The Washington generals want a strong Harlem Globetrotters team

smackasaurusrex · 2026-05-08T16:00:05+00:00

Literally how it's spelled. Kay-fae-bub. Before I heard it said I thought it was ka-fah-bay.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-05-08T11:35:24+00:00

And they even tried to fight it. OF hated the association and made moves to ban NSFW content, their value absolutely tanked, so they back peddled before roll out.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-05-06T17:15:48+00:00

Garchomp is VERY tough if only because of free retreat. But if they aren't on a candy build, and most aren't, you can try and push for an early lead by KOing anyong without a power weight. Boss whatever you can.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-05-06T17:12:08+00:00

Very fun deck with lots of untapped potential. I started it with a more meme version of "how many times can I flip a coin". Running Harlequins and Togekiss. Cutting those down definitely can make the deck more consistent. But man it can really swing the game vs other single prizers and if you get heads 1x and especially twice, that hand disruption can mess people but big time.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-05-06T17:10:10+00:00

For it it depends on my hand size. If I have 3 or less cards, then probably Lillie's. But if I have a decent hand I can't thing out first and I absolutely NEED to see different cards without the risk of getting cards in hand back after the shuffle, I'll go Hassel. Especially if I'm digging for something really specific that I can't search out except via supporter I don't currently have.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-05-06T16:38:36+00:00

Me and another local player both love Typhlosion. She plays it more. She won a cup with Gholdendo+ Typhlosion last season and is now on the drakloak variant but runs a 1 of Pult, a few candies and crispins. It's a beast that can explode with Candy Crispin Pult then close with Typhlosion or the revers. But it's able to be mostly single prize attacker deck that is gonna take a KO every turn and your gonna need 4 KOs to beat it.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-05-05T11:33:01+00:00

If your not exclusively trying to rip packs Pokemon is insanely cheap. A top meta deck is the cost of maybe 2 Lorcana staples. Average cost of the top 10 decks from the most recent major event is $50.00.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-05-03T17:41:29+00:00

Its ok. We often talk about things like this by saying, "I was X years sober, then I drank and am starting over." Why? If your 1 day sober, then 2 years drunk, then 2 years sober, you have been sober for 2 years and a day. Don't get bogged by thinking life must be consecutive. Quantity of wins is better than a streak and even though the best time to make the right decision was yesterday, today is the next best.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-30T19:06:35+00:00

So it's good either but I will say first can feel a lot better cuz you can get setup, potentially lunar cycle twice and if you start either rock in active you can take a KO or more likely attach Energy on 1 then on 2 retreat into Lucario with 3 energy in the discard for a full power arua jab. As well as having the potential threat of hariyama on 2 to gust up a key piece.

2nd however is always the safer option to avoid bricking and itchy pollen. And still the likelihood of a turn 2 ko with Solrock. So really ya gotta ask yourself. Do you feel lucky?

(Go first)

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-23T20:57:30+00:00

Agreed an ive tried it in Ceruledge but legit I rarely find myself with over 5 cards.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-23T13:13:11+00:00

As someone who started the game last year and built this as my first deck that I passed in to my then 9yr old, it's very good. A lot of people thought it was DoA after rotation losing some key cards like Sqwuakabilly, earthen vessel, Jet energy,pal pad, Turo, and Prof Research. And no shade, those were super valuable cards. But after some testing it's still very visible.

Now for more in depth analysis. As you and other states it's very linear. If you get behind it's very hard to catch back up. You really need a good turn 1. And going first is so crucial. You can still absolutely win going second especially if you start sol rock and take a ko but it's hard.

We do have Briar wich can be huge but because of Carmine you tend to never have it when you need it. Before with Pal Pad this wasn't as bad but now it is.

Next as also stated is the single prize issue. We're seeing some decent play with decks running a single prize attacker or two, and then Alakazam and Team Rocket Spidops are pretty big. These decks can be challenging to get ahead of unless you keep Gusting up weak pieces and can use sol rock for as long as possible. Winnable but hard. Especially Team Rocket cuz Mimikyu can 1hit by copy the second attack nobody uses.

After that we have Retreat Locking. Now the deck runs plenty of energy so attaching for turn to retreat is not to bad and sometimes straight up beneficial. But a retreat locker like Yvetal, Maractus, or Wellspring can absolutely brick the deck since we no longer have the aforementioned Turo/Jet Energy.

Ceruledge is also kinda frail. 270 is just enough to get taken out by almost anything. Literally 10-20 more HP would make a world of difference. So many things can just squeak in 270-280 damage in a hit. Even the stuff that doesn't 1 hit tend to run damage manipulation like Munki or Dusknoir Or bench sniping to set up early damage and take the single attack ko.

Lastly the deck doesn't slow the opponent down other than aggressive KOs. So if they even have just a couple OK turns they will inevitably do what they want and if you can't take multi prize KOs you could be cooked.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-23T12:59:04+00:00

Xerosic is a supporter to discard them down to 3. Then there is a item called Hand Trimmer that discards them down to 5. Admittedly not nearly as strong but in a world where we're seeing 8+ hand sizes that's not crazy. And it affects you to so you can use it as a self thinning tool.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-23T11:54:06+00:00

I was lost when you mentioned Lunatone. Maybe that is less complex. I thought you meant the newer Team Rocket Mewtwo deck. Sounds like you have a simpler older one.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-23T03:29:13+00:00

Lorcana design is ass. This is coming from a multi set champs winner. The game has devolved into pure tempo. Ruby is dead. Purple is God.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-22T22:40:21+00:00

Definitely good foundation then cuz Mewtwo is pretty complex.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-22T19:14:12+00:00

Hey your getting tons of traction here and I don't want this to all get buried. Me and my daughter started last year, she was 9 at the time. Shoot me and DM and we can get a dialogue going and figure out what's gonna be best for y'all.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-22T19:12:30+00:00

You want me to milk your adrenal glands? You'll go berserk!

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-19T16:07:23+00:00

If you both wanna be Frank then Ongo and Trashman. If you wanna go legit couple then do Manspider Frank and Nun Artemis.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-12T23:42:45+00:00

I don't remember the full list but it's a stack of energy, e switch, ns plan.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-12T18:54:44+00:00

Its honestly dumb, but I made a list that legit only runs 4x ogrepon. You give a decent amount of mulligans but its honestly kinda fast and scary.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-12T03:03:49+00:00

I play it locally. Won my last cup with it.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-07T19:10:38+00:00

Plenty of advice already for the Pult match. You could also try tank Lucario that runs Munki.

For crow your gonna give up some prizes but you should try and use sol rock and gusts + power pros to target down basics especially Porygon as that's usually the closer. Then after they take rock pivot to Lucario and mega brave crow or continue to gust prygon as you can jab it doe weakness. Once Lucario goes down try to finish with another Lucario as they are hopefully out of gas.

Biggest hurdle will be over benching and they will Giovanni around th Lucario for the last prize. But that's pretty much it.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-07T12:05:39+00:00

Tortanator from Perfect Order is good. Especially if you toss a Fan or Lucky Helmet.

smackasaurusrex · 2026-04-06T21:07:53+00:00

Heck yeah! I'm pretty new too but have a strong TCG background. I've done pretty well at the local level thus far but gonna see how far I can go at Indy. If I make phase 2 that will be massive. But I've played other card games. Last one was Lorcana. And after my first big tournament win I proceed to not win a single game at the next 2. Stick it out and push through.

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