What about Starmie? I’ve really enjoyed the speed you can get 90 points up and running. And the zero retreat cost is fun to play with.
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I know it’s a totally different ball game, but has anyone here enjoying the battling part of Pocket gained any interest in playing the actual TCG (i.e. TCG Live)? Just curious.
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IDK what the turn start rules are these days, but not being able to play energies first really kills turn 1 benefits, IMO. Basically, anything that lets you attack sooner (lower energy cost) is a huge advantage.
edit: No. In the paper TCG, P1 CAN play energy on turn 1. This is different than the PTCG.
That’s totally crap, since you can evolve, but basically only attack on turn 2 if your evolution attack has 1 energy cost. (So a P1 turn 2 evolution has to wait till turn 3 to attack, while a P2 turn 2 evolution can attack on turn 2, AFTER P1 has committed energy.)
In most TCGs, play/attack first or draw first is a good balance. Draw but no play is unusual. Turn 2 definitely has an advantage in this game.
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The one deck I know that benefits going first is the rapidash/blaine one since its 1 energy as rapidash to attack. The only downside is you basically lose to any water deck 90% of the time. Especially so if they flip even 1 energy off of misty.
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Does anyone think Pocket will show up at Worlds for players to compete in someday?
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Maybe but at the moment battles are based on what turn you get and coin flips - certainly when everyone has decks.
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I hope they take this in a more balancing direction. Should be easier with it being digital to adjust cards.
I’d guess 80% of my matches involve
Mewtwo with gardevoir
Misty with any high energy water backed up by starmie
Pikachu with stacked bench
As a casual player that’s boring. It’s what makes watching tcg live streams boring when it’s basically mirror matches too.
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Ive played it on and off, and i would really like to get into competetive play in real life. I guess only thing really holding me back is myself. I keep thinking everyones going to think im a weirdo showing up at the local shop to play pokemon at 31 years old. But man id really love to do that.
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The thing is… Everyone who plays are 30 y/o men
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Nah. I played in my late 20s and a lot of parents were playing too, along with their kids. Tho, I s’pose it depends on your LGS and community… One of my LGSs was all kids, and it did feel awkward, but the store knew. me from MtG.
Plus, you have a job, so you can afford all the fun full arts that you couldn’t/wouldn’t as a kid. 
That’s what I used to tell my nephews, anyway. 
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Yeah, I’d like to try local competitive play at least once, but in addition to lack of free time, I’m also too lazy to regularly drive to the LCS 
I haven’t been to any events, but I don’t think someone in their early 30s sticks out that much in the Masters division, if that helps.
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Well then i guess for starters anyone have a link to what cards are eligible to be used? I will build a deck this week and give it a shot
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I haven’t played competitive since 2012. Sometimes I think playing again would be fun but it’s quite a time and money investment
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I think they’re still on this but check me https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/2024-pokemon-tcg-standard-format-rotation-announcement
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Got my 25th win today. Only 20more for the top emblem 
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@ReganRampage Good luck! Hope you enjoy the local scene!
@lyleberr Time to grind hard for that nice digital badge. I’m almost at the 45-win mark because I’ve been enjoying this new deck a lot.
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Im still at 26, cant seem to win most of the time but hey im having a good time
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(Plus 2 Giovani)
Got 125 wins so far, been using this mostly.
Even against Mewtwo it does pretty well. Dugtrio can stall and all the fossil mons are great in any deck
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You guys see the new Battle event coming I believe first week of December
Badges are based on consecutive wins
-Top badge is 5 consecutive wins.
Genetic Apex SP Emblem Event <Spoiler of the event
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