OT: 112th Obsequious Banter Thread: Nearing the Halfway Point of the Year

[Lord Defect]

What do I need to buy to build a Pokémon deck?

 

[Chinatown88]

What do I need to buy to build a Pokémon deck?

Is this for fun? Or are the kiddos gonna get competitive?

 

[trostol]

What do I need to buy to build a Pokémon deck?

imma go out on a limb here....Pokémon cards

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

What do I need to buy to build a Pokémon deck?

Lumber?

 

[Lord Defect]

Is this for fun? Or are the kiddos gonna get competitive?

The kids just learned to play using a starter set. It comes with three decks but I figured I might as well make one for myself but don’t know what I’m looking at.

 

[trostol]

Lumber?

i laughed way too hard at this

 

[Chinatown88]

The kids just learned to play using a starter set. It comes with three decks but I figured I might as well make one for myself but don’t know what I’m looking at.

The good news is that me and @Hollywood Cannon can 1000000000% confirm you don't need to go out and drop half a million on a 1st edition shadowless base set Charizard.

How to build a Pokémon TCG deck for beginners

Learn the rules for building a good deck in the Pokémon TCG.

www.dicebreaker.com

This should suffice for your home play. If you wanna buy more packs just buy them. You aren't going to have to hunt for specific cards because it isn't competitive. If you wanna open a bunch with the kiddos and hope to strike gold it might be fun.

 

[Lord Defect]

The good news is that me and @Hollywood Cannon can 1000000000% confirm you don't need to go out and drop half a million on a 1st edition shadowless base set Charizard.

How to build a Pokémon TCG deck for beginners

Learn the rules for building a good deck in the Pokémon TCG.

www.dicebreaker.com

This should suffice for your home play. If you wanna buy more packs just buy them. You aren't going to have to hunt for specific cards because it isn't competitive. If you wanna open a bunch with the kiddos and hope to strike gold it might be fun.

But what do I buy? Boosters? Do you get trainers in those or just Pokémon?

 

[wankstifier]

How much should I budget for a Squirtle patio?

 

[Chinatown88]

But what do I buy? Boosters? Do you get trainers in those or just Pokémon?

Boosters have every type of card.

Collectibility is an important part of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Each booster pack contains 10 game cards: 4 commons, 3 uncommons, and 3 foils (at least one of which will be rare or higher). Each booster pack also contains 1 Energy card and 1 code card that can be redeemed in the Pokémon TCG Online or Pokémon TCG Live. Note: sets prior to Scarlet & Violet only guarantee at least 1 foil card per booster pack.

https://support.pokemon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000981613-What-can-I-expect-in-a-Pok%C3%A9mon-Trading-Card-Game-booster-pack-#:~:text=Pok%C3%A9mon%20Support,-Collectibility%20is%20an&text=Each%20booster%20pack%20contains%2010,Online%20or%20Pok%C3%A9mon%20TCG%20Live.

 

[Lord Defect]

Boosters have every type of card.

https://support.pokemon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000981613-What-can-I-expect-in-a-Pok%C3%A9mon-Trading-Card-Game-booster-pack-#:~:text=Pok%C3%A9mon%20Support,-Collectibility%20is%20an&text=Each%20booster%20pack%20contains%2010,Online%20or%20Pok%C3%A9mon%20TCG%20Live.

I bought a $20 set that came with 1 legendary? 4 boosters. Then I bought 4 boosters. Im swimming in Pokémon but don’t have enough trainers or energy to field a deck.

 

[Chinatown88]

I bought a $20 set that came with 1 legendary? 4 boosters. Then I bought 4 boosters. Im swimming in Pokémon but don’t have enough trainers or energy to field a deck.

Hmmmmm

Do you have a local TCG store near you? They might have a bunch of energy cards that they would sell to you for cheap.

Trainers might be an issue. It's really been almost 20 years since I played competitive. So I don't know how broken Trainer cards are in these newer sets.

 

[Lord Defect]

Hmmmmm

Do you have a local TCG store near you? They might have a bunch of energy cards that they would sell to you for cheap.

Trainers might be an issue. It's really been almost 20 years since I played competitive. So I don't know how broken Trainer cards are in these newer sets.

I do have one, it’s more of a game store but I’m sure they have Pokémon stuff. Im pretty sure they have magic so I don’t see why they wouldn’t have the other. I’ll give that a look. Thanks

 

[Lord Defect]

Hmmmmm

Do you have a local TCG store near you? They might have a bunch of energy cards that they would sell to you for cheap.

Trainers might be an issue. It's really been almost 20 years since I played competitive. So I don't know how broken Trainer cards are in these newer sets.

https://www.gamestop.com/toys-games/trading-cards/products/pokemon-trading-card-game-trainers-toolkit-2023/392259.html

I might grab this instead. Seems like it had enough to get me going.
I appreciate the help

 

[Chinatown88]

https://www.gamestop.com/toys-games/trading-cards/products/pokemon-trading-card-game-trainers-toolkit-2023/392259.html

I might grab this instead. Seems like it had enough to get me going.
I appreciate the help

Heck yeah. Forgot they made those.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

This entire page of this thread came to me in the voice of Jeff Albertson

 

[Cody Webster]

 

[Beef Invictus]

An annual tradition at the relay-themed meet my high school put on every year was the "Fat Relay" where we let all the throwers run 4x100s. Everyone loved it.

 

[ellja3]

Nobody knows. Not a lick of anything makes sense for anyone.

I love how some people here are attacking high-key local analysts for being wrong, but who the hell can predict this crap? Lukashenko as peace negotiator?

 

[Lord Defect]

This entire page of this thread came to me in the voice of Jeff Albertson

How are you going to call us nerds when you know that comic book guy has a name?

 

[Embiid]

I dunno....while Putin is a thug....having a military mercenary group that smashes prisoners with sledgehammers take power in Russia would be much worse for world security. They make the Bolsheviks look like cub scouts. It would be the equivalent of Blackwater marching on Washington during the Iraq war....

Not sure how Prighozin is going to live peacefully in exile either...

 

[Kermit the Prog]

How are you going to call us nerds when you know that comic book guy has a name?

That's Comic Book Guy's name?

 

[Cody Webster]

Could be some severe weather later today

 

[Beef Invictus]

I love how some people here are attacking high-key local analysts for being wrong, but who the hell can predict this crap? Lukashenko as peace negotiator?

Putin being in power makes no sense for Prigozhin after all that was said and done. Prigozhin being alive and free with an army of up to 25k men makes no sense for Putin. Or Lukashenko. Folding Wagner troops into the military after they've both been openly fighting each other makes no sense for anyone. MOD assuming control of Wagner destroys the facade that theyre an independent company providing security services, so if I were the Chinese state id immediately make my own PMC service and use that to get my claws deeper in Africa since that's the norm now.

None of it makes sense, so I assume this isn't finished.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Could be some severe weather later today

Imma put my seatbelt on.

Wait, wrong thread.

Carry on...