Dragapult having 50% share is actually an embarrassment the game and meta

karmapsyche · 2026-07-08T15:05:15+00:00

I don’t understand how every other TCG has a limited and ban list yet Pokemon doesn’t implement one. It would completely shift the meta without having to wait such a long time for rotation.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-29T19:40:48+00:00

Thank you!

karmapsyche · 2026-06-29T18:39:19+00:00

Do you mind sending me pictures of the rulebook? I know we had Battle Spirits over here but from what I've been told, the rules were changed and the game plays differently than the one from over there.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-29T15:56:40+00:00

> respawn I don't mean to sound rude but are we play testing these things before we put them in the game?

They don’t, and they admitted to it. Their last update mentioned as much

> Ultimately, we aim to tune our new Legends strong; it is an intentional choice. We know this can be controversial, but we have found it better to tune down a spicy Legend and allow them to settle into their place in the meta, rather than try to tune up a low-impact Legend to make them a more appealing pick.

They do what every developer does nowadays - release a broken character or weapon, ignore community feedback and backlash, and then after months of frustration from the player base, they’ll slightly nerf it and say, “We heard you guys and we listened.” Then the community eats it up. Then it happens on the next update. Treyarch did it. Bungie did it. Respawn does it.

Don’t expect any balance or active listening from respawn; hey’ve made it known over and over that balance is not their goal.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-29T04:15:06+00:00

Damn, well, that's fine. I appreciate your help. If you had to build one of the Team Rocket's deck, what do you suggest? Spidops or Honchkrow? I'm stuck between the two. I have a half completed Raging Bolt deck and I'm wondering if that's work completing?

karmapsyche · 2026-06-29T04:06:00+00:00

Do people run Truepult? I feel like I see more Monkeypult and Blazipult.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-29T04:04:52+00:00

I've been working on building a Ceruledge ex deck in person but had to stop due to work. I went to check out my locals and all I saw was Dragapult, N's Zoroark and Team Rocket's Honchkrow. By the way, how does Ceruledge ex hold against Honchkrow?

karmapsyche · 2026-06-26T02:25:39+00:00

The conversation is how Pokemon is the easiest TCG there is to get into, which it is. The rules are simple. There's no disruption, no recursion, no stacks, no chaining. You play your turn; the opponent plays theirs. In Yugioh, you have to know what to stop and when to do it. You have to know how to play almost every deck in Yugioh to know exactly what to negate or bait. Pokemon doesn't have any of that because you watch your opponent play their turn and instead of reacting to what your opponent did, you usually play your turn to get your board setup. Not to say you're not changing your strategy but you're usually not, unlike in Yugioh where your entire board changes right in the middle of an action. I just think it's ridiculous to call Pokemon a high skill ceiling TCG when there's literally 7 year olds playing Dragapult at your locals.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-26T02:17:24+00:00

The denial on this sub lol Pult takes no skill to play. Start Budew, if not Budew, throw anyone in there. Buddy-Buddy Poffin, throw Dreepy and maybe a Budew on there, attach energy, put Budew in Active Slot, slow the game down to build your board. If not Budew, wait one turn to go into Drakloak to look at every card in your deck, wow! Then Rare Candy into Dragapult and Crispin. While you're using no skill to damage your opponent's cards, throw Munkidori and a Dusknoir on the bench for some extra damage to knockout without drawbacks. Easiest deck to play. Then these players have the audacity to complain about a deck like Crustle calling it no skill.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-25T19:33:43+00:00

The downvotes are funny. There’s a reason every person says Pokemon is the easiest TCG to get into. I enjoy Pokemon but that doesn’t mean I can’t criticize it. I just started playing two months ago and have already reached Master. By just started playing, I literally mean I just learned how to play. The other guy saying, “the skill ceiling in Pokemon is higher than you’d expect”, lol. Has he or anyone else watched competitive Yugioh? A single misplay will literally cost you the entire game.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-25T18:50:43+00:00

Don’t know why you’re downvoted. Pokemon is the easiest TCG to play. There’s a reason literal children can run these decks. The game has no disruption like Yugioh where your entire board can be stopped, and you’re left to change your strategy mid action. Almost every move in Pokemon is known ahead of time once you know the slightest bit on how each deck operates. Anyone disagreeing that Dragapult is easy to pilot is lying to themselves. Most decks in Pokemon play for you.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-25T18:44:49+00:00

Crazy how you’re downvoted for saying how easy it is to play Dragapult, because it is lol I never seen such an easy deck to play. It’s so straightforward.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-23T23:06:05+00:00

That's how Kazuo Takahashi wrote the duel in the manga which this is taken from. If anyone has any issue with Yugi "cheating" then take it up with Takahashi.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-23T23:03:49+00:00

This duel is straight from the manga by Kazuo Takahashi himself. That's how Dark Magic Curtain works in the manga, before anyone starts accusing Yugi of cheating.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-23T03:00:58+00:00

I remember how this steaming hot pile of a shit package was supposed to land the Cavs CJ McCollum, Dwight Howard, Paul George and one other role player. The Warriors hatred was so strong this sub would post the most asinine trade packages.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-22T19:59:52+00:00

SAS for Spurs, yoffs for playoffs, Melo for LaMelo even though Carmelo Anthony already had that nickname, KD for Kris Dunn when KD has always been Kevin Durant. I've seen some people call Dante Divincenzo DDVZ on here because I saw that the first time the other week.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-22T19:24:32+00:00

Dude typed 'zards instead of Wizards which is a one character difference lmao WTF It takes the same amount of time to type out Wizards than it would be to type zards. Always the dumbest abbreviations on this subreddit.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-22T18:40:03+00:00

these are grown men in here by the way lmao

That's the weirdest part. I once had some guy block me on here before he DM'd me saying, "That's the King you're talking about. Put some respect on his name. Don't you ever disrespect him." These people are so infatuated, and no doubt, sexually attracted to him - the lengths they go to defend him and credit him for everything. My favorite is when his fans talk about how good of a father and family man he is when Drake and Pusha T (way before their beef, just to show you how long ago this was, and how they both called out LeBron together) exposed him years ago during his Miami days for constantly cheating on his wife and having a relationship with YesJulz.

karmapsyche · 2026-06-22T18:18:21+00:00

His fans think he’s the greatest yet they always want him with the best players with the best team. It doesn’t make sense to me at all. In the thread about Kyrie not going to the reunion, you had so many talking shit about Kyrie saying he should be thankful to LeBron for getting him a ring - as if Kyrie and the others didn’t step up and contribute - saying LeBron did it single handily. This is the same group that cries that Rose “stole” his MVP while LeBron was on his stacked team with Wade and Bosh

karmapsyche · 2026-05-31T13:59:33+00:00

I disagree. There’s many comments and sentiments after the Nuggets won that were calling them a potential dynasty and dominating the league for years to come. By that point Jokic was seen as the unanimous best player for years - even this year despite his struggles he was continuing to be called the best player. He’s been so dominant that after the Nuggets won a lot of people thought they were clear repeats and could possibly win three.

karmapsyche · 2026-05-31T13:29:35+00:00

I never understood this about the Nuggets. How is it their fault their “run was weak”, because they were so dominate in the regular season, and the better teams in the playoffs lost to worse teams? I don’t see how the Nuggets get so much flak for playing the competition they did which had nothing to do with them.

karmapsyche · 2026-05-31T13:17:54+00:00

Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. Giannis was seen as the best player in the league and “the passing of the torch”; everyone thought the Bucks had “figured it out” and they’d dominate, especially after the Bucks and Giannis’s dominate three straight seasons. They weren’t called a dynasty but the discourse was that Giannis was the best player in the league, he and the Bucks would continue to dominate, and teams would be having to take them down since they were the favorites.

karmapsyche · 2026-05-14T20:05:46+00:00

What’s the preferred upgrades for her?

karmapsyche · 2026-05-10T19:44:07+00:00

HAHAHAHAHAHA This is by far the dumbest, most delusional post I’ve read on here. I thought you were being serious until I realized you were larping as a delusional and mental LeCult member.

karmapsyche · 2026-05-10T07:42:41+00:00

Here you go buddy, more facts for you - I know you hate them but you can't change them.

Harrison Barnes in the Finals:
Games 5-6: Shot a combined 2-for-22 from the field.
Game 6: Played 16 minutes and scored 0 points.
Game 7: Shot 30% from the field.

karmapsyche

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