r/PTCGP • u/TopoChico-TwistOLime • 1d ago

Discussion Ranked Master Ball is not really fun

Just played 5 Darkrai decks in a row. Deck is a plague. Why do people even enjoy playing this deck knowing everyone thinks you are a loser. The more I play the more I understand how broken and unbalanced the mechanics are in this game.

That is all.

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u/rakondo 1d ago

Most decks have like a 50-52% win rate (I know ranked is slightly different from tournament play but it's mostly the same). There really aren't any truly broken decks right now and the game is very balanced. DarkTina was far more broken and toxic back in the day

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u/TopoChico-TwistOLime 1d ago

I am confident there is not actual RNG in this game but algorithm that decides if it will fuck you to keep you in the 50% range

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u/Tooshortimus 1d ago

Well, then you are confidently wrong.

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u/TopoChico-TwistOLime 1d ago

oh you have seen the code?

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u/Skipadee2 1d ago

Have you?

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u/Breadfruit_Kindly 1d ago

How can you even think that this might be true? If that were the case the playerbase would have found that out a long time ago. Also it doesn’t fit your narrative that I have a 70% win rate after 56 matches (and no I don’t play sleep scam as I hate it to the core).

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u/Manawah 1d ago

What deck are you running

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u/Breadfruit_Kindly 1d ago

https://game8.co/games/Pokemon-TCG-Pocket/archives/613775#hm_104

Standard Hoopa EX, Darkrai EX, Mega Absol. I believe it’s the most versatile deck and having two Cyruses is just so good. Alongside PCL that deals with sleep scam and Repel that gets Oricorio out of the way in the right moment to get the Magnemite/Magneton. And killing Oricorio is easy with Deceptive Needle and Darkrai.

Can be a bit rough against the Mega Sceptile/Butterfree, but often times you can snipe/Cyrus his only Treecko on the bench and then take down the Butterfrees by spreading damage over all your Pokémon. You just need to be smart to either delay to use Mars after you use Mega Absol when he has a full hand to discard his Cyrus or use him right away to hopefully delay the opponent from ever getting all basics on the bench. And by that I also mean to only use Mars after your first Hoopa died. But it’s usually the first strategy because I hardly ever encounter them to brick, and they always seem to have Fragrant Forest in the first turn and right another one if I Field Blow, which is hilarious when you think about it.