Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Survey - Donk'd - Turn 1 or 2 loss in Championship Events

What do you say about Donks?

  • I took the survey.

    Votes: 122 31.2%

  • Donks must be stopped!

    Votes: 178 45.5%

  • What's the problem?

    Votes: 144 36.8%
  • Total voters
    391
  • Poll closed .
The way I see it, Kingdra is a Setup deck that can potentionally donk. Machamp is a donk deck that can flip coins. Rampardos is a donk deck that can...well...keep donking. Sableye is a potentionally interesting starter who should have never gotten that second attack.
As far as SP decks are concerned, I think they are much in the same vein as Kingdra is. I'm more annoyed by their Power Sprays as by their donks.
 
205 responses to the survey so far. This is going to be fun. Survey is open through the 16th.
 
myself i choose to stop the donks because my opinon is if ur playing a donk deck ur playing to win not to have fun wich is the #1 rule of pokemon plus ur opponent isnt having a good time either because they didnt eve get to play. plus the message being sent out by donk decks is that their is an easy way out, or u can do amazing stuff with little to no effort wich is something personaly i dont our kids to learn.
 
lady_middnite said:
myself i choose to stop the donks because my opinon is if ur playing a donk deck ur playing to win not to have fun wich is the #1 rule of pokemon plus ur opponent isnt having a good time either because they didnt eve get to play. plus the message being sent out by donk decks is that their is an easy way out, or u can do amazing stuff with little to no effort wich is something personaly i dont our kids to learn.
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ok, many things wrong here. #1: playing to win, not have fun....lemme ask, when you play your rogue deck, do you play to win? would it be fun to lose 20 games in a row? didnt think so.
#2: donk decks are an easy way out? so youre calling the people who play donk decks insecure of their playing ability or understanding of other strategies? thats a huge call to make that you have NO right to say. my kingdra deck is amazing start of the game, mid-game, and late game. it works even after "T1/T2." i prefer late games with it because i can swarm and that is fun to me. so easy way out? nahhh.
#3: amazing stuff with little to no effort? i WISH. i wish i was able to have an amazing donk start every game. fact is, i donk maybe 1 every 10-20 games i start. do i win most of my games that come down to 1-1 prize? yes. thats because my deck isnt only for starting well, but working the whole game well.

you should really think about what you post before you post it.
 
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a little harsh? it was just her opionion. i think there is a fine line here that we are trying to balance on. for those who are newer to the game could possibly get discouraged if their games are constantly ended by T2. how are they going to be able to understand the game and learn to improve upon their skills if they are not even given a chance. donking definitely takes the fun out of the game for me. not everyone plays to win. but, win or lose, it is about doing your best.
 
wow yea ok i didnt mean to offend any one i was just posting my opinon from my expiriences. i wasnt attacking any one i was just remarking on how the donks deck seem to effect me and the people around me. i understand that every deck is diffrent and maybe some people have better luck then others but im not trying to attack u. im sorry if i offended u in any way i was just trying to express my thoughts on the matter.
 
I dont know why someone would want to play for 5 mins then sit around for 35. Donks aren't good but with so many sp decks Machamp was a decent choice.... if they didn't make such over powered basics no one would be playing it in the first place. How big would champ be if everyone was playing Kingdra or TTar my guess is not that big.


It is pretty sad when basics are better then most stage 2s perhaps that should be fixed before the donk issue
 
fpr all of those that always throw the old "we needs a ban list!!!111!!!!" remember that only cards that are so over powered its play it or go home and with the major decks in question still losing to other decks keep them from being ban worthy, besides banning cards is bad for the game as a whole, little kids and the mass buyers dont wanna get told there machamp deck isn't playable cuz of a ban so after rotation that really cool champ X they pulled is a 4$ and change peice of TP. The format will always change and after last years complaints about Plox being to good and the year before about how theres no diveristy unless its Holon, i think i'll just add more Basics to my deck instead of changing the whole format of the game because acouple of elitest are whining becuase of point loses
 
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The Dark Toxicroak said:
I dont know why someone would want to play for 5 mins then sit around for 35. Donks aren't good but with so many sp decks Machamp was a decent choice.... if they didn't make such over powered basics no one would be playing it in the first place. How big would champ be if everyone was playing Kingdra or TTar my guess is not that big.


It is pretty sad when basics are better then most stage 2s perhaps that should be fixed before the donk issue
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Overpowered basics? Sure. But what about the overpowered stage 2's LIKE Machamp?

Take Out could easily take 2 energy and this problem would be almost non existent.
 
bulbasnore said:
Hey, all, like/loathe the format, love the players -- don't get personal, capice?


They'll be posted, after next Sunday.
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WELL SAID, and bye the way Machamp for National champion (which might be the record the the shortest swiss on record even with flights) is almost assurred unless I can tune the Alakazam in
DONK's are a part of the game, u should see the way I have my new MARIO:eek::nonono:
 
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Yoshi- said:
No its not, its the same cheap :pokeball: as always, building a list that can donk consistently is so easy it hurts... I mean, does the ability to hold your cards / to shuffle your deck qualify you as a good player, or whatever you think gives you the right to donk in contrast to others, as well :/ ?

2 rounds means you ruined 2 peoples days. I can understand when people run these decks because they want to win, but dont try to justify it as fair... :nonono:
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Its not a donk if you build a deck to t1 or t2 and it works. Its a good build of a t1 or t2 deck.

I love that the metagame changes and every time it does we get the same threads...
"pokemon stinks, magig the duel master-i-oh is better " blah blah blah

I love that the game changes and evolves. Like a tide its always changing
 
annisarich said:
Its not a donk if you build a deck to t1 or t2 and it works. Its a good build of a t1 or t2 deck.

I love that the metagame changes and every time it does we get the same threads...
"pokemon stinks, magig the duel master-i-oh is better " blah blah blah

I love that the game changes and evolves. Like a tide its always changing
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Again well said this is what the game is about adapt or submit
and for a submission to POP
the 15th anniversary how about an truely unlimited season for $%^& and giggles (Format be darned) where r u my Rayquaza, or is that for 20yrs (2019)
(Now where did I put those cards????)
 
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- Donks must be stopped!

There is no game when you get donked.
No fun at all.

Sit down. Shuffle your deck. Leave after 1min and 30sec. No thanks.
 
my problem yesterday--had a GOD hand, and heres how it goes down:
cards in hand-
skull fossil
skull fossil (in case of a donk, i have a 2nd)
candy
rampardos
BTS
poke-drawer
poke-drawer

so theres no problem getting my fighting ftw....we roll, i go first. he goes second, lookers, shuffles mine, im done.
this is an example of one way around a donk.
 
XxMarcTx said:
WELL SAID, and bye the way Machamp for National champion (which might be the record the the shortest swiss on record even with flights) is almost assurred unless I can tune the Alakazam in
DONK's are a part of the game, u should see the way I have my new MARIO:eek::nonono:
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lol, when neo genisis was brand New (before Sneasel was banned) I played in (I think it was a citys, I dont remember) and swiss was done in like 3 hours. I dont think any of my matches where more than 2 turns long
 
I judge only the cards and for me Take Out with only one energy is ridiculous. It should be at least 2, the same for Kingdra's attack. It is really unbalanced and that's a fact. I'm not talking about luck, I'm talking the guys who did these cards in the first place. I don't know what they had smoked...

If you want to fasten the pace of the game change the rules but not the cards.
 
annisarich said:
Its not a donk if you build a deck to t1 or t2 and it works. Its a good build of a t1 or t2 deck.
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And thats exactly what a donk is :rolleyes:
And building a deck that always gets t1 is so easy. Are people good players when they can shuffle their deck all by themselves?

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I love that the metagame changes and every time it does we get the same threads...
"pokemon stinks, magig the duel master-i-oh is better " blah blah blah

I love that the game changes and evolves. Like a tide its always changing
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The game gets worse and worse, just check out The Season 2 and 3 Years ago, these were truly awesome. Now we have DOnks and Mesprits and Dusknoir DP. Cards that should just not exist...
 
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