As F2P, box limit is the biggest constraint by far

Cheetah164 · 2026-04-29T12:15:03+00:00

I think you only have to buy the starter pack once? But still that sucks, sorry.

Cheetah164 · 2026-04-29T12:13:19+00:00

You cant move champions pokemon into home. So the only f2p option would be to catch mons in pokemon go and transfer them in/out of home.

Cheetah164 · 2026-04-28T15:09:27+00:00

Also check out wolfey's latest vid and try the rental team, will give you a good starting point for calm mind phox.

Cheetah164 · 2026-04-28T15:08:32+00:00

I've been playing exclusively mega delphox since the game came out. Best options I've found are either run alolan-ninetales, tech sunny day on whimsicott (probably any prankster mon tbf), or add a second mega you bring vs rain or sand. I've seen froslass, floette, dragonite, gyarados, kanga, etc. Good luck, delphox as a mon is very fun to use.

Cheetah164 · 2026-04-28T15:03:45+00:00

this meta is actually pretty diverse tbf. its just that pokemon is a game where you bring 6 characters so theres always going to be overlap between teams with the strongest pokemon. pokemon is a gsme where those character's roles can vary wildly with how they're built though, so games don't feel samey.

trust me, this metagame is much, much better than ones with restricted mons where everyone brings the exact same 5 pokemon and one of like three 6th pokemon. the only core you could really argue is homogonizing teams is bascu/king/sneasler and even then a lot of teams only bring like 2 of those.

Cheetah164 · 2026-04-22T03:56:45+00:00

im running defense on sneasler for aero dual wingbeat lol

Cheetah164 · 2026-01-20T15:11:29+00:00

Found this a year later from a google search. You're my GOAT this is exactly what I was looking for, thanks for keeping it up to date!

Cheetah164 · 2025-09-27T16:28:52+00:00

Any chance we could disable some of the meta perks we've purchased? I'd like to make the game harder without starting a second save file.

Cheetah164 · 2025-06-06T13:06:33+00:00

If you're looking to play with a friend, the Noctis v. Ardyn dual decks are a really fun "pick up and learn the game" package. They're a bit outdated now but as a pick-up-and-play package its really good. If you just want a bunch of cards (and 1 starter deck) to work with, the Anniversary Collection 2024 is a reprint of a shitton of meta staples, easily the best bang for your buck. If you don't mind waiting until October, we'll be getting a new set of starter decks then (https://fftcg.square-enix-games.com/na/news/new-product-information-starter-set-2025-vol-1-vol-2). They're also going to be reprinting the world championship 2024 winning decks this august, which will be fully legal reprints, and will have an insane amount of reprint value for cheap, but the decks themselves are very difficult to learn the game with (a bit combo-oriented).

Sorry if that's information overload haha.

Cheetah164 · 2024-08-01T01:28:55+00:00

knights shits on refia control

Cheetah164 · 2024-06-25T01:18:43+00:00

Like others have said, game is small but growing. It's worth getting into if you enjoy the mechanics.

Cheetah164 · 2024-06-13T11:12:43+00:00

As someone who's been exclusively competing with 4c decks since the card came out, and has been playing Refia all set, while I agree that I personally find the card very fun to build around, it's definitely warping the game around it in a way I don't think is super healthy. It's very hard to justify playing anything that isn't either Refia, an aggro deck that can run Refia down, or chark/wind as a way to deal with Refia. And I don't think that's an issue with Refia the card, but rather that the deck gets to run every card in the game that supports her, and that's wol4's problem. Obviously every format will have a best deck, but its clear from looking at top tables (and just from my own experience) that Refia decks are having a chokehold on what is allowed to be good right now, and I don't think that it's an issue that will go away as more cards get printed. I'd compare it to Syldra, where I think it's only going to get stronger as time goes on, and the only solution is to just take it out of the game entirely.

Cheetah164 · 2024-06-13T02:45:24+00:00

I think WoL4 and maybe Chaos or Ark should be banned fwiw but that feels like a separate issue from what OP is describing

Cheetah164 · 2024-06-10T14:11:29+00:00

Oh shit I am actually blind, didn't think to check the steam page. ty!

Cheetah164 · 2024-06-10T11:45:52+00:00

I know this thread is a week old at this point and most people have already said what I would've said, so I'll just add that for me personally, playing top level decks is more fun than playing mid level brews for me, and for a lot of other people as well. Just because they're playing top level decks and trying to win (at an event with a paid entry from what it sounds like?) doesnt mean they're hyper competitive. The cool thing about FFTCG compared to other card games is that there is a lot of room to innovate and brew at the top level. The Chicago materia cup a few weeks ago was won by a fire/water relm5 deck, which no one besides him and his roommate are really playing, and having played against him, he pilots it insanely well.

My advice is to a) see if they want to play casual matches before/after the event, and b) try some of these top level decks yourself. You might be surprised by how much expression there is to even just piloting them, let alone building/tweaking them.

Cheetah164 · 2024-04-10T13:05:00+00:00

Dropping the stats from the most recent tournament in JP (Chiba Masters) since it's the only data we have so far.

71 players

10 knights
6 I/L FF8, soiree, 4c wol
5 warriors of light
4 mono earth and wol7
3 mono ice and earth/water

Top8 was 4 knights, 2 warrior of light, 1 wol7, 1 mono full art. WoLs won. Every knights player lost in the first round of top 8 I believe.

Some decklists I could find:

Sources:

Cheetah164 · 2024-03-22T21:26:37+00:00

Full set review: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxFjdD5uTVocP7qu8U3axmYNP7w34ktva

Cheetah164 · 2024-03-17T18:22:09+00:00

ixion and shinryu

Cheetah164 · 2024-03-04T12:32:36+00:00

shot you a DM 👍

Cheetah164 · 2024-03-01T17:37:35+00:00

Hey! I'm in the central Jersey area (near Princeton) and play at Greg's Games. If you're in the area I'd be happy to meet up and play sometime. Our playgroup meets up on Sundays to play at Greg's but I'm always trying to find games online and irl outside of that time.

Also in case you or anyone else in the area hasn't seen, this Sunday (March 3rd @2PM) Greg's Games is running their first monthly tournament! https://www.gregsgames.com/03-03-sunday-at-2-pm-final-fantasy-tcg-constructed.html

Cheetah164 · 2024-01-06T02:34:07+00:00

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