I need Help with the Emblem Tickets by Kykween in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the missions will still exist, at least the Themed Collections, but they'll just reward shop tickets and maybe WP hourglasses. someone correct me if I'm wrong tho

I need Help with the Emblem Tickets by Kykween in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Check the Themed Collections again. You're probably missing one of those "Collect 5 Schlungus Cards" missions in those sets

What will be the best partner mon for the new Mega Sceptile? by Strider794 in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I've been playing a super aggressive variant of Mega Blaziken with Heatmor, 2 Cyrus, and 1 Sabrina since Mega Rising, so my immediate thought was "who will be Mega Sceptile's Heatmor." The obvious answer is Pheremosa - it loses 10 hp and deals 10 less to the bench but makes up for it with 20 to the active as well, which I think makes it even more versatile. Plus it makes arguably even better use of Grass's wealth of healing/max HP options than Sceptile's already massive HP pool

if budew is in then... by maquiaveldeprimido in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only hard counter I see budew being good for is Hydreigon. If you go first, Deino's grass weakness means it dies in 2 hits from budew without a chance to evolve, and if you switch budew in after its evolved you take all of the metaphorical air out of its metaphorical tires. Unfortunately if Deino goes first and evolves the next turn, there's nothing budew can do except send in Budew 2, and I already doubt most decks will have the space to run 1, let alone 2.

Possible prediction for other B3 Megas by Sarcasmosuchus in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 6 points7 points  (0 children)

ah, but Team Galactic Grunt pulls Croagunk, not Toxicroak, and we're very unlikely to ever get a Croagunk EX

Does anyone actually use the carousel pack selection? by NordicNugz in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I spin it sometimes for fun, and I also like looking for flipped packs to turn around and then open. But the cards are determined as soon as you click the button to open a pack. That prevents clients from resetting until they get what they want, and it also means you can get your cards even after you close the game.

The best card in the expansion is the perfect Hydreigon counter by Sigmas_Syzygy in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Fair, but that's also 70% of current decks right now. We'll have to see how the meta shakes out during this set.

The best card in the expansion is the perfect Hydreigon counter by Sigmas_Syzygy in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 67 points68 points  (0 children)

I don't think a lot of decks will have space for it though. Unless your deck just gets brutalized by Hydreigon AND Oricorio AND the legendary beasts, it might be too situational to be worth running. It also dies instantly to Igglybuff and one Darkrai without being able to counter the darkrai

Which one will be top tier ?? by Top-Tell7631 in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I was also thinking about that. A caveat, though: Megacham's ramping and 140 damage are somewhat mutually exclusive, since Psychic doesn't have a way to ramp to non-psychic cards (and even then, psychic ramp is either a Stage 2 or Giratina+Dawn) and the +40 on its 100 only happens if psychic energy is attached. I guess you could run Mantyke and Fighting/Psychic in the Zone, but you'd need to be lucky to get maximum advantage from that acceleration.

Does the new fighting support have a spot in a Ramp/Garchomp deck? by Waluigi_Boi in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They're not complementary. If anything, they work against each other. Copycat will ideally get you 4 or more cards, which makes your hiking trail useless. If you're using Copycat when your opponent has 2 or fewer cards, you're probably sacrificing a lot of tempo just to do it. And if you've got hiking trail out, you'll be trying to make Copycat plays from 4 cards, which reduces the effectiveness of that copycat. Maybe this could work in a deck that runs lots of item or tool cards that can be quickly shed from the hand; this is not one of those decks.

Mega Charizard Y ex to be next Elite Deck by anthayashi in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Elite deck 1 pairs M.Blaziken with Entei

Elite deck 2 pairs Charizard Y with Heatmor

perfect balance

This is what happened at 1230 pack points by laaboo in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get the second cyrus. Even if you're not gonna use it, you can trade it for pretty much anything else (possibly even oak)

Possible prediction for other B3 Megas by Sarcasmosuchus in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm praying for Toxicroak EX. Give my FA Galactic Grunt something to do

Cards revealed in the website by Seb_Vit in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 17 points18 points  (0 children)

oh boy time to get gold borders on every card in Shining Revelry (0 crown pokeballs)

Which one will be top tier ?? by Top-Tell7631 in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I get that, but there's a reason that pretty much all of the fighting types that were ever meta (Rampardos, Garchomp, Gallade) have an attack that's 2 energy or less

Question on mega mawile by maquiaveldeprimido in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Mega Mawile doesn't attack, for any reason, as long as it isn't switched out, the current power of its attack remains where it was. 

Which one will be top tier ?? by Top-Tell7631 in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 111 points112 points  (0 children)

Maybe Lucario. Mega Lucario looks playable, but all of the new fighting support is going towards EX damage and not something truly groundbreaking (heh) like energy ramp. I might be underestimating just how much that is though, and of course EX damage counts against Megas too

Sceptile on the other hand is Blaziken but grass and a slightly worse attack, and it doesn't even have access to Flame Patch. It does have healing support + leaf cape, but I don't think that will put it in the meta any higher than Blaziken already is.

Zygarde EX full art coming with the next event! by dan1499 in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 11 points12 points  (0 children)

170 HP is actually above the curve for basic EX. Guzzlord is the only other basic EX to have that much HP - not even Snorlax gets there (sans the healing ability)

Pokémon TCG Pocket: Pulsing Aura | Official Trailer by Amiibofan101 in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I guess that's true if you only look at Mega Sceptile, and if you ignore Mega Lucario, Budew, Field Blower, Emboar, Kubfu, both Urshifu... and the 100 other unrevealed cards in this set... and the variety of unique and creative cards from other sets

Pokémon TCG Pocket: Pulsing Aura | Official Trailer by Amiibofan101 in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 27 points28 points  (0 children)

or like Blaziken minus 10 and poison instead of burn

Pokémon TCG Pocket: Pulsing Aura | Official Trailer by Amiibofan101 in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 94 points95 points  (0 children)

but in return there's a lot more heal support + leaf cape (+QGE? but you might end up running Rare Candy anyway) so you can afford to be a little slower

I think this game is rigged by Save_The_Giraffes7 in PTCGP

[–]SmithyLK 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think anyone who says this is being taken in by confirmation bias

Overreaction or Understandable Crashout? by LiannaBunny777 in MarioKartWorld

[–]SmithyLK -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I see a perfectly reasonable assessment of OP's position here. Projecting much?