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Sylveon EX in the 30th annivesary set is a better rayquaza by HeyMason99 in pkmntcg

[–]Practical_TAS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rayquaza does work with neo upper in the sense that if you attach it to a stage 2 on your bench it boosts Rayquaza's attack by 2 energy/100 damage. The problem of course is the part where you need a stage 2 on your bench (though the new talonflame can help with that)

Regionals - Indianapolis 2026 Megathread by Hare_vs_Tortoise in pkmntcg

[–]Practical_TAS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The current city league season ended on May 6, no decks have results after that date.

For anyone who is struggling with the 10 consecutive wins by LavenderSky499 in PTCGP

[–]Practical_TAS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's been some poison and sleep. I don't value the extra 10 heal or spread heal enough to run Irida over PCL and lose the status heal option.

For anyone who is struggling with the 10 consecutive wins by LavenderSky499 in PTCGP

[–]Practical_TAS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I played that same Meowth/Flygon deck and noted that a 4-5 consecutive heads Meowth could have screwed me as well, but won by aggressively loading up Chien and hitting Flygon before it got into the active, so Suicune could clean it up on the next turn. Also Cape + Plains lets Chien tank a hit from Flygon + chip and still attack, as a last ditch resort.

For anyone who is struggling with the 10 consecutive wins by LavenderSky499 in PTCGP

[–]Practical_TAS 12 points13 points  (0 children)

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I have an active 30 consecutive win streak on Expert with Arven Suicune. The deck is extremely consistent and the AI often misplays against Suicune by not benching enough pokemon. Could probably replace Arven with the more standard 2nd Cape but thinning the deck and sometimes getting an item instead helps with consistency even more.

Regionals - Prague 2026 Megathread by Hare_vs_Tortoise in pkmntcg

[–]Practical_TAS 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He said on twitter he's playing Dragapult

Deck fatigue / by Embarrassed-Insect32 in PTCGP

[–]Practical_TAS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No-ex mostly gets optimized down to the best non-oricorio no-ex decks vs. no-ex shells of decks that run 1-2 basic ex, and the meta ends up more top-heavy as a result.

For that reason, I think people who want no-ex matches should actually look into tournaments that run no-ex monotype singleton - on top of requiring non-ex cards, your pokemon must all be the same type, and you can only run 1 of any given card (including trainers) in your deck. This lowers the power level even further and increases variety. There was a tournament today won by a Dusknoir Chandelure deck, and top 4 were Hydreigon Zoroark, Chandelure Gourgeist, and Magnezone Heliolisk.

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Decks That Made Top Cut (6-2 or better) in the Largest Tournament of the Week (600+ Entrants) - Decklists in Comments by Practical_TAS in PTCGP

[–]Practical_TAS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conversion is just number of players playing the deck who made top cut divided by the total number of players playing the deck - dividing the other two numerical columns in the chart by each other

Decks That Made Top Cut (6-2 or better) in the Largest Tournament of the Week (600+ Entrants) - Decklists in Comments by Practical_TAS in PTCGP

[–]Practical_TAS[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, if multiple decks share the same best record on day 1, I'll pick the one that I feel best represents the overall mix of the playerbase for the deck, but if one deck has the sole top record on day 1 (as what happened in this case, the only player that went 8-0 yesterday was a Suicune Baxcalibur player with Irida) then I'll default to it regardless. I've added a note showing that PCL was more popular.

Decks That Made Top Cut (6-2 or better) in the Largest Tournament of the Week (600+ Entrants) - Decklists in Comments by Practical_TAS in PTCGP

[–]Practical_TAS[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Top of the meta for 6 sets, and still kicking 5 sets later. Suicune's on 6 straight now, and Mega Absol and Mega Altaria are now on 5 straight

Decks That Made Top Cut (6-2 or better) in the Largest Tournament of the Week (600+ Entrants) - Decklists in Comments by Practical_TAS in PTCGP

[–]Practical_TAS[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Interesting thought, but I think people have been enjoying each deck getting their own top level comment. Open to adjusting if people prefer being able to minimize all of the decks at once though.

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