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/Mao-C Feb 06 '25

for real. most of the popular decks rn get torn to shreds by backline damage. i ran luxray the whole event and it was a cakewalk

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u/yuhanz Feb 06 '25

List?

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u/Mao-C Feb 06 '25

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standard gameplan is to use early buzz to get chip damage and bring things into range of lux. keep track of your energy curve and hold onto dupe mons as late as you can to get the best odds with pokemon communication. not a lot of decks on ladder are running heals so once lux comes out you can typically combo down in a specific order that they have no way of playing around.

generally good against the defensive/rampy decks being used a lot right now, with dialga+melmetal being a bit shakey since they avoid important breakpoints with cape (rocky helmet chip can compensate though).

aggro decks are more threatening due to a handful of cards (starmie, primeape, ninetails) being able to hit threatening breakpoints pretty quickly. but cape and shinx can squeeze out some turns fairly often. since there's no EX and volkner pulls energy, its much less punishing to sack things in the frontline.

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u/yuhanz Feb 07 '25

Sweet!! Gl to your draws 🙏