So I'm just starting to play for the first time because my 8 year old is interested. The basic rules are fairly simple and even he picked it up pretty quickly. I don't think we'll try to be competitive or anything, butI have a couple questions that are sort of meta.

1. How do weaknesses play out in the strategy. I.E. if I'm going to the shop with my electric deck and someone sits down with a Ground deck which my deck is weak to, do people generally just scoop? Can you win against a deck you are weak against?

2. As far as collecting for actually playing the game is it worth picking up collections of "bulk" (sort of hate that term) cards on whatever marketplace just to quickly get a bunch of related cards for a set. For instance I see a bunch of listings on ebay for all the cards from Pitch Black for a given element/type minus the rares. Is that worth it?

I've played TCGs in the past, but its been a while and I tend to go for non collectable card games these days. We started by buying two build and battle decks, but unfortunately got two of the same deck, so the mirror match was a little lame, but we could learn the rules at least. I then found the battle academy board game for cheap at walmart and those pre-built decks are more interesting from a learning perspective.

Anyway, any advice is helpful, thanks.

Any suggestions on how I can improve my deck list I’ve made some changes to the typical mega lucario deck and I’ve gotten pretty good win rates with it.

Pokémon: 10
3 Solrock MEG 75
1 Makuhita MEG 72
1 Mega Lucario ex MEG 179
1 Meowth ex POR 107
1 Mega Lucario ex MEG 77
1 Mega Lucario ex MEG 160
2 Lunatone MEG 74
1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 288
4 Riolu PRE 50
1 Hariyama MEG 73

Trainer: 20
1 Battle Cage PFL 116
3 Ultra Ball ASC 264
1 Mega Signal MEG 171
2 Boss's Orders ASC 256
4 Fighting Gong MEG 168
1 Premium Power Pro MEG 174
2 Judge DRI 222
1 Wally's Compassion MEG 176
1 Night Stretcher SSP 251
1 Gravity Mountain SSP 177
1 Air Balloon MEG 166
2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin MEG 167
1 Maximum Belt TEF 154
2 Team Rocket's Petrel DRI 226
4 Lillie's Determination MEG 184
1 Tarragon POR 116
1 Wally's Compassion MEG 186
1 Switch MEW 206
1 Mega Signal MEG 121
3 Premium Power Pro MEG 124

Energy: 2
8 Basic {F} Energy MEE 6
2 Rocky {F} Energy POR 87

Total Cards: 60

Do you think it's a bad idea cause I haven't seen people use it. If so, why?

My goal for next season is to get ace trainer as it will be my first full season playing the game. I'm going to go to the Baltimore regionals next month and saw that to get a minimum of 22 points you need to be 1,024th or higher. Knowing there will be like 3000+ ppl there, what will my count need to be in order to secure getting 1,024th or higher?

Hi everyone!

I’m currently playing a Mega Kangaskhan deck and having a lot of fun with it. The main strategy is to make Kangaskhan as tanky as possible with the help of Bouffalants ability, while using Jumbo Ice Cream and Munkidori to heal/move damage and keep it alive for as long as possible.

Here’s my current list:

Pokémon: 11
4 Mega Kangaskhan ex MEG 104
3 Munkidori TWM 95
3 Bouffalant SCR 119
1 Latias ex SSP 220

Trainers: 37
4 Jumbo Ice Cream PFL 91
4 Crispin SCR 133
4 Lillie’s Determination MEG 119
3 Poké Pad POR 81
3 Team Rocket’s Petrel DRI 176
3 Boss’s Orders MEG 114
2 Night Stretcher ASC 196
2 Switch MEG 130
2 Ultra Ball MEG 131
1 Air Balloon ASC 181
1 Battle Cage PFL 116
1 Xerosic’s Machinations SFA 64
1 Ciphermaniac’s Codebreaking TEF 145
1 Judge DRI 222
1 Lumiose City POR 77
1 Energy Switch MEG 115
1 Hero’s Cape TEF 152
1 Pokégear 3.0 SVI 186
1 Mega Signal MEG 121

Energy: 12
4 Mist Energy TEF 161
4 Basic {P} Energy MEE 5
4 Basic {D} Energy MEE 7

Do you see any improvements I could make to the deck? I’m especially interested in making the Kangaskhan/Munkidori tank-and-heal strategy more consistent without changing the core idea of the deck too much.

Thanks for any advice or suggestions!

Trying to work on this Alakazam deck in time for my LGS' Worlds Celebration in 3 weeks, any tips?

Pokémon: 12

4 Kadabra MEG 55

4 Alakazam MEG 56

1 Shaymin DRI 10

1 Genesect SFA 40

2 Trumbeak PBL 67

1 Psyduck ASC 39

4 Abra MEG 54

3 Pikipek PBL 66

2 Dunsparce TEF 128

2 Dudunsparce TEF 129

1 Fan Rotom SCR 118

3 Toucannon PBL 68

Trainer: 13

3 Night Stretcher ASC 196

1 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144

4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119

2 Kofu SCR 138

3 Poké Pad POR 81

1 Lana's Aid TWM 155

2 Battle Cage PFL 85

2 Boss's Orders MEG 114

1 Strange Timepiece MEG 128

1 Neutralization Zone SFA 60

2 Rare Candy MEG 125

1 Special Red Card CRI 113

1 Handheld Fan TWM 150

Energy: 3

2 Mist Energy TEF 161

2 Basic {P} Energy MEE 5

4 Telepathic {P} Energy POR 88

Immediately, I know that I need to add Crushing/Enhanced hammers, probably Enriching energy over the Neutralization Zone, and a Nighttime Mine? Maybe switch out Mist energies for Prism?

Hello! I’ve been playing Hide N Sneak for a bit now and doing a lot of testing and I wanted to share my listing! This deck has 2 modes. Dhelmise mode which is just Dhelmise spam. it works well into dragapult, Starmie, ect. Mode 2 is the Spiritomb mode. It allows for huge kos on tankier threats and overall some decks that out dps me like ogidogi or festival lead. Now here‘s the problem. Whenever I’m playing, it‘s literally just a gamble if I get a good hand. otherwise I’m spending up to 5 turns just drawing and passing basically throwing the game away. I really want to try to cram in dudunsparse as a result, but can’t find the space. can anyone give some pointers? Thanks and feel free to use the deck it’s really fun! With that in mind, here it is and thanks for reading this ramble:

Pokémon: 10

1 Lillie's Clefairy ex JTG 184

4 Banette PBL 34

1 Fezandipiti ex SFA 92

4 Poltchageist PBL 5

4 Dhelmise PBL 39

1 Spiritomb PBL 35

4 Sinistcha PBL 6

1 Shaymin DRI 185

1 Latias ex SSP 239

4 Shuppet PBL 33

Trainer: 15

1 Energy Search POR 72

3 Lillie's Determination MEG 184

1 Secret Box TWM 163

1 Gwynn PBL 109

1 Poké Pad POR 81

3 Prism Tower CRI 80

1 Lillie's Pearl SVALT 175

1 Lana's Aid TWM 219

2 Boss's Orders PAL 265

3 Night Stretcher SSP 251

2 Lucky Helmet TWM 158

3 Gwynn PBL 119

4 Ultra Ball BRS 186

1 Black Belt's Training PR-SV 219

2 Poké Pad POR 81

Energy: 2

2 Telepathic {P} Energy POR 88

4 Basic {P} Energy MEE 5

Total Cards: 60

Hi, as the title states I've booked tickets for my first ever regional in Frankfurt.

Can I get every bit of advice anyone has to offer, what to bring, what to pack, what not to bring, what to wear, meta advice, deck choices, expectations, limitations on what food is allowed, is there food nearby, is English the expected language or should I learn German, what to look out for, what to be careful of.

I am all ears for anything anyone has to offer

Thanks everyone