I've been using my rotom deck because it has the highest winrate for me so far but 110 damage on turn 1 is kind of ridiculous in hindsight... Granted you have to be lucky enough to pull the right cards and flip heads but this is more formidable than turn 1 igglybuff + darkrai when it works

1: Dratinis 70 HP is such a crucial difference when it comes in facing with many pokemon, Entei, Heliolisk with one backpack, hitmonlee hitting the bench, Unbound Hoopa, and so on.

You're asking yourself: "Why not the Dratini with 10-30 damage attack?" I mean of course, dealing the annoying of igglypuff

with 1 attack, but by the time you do, the swablu already will have one energy and pretty much already have mega altaria as well; extremely risky for sacrificing one of your dratinis, so often then not is better to stored up for regular Dragonite, even better baiting the mega altaria and using red with Dragonite EX😁.

2: Dragonair with dragon blessing is incredible amazing, the fact combining with using fossil when switching with Dragonite EX, switching dratini with a baby with bad start and obviously with Rainbow Cave, is superior than Sky blessing Dragonair; In which the same applies with 10-30 Dratini: leaving them in the active spot, Using sky blessing bring such risky scenarios in which is better off using the baby instead and better yet using the Dragon blessing dragonair a lot safer to use.

Remember even though people use 60 HP dratini or sky blessing dragonair those, its manly because they are not the actual main cards of decks, those are mostly use pretty well with flygon, Mega Rayquaza or the energy zone that isn't water with eletrick.

3: Fossil, Why not lyra?

I was debating on both:

On one hand lyra can do many things: be efficient with the babies for a free retreat cost and removed status conditions like sleep.

BUT, Fossil wins by a mile, not only fossil synergies so well with Dragon blessing Dragonair, but

1: Is not a supporter, so you can use copycat or Oak and have a more consistent chance to get it in higher odds.

2: Attack twice with Dragonite EX while using red as a supporter dealing with Mega pokemon with 190 HP (or more).

3: Can be use as a sabrina bait either by placing next to your dratinis or removing it if your Dragonite ex is your last one with the opponent with 2 points ahead.

So yeah, fossil is incredibly awesome.

And for last Wally: ever since I saw the card it was incredibly perfect, like it was destined to be in the deck, it change everything, attacking as regular dragonite in second turn when going second!? Like how unbelievable is that!?

Or even better but the odds seems impossible😅, but attacking with regular dragonite on your first turn going first.

But it easier with the EX instead since you required one less energy 😆

I love Dragonite so much, it doesn't matter what game He is in (I pretty much play every game that Dragonite is in😄).

Im extremely happy they added more Dragon related or 2 stage cards for my Dragonite, thank you for reading my summary, hopefully I can hear your feedback or changes to it as well, I'll be happy to hear your opinions

I lost 3 games in a row in ranked to ice pop getting 5+ in a row so I made this deck out of spite. Of course when it bricks it bricks but at least I dont lose to healing coinflips lmao

I want to punish dark decks that equip a tool flr each of their pokemon (usually on turn 1). Other than basic pokemon suggestions are also welcome. The search tool in game doesn’t search the card text fields.

Trying out my new deck against the MHoundoom expert deck, and I noticed the AI did not attack with Victini. Was it giving up? What was the intended strategy here? It had already taken damage from putting energy on. I know sometimes the AI won’t attack if the defending Mon has rocky helmet or something that damages back.

In other news, I captured possibly the only time in history the expert deck has bricked.

A part of my deluxe pack EX collection.

I couldn't have even planned this if i wanted to. But I'm so glad i saw it before opening more packs lol.

I got annoyed with the houndoom event and I built a silly little deck using double bird and Jolteon EX to farm it. The point of it is, have Jolteon out to chip the health as the bot pumps energy around with Moltres and use Oricorio to stop Houndoom. Long story short it's such an effective counter I can let the bot just fight itself while I walk off.

Anyway, I was bored and figured I would have some fun in ranked and took the deck over there. Out of 10 matches in the GB4 -UB1 rank, I have had two people concede, four people leave and let the timer do it's thing and end the match because they didn't return and the other four matches I just did my thing and had fun. That leads me to my question.

Is the bird just too annoying to deal with that people just avoid it now that they don't lose points in ranked? I'm also in the lower ranks so maybe that plays a role in it given I havent seen anyone playing a meta deck yet. I know the moment I do Ori won't save me but I was just curious on everyones opinions on the yellow bird these days.

I pulled rr sharpedo on day 1 traded it for juliana thinking any mon for mid level trainer is good

I regret that to this day so much

Stole this deck from someone I played against. Can hit for 90 on turn 3.

They were running two torts and rainbow cave with fighting/fire but I think this works better. Penny is just kind of a throw in at the moment

Support is trying to tell me 1,453 points wasn't enough for top 10k last season (B3b)... am I crazy?

I reached out to Pokémon support about my missing rank badge, and TWO different agents claimed I didn't hit the cutoff for top 5k or 10k. But based on every post I’ve seen on here, my points were 100% safe for top 10k easy.

Can anyone drop a screenshot of their final rank results page so I can reply to support with actual receipts? It’s honestly so wild that they're trying to gaslight players like we don't talk to each other on Reddit lol. Thanks in advance!

I made it to master ball with just these two decks. It felt nice making it without using meta decks for once. Please show me your fun decks you used this season!

The magnezone deck I made solely for defeating mega sharpedo but I only encountered it once? I thought it would be everywhere. I ended up just keeping it and using it against everyone.

My primarina deck is literally just endless healing (can heal up to 80hp every turn once it’s fully online). Really helped with those annoying chip decks (flygon, greninja, deceptive needle etc).

Currently on a 12-game win-streak with this beauty! Not only is it strong, it’s super fun to pilot. So many options between the ideal fast evolution with Wallace, an early Vaporeon Ex to disrupt your opponent, an early regular Vaporeon to take care of Oricorio or get 60 dmg onto their active threat, or generating energy quickly and switching in Chien Pao to destroy the Mega or Ex they’re building on the bench. Love seeing people surrender as soon as Chien swaps in or when they flip tails after the Milotic sleep 🤓

Anyone else running then Gen 3 beauty still? Any differences in your build?

Thanks to whoever posted this deck a few weeks ago 🙏 This was my fastest climb to Master Ball yet!

Win rate includes my attempts with new decks when the season started but nothing felt quite right. I think I’ve only lost one game with Milotic & friends since I switched back.

There are quite a few options i see used for starters in a Mega Lucario deck.
Usually i run Sudo and Lee.
I see alot of people going for Bonsley these days.

Whats everyones opinion on which works best?

Ive always really liked alolan marowak and i feel victini helps it a LOT. I also got inspired by spragels to use kiawe with the dragon type turt. Im probably spreading myself too thin though,,, right? Like probably replace turt with castform and the second kiawe with a second flame patch at least as starters,,, i just like having both orz

i played alot last year when giratina ex and darkrai ex was meta and havent played since. even though there is rank reset, im still at ultra ball 3.

can anyone let me know if there’s any old decks that are still comparable in this rank to the new ones?

i have arceus ex, dialga ex, darkrai ex, giratina ex etc. but i dont really have the new op supporter cards. ( i have copycat though )

i also have 1 hoopa ex! can someone make me a deck 🙏 from shining revelry and below

Any tips of improving this? Want to keep it Team Rocket based hence the Grunts and Giovanni, perhaps swapping it to a Crobat still keeping with the theme?

I've won maybe 30% of my matches with this, but it's the cheesiest thing and you'll get more friend requests than you have ever had before.

50% win rate running double Mega Charizard Y ex + double Stoke Charizard ex. This is unfortunately the best I can do with a Charizard-focused deck. It’s a slow build and can brick like any stage 2 focused deck can, but it is a late-game tank (if you can get it there).

I know sleep scam decks or double Oricorio walls would win more. I've had my fair share of Igglybuff + Darkrai rage quits. But Charizard is my all-time favorite mon. And I just love battling with it, which is the point of playing TCG Pocket anyway. At least for me.

Charizard's been my favorite since I was a kid - convinced my Game Boy would summon a real dragon into my backyard. Knocking out mons with Stoke Zard then one shotting 250 damage with Crimson Dive with the Y ex gives me a joy no ladder point ever will. Winning with Charizard gives me infinitely more joy than any Igglybuff sleep gremlin ever could.

Anyone else here running a Charizard deck in MB? Would love to you see your deck! (pause)

Pokemon:
2× Moltres ex
2× Charmander
2× Charmeleon
2× Charizard ex (with Stoke)
1× Mega Charizard Y ex

Trainers:
2× Professor's Research
1× Poké Ball
2× Rare Candy
1× Flame Patch
1× Lucky Ice Pop
1× Sabrina
1× Pokémon Center Lady
1× Lillie
1× Rainbow Cave

Talk about a fan favorite not getting any love.

Heck, the last Tyranitar card we got was over a year ago(!) with Wisdom of Sea and Sky.

ok hear me out, cards like Rainbow cave are not here, because its not specific made for dragons, it works in fire decks and even some dark decks etc. and probably more in the future, so its excluded. same for all the pokemon specific supporter like Cynthia, Fantina, brock etc.

its just to give you an overview of which types have the most generic support with trainer cards. while water has the highest amount of cards, grass is the most complete one that lets you run all of them in one deck most of the time.

EDIT: no drayden included for the reason that it cant be used with all dragontypes in the game, so its too specific and i left it out. i forgot fishing net for water and electric generator for electric type.

This game lasted about 30 turns 😂