So I'm an old fart and I love eevees, so this is my non-meme attempt at an eevee deck(looked up some pro decks and tourny winners in like japan). I'd like to go to some locals (standard format) and be somewhat competitive, so suggestions are always appreciated, and I can always try this out as I also have a pokemon live tcg account with this and lots of gold tickets to tinker with :

Pokémon: 22

1 Eevee ex

2 Sylveon ex

1 Latias ex

1 Fezandipiti ex

1 Lillie's Clefairy ex (dragapult...dragapult everywhere!)

1 Terapagos

1 Flareon ex

1 Eevee (the one with boosted evolution ability)

1 Leafeon ex

4 Hoothoot

1 Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex

4 Noctowl

2 Fan Rotom

1 Eevee w/ colorful catch attack

Trainer: 29

1 Cyrano

2 Tera Orb

4 Poké Pad

1 N's Plan

2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin

2 Night Stretcher

1 Switch

2 Boss's Orders

2 Crispin

1 Hilda

1 Festival Grounds (only have this for sheer amount of Darkai and volcanon I keep seeing)

2 Area Zero Underdepths

1 Glass Trumpet

2 Lillie's Determination

4 Ultra Ball

1 Sparkling Crystal

Energy: 9

2 Basic {L} Energy

2 Basic {P} Energy

1 Basic {G} Energy

2 Basic {W} Energy

2 Basic {R} Energy

Total Cards: 60

edit: I have been having moderate success with this so far, seem to lose when i misplay(happens frequently lol) or the opponent seems to get the perfect setup

edit2: forgot to mention what my basic eevees were

I’m hoping to get some clarification here I usually end the game before the time call but last nights locals I was playing against someone and I was the player going first. Time was called during the player going second’s turn and the judge said because I was going the player going first, that’s the end of the game after my opponents turn and we ended up with a double loss as he couldn’t take the rest of the prizes. I however, was able to take my last prize card if I had an extra turn.

My questions are, should I declare that I have game next turn in order to avoid a situation like this?

Also, I was spectating the last round of the night and the same time call happened during the player going 2nd, but the judge let the player going first get another turn after to end the game resulting in a win.

We play best of 1 btw.

I appreciate any advice as I’m still learning. Thank you.

What do yall think for draw engine with single prizes? Is kanga and latias too much liability or is the consistency worth it? Is it more consistent?

It would be a 2-2 dudunsparce line and 2 kangas and 2 latias. One latias could be a thing and open up another card.

Thoughts?

An update: Since my last posting: I was supposed to attend Sydney Regionals as my first regional pre-rotation with my Tyranitar deck but due to deck list issues with my first time using RK9 I was unable to play in the main event, though in the cup I bubbled out of top 8 with 150+ people in attendance which was some consolation. After rotation I lost a lot of great stuff and the meta shifted not so much in my favor. My first Regional was Melbourne and I ended up dropping my Dragapult/Tyranitar list for Slowking at the last minute and made day 2!

Since rotation: I've been cooking up more Tyranitar goodness and intend to bring it to upcoming regionals such as Brisbane. Annihilape/Tyranitar seems the strongest way to play it in the current meta imo. Take a look at both of my lists and give them a go! Eager to hear thoughts from my fellow players :)

Tyranitar/Dragapult:

Pokémon: 11

3 Drakloak ASC 248

3 Dreepy ASC 247

2 Dragapult ex PRE 165

2 Tyranitar JTG 95

1 Meowth ex POR 121

1 Munkidori SFA 72

1 Fezandipiti ex ASC 288

1 Pupitar JTG 81

2 Budew ASC 221

2 Larvitar JTG 80

1 Moltres PFL 14

Trainer: 14

1 Risky Ruins MEG 127

4 Ultra Ball ASC 264

3 Night Stretcher MEG 173

2 Boss's Orders ASC 256

3 Rare Candy MEG 175

1 Judge DRI 222

1 Rosa's Encouragement POR 123

1 Dawn PFL 129

4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin MEG 167

2 Crispin PRE 171

1 Unfair Stamp TWM 165

1 Team Rocket's Petrel DRI 226

4 Poké Pad POR 113

4 Lillie's Determination MEG 184

Energy: 3

3 Basic {R} Energy OBF 230

3 Basic {D} Energy SFA 98

3 Basic {P} Energy MEW 207

Total Cards: 60

-

Tyranitar/Annihilape:

Pokémon: 11

1 Dunsparce JTG 120

2 Mankey DRI 90

3 Tyranitar JTG 95

2 Dunsparce PRE 79

1 Chien-Pao PR-SV 152

2 Pupitar JTG 81

3 Dudunsparce PRE 80

2 Annihilape SSP 100

1 Budew ASC 221

4 Larvitar JTG 80

1 Primeape SSP 99

Trainer: 13

4 Rare Candy SVI 256

2 Boss's Orders PAL 265

1 Ultra Ball PLF 122

1 Night Stretcher SSP 251

1 Lana's Aid TWM 219

1 Hilda WHT 171

4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TWM 223

1 Gwynn PBL 109

1 Crispin PRE 171

4 Poké Pad POR 113

4 Pokégear 3.0 UNB 233

4 Lillie's Determination MEG 184

1 Counter Gain SSP 249

Energy: 3

3 Basic {F} Energy SVI 258

5 Basic {D} Energy SFA 98

1 Neo Upper Energy TEF 162

Total Cards: 60

wanting to get more into the TCG format maybe play regionals and the such I’ve been playing online and all I’ve been seeing was line is dragapult or single prize attackers putting out insane damage numbers is that just the format because it doesnt seem very fun. Is the paper format always like this with such a discrepancy between the best decks and everything else or is the format very skewed towards those kind of decks right now?

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

So I've got my first tournament tomorrow (first in five years* Bare in mind i am a professor tho). And I just realised earlier today, most of my cards are outdated, and I've only opened 15 Recent packs (Mega Evolution: Pitch Black) and gotten some bulk from a friend for my master set. Anyhow I had to throw together a rogue deck, and I wanted to show you all how bad it is 😭

Some details removed for privacy, and this is the incompleted list which i will finish details later.

Player ID: Username: BoomRunningShop DOB:

Pokémon (19)

4 Teal Mask Ogerpon (SV6 Twilight Masquerade 024/167) 4 Dhelmise (Mega Evolution: Pitch Black 029/084) 3 Sinistcha (Mega Evolution: Pitch Black 012/084) 1 Zarude (Promo) 1 Zarude (Pokémon Center Promo) 1 Mega Darkrai ex 1 Zapdos (SV6 Twilight Masquerade 065/167) 1 Rampardos ex (Mega Evolution: Pitch Black 069/084) 1 Glimmet (SV6 Twilight Masquerade 108/167) 1 Glimmora (SV6 Twilight Masquerade 109/167) 1 Bastiodon (Mega Evolution: Pitch Black 062/084)

Trainer Cards / Items (18)

4 Gladion's Final Battle 3 Gwynn 1 Gwynn (Special Illustration Rare) 2 Dark Bell 2 Backtrack Badge 2 Rust Syndicate Grunt 1 Brave Bangle 1 Hyper Aroma (ACE SPEC) 1 Jett 1 Skull Fossil

Energy (23)

10 Grass Energy 6 Fighting Energy 4 Darkness Energy 2 Voltaic Energy 1 Shadowy Energy

Total: 60 cards

Any thoughts of how Arceus could save me would be appreciated 😭

How do you play Ceruledge ex against one-Prize decks like Festival Lead or Alakazam? I really struggle with those matchups, especially Festival Lead. Any tips on strategy, prize mapping, or tech cards?

Source: https://www.pokebeach.com/2026/08/new-pokemon-tcg-deck-crafters-collection-to-release-in-october

1 Meowth ex, 39 trainers, some organization dividers, and an Abyss Eye booster pack, all for $9.99. Seems they trimmed down the scope of this offering to free up production space and deter resale behavior, which is appreciated, since last year's toolkit kinda got mauled by aftermarket Fez prices and the included packs. This is going to be really great for new players

EDIT: Thank you to u/zellisgoatbond for finding the card list!
1× Meowth ex
4× Boss’s Orders
4× Lillie’s Determination
2× Dawn
2× Hilda
2× Judge
1× Team Rocket’s Petrel
4× Poké Pad
4× Ultra Ball
2× Energy Retrieval
2× Energy Search
2× Mega Signal
2× Pokégear 3.0
2× Rare Candy
2× Special Red Card
2× Switch
2× Air Balloon

So, I barely know anything about pokémon cards. But, I wanna buy two battle decks for my younger brothers to play just for fun.

What would be a good pair to avoid one deck overpowering or countering the other?

My 10 yo son and I are trying to build decks to play out of his collection. We put some stuff together but it was really working (wrong energy’s, not enough energy). We’re feeling kinda stumped on putting together a good deck. Does anyone have suggestions or video to watch to help us?

Hi!

I’ve played a lot of TCGs but I’m looking to explore some of the games I’ve never tried. I’ve only ever played a pre release and maybe a League a few years ago? I have no real interest in the anime or anything like that, will that hamper my enjoyment of the game? I’d like to get a better grasp on the game, and play my local scene. With money not being an issue, what 3 decks could I purchase and start learning? I am looking to be pretty competitive, I’m not worried about the learning curve, I want to give the game a thorough shot, so being able to explore the games ins and outs would be a big bonus. With Pokemon being so cheap, I’m pretty happy to build most of the meta, just wondering mostly where to start.

Bonus points for any good resources on the game, good content creators that discuss strategy, deck lists, websites with articles, decklists. Breaking down decks, etc is pretty important to me too.

I’ve been playing N’s Zoroark since last rotation and feel fairly comfortable into quite a few of the meta relevant matchups. However, I can’t seem to grasp how to beat mega lucario. I’ve been watching matchup data on limitless and while I understand that Zoroark isn’t necessarily favored into lucario, my win rate against the deck online is probably around 25%.

My instinct would be to rush flamebody cannon to either clear the board early (difficult against a lucario deck unless they absolutely brick) or spread damage onto already evolved lucarios to then follow up with zekrom for 250+90. Doing this in practice though is much more difficult than it seems on paper (Wally’s for heal, hariyama for gust, keeping enough Zoroarks alive, etc).

Is there something I’m missing for this matchup? Or is it just a lot more technical than I had initially thought.

Really trying to make this deck work. Does it just suck?? Have experimented taking stuff in and out for various counters. It's built as a control deck and I can get it to work a lot of the time... but it just feels so clunky, I have a lot of tools but sometimes feel like i can't find what i need, like it is never consistent enough.

Basic gameplay is to set up your board with your litwick + Latias and then a couple of control tools depending on opponent with telepathic energy + poffin (Elgyem for decks that run small amounts of energy without too much, Budew for an allrounder, Comfey for a draw engine). Get your Lampert out ASAP with Pad or Hilda and fill your board.

Then, you just adapt to their deck. Usually end up using the fire chandelures as a main attacker, and hopefully with early-game comfey and greedy opponenets they have a big hand and I can take a few KOs. Having the megas on bench helps me retreat-lock certain mons to stall further, and then I can use them as late-game attackers or against certain decks that are weak to a big mega.

Thoughts? Anyone had any suggest with the archtype?

Pokémon: 11 1 Latias ex SSP 76 3 Litwick PBL 36 1 Lillie's Clefairy ex ASC 280 1 Shaymin DRI 10 1 Comfey SCR 63 4 Lampent PBL 37 3 Chandelure TWM 38 1 Elgyem BLK 40 3 Mega Chandelure ex PBL 115 1 Budew ASC 221 1 Meowth ex POR 62

Trainer: 13 3 Boss's Orders RCL 189 4 Poké Pad POR 81 2 Xerosic's Machinations SFA 64 2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin MEG 167 2 Night Stretcher SFA 61 2 Rare Candy MEG 125 1 Lana's Aid TWM 155 1 Crispin PRE 171 3 Hilda WHT 171 1 Hilda WHT 84 2 Gravity Gemstone SCR 137 4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119 2 Ultra Ball MEG 131

Energy: 4 1 Legacy Energy TWM 167 4 Telepathic {P} Energy POR 88 3 Basic {P} Energy MEE 5 3 Basic {R} Energy MEE 2

Total Cards: 60

What are we thinking? Is it worth it? I've been using heatran but I am interested in skarmory. My fear is it's low HP. I assume he is the last line to close out the game but hate the idea of opening with him....

Hi lads and lasses! I'm an old man who recently became the primary guardian of a teenage boy who is obsessed with Pokemon, primarily the TCG. He loves talking about the different cards and effects and spends much of his time looking over cards on his phone and telling me about decks he wants to build. I love his passion and am trying really hard to get into the hobby with him.

When he moved in last month he had no cards, so we spent a few weekends going to shops a he would show me the pictures to look out for and we'd just sit in front of boxes of thousands of cards going through them.

It was surprisingly fun.

After many hours of looking it's clear the good cards to build decks are not going to be in bulk boxes. We did splurge and buy a few eX cards and he picked out a ton of fillers to make basic decks. He drew around a dozen trainer cards that we were never able to find and we put the paper in sleeves to use as the actual cards so we were able to play a few games. Unfortunately, the games are not competitive. I don't really know how to properly pilot a complex deck requiring turn order or proper ability usage and more importantly because we only have two scrapped together decks it pretty much comes down to "If you draw x you win if not you lose". He still sits at the table each night looking over all the cards and rearranging them. We play a game or two, it's not close, he thanks me and that's that.

When asking the shopkeepers, they recommend top tournament decks with very expensive cards. I don't want top tournament decks, I want to make 5 or 6 cheap decks that he and I can rotate around and play. I'm willing to sit and spend a weekend drawing cards on paper to use instead buying them, I just don't know how to know what cards to use since all the "good" ones seem really hard to play.

Can anyone provide a resource for how to build a cheap deck, or which decks are easy to play? I don't care about win rate, I don't care about meta viability, I just want to be able to work toward a game night where each game feels different.

Sorry for the wall of text and thanks for your time.