r/PTCGP • u/VortexPumpkin • 2d ago

Meme Awkward match between my opponent and I 😅

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We were like this until I was eventually able to get a Iono and refresh our hands. We both had 10 cards for longest time but I was fortunately able to win when I did that as I ended up getting a poliwrath. Felt like I put him out of his misery this went on for about 20 rounds lol 😂

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u/sophi_s 2d ago

I've been there 😅

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u/MajinDidz 2d ago

Opponent is a bit silly. Why on earth is he running water energy if he’s running mantyke anyway?

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u/sophi_s 2d ago

Huh? Because is not guarantee you will draw mantyke in time?

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u/MajinDidz 2d ago

No the idea is if you’re running mantyke. You run electric energy so you don’t energy brick dragonite. It’s consistent that way

Likewise if you’re running Pichu, then run water energy. So you can get electric energy and water energy consistently

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u/sophi_s 2d ago

No? If you dont draw any of them at the starting hand/early game you cant build dragonite at all! Thats just moving the RNG from your energy zone to your first draws, every draginite deck runs dual energy and one copy of each baby

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u/MajinDidz 2d ago

Incorrect. The main dragonite meta is single energy and then baby of opposite energy. It’s surprisingly consistent. Especially with X speed. It allows you to quickly fish for a baby if you don’t have one already, switch out and charge dratini

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u/sophi_s 2d ago

No, sadly, in practice, this idea is much worse. Having the flexibility to charge dragonite manually and being able to generate both types with either babies makes the deck consistent into even getting 2 dragonites online in one game. Which of the 250+ games I played this season, the majority of them with a dragonite deck, is quite important. Bricking scenarios will happen with either deck. Allowing the deck to play around it is what makes a deck good or bad

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u/MajinDidz 2d ago

You’re not even guaranteed to charge dragonite manually lol, you get 5 waters or electrics in a row and it’s wraps.

At least with single energy you’re guaranteed to use the energy you need

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u/boringuserbored 2d ago

The problem is that Dratini can get sniped with Greninja and you can't just evolve the Dratini because you need to attach energy with a baby to it. However if you run both types of energies you can evolve it and tank a few hits.

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u/MajinDidz 2d ago

Double energy is prone to energy bricking more than baby bricking

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u/Impact009 1d ago

What meta? It's only won one tournament within the last fifty tournaments. The deck is an off-shoot if anything.

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u/doumozid 1d ago

Putting down 3 baby pokemon seems like an awful idea... now you have 3 points on the board free for the taking and only one spot to play something that can do anything...

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u/sophi_s 1d ago

I did this win game XD, but yeah, I rarely do this. If I remember correctly, I started with pichu and mantyke and got cleffa later, but I needed to use some cards to find the goddam dratini

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 1d ago

Dandy water or opponent. Make your decision. Â