Recent content by Stealth

I really can't sleep, so decided to throw something together here. In an 8 prize format with all real EXes banned, I think it's pretty reasonable to build a stall/deckout deck. 27 Pokemon: Slowpoke Fossil Slowpoke Magma/Aqua Slowking Neo Genesis Gligar UF Gligar LA 94 Gliscor LA 5 Gliscor...

Would love a more timely update in the future as well, because I've already had many questions about when the new tournament cycle starts and have sadly not been able to give a reliable answer. Also I'd like to point out that the format rotation news was not impossible, but at least improbable...

No, I never said buying packs, I said buying boxes or tins. Packs are unreliable and cost more than a box, relatively speaking. Buying a single box and trading away the money cards will net you a large part of a reasonably competitive deck. Buying multiple theme decks will not and will...

Most people at my league play actual competitive decks, because they want to practice for tournaments. This is why I will never tell new players to buy theme decks, because they are awful value. It's just not fun when you don't stand a ghost of a chance against the rest. Instead, I'll borrow...

I didn't watch all of it (because of the abysmal schedule mentioned earlier) but here's a few things: Overall, the stream quality itself was good enough. The microphones were clear and the video was clear enough to follow both the VG and the TCG from a viewer standpoint. Since there was no...

I'm collecting my pitchforks as we speak.

Couldn't help but chuckle, especially right after they printed Genesect EX and G-Booster. Healing 10 per turn, that sounds reasona- CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER MY 200 DAMAGE

It's a reactive card. Not every deck wants to play a reactive game. Some decks want to KO an EX asap and then snag 4 prizes with Lugia EX in the next 2 turns. You can't justify slowing your deck down to deal with whatever the opponent is doing in cases like that. The effect is nice versus...

I've always been a fan of slow, grindy control decks. One of the decks I've had the most fun with was Legoes (Palkia G LV X + Luxray LV X + the 3 pixies). Here are two less popular favourites of mine: Drapion (SF) + Palkia LV X (GE) + Cresselia LV X (GE?) Palkia locks a Pokemon that is bad at...

Play a deck without Trainers -or- Wait for rotation. Jokes aside, playing 2 Keldeo EX + a couple Float Stones helps a lot. I don't like the Audino tech, but some people run it. Cards that can hit the Basic Gothics hard and fast would be advised, so that means 1-2 Mewtwo EX + some number of...

So..they managed to pick a format rotation that will completely leave the meta as is. I don't know what to say. I wonder if the company realises that people play the TCG competitively at all. I can't imagine anyone looking at the meta and saying it's healthy. It's just fat Basics smashing into...

I'm no genius on the Unlimited format, but I used to play a single Tentacool (Fossil 56) for an infinite combo with Alakazam in this deck. It basically cleans all your damage.

Are the old generations gonna get retyping then? Feels like there are a couple Fairy-type Pokemon out there already...mostly the Cleffa/Togepi lines. Clefairy is even called a Fairy Pokemon on its page. Regardless of that, I doubt they'll throw it into the TCG immediately. We got Dragon-type...

@the above discussion: Lugia EX feels a little awkward, since it requires you to actively set it up and dedicate some deck space to it. I mostly dislike the fact that DCE does not work well together with most of the other Plasma Pokemon (I guess Absol's 2nd attack counts...) and the deck...

Similar to Latias EX, Latios EX is a Dragon-type card with awkward energy requirements that hits for awkward damage numbers. Its HP, type, weakness and retreat cost are all reasonable, so let's take a look at its attacks. The first attack: retreat-locking is sometimes relevant but really, for a...