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Tips for balancing energies, trainer cards, and Pokemon

Turtwigguy89
Turtwigguy89 Member Posts: 1 ✭
edited May 2025 in General Pokémon TCG Discussion #1

I am having a lot of trouble finding the right balance for my Arcanine deck.

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  • uncomonfossil
    uncomonfossil Member Posts: 200 ✭✭✭✭
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    #2

    My current list runs 15 fire energy, 18 pokemon & 27 trainers.

    You can find the full deck list on my YouTube channel.

  • Ravenclawed1234
    Ravenclawed1234 Member Posts: 930 ✭✭✭✭
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    #3

    you should have around 15 Pokemon 15 energy and 30 trainers in most decks, swap cards out if you're playing decks that need more or less energy

  • TechHog
    TechHog Member Posts: 2,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited May 2023 #4
    https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/comment/8064#Comment_8064

    You do not need 15 energy in most decks. It's more like 4-12 normally. You only see more than that in acceleration-heavy decks.

  • 10types
    10types Member Posts: 245 ✭✭✭✭
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    #5

    You should almost always be running more than 4 energy unless you're playing certain specific builds of control. Usually you should be running between 8-14 energy\

  • 10types
    10types Member Posts: 245 ✭✭✭✭
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    #6
    https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/comment/8074#Comment_8074

    You should almost always be running more than 4 energy unless you're playing certain specific builds of control. Usually you should be running between 8-14 energy (if this comment appears multiple times its because even the live forums are buggy)

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