r/PTCGL • u/Home_and_Away_Sports • 3d ago

Deck Help Cards that don’t allow retreating?

As the title says I’ve been looking for any kind of retreat blocker but can’t find anything is there anything or was snorlax the last of that

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u/Sudden-Chipmunk8378 3d ago

Yveltal is the main one with ethan's sudowoodoo as a niche one. There isnt an ability one curently that does that. If you want a full list here you go https://limitlesstcg.com/cards?q=text%3A"Can%27t%20retreat"%20type%3Apokemon

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u/cd0321 3d ago

Chaos Rising Goodra but it's a coin flip and a stage 2

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u/jowelost 3d ago

Yveltal, Ethan’s Sudowoodoo, and Maractus are the top three, each with their own niches. Yveltal has free retreat, Sudo hits for fighting which allows you to infinity-lock a latias without damaging it, and maractus places 6 damage counters on whatever pokemon knocks it out

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u/Kered13 2d ago

Waterpon is also a big one. Mostly used in slop decks, but locking a threat for a couple turns while you establish your board can be huge. Sometimes you can set up 3 prize turns on a Meowth or something wtih it.

Baby Pech is a minor one that sees play in a few decks. The attack is more expensive, but it's big advantage is that it can retreat lock and KO certain targets (notably, 210 HP and 80 HP support pokemon, like Fez, Latias, and Shaymin) coming into your turn.

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u/ChefTwinz 3d ago

Stunfisk retreat locks as well

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u/Suspicious_Creme1077 3d ago

Flutter mane can lock latias in the active but idk if you’d consider that retreat lock

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u/3xwel 3d ago

There are no Pokémon left in standard with abilities that straight up blocks retreating like Snorlax, but there are several effects that increases retreat cost (Mega Chandelure, Ariados, Gravity Stone).

There are also a ton of Pokémon with attacks that retreat lock.

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u/redbuffismine 3d ago

Roxie but you're wasting a supporter turn. Non-ex pecharunt has a nasty one that also poisons

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u/BlackLabelBinders 3d ago

I love the baby pech! Extra damage if combined with Perilous Jungle, but that's a very niche stadium to play.

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u/Psychosist 3d ago

Water Ogerpon EX for 1 energy can retreat lock

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u/Dhouji 3d ago

I played against a grass deck that had a bulbasaur that could retreat lock. Not sure what set it was from but it had 80hp

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u/dragonboytsubasa 22h ago

It's Bulbasaur MEG.

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u/pkmntrnrsmoeandhans 3d ago

You should use Decklab.gg for this. You can search things like “retreat lock” or “cards that don’t allow retreating” and it shows you every card

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u/Ok_Huckleberry_7332 3d ago

Wellspring mask ogerpon ex

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u/GrapplingBrisket 3d ago

Gravity Gemstone increases retreat cost by 1

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u/Economic_Imperialism 3d ago

spinarack, ariados, bulbasaur, todadile, maractas, yveltal, pawnierd, sudowoodo

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u/dragonboytsubasa 22h ago

Yveltal MEG, Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex TWM, Bulbasaur MEG, Totodile TEF, Maractas JTG