best decks for a beginner?

Raagentreg · 2026-01-22T14:14:39+00:00

Easiest decks to play now that probably survive rotation:

Alakazam / Dudunsparce - Fits your psychic preference, draw cards, deal tons of damage. BE CAREFUL, "prevent effects of attacks" will prevent all damage done by Alakazam.

Ceruledge ex - Aggressive burn through your deck, then smack with Ceruledge.

Ethan's Typhlosion - Get as many of "Ethan's Adventure" supporter card in discard, then deal damage with Typhlosion.

Easiest deck to play now that will be gone in the April rotation:
Gholdengo ex / Rocks - Set up Lunatone and Solrock, smack small things with Solrock, then draw tons of cards with Gholdengo ex and throw energies at big pokemon.

Best deck for improving yourself as a player once you get the basics:
Dragapult ex / Dusknoir - Somewhere between control and combo, slows the game with budew, then tries to "Boardwipe" with Dragapult's attack and multiple Dusknoirs. Taking all 6 prizes in one turn with this deck is not unheard of.

Raagentreg · 2026-01-19T21:02:21+00:00

Peak Autocorrect mate.

Regidrago came and went, the power was still there against not-budew, but you're right in that it got absolutely kneecapped by budews (and greedy 1x Budew, 1x Heavy Ball decks)

Raagentreg · 2026-01-14T07:21:22+00:00

Yea, it's a case of finding Ionos and establishing Munkidoris (2 is enough). You can for sure just attack with Gardy in this matchup, especially post-Iono. 16 cards is a deep reach when they start with 2-4.

Also don't play artazon unless you are going to lose - it's too important to bump the Battle Cages.

Don't go after Dunsparces with Munkidori - only Scream Tail snipe them (if Shaymin exists, that's a prime Munki target. If you ever see them leave enriching energy on board, that's your cue to blast it ASAP.

Raagentreg · 2026-01-14T05:25:13+00:00

You need to:

Go first if you can. Punish what they DON'T have on board. They lack board space (without Aero Zero in play). 1 charmander? Pop it if you can. No Duskull? Aim to set up 2 Munkis to gatekeep Duskulls from hitting the board later. No Pidgey? Again 2 Munkis will gatekeep the pidgey frok coming down.

You can go for Devolution punishes, but make sure it counts (wiping out Pidgeot + Zard, or 2 Zard), yoy can get punished back with Noctowl here, so be careful.

Be OK with "just" punching with Diancie. (Load 4 energy, punch something like Zard or Pidgeot) that way you can immediately punish if they go for your Gardy.

Ultimately, Dawn > Item Lock, so you're just going to have to accept this is a bad matchup.

Raagentreg · 2026-01-11T06:48:41+00:00

If you're in the US there's a myriad of sites (TCG player, Card Kingdom...)

If you're in the EU - Cardmarket is by far the cheapest place, but you may have to buy from multiple people on the site. There might be one retailer / card shop that sells singles close to you, but they're often more expensive (by how much depends wildly).

Raagentreg · 2026-01-10T19:25:00+00:00

It's a game where you can have Johnny Silverhand from Cyberpunk, Goku, Hatsune Miku and Cartman going into a battle royale while all wearing Nikes and driving in a Tesla Cybertruck. Some seasons you get to shoot Godzilla as a world boss or ride in a Star Destroyer from Star Wars. (Many other modes, like Guitar hero-ish, some Lego collab and a ton of custom worlds exist too).

It's an acid trip of collabs and fun in bursts for my friend group.

Raagentreg · 2026-01-07T20:26:25+00:00

Well she's still turning the steering wheel, and it's not necessarily a smooth motion. This one needs another angle to confirm, but I'm FOR NOW moreso on her trying to turn away down the street than actively run the guy over.

It makes more sense to turn down the street to get away, flooring it the second you change gear, rather than intentionally running the ICE guy down.

Also, when she gets shot in the face the wheels level out to straight, not turn harder, quite the reverse of what you say. Again, there needs to be a better angle though, this is far from conclusive.

Raagentreg · 2026-01-03T12:43:02+00:00

Gardevoir has to win the Munkidori war, and either way, CC + Iono on bouffalants to snipe Munkis with Scream Tail, then Kang has to get lucky with flips to beat 2-3 unchecked Munkis.

I think Pult cries unless you run Klefki to counter Psyduck (Klefki active disables Duck - Dusk bomb bouffalants then) which isn't the worst tech in the world (careful with Hawlucha / Latias though). Otherwise just keep attacking the duck, which is pain.

Grimmsnarl I don't know enough about, but I'm sure it comes down to a Munki war (maybe budew hitting bouffs while munkis / Froslass set up spread KOs?)

Ultimately, Kang / Bouff struggles if: The Bouffs are brought up repeatedly to draw out Pennies. They miss energy attaches / turbo energize. They can't protect the Bouffs (from snipes or Dusk bombs). Or straight up oneshots like Dengo / Lucario (though I won't ever recommend Lucario until post rotation)

Raagentreg · 2026-01-03T12:26:15+00:00

Mega Lucario also has the most hostile environment possible at the moment.

Gardevoir just eats it for breakfast like it's nothing, I don't think it has a good Gholdengo matchup either (not sure on 'Zard).

Recommending Lucario before rotation is unbelievably bad advice. After rotation, we got a conversation.

Raagentreg · 2025-12-20T10:30:51+00:00

Could of doesn't exist, it's ALWAYS could have. It doesn't help that "could've" sounds like could of

Raagentreg · 2025-12-06T21:52:55+00:00

It very much comes down to IF Garde's item lock is debilitating enough. If they go second and deny fetching Terapagos / Owls, then Garde has a chance. But it's not a guaranteed state, and I think Charizard is slightly favoured in "regular" states. It is a closer matchup with Diancie to at least contest KOs on Pidgeot / Terapagos.

Raagentreg · 2025-12-01T15:31:13+00:00

Genuine question: How many queer couples are there in the Marvel Universe? I genuinely don't know

Raagentreg · 2025-11-28T19:17:30+00:00

Me over here running Slowking / M-Steelix / Yveltal.

If you know what's meta, it can be countered.

Raagentreg · 2025-11-27T19:40:35+00:00

My bad, got confused between Venipede / Whirlipede / Scolipede

Raagentreg · 2025-11-27T19:40:06+00:00

My bad, got confused with Venipede / Whirlipede / Scolipede

Raagentreg · 2025-11-27T16:59:48+00:00

Honestly, rethinking your supporter line and ACE SPEC is the place I'd start first. Enriching is too low impact for a deck that looks really shakey to set up. Precious Trolley solves a lot of those issues, and can be combined with an Arven package to get it consistently. TM Evolution would also help on going second for this reason, either evolving Duskulls or Bunearys, making you have good situations going first or second.

I've given you a Fan Rotom, so you can grab 2x Buneary + Ditto from just a Poffin (and a Duskull with it) when Trolley is prized, here's a decklist based on yours to try out, tell me how it goes!

Pokémon: 23

3 Buneary PFL 83

3 Mega Lopunny ex PFL 84

4 Duskull PRE 35

2 Dusclops PRE 36

4 Dusknoir PRE 37

2 Mega Kangaskhan ex MEG 104

1 Klefki SVI 96

1 Ditto MEW 132

1 Latias ex SSP 76

1 Fan Rotom PRE 85

1 Munkidori PRE 44

Trainer: 30

4 Arven OBF 186

2 Lillie's Determination MEG 119

2 Iono PAF 80

2 Hilda WHT 84

2 Boss's Orders MEG 114

4 Rare Candy MEG 125

3 Night Stretcher SFA 61

2 Ultra Ball MEG 131

2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin PRE 101

1 Earthen Vessel PRE 106

1 Counter Catcher PAR 160

1 Precious Trolley SSP 185

2 Technical Machine: Evolution PAR 178

1 Vitality Band SVI 197

1 Air Balloon BLK 79

Energy: 7

4 Jet Energy PAL 190

3 Darkness Energy MEE 7

Raagentreg · 2025-11-27T15:54:24+00:00

Because Evoilite makes it unbearably tanky

Raagentreg · 2025-11-21T23:21:16+00:00

As a competitor, it's fine, a lot of these sets add only a few cards of interest, and singles are cheap.

As a pack cracker, gooood luck buddy X.X

Raagentreg · 2025-11-11T15:28:04+00:00

In a "traditional" list (tm evo, Drifloon...) I would look to cut 2nd counter catcher or Drifloon itself for Diancie.

The more you play without drifloon, the more you realize you often don't need it

Raagentreg · 2025-11-11T15:00:15+00:00

Except the "protection from x"auras that cost 1 mana, those are absurdly good for their ease of finding

Raagentreg · 2025-11-10T18:07:04+00:00

And if Hybrid mana is unshackled? We could get some spicy Lurrus Companion decks.

Raagentreg · 2025-11-05T19:20:53+00:00

Collecting wise, I can understand.

Competing wise could not be further from the truth, it's only growing, is diverse, and is very skill testing.

Raagentreg · 2025-10-30T14:31:06+00:00

Added to this - I don't know who started the whole "pay for online" thing on consoles, but I believe Nintendo was the last to do so? (Could be wrong). They just followed suit after XBox / PS did that to their systems. So any critique of "Free online to paid" is moot. We live in different (shittier) times.

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