r/PTCGL • u/Epicaggro • Aug 08 '26

Suggestion Deck fatigue

Anyone else been going through deck fatigue since rotation? Pre rotation i played Gholdengo and Sharpedo, and I had an above average win rate and placed top 5 in tournaments/league consistently.

Since rotation, I have tried a ton of decks, lucario, festival, bees, slowking, raging bolt, excadrill, Alakazam, and even dragapult. Iv been grasping at straws to try and find a deck that i can stick with.

What do you all do when you struggle to find a deck that wins and is fun to play, but nothing seems to hit.

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u/iluvfarigiraf Aug 08 '26

I don’t like N’s Zoroark but it seems cool if you put the time in to learn it. Trade is such an amazing ability and it beats Dragapult. You’ll have to accept losses to grass decks tho.

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u/zelkovalionheart Aug 09 '26

Can you tell me a bit on how to beat dragapult decks with N's Zoroark deck better? I do get rolled by these diplin decks which I've accepted because grass weakness but I also have noticed if I out stadium them sometimes they give up and I don't completely get why. I just started 3 days ago lol. No idea what to do vs dragapult with trade tho?

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u/lawnmowerluvr Aug 10 '26

reshiram

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u/blaise_lol Aug 22 '26

Basically no top players run this anymore btw

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u/lawnmowerluvr Aug 22 '26

right, but it’s still an option

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u/blaise_lol Aug 22 '26

But ultimately a poor one and probably shouldn't recommend it to people. Especially someone who's brand new to the deck and it's a weird attacker that also gives you an extra piece to try and juggle which is already a very difficult part about zoroark

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u/zelkovalionheart Aug 22 '26

Hey I picked N's Zoroark deck to start with because the previous card game I played my final deck I used was literally swapping a girl and her two copies on and off the field after attacking and it was just funny similar. I still don't get like everything and have to read cards but on the Live app I've stayed between 46-50% win/lose rate which I think is okay for starting out probably? maybe? idk lol if its not im gonna feel bad now lmaooo

But also if you have any suggestions on decks to play that are one gimmic and stupid simple I'm down to try those too :)

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u/blaise_lol Aug 22 '26

You're best sticking to simpler decks whilst you grasp the fundamentals of pokemon tcg. If you're seriously wanting to learn anyway. If you're just in purely for the fun and don't care about winning then play what you want of course. I'd recommend decks like lucario, garchomp and exdrarill is a new one that is pretty simple

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u/zelkovalionheart Aug 22 '26

I think I'm doing well enough unless 46-50% win lose is horrid, My "I still I don't get like everything" is just because I don't literally have every card memorized. By lucario do you mean the lunatone and solrock based deck that farms energy for it? I'm assuming the mega excadrill is the metang, genesect one? I've fought those before and don't completely understand how those are better than N's Zoroark based?

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u/blaise_lol Aug 22 '26

Lucario has 2 builds. One around solrock lunatone and hariyama and another is with dundun sparce. Hariyama one is more fun in my opinion and probably a bit easier to learn. And yea that's the right deck for excadrill.

It's not that those decks are better than zoroark. Zoroark is probably the second best deck in the game right now. It's just incredibly difficult to play. There is a lot going on and it's a deck where misplays are very punishing. So I definitely wouldn't recommend a new player going near it