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What should I buy to build a deck?
I currently do not have a physical deck, but I want to build one. What boxes are the best to get for it, and what expansion? I don't want to buy singles.
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RN, the Gardevoir EX League Battle Deck is the best way to get started in the physical game. I would also recommend picking up some of the current Halloween boosters, since that's one of the easiest ways to pull baby Munkidori, Mimikyu, Scream Tail, and Dusk Mane. The Ace-Spec of choice is probably the only single you'll have to buy. Good luck my dude. 👍
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If you don’t want to buy singles (which is the cheapest and most efficient way to build both. Deck & a collection), and you won’t buy a premade deck, then cost-wise the best way to get a lot of cards is to either buy a booster box or go to a local game store and ask for their bulk box. Then pick what you like. The meta is pretty set right now, so realistically buying either singles or a premade like the Charizard deck is better than randomly buying packs or boxes.
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I would recommended buying the stuff from tcg player that sell cards for a cheaper price than Amazon and thay sell a lot of singles to
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Im trying to build a deck, not buy one to use
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Then I guess you're buying four Raging Bolt tins? 🤷♂️
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yeah I see what you mean. The main reason I don't want to buy singles is because I don't have a store near me to buy them. But Im still gonna try
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Also, don’t miss the “Optimize” feature in your cart when you shop tcgplayer! It searches all your cards and looks for the cheapest total price. Has saved me a bundle when I buy singles, especially on shipping!
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It has for me too I have bought decks that are worth 20 dollars used the optimize and the deck went to 10 dollars it is great
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