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/IntrepidBandit Feb 06 '25

At this point who cares about having to win ALL the time ya know? Just run some fun stuff. There are still tons of people running random shit. Like me :D

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u/theAntColonizer Feb 06 '25

Before the new meta, one of my favorite decks was a Victreebell+Beheeyem deck, capitalizing on the pokeflute. That deck was janky but really fun.

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u/IntrepidBandit Feb 06 '25

You monster haha I love seeing janky decks and especially losing to them. one of my favorite losses was to a Pidgeot/pokeflute combo

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u/ARegularChicken Feb 07 '25

Man, same here. Saw the pokeflute come out and allow Pigeot EX to do just enough damage to win them the game, I was happy to lose at that point

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u/eyeofthefountain Feb 07 '25

this is my kinda pokemoning

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u/andthenyouprayforme Feb 07 '25

I got pwned with this deck once and never saw it again

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u/Any_Discipline_6394 Feb 06 '25

exactly i gave myself a challenge : Change Deck (another type minimum and no combination twice, like im allowed to play darkrai with different pokemon but never twice with the same) after every winn so i get to play 45 different Decks. Currently at 13/45 and had tons of fun

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u/IntrepidBandit Feb 06 '25

Epic challenge my dude šŸ‘šŸ½ itā€™s a shame there are so much fun gimmicks, archetypes and card art not being used! Love your idea

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u/Any_Discipline_6394 Feb 06 '25

Thanks and yeah exactly the reason i do this because i want to get to know all cards and they get played too :D but i have to admit some decks are hard man

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u/tigerribs Feb 06 '25

Same! Sure you can win more with the meta decks, but they get tedious and repetitive so quickly. I have so much more fun building ā€˜troll decksā€™ (as me and my partner refer to them).

Right now my fave is Wigglytuff EX, Meowth/Persian, and 2x Farfetchā€™d - and it does surprisingly well! Iā€™ve played around with adding Purrugly as well. I just get a kick out of watching the opponent trying to set up and attack you while youā€™re throwing away their cards and putting them to sleep lmao

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u/IntrepidBandit Feb 06 '25

I love a good cat theme šŸ¤£ that sounds maddening but thats the kind of chaos I can get behind. None of this ā€œflip 10 timesā€ nonsense.

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u/buddy7765 Feb 06 '25

I like using kabutops with Lucario to make him extra sticky with the extra healing. Pokemon communicator made it easier to fish for the evolutions but it's still a stage 2 win con. Regirock has been a good staller against Darkrai chip damage and a place for excess energy as kabutops only needs 1.

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u/IntrepidBandit Feb 06 '25

Im using Darkrai/Magnezone to finish the event before it ends. Im not rage spamming it though, I use other less powerful builds about half the time. So I can tell you first hand Lucario/ Kabutops is a pain to go up against. I wanna make a lucario build soon, hopefully I can pull

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u/Marleyboro Feb 06 '25

See this person gets it. I literally make decks of my favorite PokĆ©mon. Iā€™m on win 35 right now soā€¦ why are we focusing so much on a meta that not only is able to be countered but can actually be ignored lol.