & they usually concede
Been thinking of picking one of these up online. Is it worth it?
>>26042312
Not really but it's a cool collector's item.
>>26042312
no, look for mythical mew or any box that has generation packs inside. they are gold and diance is shit
>>26042312
It depends, you like Diancie? Because this box is the only way to get the Diancie card.
>>26042326
The mythical boxes are shit. $15ish for two packs and a shitty promo.
new thread where
>>26042073
>>26042073
>playing battle reporter
>playing Red Card
>not playing Delinquent to at least justify Red Card
>playing Wally, Level Ball, and Evosoda
>what appears to be 10+ basic Fighting
>no Ultra Ball
>no Shaymin
This deck is fucking awful.
>>26042574
Those packs are actually not worthless though.
>>26042574
you have no idea what your talking about
generations have jolteon ex, revitalizer and flareon ex
jolteon is 37$ and can give u an auto win in alot of matchups
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