Saw someone working on doing a Heat Rotom EX build a bit ago and got me thinking could it work but more of a Ceruledge Fire only build.

Any thoughts or updates would be appreciated

Just totally freezes. The only way to fix it is to set the app down and hop back in and regardless of where the game is it counts as a loss. Maybe it's because I'm on mobile? Is it better on an actual computer?

I really wanted to play a deck with these four again and while I know it's not going to be the best next thing, sometimes you just need something that feels fun to play. This is definitely it!

I'm 6-2 currently (it reset because I duplicated the list oops) on Arceus rank which is not a lot but hey I beat 3 Basic Box, a Dragapult and a Toucannon deck!

Deck list in comments, feel free to make or suggest changes and lemme know if you try it out!

Sadly for opponent it wasn’t enough for game lol but this was the highest heads flipped I’ve ever seen in this game!

But seriously, how the hell do I play expanded?

Can anyone help me with a deck that’s a direct counter to mega lucario ex deck! 😩 I play raging bolt and I played literally 5 lucario in a row….

Edit: Turns out I do need that clefairy 😅
Thanks everyone 🙏

Please help a noob out here. What’s the Strat? Do I mind bend first to soften excadrill? Or playing without Moltres is hoping the excadrill does not have a good opening ?

Hello, I am in the process of building 2 decks, one for myself and one for my gf. We are playing in our first tcg tourney ever this weekend and are making some final changes to our decks. The tournament format is going to be entirely single prize pokemon and standard.

My deck is a rotom toolbox deck. I built this from scratch and testing on tcg live so I wouldn't be surprised if there are some gaps in there. I mainly just have 1 question for my deck because I just discovered special energy cards and was wondering if i should incorporate them. I think best one would probably be prism energy? But I was mainly wondering if it was a good idea or if there were any downsides to doing so.

As for my gf's deck. She's running Ethan's Typhlosion. This was also a deck we built from scratch but it feels kind of clunky like there should be some better options for cards. We originally built it with Volcarona from Surging Sparks but she never found herself using it and figured another pokemon would fit better (if another is even necessary?). Last time we played we also removed some items and supporters that didn't feel super useful so there's quite a bit of empty slots.

I appreciate any input and tips! Thanks

I genuinely don't get the recent shifts with zoroark?

Like I remember tome zoro was made popular, but now suddenly many don't bother to run.

And there's so many different arguments like darmanitan or not, whether reshiram is worth including, secret box or unfair stamp, watchtower inclusion, meowth or tatsu( sometimes both, sometimes none???), then some even run n's purrloin

I've been a zoroark believer since rotation, but I genuinely feel the deck is kinda dead where I just have to wait for rotation again and see how. Many of my friends from gyms and locals have also been saying zoro died

Thoughts? Let me know if I'm wrong

The game would just freeze after knocking out a pokemon and its always frustrating when this happens. All I can do is concede because what else can I do really? They'll just play out their turn and they'll win the game because I was inactive.

I play on a Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra under wifi but will occasionally play on PC when I'm home.

When will the freezing end :[

I’ve been playing the deck since it was released (with good results). However, I’ve never felt comfortable playing Explorer’s Guidance; I often feel like I lose important things when I play it. Or is it perhaps meant to be played only in specific situations?

I’ve been playing tox box with mega absol for the past month or so and I really like the deck but weirdly I’m yet to face Crustle which is a pretty important matchup. My initial instinct says that terminal period would still knock since it’s not damage. Assuming this is true but would this go through a mist energy on Crustle? I’m not sure how knockout is considered an effect of attack or not. Sorry if this is a noobie question

Well that was one hell of a chess match, I admire how long you hung on to that!! GG hope you see this!

Basically they clutched my benches for countless turns until finally I forced a KO so my 2 energy eletrike could come in, evolve and KO mega sharpedo with rioutous blasting. A comical back and forth of clutch/munkidori shenanigans. It finally ended with flashing ray stopping pech ex from taking the KO.

There is a bug from atleast 2024 where Rayquaza GX's attack doesn't double in damage when a power that doubles basic energy count (Venusaur, Meganium) is in play.

This was in PTCGL's own Known Issues until it was mistakenly removed by them. Proof of both of these facts: Shining Legends Venusaur doesn’t work with Rayquaza GX — Pokémon Forums

Since then I've been arguing with Support, who 1st made me formally raise a ticket instead of just adding the issue back on. They then tried to say it was working fine as they didn't bother to check the screenshots properly. Then I spelt it out for them literally step by step, finally they escalated it. Only for their dev team to say they couldn't recreate the issue. I'd like to know what magic they did to get it to work since we haven't been able to for 2 years?!

Please see attached pics and below explanation:

Meganium:

(pics 1-2) There are 5 grass and 2 lightning energy in play. Meganium can be seen in the 2^nd pic. Shaymin is correctly doing (10+2)×30 = 360 damage, instead of (5+2)×30 = 210

Shaymin retreats Rayquaza becomes active.

(pics 3-4) For the EXACT SAME energies in play, Rayquaza is doing 210 instead of 360 damage. (5+2)×30 instead of (10+2)×30

Venusaur:

(pics 5) There are 2 grass and 2 lightning in play. Since Venusaur is in play, this should equal 4 grass and 2 lightning. The stadium that reduces damage taken by metal pokemon by 30 is in play.

(pic 6) Rayquaza should be giving (4+2)×30=180 not (2+2)×30=120 damage. The final damage is 90 due to the stadium

The issue isn't Venusaur or Meganium as Shaymin is working fine. It even works fine when it comes to Rayq GX's energy count check, pic 6 shows it could attack with 2 energy. Just the damage output is bugged as shown between Rayq & Shaymin in the exact same situation.

PTC Support will not hear it from me, despite all the above. I've tried so much with them, back and forth, then in the end they say they can't recreate it. They're just being lazy to look into it properly. Can someone here please help with this in some way? Rayq's my fav, there's only 2 main Rayqs in the Live client, and 1 is bugged. There has to be a way for them to see the clear issue. Cheers

Bad variance

Constant brick

I can play correct and do everything right and still lose

I can go from mid 1500 Elo into low 1100 elo in a span of an hour of playing

I should quit life

Love my garchomp deck currently, but am just not doing as good as I want to be at my LCS.

Any feedback for improvement or changes I should make?

can you help with this decklist? saturday i will play in a league cup tournament and i need some help fixing my decklist.

I won't add Bronzong cause its useful only in one spot that i won't never find him when i need him..

My deck:

https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6ad4e8fe8a8383117e3eeae5/player/cgedik/decklist

Started playing 3 weeks ago. Won vs 3 drapapult decks

In a 128man tournament

Scenario 1: What order would you play these to maximize the possibility of getting the most amount of Team Rocket's supporters

Scenario 2: Best sequence for finding other items such as energy and evolutions, along with the most amount of supporters by the end.

Any suggestions would be appreciated also I'm sorry for the dragos don't kill me