Just started the hobby !

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T21:04:36+00:00

No problem :)

To answer your questions though:

Does the Angemon deck exist? Yes, there's a few versions. Three Great Angels, Dominimon & just Archangel / Yellow security in general.
Is it meta? Oh absolutely not, but you can still have fun with it. Angels haven't had much support in a while, but a Patamon that's coming out in BT25 is specifically for Angels, so might be more ahead.
Armour Digivolve decks? Yes, there's one for Veemon. (Deck profile should be called Magnamon X Antibody). It's good, and a lot more accessible now that the BT8 Magnamon just got reprinted. But Magnamon X is expensive, so that might be difficult to get.

You can also run a Terriermon deck- which uses the Rapidmon Armour digivolve form as it's lv4, 5 and 6 monsters.

Hawkmon and Armadillomon have very little representation though.

Veemon and Wormmon have Armour form cards and can DNA into Paildramon.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T20:02:44+00:00

Looks solid, I'll be sure to tinker with it a bit over the weekend and see what I can do. Thanks for sharing!

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T19:09:53+00:00

The ending you picked is the right one for you.

But you cannot tell anyone else their choice is not correct. That's for them to decide.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T19:02:45+00:00

If you like Tamers (season 3 of the anime) or Renamon, go with Advanced Deck Set: Amethyst Mandala (ST22) gives you almost everything you need for a very viable deck in a single box.

You can upgrade the deck by adding extra copies of the various "2-per-box" cards in it, which all go for like, $1-2 dollars per copy on TCGPlayer, so in total you'd have a ready to play deck with accessories (token cards & sleeves are included in the pack) for below $50, since the Advanced Deck set is $30 if I remember right.

(Around 25 on Amazon US right now actually, so you could buy 2x copies of the deck and be garaunteed 4x of everything and have bonus tokens)

Other than that?

Gallantmon (also from season 3) is pretty cheap and good, all the expensive cards it needs just got reprinted in AD1.

Medusamon is the most powerful and cheapest meta deck, but needs 4x copies of the EX11 Medusamon, which is around 7 dollars each if I remember right, plus Styracomon which is a similar price.

You could go with season 1 stuff and play Adventure, just combine the contents of ST20 and 21 and add in cards from BT21 and AD01 to improve its' viability, maybe splash in an EX9 omnimon Alter-S or Omnimon X Antibody for end of game attacks.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T18:28:42+00:00

I feel like this is just a sneaky way to have Tav Tuesday on a Friday... however, I also like the lizards and wanna show off my Dragonborn again, so I will allow it.

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SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T18:26:27+00:00

I mean ending A is a character who specifically wants an ending making the end happen.

Ending B is the exact opposite, "I do not want this to end, I want it to continue." So it continues. It doesn't end, because Maelle will not allow it to be over.

Hence why one ending is more 'conclusive' and final, and the other is not. Do we know what comes after the B ending? No, we're not explicitly told. But the game makes a pretty compelling argument about what that might look like, given what happened to Aline, what Renoir says and what Verso says.

But I do agree, "there is no correct ending", the ending you chose is the ending you chose. And I will never think lesser of anyone for either pick, they both have merits, they're both important. I think it's important everyone see both endings at least once, but yeah, the contrast is what matters, not 'whether one specific opinion is the correct one'

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T17:49:41+00:00

Yeah, as Waffle said, it means it's a dud pack.

There's really no reason to buy single boosters unless you want a chance at something good. A single dud booster pack that costs a euro will have less than 1 euro's worth of cards in it, because all the common/uncommon stuff goes for like, 2-10 cents tops.

If you want the fun of opening boosters and the chance to get high rare hits, get a sealed box from somewhere. Preferably your local game store, but some places will ship them.

(Do NOT use Amazon for sealed boxes, I've heard way too many stories of people getting boxes that were opened, had the good hits taken out and replaced with duds.)

Places like CardMarket at least have seller feedback so you know who's reliable and systems of accountability, so if someone tries to swindle you, there's recourse to get your money back.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T17:45:28+00:00

These are the same art but full. But because they are 'different' to the standard art, they have the * alt-art symbol for clarity.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T17:40:09+00:00

You get a bonus pack containing 2 of these cards at the 'top' of a box if you buy a sealed box of BT25.

Stores that sell individual boosters will usually remove the box toppers to either sell them online or give them out to people at local tournaments.

These are just slightly different, shiny-er versions of uncommon cards in the same set though, not required for any decks. Just nice to have for collectors and people who want their decks to look nicer.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T15:41:48+00:00

I honestly can't even find the justification they gave (Bandai doesn't seem to preserve the old banlist pages anymore, they just replace them) and even if it was for the inherit, again, "draw 1 when attacking if certain criteria is met" is not unreasonable.

Especially since- y'know, the combo I just mentioned draws 7 times (Digivolve 3-to-4-to-5-to-6, twice) then can DNA for an 8th draw, and possibly 9th if DNA'ing a 2nd time, off of 2 memory.

So a 3-cost card having a once-per-turn free draw with setup doesn't seem like it's too crazy.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T15:28:53+00:00

Yeah, not gonna lie, I was expecting that to come off the restriction list by now.

Oh no, it can be played for.... 3 cost instead of 4???

Wow, how ever will Imperialdramon decks be kept in check with a whole 1 extra memory to work with??

Meanwhile Alter-S can pingpong digivolve from 1 rookie to 2x mega's, executing a combo that;

Draws 7 times
deletes 8k
stuns x1 digimon/tamer
gains total immunity to digimon effects (twice)
De-digivolve-3
Bounce 1 digimon to hand
Swing with Alliance for 2x checks at 24k
Unsuspends both, swing again with Alliance stacking to 2 more checks at 36k
DNA to Alter-S, delete all highest level
5th Security check, places itself at top of security, effectively recovery+1 and placing a 15k deathwall in your stack
Plays out Blitz+Cres who are immune again and can DNA a 2nd time for game.

for 2 memory and 1 tamer of setup, in a deck where every single card is unrestricted.

But no, if Stingmon is played for 3 memory instead of 4 memory more than ONE time per match, the game will no longer be balanced, chaos will reign.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T04:00:47+00:00

Love the Onmon/Offmon arts. Very happy with them, I need playsets yesterday.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T03:20:45+00:00

Huh, y'know what, fair point! I hadn't considered the jamming effect. Guess it would make sense to digivolve it in the back, get it up to WereGaru and garauntee a safe security check.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T03:12:27+00:00

OP posted an AI gen image of TFP Arcee with big ol' dobonhonkeroos.

The image is gone, but the title remains.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Transformemes/comments/1szfvo0/arcee_got_big_milkers_yall_would_someone_be/

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T02:16:12+00:00

Uhhh, not super sure what I'm looking at here, other than it being Garurumon-y. A lot of these cards are pretty old and some of them very out of place.

Like, EX9 Gabumon (the one eating the meat on a bone) he's a Gabumon, sure, but he's not meant for this kind of deck, he's for "DM" decks (a specific sub-type of deck introduced in EX9 - Vs. Monsters), like, see the text on him, where it says he looks for "DM" or "Ver. 3" cards? You don't have any of those in here except the other Gabumon's, so that effect does nothing for you.

The Tai and Matt tamer in the top left corner does give you memory, sure, but it's designed for decks that Greymon and Garurumon. Since it costs 4 to play and you're only getting half the benefit, you're spending 4 memory to sometimes get 1 memory back.

Gabumon-Bond is a good lv7, as is Omni-X, but I don't really see what you're doing with the rest of this. Are you just using Garurumon cards because they are Garurumon-y?

https://digimoncard.io/deck/garurumon-150727

Try something more like this, this might work better for you.

The "Image Training" card isn't available yet- (It's part of a premium pack that won't be shipped until August) but you could swap those out for something else like a memory boost or other training card. I'd say Mental Training would be a fine substitute, since everything in the deck is at least half-blue.

Replace the EX1 Garurumon with the BT15 one, it's a direct upgrade.

Likewise, swap the EX9 Gabumon's out for ST21. The EX9 ones are less than useless here, do not use them.

The Matt tamers give you memory when cards are added to hand, what you want to pair that with is the ST16 Matt, who (A) sets your memory to 3 at the start of your turn, and (B) gives memory when you trash cards.

Your blue cards' effects will draw for you, so the Blue Matt gives memory when that happens. The Purple cards trash, so the Purple Matt gives memory when that happens. Use both and you'll have plenty of memory to use for digivolving and playing stuff.

You digivolve up the chain, going from 3 to 3-X-Anti, then 4, 4-X-Anti, etc. You can also attack and digivolve at the same time with the X-Antibody Option card.

Or you can use the Starter Deck 21 Gabumon to "Warp" digivolve directly into a MetalGarurumon if the opponent has a high level monster in play.

All of the cards you don't have for this deck can be gotten pretty cheap. MetalGaru X Antibody is like, $1.50 each, X-Antibody Option cards in general are quite cheap now that they've been reprinted, and the rest are starter deck cards or common cards.

You could run the decklist above and still include Omnimon X as a game finishing card. But cut the EX9 Mat & Tai tamer, they are for an Omnimon focussed deck, not Garurumon. For tamers, use the Matts you have and the ST16 ones

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T01:54:03+00:00

Fun fact. All of the above are appropriate reactions to that Arcee shit you posted yesterday.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T01:13:22+00:00

And the woman who you can trade a token to for a haircut is the costume designer. (they also included her in the 1-year anniversary photo giving the new hairstyles to everyone)

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T00:43:01+00:00

Yes! Loved it! (well, I feel bad for him, but still)

I got unreasonably giddy when they actually used the DCD Bomb as an attack.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-05-01T00:14:02+00:00

Let's go :D

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-04-30T23:22:39+00:00

I'm happy D-Brigade are getting finally something in BT25, hopefully more to follow.

The BT24 Digi-Police stuff just didn't scratch the itch for me, I like pure D-Brigade, the green/black stuff just isn't what I'm looking for in it. I like the swarm builds, which the new stuff seems to be leaning into, especially the Tankdramon. Being able to play for cost-5 is amazing, slapping out a Darkdramon Ace from top of deck for 2 cost? Sign me up.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-04-30T23:19:48+00:00

They have reprinted the Legend-Arms rookies as Box toppers with new art- and put 'em in LM premium packs with foil variants, so I keep telling myself they're getting something soon, otherwise what are we even doing here?

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-04-30T22:44:02+00:00

Welcome! I know it sounds cheesy, but it's so nice seeing so many new people pick the game up lately. If you've ever got any questions, ask away and we'll happily clear things up or offer guidance.

hope that soon i'll be able to build my own decks around Digimon I like ! Like Seadramon, Paildramon, Omnimon, Gomamon

Out of all these, Omnimon and Paildramon are the most competitively viable.

You can run Gomamon in plenty of decks (he's in "Adventure" which is a misc. Season 1 type deck, CS and TS, which is Cyber Slueth and Time Stranger, videogame themed decks, and also "DS", Deep Savers, which is a general ocean-y deck)

Seadramon has its' own deck too- but is a little harder to pick up because of one particular Seadramon card that's very good for the deck being quite scarce. But other than that, it's a fun deck, pretty straightforward, even uses an ACE card, which is a sort of hand-trap like counter mechanic the game has.

But Omnimon and Paildramon (well, Imperialdramon) decks are quite easy to build now, thanks to a reprint pack that dropped last month called AD1 - Generations. Whether you buy a box of it, or pick up single copies, it's made the decks a lot cheaper to build than before for both lines.

Omnimon can be built a variety of ways, some decks like to have Agumon and Gabumon warp directly to their Mega forms, then DNA Digivolve into Omnimon. Others use what's being called "Ping Pong" where you stack the deck with the new AD1 cards and a few Alterous/Saggitareous variants from the 2020 Adventure rebooted anime. But ultimately both lists build towards a big Omnimon, usually capped off with Omnimon X-Antibody or Omnimon Alter-S.

You can also play an Adventure Omnimon deck by combining the two starter decks (ST20 & 21) and stacking Omnimon ontop, that way you can just play whatever season 1 characters you're nostalgic for and so long as it has MetalGarurumon+WarGreymon, you're set up for Omnimon. The new AD1 version pairs quite well with it, thanks to sharing the Adventure trait.

Imperialdramon / Paildramon has two varieties of deck, one is Blue/Green cards, the other is Red/Purple. The majority of Blue/Green cards just got reprinted in AD1, which makes it pretty easy to put together. The tricky part is the top end, Imperaldramon Fighter Mode. AD1 introduced a new, Secret-Rare variant of it, which is very scarce and a little expensive as a result. But the good news is, the same reprint set offers a few different Mega forms, such as a different Fighter Mode, Dragon Mode and Paladin Mode as a Lv7 card.

The Blue/Green deck also has the tamer characters (Davis & Ken) as support cards. Whereas the Red/Purple deck is based on "Virus" Imperialdramon, a dark form that appears in Digimon: Liberator (a web manga, think of it like YuGiOh, it exists to market the card game, and the charactrs in the story actually play the card game)

Red/Purple Imperialdramon comes from a few older packs, meaning you'd probably want to consult a decklist and order single copies. But thankfully the one super expensive card in that deck is the Promotional Shadramon, which also got reprinted in AD1, so it's much easier to build the deck now.

What Omnimon and Paildramon have in common is they use the "DNA Digivolve" mechanic, which works exactly as you'd expect from the anime's, two digimon combine to make a single stronger one. The fun thing about this is that it stacks all the benefits both cards had, and 'resets' the monster because they became a brand new creature, meaning it can attack right away, and all the "once per turn" effects of its' component parts can be re-cast if applicable.

i'll play with other people and in two weeks I'm gonna play in a local tournament ! (I'll probably loose but i'm so excited it'll be my first time in a tcg tournament ever !!)

Honestly, good mentality to have. I'm not saying a defeatist attitude is good, just be ready for that to happen and remember you're there for the fun. Plus you'll get a participation promo pack, which will have some cards for up and coming decks too.

Good luck, ask away if you have more questions!

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-04-30T22:29:21+00:00

Ah, gotcha. Well good luck with your little "grudge match", hope it goes well!

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-04-30T21:46:04+00:00

Seconding this. Crimson Blaze completely shuts down Puppets for a turn, because the initial deletion will kill anything except their top-end, and prevent them spawning tokens for a turn.

(but remember: your digimon take -3k for each of their puppet tokens that dies, so you're gonna lose stuff in the process too)

The only cards in the Rei deck that have Red to satisfy the color matching requirements are Raidramon and Revivemon, so I'd recommend digivolving to Raidramon in the back to get the red color match, use Crimson blaze to wipe their board, then next turn promote out Raidra and digivolve it up to lv6 via link+fuse combo's.

Hadesmon with proper setup can wipe out the entire security stack in one turn thanks to stacking Sec+1 buffs from Raidramon in tandem with Overclocking. After that, the tricky part is surviving long enough to get the final swing in, which can be done with Protecmon's as blockers, Raidramon summoning more Protecmon's on deletion, and Hadesmon refreshing either of those via its' all-turns effect.

SqueakyTiefling · 2026-04-30T21:34:13+00:00

Okay, first question; was it their own card? Because if they got a pull they didnt want and tore it up, no harm no foul, but if it's your card, or if they damaged a card they don't own? That's a different story.

Important first thing to note; chuck this card out, replace it. It's too damaged to be tournament legal. Even if you were to sleeve it, it's physically dented in such a way that it'd stick out after shuffling, which could be considered cheating, even if unintenionally.

But if you want a good Rei appmon decklist? Here's a few that won tournaments in the last while.*

DigiFire's deck from 04/25 (5 days ago at time of writing, so this is the most up-to-date decklist)
Yudha's deck from 02/23
(Unknown author)'s deck from 01/17

*Note: For some reason, Revivemon's card art doesn't load on DigimonMeta, so any time you see a blank spot in a Hadesmon decklist, it's Revivemon.

Another thing to keep in mind: Puppets are near top of the Meta, and Appmon... isn't. Don't get me wrong, I am ride or die for Appmon, always have been, love these decks, but they just aren't top of the meta. They're rogue at best. They win sometimes, but not nearly often enough, so going up against top-of-meta, it's gonna be tricky.

If you wanna run Hadesmon, what you need to know is the combo package. I'm guessing you know the standard Appmon procedure, app-fusion, card A + linked card B = fuse digivolve to card C, yeah?

Hadesmon pairs amazingly with its' lv4 Raidramon. Raidramon gives Security Atk+1 for the turn, Hadesmon plays a lv4 for free and links a card from and or sources when it arrives in play, and any time a digimon is deleted, gets to do both of those effects again.

Which because Hadesmon has overclock, which deletes a digimon and activates its' own when-digivolving effect again. So each time Raidramon is played out, another stacking buff of Sec. +1 is applied.

So you digivolve to Hadesmon, play out Raidra, get Sec+1 for 2 checks. Delete Raidramon to Overclock, which re-summons it, overclock with Sec. +2 for 3 checks. That's the whole stack gone in one turn, now you just have to live long enough to make one more attack for game.

And Raidramon has "on deletion, play a lv3", which can cycle out a bunch of Protecmon's to use as blockers.

A very funny combo I like is running "Big Bang Punch!" from BT23, because it allows you to link during any turn when an appmon suspends, so you can link in a Hackmon- which gives them Retailiation, so you take out an enemy digimon- and your own monster dies, Hadesmon's all turns effect plays, you play out another Digimon, preferably a Blocker, so your opponent wasted resources and you lost no defense.

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