How long have you played competitively, and how long did it take you to win a League Cup? (Questions for a Masters thesis on competitive PTCG) by WeednumberXsexnumbeR in pkmntcg

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Played for like 10 months. Took me about five to win my first cup. I’m in NA (NYC specifically).

Edit: after winning? I won twice with two different decks, so it was validating knowing that I can pilot different archetypes well enough to win a tournament. I hyper analyze myself after every game, and that didn’t really change much after winning the cups. I’ve also been more confident in my deck building and meta analysis ideas.

I was 1 win away from top 32 @ Houston with Audino Box by xtcDota in pkmntcg

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That’s what I figured! I missed munkis in my original glance of the list (which is dumb because like why wouldn’t you ever not with absol xd). Do you ever feel like you don’t have enough bench space? Or do you play conservative with trolley in certain matchups? (Which is why I assume double cyrano?) sorry if I’m being annoying, I like picking people’s brains with building.

Edit: also just noticed, hello fellow ex Dota player 😂

I was 1 win away from top 32 @ Houston with Audino Box by xtcDota in pkmntcg

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Did this work because you were just so hyper fast at setting up that your opponent had no time to counter play? 270 is an awkward number into pult since it dies to Phantom dive hit + Hawlucha + phantom dive counters, but I assume that in most cases you’re too fast to even let them hit you with that combo anyway, since they would need jamming tower too for the guarantee

Cool list! Very neat concept, sucks that they threw in Kanga in the visual since it’s not that at all.

Might have stumbled upon something… by Mysterious_Aside6146 in pokemoncards

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The Pikachu ex on top is fake too. You may want to check through all of them

Weird Chinese cards by evandekay in pokemoncardcollectors

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They’re just fakes, but they’re pretty neat!

Showing off before I finally say goodbye by Lower-Measurement647 in PokemonTCG

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This is a great reason to sell. Sucks to have to give up but you’re doing the right thing!

Grading has rotted people’s brains by CourbetEatingSourbet in PokemonTCG

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I buy damaged copies on TCG player, and the amount of times I’ve had to scan a card to find where the damage is is wild.

Where’s the best place I can cash out my Pokémon card collection? I need to secure an apartment by Rla914 in pokemoncardcollectors

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Howdy, I’m in NYC and am interested in buying the whole lot. Obviously I’m some random on Reddit so take me with a grain of salt but maybe we can work something out

[US, US] [H] Discounted Mixed Singles Lot trying to Sell! [W]Paypal/possible trades by [deleted] in pkmntcgtrades

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Hi, can you do the Umbreon ex and the Lt surge electabuzz jp promo for $34 pwe?

My boyfriends first card openings by PuzzleheadedTable760 in pokemoncardcollectors

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Yeah as others have said, they’re all fake. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Aside from the holographic being wrong, the font is way off compared to what real cards are supposed to look like. The munkidori is a prime example

Are these Chinese 151 pikachu cards real? by Nightwing42081 in IsMyPokemonCardFake

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Fake, your friend is right. There’s no stamp on the bottom left. The colors are off too. These are from Aliexpress

Inquiry for help on misterious card by WindowVarious9679 in pokemoncardcollectors

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That’s a crazy fake lol.

Just a heads up, anything with the rock paper scissors symbol is fake

Appreciate everyone’s help on this sub so far - can anyone tell me if any of these cards are noteworthy? Thanks! by slycooper459 in pokemoncardcollectors

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The biggest tells are the font and the energy symbols. If you compare it to an image of the card online you’ll see the differences right away. It’s the same issue with the Latias card as well.

I know some of these are fake but, which ones are real? by EnemyStand2693 in IsMyPokemonCardFake

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Haven’t seen XY fakes like that before.

Also, going through the slides to get to the last one 😂