BEST & WORST Cards In Mythical Island | Pokemon TCG Pocket

[@falcia5967]

People are sleeping on Scolipede-Weezing with both Koga and Leaf, the flexibility and ability to constantly move your pokemon from the active spot to the bench is absurd and sinergize so well with scolipede attack and retreat cost, im currently on a 12 win streak the deck is just insane

[@Halbell_]

@@falcia5967 new or old weezing

[@elliottkashner8481]

Came here to say this. It’s crazy strong.

[@dpuntogutierrez]

I tried it but i liked my weezing nidoking best. Scolipede is a GREAT card though

[@kenlykkeslett7501]

Care to share your complete deck?

[@notcryin9683]

Share dem deck

[@CountofBleck]

Mythical Slab and mew Ex might actually make Gengar EX decks far less awkward. A wall that wards away powerful one shotters, while also letting gengar safely set up.

[@Hisuian_zoroark_and_zorua_fan]

My Scolipede Weezing deck can still one shot Mew ex. 70+50 (if opponents pokemon is poisoned)+20 (from weakness).

[@jomsies]

yes but mewtwo ex is just more consisent with garde support and mew ex for big hitters like chard

[@M_M386]

I'm using it in my mewtwo ex deck, it's pretty good

[@valentinafuffa535]

the thing is gengar as a finisher is not as good as other psychic types. disabling enemy trainer cards is decent but why prefer that over just oneshotting stuff with something like alakazam or mewtwo, especially in the lategame

[@Thund3rr]

Gengar doesn't do enough damage.

[@deiondre0]

The new Golem is a serious upgrade from the first one. It can really take and give damage if you’re able to get it on the field

[@WaBooLax]

@deiondre0 while true when running Fighting card builds, it is far less flexible when mixing it up with other pokemon. I run my OG Golem behind two Weezings and start building him up with Dark energy. Once I'm on my last requirement for a Fighting energy, I pop a Brock and Golem can be used no problem. It doesn't work all the time, but catching people off guard with niche decks is what makes this game fun.

[@blastmole299]

​@@WaBooLaxRunning a Druddigon deck inspired by a random commenter on a different vid. I must say it's really funny when the opp are so scared of chip damage

[@Matt-w5c2j]

Run the new Golem lineup with Brock and Aerodactyl Ex and 1 pokeball

[@alphastring3619]

Personally I've been running a Golem/Sandslash deck, and I've actually gotten a lot of mileage out of it. It doesn't match well against Celibee decks and (competent) MewTwo Players. But I have won against them before.

[@shawnsadler5952]

and with Giovanni it can 1 shot mew and celebi. Brock deck got a massive upgrade imo. Its prob my highest WR deck rn

[@ShyplayX]

Something interesting I’ve found with Aerodactyl EX is that its ability is really good when combined with a card like Sabrina. You can trap cards in the active spot that haven’t fully evolved, forcing your opponent to either let them die, or waste an energy or x speed to retreat back to evolve. This is especially good for catching support three stagers like Butterfree, Serperior, and Greninja before they can use their abilities. Combine it with some fast-hitting fighting cards like Primeape or Marowak EX to take down their EX or tough basic pokemon, and you have a good chance of disrupting your opponent’s ability to set up pretty badly. Aerodactyl doesn’t even need to be in the active slot, it just needs to sit on the bench! And when Marowak is taken down, it has a guaranteed and easy 80 damage to swoop in and finish things off.

[@IXsamridhbartwal]

you can also add a marshadow to let it sit on your bench and deal 100 damage after your active pokemon get knocked out to take out their ex.

[@XenithShadow]

Can also catch a voltorb in the active so they gotta spend to retreat it.

[@lude-N-lopsided]

Yeah, that’s if you can get him out.

[@blastmole299]

Deals good damage too since a consistent 80 damage for 2 energy helps a ton if you're terribly unlucky flipping coins in a Marowak EX deck

[@xBruno303x]

Unfortunately, the scenario you created is not good. In most cases, if you Sabrina the enemy to force their late game card on the board, they will immediately retreat it anyway and never attempt to evolve it on the spot. There are specific cases where what you are saying could be relevant, but it's not game winning or common, and playing Aerodactyl consistently has shown to de hard. The thing is fossil decks are slow in nature since you can't search for them. The moment they give you tools to search it and you have a chance of setting up aerodactyl super early, THEN this situation you described is possibly very strong and leads to non optimal plays for the opponent.

[@Sam-tl4ho]

Is it just me or dhelmise is just very good? Like its more consistent than celebi and doesnt give 2 points, can deal early dmg but good dmg once serperior arrives Edit: i see that i caused alot of arguments so let me say what i think, for me, celebi is just very risky and i dont like it bc my coin flip luck is terrible, so thats why i prefer dhelmise over celebi, so yeah if u prefer celebi its okay and i understand why it would be good, having the potential of ohkoing the whole meta in 2 energys, but often for me thats damage is 0-50 lol

[@randomorc9493]

Ikr? just wait till someone notice it...

[@axdambient]

youre supposed to run it with Serperior/Celebi because draws can be that way where you dont pull Celebi. 6/2/2 and 10 trainers but you have a Serperior and two Dhelmise from Pokeball. literally thats the deck they show you in solo battles

[@lumwenkang6806]

Gd....just not very gd. Failing to otk is wha lose game when u hit late game....especially mew plus the new supporter basically remove the dmg

[@zyan3131]

It's jack of all trades, but it's so heavily relying on serperior with an upside damage of 90 is what makes it mediocre. I can recall the pain when I'm stuck with it early game when u can only deal 20 each turn but when serperior is up you had 4 energy with it. Good card with overall bad tempo.

[@joepiazza3756]

It's a great counter to Mew EX too.

[@michaelrulewicz5390]

Aerodactyl is way better than the strength of just it's ability. The fossil lines add complexity to a deck that focuses on guaranteeing their opening basic. The ability is a complementary strength and can straight up win you the early game sometimes or FORCE out X-Speed or even Leaf. Very good card.

[@clicksclacks]

Feels like people missed how much and it can slow down Exeggcutor/Marowak/Starmie EX rush if you go first, and all Aerodactyl needs to do is act as a nice option for Amber.

[@multiream]

Can't PokeBall. That's why fossil Pokemons are C tier cause your only option to find them is professor oak and 40 hp baseline without any abilities is crap.

[@mahirunotsuki9]

I have btfo Celebi meta using only Aerodactyl and our boy promo Mankey with 4 winning streak. He is right about Aerodactyl being early overhyped but forgot that there are situations can force people to evolve in the Active spot depend on how you play. The good thing about Aerodactyl EX is that it doesn't need to be in Active spot to activate the ability so it just casually sitting on the bench and wait for delivering the final blow.

[@LeepoyIfurung]

Koga deck is also affected by the Aerodactyl EX deck.

[@yoshiegg6537]

the basic pokemon should be either chatot, onyx with brocks or the best one, promo mankey with primeape

[@chaninakosovske6567]

I don’t think anyone didn’t think serperior wasn’t going to be really good, ramp is always absurd in formats with almost no ramp

[@chaninakosovske6567]

Same with vaporeon. Also stage 1s are so good compared to stage 2s, making the starmie/gyrados/vaporeon deck seem great to me.

[@Kuptain]

@@chaninakosovske6567 Big downside of Gyarados is that even the new Magi has only 30 HP, so it's 1 shot by so many basic Pokémon. If it's your only starting Pokémon, you are ripped.

[@mattiacalzari5908]

@@chaninakosovske6567 with only one starmie not 2

[@Ryan-hr2bf]

Triple negative???

[@imn8]

I mean who here didn't think that anyone wouldn't expect that we wouldn't be getting a card that's not an absolute banger? I know I didn't.

[@x3Patrick]

The moment i saw serperior, i knew grass decks was gonna be insane. Little did i know that onion fairy is gonna haunt us all with coin flips

[@swampygaming2975]

@@x3Patrick because why flip 1 or 2 coins when you can flip EIGHT OF THEM!!!

[@DerrickGIlig]

Hello, some helpful criticisims for the rest of the community 1. Blue as you said, doesn't look that good at first glance, however, once you look at the current metagame, you suddenly see its most important use in the Mewtwo EX vs Mewtwo EX match-up (which is heavily favored for the Player 2). This is because without a turn 3 Gardevoir (on curve), the Player 1 usually loses right away because the Player 2 gets to attack first. Obviously with Sabrinas and Leaf, this match-up is still entirely draw dependent. This is where Blue comes in handy, since most Mewtwo EX decks dont run Giovanni, this allows the Blue player to attack with Mewtwo EX without worry of it getting knocked out right after. (An example would be attacking into a wall, then next turn tanking the hit and finally attacking for win) 2. Aerodactyl is not meant to stop Control decks that run Stage 2 Evos. It is meant to stop aggro and tempo cards that immediately pressures damage on Turn 2 (or turn 1 as player 2). Think of Weezing, Starmie/Tentacruel, Rapidash/Salandit, Dugtrio, Exeggutor EX. A lot of these decks can be countered just by having an Aerodactyl in the back. Aerodactyl itself can be run with an Aggro deck (Dugtrio, Marowak, Hitmonlee), forcing opponents to spend energy to retreat early.

[@ketchupntunamix]

nice input, love you

[@Counter_curious]

I don't know if you are stupid or anything. But Many Mewtwo EX deck run Giovanni to deal 60 dmg on turn 2 to kill basic pokemons. Aerodactyl EX is a good card, I cannot deny it, but its usage for stopping stage 2 Evos is as right as it can be, Aerodactyl EX cannot stop Stage 1 Evos with aggro playstyle, unless they happen to draw the evolution line late, most of the time, Marrowak EX/Starmie EX/Exeguttor EX/... Blah blah blah will run faster than Aerodactyl EX because they are all stage 1 - with the exception of Amber cannot be guaranteed to be drawn on opening hand as well as by using poke balls. Just think, if your opponent's basic pokemons are stuck at the bottom of the deck, your amber is there as well, you know who's gonna be faster?

[@M_M386]

Great comment 👍🏻

[@self1sch]

@@Counter_curious Could have easily said all of this without being an asshole tho

[@Counter_curious]

@@self1sch shiet, my bad😓

[@KillerKeeton]

Kinda crazy Pidgeot EX is weak to lightning, yet it can tank a full bench hit from Pikachu EX, and then use that full bench of the opponent against them and KO the Pikachu EX. In most scenarios, Pidgeot EX would get KOed by whatever is waiting on the bench in a Pikachu deck, but that would be a great mid/late game way to get 2 points to win after you have 1 already.

[@Pikmaniak]

Pidgeot EX is wild. It's become my new staple deck because of how consistent it tends to be. 170 HP is massive, and tanks Mewtwo EX with ease, as well as Celebi EX with a roll of 3 or less heads, and even Mew EX with full Genome Hacking. I run it with Druddigon as my wall to help deal chip damage or simply force my opponent to burn their Sabrinas, Potions, and X Speeds. Then, I bring in Pidgeot to sweep away their big EX mons. While no deck is 100% perfectly consistent, I'm seeing great success with this combination thus far. It eats Pikachu EX decks for breakfast (I've seen no more of them since the new booster dropped and everyone has shifted towards Mewtwo and Celebi decks). 140 damage or 150 damage (with Giovanni support) makes quick work of most of the common EX cards right now, and very rarely can they one shot Pidegot in return.

[@noskes1]

​@@Pikmaniak Im playing Pidgeot EX with Wheezing and its amazing. Gives you huuuge advantage against Mewtwo deck. Only 1 energy, and this damage realy stack.

[@King_Cosmic865]

@@KillerKeeton Pikachu EX probably got hurt the most by the expansion overall

[@benhwa101]

I went and checked and not only Pidgeot can't be one shot by Pikachu, it cannot be one shot by any lightning Pokémon in the game right now without resorting to coin flips and Giovanni (Genetic Raichu is 10 shy from doing so😂)

[@dewndesu369]

Well pigeot ex is a stage 2

[@dembonez19]

Chatot's a pretty underrated cool card. Draw is always helpful if your hand isn't immediately beneficial.

[@ShampooMasta]

I think a super underrated card right now is Tauros. He beats things like Mew, Celebi, and cards like Pikachu EX and Zapdos with a Giovanni boost while only being a basic pokemon. He puts the pressure on the player to use their EXs carefully.

[@Matt-w5c2j]

The bot games showcase just how annoying Tauros can be

[@zabuliallister5279]

⁠@@Matt-w5c2jyea I agree. although I fortunately got lucky with my celebi on 2 energy and was able to deal with it, but it was a worry everytime

[@RaceBandit]

For the most part. I don't think you can lead with Tauros since Fighting Tackle is a 3-drop and Circle Circuit is a 2-drop. You'd probably have to sac a Snorlax and watch out for Sabrina. Especially if Tauros plays first. If Pikachu gets to attach first, that's two hits before the Tauros player can deliver a crackback.

[@cgold2083]

New rapidash is a nice addition for the Blaine deck. I don’t know if anyone noticed but I can see the new exeggcute and exeggutor being really good down the road. You can literally play them in any deck because cute will give tor the one leaf needed for his attack. Could see that being used later down the road

[@charleswhite4922]

I one shotted a mew the other day with the new rapidash. Its pretty good. Needed Blaine and the coin flip, but it worked!

[@uselss7062]

blue is a niche card when the meta call for him, like mew2 mirrors happening often in tourneys so teching blue can change the tide there to stop one shot.

[@anonymus4683]

It's not niche, it's also very strong against celebi and each deck hitting for a 50 damage multiplier in M2 deck, it's also probably good on other deck but haven't tried yet

[@theGrymer]

​@@anonymus4683 the -10 dmg only applies after all the dmg is addeed together.

[@uselss7062]

@@anonymus4683 thats still niche, like yes the niche is good atm for mew2 mirror and mew2 vs celebi but many other decks cant benefit imo (i tried but ended up kicking him out often for more general use cards like sabrina or leaf)

[@JacktheDoctor]

6:45 I wish someone did an indepth analysis on Leaf, as I think this card is a trap in most decks. You cannot use this card as often as an X Speed, since it takes up the Supporter play. For instance, Prof research into this card does nothing to save you, while the X Speed could win you the game. It also cannot be combined with Sabrina in the same turn. I'm too dumb to do this analysis as there are way too many variables, but I think overall this card is worse than an X Speed (most of the time you really only need 1 discounted anyway) and you can also chain 2 X Speeds, so I personally do not see myself running it in any of my decks. It is downright unplayable is decks with more Leaders, including Koga, Blaine, or Erika dekcs. Misty decks could still run it/might not care, since Misty is used turn 1 very often anyway. IMO, not the best card in the set by a mile.

[@chanzijun5247]

It's hard to tell at this stage. It depends how many 2-retreat-cost cards the deck runs and whether Prof + X speed is important in the early game. For example: 1) I'm running 2 X-speed + 1 Leaf in my Moltres EX deck because Prof + X Speed is important in the early game, while Leaf lets Arcanine EX switch cleanly into Charizard EX for games where a 2nd attacker is needed. 2) I'm running 1 X-speed + 1 Leaf in my Mewtwo EX deck because X-speed suffice for retreating Mew EX or Ralts/Kirlia, while Leaf is needed to retreat Mewtwo EX or Gardevoir.

[@jesseth.7032]

Yeah I think it’s just super deck dependent. Which just makes it situational which I like. In a lightning deck XSpeed is waaaay better if you even want to use it. But in a Arcticuno/Gyrados/Vaporeon deck, Leaf feels absolutely necessary

[@omologo95]

Completely agree. The biggest issue in this card is, as you said, the opportunity cost of actually playing the card. Since it's a supporter and all. It has decks where it plays well, but I think it's greatly overrated.

[@kidnamedjulian]

It depends on which deck and strategy you use, really. I would always run Leaf instead of X-Speed if I run Druddigon as a wall so I can retreat him without putting any energy on him.

[@grantdavid2655]

@JacktheDoctor personally, this card feels like a must have in some decks. It is the goat in any deck with 2 cost mons like mewtwo that allow for pivoting without losing any energy

[@mrgarneau4895]

Blue can potentially work in a Melmetal deck against Mewtwo EX. Melmetal has 130 HP and reduces damage by 20, so you still get OHKO to Psydrive. With Blue you can have Melmetal survive at 10 HP and if you've already hit the Mewtwo EX, you can score a KO. Blue is the Anti Giovanni, and I can see where that -10 damage can come i to play. If your Pokémon gets on shot exactly by some meta Mons, you may want to consider Blue as a one off tech option.

[@danielpayne1597]

Now hopefully the Johto set really lets Steel shine so Melmetal gets some proper support and plays better.

[@SevericK_BooM]

The primeevil law is like the inverse of what it should have been. I mean with how strong other abilities are like surperior, u think it would be like “while aerodactyl is in active slot opponent can’t evolve on bench” would be so much better

[@bennypark2406]

My two cents is that preventing evolution on the bench is way too broken in the game's current state. I'd be interested in making a deck with pidgeot and Sabrina that would be based around forcing basic pokemon into the active spot and them not being able to evolve.

[@Havok91]

I feel like the leaks showed Primal Law as locking the bench, not the active slot.

[@RaceBandit]

What you're proposing might be necessary, actually. Not a whole lot is keeping a player from evolving on the bench and _then_ retreating to bring it out.

[@flipevent]

I'm of two minds with Blue. Either it's the most useless card in your hand, or it single-handedly saves you the game that you had no business winning. I actually think it's the ultimate tournament card, where each hp breakpoint is measured against the meta--where Blue is literally the mathematical 10 damage difference between winning and losing. It WILL make up for hype plays in tournaments. But in normal versus play where you can literally face anything, not so much I think.

[@ahmedsalah862]

@@flipevent when i first read giovanni, i thought he sucked but then i realized how often that 10 damage comes up, and i feel like blue is gonna feel exactly like that

[@jcs3146]

Blue saves pikq from pidegeot ex but idk about others

[@ThisIsBatchet]

I think the new Golem line can make a Brock Deck be more competitive. Dealing 120 damage and taking 30 less from attacks is a lot more appealing than 150 damage and taking 50 damage, almost 1/3rd of your hp lol

[@dark_rit]

Yeah new graveler can attack on curve too instead of being a 3 energy attack that you almost never got to use unless a game is going badly.

[@unitesupportking3439]

Sadly 120 isnt enough for a late stage mon. You need one shot capability that it doesnt have…

[@SpookifyVA]

​@@unitesupportking3439 If the Golem gets to attack into something first, it can take a hit from almost everything in the game besides those that hit above 190 damage. (Charizard, Celebi, etc) Thats insane value for a pokemon that only gives your opponent 1 prize point. And since it really only costs 3 energy with brock support, its only problem is the Stage 2 RNG it has to deal with.

[@unitesupportking3439]

@ the issue is they often cant get there fast enough even with brock. 2 stage pokemon…

[@mlekosojowe7312]

120 is just awkward. A lot of Pokemons have 130hp so you're 10 dmg short of killing them.

[@Zacharilius]

Built a Druddigon deck that I love! It’s the new Salazzle line paired with Tentracruel and Druddigon. Salazzle and Tentacruel get powered up really quickly and both get poison going which is awesome. I’ve actually gotten Druddigon powered up a lot in that deck, too, but even if it doesn’t work out, it’s still a great wall that deals damage back with rough skin. Tentacruel can attack with one water and one fire energy, plus Salandit can attack with a water energy in a pinch (also deals more damage to poisoned Pokemon).

[@sallmon3689]

I think a new blaine deck could be interesting, because with the new rapidash and magmar it has the potential to one shot a celebi

[@Mainimi]

imo the new Rapidash kind of defeats the point of a Blaine deck (aggro), it's basically a worse Nintetales in terms of energy requirements vs damage. I do think the new Magmar replaces the old one as a clutch nuke in case you haven't drawn Ninetales though, just slot in a Leaf to retreat him because he's a sitting duck after his attack.

[@reaperreaper3071]

@@Mainimi I run one of each magmar and one of each rapidash to create variety of Blaine targets. It works better that way to support Ninetales.

[@tomcarron8495]

@@sallmon3689 ninetales can already one shot celebi with blaine tho

[@valentinafuffa535]

@@reaperreaper3071 I had the same idea initially, but old rapidash proved much better when going first, and one copy didn’t feel like enough to me. the new one makes the deck too reliant on the initial coin flip, if you don’t go second you’re basically doomed. new ponyta is definitely an upgrade though

[@YaminiVakhariya]

@@Mainimi I think the opposite. Ninetales discards 1 energy so you need to attach an energy every turn whereas once you attach 2 energies on Rapidash it is good to go and you can build up other cards. Similarly, new magmar discards 2 energies and only does 30 extra damage(not including Blaine/Giovanni) whereas you only need to set up old magmar once. The new one is only good if you have another Pokemon already ready and will only use magmar once to snipe something quickly.

[@officialwheell0763]

I made a Druddigon deck with two frosmoths and two Salazzles (one from mystich island and the other from genetic apex) and it is working surprinsigly well, its pretty fast, you can use Misty to power up the frosmoths, put enemys to sleep, Salazzle can poison with one fire energy and the other can do 60 damage with one fire and one colorless, and you can powerup two Druddigons or just leave them to tank, the only downsides are the fact that is a double energy deck and kinda frail, but I have some fun using it and leave my recomedention here

[@bennypark2406]

13:07 the reason I'm excited for Blue is because it gives the game some kind of counterplay during your opponent's turn, which imo adds another layer of depth to the battles.

[@loganphillips6579]

I think it’s best use is stop your M2 getting one shot by the opponents M2 so you can counter one shot them.

[@Mainimi]

For Psychic I slotted Sigilyph into my mewtwo deck and it makes it that much more consistent, I like it more than Mythical Slab because it basically has payday but at 80 HP it can also take a couple of hits meowth can't while you setup your mewtwo/evolve gardevoir. And Blue is actually pretty good for the Mewtwo deck too, as it fucks up the Mewtwo mirror match by making the enemy miss the OHKO on your mewtwo if they don't play Giovanni. Also Dedenne is very good for Zapdos/Pikachu decks, very fast and annoying to delay if you need a little more time to setup.

[@taffitteal]

While it would be coin-heavy, I could see Moltres EX and Volcarona working very well together. One supplies the energy for the backline, and then with some swaps you have a powerhouse to hit the enemy backline. Also, I think Leaf would work very well with Earth decks, because a lot of those have high retreat costs, and could help make them much more viable.

[@aidanlight2583]

Personally I have to say Blane with Ninetales and Rapidash is a cracked deck right now. For just one more energy, Rapidash could do upwards of 100 damage per turn with the flip of a coin! Not to mention the fact that Ninetails is still OP with Blane. Plus, Selbi is a grass type and is going to dominate the meta-and fire just destroy grass. Very underrated imo

[@davitron86]

I could see Mew and Mythical Slab mixing into an Alakazam deck. Mew stalls, but can also attack for 20 for a couple rounds while you get your bench powered up, and you have an extra two items just helping you get to that alakazam.

[@eliana_d]

hey jake in the future could you use the standard cards rather than full/alt art cards? standard cards are way easier to read imo

[@trevorSampson-qz9ir]

@@eliana_d full arts look better next to the stache

[@TheMrRedMad]

I think you can make a fun deck with Aerodactyl-Ex and Victreebel or Pidgeot. Using their passive you can force your opponent to bring its non evolved Pokémon in the active spot, and with Aerodactyl in the bench, they can't evolve, forcing the opponent to waste energies to swap them out and maybe do something. With a couple of Pokémon Flute I think it's a deck that can have a certain niche.

[@Havok91]

Serperior has one MAJOR downside. It's ability also boosts the damage you take from Psychic, making decks like Alakazam and Mythical Exeggutor some of the strongest counters to Celebi.

[@RaceBandit]

Good catch. Jynx might be able to punish Serperior for cheap; basic, two-drop.

[@valentinafuffa535]

cards like aerodactyl heavily depend on the meta. as you mentioned, the best decks right now don't evolve their active pokemon, but if for example the grass spam determined a rise of blaine decks, aerodactyl would be pretty disruptive against those. in the future sets we might see more lines like machamp's that do like staying active and attack while they evolve. the main issue will be getting aerodactyl early which is harder to achieve with fossils compared to normal stage 1s.

[@kindredzpirit6046]

I think you're not seeing the fact Blue is just key in Mewtwo decks for the mirror matchup. Sure, Giovanni counters it, but barely no one runs it as more of a 1-of, but the same goes for Blue I guess. I've seen some madmans run 2 in top finishing Mew2 decks from small tournaments. So who knows who'll be the chosen supporter for those decks, only time will tell. I also love how they made the contrast, as Blue ends up being the gym leader Giovanni used to be when visiting Kanto in gen 2, and them being literally the 2 opposite sides of the same coin! I think that's a small, but neat fact for us who played those old games!

[@Srsperson]

@kindredzpirit6046 I like this line of thinking. The same way ppl think Giovanni is good is that same way Blue is good. You look at it giovanni and think, oh 10 dmg, that's not much at all. Practically worthless right? Wrong, cause in the context of Pocket, that 10 dmg can go a long way. Same with Blue.

[@SuperSonic3557]

Blue can even stop articuno spread dmg 🗿

[@kidnamedjulian]

Blue is not worth running at all for these mirrors when Mew ex is the card that decides the mirror match already

[@chrisguzman9724]

The new Rapidash has surprised me a lot. Hitting the heads and getting 100 damage, especially early game swings the game in my favor so often.

[@keion_arknights]

Volcarona is cool, does a good job patching up possible weaknesses of Arcanine. Arcanine does a good job being fast and being itself a "fast deck counter," but misses kills on slower decks with heavier hitters. However, Volcarona can finish off those EX's that try to shy away after taking a big Arcanine hit, so all that really needs to happen is to have Arcanine/Moltres kill a frontliner or something. Not to mention a total counter to Marshadow, doesn't matter if you want your allies to die if you die first. As a finisher, Volcarona's energy discarding and retreat cost never really matter. Starting with Larvesta is a total brick tho, which is why you want two Leafs and only one Larvesta in the deck. Never liked Arcanine/Charizard anyway since that's just opportunity hedging rather than real synergy, so these kinds of plays are a lot of fun instead, opponents usually surrender when they realize the checkmate position they're in from Volcarona.

[@motormatt1222]

Absolutely love your videos and your funny personality! You explain everything really well and I come straight to your channel for anything new coming up :)

[@corpaxhunter]

If the ability of the Aerodactyl swap which pokemon cannot evolve on the bench, that card will be OP af

[@Dr_Brock]

What a stream that was. When I got home, I was not surprised to see Slab sitting in my place at the table with my family. Knowing that they will be better off, I went to the kitchen to make myself a Snom Collins to find that Slab already drank my liquor. I had to go to the garage fridge and settle for a Bud Light Screen

[@yesteryearr]

I'm playing around with Drednaw and so far I like it. High HP and decent attack with the ability to destroy the opponents Energy. If you have this set up early game you will have plenty of time to get something like Gyarados EX set up on the bench

[@SillyLilFella]

7:49 "Looking to pull Gard" BJJ guys foaming at the mouth with this one

[@christianferraiuolo4003]

I see Aerodactyl ex as a tech card. If you value it assuming that, it's a pretty good card imho: you play in a tournament in the future, meta is really aggro at the time and you build a deck make to stop aggro including this card. If you think about it, all the pokemon you mentioned to evolve in the bench are all part of slower decks, stopping the active ponyta to go into rapidash could be crucial and make the aggro lose the snowball effect. Love your content, YEEEEE HAAAAAAA

[@fallguybuddy2654]

I've been impressed by the scolipide Line when I draw the cards. The whole line feels great.

[@yung-MNW]

I’d love to see an updated video on the best decks for each EX now that there are more cards.

[@GODZLYY]

I agree with a lot of this, good video!

[@F1shMeist3r]

I agree, Dhelmise is very good. I use as an early tank and damage dealer in my Celebi deck. Once SERP is online the 90 damage from only 2 energy has caught more than a few off guard. Celebi + Serp in general has been very good for me.

[@brankoaime]

I builted a deck I like to call "dont die on me" with druddigon, tentacruel and salazzle, seems weird but its really funny how everything does chip damage and is super easy to set up being just stage 1 with 1 colored energy requirement (and druddigon as a tank/closser)

[@TheBlindWeasel]

The grass vs grass matchups are crazy with that Exeggutor

[@JamestheKilljoy]

AerodactylEX completely replaced MarowakEX for me. No more coin flip crap, has a cool ability that works in the backline, and best of all the Amber is an item card. This means i will always start with Machop as my starter card and just Machamp my opponents into submission

[@tmrider350]

You missed the best new card: chatot

[@adrianb2232]

@@tmrider350 is it?

[@diablocell]

Godzly had some really cool plays with an Aero EX deck with brock, onyx and marshadow

[@NonstopMission91]

Yeehaw Big Dog, but fr, I honestly agree with most everything even up till the end.. haven’t utilized the lightning cards too much yet either 😅

[@johnmichaelreyes4577]

Other 5 non-ex cards worth experimenting 1. Exeggutor 2. Druddigon 3. Rapidash 4. Raichu 5. Florges Probably the worst will be Mankey and Primeape.

[@Sam-tl4ho]

@@johnmichaelreyes4577mankey can one shot with giovanni most basic pokemon and if they dont draw more than one pokemon they are dead, it is very niche tho

[@Bryan112358]

I've recently been having fun with OG Weezing and Scolipede. Feels like a great pay off to do 120 after setting up the poison

[@elliottkashner8481]

Blue feels like a tournament card, where you are looking to tech against a specific meta. I guess we’ll find out this weekend.

[@ShwackerSwag]

Serperior and Vaporean tend to be the cards that enable many different variants of decks. I think these are by far the strongest cards in this set. Other cards that help existing decks that get slept on are Mythical slab + Sigilyph for Mewtwo decks

[@Lluerbmet]

I really want to see a Victorybell + Pokemon Flute deck work well. Knock out 1 mon, the bring it's basic form back, force it to the active slot, kill it again, the repeat 1 more time. I have tried a few variants, but haven't found my consistancy yet.

[@daniaaal]

I think people are using aero wrong. Treat it as a 140hp fossil to thank damage before you set up a golem, marchamp or late marowak instead. Then use it as a last attack when needed

[@kidnamedjulian]

I had some great success with Volcarona personally in a Arcanine Moltres deck where it replaced Charizard. While Charizard is very powerful, of course, you get rid of building up a phase 2 evo line which I found to be valuable. Plus Volcaronas ability is just very fun, especially with the new Pokemon Flute.

[@PsychoPenguin1919]

i think aerodactyl ex is good because i've pulled three of them and nothing else from the new expansion and i also definitely haven't been running into nothing but braindead celebi ex + serperior/new exeggutor decks online that win on turn 4 no matter what and it's really fun and i like it a lot :)

[@doj818]

I pulled 2 serps when I opened 10 on drop night and I was so stoked! Beautiful card with awesome playability! I love my grass decks😁

[@calebstanerstratsshop1834]

Tauros plus Gio has me eating good this expansion. That 130 threshold has coming up a lot.

[@smugfrm4102]

Feedback I like Aerodactyl against a lot of non meta decks. Especially turn one opening amber and Aerodactyl. Forces x speeds/leafs the deck I’ve enjoyed it in the most is new Golem. Good disruption going first I like blue with Melmetal and when more steel support comes I look forward to trying it.

[@justinspice3599]

Sigilyph adds even more consistency to psychic decks, sure baby Mewtwo has 40 more hp, but that only gives you maybe an extra turn which is just 1 extra draw, which Sigilyph does proactively instead of reactively, and the real reason I think it performs more smoothly in practice is it’s only 1 retreat cost, so easy to swap out and if your opponent really wants to focus it your Mewtwo has plenty of time to set up, it probably helped you draw into your Gardevoir, I think it’s definitely worthy playing with

[@wolfhaley435]

i can definitely see a vaporeon-mew deck being superrr viable, especially with leaf. they’re not expecting to see mew in a water deck, so sneakily putting the mew on the bench and using vaporeon to move energy can probably surprise an enemy, and would instantly counter a charizard ex, for example.

[@elvismoisesgalvezmartinez7588]

Vaporeon solo mueve energías agua a Pokémon AGUA, no se las puede dar a Mew, pedazo de idiota

[@Syanticraven]

Aerodactyl I thought at first might be good in a sleep deck to stop them evoling out of it, but the problem is by the time you have him on the board, they probably have got their clutch evos out of the way already.

[@thereegstah]

Blue seems pretty good. Counters Giovanni and can allow you an extra turn in some cases. I truly think Blue is a lot better than people realize. Its active for all bench and active pokemon for one turn, so splash damage from opponent or friendly attacks, like Blizzard or thundering hurricane, are decreased or eliminated. It could help bolster your breakpoints against bench snipers like Hitmonlee and Lumineon. A very good card IMO

[@Hisuian_zoroark_and_zorua_fan]

Most of my rare cards from Mythical island is from wonder pick.

[@jasonfe7799]

@Hisuian_zoroark_and_zorua_fan bro sameee. Terrible luck opening. But got 3 ex out of like 4 times trying to wonder pick one

[@Hisuian_zoroark_and_zorua_fan]

​@@jasonfe7799 I got exeggutor full art Mew ex from wonderpick.

[@myabss8336]

My favourite deck now is : Onix with Kabutops and Aerodactyl. You always have onix as a tank and buildup for my other cards. You put 2 Brock too. This deck is making me win a lot of game

[@SevericK_BooM]

The mythical slab makes playing alakazam and Gengar SO SO SO much better

[@OlJohnno]

Strangely enough the card I was most excited for was Graveler. With a two energy attack it scales so much better than the old one. So with a Brock in hand you have a nicer flow of energy when you get to Golem. It’s just a shame neither the new Geodude or Golem are as useful.

[@brawlfan9999]

Aerodactyl Ex I think wants to partner up with regular Pidgeot for constant Sabrina effects (wish we had Boss Orders), to try to force the opponents unevolved pokemon into the active spot and KO them. Blue seems like it would go in decks with Druddigon, Melmetal or some heal-tank pokemon to make the most of their abilities, though personally I' want to try it with Promo Mankey to make it easier to live to evolve

[@Flaris]

I'd like to comment on Aerodactyl Ex. But...I'd need to pull it first! What I will say is that I've found Pidgeot Ex (which I have somehow pulled 3 times) really quite good! The flute is good for maintaining momentum since the bench gets smaller as you take down Pokemon. And it hilariously does fine against Pikachu Ex since that bench needs to be full anyways! Mew Ex is super fun as well. It's best in that counter position, but it does a great job. Overall I'm enjoying this set. Grass decks have gotten a ton of life for sure with Celibi and Serperior (especially this guy being an elite grass supporter).

[@xanxusvongola6413]

Someone hasn't seen mogwai play his new dactyl deck it's 🔥🔥🔥

[@natorade4987]

Aerodactyl active just is too easy for people to work around

[@xanxusvongola6413]

@natorade4987 but he's still a solid on rate attacker two energy for 80 damage is good even if his ability isn't that great

[@Semystic]

Mogwai thinks everything is good even if it's bad.

[@Semystic]

​@@xanxusvongola6413The biggest issue is that it's an evolution and the fossil nor aero can be searched.

[@xanxusvongola6413]

@@Semystic I didn't say it was the best deck chill bro

[@trevoris18]

I've had a pretty good run with Aerodactyl ex and Blue in my Primape deck. Aero guarantees mankey turn 1 for that very aggressive turn 130 damage by turn 2. And Aerodactyl really shines when the opponent is on the back foot. And Blue does have some important breakpoints, notably for mankey who only has 40hp after attacking and primape who loses damage when full healed by a potion.

[@SpookifyVA]

Just saying, Chattot is absolutely amazing for pure Stage 2 decks. You can set up stuff like Golem or Pidgeot Ex quickly without the need for basic stall cards. I hope we get to see it more often in tournaments these upcoming weeks.

[@ryanlightfoot3342]

Druddigon works absolutely perfectly with vapoeron and Flareon 😊 I also run a mew ex for checking other ex cards with genome hacking

[@carquest3748]

Dragon type pokemon cards are so cool but dual type requirements are really tough, I hope they can buff them with a supporter card.

[@nimatz3788]

Low key the new eevee card. I was poised to win a match with 2 x 200 damage charizard and got humbled by an eevee who proceeds to flip 11 heads in a row dealing 220 damage. 😅😢. Eevee's damage range is 0 - infinity.😂

[@RaceBandit]

Yeowch. Considering the Play First Misty horror stories from the EX-Lapras event, I'm not surprised Island!Eevee is smashing faces in. Hell, when I was doing the new single-player duels, my EX-Pikachu was floored in two turns; first hit was 80 damage. FOR ONE DROP. These endless attacks need a finite limit

[@martinmartins7703]

Scolipede/Og weezing is amazing!

[@danielpayne1597]

I think the spragels takes are all on-point, except Blue will be crucial for certain decks. Hopefully Mewtwo players don't realize it may save Mewtwo's life against Celebi, or Pikachu players realize Blue will save Pikachu EX against Tauros. Blue's also helpful for Koga stall tactics.

[@kirbylietz8377]

I have volcarona in with arcanine and it allowed me to knock out a pokemon and keep my arcanine safe for one turn since it was within 1 shot to win me the game. It’s way too early to judge these cards at this current stage. I use it at 1/2 then same way arcanine was splashed in Charizard

[@Pyrogecko08]

I am so excited for pokemon flute to use with victreebell or sabrina or pidgeot or pidgeot ex or greninja or electabuzz. It's particularly good late in the game after you knock out an evolved pokemon because it means they will be stuck with an evolution in the discard pile while the basic is in play.

[@DapumaAZ]

When I saw Drudd I thought perhaps this replaces the base “mew” in the old Mew Tew deck, however that deck got so much better it doesn’t need it - not sure where it goes, however it can play that role well where you want something to eat damage

[@skooo2418]

I think the new Golem is pretty good, stage 2 that can be powered up relatively quickly with 1 Brock, does a lot of damage and is super tanky, definitely one of my favorites

[@dark_rit]

Golem got some love with leaf too since their retreat costs are atrociously high where x speed wasn't enough unless you drew 2 at once to retreat active geodude. New graveler is nice too since it attacks for 2 energy so you can curve out with attacks with 1 energy geodude, evolve, 2 energy graveler, evolve, brock the golem and attack in. Now it resembles a machamp line curve kind of.

[@skooo2418]

@dark_rit Exactly! Old Geodude + new Graweler and Golem with only one brock does curve nicely

[@matthewwilliams8244]

I thought the serperior doesn’t stack, so for exeggutor you’d still need 3 grass energy correct?

[@flaredragon16]

Serperior just makes it so each grass energy counts for 2. So exeggutor needs 2 grass energy to fulfill his 4 energy attack. The stack note is that serperiors don't stack with each other. So 2 serperiors means you still need 2 energy.

[@AzoiatheCobra]

I would like an video showing how old decks were updated

[@spragelsPocket]

Great idea!

[@BigBagel]

I was messing around with a colorless deck... double Pidgeot (one EX) line, jiggly(sing)/wiggly. I was able to take out their Caterpie and stall with sleeps while they had celibi out. They had serperior and a second celibi on the bench. Finally drew Pidgeot EX just in time to surprise them with the flute and one-shot their celibi for the win... Then my opponent put in a Snivy for some reason, realized their mistake, and conceded, denying me the satisfaction.

[@firstcynic92]

One niche use for Blue is that it'll help protect your benched pokemon from sniping/splash attacks. Let me know if I'm wrong on that or if an ability like Greninja has goes around that protection.

[@a.j.matthews5851]

I am by no means a good pvp player but I built a druddigon tauros deck. With a Kangaskhan and 2 farfetch'd. The duck can put good early pressure on while you're building up drud or tauros. Situation obviously dictates but I've been lucky with my draws and get the duck off rip most of the time. I've found this deck to work really good against mewtwo ex so far, I'm a beginner at this game but I'm pretty proud of what this deck has been able to do for me

[@dylanspeed]

Howdy Jake! Would you agree that a lot of the cards from both sets feel like they were designed for a longer game like the tabletop version? Either because they take too much setup (Nido) or because they’re fine but don’t earn a spot in a small deck (Blue, Liepard, etc)? Also if you have any thoughts about cards from the new set that improve cards from the first set, would love to see a video on that. Happy trails, pardner!

[@chikenmorris7170]

There's a lot I'm loving in this new set Dhelmise is very good and works well with serperior The new rapidash card is a lot of fun and has the potential for amazing damage early on Florges is crazy, every pokemon on your bench and itself gets a free potion heal every time it attacks Shiinotic can be pretty funny, basically grass type frosmoth with more damage Lumineon is interesting, same thing as volcarona but one less energy and doesn't discard any but it does 50 damage, might not be amazing, but fun to mess around with, 50 to the bench can really catch the opponent off guard Scolipede is also pretty fun, I've been using a scolioede and genetic apex koffing deck and enjoying that a lot

[@neri1220]

Scolipede+old Weezing is super good and can 1 turn KO Celebi EX. Other counters are gyarados EX who can 1 shot it and is a great improvement to previous Gyarados. Mew EX is also a funny counter to Celebi EX - yes you need 1 more energy to use the same attack but every energy on you counts towards the damage so you can be building your Mew EX on the back if you are against Celebi EX decks and Mew EX can fit into any color team. Personally i've been trying to use Mew EX with Gyarados EX (no psychic energy) and even though it doesn't have much synergy with Vaporeon as you can't transfer water to Mew - you can still use Budding Expeditioner to make Mew EX tank while you gather energy for Gyarados EX. It's like Weezing with Koga but its a basic pokemon so less "looking for pokemon required". Speaking of wich before i got my 2nd Mew EX i also tried Weezing with Gyarados EX (no dark energy) and its fun too! Weezing has this adventage that you can let it die but Mew EX can be used as dps itself. It's also funny how you can now build more variety of mono energy decks that are using multiple colors for damage (i.e. new exeggcute has colorless energy skill that makes it gain 1 grass energy - and that is enough set up for your Exeggutor EX in non-grass decks!) Speaking of wich new Exeggutor is a counter to Celebii EX that just keep on stacking those energies. Not to mention Jynx and good ol' Kadabra. People also sleep on Finneon/Lumineon. It is similar to Seadra but cost 1 less energy to attack for 50 HP onto the benched pokemon AND just like Starmie has FREE retreat cost. I wish i was recording a match where i swept Mewtwo EX deck with Lumineons. I had Vaporeon and too and once i got gyarados EX out it was over. Losing Lumineon is not making you lose 2 points unlike vs Starmie EX, and yes they have less HP but 50 HP to hit benched pokemon for 2 energy only is SOOO good. People like using Greninja mid-late game for cheap snipe but Lumineon snipe early game. And yes i won with this funny deck against Celebii EX decks too. Lumineon only big issue is that it CAN'T hit active pokemon after evolving. If you enjoy using Hitmonlee - this is better. Marshadow in my opinion is overrated. Having to condition to LOSE 1 pokemon so that it can do 100 damage means that enemy already has 1 point on you. And it can be in most cases played around. Correct my if i'm wrong but every EX pokemon has more then 100 HP. Primeape is still better because you can continuously deal 100 dmg once the condition to be hurt was met as long as the next incoming pokemon doesn't KO you. Marshadow may deal 100 HP dmg but then it feels like a deadweight to me. And you need to waste 2 energy on it. I just feel like it's just bad but they will propably make Marshadow EX that will be broken. Until now i would not recommand that card. Aerodactyl EX is kinda just the "average-out" Marowak EX but you need a fossil first to use it. Yes you can miss both coins and do nothing BUT if 80 dmg was not enough to KO enemy anyway then Aerodactyl might bite the dust too while Marowak EX gives you that CHANCE to win if it hits 160. Aerodactyl ability sometimes comes to play if opponent is playing 3 stage evolution lines and has bad hand but only if you yourself got good hand and have fossil and Aerodactyl EX early on. Still its difficult to summon and not as good as other EX so losing 2 points for it is kinda not worth it in my opinion. The new Blain deck is also crazy good now with new Rapidash. Other then that i have yet to try Victreebell with the flute. Maybe combined with Pidgeot/Pidgeot EX?

[@BigRudy1021]

If you look in your dex, it shows the upcoming promo cards for the following Pokémon: Charmander, Eevee, Moltres EX, Squirtle, Blastoise, Pikachu, Cinccino, Snivy, and Volcarona.

[@feefore1605]

Aerodactyl ex at least stops the opponent from evolving to cure poison/statuses. I can see Blue maybe be used with Pikachu ex just because there are a decent amount of Pokemon that can hit 120 now. Those might find their niche.

[@gagolas2267]

People look at leaf as a replacement for X speed, but most of the time you are playing both in your deck. The ratios depend. If your basics all retreat for 1 then you need 2 X speed, if they retreat for 2 you need 2 leaf. Maybe you can even fit 2 of both. Maybe you only need 2 of X speed, or 2 leafs. It really depends on the deck, but ultimately, Leaf is not an X speed replacement, it's a card that enables completely different decks.

[@wenam87]

Mythical slab and Sigilyph are quite helpful for a Mewtwo/Gardevoir deck. Combine that with pokeballs and researches, and you'll get Gardevoir in no time. I've tried this deck, and it's pretty fun. I'm still on the fence if I need to include chatot to increase the drawing odds.

[@Harmonia96]

Psychic has all the drawing power it needs with those 2 cards. I've been trying Chatot to combo with Cinccino and a 2 cost wall + Marshadow, and so far I've nothing to show for it yet lol. Maybe it needs to marinate a bit more.

[@reneeseance5367]

I like to run a split Caterpie/ Delmise to support the Serperior Celebi deck. Both Delmise and Caterpie are strong frontline supports while you wait for your Serperior to come online. Caterpie I think is especially slept on in this deck

[@Spudmay]

I don't fully agree with you on Blue, but I think he can be situational. He's been VERY good with Druddigon in my Drugg/Drag deck. It's nice being able to also counter things like M2/Gio combos with my drag

[@FreshBrewCoffee]

Aerodactyl’s only use case is to stop the Starmie, 9T, Rapidash, Sandslash, Marowak, Machamp, Clefable etc from evolving in your face. I feel it’s at the mercy to get an old Amber on first turn and can evolve into Aerodactyl out the gate. Otherwise, your opponent will most likely have evolved before old Amber makes its appearance in your hand

[@johneubank2717]

Hey man, looking through your videos to see how your channel has grown and I see that you've caught your stride with the tcg! Hope you channel booms and you make some good cash! Use it to the glory of God though ;) He gets all credit for your success!

[@NomadicsSWFA]

Scolipede has been a lot of fun with koga wheezing.