TCG player is great, but remember: shop where you play! It’s worth a few extra cents to to support your LGS so they keep running Pokémon events and keep getting and maintaining their PTCG collections and communities. Shop where you play when possible :)

@aa-tx7th

7 ай бұрын

and buy singles!

As someone who’s coming over from the Yugioh TCG this is extremely helpful! Can’t wait to enjoy a relatively inexpensive TCG 💕💕✨✨

@TeamHighCloud

Жыл бұрын

Same here!

@nspeez27

Жыл бұрын

Guess we're all just moving from yugioh because of Tear format lol

@whiteshadow2535

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm from master duel and though it's not bad I'm still interested in pokemon as I used to play it alot

@TeamHighCloud

Жыл бұрын

@nspeez27 I like tears I just like playing other stuff honestly lol

@whiteshadow2535

Жыл бұрын

@@TeamHighCloudYe same, and I'd probably play the yugioh tcg but it's wayyyy to expensive compared to pokemon and I want to do something in person

I am getting back into competitive Pokemon TCG and this was exactly the starting point I needed!

@hhdrathktekken7964

Жыл бұрын

same

Great video, Luke! I'll be sharing this with my locals to help new players!

Great video. I keep hearing people talking about rotation and other than the date they don't mention much - so that helped loads. Thanks.

As a new player. This was extremely helpful. Originally a Magic player for many years. I'm still a hardcore Magic player but wanted something new. Thank you for the info.

@thirdstrike4

Жыл бұрын

Magic is for pussies that get no pussy 😂

The #1 thing I'd suggest you do if you are a brand-new player to the PTCG is play the online game. It teaches you everything, and you play against other players who might teach you a thing or two through their gameplay. It's how I got into it.

@LutzLambo

Жыл бұрын

how do i get cards in the online game ?

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Code cards. You can buy codes at online stores like potown store, scan them in, and then trade them for cards you want in the public trades.

i was looking for your channel as a player who was going strong pre-covid before the scene got killed. just gotta say your content is top tier and its made it so much easier for me and hopefully my mates to get into the game

one of the best entry guides i found. thanks for your work!

This man is right - this is a fantastic time to play Pokemon! Get creative with deck building, play with fun or interesting or competitive cards, and join what I feel is a great gaming community locally AND nationally (and internationally)!

This guide is very helpful, coming from a person who's mainly played Yu-Gi-Oh for most of his life. I found this to be very informative and my friend introduced me how to play the game and with this video it helps to refine what he said a bit more clearly. Thank you.

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

Thank you so much! very informative video.

Thank you You save my time to start playing.

Thank you so much for your video, I see the massive amount of effort you put into it.

Lol I started with TCG live around when you released this, I wish I woulda knew that beforehand but what can ya do lol thank you for the video BTW awesome to see this!!

Wow!! Thank you so much!

This was very helpful! Thanks for the awesome video.

In addition to being inexpensive I love how it is also inexpensive from a time investment standpoint. No need to constantly pass actions during your opponent's turn. There is also no need to prepare an extensive team complete with the perfect stats like you need to in the VGC(I know Smogon exists but this issue still persists for official play).

I'd argue that Live is actually a better way for Newer players to get into because you immediately get Arceus Lugia

@pokemoncollector2676

Жыл бұрын

Make your own video on it, then. This is about helping newer players get into the game.

@matthew_jw1318

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I only got back into Pokemon, with no cards and never played the card game, a couple of weeks ago and started with online and must have got about 50 free packs online (completing trainer challenge, versus, etc.) by just playing. I mean I am not great and my deck probably is average at best but I am winning games and can atleast understand what is going. All without spending any money.

@Cutebone

Жыл бұрын

As a brand new player, I’m using both Online (to play theme decks) and Live (to play standard). Is there a way in Online to use in game currency to “buy” specific singles like how I can use the hexagon currency to get specific cards in Live? What is the best way to acquire cards in Online to build a standard deck?

@zigster1298

Жыл бұрын

‘Live gives you access to more meta cards, sure, but it also has your opponent’s cards facing the wrong way, doesn’t immediately show your full deck on searches, and is still full of bugs and freezes, at least from my experience on Mac and IOS recently. This Friday it just straight up wouldn’t open at all! Haven’t tried since. What Celio said was, ‘I can’t recommend new players to start their journey with ‘Live, and I wholeheartedly agree, because it is not reliable, and does not recreate offline play as well as PTCGO. I know PTCGO isn’t perfect, but it’s still a lot better than ‘Live at the moment, sadly.

@JoshDoes

Жыл бұрын

​@@Cutebone trading packs in the trading section of the game normally cost 2-5 packs per card in a deck depending on how rare or meta defining it is.😊

Thanks for sharing, very informative

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

So happy to help. Let me know if you have further questions :)

Got into the game just a couple of weeks ago (pokemon tcg live) and really enjoy the game. This was a great video for me. As it is now, I'm playing mostly Blissey V (the starter deck), but afaik that won't survive rotation, any tips on similar decks? Now I just wish I could find players and events close to me as I really want to play with physical cards too.

Yesss Man thx for this Video

This is super informative ! Especially the rotation explanation. Would it be better then to sell (as bulk) the cards that are no longer legal for standard format?

thank you for this

How about playing older formats from before swsh? I have a bunch of BW and XY cards that i can probably build a deck around. Another question: can you use swsh cards in scarlet/violet formats?

Tcg Live is fine? First I heard of any issues, apart from a bug telling me I've logged in somewhere else (I haven't) and having to log in

Just discovered your channel and absolutely love it. I was wondering if you could recommend maybe 4 current standard meta decks that would be good for my friends to play in a pod. I've been looking hard to find decks that would be relatively balanced against eachother and I'm going to pick some from your top 10 list, I just don't know what the best 4 would be

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I’d say Lost Box w/ Sableye Charizard snorlax, mew vmax (either variant), palkia Vstar / Inteleon, and Regigigas. In standard format everyone is trying to beat eachother so decks often are built with the other meta decks in mind, but I think this would be as even as a spread of decks while still using good decks.

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Also these decks in ranking of easiest difficulty to hardest (in case some of your friends are newer) would be Regi easiest, Mew and palkia in the middle, lost box hardest.

@IIKingfisher

Жыл бұрын

@@CeliosNetwork wow thanks so much for the fast reply. I think it's a good call not grabbing lugi. I'm going to challenge them with my meme centiscorch mill deck haha

Another thing to point out is Pokémon Vs are on there way out so things like Serena, v guard energy, and mil tank will get worse as time goes on

Does your discord perhaps have a ping for when regional sign ups go up? That's been the most frustrating & difficult thing about wanting to compete in this game since the pokemon company is very inconsistent & bad a communicating when it comes to sign ups

I wanna actually get into this game

I'm gonna start pokemon on this 31th march. I come from yugioh, bored of banlist and money wasted on every reprint. Thanks for the video bro, got the sub and like

Sold my whole yu-gi-oh collection and joined Pokémon TCG. The competitive decks and cheap and do not break the bank like yu-gi-oh or magic. Thank you for the video :)

I'm a bit confused on cards I can use from older formats, aside from basics. for example, can I use a nest ball from sun and moon, a set not included in the rotation because it exists in the current format?

Very good report Celio. Okay presenter number 2 please prepare. 🤣 Jokes aside, very informative video for new comers. Personally, I would buy decks and cards after the rotation happens for longevity of usage.

How do you trade? Or buy individual cards?

If u have 4 of the same pokemon and 1 of these gets knocked out. Can you use another of the same as normal or will the other 3 be made redundant?

Do you know of any communities who play base-fossil (or other retro formats)?

What if I am only a Gym Leader Challenge player? I have gone through 4 different card games and I very much dislike rotating formats. Do they do tournaments for GLC or is this only being done at local game stores?

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

GLC is a fan format made by Tricky Gym, and it is in the Pokémon rule book now but it’s not meant to be a competitive format. They do side events for GLC at most regionals and ICs! But they aren’t in an official capacity for points or money.

"trying to make a homebrew rogue deck and they're frustrated" I feel personally attacked.

Wish I watched this before buying up boosters and boxes.😅

Is the Psychic Calyrex League Battle Deck a good starting point? Or is it likely to rotate soon?

@BlazeCon97

Жыл бұрын

There's just been a rotation with the release of Scarlet & Violet set, and I've got the ice calyrex and it's still standard til the next rotation around April next year 🙂

So much easier thab yugioh and switching from mtg to another card game this is by far the better one to get into, i do enjoy yugioh but sometimes im like 😅 and mtg is going downhill sadly, pokemon is fun and i enjoy tcg live on mobile

Does that mean I can’t have different arts of the professor research?

I’ve been looking into getting back into competitive after about a 7 year break, but it turns out they don’t do smaller local ways to earn championship points anymore, are they bringing these back? Or are we just expected to go to only the huge events? Don’t really get it

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Local events are scheduled to come back “early 2023” so we’re still waiting on thar

This really isn’t my first time playing competitive but how reliable is it to buy off tcgplayer? I’ve always obtained my own cards through local stores or trading

@BadSoulsGamer

Жыл бұрын

better through ebay if I’m being honest, find a seller with over 10k sold

Making a updated version of this?

@CeliosNetwork

10 ай бұрын

Yes, should be ready before pittsburgh regionals.

New player but I’ve been noticing that a lot of my Pokémon are dated due to power creep . Got stomped by V pokemon and realized it’s time to modernize my old fighting deck . My question is can you have a deck with only V Pokémon ? I understand the no more than 4 of Pokémon but is there a limit to how many V and Vmax cards in a deck ?

@Tenno222

Жыл бұрын

So could I run as many basic Pokémon V cards as i want or is it limited ?

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

No limit to any cards unless otherwise noted. Radiant Pokemon are limited to 1 radiant pokemon per deck, for example. V, ex, etc have no limitations.

If we have D block cards which have been reprinted in E or F (Like boss's orders) will it be legal for play or do we have to buy a new set of boss's orders?

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Any reprints like boss, research, etc are fine to use. Even if it says D, as long as there is a printing of it with a later regulation.

@joshuahunt1210

Жыл бұрын

@@CeliosNetwork That's great news! Would be good to have a list of those D to E/F reprints handy somewhere.

Where can I play Pokemon TCG LIVE tournaments? (I already migrated my account so have all my cards on it already. )

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

They have some on play limitless!

@IJRODI

Жыл бұрын

@Celio's Network Ty for the reply! Lastly, would you host a PTCG LIVE tournament anytime soon?

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

I won’t be doing anything on ptcg live right now

if you have trouble deciding what deck to play lost zone box is the best package considering fun, strength, and rotation says a newbie who started two months ahead of you :)

@knowledgebase7353

Жыл бұрын

Where did you find a deck list?

@m.a.6354

Жыл бұрын

Fun??? That's a joke

@hikershay11395

Жыл бұрын

@@m.a.6354 why not? there are usually more things to do every turn than other decks, lots of decision making of what cards to keep, loads of pivot opportunities, and a variety of attackers to choose from i do genuinely think all toolbox decks are fun to play, lost zone and zoroark etc.

I dont agree with your comment on tcg live. Dont get me wrong the performance of the client is hilariously bad and the Animations look stupid, but the ability to get cards soo much easier is soo worth it imo exspecially for new players

@WorldofBlub

Жыл бұрын

Not just the performance and animations. The UI and usability just suck, too. It doesn't excuse the one decent thing about it, the card availability.

@andrewallan8132

Жыл бұрын

@@WorldofBlub While it may not excuse it, Live's availability of cards does make it better for new players. The grind on ptcgo is absolutely terrible for new players.

@WorldofBlub

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewallan8132 That I agree on. However, new players will quickly be put off by what they'll be seeing (a 2000 Microsoft game basically) and might be put off by it. I'm not sure it'd be a smart thing to give them that kind if first impression.

Is there any format similar to the EDH format in Magic? Something that is more "boardgame"-like, and preferably more than 1v1? Anyways, great video! :)

Sealeo's network

when block E will be out in standar rotation ?

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

We can’t know for sure. It would rotate out for the next yearly rotation, which used to be every September but in 2022 it was pushed back to april 2023. I imagine they’ll keep April as the new rotation month in the future, so my best guess would be that E rotates out in April 2024

@anthojump3740

Жыл бұрын

@@CeliosNetwork OK thx you!

So do I have to replace my old copies of ultra balls because they don't have the F block on them?

@CeliosNetwork

9 ай бұрын

As long as there is a legal version, you can play the old versions!

@heyesphilip

9 ай бұрын

@@CeliosNetwork That's good to know. Thanks

So I revisited Pkmn TCG hobby as a casual about 2 months ago. Not sure if others share similar opinion with me. Since I am not planning to spend competitively, my aim is to build a deck that would age well into the extended format. Partly also I live by the Pkmn motto of using your favourite Pkmns, rather than chasing after hype or meta. For me, fun is when I can relive my childhood team from the main series games into TCG.

How to play regionals as a senior? (im 15)

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Same as being a master, except you’re gonna need to get your parents / friends / friends parents to help with travel and stuff id imagine

@tombadmids

Жыл бұрын

@@CeliosNetwork thanks for aswering me but i dont quite know how it works for masters but you dont need to explain but where can i find informations about that?

@CeliosNetwork

Жыл бұрын

Found this for you! docs.google.com/document/d/1_gey1E4qbKSx7peAOpB-zhGbo256OUlCH-fJ2dBio44/edit?usp=sharing

The only thing I disagree with is TCG Player shouldn’t always be your go to. Whenever able you should support your Local gaming stores first before shopping online.

And my gf thought I was cheating because I was using tf out of gengars life shaker ability 😹😹😹

I don't enjoy rotating formats. I rather play older formats and have as slittle change as possible.

everytime he says "TCG" take a shot your 4 shots down by 35 seconds in...

Pokemon Decks are insane cheap. Im a Competetive Yu-Gi-Oh Player and Tier 1 Decks are very very expensive

"affordable" hah... in eu these packs, cards and bundles are way more expensive than in amuricas and japan.

The heavy focus on trainer cards turns in modern PTCG turns me off from tournaments. Sure it's a great strategy but it's broken and doesn't make the game fun.

@WeebHutJr

9 ай бұрын

How is it broken? I hear other people say this, but I don't understand it. It makes the game more fun because you can build a deck around specific pokemon that you want to use, and get to playing them right away. Instead of just hoping you draw the right cards as each player passes turn. The game has always been about this, way back when you could have 4 Oaks, 4 Bills, 4 Computer Search, etc.

@0:43 I know this video is going to be tons of BS. The winner of the tournament, no 2nd, no 3rd, no 4th, no 5th, no 6th, no 7th place only costs $45. WTF? This is equivalent to saying, "do you like losing, well pay $45 to not win and have a fun time being a sucker." I'm sorry, but the fact that you ignored that this dude probably spent $100,000's just to perfect his $45 deck is completely ignored by the video.

@TreeckoTVV

3 ай бұрын

what are you talking about? Pokemon decks only cost $30-$50 to make and are legal for 2 years. No one could possibly spend 100k on a pokemon deck, unless the entire deck was made from gold.

@charliechuckleberry5307

3 ай бұрын

@@TreeckoTVV Hi bro, thanks for the reply. You are exactly my point. The fans are completely oblivious to the FACTS that are happening in the background.

@TreeckoTVV

3 ай бұрын

@@charliechuckleberry5307 you're not making any sense at all, you have to be a troll or just stupid.

Celio first learn how to play whithout mistakes 😉

@mathiascs7271

Жыл бұрын

wtf bro ?

havent played pokemon since the early aughts will dive back in the coming days ive played live and pokemon is just as wild and fast paced as ever too bad my collection of base set to gym leaders 2 cards are hot dogass now 😭😭😭