best way for a returning player to spend money AND get a decent amount of cards

[Misdreavus]

I've been out of Pokémon since Dark Explorers, but am looking to get back into the game. I'm trying to decide how to spend my money. I have no idea what I want to play, and I'd like to have a second deck for a friend to use if possible. My first thought was to get a box of every standard format set and try to trade for anything else that I needed to finish a deck once I decided on it, but my friends are telling me to just buy single cards. I proxied out a deck (that isn't doing so well), which ended up being over 50% proxies. It was a real hassle to cut out all those too. I don't want to have to keep making decks that are over half proxy until I find what I like to buy singles for, and I want to have some bulk cards from each set. Plus, my parents owe me a box for my birthday, and people are telling me I should get Roaring Skies for obvious reasons. Is that the best choice? What should I do about the other cards / other sets? I'm thinking maybe get half a box worth of each of all the other standard sets (allowing me to make decks with few proxies), and then buy/trade for what I need to finish a deck once I decide on one.

What do you all think?

Thanks!

P.S. I wasn't sure exactly the best place for this thread, so if it doesn't belong here, feel free to move it.

 

[treyh37]

a lot depends on the deck you want to make, and if you planning on doing expanded or standard, but overall a box of roaring skies is pretty good as most tournament decks are running 2-3 shaymin ex.

no matter what deck you make I suggest looking at what the various regionals used for their trainer lines and get a play set or two of those as they cover most any deck you make for this season.

 

[dsamp26]

I'll tell you what could very well be the best thing to do. What I tell kids at local leagues is to look over the cards I tell them and which ones they like best. Since you already know how to play, it's probably done for you, but say you like tier 1 decks that are low cost. Fortunately, Wobbuffet/Crobat fits in that category. Almost all of the local league where I play run Wobbuffet/Crobat, Gengar/Absol/Team Magma's Hideout, or Yveltal/Zoroark. If you just need trainers at a reasonable price, I advise that you might buy a Darkrai/Mewtwo Battle Arena pack. It comes with 4 sycamore, 2 n, and several different other trainers that are valid in our metagame. You may already have most of those cards, but at least you get a VS Seeker which costs $6 a piece. Hope this helps, man.

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