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1 Pokémon and its trademarks are ©1995-2019 Nintendo, Creatures, and GAMEFREAK. Related media appearing in this guide are the property of The Pokémon Company International, Inc. This is an unofficial guide produced by reddit user JustInBasil who is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures, GAMEFREAK, or The Pokémon Company International, Inc. Rough Draft – Last Printed 3 June 2019, Last Updated 3 June 2019 A Basic Guide to Deck Building in the Standard Format (SUM-UNB) Reading this guide in print? To always get the latest version of this guide and to make use of the various links and other resources in this guide, scan the QR code below or visit https://www.reddit.com/r/pkmntcg/comments/bqycau. 2 Pokémon and its trademarks are ©1995-2019 Nintendo, Creatures, and GAMEFREAK. Related media appearing in this guide are the property of The Pokémon Company International, Inc. This is an unofficial guide produced by reddit user JustInBasil who is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures, GAMEFREAK, or The Pokémon Company International, Inc. Introduction - What is the "Standard Format"? ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Rotation ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 Reasons for Rotation ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 The Idea of a Deck .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Basic Deck Strategy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Aggression.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Control ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Stall ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Mill .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Basic Deck Structure .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Limits - What You Can and Can't Put into Your Deck ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 The Rule of 4 ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 The Exceptions - Basic Energy and Prism Star Cards ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Banned Cards ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Fake Cards, Proxies, World Championship Cards, and Cards in Other Languages ....................................................................................................... 10 Fake Cards ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Proxies ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Recent Releases or, When do New Cards Become Legal? .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Errata – When What Cards Say and What Cards Do Differ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 The Deck Skeleton ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Pokémon .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Main Attacker ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Secondary Attacker ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Utility Pokémon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 Trainers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Setup Engines................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Lillie-Nest Ball ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Professor Elm's Lecture ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Draw Engines ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Supporter-Based Draw Engines ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Pokémon-Based Draw Engines ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Draw Support Supplements........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Pokémon Search .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Energy .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Energy Acceleration Engines ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Crafting Your Deck ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Theorycrafting ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Choose Your Main Attacker ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 21 3 Pokémon and its trademarks are ©1995-2019 Nintendo, Creatures, and GAMEFREAK. 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Choose Your Secondary Attacker(s) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Choose Your Utility Pokémon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Choose Your Setup Engine .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Choose Your Draw Engine ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Choose Your Utility Supporters ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 27 Choose Your Pokémon Search .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Choose Other Beneficial Items .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Choose Your Stadia ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Choose Your Energies ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Choose the Rest ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 33 Cut Until You Get to 60 Cards.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Consider Your Options ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Testing ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Stages of Testing ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Goldfishing ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Testing Against the AI Online .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Initial Playtesting .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 36 Focused Playtesting ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 37 Cutting Cards ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Tournament Time.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 37 Knowing the Cards ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Pokémon Trading Card Database ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 38 Pokémon TCG Card Dex .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Limitless TCG ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 PokéBeach ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 38 Bulbapedia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 38 Appendices ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Net Decking ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Buying Cards for Your Deck .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Staples by Theme Deck ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Theme Decks by Staple ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Notes from the Guide ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Appendix I: A Look at Theme Decks - Or, What Not to Do ............................................................................................................................................................................ 42 Relentless Flame .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Leaf Charge ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Mach Strike ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Appendix II: Staple Cards ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Appendix III: Common Utility Pokémon .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 46 Draw Engines .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 46 4 Pokémon and its trademarks are ©1995-2019 Nintendo, Creatures, and GAMEFREAK. 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Energy Acceleration .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Search and Digging .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Other Utility .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Appendix IV: Common Trainers .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 50 Supporters ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 50 Draw Supporters .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 Shuffle Draw .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 50 Raw Draw ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 Discard Draw .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 50 Disruption Draw ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Utility Draw ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 51 Niche Draw ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 51 Setup Supporters ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Utility Supporters ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 52 Items ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 54 Pokémon Search ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Evolution Acceleration .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 55 Tools .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 Recovery ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 General Recovery .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 Supporter Recovery ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 Pokémon Recovery ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 57 Energy Utility.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 57 Energy Search ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 57 Energy Recovery ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 57 Other Utility .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Stadia ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Appendix V: Set Abbreviations and Symbols ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 60 Set Abbreviations and Symbols .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 For Standard Sets ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 Sun & Moon Era ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 For Expanded Sets ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 60 XY Era ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 Black & White Era ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 60 For Unlimited Sets ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 60 Diamond & Pearl Era ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 EX Era .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 Neo Era .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 Base Set Era ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 5 Pokémon and its trademarks are ©1995-2019 Nintendo, Creatures, and GAMEFREAK. 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For Special Sets .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 Set Symbols for Sets in the Standard Format ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 Appendix VI: Pre-release Deck Building .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 61 Pokémon to Include............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 63 Trainers to Include ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 63 A Note on Energies............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Other Helpful Notes for Pre-release ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Appendix VII: Some Deck Math .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 64 Appendix VIII: List of Resources .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 65 Index ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66 6 Pokémon and its trademarks are ©1995-2019 Nintendo, Creatures, and GAMEFREAK. Related media appearing in this guide are the property of The Pokémon Company International, Inc. This is an unofficial guide produced by reddit user JustInBasil who is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Nintendo, Creatures, GAMEFREAK, or The Pokémon Company International, Inc. Sun & Moon is the first legal set in the Standard Format. Introduction - What is the "Standard Format"? In the Pokémon Trading Card Game, there are two formats1 used for officially sanctioned Play! Pokémon Events. These formats are Standard and Expanded. In the Standard Format, cards from approximately the last two years (currently Sun and Moon onward) are legal for play. The Expanded Format expands the field of available cards back to the Black & White expansion, which released in English in April 2011. Although events take place in both formats throughout the world, this guide will focus on the Standard Format for a few reasons: 1. The Standard Format is an easier format to learn. Because there are fewer cards for newer players to become familiar with, it is easier to become familiar with the most important cards of the format. 2. The Standard Format offers a less wild, wild west version of the Pokémon Trading Card game. The Expanded Format is sometimes referred to as the "degenerate" format because of how it plays. Expanded play often focuses on preventing your opponent from playing the game (1, 2) rather than setting up your board and knocking out your opponent's Pokémon. 3. The Pokémon Company appears to design cards more carefully with the Standard Format in mind. The degenerate nature of Expanded often is a result of card interactions that weren't considered in the design of newer cards. 4. Most importantly, the writer of this guide is not overly fond of the Expanded Format. While this guide will focus on the Standard Format, many of the principles of deck building in it carry over to the Expanded Format as well. When referring to specific cards, this guide makes use of the standard Set Abbreviations. You can see a list of these abbreviations in Appendix V: Set Abbreviations and Symbols. Rotation Once each year, a handful of sets rotate out of the Standard Format, meaning that those sets become no longer legal for play in the Standard Format. This Rotation happens toward the end of August or the beginning of September, typically within a week of the Pokémon World Championships. Several weeks prior to rotation, The Pokémon Company International (commonly referred to as TPCi) announces which sets and other products remain legal for the following year. For the 2018-2019 Season, the following remained legal: • Sun & Moon and any expansions released afterward • Black Star Promo cards numbered SM01 and up • Cards from the following products are also legal: • Shining Legends • Sun & Moon Trainer Kit—Lycanroc & Alolan Raichu • McDonald's Collection 2017 Cards that are no longer legal for play in the Standard Format are said to have Rotated from the Standard Format. Reprints are new printings of cards from older sets in a newer set. When cards that were previously included in set that has rotated are reprinted in a uploads/Voyage/ deck-building-guide.pdf