Returning player in need of clearing up

Aoki

Aoki

Chronically tired
Member
I've stopped playing the game many, many months ago because I thought that playing in a stale format did not appeal to me because of the lack of balance within the cards. And that my area didn't play competitively that much. However, lately, after seeing that I've missed the prerelease of Dragons Exalted in my area, it inspired me to come back to the amazing world of the TCG. I thought it would be better if I came back on the day the format rotation occurred, but it seems I have a feeling that I just want to get back to it immediately.

Though my deckbuilding skills are not lacking, I do need a little bit of polishing at what staples I can use in my decks, with a sample list of what it can look like if it's not too much trouble. Additionally, I also need little polishing on the meta decks. If someone can point me in the right direction, that would be most appreciated.

Thanks!

-DG
 
Cards you want to get are:

N
Professor Juniper
Cheren
Bianca
Pokemon Communication
Ultra Ball
Level ball
Pokemon Catcher
Random Receiver

Cards also worth Picking up for Certain decks:
Eviolite
Rare Candy
Switch
Pluspower
Dark Patch
Double Colorless Energy
Energy Retrieval
Enhanced Hammer

Meta Pokemon are:
Mewtwo EX
Darkrai EX [Biggest Pokemon in the format right now]
Zekrom [B/W Base set]
Terrakion
Electrik [with the ability Dynamotor]

Pokemon worth looking into:
Mincenno [With do the wave]
Empoleon [With Diving Draw]
Zoroark [With Foul Play attack]
Zoroark [With Brutal bash attack]
Sableye [With Junk Hunt]
Emboar [With Inferno Fandango]
Reshiram/Kyruem/Zekrom [with outrage]
Gothitelle [With Magic Room]
Reuniclus [With Damage Swap]
Durant [his first attack discards if you have multiple durant in play]
Chandalure [places 3 damage counters as a power]
 
Thanks for taking the time to reply. ^_^ I'm thinking of buying the Item cards, though how much is each one currently?
 
By Troll and Toad Prices:
Staples:

4 N is about 2-3 Dollars
4 Juniper is the same as N
4 Cheren is the same as N
Bianca is sold out atm, but they go for the same price
4 Pokemon Communication is a Dollar
Ultra Balls are a dollar each
Level balls are about the same as N
Random Receivers are a dollar each
Pokemon catcher is the most expensive item card, each copy is between 10-12 dollars, and its required to run four next format.

Other good cards:
Eviolites go for about 1.50-2 Dollars each
Energy Retrievals are 35-40 cents each
Switch is a .25 cent common and has been printed ever since base set
4 rare candy go for about 4-5 dollars
pluspowers are .35 cents each
Double Colorless are 2 dollars each
Dark patch are .35 cents each
Enhanced hammers are about .70 cents each

Meta Pokemon:
Darkrai EX is 30 dollars, but he's coming in a tin in September
Mewtwo EX: See Darkrai Ex
Terrakions go for between 10-20 Dollars each
Elektric are about 2-3 dollars each [2 in the Zekrom Starter]
Zekrom are 5-20 dollars depending on the version [2 in Zekrom Starter]

Other Pokemon:
Mincenno are about .35 each
Zoroark [Foul Play] are about 3 dollars each
Zoroark [Brutal bash] are .70 cents each [also available in the zoroark structure for Dark Explorers]
Empoleon are 2 dollars each [also available in the zoroark structure]
Sableye are .35 cents each
Emboar go from 8-20 dollars depending if its the ultra rare or the regular rare
Reshiram and Zekrom both have their own starter decks, Kyreum is a tin Promo
Gothitelles go for about 3-5 dollars each
Reuniclus go for about 2-3 dollars each
Durants go for about .85 cents each
Chandalures go for 1-2 dollars each
 
If you have a reputation thread (easily obtainable if you don't have one yet) and don't mind making purchases on a public forum you can purchase most of those cards in the PokeBeach Trading Corner for slightly lower than what websites like Troll & Toad sell them for.

Props to Project_Fedora for such informative replies though :p.
 
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