What is the best way to start a deck?
I am new to deck building and wanted to know some general tips and tricks to building some new decks! I am overly fond of grass and colorless types, including Blissey and well any type of decks including them would be a lot of help. Thanks!
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A few general steps include the following:
First, what do you want your deck to do? Most decks want to go on the offensive to take Prize Cards in a quick manner, so you're gonna want one main attacker (a strong ex for example). Too many cooks spoil the broth, as they say, and so you don't want to have too many different attackers, but rather, other Pokémon that can help you get your main attacker into play consistently and quickly, with all the energy they need!
The backbone of any good deck is a wide variety of Trainer cards. The best decks have more Trainer cards than any other kind of card!
Run lots of Pokémon-searching items like Nest Ball, Buddy-Buddy Poffin and Ultra Ball to bring you the right Pokémon at the right time!
Instead of having a ton of energy in the deck, consider Item cards like Earthen Vessel that can search out Energy quickly, or Energy Retrieval to get it back from the discard pile.
You're gonna also want to have some Supporters like Arven to get you the Items and Tools you need right when you need them, Iono to see more cards in your deck while also disrupting your opponent in the late game, and Boss's Orders to let you attack any Pokémon your opponent would rather keep on the Bench!
Decide on an Ace Spec card that will help you the most! Prime Catcher is the most popular item, but depending on your deck, Sparkling Crystal, Scoop-Up Cyclone or Unfair Stamp could be cards that may turn the tide more in your favour, depending on the situation.
Finally, after you've built a base list, test out your deck on TCG Live. If it struggles, ask yourself what you needed to win, and what cards are not serving you well? You can also put a decklist on this forum and ask what people think, and we'll suggest improvements, whether it be choosing a better main attacker, swapping out different Trainer cards, and suggesting other cards that you may not have thought to include.
Hope this helps you get started!
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This is the best advice I’ve gotten! I’ll definitely start posting a few decks that are a work in progress and hopefully I can start to see some improvement in my deck building skills! Thank you so much for your time and effort in responding to me I appreciate it and you so much!
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This is the best advice I’ve gotten! I’m definitely going to be posting some deck lists and seeing what works and what doesn’t work. Right now I think I have one deck that works but as one says it’s a work in progress. Thank you so much for responding to me, I appreciate you and your advice so much!
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