Pokeballing: Getting New Players Started

So a friend was asking me about what is a good fun deck to play in the Pokemon TCG today. It got me thinking out of all the current top tier meta decks right now which one is the easiest to acquire the majority of the cards for.

Of all the top tier decks in the current meta right now, Zekeels is by far the easiest to acquire cards for.

Here is all the things you will need to buy to build the base skeleton of Zekeels rather easily.

1.

Noble Victories Furious Knights theme deck is the fastest and easiest way to acquire both Tynamo and Eelektrik. This deck is also a good way to get your hands on N and Switch as well as Super Rod and Great Ball, cards that if your a new player testing the waters of this TCG, will take the place of certain cards that are harder to obtain. To build a good working skeleton of Zekeels i would suggest two of these.

2x Furious Knights Theme Decks. $29.98

2.

The Voltage Vortex Theme Deck from Next Destinies will provide players with 2 Zekroms. This deck also provides great Supporter cards like Professor Juniper, and Cilan. Also this deck provides Level Balls, which makes searching for your Eelektriks that much easier. This is another deck that I would consider buying 2 of since we are doing this on a slight budget the extra Junipers and Level Balls will help cover cards that you cannot acquire cheaply.

2x Voltage Vortex Theme Deck $29.98

3.

Forces of Nature is perhaps the last necessary piece to building this skeleton as it provides you with Thundurus. This package also provides with you with Tornadus as well which will serve your well as a counter to Fighting Pokemon like Terrakion and Landorus. Also on a nice side note two of the packs in this set may provide you with Pokemon Catchers which are a staple in all decks, and the Call of Legends also has many great trainers in the set as well such as Professor Oaks New Theory, Copycat, Dual Ball, Lost Remover and Sages Training (which is played alot in most Zekeel builds). I would suggest two or more of these since the packs are a great way to build your trainer line and the spare Thundurus and Tornadus can be used to trade for other common cards you need. For the skeleton only 2 are actually needed.

2x Forces of Nature $29.98 ( might be able to be picked up for cheaper depending on your area)

so with these three things put together we sit with a grand total of 89.94 for the base skeleton of a top tier deck. Keep in mind that if you enjoy this game and wanna take it to a professional level such as Cities, Provincials, Regionals and Nationals you will need to add some things to it.

Other Products to buy

Explosive Edge Starter deck- Skyarrow Bridge, Cheren

Zekrom EX Tin-Zekrom EX

Noble Victories Packs- Terrakion, Eviolite, more Eelektrik

Next Destinies- Mewtwo EX, Zekrom EX, Skyarrow Bridge

Emerging Powers- Pokemon Catcher, Great Ball (see below)

Call of Legends

HS-Triumphant- Junk Arm

Heart Gold Soul Silver- Pokemon Collector

The last two packs may be harder to come by as the sets are older. Also it should be noted that come September of this year we might hit another set rotation. This means that Triumphant and Heart Gold

might be rotated out.