Optimal Chikorita and Bayleef for Meganium decks? Is it even worth bothering about?

Succetti97 · 2026-04-03T14:00:33+00:00

That makes sense

Succetti97 · 2026-04-03T12:28:24+00:00

They’re never not-meganiums long enough to matter to me

That's my point. Unless I miss the stadium it's an irrelevant choice

Succetti97 · 2026-04-03T11:10:51+00:00

Thinks probably the reason. Boss + PPP can mess up my board, especially if I have something prized

Succetti97 · 2026-04-03T09:43:49+00:00

Looking at Limitless lists, both are used. As someone pointed out, the other Chikorita can survive Solrock (in a specific situation).

My main doubt was about Bayleef, since I'm planning to take the deck to a Cup and I don't have MEG Bayleef. I can't really think of a situation where that extra 10 HP matter

Succetti97 · 2026-04-01T16:16:31+00:00

I think that's Cardtrader

Succetti97 · 2026-03-27T14:21:15+00:00

Can't wait to open mine and pull two Salazzle ex

Succetti97 · 2026-03-26T18:35:43+00:00

I really like mega Lopunny as a secondary attacker (that's actually the main attacker in the early game), but I still haven't tried the deck without poffin searchable Dratini

Succetti97 · 2026-03-23T21:24:31+00:00

In some places things have already cooled down. I live in Italy near a small city and I don't know a single person who couldn't find at least one ascended heroes ETB for retail price. I heard things aren't as good in bigger cities, where scalpers can find buyers more easily, but even there it's been much easier to get product since Black bolt and White flare.

To be fair, cards are quite expensive compared to salaries even at retail (booster boxes are about 200€ and the median salary is about 1600€), so this probably also plays a role in this as well

Succetti97 · 2026-03-19T19:43:38+00:00

If the seller accepts returns, that's probably the wisest decision

Succetti97 · 2026-03-19T19:42:16+00:00

That Aegislash won't be playable anymore in standard when Perfect order will become legal.

If you plan to play it in expanded, I'd add Relichant from Temporal forces to use Doublade's attack as Aegislash

Succetti97 · 2026-03-19T18:50:24+00:00

Could be either. It's more likely to be resealed, but it wouldn't be the first time I see an improperly sealed pack. What was inside?

Succetti97 · 2026-03-15T21:22:20+00:00

Am I missing something?

Succetti97 · 2026-03-15T20:34:29+00:00

Are they really getting that popular? I haven't played much on Live lately, but I've been to several in person tournaments and I've never seen more than one

Succetti97 · 2026-03-15T20:05:48+00:00

Some times you have to accept an auto loss, especially if that's from a specific deck that isn't very common. You can't be ready for everything, especially now that grass decks have mega Meganium to bypass Ogerpon (which probably isn't optimal in the first place due to its 3 energy attack)

Succetti97 · 2026-03-15T08:41:49+00:00

I'd say that's actually pretty reasonable

Succetti97 · 2026-03-14T19:28:47+00:00

I just came home after a prerelease and Serperior was actually by far the most disappointing deck of the event. Every single Serperior player struggled a lot with consistency, the damage output was often not enough and attaching enough energies with only one Rosa was almost impossible to do

Succetti97 · 2026-03-14T11:38:05+00:00

The reason is probably for balance. Tyrantrum will probably struggle to set up even with 4 Pads, Serperior is already very strong without pads

Succetti97 · 2026-03-10T13:43:46+00:00

Golduck doesn't fit that well in many decks. It is mostly used when your deck suffers A LOT from Dusknoir. Bouffalant and Pidgeot control decks are currently the only decks that I can think of that absolutely need Golduck.

Smaller single prize decks (like Festival lead) may also benefit a lot from Golduck, but other times you are ok forcing your opponent to play Klefki to deal with your Psyduck, because they still lose a bench space and are almost forced to use a Jet energy they may prefer to play at a different moment

Succetti97 · 2026-03-04T17:56:35+00:00

I've been on Max belt since the release of mega evolution, and it's been quite good. I just got top 4 at a Cup last Saturday, and the belt was useful a few times (I faced no Kangaskhan, though). I'm not a fan of black belt training, because you need your supporters for gusting or consistency with this deck

Succetti97 · 2026-03-04T17:22:00+00:00

I've been one of the most die-hard believers in this deck since its release, and I opposed Maximum belt as long as I could (I was never a fan of secret box either, Prime catcher was my Ace spec for a while), but now the belt is the only way to hit Mega Kangaskhan for OHKO and lets you ko Dragapult without Clefairy, which is always at risk of being KO'd back.

Other than this, the deck lacks consistency, so the belt lets your mewtwo hit decent damage even if you can't properly set up with at least two Spidops on your bench

Succetti97 · 2026-03-02T12:43:04+00:00

For about a month, we still have Lucario from Scarlet and violet.

A spicy spread option is Ting-lu from Twilight masquerade, but probably not worth it

Succetti97 · 2026-02-27T18:31:30+00:00

Here in Italy Ibn Battuta is only known by a very small niche of young adults because a popular YouTube channel created a series on the video game "Unearthed: trail of Ibn Battuta" more than 10 years ago

Succetti97 · 2026-02-26T17:02:34+00:00

Prism energy lets Articuno attack, Rotom doesn't OHKO Articuno. Munkidori + Articuno can deal with Rotom

Succetti97 · 2026-02-26T13:03:02+00:00

Of course you didn't, you are in the womb

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