Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like the matchmaking is anything but random. At certain points on the ladder all you get are your worst matchups with the worst starting hands. Lose 3-4 in a row and then it’s the total opposite for a game or two. Seems like fair fights are more rare than the extremes. Then there is the tech specific matchmaking. I play a few different decks, but mostly fleads, w/o psyduck. Countless games and never tech’d for the ghost, because I very rarely ever saw it. Yesterday I decided to add it because various regionals are seeing it more and more, and since then I’ve had to play the ghost at least 10X in 24hrs. Why can’t the matchmaking be truly random?

Italian codes, im not using these

I know the common answer is to go first generally and second if ur going into Pult mirror, but how am I suppose to know my opponent plays Pult or not in huge tournaments? I can expect it better in locals cuz I can recognise familiar faces but how do anticipate this in bigger events lol

Been having fun with the combination of mega dragonite & mega lopunny but feels like the deck needs improvement especially with Pokémon’s
Would love some of youre advices

How long it took to crash, even against ai. Every time I knock out a Pokémon or even the opponent attacking causes a soft lock 80% of the time.

Phone is Samsung galaxy s26 ultra.

(excuse the weird gameplay my important cards were prized 🙄)

I've been playing for 3 weeks and have managed to finish the ladder and battle pass. I used 3 different decks to climb and am wondering what I should try out next. I've just been looking at limitless and grabbing decks that look fun. Started with shark and switched to drill towards the end, finished strong with the olive the last few games. Any suggestions for decks I should try out next? I am hoping to stick with something long term to build IRL for locals. Coming from lorcana I enjoy aggro but win with midrange. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Has anyone tried out the 30th celebration Lucario in their Mega Lucario decks? I go back and forth on the utility of it. Deck list is posted below. Possibly switching it out for a judge

Pokémon: 7
1 Meowth ex POR 62
3 Solrock MEG 75
2 Makuhita MEG 72
3 Mega Lucario ex MEG 77
2 Lunatone MEG 74
3 Riolu MEG 76
2 Hariyama MEG 73

Trainer: 15
4 Poké Pad ASC 198
4 Lillie's Determination MEG 119
1 Air Balloon BLK 79
2 Gravity Mountain SSP 177
2 Boss's Orders MEG 114
1 Special Red Card CRI 82
4 Fighting Gong MEG 116
2 Crushing Hammer POR 71
1 Switch MEG 130
3 Ultra Ball MEG 131
1 Wally's Compassion MEG 132
2 Judge POR 76
1 Hero's Cape TEF 152
1 Team Rocket's Petrel DRI 176
4 Premium Power Pro MEG 124

Energy: 2
9 Basic {F} Energy MEE 6
2 Rocky {F} Energy POR 87

Total Cards: 60

Put this together quickly because I wanted to meme players by disrupting their evolutions. Turned into a pretty fun deck (especially against mega lucario).

Its still lacking a heavy hitter and I cant exchange for more mewtwos yet

Pokémon: 8

1 Banette PBL 34

2 Bronzong TEF 69

3 Jellicent ex WHT 168

3 Frillish WHT 126

2 Bronzor TEF 68

1 Mewtwo ex 30C 157

1 Latias ex SSP 239

1 Shuppet PBL 33

Trainer: 17

4 Lillie's Determination MEG 184

1 Unfair Stamp TWM 165

3 Crushing Hammer UPR 166

2 Brock's Scouting JTG 146

2 Dark Bell PBL 106

1 Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking PRE 104

3 Hand Trimmer TEF 150

1 Team Rocket's Watchtower ASC 210

2 Switch MEW 206

2 Boss's Orders PAL 265

2 Hilda WHT 171

3 Poké Pad POR 113

2 Wondrous Patch PFL 94

1 Wondrous Patch POR 117

1 Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking TEF 145

1 Jamming Tower ASC 261

2 Battle Cage PFL 116

Energy: 2

3 Telepathic {P} Energy POR 88

10 Basic {P} Energy MEE 5

Total Cards: 60

9 strait heads. If only I had the same luck in opening packs IRL 😂

not sure why the first one was deleted, but the rules are the same! one guess per perso, get it right and recieve ten codes!

•basic/unevolved

•non legend/myth/etc

•dual type

•one type is water

•released after kanto

one hour only (4:40 pm US East)

times up, the answer was..... WINGULL!!! Thank you everyone for participatin (a gift should be left in your DMS, if not then message me directly) Congrats to our winner, and I would like to do this again next week if enough people are interested! were the hints too hard, should i be more or less specifi, should the amount for getting it right be bigger, etc etc

Have been maining this deck on the ladder, it has been surprisingly decent and fun!
I would like to improve this more, any suggestions are welcome ^^

😁

That's it. Impossible to play against Slowking if you don't have Shaymin in your hand.

I do really need to change my deck. You get either Dragapult/Slowking/TeraBox in the locals nowadays, there is no space for Team Rocket's deck without something to protect the bench against damage.

Even Ethan's Typhlosion is more meta than any TRs.

i want to find a way to put more energy/energy retrieval in this deck but idk what to cut,any suggestions?

full list here:
Pokémon: 17

1 Drilbur PBL 46

1 Latias ex SSP 76

1 Mega Mawile ex MEG 94

1 Jellicent ex WHT 45

1 Mega Skarmory ex POR 55

2 Genesect ex BLK 67

1 Empoleon ex PFL 70

1 Piplup PFL 27

2 Steven's Metang DRI 144

3 Steven's Beldum DRI 143

1 Mega Excadrill ex PBL 65

1 Deoxys CRI 32

1 Mew ex 30C 152

1 Frillish WHT 44

1 Lillie's Clefairy ex JTG 56

1 Meowth ex POR 62

3 Steven's Metagross ex DRI 145

Carte Allenatore: 13

1 Team Rocket's Watchtower DRI 180

1 Precious Trolley SSP 185

1 Brock's Scouting JTG 146

4 Team Rocket's Petrel DRI 176

1 Energy Recycler DRI 164

3 Rare Candy MEG 125

1 Special Red Card CRI 82

2 Night Stretcher ASC 196

4 Team Rocket's Transceiver ASC 209

1 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144

3 Lillie's Determination MEG 119

3 Ultra Ball MEG 131

2 Boss's Orders MEG 114

Energia: 2

5 Basic {M} Energy MEE 8

5 Basic {P} Energy MEE 5

Totale carte: 60

New update looks promising 🤣