Recent content by Alkhemist

150 on a status'd mon for 1 energy seems like an easy slot in for the poison lineups, especially since its colorless so you can use it with dark energy alongside the monke

I'll be so real with you, they could make it so that they're dropping 4 sets a year with actually strong supply and words cant describe how happy i would be with this setup. The current setup is an absolute mess from the top down and it's not sustainable, even for the most profitable company in...

not to mention the multiple controversies over certain distributors funneling product to their own LGSs or hoarding product to sell at higher prices once first wave allocations hit. Theres problems all the way down the pipe that need to be resolved before any of this gets better.

Almost all stores in the united states deal with TCGplayer in one way or another. You basically can't survive as an LGS without using TCGplayer in one way, shape or form. It's an overwhelmingly dominant force over the market.

Crazy how you managed to reply to nothing of what i said. You know nothing about me, you know nothing about my company. If you had even bothered to ask, we're one of very few stores in wisconsin that has a strict MSRP policy, but you don't care about any of that. For whatever reason you just...

as someone who runs an LGS, you've got it completely backwards bossman. Market value isnt determined by stores, it is quite literally "how high can the price of the thing go before people stop buying them. Stores selling at market arent making the price, they're quite literally responding to...

I mean, it makes sense. N's zoroark isnt just any random zoroark. it is referencing one very specific pokemon.

This could make for an interesting 1-1 line in N boxes since its still able to use reversal energies and the decks natural energy type being dark. zorua is at the perfect 70hp line, and since decks have already started moving towards Jacqs and brocks training, the deck already has ways to seek...

Is it finally time? Do I finally get an escavalier FA? Please TPCi, throw me a bone here ;-;

It looks like a lot of the TR pokemon have fairly generic energy costs, which makes TR energy useful for all of them even if they aren't dark. IDK how useful the sandstorm effect will be, the attack itself feels just kinda okay. We'll just have to see how this TR toolbox deck ends up.

Alright theres a few things I would like to break down here Well obviously kids aren't the main buyers yeah, nobody here is claiming that they're the primary issue, but i would like to point out that kids absolutely do contribute to the demand problem (even if its via their parents wallets...

I feel like they desperately need to go back to 2D. I think a lot of 3d pokemon has been downhill and something like an octopath traveler 2.5D would be the perfect niche for gamefreak to fill. It's clear they've done their best work in the 2D space, and returning to 2D or 2.5D would be a welcome...

It's a really solid breakpoint for damage for sure. OHKOs the relevant eeveelutions, Zoroark, Gholdengo, Ceruledge, basically all of tera box, Raging Bolt. I think the stage 2 exs dodge it and thats about it.