Love that story! Glad you both had an amazing time with these decks!

Hey! I want to buy these decks for me and my bf also, but would like to start with 2. Which ones would you recommend to use against each other? I was about to buy the 2022 version cause I read Palkia vs Urshifu is a close match, and couldn't find the same suggestion for 2023. With the same 2022 logic I think it should be Kyogre vs Lugia, what do you think? Thanks!

@@ChaosBakurai If you got only 2 of the decks, honestly, it's down to what you're looking for out of play. They all play very differently, and are all fairly effective. But I'd argue in favor of 3 of them: the Mew deck (comes in Cyan package), the Gardevoir deck (comes in yellow packaging), and the Lugia deck (the green packaging). The "Kyrogre" deck is a bit too... complex and high-level at times. It's very, very specific how you're supposed to play it. But if I had to be blunt, I think the Gardevoir and Lugia decks are both really great, and play well against each other. I play my Gardevoir deck fairly often, and she plays her Lugia deck fairly often (we've procured more decks in the last 3 months), but those two are fun to go head-to-head with. Not too unfair in either direction. Each has some good strengths, and it always feels like it's a good game - never one-sided or broken.

@@jessicastoker8932 Awesome, I'll get those 2 then :) tyvm!!!

Same

Yeah definitely i dont know why they did it

​@@tristanvlietthere is a reason why they didn't do that: constructing the deck from singles is literally five times more expensive. If they released those as the legal cards, the decks would be gone in seconds after release due to scalpers... Alternatively the cheap access to quite expensive cards would flip the market and made people mad as their cards lose value.

I’m goad you enjoy these decks! Just want to add here that a Gardevoir League Battle Deck is coming out in April too in case one wanted to play that deck in the future.

That's probably the only thing I don't like about these kits...the fact that the awesome deck boxes are too small to sleeve the cards. But then again...in contradiction to myself...I also really like that the boxes are the same size as deck of regular playing cards. They just look great. I end up just playing these decks unsleeved...they're cheap enough at $15 that I'm not too worried.

@@twitchster77 Yeah, you can play with them unsleeved and not worry about the cards too much bc they're not worth a lot anyways. I sleeve them up bc I have too many sleeve packs lying around from ETBs. You can also pick up cheap deck boxes from Amazon to carry around the decks or even a rubber band will work fine. These decks don't need the highest maintenance

Yeah me too! I can live without playing it in an event, but proxies? that was the biggest let down when I got the ones from last year. The cards looks kinda bland without their holo texture.

But will they be in the online ptcgl?

Any locals that won't let you use these, I would question.

@@kingseiryu929 you can build the decks there, Google for the "instructions/ cards". The code card in these, only gives you the coin, deck box and sleeves. All four of them... Actually that's kinda sad too :s

Are these worth buying over printing your own proxies?

I definitely have played against someone who had the 2023 championship coin and I don’t know where else they would have gotten it from.

My gf and I got these. We haven't played in... over a decade, lol. But we really enjoyed these decks. They're a lot of fun.

We also buy them to have some fun at home.

Thanks for watching! Glad to hear you share this hobby with your son. My son is only 1 and I hope someday we can share this hobby too.

@@InThirdPerson he will love playing with you when he grows up for sure.

Lugia has been a free deck on Pokemon TCG Live on numerous occasions. You probably got it through that.

@@InThirdPerson oh alr it was just because i used the card the pack gave me

Awesome! These seem like the perfect fit for you both.

Why not mew kyogre is rotating but that only like 1 or 2 of them

@@DinoPokemon-Epic all of mew is rotating, last year had a mew deck that is the similar

Correct. These are not legal for organized play at all.

Sorry to hear that you got misled like that. This is why I make these videos every year to try and minimize how often this occurs. If you’re stuck with it, it’s still a fantastic deck for casual play or to learn how a meta deck works. Make the most of that purchase if you can!

Wish I could, I already opened mine like a dummy. Might as well throw them in the trash, like what are they even for??

How did you not know? I remember the 2022 versions that were selling but were a pass for me. The 2023 had good cards so I bought the display box

@323ReTrO because I had literally never seen them before. I just got out of the Military not too long ago so was a little too busy to be collecting Pokémon cards. I wish I had though because I was in Japan too...

@@tex_gil117 They're good for beginners. Learn the strategy. Those are dummy cards to practice and get a feel of how pros build their deck.

Decks come with duplicate cards in order to be stronger decks. You want multiple copies of your cards to maximize how consistently you can pull off your game plan. If a deck has just one of each card, you’re either playing a singleton format like Gym Leader Challenge or it’s a horribly-built deck. Sounds like your son got the Mew deck. My all-time fave! It actually should have 7 Mew cards: 4 Mew V and 3 Mew VMAX. That way you can fairly consistently have multiple Mew ready to attack throughout the game.

Welcome to the Pokemon TCG community! If you’re looking for sealed products, 401 Games has the prices most of the time. They also sell single cards, but you have to order online the day before and then you can pick it up the next day. If you’re in Etobicoke, I recently visited Emmett’s Toy Shop for the first time and thought it was great! There are lots of great spots around the GTA to buy cards and anyone else in the comments is free to share their recos too.

@@InThirdPerson thanks for the reply! just checked 401 Games website, the UI looks good and user friendly! wanted to buy single but the card I’m looking for, Gholdengo Ex, is out of stock… btw what do all these NM SP MP mean? assume different card conditions? also do they do delivery by any means? or does it have to be pick up?

@@williamwei7899 Near Mint, Slightly Played, Moderately Played. You can order cards online from them, but I'd check their FAQ as there's a threshold to hit in order to get free shipping.

Sleeving the cards would not change the fact that they have the player’s signature on all of the cards and the ultra rares are non-holo. Your opponent can very clearly spot the difference. Not worth risking disqualification and possibly getting banned IMO.

Giratina was 1 win away in masters division from getting a World Championship deck :(

Also, thank you for the kind words!

Thanks to you@@InThirdPerson ! This is the only channel were actually the creator take time to respond! Wile making interesting videos, Keep it up!

Thanks for watching and welcome both to the Pokemon TCG community!

We love collecting Pokemon!!!@@InThirdPerson

No foil cards at all.

I don’t think they’re a scam, per se. There are people who love collecting these decks, either to commemorate the world championships and/or as a means of getting a world championship level deck at a budget price that they can use for casual play. Any time I talk about these products, there are always happy buyers in the comments (including those in the comments of this video) who love them for the reasons listed above and have no issue with them not being “real” cards. However, I wish that the disclaimer on the back of the box was a bit bigger and presented on the front of the box as to not create confusion among those who may not understand that these aren’t “regular” cards. I also wish they were specific about the contents of the code, as these are the only decks where the code doesn’t give you the deck in Pokemon TCG Live. Better communication from Pokemon would go a long way towards consumers understanding what these products entail.

@@InThirdPerson I can definitely agree to that. Good point.

Congrats! Which one did you get first if I may ask?

@@InThirdPerson The Lost Box Kyogre

Would strongly recommend picking up a League Battle Deck instead. Oftentimes based on the same archetypes of the world championship decks, almost as strong, and tournament legal!

I’m sure it happens all the time