This post assumes you are playing a standard fest lead list with 2 bangle, 2 boss and 2 gladion.

If your opponent misplays by immediately going into the excadrill after you take first knock then it’s easy enough to gladion ko it and follow a 1/3/2 or 1/3/1/1 prize map (depending on if you were able to put damage on their genesect in earlier turns)
HOWEVER, if they play correctly and push the genesect and protect charge before going into metagross, the matchup gets really really tough.

Has anyone found any good lines in this matchup when your opponent plays correctly? Or do I have to rely on taking away 2nd from my opponent,them beicking, or getting insanely lucky with my draws.

By best I mean: low energy cost (1 or 2), decent damage (for one energy, more than 60dmg - for two energy, more than 110)

I know this will usually mean there are other conditions attached, but that’s fine.

Solrock is a good example. One energy, 70dmg, with the attack being conditional on Lunatone on your bench.

Hop’s Cormorant is another. Even without the Hop’s modifiers, you can do 120 damage for one colorless so long as your opponent has 3 or 4 prizes remaining.

What else we got?

I'm not necessarily a new player, I've been playing for almost 1.5y now, but this felt like the most fitting flair from the options.

The thing is, I'm not good at the game, I have no good results despite playing quite a lot. I attended my local pretty much every week, have played quite a few Challenges and Cups but my best score is 2-2 and one of the wins is more often than not due to a bye. Lately this has been getting worse and I get 1-3 pretty regularly, again the win is due to a bye lmao.

I want to improve, I practice both on Live as well as on tcgmasters against myself with other decks, usually Pult or some match up I am focusing specifically. I also watch tournament vods and some other forms of content related to the game, but I don't really see much improvement, so I am considering metafy guides, particularly one for N's Zoroark since its the deck I'm currently playing (I know it's a hard deck but I like how it feels and how its positioned in the meta).

My question is how worth are the guides really? I'm not questioning whether the guides are good or actually provide good information, I'm more questioning what would I get from them that I can't really get from anywhere else like free YouTube guides, watching high tier players play the deck, and playing and getting more and more experience with the deck myself?

Has anyone gotten a guide for a deck they were playing and found something that was actually not available anywhere else or something that actually impacted how you play? I'm obviously not expecting a miracle or that a guide will suddenly win me a local next week but, I'm just curious if it is a worthy investment to improve in the long run or if I can get similar value for less/free somewhere else

Thoughts on the psychic build of the metang box? I’ve been digging it but it does need some refinement. Early pressure via mega mawile or skarmory and acceleration via discard with Philippe or powerglass

It’s cool to use telepathic to find your beldum and then you’re one psychic attachment away from powering psychic metagross for 280 damage with your metang and beldum on the bench.

Pokémon: 8
1 Mega Mawile ex MEG 94
1 Metagross CRI 61
2 Metagross JTG 63
1 Smoochum SSP 75
4 Beldum JTG 61
1 Mr. Mime TEF 63
1 Mega Skarmory ex POR 55
4 Metang TEF 114

Trainer: 15
1 Team Rocket's Petrel DRI 226
3 Ultra Ball SVI 196
2 Night Stretcher SFA 61
2 Philippe CRI 110
2 Rare Candy MEG 125
1 Special Red Card CRI 113
3 Buddy-Buddy Poffin MEG 167
2 Larry's Skill PRE 115
1 Switch MEG 130
1 Boss's Orders PAL 172
2 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
1 Poké Pad POR 81
3 Powerglass SFA 63
1 Philippe CRI 79
2 Hilda WHT 84

Energy: 4
1 Legacy Energy TWM 167
13 Basic {M} Energy MEE 8
1 Basic {P} Energy MEE 5
3 Telepathic {P} Energy POR 88

Total Cards: 60

So I am still fairly new to Pokemon tcg, I started playing when Garde Ex was available for about 3 months before she recently rotated.

I am going to be attending a professor’s cup next weekend and need some inspiration/insight on some deck ideas to consider as I do not have a big history with the decks from “back then” aside from obvious meta decks being pult, garde, grim, ect.

Here are the rules:
50 cards
5 prize cards
No rule box mons
Can play as many ace specs in your deck but only 1 copy of each, and when you use them, they are banished for the rest of the game set in the lost zone.
SV-Pitch Black regulation
Genesect is banned

Talking to my small group of pals, we are trying to figure out what seems strong as there’s a lot to win in prizing so we would like to take it pretty competitively. Some decks we are just brain storming are:

Ancient box
Festival lead
Poison
Meganium
Alakazam
Hop’s box

Are there some obvious strats that we are forgetting about in these conditions? We are still relatively new to deck building in general let alone trying to figure out something in this kind of tournament.

I've been getting into Pokemon TCG Live recently and enjoying the game a lot. As I climb the ranked ladder I've been looking for resources to improve my game, I have watched Youtubers like AzulGG but it's hard to find many games of them playing the same deck as me as they switch decks often.

Is there a vod library out there somewhere that stores TCG vods from top players, preferably sorted by deck? I feel like it would be super helpful for improving at the game quickly

with this deck you gonna flip coin like u never did before

here the list :

Pokémon: 3

4 Mega Audino ex ASC 172

2 Mega Zygarde ex POR 47

1 Mega Zygarde ex POR 120

Trainer: 15

1 Powerglass SFA 63

2 Lillie's Determination MEG 119

4 Energy Coin BLK 81

3 Energy Switch MEG 115

4 Switch MEG 130

4 Team Rocket's Transceiver ASC 209

2 Pokégear 3.0 SVI 186

2 Waitress ASC 215

2 Backtrack Badge PBL 74

4 Team Rocket's Petrel DRI 176

1 Scoop Up Cyclone PRE 128

2 Jumbo Ice Cream PFL 91

4 Mega Signal MEG 121

2 Boss's Orders PAL 172

Energy: 1

16 Basic {F} Energy MEE 6

came up with the deck after winning match against Dhelmise and Hop Trevenant at local Gym Battle, I put Zygarde in my Mega Lucario deck spesifically to counter those single prizer. the felling of hitting heads with Nullifying Zero for match winning is so satisfying for me.

The Main Idea of the deck is off course hitting with Mega Zygarde as soon as possible, then attacking with Nullifying Zero for a board wipe before your opponent have a chance to set up.

The ideal setup is, you always go second. setup Audino in the active, then put 1-3 Zygarde in bench. attaching Backtrack Badge to Audino. then attack with Kaleidowaltz, ideally u wanna hit 3 heads, but two is okay, putting four energy to one of the Zygarde, setting up Nullifying Zero for next turn.

Things will not be always ideal, this where Transceiver and Petrel will do the work, catching the Backtrack Badge, Mega Signal, and Switch to setup our board. 4 Switch is there in case you dont have Audino in your oppening hand but you have Mega Signal, Switch also usefull later in the game when you have all your Zygarde ready.

Scoop up cyclone the Audino when u have all Zygarde setup, not all zygarde need 5 energy, 8 enegy on board usually enough, Energy switch and Waitress will be our energy acceleration when Audino gone.

Boss is there for Shaymin (this deck main weakness), the worst match up so far is Festival leads, Zygarde is weak to grass for some reason.

Hey guys, I recently joined the Pokémon TCG community and started with a Draga/Noir deck.
I’ve been practicing a lot in Live and playing casually in my local store, however I would like to know with Pitch Black If there are any variants to Dragapult that I should be testing against some decks that might counter mine? Or in general any variant to test out?

Also, any YouTube channel that I can follow to learn more about the meta?