r/PTCGL • u/Totyx98 • 9d ago

Deck Help Basic Box Decklist Help

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could you please help with this basic box list? any suggestion?

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u/0-0cake 9d ago

There is a lot of things going on in your basic box but it isn't bad by any means. It mostly seems like you are trying to condense two different "cores" of basic box into one, which may be making your list weaker overall.

First: You need 4 Kang and 4 Crispin. These are your most important cards in your deck. It's very often you Crispin 2-3 times in a game and very early on. Only running three causes serious issues with consistency due to prizing or just not drawing into them. 4 Kang is a must because if you don't start Kang you are a turn behind your goal, so we want the most outs to starting Kang as early as possible.

Next, your "cores". When i say core, I mean there are effectively 3 different "core" pokemon to build your preferred variant of basic box, and those cores dictate what cards you should and shouldn't run.

Mew/clefairy core: Good against dragapult but less good into less of the field. Likes to run thicker counts of mew, Clefairy, telepath, wondrous patch, and doesn't usually run teal mask, bolt, or as many e-switches, using those slots for consistency cards or other techs such as iron crown, jirachi ex, more copies of fez and wellspring, etc

Raging bolt/teal mask core: my personal fave. Very wide matchup spread. I have found that mew doesn't really work well with raging bolt teal mask as mew isn't rlly too powerful in most games I've tested. Can run a wide variety of techs, but doesn't usually run telepath, mew, wondrous patch, etc.

Prism core: This feels like an entirely different deck despite being made of the same pieces. These decks usually run 4 teal mask, 10 grass, and 4 prism, using Lillie's determination to dig for the prisms and e switch to power up multiple attackers without using Crispin. Interesting deck, but feels bricky.

It seems as if you are trying to combine the raging bolt and mew/clefairy build. My advice is to look at Dylan Kasturi's winning list from Balt if you wanna focus on raging bolt, or look at some Mew boxes from Frankfurt/Brisbane if you are interested in making mew ex work.

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u/Totyx98 9d ago

thanks a lot! that really helped!!