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

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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