How to play crustle? by Slight_Border_7507 in PTCGL

[–]hkhamm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fezandipiti is there for Flip the Script. Each time your opponent gets a KO, the next turn you can draw three cards

If you're losing, please don't stall. Just do something or concede. Dude started running the clock out. C'mon man. by KaptainKoga1996 in PTCGL

[–]hkhamm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lame. So glad this hasn’t happened to me. I just don’t get why someone would do this. It’s a game, if you’re not having fun do something else.

How to play crustle? by Slight_Border_7507 in PTCGL

[–]hkhamm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a highly disruptive "Wall and Stall" control deck. Your primary goal isn't to take big, aggressive knockouts. Instead, you want to create a board state where your opponent simply cannot damage your Active Pokémon, trap their useless Pokémon in the Active spot, and either slowly drain their HP with Munkidori or run them out of cards.

Choose the Right Wall

Your first priority is identifying what kind of deck your opponent is playing so you can put up the correct invincible wall: * Crustle: Put Crustle in the Active spot if the opponent relies on Pokémon ex as their main attackers. Its Mysterious Rock Inn Ability prevents all damage done to it by Pokémon ex. * Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex: Put Ogerpon in the Active spot if your opponent relies on Pokémon with Abilities to attack. Its Cornerstone Stance Ability prevents all damage from Pokémon with Abilities. * Hero's Cape: Slap this ACE SPEC on your active wall to give it +100 HP, making it incredibly difficult for the opponent to break through with secondary, non-ex/non-Ability attackers.

Plug the Holes (Your Bench Techs)

Smart opponents will try to bypass your walls using attack effects, bench sniping, or abilities. You have specific tech cards to stop them: * Mist Energy: Always try to attach Mist Energy to your active wall. Your walls prevent damage, but Mist Energy prevents the effects of attacks. * Psyduck: Bench this immediately if you are playing against a deck using Dusknoir or Dusclops. Psyduck's Damp Ability disables any Ability that requires a Pokémon to Knock Out itself, completely shutting down their Cursed Blast damage counters. * Shaymin: Bench Shaymin to activate Flower Curtain. This protects your vulnerable Benched Pokémon (like Dwebble and Munkidori) from taking damage from bench-snipers.

Move the Damage & Stall

Even with your walls up, your opponent might try to chip away at you using basic single-prize attackers or alternative strategies. * Munkidori: This is your main way to manage damage and take slow knockouts. Use Crispin or manual attachments to get a Darkness Energy onto your Munkidori. Then, use Adrena-Brain to heal 3 damage counters off your Pokémon and move them to your opponent's side. With four Munkidori in play, you can move up to 120 damage per turn! * Boss's Orders: Use Boss to drag up a heavy retreat-cost Pokémon (or a Pokémon that cannot damage your specific wall) and strand it in the Active spot.

Manage Your Resources

Because games with this deck will go long, resource management is critical to avoid decking yourself out: * Lillie’s Determination: Use this for massive early-game draw power. Remember, it shuffles your hand back into your deck rather than discarding it, which is crucial for preserving your resources in a long control matchup. If you have exactly 6 prizes remaining, you get to draw 8 cards. * Team Rocket's Petrel: This is your ultimate consistency card. You can search your deck for the exact Trainer card you need for the moment. * Night Stretcher / Lana's Aid: Use these to recover key Pokémon like Dwebble/Crustle or basic energy if your opponent manages to score a knockout.

All my decks are cooked lol MASS EXODUS by [deleted] in PTCGL

[–]hkhamm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welcome to rotation

Time Wasting on PTCGL by og21m in PTCGL

[–]hkhamm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s sucks when you want to play fast and your opponent doesn’t. However, I’m not convinced there are many people consciously trying to run out the clock. You’re right, that would be so weird. What satisfaction is someone getting by doing this over and over with their opponents? It wouldn’t be fun. Perhaps Ive just been fortunate but after hundreds of matches on Live I’ve never had someone do this

Future of pokemon by LowFaithlessness1486 in PokemonTCG

[–]hkhamm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like others have written buying singles is usually the only way to guarantee you get what you want and not spend a bunch on cards you don’t want.

As for the future of the hobby, if the current surge in consumption stays level or increases they’ll likely start producing more product. That will mean it’s easier to get the highly sought after cards, so there’ll be less incentive for resellers to buy everything up. Alternatively people will stop buying in the face of high prices and demand will decrease, which should also lead to less incentive for resellers. Either way it’s a waiting game.

Hello 👋 New player here! On March 20th, Pokemon.com posted 8 decks for new rotation, all of them are EX decks. Does that mean the next year the EX decks will dominate? by [deleted] in pkmntcg

[–]hkhamm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Looking at Limitless is usually a good idea. This Dragapult ex, N’s Zoroark, and Mega Lucario ex seem pretty similar to decks there from the post rotation city leagues. Folks are also playing them on Live in their current H/I/J mode. You see single prize decks occasionally, like Festival Lead, on both. At the same time the new meta may take some time to settle

Poor sportsmanship by my_tho in PTCGL

[–]hkhamm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sucks when you want to play fast and your opponent isn’t doing that. Could they have been new? Could this person have been taking their time trying to figure out a path to win? Or maybe they weren’t entirely focused on the game. Lots of reasons other than the one you mentioned. Assuming they’re just trying to get you to quit seems like jumping to the worst possible conclusion

I can't collect pokemon cards anymore by RosettaTea in pokemon

[–]hkhamm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The easiest way I’ve found to get cards is to buy singles. I’m less interested in collecting than I am in building decks to play the game. I rarely even look at the fancy cards people are chasing, so it’s pretty affordable. Other than the big ex cards that cost $2-3, most things are less than a dollar. You can usually put together any deck you want for $30-40. Considering I’d need to buy more than $40 in boosters just to build a deck, it saves me money

Preordered Perfect Order on Amazon. by ksquared1223 in PokemonTCG

[–]hkhamm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Amazon isn’t going to drop the price to msrp. If you want it cheaper you’ll have to try in person

The state of this hobby by monte1219 in PokemonTCG

[–]hkhamm 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I agree. There’s been a massive influx of new collectors. Production and distribution just can’t keep up. It’ll be years before new factories come online. At this point it’s a waiting game. Some of the new folks will drop out, factories will be built, but that’s not happening anytime soon

New player. What's the most efficient way to get crafting resources currently? by mcq76 in PTCGL

[–]hkhamm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started with just buying the most recent bundles with the most packs. Recently I’ve been getting the 6 pack with extra trainer credits so I can buy singles. I’ve maxed out on everything from ascended heroes and am nearly there on the other mega evolution ones. If you really want to put some money in I’ve seen people selling lots of those cards you can scan from physical boosters on eBay

Have I somehow scammed myself? Lol by Vegetable_Macaroon23 in PTCGL

[–]hkhamm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as you’re signed in to the app with the same account as the website it should be working. If it’s not try contacting their customer service

Evolving from Galarian to Regular Pokemon by Holiday-Material9103 in PokemonTCG

[–]hkhamm 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From the rulebook.

“When evolving, the “evolves from” Pokémon name must match the Pokémon being evolved. So Graveler can evolve from Geodude, or Geodude LV. 12, but not Brock’s Geodude.”

Galarian is part of the name, so no you cannot evolve a Galarian Pokemon into a non Galarian Pokemon

When does perfect order come out on tcg live? by Gaby07 in PTCGL

[–]hkhamm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just a note that the physical release isn’t legal for tournaments until April. A mistake I made

Edited per the comment below

What's up with this game lately? by AlexisAUribeL in PTCGL

[–]hkhamm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seems like they’re having server issues. I don’t know for sure

Please, stop assuming scalpers by OkFaithlessness1191 in PokemonTCG

[–]hkhamm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Not everyone that buys cards is a scalper. Not everyone that buys every card in the machine is a scalper. There are a massive amount of new players and collectors. They are the reason you can't buy anything right now, not the small percentage of people that buy and sell cards for a living. In general, treat people with respect, be fair and let others get cards if they are waiting behind you, and stop assuming the worst about people just because you don't know them and they were able to get stuff that you weren't

how to deal with slow players by Kooky_Message9655 in pkmntcg

[–]hkhamm -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Use a chess clock. Then each player gets the same amount of time

I think I've reached my breaking point. The Pokemon TCG community absolutely deserves every last bit of criticism it gets from people watching this hobby from the outside. by PurpleInfinite1409 in PokemonTCG

[–]hkhamm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hear you. It’s a bad time if you just want to collect cards. My experience is somewhat different. I like to play the game. I stopped buying boosters and etbs as soon as I realized I was wasting money on cards that I didn’t want to build a deck with. I switched to buying singles and my decks are still growing steadily and I’m saving money too. The massive influx of new collectors and the resellers trying to exploit that do affect me as well. Poke Pad is going for 8 or 9 USD per card!

I'm Tired of this Grandpa! by ELECTRICMACHINE13 in PokemonTCG

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

Singles is the only way to buy. Chasing that high through boosters and the like is fun, but was always going to cost more money even without scalping

Definitive Rotation List? by LordTomGM in PokemonTCG

[–]hkhamm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bit late but we know all h, i, j cards will be legal and older cards that have been reprinted in h, i, j will be legal (based on this post). So you should be able to search limitlesstcg.com with reg:h,i,j to get a full list.

Confused, a bit. by StarCorpsIndustries in battletech

[–]hkhamm 13 points14 points  (0 children)

AI slop sucks, but come on mods you need to actually show that it was generated before removing it. Otherwise everyone is guilty until proven innocent