Thread 58123562

Planetary Edition

>I want to learn the game, where do I begin?
Download PTCGL at https://tcg.pokemon.com/en-us/tcgl
The game has a quick tutorial and a bunch of decent decks to get you started against other beginners or against the AI. Some of those decks are very close to meta too. You can also go to your local game store and see if people are playing Pokémon.

>I know how to play, how do I make my own deck?
You have a decent beginner's guide at https://www.justinbasil.com/guide
There's also the old /tcg/ guide at https://imgur.com/a/W4NkOu6
After that, look up meta decks and try to reverse engineer them to see how things work.

>Where to find meta decks?
For big irl events, go to https://limitlesstcg.com/decks
For online events, go to https://play.limitlesstcg.com/decks?game=PTCG
For japanese events, go to https://pokecabook.com/archives/1417

Previous thread: >>58096739

Old /tcg/ pastebin: https://pastebin.com/Ge95YuMA

>>58123567
at least it's not the fates collide meta where every single deck was yveltal ex / garbodor

The Japanese guy threw

>>58123567
seems like a healthy meta desu

>>58123636
they never really improved after pearl harbor

>>58123565
A code:
WCS25TCGL

>>58123659
Is that one of the picrel code drops or something else?

>free jellicent-EX deck has everything at SSR rarity
not bad

Apparently Riley beat Zard.

What a cracked player if that’s true.

>>58123801
https://rk9.gg/pairings/WCS01w2Vf7wv855Yvhir
Yep

>>58123801
imagine making finals at NAIC and then top4ing worlds a couple months later with the same deck

>>58123669
>picrel code drops
Can't check in game now, but the stream mentioned that it gives the 5 cards.

>>58123925

Well deserved at this point. Being the only Garde to survive the onslaught of Dengos and winning the whole thing would be amazing.

Honestly I’ve hated Garde all season but it’s almost fitting that the deck wins it all in the end. Its next two matchups are probably pretty favored too unless the Zard guy pulls a miracle against Pult

>>58123567
>charizard outta nowhere

>>58123967
Should be it then.

>>58123975
It's insane how long iterations of gardevoir have been elite

>>58123567
How many of these decks play munkidori?

It felt like the raging bolt player didn't know what he was doing

How do I win the pikachu cadillac

>>58124235
It's easy to tunnel vision and lose track of what you're doing when the pressure is on and you're on the edge of being eliminated.

USA USA USA USA

GOODBYE NIPS

Check him for adderall

>Gholdengo is out
My soul can rest in peace now.

>>58124292

Praying the % goes down for Pittsburgh because I don’t want to play into it with Gardy

Tanaka is getting fucked in the ass by Pult, looks like Gardy and Pult are locked in as finalists…

The prizes have been brutal today.

Is this where everyone overreacts to the prize cards before he just pops a Dusknoir and takes it?

Fucking prized out of the game holy shit. Again. This happened to that one chick playing earlier too.

>>58124355
It is and you know it.

>>58124355
Play a new game then, faggot

That Cleffa is going to cost him the game.

How did this japanese guy make top 4? he kept on making shitty plays

>>58124402

Lucked out with the 30% Gholdengo metashare.

The other Zard player admitted to dodging all of the Pults.

>>58124355
I love how people somehow defend it after the finals of worlds 2024 being decided by prizing lol

>>58124407

It's because defending a shitty mechanic makes them feel like their dicks are bigger

This guys autism is too strong

>>58124426
his voice is very awkward

>>58124426
>The next World Champion is a Giga Autistic kid.

>>58124434
so it's not any different than any other year

>>58124434

That's the factor he needs to win tomorrow.

>>58124451

He's playing Pult against the deck that makes Pult its bitch.

He'll lose 0-2

>>58124457
Garde will brick on prizes

>>58124457
GARDY CANT STOP WINNING

I’ve certainly lost BO3s to dragapult/dusknoir. Item lock into dusclops/cc/double kirlia KO is pretty common.

skill issue

you can see the pain in her eyes :(

>>58124554

Her fault for not playing more copies

>>58124355
Fuck your hyper-consistent deck and fuck you.

>>58124554

How about you cut the random garbage like rare candy

It seems like every other year a champion gets crowned solely off of prizing. Someone post the Frogadiers.

>>58124878
owlet alright kek

>>58123562 (OP)
I wish to learn to play, is Lucario viable at any capacity? Give it to me straight before I get my hopes up.

>>58125289
Mega lucario (who's coming out in our next set in late sept) seems to be doing alright in JP meta. Gardevoir takes a dump on it of course because psychic weakness, but there's not much you can do against that currently

Have anyone tried making TR deck using only Giovanni's Pokemon?
I know thats sounds retarded but my autism doesnt let up

>>58125358
It just wont work, both persian and mewtwo want spidops to help fix their energy. Mewtwo especially has real strict energy requirements
Still not sure why they picked spidops of all mons to be part of rockets? There's plenty of actual pokemon rocket used instead

>>58125376
wonder patch is gonna make mewtwo possible

>>58124367
Most everyone does. Why do you think Live is so fucking dead despite being based around the most popular product of the most lucrative IP on the planet?

>>58124355
PTCG is a game you can lose, but not really win at, for this exact reason
there's almost always the objectively correct play at any one time, but it's whether you're able or willing to execute it
so you can't say that, as the opponent here, that you actually "won" the match when the dragapult player just randomly prized 3 copies of their attacker so they couldn't play the game, because you didn't need to actually do anything

at what point do you actually lose ranked points for losing in terms of great ball ultra ball master ball rank
there's 4 days left on the season and i'm not sure i can be bothered if all i'm doing is spamming games and hoping i don't insta-lose on the setup phase

Reminder once again that nothing about the way this game is played changes if prizes become points. Everything still functions exactly the same way, except you aren't forced to play a 54 card deck for no reason.

>>58124355
>TCG makes more money than ever and we can't even get a single simple update ruleset

>>58124871
>>58124864

>>58125569
they've only had ~28 years to think of a better system
don't rush them

>>58125548
you would have to go on a big losing streak to derank. I think at ultraball you lose like 6 points which isn't a lot considering a win gives you 10 or 13

https://www.twitch.tv/pokemontcg reruns right now if anyone cares

>>58124355
He played that game so well

Any ideas how to make this blue fat fuck work?
I paried it with Baxcalibur but I could really use a secondary attacker

>>58126096
I've forgotten an image lmao

>>58125569
Nah, it would change deckbuilbing a lot. You could shove multiple 1/1/1 evo lines and/or critical one of's that could adapt your game to every match, making the game much more strategic and enganging. Don't think too much about it.

>>58125569
>if prizes become points
>>58123282

>>58126096
You can play a Regigigas to one shot the big tera guys.

I understand that live has forced 50 but could we at least make it less blatant than
>iron hands just so happens to begin with all four copies of electric generator in their opening hand without needing squawk or mew ex

>gardefag spends 7 minutes on their opening turn because they're playing one-handed again
good thing they're playing the undisputed BDIF or else they might have to use the other 13min wisely

>>58124367
More than 90% of the people who buy cards don’t play.

>>58126519
predictably they won because you can't actually win against that deck you can only hope they don't draw properly

>>58126539
nowadays that's the case for most TCGs

>>58126567
i'd say yugioh has the most active players
since it's the easiest game to get into
all you need is a dice or coin

>>58126567
I hate this world

>>58126539
For a while I was buying packs just to collect physical and used the code cards to play on the online client. But given how the local places near me run out of packs within minutes of going into stock I don't even bother and my enthusiasm for online play has died as well.

>>58124355
Is there any particular reason the prize system works like this instead of just having 6 "PRIZE CARDS ™"?

If prize cards offends you
feel free to stop playing anytime or switch games
kthxbye

>>58126641
The final fantasy magic set made for building a nice cube, but then it was followed by a dogshit set that reminds me that TCGs are a dying medium.
>>58126654
>>58126726
I remember watching this video of some morbidly obese neckbeard guy opening packs, pulling a bunch of decent playable cards and then ripping them all up or throwing them away because they weren’t the chase card.

>>58127069
lmao it’s not like people are picking up the game.

>>58125389
Mewtwo still has the ability that needs 4x rockets pokemon in play to even attack. They sure locked it in a rockets deck, wonder patch and using mewtwo outside it is a pipe dream

>>58126641
>since it's the easiest game to get into
>Yugioh
?????
That shit is absolutely hostile against newbies, there is a fuckton of silly rules and mechanics, cards are walls of text, turns consist of players fellating their decks for half an hour and it's a lot more expensive to boot.

>>58127370
but at least people who buy yugioh cards play yugioh

>>58127072
I hope trading cards die soon

>>58127378
That only means staples get more expensive. Having a fuckton of collectors ia actual beneficial for people who play the game because the former open up lots and lots of sealed product and don't care for meta cards so they end up being cheaper.

>>58127088
truthnuke
for how big the tcg is it really doesn't have the expected number of people playing it. archaic outdated systems like prize cards are purely anti-fun don't help. being able to prize check is a big turn off for a lot of people trying to play semi-competitively, and irl is does take a lot of time as well. when the game already has an issue with running overtime and causing draws because of it

>>58127396
It would be in a sane world but these days its all scalpers and sneakerheads hoarding sealed product so not even the collectors can get at shit reasonably

>>58127434
People who actually play the game couldn't care less about sealed product. Singles are fine and plenty, readily available with just a click distance. I don't get what you are bitching at.

>tranny calling the first game
>juniors finals
pokemon, I...

>>58127493
Has the 5 o'clock shadow set in yet? The best part of seeing him cast is watching his own body betray him in real time.

Ignore the prize fag about to post

ah yes. nothing like "my daddy bought me all bling cards" like a juniors and seniors finals

>>58127565
Time for the winner's parents to "look after their money for them"

this kid is going back to mexico if/when he loses. lol

Poor kid discarded the wrong card lol

>>58127599
Should have sada'd the lighting on the bolt, not the koridon.

>gusts duskull
>when he goes down to 1 prize anyway
why didnt he kill the dreepy??? you shut off a drakaloak helping draw

>>58127599
Actually it was a double fuckup, discarding energy switch and attaching wrong with sada.

I think the reason I'd never do in person TGC competitively is it feels like such a heavy cost. Having to buy tons of packs, constantly pulling, just for a viable deck. Then Pokemon are always stingy with their prizes so it feels like the amount you get just from winning would just be recouperating all the costs.

>>58127604
Competitive players only buy sealed products like packs and boxes at first release and for streaming laughs. They all plan out decks online and buy singles. The box at the release of a new set usually gives you enough common staples that you're just buy duplicate EXs and shit.

Crayon eater IQ, everyone.

>>58127604
>I'd never do in person TGC competitively is it feels like such a heavy cost.
No one does this in any TCG, you go online and buy the pieces for your deck for ~$80 and start playing. Not a heavy cost at all

>>58127604
>Having to buy tons of packs

retards don't know to just buy singles and I'll let them continue to open packs because you can't fix retards.

>>58127604
>Having to buy tons of packs, constantly pulling, just for a viable deck.
Buy singles online or at your local game shop. Nobody is building a deck from raw packs.
Pokemon is pretty generous with prize money now.

>>58127604
it's actually the cheapest TCG to build decks
>collectors flood the market with cards for cheap
>there's ALWAYS a low rarity version of every card, unlike other TCG where some are only SIR+ rarity available
the 2nd point is the biggest, imagine fezandipiti only being a SIR rarity, with no normal versions available. it would be even more expensive, not only because rarity but also because it's a meta staple so there's demand for it.

Pultbros the prizes are cucking us...

Jose: DEPORTED

>>58127632
This joke is just not funny.

>>58127630
I thought you said prize cards were good heh

His optimism and drakloaks? Gone

>>58127370
he means that you can play yugioh by flipping a coin and the coinflip winner is who wins the match

mexico, come get your kid

why's the american kid keep going for itchy pollen? shouldn't he have put on pressure as soon as he had dragapult online

>>58127604
>Having to buy tons of packs, constantly pulling, just for a viable deck.
Literally no one does this. Do you actually think opening packs is the only way to get cards?

>Prize cards determine another world champion

PrIzE CaRdS ArE GoOd fOr tHe gAmE BtW

Japanese kids are too strong

CHADging BVLLS
WE FUCKING WON
Haters gonna hate.

Look at how retarded and violent that little Latinx appears compared to the young Japanese kid

Are they all like that?

The chinese kid has an english deck. which sucks since I wanted to see rare chinese cards

>>58127707

How disgusting. The fact that every brown american and latinx in this thread is this hideous is hilarious

>>58127708
China gets some cool accessories but their actual sets are a shit show because they're still playing catch up. He probably has to play with English or Japanese cards or else he wouldn't be playing anything past 151.

What’s finals gardevoir and Zard?

>>58127718
that sucks, I wanted to see unique chinese cards. what did the chinese guy in day 1 use in terms of cards? english or chinese?

>>58127738
no, gardevoir vs dragapult

>>58127747
>gardevoir wins again
grim

>>58127747
>again
Didn't Garde got obliterated by Mew Vmax?

>>58127718
Damn his parents must be really investing then

>Dengo/Jolltik vs N's zoroark/toedscruel
Wtf is up with senior level leagues? This is a jankfest.

>>58127779
I'm happy to see cool stuff in the finals

>>58127779
Smart enough to not come up with their own strategies, not smart enough to do enough testing online and realize the strategies are just less efficient than the meta. It's why I love watching Seniors matches in almost anything.

>>58127781
Is it cool just because it isn't top meta in the real league?

>>58127779
They're stupid zalphas who haven't outgrown their obsession with muh originality yet.

>>58127790
this

>>58127741
I went back to check and now I'm not sure. Their equivalent of Obsidian Flames releases in September so he shouldn't have Marnie's Grim and Shaymin but those cards are trad Chinese.

>>58127799
neat, thanks for checking in

Both of the players speak pretty good english. I bet Fuguan goes to a good school

gabriel fucked up

>worlds finals
>retreats twice
good looks

what happened did gab cheat?

CHEATS

>>58127833
once

>>58127834
A card was faceup in the deck for Fuguan. So they're waiting to figure out the penalty.

I saw the br guy Fuck up when "cutting" (actually shuffling) his opponent deck.

>>58127834
no, the brazilian flipped over his deck

CHEATER CHEATER CHEATER CHEATER

>>58127839
that's rude as hell

>>58127857
>>58127844
watching the replay in past broadcasts it genuinely looks like an accident. was there a punishment?

>>58127863
It's a chinaman, the covid creators and the ones who manipulate our media.

Free cards

>>58127871
Looks like no punishment, decided to let Fuguan finish his turn and he was set up to win anyways. Other thread said they went back and looked and BR dude just shuffled the opponents deck a bit rough and it was a genuine mistake that he flipped the card in the process.

>>58127871
there was none. it looks like a careless mistake

>>58127876
bet it was south americans booing

>>58127871
The chinese guy already had the game on the bag anyway.

>>58127893
gabriel could have had some shenanigans but I agree

The chinese kid takes top prize cards like the finnish man

wait he doesn't play n's pp up?

Yeah Fuguan is winning

Joltikbox dengo is crazy tho

>>58127917
you jinxed it

Wait, he has Blood-Moon EX in there?
Both these decks are beyond jank.

why did he surrender? Please explain like I'm retarded (I am)

>>58127962
Blood Moon one shots the active and he wouldn't have had anything set up to respond. Better to scoop and have more time for a third game when you don't have much chance at a comeback.

CHINA NUMBER ONE

>won every 2025 major except worlds
that has to sting

>>58127945
blood moon and boss is all you need to win a game

>>58128018
so close.......

>>58128018
That's what he gets for cheating.

Zǎoshang hǎo zhōngguó xiànzài wǒ yǒu BING CHILLING wǒ hěn xǐhuān BING CHILLING dànshì sùdù yǔ jīqíng 9 bǐ BING CHILLING sùdù yǔ jīqíng sùdù yǔ jīqíng 9 wǒ zuì xǐhuān suǒyǐ…xiànzài shì yīnyuè shíjiān zhǔnbèi 1 2 3 liǎng gè lǐbài yǐhòu sùdù yǔ jīqíng 9 ×3 bùyào wàngjì bùyào cu òguò jìdé qù diànyǐngyuàn kàn sùdù yǔ jīqíng 9 yīn wéi fēicháng hǎo diànyǐng dòngzuò fēicháng hǎo chàbùduō yīyàng BING CHILLING zàijiàn

The era of chinese dominance is upon us

>wins all three ic's
>loses world
Going to be the next tomb when he joins masters
KWAB

>Seniors
>Front teeth isn't even fully in

>>58128050
>>58128051
What's the difference between Seniors and Masters? Juniors makes sense and why are some people saying there's still 2 matcehs of TCG to go?

>Making autist cut promo hype videos
Kek

Now THIS is autism.

I'm rooting for the Pult turboautist

Why does TPCi use stock music

>>58128058
Juniors = kids (12 and under/born in 2013 or later)
Seniors = teens (13 to 16/born 2009 to 2012)
Masters = manchildren (everyone older)

>>58128076
Seniors seems very niche

>>58128040
Seriously. Whenever china enters a competitive card game or an esport, they just dominate to the point no others get a chance to win. They just constantly win the championships.

>>58128080
Its the most popular category as its prime pokemon playing age. It's also needed. Their brains are more developed than a 10 year old, but not as developed as a 20 something. So tactically, a senior would wipe a junior, but a master would wipe a senior. Its why so many seniors just end up dropping off once they move to masters, because it's a BIG leap in strategy.

>>58128058
>>58128076
>>58128080
Masters = "Aren't you a little too old to be playing Pokemon?"

>>58128080
You could probably add 17 year olds to it to include actual HS seniors, but anything else is what >>58128085 said

>>58128083
what about league of legends?

Adderall goes crazy right now lol

>THIRD TIME
>that 2+ drakloak have been prized in the finals

>double Drakloak prized again
it's over

Doesn't Gardevoir autowin due to clefairy?

>>58128126
pretty much, it's heavily unfavored. dragapult has to gust spam clefairy whenever its on board, so they have to hope gardy can't recover it one turn

>>58128133
oh and if they put bravery charm on it, it's kinda over for the dragault player

>>58128083
*Korea

>>58128126
>>58128133
>>58128137
Stop noticing goyim, Gardevoir needs another support card every set

>>58128186
it's crazy how competitive gardevoir ex has been since it was introduced

>>58128191
>able to puke energy on the board
>proceed to print numerous psychic attackers to make use of it

when lugia was able to do that they completely stopped printing special energy and attackers for it to use for a long time. but gardevoir? special treatment alright :^)

>>58128195
don't forget refinement

>>58128191
mfers really think gardevoir was competitive playing miriam for recovery and judge for disruption

Leaving this thread for a month
Gardy fuckers going to be even more insufferable then ever...

>>58128250
when's rotation?

garde will brick trust the plan

>>58128253
April

>Guy flashes my wife's card
>Opponent instantly concedes
She's so strong and intimidating, bros.

>>58128273
Why did you post a picture of a jellyfish?

https://x.com/LeBui18/status/1957187789285654647

The flip moment recorded. Also in slow mo. Also people in the comments saying he's notorious for it.

>>58128290
He's got a gang of white knights in the comments basically calling everyone haters for saying it.

I think gardyfucker got dq'd from a regional this year.

>>58128330
for what

Why didn't he explode the Noir and kill the Garde?

>>58128346
he got greedy i think

>>58128346
Greed, he wanted to KO both Kirlia and Garde next turn getting maximum value, he knew there was no energy in the discard pile and hoped it would stay that way but top deck research turned the game around

You may kneel.

>has 6 prizes
>concedes

Gardy is too powerful

>pultshit jobs another world title
Kek

>Gardy wins worlds playing braindead as hell
>is about to become tier zero
Extremely healthy meta.

>>58128368
if only he had popped the dusknoir

One of the worst finals I've seen.

>>58128372
Wouldn't he just ultra ball'd another Gardy anyway?

gardy wins again, who would've expected it

>Plays wife card one more time
>Opponent instantly concedes yet again
Waow

Time for the snooze fest that is VGC. Wake me up when news drops.

>>58128392
What news is dropping?

MOTHERFUCKING KNEEL

ALL HAIL THE QVEEN

>>58128394

Next years worlds location at the very least. Probably going to be some European shithole.

>>58128377
there really wasn't any excitement

>>58128401
Well anywhere is better than the US, not like the US has competitive players anyway

>>58128395
Gardevoir-DONO
I-I..... kneel......

When does set G get the fuck out.

>>58128401
They already announced it's going to be in California again, brother.

>>58128377
Even worse than Iron Thorns winning?

>>58128401
they're heading to san fransisco :(

I guess I'll sleeve Gardevoir. Again.

>>58128410
>>58128263

>>58128428
>8 months of Gardevoir

Ahhhhhhhhhhh

Munkidori won lol

Dunno why the junior 2nd place was seething, he just won 30k. At that age I'd be jumping for joy.

>>58128464
his ego inflated because he won three ICs in a row and wanted to take it home big but couldn't make it

>>58128464
30k is a year, first place is eternal

>>58128464
Money means basically nothing at that age besides getting to take a trip to disneyland. The playground clout for being the world champion is a lot cooler.

>>58128476
that's the brazilian. the american kid still had a lot of accomplishment though

>>58128195
gardevoir deserves all the special treatment she gets

>>58128440
Motherfucker let Garde win, he doesn't deserve an accurate graphic.

Well, Better Garde than Gholdenshit.

>>58128541
oh whoops mixed juniors with seniors my bad

>>58128563
I don't know. Piper made Gholdengo look pretty cool

>>58128440
In a just world Dracovish V would be a meta defining card

>>58128600
Even if she plays a Palafin deck you will think it is cool because you are a simp.

>>58128434
>He is unaware
lolololol one shots your mega for 400 damage

>>58128721
dies to Munkidori ex

>>58128712
Palafin is cool tho.

>>58128924
>"Umm no? This log of shit actually is delicious."

so wheres the new reveals?

>>58128559
>get cucked by prizes
>vs 43% winrate match up no less
he never stood a chance

>>58129182
During closing ceremonies. It hasn't happened yet.

>Go to league
>Play a game
>My Zard Bird vs opponents Raging Bolt
>Realized 2 prizes in I prized both Charmeleons
>Used my 2 rare candy's already
>Take another 2 prizes, last two prizes were Charmeleon
>Won anyway

Checkmate antiprize faggots
Get skill issued

I just played some Grimmsnarl with Maractus for the first time and the ability to get a free 1-2 prizes while stalling for more Froslass/Munki damage is crazy fun when it plays out

>didnt prize check
>fuck up
>get bailed out
you're not allowed to defend prize cards if you weren't even prize checking beforehand

prize checking needs to be banned
wasting time for no fucking reason

Apple (Festival Lead) bros, how do you handle the Gardy matchup? I feel Picnic Baskets would help nullify Munki pings but I don't want to fuck up consistency

>>58129314
if they're gonna keep prize cards they should at least let you see what 6 you put down before shuffling them. would save a lot of time figuring out what 6/60 you're missing during your first deck check

>>58129437
>changing rules
nah, I don't agree

>>58129455
they change rules every era anon
>gen9 split tools from item cards
>gen8 removed first turn supporters
>gen7 added first turn supporters
>gen6 removed first turn supporters
>gen5 added first turn supporters and removed first turn attacks
megas is just gen9plus currently. like hgss was gen4plus. since mega era doesn't have rule changes we'll get them in gen10

>>58129581
Prize defenders are just autistics who can't accept change. Their argument every time is just "That's the way it's been, so that's the way it has to stay. I don't think it needs to change, so it never should."
It's a waste of breath every time you try to talk to them. They're incapable and unwilling to see any other viewpoint.

>>58129625
Just print more cards that let you check / swap out prizes and there's no issue

>>58129581
Sure, but prizes will never change
both you and this fucker >>58129625 can cry bitch

>>58129645
Tighten your helmet, sperg.

>>58129663
What color do you paint your nails?

>>58129641
>Just print more cards that let you check
At that point why isn't there a rule change letting you look at them before shuffling?
Printing that as a "benefit effect" on cards is extremely pointless. Anyone good in competitive will just waste time prize checking their deck anyway. Having them check all 6 before the match starts saves 3-5 minutes per game of each player prize checking, because they got to see them initially and noted it down straight away.

Play
A
New
Game

>>58129641
If you have to create solutions for a problem, why wouldn't you just get rid of it in the first place? Reprinting Town Map doesn't give you access to those cards, it just lets you sit there and look at them. It doesn't fix the core issue.

>>58129679
You're just proving that anon right. Incapable and unwilling. Double down and resist.

>>58129715
Because it's not a problem with most decks, it's a problem for some more focused decks that whine like babies if their singular focus is blocked and if it's that much of a problem then the trade off is you put in some item cards that let you switch out prizes

>>58129733
There is nothing to discuss. Only scrubs cry over prize cards. Maybe you'll git gud someday. Cheers kid, have a good night or day :)

>>58129755
>it's a problem for some more focused decks that whine like babies if their singular focus is blocked
>and if it's that much of a problem then the trade off is you put in some item cards that let you switch out prizes
Yeah, why would anyone want to be able to play their deck without having to add unnecessary junk cards like Heavy Ball or Redeemable Ticket? Waste deck slots on stuff to work around a shit mechanic.

>>58129755
>with most decks
it's a problem with EVERY deck. someone prized 3/4 gimmighoul this world championship. >>58124554 you can't run more than 4 in a deck. look at the replies under to see other event screenshot prizing getting fucked over.

it's also a problem in general with the game. with people wasting time prize checking. timers running out is a massive problem in events, a lot of matches end up as ties because there's not enough time to continue

>girl as an example
white knighting
she won't fuck you little bro

>>58129838
It's a good mechanic that forces people not to go too narrow, if you had no prizes you would see significantly more people running 1 of cards knowing they will always have access to it. Yes prize cards can suck but the opposite sucks more.
>>58129865
>Redeemable Ticket
Problem Solved

VGC just ended

possible news reveals soon then

>>58129885
>you would see significantly more people running 1 of cards knowing they will always have access to it.
So what? How is being able to use your whole decklist bad?

I want to fug Anna

>>58129909
Have they ever revealed anything relevant at the end of worlds before?

>>58129999
how new?

>>58129999
Last year they revealed trainer's pokemon.

>>58129956
It's bad because the Pokemon TCG has too many "search your deck" cards. The point of including duplicate cards in your decks in TCGs traditionally is to increase your chance of drawing those cards which is why draw is so powerful. Remove Pokeballs, remove abilities that let you search for X or at least severely restrict it, you can only use (1) "search your deck" card/ability per turn etc, and then maybe you can consider removing prizes. Card games should not be deterministic and Prize Cards are one of the few things at this point that keep decks honest

>>58129956
He thinks getting RNG'd out of some of your cards is fine because it's "always been that way"
despite every other TCG not having such a system in. wanna play exodia in yugioh? sorry bro you prize the left foot :^)

>>58130032
>Oh, you prized your Chaos Emperor Dragon? No Yata lock for you. Better luck next year. :)

Know what game doesn't use prizes?
Pocket. Go play pocket

>>58130015
Yugioh has 3 copies, magic has 4 copies. Pokemon has 4 copies
Your point is irrelevant. They've never cared about people blitzing your deck, you've been able to do that turn2 for years.
Also you're not account for if such a rule change happened, they would start balancing around it more by printing less deck search

It's gonna suck when all they show for the TCG are the Mega Zard X and Y from the next set, and maybe some supports for them.

>>58130112
>Also you're not account for if such a rule change happened, they would start balancing around it more by printing less deck search
Sure, if they do that. If they print a lot less deck search then put the rule in when most old deck search is removed from standard then I wouldn't mind trying it out for awhile

>>58130117
Reveals in worlds is usually stuff a year+ in advance. Before it was trainer pokemon and ace specs. So it shouldn't be upcoming sets like mega zard/gren/ray we know the JP trademarks for

>>58130150
We knew trainer's pokemon were coming back before they were shown at worlds.

>>58130168
>leaked

>>58130126
Such a big rule change like that might cause an early rotation meta. Like HGSS era getting rotated early into the BW era. Megas is akin to HGSS era as well and gen10 sounds the perfect chance to overhaul the game. Pocket has been beta testing systems for us too

15 minutes till closing ceremony

New thread with card art OP!

>>58130177
Pokebeach reported it from JP news and trademarks.

>>58130182
>and gen10 sounds the perfect chance to overhaul the game
I should mention gen5 was the last big overhaul of rule changes to the game. Having another after 5 more gens makes a lot of sense

>>58130205
same thing tbqh

>>58123562 (OP)
This game is too complex for me.
I'll stick to Yugioh, MTG and One Piece.

>>58130233
Bye!

>>58130233
How? PTCG is simple as fuck compared to those.

Place your bets, what kind of reveal will we get?
New mega tcg? Or new mechanics like prism pokemon returning? Or teasing another trainers pokemon after the collectors success before?

kill every single person involved in the making of that video

SOON...

>TIME EXTENSION
>TIME EXTENSION

>singing
OH COME ON

>>58130252
YGO isn’t complex at all. It appears that way because there are a lot of moving parts, searches, shuffling, and HOPT effects, but the reality is that it’s a flowchart game. “If X, search Y.” Every endboard is summed up by “I have more interruptions than you have plays, therefore, I win.” YGO is a stupid person’s idea of what a complex game looks like.

Imagine training and paying all these performers and musicians just for no one to give a shit.

epic song for no reason

Uncle Joey?

Finally?

Mega miltank let's go!

US NEXT

Those looked like straight up rips from actual cards

>no tcg
>just pocket
DEAD AND DYING GAME
lmao!!!

The new cards

>>58130117
Fucking apologize.

>>58130702
>dragonite 330 for 3 (2 types) discard 2
>charizard 360 for 2 discard 4
lmao dragonite is fucking garbage like always

>>58130702
So Zard X / Oricorio with Earthen Vessel and Superior Energy Retrieval to nuke whatever they put up every turn.

>>58130702
>>58130744
>Raging bolt for when raging bolt rotates
We always need a crayon eater deck and zardtards are the biggest crayon eaters

They really hate fat dragon

>>58130702
Dragonite is exactly the same as Solgaleo GX which saw zero play, only he gives up an extra prize. Laughable.

>>58130744
how? run it with eels, switch it to the active with its own ability, attach water for turn

>>58130849
That's just a worse manectric then lol. Unless you value that ability for being a stage2 vs stage1

I’m glad they brought back the cool Japanese attack names over English arts. I’m sure they’re gonna be the same tier of rarity as the Zekrom/Reshiram/Victini max rarities so I’m never gonna get one.

>Thought it worked on any mega like tera synergy
>It requires a FIRE mega on your board
>Only fire megas are charizard, blaziken and camerupt
>Stage 2s and stage 1 respectively
>Even the leaked ZA megas show no basic fire megas
So you can't splash this into other decks for acceleration then unless you want a camerupt + this benchsitter RIP

>>58130861
fighting weakness and less HP

I like how Zard is just a completely worse Gardy by the time it comes out. They really fucked up with this deck lmao

>>58130944

Good thing nobody's playing fighting while Gardevoir is still tier 0.

>>58130702
>Charizard X
>>>Fire type
>Instead of dragon type

he fears the pink fairy

>>58130702

I was hoping for something more... intricate and interesting rather than Raging Bolt on steroids.

Zard will basically fill the same niche as Gholdengo and Raging Bolt as the braindead infinite damage deck post rotation.

>>58130944
psychic checks both fighting and dragon type from being relevant. anyway HP is meaningless when charizard just discard 4 to hit 360 and 5 to hit 420.
meanwhile gholdengo (a worlds winning deck now) now needs to discard 9 energy to hit 420 lmao.

if mega greninja doesn't hit 180+ and save water type, expect charizard mega meta for 3 years

>>58130929
It’s even worse when you remember Camerupt doesn’t need acceleration, so it’s literally just for 2 megas:

>>58130702
welcome back, raging bolt

>>58131072
>Release tera charizard
>Weak to grass
>Grass attackers able to hit 170 are pretty much non-exisent
>Took over a year to release anything that did it well

>Release mega charizard
>Weak to water
>No good water attackers to hit hard enough to OHKO for weakness
>No water synergy in format at all

I AM NOTICING

YOU CANNOT TELL ME THIS ISN'T A COINCIDENCE

>>58131072

it was really the joltik side that carried the "gholdengo" deck.

>worlds promo is ass with iron thorns on it
>next year it’s gonna have /ourqueen/ gardevoir

based, already looking forward to next August

>>58131126
>Mega Zard X VS Chien Pao
>I oneshot you for three energy!
>No, I oneshot you for three energy!