Mankey Changes EVERYTHING | Pokémon TCG Pocket

[@ProfessorRex]

Biggest flip from playing on TCGL is not just getting to craft any deck I want. Went to put this together and realized I’ve never pulled a primate lol

[@TheNewblade1]

Same. I could craft but I'm trying to save, the next set will be here before we know it, and ppl will stay dropping like flies cause "not f2p friendly"

[@ich3730]

@@TheNewblade1 you dont have to put it in quotations if its a fact.

[@JustPlainAwfulStreams]

@@TheNewblade1 because its not f2p friendly lmao. It was literally designed to have micro-transactions because they missed out implementing them on PTCGL

[@BBB_bbb_BBB]

@@JustPlainAwfulStreams It's what's probably gonna lead to me dropping it. I know Live is essentially p2w because you still need card codes, but those feel more certain than the absolutely terrible luck I've had drawing cards in Pocket. And I refuse to pay for microtransactions, so I can't even get a Dugtrio, lol.

[@JzaSwank]

@@JustPlainAwfulStreamstrue i’m pretty new just started last night but it’s easy to get to 300 cards

[@strawbrryjam]

ive been telling my casual tcg collecting friends to watch your channel :D always love your work and video styles, thank you for posting!

[@pigchefer]

The Tricky Gym channel during 2 years of TCG Live era: 🛬 The Tricky Gym channel after one week of Pocket: 🛫🛫🛫🛫

[@TrickyGym]

KZbin is so back

[@whistlz]

I think Mankey + Kabutops it’s a great pair. Guaranteed start with Mankey and Kabutops is a great late game cleaner with minimal energy investment

[@max-em3on]

I've been using them on my deck! Primeape and Hitmonchan are carrying tho lol because setting up is hard since I only have one copy of Kabuto and Kabutops ;)

[@mullinsmcddoo9586]

this is better than his deck. marowak and diglett is too much noise. having 2 lines and a hitmonlee is much better

[@Asakedia]

I've missed 6 coins in a row with bonemerang once :) Withing 20 flips, about 15 were heads

[@ToodleDoodle]

I've already played a couple of games with the Mankey promo deck and it's really fun to play while being good.

[@lvl5Vaporeon]

People also don't seem to know how powerful primeape is actually. If Mankey doesn't even get hit, a stray blizzard from Articuno can activate it. A poison proc from a weezing can also activate it which would do 120 damage to weezing; making it unable to Koga back. Even going 2nd on Pikachu, if Mankey hits itself and evolves turn 4, that's enough to destroy Pikachu EX in one swing. This card has a lot of potential now. Especially if you open it going second.

[@paevepailbrack6899]

I literally thought I checked earlier today to see if the mankey cards were the same. I could have sworn they were, but I was obviously wrong!

[@vydeva]

Its the event card u get form promopacks!

[@SurrealKeenan]

I think I'd try to fit a giovanni in there somewhere. 140 is a nice number

[@mr.fluffypantz4150]

Yuppp I'm playing farfetchd instead of dugtrio and giovanni is the two cards you get back

[@arcanerite7428]

Against who? Who are the meta relevant targets that this would necessitate? Mewtwo survives that. Pikachu/Zapdos get combo’d without it.

[@zesshi8514]

Probably potions ​@@arcanerite7428

[@stevepierce227]

​@arcanerite7428 ex Articuno is 140. Articuno 18 trainer (the only pokemon in the whole deck are 2 ex Articunos) is a deck that got 2nd at the first invitational tournament. Also EX Moltres has 140 like the match on stream (surviving those 2 turns to try and farm energy before the retreat is huge for that deck). New ex Lapras is also 140, not as relevant, but is still something. Also you could one-shot pokemon like weezing with just primape+Giovanni. There are uses for it.

[@zesshi8514]

@@arcanerite7428 potions

[@lurch_pb]

I'm just here to watch you, you're entertaining, regardless of what you play

[@TrickyGym]

Appreciate that!

[@Bloody0range]

If Misty said flip 2 coins and attach a water energy for each heads, that would keep her average exactly the same (0.5+0.5 = 1 = 0.5+0.25+0.125+0.0625+...), while limiting her highrolls and lowrolls.

[@CC-kp7ge]

If you change it to flipping 2 coins, you actually increase the average number of heads. You're counting the same odds multiple times in your calculation. Odds for 0 heads: 50% (T) Odds for exactly 1 head: 25% (H-T) Odds for exactly 2 heads: 12.5% (H-H-T) Odds for exactly 3 heads: 6.25% (H-H-H-T) Odds for exactly 4 heads: 3.125% (H-H-H-H-T) Odds for 5+ heads: 3.125% (H-H-H-H-H) Average is about .97 and that's only if you're attaching to something with Hydro pump. Most decks only need the 3, so the average is effectively lower

[@mak_707]

And with only one Mankey, Pikachu-ex met its maker.

[@voldo123]

Dude this is great, been having a blast with it! I still don't have 2 Sabrina yet so play 1 and a Gio, and I replaced the Morawak line with Sandslash. Less HP, but guaranteed 70. Also Sandshrew can attack a tiny bit, but still 30 for weakness.

[@ryansmith6692]

Love your content! Miss more retro Pokemon content!

[@dariodavis56]

I feel like normal marowak needs to be in this deck so that u can actually get some benefit from going first

[@GODsSPECTRE]

Ive been playing this sense I got it in the promo packs today. It is oddly really effective. If you go second it has good synergy

[@lordvizer7398]

So for someone downloading tcg pocket with fresh account what is the most essential way to build a competitive deck that doesn't involve spending money?

[@TrickyGym]

Spam mewtwo packs and try to build the mewtwo / gardener deck. Or spam Charizard packs and try to build Blaine / ninetales / rapidash

[@lordvizer7398]

@@TrickyGym Thank you for the advice always enjoy the content from you Andrew whether it's pack openings, tcg live, or tcg pocket now. Your honestly one of my favorite pokemon youtubers keep up the great content man.

[@Charmaster04]

11:56 A Pokémon card sits in a castle of cards. Is the castle made of flesh? Or is he made of castle? He screams, for he does not know.

[@neekcinco7221]

I got 5 butterfree in a row and then a clefairy from this Lapras event 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@mr.fluffypantz4150]

I opened 13 cards before getting my 2nd mankey. They give you a bunch of free attempts with the hourglasses, and the 4th tier of battles has a 100% drop chance for wins

[@BBB_bbb_BBB]

Before the Mankey promo, I was having pretty good success with Primeape while I still didn't have enough cards for stronger decks. I definitely would like to try out this build, but I still don't have a single Dugtrio, lol. I'm up to 4 Pikachu EX, no dang Dugtrio.

[@kingbonz380]

My main plan in pocket is to play basics that have a 40 attack that cost 1 energy and evolve into something decent most basics have less than 80 life so if you go second and they dont evolve its a ko and then they have to build up whatever is on their bench

[@GucciPow]

Great content! Keep it coming! ❤

[@xenu1885]

Humble Gym is the best. Love the content.

[@rayeurope8424]

The intro is definitely for new viewers from pocket tcg 😂😂 🎉🎉

[@The_CardWizard]

I know Dragon Shield is just an overall sponsor of the channel but it’s just kind of funny to have them as the sponsor on a digital card game. Guess we need some dragon shields in Pocket

[@kc_jones_gaming]

Self spanking mankey is wild

[@jacobwansleeben]

So happy I literally happened to pull 2 of these today. F2P btw XD.

[@EmptySpace93]

Is the fossil build better?

[@Komatchi]

Dragonshield marketing 10/10. Video 10/10

[@daves8873]

Great video!! New sub!!

[@MuhammadImran-lb6zh]

Would love to watch tabletop content however with the gigantic amount of cards being out there- it's hard for me as a beginner to try and keep up. Pocket on the other hand is limited to only 200 ish which is an okay amount to start with.

[@kindredzpirit6046]

They just can't escape the ape's rage 🍫🍫

[@arafzaman760]

After watching this video I don't mind getting 5 mankeys in a row from the promo pack

[@timhansen5468]

This is a great deck! Kinda bummed about the new mankey honestly, I mean it's amazing but I had a pretty solid fighting deck before, and now it feels like everyone who was using an Articuno/Misty deck switched over to Mewtwo. Gotta build a new deck

[@axelfure]

I like the promo synergy but when I built my version of the deck I refused to put Cubone in. I'm now a certified Cubone and Timer Ball hater for the same reason, way too many double tails.

[@typemasters2871]

I got 2 Lapras EX and 2 Mankey and I still have 8 event hourglass left

[@Noid1220]

If Primeape is fully healed by potion, does the buff go away?

[@TrickyGym]

Yes

[@stevenreckling203]

I was wondering why mankey was considered good until I saw the primeape card.

[@lordofbears9463]

What sucks is marowak ex is the only one I have yet to pull I have every other one

[@invertbrid]

Problem with this deck if its going first. Ur mankey can easily get killed before the setup finished. Can use X speed to sacrifice somethIng else. But u will still lose some tempo and mankey might not get hit if u retreat it fast.

[@LocalHobo631]

Wanna build this deck so bad, but still haven’t gotten a single mankey from the promo packs even after 27 pulls. Dumbass game needs a pity system

[@alex77195]

mischievous fitness environment

[@itsDragonBane]

It only changes everything if you have all the cards for the deck lol. Still no primeape in my collection of 600+ cards 😂

[@R3dL1ght5]

Duhhhhh

[@tavoton1989]

You can buy it with flair pretty cheap.

[@wunkah]

Shit luck😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@itsDragonBane]

@ facts lol. I’m missing lots of key cards for youtube decks.

[@reginaldlaine515]

Exchange Points, bottom right corner when you go to choose a pack to open

[@extreme244]

Isnt Sandslash better than Dugtrio? To me 40dmg feel a little low against these high HP EX Pokemon

[@SquidSystem]

Nah, Sandslash is a very poor fit for this build. You want Dugtrio as a low investment attacker that can theoretically wall while also doing the necessary chip damage to put some higher HP pokemon into range of a Fight Back from Primeape. Sandslash deals more damage and is beefier, but Dugtrio can attack for decent damage whenever you need, even if all you had at the start was a benched Diglett. Sandslash just can't do that!

[@extreme244]

@@SquidSystem cheers mate. nice insight

[@TrickyGym]

It’s more about tempo, you can’t have 2 energy on everyone. Sometimes 40 for one and potential invincibility is better

[@reginaldlaine515]

Does anyone here know if you have to complete all the event challenges to draw a Lapras Ex?

[@soiyavnz]

I draw my only one before completing the 5 battles on 3rd stage and before the 10 & 20 on last stage.

[@alvarothomaz4509]

You don’t need to, but every time you win one of the stages there is a chance to get the pack to open, with the last stage being a guarantee to give you a pack

[@Thomasfoolery69]

7:11 would be better if you could distribute misty energy through different mons instead of given 6 energy to one starmie

[@Thomasfoolery69]

Anyone using handscope with red card or is it a waste of slot

[@joebowl8315]

Dude this is the best pocket content cuz bro ain't milking nothing and every post is a hidden gem I saw other cc copying and trying to claim as thier idea Smh Thing Is I love alot of the other ones cuz I knew them from other games but tricky is hands down the best pp cc

[@ChronoMoogle]

Calling Lapras EX bad makes me question how much you looked into her for the 20 card deck format… it’s basically Artikuno on (healing) steroids. Performs incredibly well in a trainer card deck!

[@soiyavnz]

Eh? It got less HP, higher retreat cost, and only one move.

[@ChronoMoogle]

@ The healing makes all the value difference past turn 1/2. I’ve fielded both of them for a fair bit now and Lapras felt way more consistent.

[@ChronoMoogle]

@@user-andy1 I run the budget version - 2 Lapras EX with only Trainer cards and it’s very consistent - even if no Misty goes off, it still secures wins quite often. Will try the Starmie EX variant once I have 2 though.

[@ChronoMoogle]

@ I recommend to run all other slots but Lapras EX as trainer cards, it gives you a lot of control over the game state. At least be sure to compare both options 😉

[@ST3P-101]

Mankey is so broken❤

[@kgmaralit]

Make more videos for tcg pocket pls! Thank you

[@JcBravo8]

Pocket is just low enough HP and damage I’m surprised no one’s tried to recreate Haymaker or any old school deck.

[@kelengkapanhajidanumrahal-9270]

How is everyone having giovanni but me?

[@CJdoesntlikehandles]

arbok hypno greninja

[@DeadJack1999]

Machamp even more irrelevant now. 😢 still the vest in my heart

[@idefinitelyamdefcon]

you should do something with weezing and dragonite, make sure to get rid of dark energy

[@tontj]

Reject meta decks. Return to monkeee

[@ThePainterAL]

Mark my words: Pocket format gonna be broken and no fun like standard just next October.

[@user4x4w4]

I think sometimes you smile real creepy at me. But besides that you are a cool guy. I wanna get into pokemon, I play mtg but I don’t know if I like this system they got going on recently.

[@DeadJack1999]

Bye bye sandslash

[@dankmeimes4274]

This pokemon count seems too high, if you play single prize marowak instead of diglett line, and cut 1 marowak ex you can satisfy your going first reqs and also play gio which solves some harder mus

[@dankmeimes4274]

These cuts also finds room for hitmonlee who allows you chip for pokemon with high HP on bench or stragglers who you miss because you whiff gio

[@dankmeimes4274]

@user-andy1 2 monkey, 2 ape, 2 bone, 2 wak single, 1 wak ex 1 hitmonlee 10 pokemon 2 pokeball 2 research 2 x speed 2 sabrina 2 gio 10 trainer

[@byroncifuentes8077]

Misty allows you to attack first turn if you pull her and get more then one energy

[@1Natural20]

Misty only works for water types and colorless

[@hugo.bonfatti]

I played TCGO for 6~8 years TCG Live I played for about 2 weeks Pocket I didn't even bother to download. It seems to run much better than Live, but now we have an even more baby game. The video game series is already targeting 2 years old, and now the TCG....

[@d_smittymane1443]

I'm not sure 2 year old would be that great at the game, maybe 3 year olds?

[@weedmanbrandon]

Mankey gets 1 shot by all the top decks

[@TrickyGym]

Yea that’s because it’s a mankey

[@dariodavis56]

Yea but those top decks all need ex pokemon to do that this is a basic that for 2 energy does massive damage that's really good

[@bladeRoller]

Guys why does tricky gym seem like he has trouble opening his eyes lately? He also seems like... Medicatively calm? Not trying to be rude. Just confused and concerned.

[@arcanerite7428]

You’re being a dipshit; stop projecting your sick ideas onto people. He’s a new father and as a result, I imagine he’s had some sleepless nights.

[@pigchefer]

Tricky Gym has said on stream that more recently he’s been trying to replicate the same sort of vibe as Bob Ross, where it focuses on being super calm and focus mostly on the cards and not be too fast and flashy. I think it is a very respectable choice and a lot of people have been seeming to vibe with it lately 🐖

[@bladeRoller]

@pigchefer but do you see what I mean with his facial expressions? Like really, look closely. Does it not seem unusual to you? Like maybe he's medicated?

[@Enfeebleness]

First

[@-quantomwraith-9393]

Bruh, ive been so pissed off because i keep getting that damn mankey out of the promo packs, i want lapras ex but ig im not as mad anymore 🫠