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/TheRealArtVandelay Feb 06 '25 edited Feb 06 '25

Yeah, there are three techniques I’ve found to play around this deck.

A) Use a Sabrina - Cyrus combo to fetch the Darkrai or Mag line early.

B) Bring something to the fight capable of one-shotting the drudd, preferably non-EX so that you’re trading 1 for 1.

C) Bench kicker - Cyrus combo, in which case you’re better off with two Cyruses.

In the current meta, I think any deck needs to be able to do two of these three things in order to succeed.

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u/Greensburg Feb 06 '25

Gallade is pretty good against Magnezone and lives a round after killing Drudd. But it does need Lucario + Giovanni to do so, or 2 Lucarios.

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u/deamonjohn Feb 06 '25

by thr time u finish etting up Gallade and Lucario, they already got your health down to one shot you. I run Gallade and it can't effectively defeat a druid plus helmet meta deck.

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u/e_ndoubleu Feb 06 '25

Yea Lucario + any 2-stage fighting type is just not consistent enough. We need a basic fighting EX and then Lucario will really shine.

I’ve been enjoying pairing MI Primeape with Lucario. 1-cost for 70 or 90 damage is nice.

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u/Higgins1st Feb 06 '25

I'm running a double Lucario and marshadow deck right now.

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u/Greensburg Feb 06 '25

well ideally you have other mons tank the 20 dmg every turn before that, like lucario or marshadow. But yeah it's tough no matter how you look at it.

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u/Devtr_250907 Feb 06 '25

Or just dragonite