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@swirIdude sending back salandit now, thanks!

first 10 pack on Dialga got Dialga EX, Full art Dawn, and 2* Yanmega EX, pretty nice

but im out of hourglasses now

Tagging for now

So far I'm not feeling that anything from this expansion is stronger than just the basic Pikachu EX deck or Celebi stuff.

But I'm also not the most creative when it comes making decks so we'll see!

I suppose that I need to finally look into trading and check out that spreadsheet that MZero made too

Just putting in the new topic too, @swirldude, still want to trade Nidoqueen for Nidoking?

skullbone posted...

So far I'm not feeling that anything from this expansion is stronger than just the basic Pikachu EX deck or Celebi stuff.

But I'm also not the most creative when it comes making decks so we'll see!

My Weavile/Darkrai deck beat a Celebi deck (that got its Serperior out ASAP) in its first battle, so hooray. This one battle is empirical proof that Celebi and other 130 HP or less EXes are dead and buried. No further data necessary.

@MrSmartGuy I've offered full-art Golbat and would like full-art Vaporeon if it's available please.

Only opened two packs so far, and the first one had 2* Darkrai in it. Nothing else big yet, but I did see a full-art Shinx in wonder pick which looks absolutely adorable.

Edit to say forget the nothing else big yet bit, this evening's pack had 2* Volkner in it, and I got 2* Lickilicky EX while spending my hourglasses!

No EXs or anything 2 star and above but it has given me 5 full art 1 stars so far in 17 packs

mnk posted...

My Weavile/Darkrai deck beat a Celebi deck (that got its Serperior out ASAP) in its first battle, so hooray. This one battle is empirical proof that Celebi and other 130 HP or less EXes are dead and buried. No further data necessary.

Yeah I take back what I said, Darkrai and Weavile is really strong. Dealing 90 damage each turn guaranteed for 1 dark energy on Weavile while you're also building up Darkrai is pretty silly.

I'd like to finish off my non-full-art Dex first. I still have 5 things I'm missing, I think, which is gonna take up just about all of my trade coins.

skullbone posted...

Yeah I take back what I said, Darkrai and Weavile is really strong. Dealing 90 damage each turn guaranteed for 1 dark energy on Weavile while you're also building up Darkrai is pretty silly.

Yep, going first and with the right opening hand, you can start doing that 90 damage on turn 3.

Turn 1: Play Sneasel/play Darkrai
Turn 3: Evolve Sneasel/play Darkrai, attach energy to Darkrai, play Dawn, make your opponent sad

Without Dawn, you can still hit 120 damage over two turns, and with Giovanni you can nail the 130 HP EXes.

It's always nice to find a deck that prefers going first.

It is nice that Yanmega EX one shots both of them at least but Giant's Cape also nullifies that so IDK what's a good counter.

Weavile and Darkrai are in separate packs though huh? That'll be rough to build.

It's gonna take some time to know for sure, but the new set seems... fair? It has some good stuff, but I don't get the impression it's going to completely upend the meta

Yeah if anything you might use some of the tools in a deck like Celebi and just move on.

Exegguctor EX is such a strong tank dealing 40-80 damage each turn with 160HP while you build Celebi. Then you have 2 Erika to keep it alive even longer.

I just played a game where by the time I finally managed to kill it their Celebi had 8 coin flips ready to go to win the game.

Lopen it seems like it was a glitch, I was able to accept a little while ago.

Opening a 10 pack of each new booster was lackluster. Best thing I got was a full art Shaymin and no 4 diamonds.

Wonder pick blessed me with a Dialga EX though, so that was nice.

Manaphy seems like ramp for Articuno/Starmie/Lapras decks. Going to test that out

Bloodychess posted...

Lopen it seems like it was a glitch, I was able to accept a little while ago.

Did you get charged the tokens?

I got a refund of my tokens for some reason which was pretty awesome

Just used a bunch of hourglasses and opened 10 Palkia packs, got some decent hits like 2 Infernape EXs and a there was a full art in there somewhere. Hopefully it shows up for you guys in the Wonder Picks.

As a reminder my code is 9599445467796673 and I'm Boze on there. I like Showcases just about everyday so add me if you haven't already and want to rack up some easy Shop tokens!

Lopen posted...

Did you get charged the tokens?

I got a refund of my tokens for some reason which was pretty awesome

Son of a gun

I still got charged tokens lol

Just opened a 10-pack of Palkia and only got three three-diamond cards

Thats above average. Only two cards out of five in a pack even have a chance to be above one diamond, and those two only have five percent chance to be three-diamond. So in a 10-pack youre gonna get one on average

oh Im dumb, thats just for the fourth card. Fifth has a higher probability for three-diamond (20%)

After 20 packs I'm at 6x 3 diamond and 6x 1 star (1 dupe). No EX or 2 star and above. Without looking at the odds I feel that's both lucky and unlucky at the same time

1-star is actually more common than EX, so that just about tracks.

Only things I want from Dialga pack now are a second Darkrai EX and a bunch of Trainer cards. Pokemon Communication seems really good for getting evolved pokemon consistently but I have none yet

JackMan posted...

Just putting in the new topic too, @swirldude, still want to trade Nidoqueen for Nidoking?

Yes, I sent the trade offer.

swirIdude posted...

Yes, I sent the trade offer.

Sent over Nidoqueen now.

mnk posted...

Yep, going first and with the right opening hand, you can start doing that 90 damage on turn 3.

Turn 1: Play Sneasel/play Darkrai
Turn 3: Evolve Sneasel/play Darkrai, attach energy to Darkrai, play Dawn, make your opponent sad

My third time playing this deck, and I managed to pull off this play. Felt so good. It didn't quite clinch the win for me, but a Sabrina to draw out what they were setting up and a clutch Giant Cape draw to keep Weavile out of KO range secured it.

so jealous of those of you who get to use Darkrai/Weavile already. That's the deck I was looking forward to trying the most, but haven't gotten any Sneasels or Weaviles yet. Luckily I got two Darkrai in my 10 Dialga packs so I can focus on Palkia though

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f3b1535c.jpg

First wonder pick of the new set went well!

it's probably not true but I feel like the drop rates have been nerfed

opened 40 packs and only have one ex card (and the 2 star version at that) and only a handful of three diamonds

@Ringworm You still need Zapdos? Trade for Jolteon?

Looking for: Pikachu Ex and Wigglytuff Ex

Will trade from the following for them: Moltres Ex, Arcanine Ex, Blastoise Ex, Mew Ex, Celebi Ex, Aerodactyl Ex, Pidgeot Ex

StifledSilence posted...

Pikachu Ex

I'm offering you this

StifledSilence posted...

Pidgeot Ex

For this. From Mysterio?

Yep! Sounds good.

FFDragon posted...

it's probably not true but I feel like the drop rates have been nerfed

opened 40 packs and only have one ex card (and the 2 star version at that) and only a handful of three diamonds

Listed drop rates are still the same, so depends on whether you believe the app is lying or not.

I think the game is just kinda streaky. I've had better drops with the start of this set than I've had in a while

Some of the win without giving up any points Expert challenges are gonna be tough thanks to Cyrus

Thank you, Lopen!

Looking for: Wigglytuff Ex

Will trade from the following for it: Moltres Ex, Arcanine Ex, Blastoise Ex, Mew Ex, Celebi Ex, Aerodactyl Ex

Of course. Was actually indeed a small favor. Not sure I'll even use Pidgeot but you never know (already had 1 so now I have a playset, but had extra Pikachu EXs so why not)

I'm very late to getting around to this, but I finally added my trading info to the sheet. I'm just focusing on completing the base Apex right now, but maybe I will try and get some of the 1-star cards later on. I'm not sure how much anything costs, but I have 625 trade tokens, so I hope that covers all that I need right now.

I don't know what everyone's criteria for what is available to trade, but I just went with cards I had 3+ of. If everyone is just doing cards that they have 2+ of, I can expand on my offerings.

https://x.com/pokemontcgp/status/1885447974094070090?s=46&t=GLvOH2vb-KyGtAIkQT1H2w

would recommend pausing on destroying your cards for trade tokens

JackMan posted...

@Ringworm You still need Zapdos? Trade for Jolteon?

Sure. I can offer it now.

Trade completed, thank you.

And you!

Next one, @Honko, I've got either Muk or Hypno for Gyarados?

JackMan posted...

And you!

Next one, @Honko, I've got either Muk or Hypno for Gyarados?

Yes please, I'm still looking for either one. I'm guessing Jack Dandy is you?

Ive been enjoying my YanmEgga deck. Right now I have two Shaymin, I might swap one for a Mew though. But having two Shaymin on the bench healing every turn is funny

I really like Magnezone with GA Magneton. Just have him charging up on the bench until you need him. You can also use Magneton's power, evolve, and attack in the same turn which is nice. You could also use him in a non-electric deck for counterplay

A Magnezone/Darkrai/Druddigon deck won a 129 person tournament in Japan.

Looking to trade for Gardevoir and Omastar!