Best Theme Deck Still Available at Retail

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mlgchewbacca

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Hi
Im super new to playing Pokemon TCG, iv played the video games since Yellow. Recently me and a few friends decided we wanted to get a few decks and play. We were wondering what theme deck to get, or box set or anything in general.
Thanks
 
A bit pricey but I'll recommend the Xerneas Yveltal Battoe Arena Decks, gives a good amount of staples and two choices of Archetypes to go with, because it comes with two 60 card decks.
 
For really basic gameplay you could get a trainer's kit, either Sylveon/Noivern or Bisharp/Wigglytuff. Then you could decide what you want to do with the theme decks. A good one, as mentioned above, is the Xerneas/Yveltal Battle Arena decks. On top of that the Sylveon/Noivern half decks can be incorporated into those decks. Slyveon side can go into the Xerneas deck and the Noivern side can go into the Yveltal deck. Then you can decide where to go from there.

A good suggestion though when you're ready to experiment with EX Pokemon is to get a Xerneas EX tin and a Yveltal EX tin and incorporate those into the decks. Maybe the packs will give you something good too...

Then eventually you could try to branch into the tournament scene, but that will require alot more cards than theme decks will provide.
 
Is the Brillant Thunder deck decent? I was going to try to use it somehow since I already own it. Is there any way to incorporate a charizard evolution in there?
 
It's not that bad as it's got some good trainers for fire decks (namely Blacksmith and Fire Torch), which works well with Pyroar and Charizard-EX. If you grab hold of some Charizard-EX through tins or boxes, and even Pyroar, then you could make a Charizard-EX/Pyroar deck using stuff like Heliolisk, Charizard-EX, Rapidash, Pyroar and Torkoal.

The Pyroar Box or Charizard-EX Box may be worth looking at buying to add to your Brilliant Thunder deck, to make a downgraded/beginner version of a competitive Pyroar Deck (example - exclude Seismitoad-EX).
 
Thanks for the help, grabbed a Charizard EX tin while I was out. I ended up getting 1 Charmander and 2 Charmeleons
 
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