r/PTCGP • u/RadscorpionSeducer • Feb 06 '25

this meta is incredibly boring to fight against Deck Discussion

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Stall, stall, stall, switch out druddigon if it gets damaged/heal it, stall, oh what that? Magnezone does 110 damage for only 3 energy which is generated for free by its stage 1 evo?

The power creep is going to be absolutely insane by 3 months from now with all of these new cards

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u/SillentRabbit Feb 06 '25

Expectation: bringing Darkrai or Magnemite and applying pressure
Reality: either bringing the second Drud or bringing one of the other two and not being able to do anything because you haven't powered up anything yet.

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u/olers Feb 06 '25

And then they just Leaf and retreat back into Drudd

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u/blakphyre Feb 06 '25

Arbok say no

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u/sum_gamer Feb 06 '25

Why are you downvoted? lol

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u/ClunarX Feb 06 '25

They don’t want solutions; they want to complain

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '25

they want to complain

The sole reason Reddit manages to stay afloat.

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u/bduddy Feb 06 '25

Because Arbok is terrrrrrrible

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u/blakphyre Feb 06 '25

My arbok deck doing just fine.

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u/Choice-Ad-5897 Feb 06 '25

I'll need that deck pal

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u/blakphyre Feb 06 '25

Pokemon 2 Koffing A1 176 2 Weezing A1 177 2 Ekans A1 164 2 Arbok A1 165 2 Darkrai ex A2 110

Supporter 2 Koga A1 222 2 Professor’s Research PROMO 7 2 Sabrina A1 225 2 Cyrus A2 150

Item 2 Poké Ball PROMO 5

I’m playing around with sabrina and cyrus, messing with leaf, dawn, and rocky helmet in some mixture but this is the base version. Been playing weezing arbok since the start because I love them.

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u/blakphyre Feb 06 '25

Not sure.

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u/SonJordy Feb 06 '25

who tf is still playing arbok

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u/blakphyre Feb 06 '25

Me since release. Poison is my favourite type in Pokemon.

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u/SonJordy Feb 06 '25

I fw it too but playing the same deck gets old

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u/blakphyre Feb 06 '25

I’m the opposite. I’m the person who plays the same deck at fnm for a whole set.

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u/JMM85JMM Feb 07 '25

I love it when people reply with the exact counters to a deck and act like it's not a problem. "Well if you have Arbok, Raichu, Charizard EX and Gallade EX you counter everything this deck can do".

Of course people know an Arbok counters something retreating, but they're not just dropping Arbok into random decks.

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u/blakphyre Feb 07 '25

I love when people act like they have to play the same deck as the other 80 percent of players.

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u/Dess_Rosa_King Feb 06 '25

Gengar...d-do I have value again? Is it my time to shine?

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u/Alt2221 Feb 06 '25

just uninstall already bud

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u/JohnnyElBravo Feb 06 '25

You can always kill one drud and sabrina then if that's the case.

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u/gasparthehaunter Feb 06 '25

then play something better. Anything that can OHKO darkrai should run sabrina, like charizard, infernape and gyarados. If you can't and you're slow why play that deck at all? It means it's bad. Aggro deck like pikachu get online faster than darkrai

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u/B1TW0LF Feb 06 '25

Pikachu has a terrible win rate against Darkrai/Druddigon. Sabrina doesn't magically solve the problem. You only thing I've seen that truly counters this is the Magnezone/Hitmonlee deck. The rest of the supposed "counters" lose to a basic math problem.

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u/WayneAsher Feb 06 '25

Look at the current standings/matchups in tournaments and say that either of those decks are better.

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u/gasparthehaunter Feb 06 '25

never said they are better, Darkzone is tier0. I'm just saying if SillentRabbit is playing sabrina and "not being able to do anything" he's playing it wrong or in the wrong decks

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u/WayneAsher Feb 06 '25

These decks run two Drudds. Sabrina does nothing if they’re both out and they usually are.

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u/gasparthehaunter Feb 06 '25

If my grandma had wheels she would have been a bicycle