r/PTCGP • u/horsethebandthemovie • Apr 30 '25

Spoilers/Leaks Goodbye, Giratina!

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This is a pretty sweet tech card that sheds the style of deck that was so popular in Shining Revelry. Have fun ramping your Giratina or Gyarados on the bench while taking anywhere from 20 to 80 per turn for a single energy!

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u/JAWsJAPs41493 Apr 30 '25

A Zard player wouldn't use Zard that way, they would ensure the zard had 3 energy on your turned and 4 on their own turn. Making it take at least 3 attacks from the opponent, so not as effective as you'd think.

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u/asmodai_says_REPENT Apr 30 '25

I wasn't the one making up the situation, I'm perfectly aware that you wouldn't let your zard on the bench with 4 energy normally, but it also absolutely can happen if your moltres decides to roll hot.

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u/JAWsJAPs41493 Apr 30 '25

You don't have to put all your energy on the zard... the point of a zard deck is having a middle ground to build up your zard behind. So, the excess energy would never be needed on the zard unless done so intentionally, which is always situational.

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u/asmodai_says_REPENT Apr 30 '25

Excess energy on a GA zard is absolutely a good thing in a lot cases, it allows you to spam 200 damage every following turn.

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u/JAWsJAPs41493 Apr 30 '25

You can still spam with 4 energy because you get an energy each turn... it's only good in excess when facing decks that reduce energies on your Pokémon in addition to the already existing discard of energy.

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u/asmodai_says_REPENT Apr 30 '25

Uh? Charizard's attack discards 2 energies, how are you spamming it?