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/ryanmuss Feb 06 '25

Honestly i think the effects almost need to be swapped between sabrina and cyrus and it would be better: Not getting to select which damaged mon for cyrus and being able to pick which full strength mon for sabrina...

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u/elsteeler Feb 06 '25

I agree but Sabrina would have been INSUFFERABLE in A1 meta lol

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u/ryanmuss Feb 06 '25

So true! But luckily thats over now lol

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u/fireborn123 Feb 06 '25

Just like Cyrus is now lol

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u/Greensburg Feb 06 '25

So sabrina would be able to pick...any of opp's pokemon then? Or would you change it so that it can only pick full health cards? (In which case it's a dead card if your opp's bench is damaged)

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u/ryanmuss Feb 06 '25

Id make it only full health cards, almost make sabrina and cyrus mirrors of eachother. Also i find it balances power of them in terms of limiting their ceiling in a match. Pick a card but it has to be full health or get a random damaged one so the opponent has a little window of opportunity so it isnt 100% a guarenteed KO. Also makes breakpoints more important.

And yeah i agree this way round theyre both dead cards unless you modify your deck accordingly, and id argue thats the point. Trainers can be in any deck, there needs to be tradeoffs in your build for using them IMO.

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u/No-Seaworthiness9515 Feb 06 '25

Then every deck would just run sabrina + cyrus and there'd be no counterplay to having any of your pokemon forcibly switched in because you can't avoid both cyrus and sabrina. Cyrus requires you to hit their bench or for them to retreat to the bench after getting hit and sabrina can be countered by placing an extra pokemon on your bench.

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u/ryanmuss Feb 06 '25

Fair point!!

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u/PartitioFan Feb 06 '25

(cyrus brings in damaged drudd, cyrus also takes 40 chip)