Posted by Zach Lesage on 5/7/2023 to
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Entering the Lost Zone: 5 Pokemon TCG Decks
What’s poppin’ Po Town readers? Have you explored the Lost Zone lately? The Lost Zone is an interesting way to play the Pokemon TCG because it requires you to send cards that can never be brought back to gain an advantage with some specific cards. Most notably, after you get four cards in the Lost Zone, you can attack for free with Cramorant [Lost Origin], seven allows you to accelerate Energy with Mirage Gate [Lost Origin], and ten cards allows you to spread damage counters with Sableye [Lost Origin]. There are a few more specific ones, but those are the basic inclusions to many Lost Zone decks! While there are many different ways to play these decks, I decided to share my favorite five ways to play Lost Zone Box and share tournament successful lists for each version! If you need any of the cards to build these decks on PTCG Live, be sure to use code zlesage5 right here at the PoTown Store! Let’s jump into the core strategy of most Lost Zone Box decks!
Posted by Zach Lesage on 4/11/2023 to
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Top 5 Best Pokemon Decks April 2023
What’s poppin’ Po Town readers? Are you getting used to our new format? If you have, you’ll wanna check out this article for some of the best-performing decks from some massive Pokemon TCG events. If you aren’t used to this format, this article can also be used as a starting point to discovering our new E-block on / Scarlet and Violet Pokemon TCG format! We just had our rotation that saw cards from Sword and Shield to Shining Fates leave Standard, and that has really shaken up things! Lugia VSTAR SIT / Archeops SIT lost most of the Special Energy that it played, as did the Regis deck, and so much more! As we go through this article, I’ll share the strategy of each deck, a tournament-proven successful list, and more! If you need any cards to build these decks on PTCG Live, use code zlesage5 to save 5% at the PoTownStore. Even if you have all of the cards you need, I recommend picking up 400 codes per set to redeem in the game to have credits ready for your next deck masterpiece! Let’s take a look at my #5 pick!
Posted by Elena from Gaia Storm on 2/17/2023 to
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Best Competitive decks from the Crown Zenith
Hello everyone! I am Elena from Gaia Storm, and it is great to be back once again. Crown Zenith has finally been released, and players are very hyped to test the new cards (or to pull their favourite Pokémon with new artwork!). While it is true that this set contains a lot of reprints, there are still several very interesting additions that can and will certainly make an impact in the metagame. And in case you are wondering where you can get these cards to build your decks in Pokemon TCG Live, PoTown Store is the best place to acquire PTCG Live codes at the best price. Now let's explore these deck options and discuss how they can fit into the Standard format!
Posted by Tablemon on 10/7/2022 to
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Below Zero - Kyurem VMAX
Alola trainers! Welcome back to the PoTown Store Blog! The 2023 season is about to hit full stride, even though we already had some events happen in the US, Spain and Brasil, we are finally going to see the full extent of the impact of the new Lost Origin set at tournaments. We have already seen Pokemon Online decks shift completely towards using the new cards, as they really do bring a lot to deck building and the metagame.
One of those impactful cards is Kyurem VMAX! Much to my dismay, VMAX’s are still being released and Kyurem VMAX is very very powerful. Its Max Frost attack starts at 120 damage and deals 50 more for every Water Energy you choose to discard, without limit! So even though the card shares similar traits to Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX, Kyurem VMAX is an upgrade in every way.
Posted by Zach Lesage on 8/4/2022 to
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Top 5 Decks Heading into Worlds 2022
Yoooooo, what’s poppin’ Po Town readers? Are you getting hyped for the 2022 Pokemon World Championships? I know I am! After a few long years without official play in the real-life play, we are finally back to the pinnacle event of the year - Worlds! The goal of this article is to showcase some of my favourite decks heading into this event to help you prepare for this event. If you didn’t qualify for the World Championships, you can still read along to learn more about our ongoing metagame and explore these amazing decks. If you need any cards to prepare for this event or you need Pokemon TCG Online codes, PoTownStore.com is a great place to pick them up! That being said, let’s jump into these decks.
Posted by Tablemon on 7/29/2022 to
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Dracozolt VMAX
Alola trainers! Welcome back to the PoTown Store Blog! We are less than a month away from the Pokemon TCG World Championships, and I could not be more excited! I’ve been hard at work balancing between recording videos and playtesting for Worlds, trying to figure out the best deck for me to play at the tournament.
Whilst balancing this, I’ve been enjoying playing some whacky Pokemon TCG/Online decks such as the one I’m writing about today, Dracozolt VMAX! This is a long-forgotten VMAX, as most are outside Mew, Ice Rider Calyrex, Duraludon, Rapid Strike Urshifu and Flying Pikachu. I’m happy VMAX Pokemon are slowly becoming a thing of the past, and I hope that becomes even more true when we have the 2023 Standard format rotation.
Posted by Elena from Gaia Storm on 7/22/2022 to
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The Regigang: One for all and all for one!
Hello everyone! This is Elena from Gaia Storm TCG, and welcome to another article here at the amazing PoTown Store blog. Have you ever wanted to play a deck that can virtually hit for a ton of different weaknesses and that has a very unique style of play? Search no more because today we are going to be looking at one of the best one-prizer decks in the entire format: Regigigas and its friends.
Posted by Tablemon on 7/14/2022 to
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Blasting the Meta with Blissey V!
Alola trainers! Welcome back to the PoTown Blog! Ever since the old Pokemon Gold and Silver, Blissey has been one of my favourite Pokemon, so I’m very happy it is actually quite competitive. It recently got second place at the Milwaukee Regional Championships, and since it is a relatively cheap deck to build, you can expect to see it all over the Pokemon TCG Online and Pokemon TCG Live ladder.
Posted by Tablemon on 6/16/2022 to
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A Perfect Storm - Palkia VSTAR
Alola trainers! Welcome back to the PoTown Blog! Astral Radiance is a fantastic set and I can’t quite believe how much the game has changed with the introduction of VSTARS. Of course, Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR is the main attraction of this set given how powerful it is due to its attack and its VSTAR Ability: Star Portal letting you power up yourself fully or any other Water Pokemon you’re using such as Radiant Greninja.
Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR decks should become the Pokemon deck to beat whether you’re playing on the Pokemon TCG Online or at live tournaments, so let’s take a look at one of its standard builds. Now, do note that this card is very flexible and this is just one of many possible builds for it.
Posted by ZapdosTCG on 6/10/2022 to
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The Phantom Transformation Menace
Yo mates! It's ZapdosTCG here and today we will be taking a look at an archetype that gets a huge buff with Astral Radiance: Zoroark Toolbox. We will be talking about which new cards the deck gains and why it got better in the meta game! We'll talk about the matchup spread and more, so buckle up as we check out the Zoroark Toolbox deck!
Posted by Zach Lesage on 3/9/2022 to
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Mew VMAX is Still on Top!
What’s poppin’ Po Town readers? It’s ya boy Zach and I’m back with another article to help you learn more about the Pokemon TCG. We finally are getting the global release of Brilliant Stars so you’re probably wondering what new deck I’m testing!?! Is it Charizard VSTAR [Brilliant Stars]? How about Arceus VSTAR [Brilliant Stars]? Maybe Torterra [Brilliant Stars]? Actually, I’m loving Mew VMAX [Fusion Strike]! I know a lot of people might not be a fan of this deck since it dominated the Sword and Shield to Fusion Strike format, but that's a good thing right? If a deck has actively been the best deck in format for three months, it’s likely going to continue forward in our Brilliant Stars format. It doesn’t gain much, but it does gain the stability of Ultra Ball [Brilliant Stars], the strength of Choice Belt [Brilliant Stars], and Double Turbo Energy [Brilliant Stars] sounds great too! With all of these little additions making the previous best deck in a format even better, this deck has to be one of the best decks in the Brilliant Stars format! If you’re missing any cards for Mew VMAX, consider picking up some codes from right here at Po Town! Anyways, let’s jump into the strategy!
Posted by Tablemon on 2/22/2022 to
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Mad Party Making a Comeback!
Alola Trainers! Welcome back to the PoTown Blog! The new Brilliant Stars set is just around the corner and it's time to check out another deck that will be a contender in the metagame: Mad Party!
Mad Party had its time in the spotlight during last season, as it had access to Triple Acceleration Energy and could trade well against Tag Team Pokemon as it could sometimes OHKO them. Since rotation took place in August though, and both of those cards got rotated out, Mad Party has been stuck in the fringe zone where it's an obvious combo with potential but just not good enough to compete. The lack of access to more than 4 usable Energy outside of Twin Energy, along with the bench threatening Pokemon such as Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX, Jolteon VMAX, and Dragapult VMAX, made this Pokemon deck disappear completely from the Pokemon TCG Online ladder.
Posted by Zach Lesage on 2/11/2022 to
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Arceus VSTAR Steals the Show!
What’s poppin’ Po Town readers? It’s ya boy Zach and I’m here with an article to get you hyped for the newest Pokemon TCG set, Brilliant Stars! At the time of writing, Brilliant Stars is still about two weeks out from its English release, but I’ve been building decks with proxy cards to test a bunch of the new decks!
Posted by Tablemon on 2/4/2022 to
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Countering Mew VMAX
Alola Trainers! I’m back here at the PoTown Blog with an article for those of you who are tired of Mew VMAX, either because it is very expensive and difficult to obtain, or if you just feel like it's too powerful of a Pokemon deck. It seems like you either love or hate Mew VMAX at the moment, and if you’re the latter, then this deck will be for you.
Posted by Tablemon on 2/2/2022 to
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Playing Victini VMAX
Alola Trainers! Welcome back to the PoTown Blog! We are gearing up for the Brilliant Stars release this month and I figured it was a good time to take a look at a deck that is very fun to use if you’re looking to spice things up with exciting coin flips that can help swing the outcome of a game! I am talking about Victini VMAX!