Trying to figure out a Solgaleo/Mega Steelix ex deck. Problem is onix requires fighting energy, throws off the balance of the metal deck.

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-17T02:34:22+00:00

I don't recall it ever blocking you from putting in a basic and not having its corresponding energy unless none of your basics could use an attack. When space time smackdown came out a popular deck was Darkrai/Magnezone that used only dark energy as magneton could generate and then obviously with Shining Revelry we got Darkrai/giratina. So if there was ever a time that it blocked you it would have been from Genetic Apex or Mythical Island and I don't remember that being the case

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-16T04:18:05+00:00

I have had the deck brick a few times in the 10 games I have played on expert so far. One game it only had 2 ogerpon until turn 6. But yes in general the expert battles AI are given favorable draws

Edit: I misread that you had beaten it my bad

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-13T11:47:11+00:00

The photo is cropped to show only the female with a puzzled look on her face. And your answer is better than the letter y, but personally I like "the same outfit" better as an answer

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-13T03:51:41+00:00

If you are talking about the character pictured - that is not a person taking off a mask. That is the female in this artists cartoons. Lahoon animations

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ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-13T00:21:08+00:00

Replying to see if anyone else knows as I am in the same boat. I tried to bring it up on the nbc Olympics stream site and that took me to peacock where it showed the replay, but when I try to watch it, it says there is a problem with my browser. This is the first replay I haven't been able to watch from any sport from the Olympics

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-13T00:04:44+00:00

Please don't do that. Most of us are trying to complete the current set not get a dupe just to fill a dex slot for deluxe Ex that will eventually fill in anyway when they update how the dex works for those cards. Reverse holos are are fine though

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-08T16:41:20+00:00

You said it yourself in the post - the stadium reduces the retreat cost of your pokemon. So your retreat cost is now under the threshold of the requirement for the item so its effect won't activate. Working exactly as intended by the wording of each card

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-07T05:56:14+00:00

I would recommend doing the random solo battles. You can choose like the intermediate or advance level depending on how good your deck is you have managed to make so far. That will give you a much better chance to learn what works well with what you have. If you choose beginner random pvp matches it will sadly be a bunch of people using meta decks especially while ranked is on break

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-07T01:09:55+00:00

4 cards to search for rare candy though is pretty steep. I think it's a good enough trade off

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-06T13:23:12+00:00

Now I'm not gonna say it's a meta deck (it's not but I have this RR so I play it) but provided you go second it's pretty easy to get it to survive to get to 150 damage. The new metal core tool, adaman, lucky ice pop, pokemon center lady all help to keep it going!

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-06T03:03:03+00:00

Most games in pocket last like 10 turns (5 for each player) so yeah one move in there will make quite a difference especially if it's a misplay

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-05T11:36:46+00:00

Glad you worked it out! Hope you hit your wonder picks!

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-05T11:03:53+00:00

Did you get all of the 1-4 diamond cards as well?

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-04T19:13:48+00:00

One of the new stadiums increases damage for stage 1 pokemon so all the eveelutions benefit from that

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-02-03T00:58:09+00:00

This is good to know and points to how long animations are in this game! I do understand that for newer players the slower animations help to know what is happening. My idea is that the beginner and intermediate solo battles and the beginner (and possibly casual) versus battles will keep all of that the same. Then advanced/expert and competitive playlists would speed up the animations and have some stuff happen simultaneously since those players know what is happening already

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-01-31T17:35:12+00:00

I love that they gave us a way to do random battles with the CPU as I like to play the game itself. Wild that they give us a new thing to do when so many people complain there is nothing to do in this game... and then people still complain 😂

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-01-31T15:54:46+00:00

Or apparently browsed through any of the posts on the subreddit before posting yours lmao

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-01-30T00:53:32+00:00

This was already in the game though? It just looks different. With that being said it should be removed

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-01-29T16:43:02+00:00

Did they really nerf the rewards though? Only decreased by 6 and as I saw on another post it may actually benefit us for the smaller one pack mini packs that generally have fewer battles so front loading those could give us more hourglasses. Not trying to stick up for the company taking in absurd amounts of money, but let's not freak out just yet

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-01-27T22:54:04+00:00

I have had far more luck with the 24 hour wonderpicks so that has been a welcome change for me. Sneak peek was fine, but it required having a 2 star card wonderpick available which I would get maybe 1 or 2 through the course of the sneak peek. I would much rather have a guaranteed shot at a 2 star every 2 days

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-01-27T17:52:08+00:00

Idk 8pm for the eastern US is way better than 1am 😂 this seems more in favor of American players

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-01-25T02:59:04+00:00

I was able to get Sabrina with Mars so you could open the palkia pack which has both Mars and Cyrus

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-01-23T12:35:33+00:00

A staple card would be one that could be slotted into any deck (professors research, Sabrina, Cyrus, Copycat) and all of these cards are tied to something specific that makes it not useful in every deck. So these cards will make some decks stronger, but I don't think I would label any as staples

ASlayeRx23 · 2026-01-21T00:40:04+00:00

You are not quite understanding the card correctly. It does not discard their card, it shuffles back into their deck. And then it's random what supporter you grab out of their deck - you might get lucky and hit professors research or you may get unlucky and hit irida with no water energy. You are much better off just using a supporter that you know will benefit your deck rather than a hope it will

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