Pokemon TCG: How To Make The Best Grass Deck
Latias & Latios are a formidable pair from the Team Up expansion that has great synergy between their normal and GX attacks. Their Buster Purge move can dish out a massive 240 points of damage, though it causes them to discard 3 Energies. Thankfully, their Aero Unit GX attack allows them to retrieve these, and then some, in addition to preventing all damage taken during the opponent's next t
Fire-types excel at offense and don't have great defense or recovery, making the kind of playstyle required for a successful fire deck obvious. With heavy-hitting yet energy-expensive attacks, players can one or two-shot many opposing Active Pokemon, though this momentum can be difficult to keep
Granted, Electrode has a low HP of 80, and its primary attack, Head Bolt, also deals low damage of 70, but the factor that makes this card extremely useful and powerful in the PTCG is its ability Buzzap Thun
Furthermore, this attack also deals a damage of 70 to the opponent. It also has a useful primary in Swift, which for the cost of 1-electric guarantees a damage of 30 on the opponent's Active Pokémon since it is unaffected by any resistance or weakn
Poisoned is a special condition that applies 10 damage to an afflicted Pokemon each turn. Many Grass-types in the TCG , like Beedrill from the Champion's Path expansion, can apply this status ailment with very little cost and sometimes while doing decent dam
There is no best or worst type of Pokemon , as each group has its strengths and weaknesses. All advantages in the ever-evolving franchise's games are situational. Be it in the games, anime, or Pokemon TCG , strategy and planning are the most important factors in attaining vict
Strategy and victory are important factors to be sure but don't forget to enjoy the battle. Use Pokemon that are interesting and fun to build a strategy that feels right. There are no wrong ways to enjoy the Pokemon TCG and innovation by utilizing new strategies can be satisfying. This can even give a trainer a leg up on the competition by unleashing unexpected battling techniq
Zekrom appears once more, though this time accompanied by a franchise mascot and fellow Lightning-type Pikachu. This card was released for the Team Up expansion and epitomizes what Tag Team cards are all about. With some of the best synergy between attacks in the TCG, along with relatively low energy costs, this dynamic duo can sunder many foes with e
Confused is potentially the most adverse of all the special conditions if the afflicted is unlucky. When suffering from this status ailment, the Pokemon's trainer will have to flip a coin each time they wish to attack. If heads, the attack goes as planned, but if tails, their Pokemon takes 30 damage instead of performing their intended m
Raikou, belonging to the BREAKthrough expansion, is the quintessential snowballer, with its complementary abilities Shining Body and Thunder Lance. With an HP of 120 Raikou is capable of reducing damage from the opponent's attack by 20 using its ability Shining Body, which can be activated by attaching any number of electric energy cards to
This card plays the role of a healer and helps to remove damage counters from its Benched Pokemon allies. Both of Light Vaporeon's moves involve allowing its friends to recover some HP, exemplifying the theme behind this card vari
Either way, this locks the adversary's Active Pokemon down for at least one turn, if not longer. With this opening, Light Dewgong is free to frigidly landscape as it pleases with many Ice Pillar atta
The Sword & Shield expansion has a Rillaboom card with such an Ability. This card's Voltage Beat lets their trainer pull two grass energy cards from their deck and attach them to any of their Pokemon. Getting more energies onto a team can mean that more powerful attacks are able to unleash quicker. This strategy works well with many others, acting as a quick way to fuel one's powerhouse ca
Asleep is another special condition that prevents the opponent from attacking or retreating, though it differs from Paralysis. At the end of a sleeping Pokemon's turn, their trainer flips a coin. If heads, the Pokemon awakens, and if tails, it stays asl
Paralyzed is a special condition that renders a Pokemon unable to move or retreat for one turn. At their turn end, they lose this condition and return to normal. By itself, this effect simply locks a foe down for a turn, which can be very useful, though the best implementation of this ailment is to combine it with damage to widdle a foe's health away while preventing them from fighting b
Belonging to the Phantom Forces expansion, Joltik has been a hugely controversial and powerful pokémon in the PTCG . The reason behind its infamy is its attack Night March, SLG game console which, for the simple cost of 1DCE, is able to deliver insane damage on just the first t
Full Blitz lets them deal decent damage while stacking themselves, or an ally, with more Lightning Energies. On the next turn, if one attached the 3 new energy cards to this duo, the trainer can unpack Tag Bolt GX for huge damage against the foe's Active pokemon as well as one of their Benched monst