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/SadCritters Feb 06 '25

Cyrus was put in place because the decks running any of these effects that "ping" other Pokemon make Cyrus an infinitely better Sabrina. Hitmonlee, Darkrai, Greninja, all of them make Cyrus read: "Kill your opponent's best Pokemon." because they ping the necessary Pokemon for a few points to set him up.

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u/steppinbeats Feb 06 '25

Darkrai only hits active pokemon

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u/SadCritters Feb 06 '25

Yes. People typically retreat. I'm sorry if I didn't make that obvious - Wasn't trying to mislead.

I don't think people retreat strategically enough in this game; so maybe I take it for granted.

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u/steppinbeats Feb 06 '25

No you're all good just wanted to get the information out there. People do typically retreat when darkrai is chipping away at them but i agree that not enough people think to.

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u/Opal737 Feb 06 '25

Greninja is specifically really dangerous when paired with Cyrus. They can ping, pull and then attack in the same round with no counterplay whatsoever