New Player tips for improvement?
I only started playing this game recently so I really have no clue much about what's good to have, I just used one of the decks available at the start and gave it a few tweaks to what felt nicer to use. I quickly climbed to the pichu rank over the past couple days (I have no idea if thats any good or not lol) but still feel like theres a lot i have to learn about card synergies and deck building. Any help with my deck/tips in general would be much appreciated
My deck I'm using right now, is just the Palkia VSTAR deck with some minor tweaks
Pokémon: 12
3 Horsea BST 31
2 Origin Forme Palkia V ASR 39
2 Kingdra BST 33
1 Horsea SHF 20
1 Finneon LOR 40
2 Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR ASR 40
1 Radiant Greninja ASR 46
1 Manaphy BRS 41
1 Seel LOR 33
2 Kingdra LOR 37
2 Seadra LOR 36
1 Dewgong LOR 34
Trainer: 15
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146
3 Candice SIT 152
1 Escape Rope BST 125
1 Level Ball BST 129
4 Irida ASR 147
1 Pal Pad SVI 182
1 Nest Ball SVI 181
4 Battle VIP Pass FST 225
1 Melony CRE 146
1 Klara CRE 145
2 Lake Acuity LOR 160
2 Boss's Orders BRS 132
2 Energy Search CRZ 128
2 Ultra Ball SVI 196
1 Switch SVI 194
Energy: 1
14 Basic {W} Energy SVE 3
Total Cards: 60
Comments
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This is definitely a good start, you've got a coherent strategy and good cards which is super refreshing to see from a new player. The big issue is that you're trying to run two clashing decks in one, which technically can work but will hurt your consistency. The deck is also a little outdated but that's the fault of the game and not you.
Swim Freely is a single prize deck, and you'll generally be taking 2HKOs especially against the high HP Stage 2 ex-es. Because of that you don't really want to be running something like Palkia, since your opponent can use Boss' Orders to gust it up and knock it out giving them two free prizes and leaving you with none. A better approach would be to either build a full single prize Swim Freely rogue deck, or to pair Palkia with a stronger Pokemon that can give you a better prize trade like Chien-Pao ex.
You've kind of spread your deck thin across multiple attackers, you've only got a 1-1 line of Dewgong for example so you'll struggle to get it out when you need it. Also while I don't think Kingdra is a very good card, if you want to go the route of using Stage 2s in the future you should definitely run Rare Candy.
I think the best Swim Freely attacker right now is Seaking from 151, which sort of functions like a budget Chien-Pao. Here's a pretty basic list:
2 Bibarel BRS 121
4 Goldeen MEW 118
2 Finneon LOR 40
1 Manaphy BRS 41
1 Jirachi PAR 126
2 Bidoof CRZ 111
1 Radiant Greninja ASR 46
Trainer: 12
4 Ultra Ball SVI 196
4 Irida ASR 147
1 Switch SVI 194
1 Escape Rope BST 125
4 Iono PAL 185
3 Earthen Vessel PAR 163
4 Superior Energy Retrieval PAL 189
2 Super Rod PAL 188
2 Nest Ball SVI 181
3 Artazon PAL 171
2 Boss's Orders PAL 172
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146
Energy: 2
10 Basic {W} Energy Energy 20
2 Reversal Energy PAL 192
Total Cards: 60
Once you have the credits you can make a more meta list like this (which I can't take credit for, this is Luke Kirkham's 3rd place list from Gdansk regional):
3 Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR ASR 40
1 Ice Rider Calyrex V CRE 45
1 Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX CRE 46
1 Chien-Pao ex PAL 61
1 Suicune V EVS 31
1 Radiant Greninja ASR 46
1 Lumineon V BRS 40
1 Mew ex MEW 151
1 Mew CEL 11
1 Spiritomb PAL 89
Trainer (36)
4 Irida ASR 147
4 Melony CRE 146
1 Boss's Orders PAL 172
4 Battle VIP Pass FST 225
4 Cross Switcher FST 230
3 Switch SVI 194
3 Trekking Shoes CRZ 145
3 Ultra Ball SVI 196
2 Nest Ball SVI 181
2 Lost Vacuum CRZ 135
2 Escape Rope BST 125
2 Earthen Vessel PAR 163
1 Canceling Cologne ASR 136
1 Collapsed Stadium BRS 137
Energy (9)
9 Water Energy 3
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