note.com/cultclxssic/... this is a great interview with longtime Japanese TCG player Negi/RASPBERRYBELLE. Cool to see stories about playing in 2004-2008, and also the history of grassroots retro in Japan!

These are some of the giveaways we’ll be raffling off at the Card Party RS-PK retro tournament! If you’re at Card Party you should sign up for the event if you haven’t yet 😉 play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6...

Top 32 playmats for the RS-PK Emerald City Showdown have arrived! These are designed and illustrated by local artist Myra Lara (mylar.carrd.co) and they look great. Join us at Card Party in Seattle on 10/4 for a chance to win one (+giveaways & cash prizing): play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6...

There's an in-person RS-PK tournament at Card Party Seattle on 10/4! Card Party website: card.party Tournament info: play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6... Hotel event rates: book.passkey.com/event/509019... There will be giveways and cash+playmat prizing; hope to see some of y'all there!

There's a cool 24-hour Pokemon TCG retro stream event that will be happening tomorrow, check it out! Folks will try to play 350 different decks across all eras of the game in one day. twitch.tv/moxiecardshop

Coming back from NAIC, I had thoughts about the iconic play at the end of the Tord vs Riley semifinals, and how the Scarlet & Violet block has been designed to allow this kind of play. I consolidated these thoughts in an article for my blog! lubyllule.blogspot.com/2025/06/when...

Ray Chen shocked the Pokemon TCG world by making top cut in Portland with Toedscruel ex We got to talk to Ray about the deck, matchups and how they only played it due to a coin flip the night before Find us on all podcasting platforms! YouTube at 9am Pacific

Hello, I decided to write a tournament report from CL Aichi on my blog. (Also I have a blog now.) Check it out if you want to see what it was like playing in Japan, my thoughts on the format, is Regidrago broken, and more! lubyllule.blogspot.com/2025/05/cham...

when I said I wanted “near mint” this was not what I had in mind

Join us at Tabletop Village for the next retro night, featuring XY Block!

15 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Flytaria list: Delzoun Need to test how consistent this list is and how well it deals with Sceptile ex δ, vs a more traditional Flygon (ex) δ build. One thing I'm sure of is that it does look very cool when it's sleeved up...

Due to popular demand, we will be playing some Prop 15/3 for retro next week at TTV!

14 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Ratlock list: Erik Reeds Happy World Rat Day! Raticate RG recurs 3 cards vs Minun DX's 1; this is one of the premier control decks of the format, alongside Rayler and Camler. (It struggles to finish irl games in 30 minutes; most of its success has been on tcgone.) #PokemonTCG

The next Retro Night (Thursday 3/27 6 pm at Tabletop Village) features the SM block format, Sun & Moon-Cosmic Eclipse! I built 25 decks for this format and I regret nothing! Totally no regrets at all!

If you're in the Seattle area and you like Pokémon TCG, swing by for Retro Night, 6 PM on Thursdays at Tabletop Village! This Thursday 3/20 we'll be jamming 2009 Worlds. Come touch some old cardboard with us!

hey! we're going to be running a 2006 retro event at Full Grip Games on March 28th @ 6:30 PM!! check out the details and sign up at this link play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6...

Okay people are saying that cards have been getting more and more expensive but imo there are still some great deals out there! Just gotta do a bit of digging. #PokemonTCG

Dad: "We have Prismatic Evolutions at home" Prismatic Evolutions at home: #PokemonTCG

13 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Flariados list: me Flariados, the meme-y little coin flip deck that could(n't top any tournaments in this format) #PokemonTCG

Is there anyone in the world whose favorite Pokemon is Jangmo-o? I feel like no

12 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Feraligatr / Nidoqueen aka Drag Queen list: unknown tcgone retro poster Originally an '07 archetype. It's susceptible to Pow antics (though you can attempt to mitigate by delaying taking KOs), but Drag Off is a good attack. Surely we can fit a 1-0-1 Sceptile ex δ in here...?

11 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Limitation Dragtrode (list: ??) Does Dragtrode things—Drag Off, Dark Ring, attacking Dragonite+Briney—plus another trick of early-game Limitation, swooping into something else later. Is this better than the regular lists? Idk. But it is very funny.

The Sleeve Blind Test is FINALLY over for me Congrats to FCBCArmor on the win! If you prefer riffle shuffling, I recommend EndGame If you use Katanas, id suggest swapping over to DuelSpec And if you have a cube, please use KMC Hyper Matte

The original printing of Cyrus Prism Star is mistranslated; it's only playable when you have a W or M Pokémon in the Active Spot (the card was always played with errata). There actually was a later print run w/correct text! I've got both copies & will use the corrected one for retro. #PokemonTCG

10 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Dragonite ex δ list: Jason K. Not confident about this list. Could run Sceptile EM so Stantler confusion is a non-issue, or Xatu δ to help break through a Jirachi DX wall (alongside Cursed Stone), plus take KOs quicker. The archetype seems like it has potential!

9 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Dark Steelix list: Jason K. An '05 archetype that gets Cessation Crystal in RS-PK. I suppose it's beginner-friendly but imo not interesting enough or good enough to actually be a good intro to the format. #pokemontcg

8 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Cradily list: Que Que is an innovative modern-day RSPK brewer from Japan. This is a control deck that can Pow things up and trap them with Cradily SS. Raticate can recur resources and disruption pieces. Check out Que's article on it: note.com/q_q_ball/n/n...

7 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Chiro Special list: Chiro A Legend Toolbox variant focusing on Lati@s ex + Mewtwo δ DS. The joke in the community is that only Chiro knows how to play it competently. Easy to swap in different techs as needed. Resilient to Screechy Voice since everything's a Basic. #pokemontcg

I’m there on Sunday to discuss ⚡️ networking! ⚡️ Join me at 1pm to learn how we can build community, cultivate connection, and try out networking right there at the convention.

Wigglytuff alignment chart, courtesy of wide_udin on the tcgone discord

6 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | CamLer list: Jason Jason invented this in 2022 (after RayLer, the other bullying Stantler deck). Unlike RayLer, it can spread while its attacker has Cess, although Rayquaza ex δ is the more powerful Pokemon. (If you cut Unown you can build this all non-holo...) #pokemontcg

5 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | BombTar list: Frosty The Big Bad of the format. Dark Ttar is great with Pow+Trode shenanigans because it's got a lot of HP and good attacks. Pic is an old one, I think I switched this over irl to use Holon FF, as well as 2nd Jirachi HL.

4 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | BombCatty List: Jason K Unsure how good this is vs Scrambled Eggs (not to mention PowTar). Delcatty does not have a lot of HP! Jason has added some spice—1-1 Persian and Tauros. Surprise Time Machine lets you reuse the same Delcatty's Power, but Jason only runs 1.

My newest retro gauntlet not only has fancy printed labels and matching boxes, but also slick QR codes that link to picture decklists! Not only that, but the site sources from Google Sheets, so any changes can be reflected in a few seconds w/o editing a post or doing a deployment

3 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Banette list: Rhogar Some lists run Mew star as an anti-control tech (recur the E Switch if they try to loop Pow). That's very funny, but this list is the more traditional one with Jolteon star (effectively +20 damage)

Very amusing eBay listing went up for 16 completely trashed Worlds decks (www.ebay.com/itm/28609045... )... and luckily we have an unboxing video from Whimsicast for this lot! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP3j...

🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉 To celebrate the new batch coming in I'm giving away 5 packs of DuelSpec sleeves, with the winner picking their color! Enter by: 1. Like & Share 2. Follow this acct 3. Comment what color you would choose That's it! Good luck everyone who enters and see y'all in Sacramento!

2 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Arcanine ex list: Jay Hornung One of the premier aggro decks in the format, alongside Banette

1 | RS-PK / ADVPCG | Absolutions a top deck in 2007, but not so much in RS-PK as it does not deal with Cessation+Pow+Admin antics very well

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