I've decided to start playing competitive pokemon again, used to travel and play a lot as a kid and thought now that I have money I could start again.
What do I play?
What do I play?
Help Returning to the competitive scene, let me see your lists!
- Thread starter Copycat_tcg
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I'm in the same boat as you, just started playing pokemon competitively again a few months ago. My suggestion would be pick up something cheap like a Distilled Blast Gyarados deck and move into something like Pikarom or Green's Reshizard. All 3 decks are fairly straight forward and alot of fun to play.
My question to both of you new guys:
What format are you shooting for: Standard, Expanded, or both?
What format are you shooting for: Standard, Expanded, or both?
Money is no issue. Green's Charizard is looking like the plan right now.
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Archie's is always good in Expanded. It hits numbers, especially with MewMew GX combined with Kingdra in the discard. Once you get it rolling it mows through most things from my experience. It covers quite a few weaknesses as well, as Onix takes out Dark decks and Pikarom, etc. Here's what I'm running right now, it probably needs some tweaking though:
****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
##Pokémon - 14
* 1 Eevee & Snorlax-GX TEU 120
* 2 Shaymin-EX ROS 106
* 1 Palkia-GX UPR 101
* 1 Onix LOT 109
* 2 Exeggcute PLF 4
* 1 Mewtwo & Mew-GX UNM 71
* 1 Tapu Lele-GX GRI 60
* 1 Magikarp & Wailord-GX TEU 161
* 1 Volcanion {*} FLI 31
* 2 Blastoise PLS 137
* 1 Kingdra-GX DRM 66
##Trainer Cards - 36
* 1 Computer Search BCR 137
* 1 Viridian Forest TEU 156
* 1 Acerola BUS 112
* 4 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
* 4 Superior Energy Retrieval PLF 103
* 2 Archie's Ace in the Hole PRC 124
* 1 Professor Juniper PLB 84
* 1 Tate & Liza CES 148
* 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
* 1 Escape Rope BUS 114
* 1 Fisherman BKT 136
* 4 Battle Compressor Team Flare Gear PHF 92
* 1 Float Stone BKT 137
* 1 Silent Lab PRC 140
* 1 Guzma BUS 143
* 1 Choice Band GRI 121
* 1 Field Blower GRI 125
* 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
* 2 Order Pad UPR 131
##Energy - 10
* 10 Water Energy Energy 3
Total Cards - 60
****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
##Pokémon - 14
* 1 Eevee & Snorlax-GX TEU 120
* 2 Shaymin-EX ROS 106
* 1 Palkia-GX UPR 101
* 1 Onix LOT 109
* 2 Exeggcute PLF 4
* 1 Mewtwo & Mew-GX UNM 71
* 1 Tapu Lele-GX GRI 60
* 1 Magikarp & Wailord-GX TEU 161
* 1 Volcanion {*} FLI 31
* 2 Blastoise PLS 137
* 1 Kingdra-GX DRM 66
##Trainer Cards - 36
* 1 Computer Search BCR 137
* 1 Viridian Forest TEU 156
* 1 Acerola BUS 112
* 4 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
* 4 Superior Energy Retrieval PLF 103
* 2 Archie's Ace in the Hole PRC 124
* 1 Professor Juniper PLB 84
* 1 Tate & Liza CES 148
* 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
* 1 Escape Rope BUS 114
* 1 Fisherman BKT 136
* 4 Battle Compressor Team Flare Gear PHF 92
* 1 Float Stone BKT 137
* 1 Silent Lab PRC 140
* 1 Guzma BUS 143
* 1 Choice Band GRI 121
* 1 Field Blower GRI 125
* 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
* 2 Order Pad UPR 131
##Energy - 10
* 10 Water Energy Energy 3
Total Cards - 60
****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
Looks great! Way different than the Archie's I used to play, but I love it!
It's a lot of fun, especially with the advent of MewMew GX. It really makes the deck hit a LOT harder than it used to, since you can use Kingdra's Hydro Pump that much easier. Starting out with a bad hand happens though, and it's pretty rough if you do, but get things going and this deck mows through most things like crazy.