I've recently been running in to that issue as well. It is extremely underwhelming to be attacking for 60, or even 30 sometimes. And while you're poking with 60 or 30, your opponent is slowly setting up a consistent attacker like Mewtwo ex, Venusaur ex, Articuno ex or even Charizard ex. And since the new Promo Mankey card has been released, a lot of people have been using Fighting type decks more too.
2 Pikachu ex, 2 pikachu & 2 raichu, 2 magnemite and magneton and an optional zapdos ex and then a bunch of trainer cards lt surge is really good with magneton and raichu.
Yeah no not having more basic kind of underwhelming. Im running 2 pika ex, 2 pika, 2 raichu for snipes, 2 magneton, 1 zapdos ex, 1 electobuzz mid game or pressure before pika ex/zapdos OR raichu comes out to knock enemies out.
Fun Deck to Test Out: (I’m like 3 for 4 against Pika decks currently) Butterfree line (x1) (with extra Caterpie for early searching) Beedrill line (x2) Potion (x2) Poke Ball (x2) Oak (x2) Erika (x2) Sabrina (x2)
Pincurchin is a must for Pikachu ex decks, you can start with them, it does take 2 energy to do damage but the chance to paralyze after damage is huge in tough situations. Helped me during the Lapras event. My current deck: 2x Pikachu ex Raichu Pikachu 2x Blitzle 2x Zebstrika Magnemite Magneton (4 energy attack that takes 2 turns to fill up because of ability) Pinchurchin 2x Professor Oak 2x Potion 2x Pokeball X speed Sabrina Giovanni Haven't pulled a Zapdos ex yet.
I’ve also played with pincurchin and it has been a big player in the past but the more my deck got filled out the worse pincurchin worked with the rest of the cards. He’s a waste of energy compared to pikachu and does nothing of merit against mewtwo, and starmie because they just out pace him. He’s a budget stall Mon that is trying to be an alternative sweeper. My deck has one but it will be removed when I get my second zapdos ex because it’s so much better
@@dittmar104 yeah I've been swept by a Mewtwo deck and a Dragonite/Wheezing deck. Everything else I feel like isn't a match for the deck. Once I get the meta cards I will probably use that but until then I am working with what I got.
Do you have any videos where you walk through your thought process on each turn? I am BRAND NEW to TCGs but like Pocket. I have most relevant cards for this pikachu deck and hearing why you do what you do each turn would help. I can follow along and make inferences but the play by play would be a really great listening and learning experience.
they're on a similar level, but the other cards in electric type is much better. Zapdos has a cheaper cheap attack, harder hitting strong attack, cost less to retreat, doesn't share the same weakness with the rest of the deck, which can be used as an alternate wincon when the type matchup is not ideal. Electrode is same as golduck, which is also a card that gets put in starmie EX decks a lot, but has free retreat. This renders opponent's sabrina weak because pikachu ex deck cannot be slowed down by sabrina.
I've run some Pikachu EX, and it's probably the best deck. It's limited by the inability to pull more energy and the ability to pull specific cards. If you run 2 Pikachu ex (2), the Electrode line (3) and a third basic (4) you need all four of those cards ready to do the max 90 damage. Poke Ball gets you 2 of them (6) , but you're still fighting the odds of pulling the basic against your non-basic cards. There's basically a 6 in 20 odds on turn 1 that you'll pull a basic, and you've gotta pull 3 of them plus a Pikachu. If you add more basics, you lower the odds that you'll pull Pikachu. That trade-off and reliance on RNG is the "balancing" factor for this deck. If you put out a non-Pikachu basic to buy you time to find and set up your Pikachu ex, then you've still gotta take two turns to put energy on it once you've got it - in which time your non-Pikachu basic will often die.
@PunzL Sure, that's an option, but then you've gotta get Zapdos or another tank set up instead of your Pikachu ex. Meanwhile, your opponent's set up his ex and now has the drop on you.
My lightning aggro deck is by far my best at this stage as a F2P. Attack quick, low or no retreat cost (esp with 2 X speeds) low energy costs. Drawback are hp are generally lower and lack of recovery
The deck is great and consistent, but Pikachu can't be the best card with damage reliant on the bench. Even though Starmie is stage 1 it's more consistent overall and damage comes online instantly nearly every time. I think Starmie is a better version of Pikachu honestly
The Mewtwo energy question in the chat and someone telling him to report it is so funny. Of course it’s not discarding energy because Dugtrio blocks all effects of attacks…. That’s not a bug.
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I have played a lot of Pikachu ex deck against the Lapras ex event and I can tell you there are MAAAAANY ways how you can not get setup :D
I think we are already starting to see the slow decline of the l Pikachu ex deck. With the release of the new Promo Mankey card, people are experimenting more fighting type decks. And since pikachu only has 120 HP it can be easy to KO sometimes, especially with the help of Giovanni. And not only that, sometimes you can't get a full bench, meaning you can only do 60 or even only 30 damage sometimes. There can be multiple turns where you go without drawing andingle basic pokemon card. And the problem with running more basic pokemon is that there is a higher chance you wont draw Pikachu ex in your starting hand. This means that you have to either pick between powering up the first Basic pokemon you drew, or play catch-up and power up the Pikachu ex mid-late game. The problem with powering up Pikachu ex mid to late game is that, by that time, your opponent has already powered up their pokemon or your other basic pokemon that you used as a meat shield is already KO'd. Meaning that it Pikachu ex won't have enough bench pokemon to do that 90 damage anymore. And lets be honest, most of the time 90 damage isn't that good anymore by late game standards where you have Mewtwo ex swinging for 150, Charizard swinging for 200, Venusaur ex swinging for 100 - and then healing 50 HP when he already has 190 HP. Couple that with the fact that this deck has no way to generate quick energy, it's not that good late game.. when you open a good hand it can feel good. But if you're opponent also opens a good hand, it's kinda bad for you. Because they can one shot Pikachu ex and another pokemon in roughly three or four turns. Whereas Pikachu needs at least four or five turns to KO high HP pokemon like Lapras (promo), Articuno ex, Ivysaur/Venuasaur ex, Charizard ex, Mewtwo ex, etc.
I’m not super convinced with electrode and zebstriker. I think magneton is pretty solid as it allows you to break energy economy. And have a scary back up if your opponent goes for a Sabrina.
maybe because that 10 point matters? combine with gio, you can land 80 point of damage in second turn, youre supposed to play electrode aggresively in first couple turn.. after that let pika do the rest,,
I think my problem is I only have one Pikachu EX and not enough money to Whale to get another, OR Zapdos lol. I have also liked using Jolteon as a replacement for them though, the coinflips are rough but it can do a lot of damage and usually gets at least 80 in
I was worried about this pvp event. Have done zero pvp battles since I have no meta decks. Been using my starter Marowak/Sandslash deck tweaked with different items and a Sabrina and it's wrecking Pika and Mewtwo decks so far.
Nah I kinda agree with something wrong with the coin flip since the update (specially Misty) to test it out I played 30 games using a water deck with 2 Misty. Not even once I hit heads. Coin flips are supposed to be 50/50.
You do NOT have to spend money like he does. He is a good youtube with content and such, but he gets write-offs. He can write if off as a business expense for his channel. It is an investment for him. If you don't have the money, do NOT spend it. Packs are 100 percent addicting to open. It is all gambling (considering the animations when opening are skippable and packs are predetermined). Ps. Great content, and I have sent this channel to other players to watch and like. 🔥😎
while steel may not be meta, i have a lot of fun with my bisharp + melmetal deck, bisharp has great stats and melmetal is bulky but loses to pikachu&mewtwo decks >.
My honest opinion is the water deck is less cheese then Mewtwo or pika. The difference is the two others rarely fail gardi on bench and you just win or electric types on bench 90 every turn 3 rounds in that's way more cheese then trying to hit a misty.There's a chance with a misty deck to get nothing. I flipped 11 Misty's last night during the emblem event and failed 11 times. If you use Mewtwo or Pikachu 11 times it will work 11 times that's the difference
Jolteon is a mini Zapdos, but depending on your cards you're better with something else for example Pinchurchins or Magnetons. If you have 2x Pikachu 2X Raichu and 1x or 2x LT.Surge you have a good combo already.
i want ask about premium pass, i am f2p player and still not use free premium pass, my question is should i use my free premium pass or just wait for next premium pass?
the blain deck player made such a huge mistake, if he would have saved blain he would have an easy GG. this game is so basic and player still manage to do many mistakes xD
They're both on par, but I like pikachu deck more. It can take too much time for mewtwo to get online against 2 energy for up to 90 damage. Mileage may vary though because sometimes the pikachu deck doesn't draw enough to fill up bench and then it can suffer greatly with some draws.
I feel like my luck in this game an having all the good cards either at the bottom or all the cards I need to evolve are at the bottom game hates me lol
Brother you can't keep on saying you find the best cards for decks. At some point in time people start not believing you. Secondly people are not running zebstrika and pika it zapdos and pikas out there. At least from what I've seen in the tourney.
I like running 2 extra basic pokemon for Pikachu EX decks because otherwise it's very common to not have a full bench by the time you start attacking.
I've recently been running in to that issue as well. It is extremely underwhelming to be attacking for 60, or even 30 sometimes. And while you're poking with 60 or 30, your opponent is slowly setting up a consistent attacker like Mewtwo ex, Venusaur ex, Articuno ex or even Charizard ex.
And since the new Promo Mankey card has been released, a lot of people have been using Fighting type decks more too.
@@itsmesteve1081
Those are already all the downsides to the pikachu deck
2 Pikachu ex, 2 pikachu & 2 raichu, 2 magnemite and magneton and an optional zapdos ex and then a bunch of trainer cards lt surge is really good with magneton and raichu.
@@notlucki3 thats exactly the deck im wanting to make but i just cant pull a damn magneton
Yeah no not having more basic kind of underwhelming.
Im running 2 pika ex, 2 pika, 2 raichu for snipes, 2 magneton, 1 zapdos ex, 1 electobuzz mid game or pressure before pika ex/zapdos OR raichu comes out to knock enemies out.
unite players 🤝 pocket players
“god…pika is soo annoying”
Even with the EX buff,
Lapras still can’t escape Pikachu.
Fun Deck to Test Out: (I’m like 3 for 4 against Pika decks currently)
Butterfree line (x1) (with extra Caterpie for early searching)
Beedrill line (x2)
Potion (x2)
Poke Ball (x2)
Oak (x2)
Erika (x2)
Sabrina (x2)
Pincurchin is a must for Pikachu ex decks, you can start with them, it does take 2 energy to do damage but the chance to paralyze after damage is huge in tough situations. Helped me during the Lapras event.
My current deck:
2x Pikachu ex
Raichu
Pikachu
2x Blitzle
2x Zebstrika
Magnemite
Magneton (4 energy attack that takes 2 turns to fill up because of ability)
Pinchurchin
2x Professor Oak
2x Potion
2x Pokeball
X speed
Sabrina
Giovanni
Haven't pulled a Zapdos ex yet.
I’ve also played with pincurchin and it has been a big player in the past but the more my deck got filled out the worse pincurchin worked with the rest of the cards. He’s a waste of energy compared to pikachu and does nothing of merit against mewtwo, and starmie because they just out pace him. He’s a budget stall Mon that is trying to be an alternative sweeper. My deck has one but it will be removed when I get my second zapdos ex because it’s so much better
@@dittmar104 yeah I've been swept by a Mewtwo deck and a Dragonite/Wheezing deck. Everything else I feel like isn't a match for the deck. Once I get the meta cards I will probably use that but until then I am working with what I got.
It’s such an addictive deck to use and so consistent. I called my deck the ‘Full Circuit’.
Do you have any videos where you walk through your thought process on each turn? I am BRAND NEW to TCGs but like Pocket. I have most relevant cards for this pikachu deck and hearing why you do what you do each turn would help.
I can follow along and make inferences but the play by play would be a really great listening and learning experience.
I still think Starmie EX is better - the free retreat is game winning
has same damage and energy requirements but more health
Pika beats starmie, starmie beats the fight type decks and the fight type decks beat pika
@@captainobvious8037 I mean his first game is him beating a fighting deck it’s not that rock paper scissors, rng matters way more.
@@FinalReqiuem101 both
His enemy was useless
they're on a similar level, but the other cards in electric type is much better. Zapdos has a cheaper cheap attack, harder hitting strong attack, cost less to retreat, doesn't share the same weakness with the rest of the deck, which can be used as an alternate wincon when the type matchup is not ideal. Electrode is same as golduck, which is also a card that gets put in starmie EX decks a lot, but has free retreat. This renders opponent's sabrina weak because pikachu ex deck cannot be slowed down by sabrina.
Just pulled this card an hour ago and have plenty of lightning cards. Thanks for the vid!
75% of the games are like yeah this is OP, 25% are like: Where the heck are all my Pokémon?
I'm working on a colorless death and taxes style deck. Using Fearow for energy control and Persian/Red Card for hand control, with a WigglyEX finisher
I've run some Pikachu EX, and it's probably the best deck. It's limited by the inability to pull more energy and the ability to pull specific cards. If you run 2 Pikachu ex (2), the Electrode line (3) and a third basic (4) you need all four of those cards ready to do the max 90 damage. Poke Ball gets you 2 of them (6) , but you're still fighting the odds of pulling the basic against your non-basic cards. There's basically a 6 in 20 odds on turn 1 that you'll pull a basic, and you've gotta pull 3 of them plus a Pikachu. If you add more basics, you lower the odds that you'll pull Pikachu. That trade-off and reliance on RNG is the "balancing" factor for this deck.
If you put out a non-Pikachu basic to buy you time to find and set up your Pikachu ex, then you've still gotta take two turns to put energy on it once you've got it - in which time your non-Pikachu basic will often die.
@@AmiiboDoctor not unless you run zapdos and bait your opponent into focusing on it as well as tanking for a few turns
@PunzL Sure, that's an option, but then you've gotta get Zapdos or another tank set up instead of your Pikachu ex. Meanwhile, your opponent's set up his ex and now has the drop on you.
My lightning aggro deck is by far my best at this stage as a F2P. Attack quick, low or no retreat cost (esp with 2 X speeds) low energy costs.
Drawback are hp are generally lower and lack of recovery
POV: you've pulled 3 Zapdos ex and only 1 Pikachu ex
@@furiousdestroyah9999 lol shame that the trading feature doesn’t exist yet because I pulled three pikas and only one Zapdos so far
LOL I have 3 Pikachu EX and no Zapdos T_T
POV: I’ve pulled 2 immersive pikas ex two normal pikas Ex and STILL no zap 😭😭
I've pulled 2 Pikachu ex's but 0 Zapdos ex.
me here with a crown mewtwo ex, immersive mewtwo ex, a normal mewtwo ex but cant pack a gardevoir to even use these mewtwos :(
my misty never hits to.. until yesterday... 9 in a row.. ninw mana first turn of the game... what a blast
I’m glad the battle theme is catchy, but not catchy enough to be playing on repeat in my brain. I love it though
tbh all of the music is really good, especially wonderpick
Pikachu & raichu, and starmie & greninja and my faroutire decks for far. Really wanna try dragonite but need the cards
The deck is great and consistent, but Pikachu can't be the best card with damage reliant on the bench. Even though Starmie is stage 1 it's more consistent overall and damage comes online instantly nearly every time. I think Starmie is a better version of Pikachu honestly
The Mewtwo energy question in the chat and someone telling him to report it is so funny. Of course it’s not discarding energy because Dugtrio blocks all effects of attacks…. That’s not a bug.
I have played a lot of Pikachu ex deck against the Lapras ex event and I can tell you there are MAAAAANY ways how you can not get setup :D
I think we are already starting to see the slow decline of the l Pikachu ex deck. With the release of the new Promo Mankey card, people are experimenting more fighting type decks. And since pikachu only has 120 HP it can be easy to KO sometimes, especially with the help of Giovanni. And not only that, sometimes you can't get a full bench, meaning you can only do 60 or even only 30 damage sometimes.
There can be multiple turns where you go without drawing andingle basic pokemon card. And the problem with running more basic pokemon is that there is a higher chance you wont draw Pikachu ex in your starting hand. This means that you have to either pick between powering up the first Basic pokemon you drew, or play catch-up and power up the Pikachu ex mid-late game.
The problem with powering up Pikachu ex mid to late game is that, by that time, your opponent has already powered up their pokemon or your other basic pokemon that you used as a meat shield is already KO'd. Meaning that it Pikachu ex won't have enough bench pokemon to do that 90 damage anymore. And lets be honest, most of the time 90 damage isn't that good anymore by late game standards where you have Mewtwo ex swinging for 150, Charizard swinging for 200, Venusaur ex swinging for 100 - and then healing 50 HP when he already has 190 HP.
Couple that with the fact that this deck has no way to generate quick energy, it's not that good late game.. when you open a good hand it can feel good. But if you're opponent also opens a good hand, it's kinda bad for you. Because they can one shot Pikachu ex and another pokemon in roughly three or four turns. Whereas Pikachu needs at least four or five turns to KO high HP pokemon like Lapras (promo), Articuno ex, Ivysaur/Venuasaur ex, Charizard ex, Mewtwo ex, etc.
I m currently playing w one voltorbe/electrode + 1 blitzle/zeb...it runs pretty well anyway
I’m not super convinced with electrode and zebstriker. I think magneton is pretty solid as it allows you to break energy economy. And have a scary back up if your opponent goes for a Sabrina.
maybe because that 10 point matters? combine with gio, you can land 80 point of damage in second turn, youre supposed to play electrode aggresively in first couple turn.. after that let pika do the rest,,
Pikachu is definitely the best pokemon in the game but the best card is misty, misty is so broken
The same happened to me, 4 psy energy Mewtwo, no Gardevoir, Mewtwo hit me with his strongest attack, still kept the energy
I think my problem is I only have one Pikachu EX and not enough money to Whale to get another, OR Zapdos lol. I have also liked using Jolteon as a replacement for them though, the coinflips are rough but it can do a lot of damage and usually gets at least 80 in
How are you showing your deck list the way you are? I’d like an easier way to share my lists with friends.
feels like that primeape rush deck at the very least can one tap the pikachu ex deck, so at least it has a counter
sort of lol
Zebstrika is such a fun name to say
The best card is Sabrina. The best deck is Pikachu EX. I think making Basic EX Pokémon set one was a terrible idea.
Is there a world where you do the Voltob line and the Zebstrika line, but no Zapdos?
I was worried about this pvp event. Have done zero pvp battles since I have no meta decks. Been using my starter Marowak/Sandslash deck tweaked with different items and a Sabrina and it's wrecking Pika and Mewtwo decks so far.
Nah I kinda agree with something wrong with the coin flip since the update (specially Misty)
to test it out I played 30 games using a water deck with 2 Misty. Not even once I hit heads. Coin flips are supposed to be 50/50.
Muk Weezing Hypno deck kinda fun.
No video on the new event? I'm surprised
Me who has been pulling Pikachu packs the entire time and still dont have Pikachu EX 👁️👄👁️
You do NOT have to spend money like he does. He is a good youtube with content and such, but he gets write-offs. He can write if off as a business expense for his channel. It is an investment for him. If you don't have the money, do NOT spend it. Packs are 100 percent addicting to open. It is all gambling (considering the animations when opening are skippable and packs are predetermined).
Ps. Great content, and I have sent this channel to other players to watch and like. 🔥😎
while steel may not be meta, i have a lot of fun with my bisharp + melmetal deck, bisharp has great stats and melmetal is bulky but loses to pikachu&mewtwo decks >.
i play the pika ex deck with magneton and raichu in combination with major bob this is my deck with the highest win rate.
My honest opinion is the water deck is less cheese then Mewtwo or pika. The difference is the two others rarely fail gardi on bench and you just win or electric types on bench 90 every turn 3 rounds in that's way more cheese then trying to hit a misty.There's a chance with a misty deck to get nothing. I flipped 11 Misty's last night during the emblem event and failed 11 times. If you use Mewtwo or Pikachu 11 times it will work 11 times that's the difference
I enjoy pikachu ex with jolteon deck
Been trying so hard to pull this, I got 2 blastoise ex, 3 full art squirtle, and 3 Zapdos ex still no pikachu 😂
Got lucky and got one .. put it on an experimental deck ... opponent conceded
is there anything that can replace the zapdos ex? still havent pulled any :c
Jolteon is a mini Zapdos, but depending on your cards you're better with something else for example Pinchurchins or Magnetons. If you have 2x Pikachu 2X Raichu and 1x or 2x LT.Surge you have a good combo already.
I still confuse what should i put alongside my pikachu ex
2x pikachu 2x raichu 2x lt surge
I have been trying to figure out where to get your profile picture the one seen at 9:56 can someone please help lol
i want ask about premium pass, i am f2p player and still not use free premium pass, my question is should i use my free premium pass or just wait for next premium pass?
Best deck is 100% Pika EX it is just so fast and hard to deal with
If you dont have zapdoses try raichu magneton
Do you know of a discord for TCGP players? Just looking to add new friends on my game
I can't seem to pull him. The Pikachu packs are killing me
Starmie has the same damage and energy requirements but more health
the blain deck player made such a huge mistake, if he would have saved blain he would have an easy GG. this game is so basic and player still manage to do many mistakes xD
I use Eelektross cause I like it 😂
Marowak ex deck dunks on this deck
Is this deck better than mewtwo deck?
They're both on par, but I like pikachu deck more. It can take too much time for mewtwo to get online against 2 energy for up to 90 damage. Mileage may vary though because sometimes the pikachu deck doesn't draw enough to fill up bench and then it can suffer greatly with some draws.
I just jot a god packs with gold charizard and a full art charmander😎😫
just run aggro fighting deck or any aggro deck to counter it
It'd be nice to pull one
I feel like my luck in this game an having all the good cards either at the bottom or all the cards I need to evolve are at the bottom game hates me lol
I beat people with mewtwo teams and pikachu teams with my fighting type team i made
I’ve been trash talking pikachu since launch, I don’t think it’s amazing 😭
Yes he is.
I play art ex and almost always beat this deck. I've figured out strategies. It's really not that impressive
All you do is coin flips lol😂
Any of you queuing Pikachu or Mewtwo for this event you're boring people
I had a wonder pick in Japanese. lol wtf? Now I have Golbat (1 star) Japanese version
The best card is Gardevoir (really cringe card) 😂
Brother you can't keep on saying you find the best cards for decks. At some point in time people start not believing you. Secondly people are not running zebstrika and pika it zapdos and pikas out there. At least from what I've seen in the tourney.
Can use this to raichu if its going to die? And avoid 2 ex penalty
Can't
I can’t decide on Mewtwo EX or Pikachu EX.. both are menaces to society 😂
Mewtwo is more prevalent on the "ladder" but Pika is way harder to beat I feel like. Way less likely to brick or get killed by Sabrina
@@animalchin5082I feel the same way. My blaine deck can beat Mewtwo decks quite easily, but pika decks are a different story
Articuno ex and 18 trainers aint just cheese its pure stinky stilon 😂
primape deck easy win....
Pikachu decks are kringe in tcg like how its kringe in unite
5 advertisement wtf
I smoke so many ppl with this card
Nah it's Misty
First to comment! Love ur content and ur vid got me into ptcgp! Keep it up bro!
Stopping people from telling first...
1st
i understand why these videos exist but they make the game so boring. just constantly playing against the same OP deck all the time
Hi spargel how are u hope u are well.i got discord trying to find you on it if u got it