Top 10 Expanded Decks Count Down!
Stephane’s looking at the Expanded metagame again with a countdown of the top 10 Expanded decks in the format right now!
Three Different Ways to Play with Eternatus VMAX
Need a deck with a good matchup against Mew VMAX? Nathalia has three Eternatus VMAX decks that could break through in your next tournament!
The Trashalanche Pokemon Podcast — Episode 73
This week on the Trashalanche, Brent, Brit and Mike talk in-person tournaments, the current meta and Pokemon content creation.
Leveling Up Your Tournament Preparation and Choosing a Deck
Never play in a Pokemon tournament before? Natalie Millar has some tournament preparation tips for your first (or next) big event!
What’s New with Standard Single Strike?
Single Strike Urshifu still packs a punch in Standard, and Isaiah’s got the perfect list against all the decks in the metagame!
Galarian Weezing is Tech! Eternatus VMAX/Galarian Weezing
TrainerChip’s trying some brand new tech in Standard, using Galarian Weezing alongside Eternatus for some key moves in Pokemon!
The Trashalanche Pokemon Podcast — Episode 72
This week on the Trashalanche, Brent, Brit and Mike invite Jay Hornung to discuss old Pokemon formats, fitness and New Year’s resolutions.
This Forgotten VMAX is Still Top Tier in Expanded! Coalossal VMAX | Stéphane Ivanoff
Thought Coalossal VMAX was gone? Stephane’s bringing it back in Expanded with a brand new deck sure to be a dark horse in the format!
Here Be Dragons – A Guide to Expanded ADP Dragonite
Thought you were done with ADP in Standard? Don’t worry – it’s still great in Expanded with ADP Dragonite as its premiere version!
This Combination Actually Works? Standard Sableye V / Galarian Moltres
Can Sableye V, Galarian Moltres and Galarian Weezing all work in the same deck? It seems unlikely, but Alex has won a fair share with it!
Tournament Winning Blissey V Rogue Deck!
Blissey V managed to come out of nowhere and prove itself, and Chip’s checking out this rogue deck to see what the big deal is!
Is Shadow Rider The Best Deck In Expanded?
Shadow Rider has been tearing up Expanded lately, but does that make it truly the best deck in the format? Stephane takes a look!
Trainer Chip’s Galarian Articuno/Galarian Moltres Deck Guide
TrainerChip’s taking a look at one of Standard’s newest decks (that’s not too hard on the wallet) in his latest video Deck Guide!
The Trashalanche Pokemon Podcast — Episode 71
This week on the Trashalanche, Brent, Brit and Mike discuss Dark decks, Jolteon and Suicune variations along with tons more!
How to Optimize Your Sequencing in Pokemon
Looking to improve your sequencing in Pokemon? Natalie has some pro-level examples of how to optimize your sequencing for the best turns!
A Storm is Coming! Jolteon VMAX and How to Tech It
Jolteon VMAX is still one of the best decks in Standard, but how can you tune it against the meta? Dusknoir and Beedrill may be the solution!
Up Your Game: This Simple Item Card Makes Mew VMAX Even Better…
Tord reviews some games with Mew VMAX / Genesect V featuring Switching Cups! You don’t want to miss this commentary.
You Won’t Believe This CRAZY Duraludon Deck with Zoroark & Techs…
Become Cinccino, Altaria, Bronzong or Abomasnow using Zoroark in this bizarre, yet strong, fun and creative Duraludon brew!
The Trashalanche Pokemon Podcast — Episode 70
This week the crew discusses events, design/Stadiums/GLC, Darkness-type stuff, Mike’s Illumis Cup, tier lists and more!
Revisiting Sandaconda’s Rogue Spread Deck & a Tip to Improve Your Play
Alex reviews Sandaconda VMAX / Inteleon and touches on one thing you can do to improve their game, so not to sabotage yourself!
No Bench, No Problem! — The New Victini VMAX Deck
Victini VMAX is back, this time with some Pokemon Catcher and often no Bench! Check out this budget-friendly deck right now.
Switching Cups Are the Meta Now: New Year’s Standard Power Rankings
Standard gets shaken this week! Tord’s tossed Cups into the format’s best deck, and there are a few newcomers as well.
Take Ludicolo Out of Your Suicune Deck NOW!
Is it time? Bradner seems to think so. Watch as wins are collected without Ludicolo. Path to the Peak makes this deck disruptive!
The Standard Player’s Guide to Expanded Shadow Rider
Ready to take your first steps into the world of Expanded? Stéphane’s got the guide for you, complete with tips for current players, too!
Suicune, This Time with Birds — the New Big Basics Toolbox Deck
Suicune has some new partners. Check this deck out if you’re looking to have a chance against everything (including Mew)!
What Pokemon Can Learn from MTG: Non-Rotating Formats
Natalie’s taking another look at what Pokemon can learn from MTG, this time analyzing Pokemon’s lack of non-rotating formats.
Updated EXPANDED Power Rankings: There’s a New #1!
Expanded seems like it’s always changing. Stéphane brings the latest updates right to you with decklists and explanations!
Leisurely-Footed — Suicune Beats Mew [In: Path, Out: Ludicolo]
Bradner takes a different approach to Suicune. Without Ludicolo you might not one-shot things, but Path to the Peak slows decks down!
Neutralizing Mew — Updated Galarian Weezing & Eternatus VMAX
Bok’s got some updates for Weezing and a new Eternatus list. These decks body Mew, so what are you waiting for? Try ’em out!
Innovating Standard: Seaking / Dusknoir & Single Strike Box Brews
Xander’s cooked up some brews to share with you. Even if they flop, you can use the same process to create your own meta-breaker!
Do You Feel Lucky? — Randomness, the Pokemon TCG & You
Mr. Ivanoff is back! Luck is not an objective truth; it’s how you feel about a random event after the fact (don’t let it get you down).
Up Your Game: Tord Reklev Reviews Rapid Strike Urshifu Melony Battles
Get inside Tord’s mind! Reklev reviews three matches highlighting the strengths of Rapid Strike Melony. There’s good reason it’s a top deck!
It’s Simple, Fun & Consistent — Why Knot Play Leafeon?
Get those Galarian Moltres V out of your Leafeon VMAX and focus on consistency! TrainerChip plays his favorite list.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #18: Pikachu Premium Figure Collection
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
Inspecting Fusion Strike-Updated Suicune / Ludicolo with Cross Switcher
Alex has updated Suicune V / Ludicolo by adding Cross Switcher. The deck was already solid – will it be even better now?
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #17: Rayquaza VS. Noivern V Battle Deck
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
DON’T Play This Zoroark Checkmate Deck If You Don’t Want to Think!
2019 NAIC Champion updates the winning Zoroark list for the Expanded format. Stressed? You probably shouldn’t play this deck right now.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #16: Celebrations Collectors Chest
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
The Essential Guide to Rapid Strike Melony — Card Choices, Matchups & More
Tord covers Rapid Strike Urshifu Melony like never before with the deck’s origin, matchups and more – literally everything, read this.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #15: Jolteon V Tin
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
Jolteon Is on the Move! Is Mew Still the #1 Deck, Though?
Has Jolteon finally escaped its mediocrity? Does Mew still have a stranglehold over the metagame? Tord answers these questions and more.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #14: Evolving Skies Booster Box
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
Melony or Moltres? — A Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX Update
Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX is still an excellent deck. We haven’t updated it in a while, so here’s Alex with the latest!
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #13: Genesect V
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
Want to Beat Mew VMAX? Play Zoroark with Duraludon VMAX!
Still can’t beat Mew VMAX with Duraludon VMAX? Try Alex’s take on the deck with Zoroark to beat Mew VMAX (and tons of other decks)!
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #12: Kanto First Partner Pack
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
Pokemon V & VMAX HATE This Deck…
Galarian Moltres, no, not the V, is its own deck now! This deck punishes Pokemon V and VMAX for being what they are: multiple-prizers.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #11: Battle Styles Booster Box
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
Pokemon Trading Card Game Collecting Burnout
When burnout strikes you and your favorite hobby, it can really hurt your happiness. TrainerChip goes over some ways to conquer it!
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #10: Fusion Strike Build & Battle Box
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
The BEST Calyrex Deck Is ICY
Did you think that Ice Rider would ever surpass Shadow Rider in the Standard format metagame? Well, it has!
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #9: Mew V & VMAX
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
The Trashalanche Pokemon Podcast — Episode 69
A history of expensive decks, strange techs, Mr. Beast, Ross.dec, Leafeon / Beedrill and more, all on the Trashalanche!
Tord Reklev Updates Your Knowledge of the Metagame!
This week Tord covers the newest decks in the metagame. These rogues are crushing it, but can they beat Mew with Meloetta?
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #8: Celebrations Ultra-Premium Collection
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
Standard Format Deck Highlight — 1st Place Baby Galarian Moltres Brew
Ross Cawthon’s baby Galarian Moltres with Inteleon deck burst onto the scene this weekend, winning two events!
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #7: Fusion Strike Build & Battle Stadium
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
Together We Ride — Updating Ice Rider for the Fusion Strike Metagame
Ice Rider’s good without being a complete powerhouse. It’s consistent without being a model of consistency.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #6: Umbreon V & VMAX
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
What Pokemon Can Learn from MTG: Foreign Cards
Today Natalie covers reasons why foreign Pokemon cards should be legal for competitive play like they are in MTG. Everyone wins!
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #5: Rapid Strike Urshifu League Battle Deck
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
Scrape the Sky! 1st Place Duraludon VMAX Decklist & Games
Grant Manley won a tournament with this former bulk VMAX! Duraludon bodies Mew VMAX and other top decks in the format.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #4: Single Strike Urshifu League Battle Deck
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
The Essential Guide to Mew VMAX — Card Choices, Matchups & More
Alex delivers a nearly 10-page essay on Mew VMAX. Read this if you want to improve your understanding of Standard’s best deck!
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #3: Battle Academy
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
Mew VMAX Runs & Hides from This Deck… Eternatus Is BACK!
Mew VMAX is truly dominating the metagame. Eternatus has recently picked up steam – can it avoid Urshifu long enough to reclaim its place?
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #2: Celebrations Elite Trainer Box
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
The Trashalanche Pokemon Podcast — Episode 68
Mew wins everything… Zach’s Top 10, Mew, Mew and more Mew!
Standard Format Deck Highlight — 2nd Place Rapid Strike Malamar
Is Malamar making a comeback? The latest tournament result might indicate a coming wave! Should you be scared of Rapid Strike Urshifu anymore?
Pokemon Trading Card Game Gift Idea #1: Fusion Strike Elite Trainer Box
Is there a Pokemon Trading Card Game fan in your life? Not sure where to start this holiday season? Check back daily for more ideas!
Tord Reklev’s Updated Decklists for the Best 10 Pokemon TCG Decks!
This edition of the weekly rankings comes with some updated decklists, including some spicy techs in some of the best decks!
Beat Mew with Leafeon — Just Add a Couple Galarian Moltres V!
Leafeon VMAX has always been solid, but Mew’s free Retreat Cost has given it problems. Time for Galarian Moltres V!
Catching Up on Celebrations — Predictions for Both Sealed & Singles
TrainerChip returns with market predictions for both sealed products and singles from Celebrations. Should you act now?
Super Cheap Budget $20 Malamar Fusion Strike Pokemon TCG Deck
This Malamar deck can compete with the best of them, but only costs way less!
Jolteon w/ Switcher: Attack What You Need, Put Yourself in the Lead!
Isaiah wanted to speed up Jolteon, so Cross Switcher was added – attack what you need, put yourself in the lead!
DURALUDON Joins the TOP 10 Decks in Expanded!
Expanded is still here! Stéphane breaks down the 10 best decks in the format for your viewing pleasure – complete with decklists.
The Trashalanche Pokemon Podcast — Episode 67
This week the Trashalanche crew talks about the Celio-Zach Lesage-Tord Reklev square off, plus Mew, rogue decks, Suicune / Ludicolo and NAIC!
One-Shotting is Overrated – Play Jolteon VMAX Instead!
Who said you need to one-shot everything? Jolteon VMAX is perfectly fine two-shotting the competition and breaking Cross Switcher with it!
Is Mew STILL the Best Deck? Tord Updates the Top 10 Decks!
Tord updates Standard’s best 10 decks with Fusion Strike! Will Mew VMAX maintain its hold on the top spot?
The Sound of Silence — A Guide to Obstagoon From Fusion Strike
Is this Obstagoon deck for real, is there finally a solid single-prizer deck on the rise? Stéphane’s all about it – read up!
The New Way To Single Strike — Gengar VMAX / Houndoom (& Inteleon)
Inteleon might be of the Rapid Strike variety, but that doesn’t stop it from being a great partner with Gengar VMAX!
Gengar VMAX CRUSHES Mew VMAX! Beat the Best Deck
Mew causing you trouble? Crush it today with Gengar VMAX! This Single Strike deck is built to beat the best.
Healing, Healing Everywhere — Analyzing Fusion Strike’s Inteleon VMAX
Equipped with healing, spread damage and a consistent damage output, Inteleon VMAX has found its way to success in the metagame!
The GOON Returns! Fusion Strike Budget Deck That Hits Hard
Not ready to invest in Mew VMAX? Look no further than this fun-to-play Obstagoon budget deck that hits it for Weakness!
Mew HATES Weezing — Shut Down Your Opponent’s Cool New Deck
Did someone say Ability lock? Weezing is here once again, ready to shut down your opponent’s deck. Make Mew sad!
Is Mew the Best Deck? Tord’s Top 10 Fusion Strike Decks & Lists!
Tord reviews the first results in the Fusion Strike metagame, compiling the top 10 decks out there along with lists for each!
The Darkness-Type FST Deck to Beat: Moltres V / Sableye V / Inteleon
Can Galarian Moltres V carry a deck on its own? With some help from Inteleon and Sableye V, Natalie explains how.
Need for Speed — the Case for Battle VIP Pass
The ever-enigmatic Battle VIP Pass is here! What decks is it busted in and what decks should avoid it like the plague?
Got Grimmsnarl? You Gotta Try Out This Fusion Strike Budget Brew
It’s Grimmsnarl season – sift through your bulk and get these guys ready for action. This budget deck hits big!
Do What Tord Won’t: Unleash Cram-o-matic in Single Strike Today!
Get crazy with Cram-o-matic in Single Strike!
Single Strike VIP! Updated Fusion Strike Urshifu / Umbreon Decklist
Single Strike got a big buff with Fusion Strike. Grab your VIP tickets and get ready to fill your Bench turn one!
The Trashalanche Pokemon Podcast — Episode 66
This week the crew talks about the Full Grip 1K tournaments, PTCG Live and its delay, Netflix and Mew! Come have a listen.
Tord’s Mew / Genesect Deck’s Won 24 in a Row w/ No Draw Supporters!
Ready for Tord’s Mew decklist? Not sure if you are. No Supporters – really? Apparently you don’t need ’em!
ChannelFireball Announces Premier Card Grading Partnership
ChannelFireball is excited to announce a partnership with Premier Card Grading to provide expert-level grading services fast and easy!
You Won’t Believe This Bulk Card… Tord Previews Fusion Strike!
Tord shows off some of the best cards from Fusion Strike, including one you might not expect! The power rankings return next week.
Fusion Strike Deck: Checkmate Is Back with Inteleon VMAX!
Alex returns with a new Rapid Strike Inteleon VMAX brew! Checkmate your opponent’s with Medicham V, made so much better with Double Gunner.
Back in the Eternal Zone — Eternatus VMAX in Fusion Strike
Dragapult VMAX was able to bounce back after Rebel Clash, so why not Eternatus? Stephane thinks Fusion Strike can bring the archetype back!
Pokemon Fusion Strike Buyer’s Guide
Wondering what to get or what Pokemon’s latest expansion, Fusion Strike, has to offer? Check out CFB’s official Fusion Strike Buyer’s Guide!
Fusion Strike Brings Some NEW Single-Prize Pokemon to the Table!
Ready to upgrade your budget deck? Fusion Strike introduces a handful of new options that will make it better than ever.
Flip the Table with This Updated Dragapult VMAX Decklist!
Tord has Dragapult at the number two spot on the most recent power rankings, but should the list be playing Crushing Hammer?