Top 10 Cards From The First Gen in the Pokemon TCG (Base Set to Gym Challenge)

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  • čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
  • The Pokemon Trading Card Game, akin to the video games, are divided by generations. With each new generation comes new card design and new rules, but in this video we’ll be throwing it back to the first Generation of Pokemon and take a look at the top cards that were used throughout this time.
    Script by Chaotic Meatball
    Edited by Lily
    The List
    Intro: (0:00)
    10:Wigglytuff (Jungle): (0:12)
    9: Dark Vileplume (Team Rocket): (1:45)
    8: Computer Search (Base Set): (3:45)
    7: Rocket’s Sneak Attack (Team Rocket) & The Rocket’s Trap (Gym Heroes): (5:14)
    6: Lickitung (Jungle): (6:40)
    5: Hitmonchan & Electabuzz (Base Set) & Scyther (Jungle): (8:07)
    4: Mewtwo (WOTC Promo): (9:57)
    3: Bill (Base Set): (11:58)
    2: Professor Oak (Base Set): (11:54)
    1: Energy Removal & Super Energy Removal (Base Set): (13:51)
    #pokemon #pokemontcg

Komentáře • 310

  • @Aoi_Tori_
    @Aoi_Tori_ Před rokem +370

    I use Bill, which allows me to draw 2 cards from my deck.

    • @SirTorcharite
      @SirTorcharite Před rokem +38

      And for my turn! First I'll play POT OF GREED and draw two cards!

    • @TiztasticallyWicked
      @TiztasticallyWicked Před rokem +38

      BILL OF GREED!

    • @ColdEmperor
      @ColdEmperor Před rokem +9

      I love this community.

    • @ZeroHero3d
      @ZeroHero3d Před rokem +38

      Pokemon TCG player: "I play the Trainer card Bill to draw two cards."
      MtG player: "I tap my mana to cast a Sorcery Spell, allowing me to draw two cards."
      YGO player: "I play a 15+ card combo, recite the national anthem backwards while hopping on one foot, correctly reprogram my grandparents VCR, sacrifice my youngest sibling in a blood ritual, re-balance our country's national debt, universally solve world peace, cure cancer and poverty in one single night...and then I get to draw one card."

    • @voltrya6844
      @voltrya6844 Před rokem +7

      @@ZeroHero3d the ygo part is too low. you need to sacrifice yourself in the ritual too

  • @HollandTHG
    @HollandTHG Před rokem +43

    I adore the artwork on the Supporter Oak card. Of course he's reached out of frame, nudged the text over, and used the space for more notes.

    • @darko-hexar
      @darko-hexar Před rokem +4

      It's such a nice artwork! It's not very often that non-full art trainer cards get to leave their frame (the only other example coming to mind is Battle City, though I'm sure there's others), so it's quite the visual treat.

  • @ChaoticMeatballTV
    @ChaoticMeatballTV Před rokem +263

    You haven't witnessed disappointment until you've played the insanity that is Wigglytuff Trapper. If you're familiar with Yugioh, it's more consistent than Topologic Gumblar Dragon handloops, that's how insane it was.

    • @CommanderSal
      @CommanderSal Před rokem +6

      He has a yugioh channel

    • @thesatiricalmoose6452
      @thesatiricalmoose6452 Před rokem +74

      @@CommanderSal Yes Logs has a channel, but meatball’s comment was a helpful comparison for me to understand the consistency

    • @krullachief669
      @krullachief669 Před rokem +10

      Don't you mean Do The Hand Control?

    • @ChaoticMeatballTV
      @ChaoticMeatballTV Před rokem +13

      @@krullachief669 SOMEONE KNOWS LETS GOOOOOOO

    • @krullachief669
      @krullachief669 Před rokem

      @@ChaoticMeatballTV I saw you commit that warcrime against Celio's Network over on Beastcoast, course I know.

  • @lilsunny7399
    @lilsunny7399 Před rokem +74

    I remember playing Rain Dance in the old gameboy game. you used pokemon breeder to cheat out blastoise onto your bench and then you could ignore the rules and drop as many water energy per turn as you wanted. combined with oak and bill to refill your hand you could fuel some heavy hitters very quickly.

    • @universalperson
      @universalperson Před rokem +13

      I played Rain Dance in Real Life at a local game store.
      I only played two games but I won both of them. Turboing out a fully equipped Blastoise was very powerful...especially when everyone else kept trying to bring out their Charizards.

    • @misterlinux9290
      @misterlinux9290 Před rokem +6

      @@universalperson genwinners lizard fans be like 😭

    • @universalperson
      @universalperson Před rokem +4

      @@misterlinux9290 Kids in my school days: Pick Charmander, lose to Brock
      Me, an intellectual: Pick Bulbasaur, be effective against first three Gyms.

    • @LtheOriginal
      @LtheOriginal Před rokem

      I know that feeling. Nothing more satisfying than hitting those straight 60's on turn 2, whilst your opponent is struggling to put energy cards onto their Pokemon.

    • @lachlank.8270
      @lachlank.8270 Před rokem

      Did you also think the game broke when the weird Japanese injoke character appeared?

  • @HybridAngelZero
    @HybridAngelZero Před rokem +95

    Hearing Duel Logs talk about the Pokemon TCG is wonderfully surreal xD
    How about Top Ten "Dark" Pokemon from the Team Rocket set? :D

    • @Dee-jp7ek
      @Dee-jp7ek Před rokem +7

      I'd love this because he typically describes what the cards he talking about are (like explaining synchros for a synchro list) and I'm not familiar with the pokemon tgc so I can be caught up to speed.

    • @69Turnips
      @69Turnips Před rokem

      Dark Gengar #1

    • @pac1841
      @pac1841 Před rokem +6

      Very funny to see him calling a Pokemon as "monster" haha

    • @SproingBoing
      @SproingBoing Před rokem +3

      @@pac1841 I mean, he's technically not wrong. Doesn't make it any less surreal though lol

    • @fawfulmark2
      @fawfulmark2 Před rokem +2

      #1 from the original is Dark Vileplume by a country mile.
      If you include Returns, Dark Tyranitar and Dark Dragonite would be around the top too.

  • @TheGloriousLobsterEmperor

    God damn, this guy really has a channel for every card game.

  • @CenetaurmanE52
    @CenetaurmanE52 Před rokem +69

    Kind of shocked to see Professor Oak *not* at #1, but I respect Energy Removal.

    • @jedisstories9206
      @jedisstories9206 Před rokem +9

      Personally I think that Oak is better than energy removal in that if I were only able to run one of the two in a deck I would choose Professor Oak. However, I feel like energy removal really shaped the metagame, gatekeeping high-energy decks and stage 1 &2's which I believe makes it deserving of number 1 based on how different the game would have been at the time had energy removal not existed.
      :)

    • @fawfulmark2
      @fawfulmark2 Před rokem +8

      Oak(and by extension the remastered modern variants of Professor's Resarch) have an inherent balance in design by how there's a risk/reward factor because in exchange for getting resources faster, you pit yourself closer to decking out-which was even more powerful in the Base Era days.
      With(Super) Energy Removal though there wasn't much balance- they were designed to be 1-for-1 cards, but because of how important a resource Energy is in the Pokemon game having such a powerful option of resource denial was too much, which is why decks that had low Energy costs(Stall/Haymaker/DtW) or could generate more Energy effectively(Rain Dance/Psyburn) were the only major ones that could float.
      It's a small gap, but the latter was so oppressive that it had to be #1. As a fun bonus fact, the first major Pokemon card to be banned from tournament play(excluding promos like Ancient Mew and Birthday Pikachu) was Neo Genesis Sneasel, and the reason why was because the first set rotation got rid of the Energy Removals which were the only cards keeping it tame.

    • @Mitjitsu
      @Mitjitsu Před rokem +5

      There's decks like Venusaur's Leaf Trans that would be viable were it not for the existence of Super/Energy Removal.

  • @lkjkhfggd
    @lkjkhfggd Před rokem +10

    I'm surprised gust of wind didn't make the list. I remember making decks with friends using my friend's huge collection of old cards, and we always ran 4.

  • @RareCandyTCG
    @RareCandyTCG Před rokem +5

    Great stuff! You're killing it with these countdowns/video essays

  • @Maravillante
    @Maravillante Před rokem +67

    Yugioh is like “Drawing cards is too powerful, ban simple cards with that effect or let them have cards after jumping bunches of hoops”
    And Pokemon is like “Whatever man, here take 3 or 7 cards in one move, go have fun”

    • @matthewkuscienko4616
      @matthewkuscienko4616 Před rokem +19

      You have to realize this is the way it is because the 2 games are completely different in how they are played, and this affects the value of cards that let you draw more from your deck. In Yugioh, you can play the cards you draw into much more freely, and from what I've heard (I haven't played Yugioh in years at this point), trap cards have lost a lot of value because they need to be set for a turn first before you can use their effects; as a result, decks have been focusing more and more heavily on being able to play as much of what they can in a single turn to establish their board. Pokemon, on the other hand, makes it far harder to set up in one turn because you often have to set up other Pokemon to evolve first, and the fact that energy cards exist at all makes it much harder to actually attack because you need the extra resource to do so, being especially aggravated if your attack needs a lot of energy to pull off; because of this, drawing effects are often much more powerful in Pokemon in order to make it easier to facilitate this type of gameplay. There's also the fact that in Yugioh, you can have anywhere from 40 to 60 cards in your deck, usually leaning closer to 40 to make it easier to draw into what you need faster; meanwhile in Pokemon tcg, you have to have 60 cards in your deck, this means that you're playing with a bigger deck size, and thus having stronger effects that draw more cards is honestly a necessity to help make sure you can get what you need sooner, while having smaller decks in Yugioh makes it possible to not need as powerful of drawing effects to thin your deck quicker without risking decking out

    • @mattutter3525
      @mattutter3525 Před rokem +2

      @@matthewkuscienko4616 One thing that seems to have happened to TCG in more recent years is the pace has crept up as well as the power. Quite often games are now decided in less than 5 turns, an if you're just playing against random people on PTCGO games can often be only 3 turns. Although I think this is largely due to abilities rather than draw cards.
      I only really played TCG in gen 6 and more recent days, but i have to admit I think I much prefer the gen 6 days as the power creep hadn't gotten out of hand by that point, for want of a better phrase.

    • @MGX93dot
      @MGX93dot Před rokem +3

      this neglects the fact that yugioh is a TCG that has >no resources< unlike pokemon (energy) or MTG (mana via lands)

    • @matthewkuscienko4616
      @matthewkuscienko4616 Před rokem

      @@mattutter3525 I feel that the pace of the game speeding up, as you noted, is in no small part due to the power creep; this has happened in Yugioh, too. It's a natural occurrence that comes with power creep: not only do attacks do more damage and Pokemon have their maximum HP pushed higher, but other effects that let you accelerate energy and other things of that nature get better, too, which results in decks being able to get their boards set up faster and games end faster as a result. But it seems that drawing effects haven't really gotten appreciably more powerful as the game has aged, given that Professor's Research, originally printed as Professor Oak, has continued to remain in the game from day one and has remained the gold standard for draw power, probably because making this sort of effect too much stronger would become too much

  • @fawfulmark2
    @fawfulmark2 Před rokem +3

    10:00 "....handed out to attendees of the First Pokemon Movie in late 1999"
    Hey, that's me!

    • @SkinnySweatyMan
      @SkinnySweatyMan Před rokem +2

      "We totally knew they were gonna be worth something one day so everybody hermetically sealed their promo cards and locked them away in safety deposit boxes"
      ....Says absolutely nobody ever.

  • @armak97
    @armak97 Před rokem +2

    Unfortunately i found this awesome TCG game too late... In 2011 and i hadnt chance to play this classic cards. So I ordered old Vintage cards and my plan is create 2 old decks for playing with my wife and friends. Sometimes put modern decks to the closet and enjoy some classic :D
    Thank you for tips to great cards! :))
    Great video !!!

  • @swaggashow
    @swaggashow Před rokem +2

    YES you do pokemon too! This guy is an absolute legend. Incredible delivery, knowledge and overall experience of how CZcams top 10z should be. Bravo 👏🏽

  • @ig56ruje
    @ig56ruje Před rokem +1

    oh a new channel. nice. i remember years ago u really wanted to learn pokemon tcg. great that it works out

  • @kaworuscott
    @kaworuscott Před rokem +2

    A few years back some world champ players went back and revisited this format. They said Lickitung was the best card in the format.

  • @25tundra95
    @25tundra95 Před rokem +12

    Id love to learn more about the pokemon tcg, please keep these coming

  • @JC_Space
    @JC_Space Před rokem +3

    So great to hear TheDuelLogs talking about The Pokemon TCG, I wish you success on this new channel.

  • @ThatGulpinGuy
    @ThatGulpinGuy Před rokem +7

    Love these videos. I don’t play the tcg and I’ve always been curious about stuff like this.

  • @CommanderSal
    @CommanderSal Před rokem +2

    I've been here since your Classic WoW logs, and I want to say that I love your voice. I've fallen asleep to it so many times. Congratulations on your success as a content creator. I hope that every channel is worth subbing to and I will continue to support all your channels. My favorite is your channel for MT. I was so excited when it was made. I'm really happy for you. 😁

  • @Kanati96
    @Kanati96 Před rokem +4

    Let's gooooooo! I've always had a casual interest in the Pokemon card game and now my favorite CZcamsr is making videos on it!

  • @DG_Raizen
    @DG_Raizen Před rokem +2

    Yu-Gi-Oh player here. I didn't even know about this channel. It just happened to come up on my recommended. You should definitely advertise and advertise often these other channels on Duel Logs.

  • @errimusberrimus383
    @errimusberrimus383 Před rokem +47

    I never knew that energy removal was such a rare effect after gen 1, though my only experience with the TCG was the dedicated video game. It never felt overbearing, but that's probably because the computer never really knew how to capitalize on the opportunity I guess.

    • @Julford
      @Julford Před rokem +9

      Yeah, the CPU decks in the game are all really underwhelming, which is understandable considering you're never expected to get close to a competitive-viable deck yourself.

    • @bduddy55555
      @bduddy55555 Před rokem +1

      It's an insane card, if you want to be even remotely competitive you should probably run 4, and it's just backbreaking to be set back an entire turn basically.

    • @JamesDavy2009
      @JamesDavy2009 Před rokem +1

      @@bduddy55555 It even had a theme deck built around it called Blackout.

    • @hv433
      @hv433 Před rokem +2

      Oh man, if you played the sequel, there's one opponent who spams Energy Removal cards. You can't do anything against their Snorlaxes, Chanseys, and Kangaskhans without energy...
      Their deck was probably one of the toughest decks in the game imo. The other hardest was probably the Rain Dance deck in the post game.

  • @omarlopez6518
    @omarlopez6518 Před rokem +8

    I had no idea the duel logs had a Pokémon TCG channel!!! 😊 good thing I’m a fan of both card games

  • @sagacious03
    @sagacious03 Před rokem +1

    Neat video! Thanks for uploading!

  • @danielmills7606
    @danielmills7606 Před rokem +3

    This gave me a lot of nostalgia! I used to go to my LGS during the run of these expansions for the pokemon events WotC would host. It was awesome, I remember learning strategies like card advantage for the first time, why Oak was an obvious 4x in every deck, being destroyed by Haymaker decks with their versatility! Earning promo cards and rad gym badge pins. My finest moment was showing up with the sneasel neo genesis deck and wrecking house. dark + steel energy was wild at the time! great times! great video!

  • @PinClockFuntime
    @PinClockFuntime Před rokem +1

    Oh this is nice, looking forward to more Pokemon vids!

  • @andresgarcia-eh6oj
    @andresgarcia-eh6oj Před rokem +2

    Ive never played pokemon tcg but enjoy your narrations and explanations

  • @PhazonOmega
    @PhazonOmega Před rokem +4

    I ALWAYS KNEW LICKITUNG AND ELECTABUZZ WERE STRONG! I loved Lickitung's stun with damage and his hp, and Electibuzz just pummeled opponents. In fact, most of these I remember thinking were really good, and I was a kid with no understanding of metas or decklists or why Pokemon Breeder was a rare.

  • @delix
    @delix Před rokem +2

    One that may be worth an honorable mention would be Jungle Set Clefable. 1 energy to copy any of the defending pokemon's abilities without any of the discard costs is pretty powerful. Especially with some of the stronger 3 and 4 cost abilites.

  • @lucymcelhone4332
    @lucymcelhone4332 Před rokem

    This channel is exactly what I need, thank you much!!!

  • @kisapniaq
    @kisapniaq Před rokem

    beautiful list haha, we love to see it

  • @SomeCleverAlias
    @SomeCleverAlias Před rokem +1

    Really glad to see the poo logs analyzing other card games. Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! have been favorites of mine for over 20 years :3

  • @DonbotS
    @DonbotS Před 2 měsíci +1

    I like how you called Wigglytuff a monster @1:37

  • @universalperson
    @universalperson Před rokem +2

    I remember when Duel Logs was trying to review the power of Pokemon cards and was like "Drawing two cards once a turn isn't that good an effect?" I of course, remembered the days of Bill and Oak.

  • @Robahomusic
    @Robahomusic Před rokem +1

    Nice one. I used to play that Gen 1 Traiding Card GB game all day.

  • @xealaz8054
    @xealaz8054 Před rokem +1

    I was like the thumbnail looks like Hiru. Then I clicked the vid and was surprised it is you! Wow I’m loving this new channel already pokemon and wow are my childhood

  • @zonghey
    @zonghey Před rokem +1

    Thank you for making this channel. I always watched all your yugioh videos but being a pokemon player I always wanted someone to make similar videos for pokemon. I feel like one of my wishes came true

  • @SasakiKiyotaka
    @SasakiKiyotaka Před rokem

    Even MORE card news? Splendid!

  • @avgj3859
    @avgj3859 Před rokem +9

    I would love to see a top 10 list for each Pokemon card set.

  • @dfpamg
    @dfpamg Před rokem

    Great videos. Keep it. Up my dude.

  • @zelphaer
    @zelphaer Před 4 měsíci

    I am so happy to learn about Wigglytuff. When I was a kid I had wigglytuff and plus power, and those two were a combo I really wanted to put into practice

  • @FUNFLL
    @FUNFLL Před rokem +1

    Nice video bro, i expect Nova against a quiz of pokemon TCG xddd

  • @pikiptcg
    @pikiptcg Před rokem +1

    Found you through the funny bird app, instantly subbed 💚

  • @ShakerGER
    @ShakerGER Před rokem

    I can't belive you have so much time to do ALLTHE card games

  • @theedslanky1235
    @theedslanky1235 Před rokem

    okay, I'm hooked

  • @UfodexENMD
    @UfodexENMD Před rokem

    I don't even play Pokémon TCG I just enjoy listening to you talk

  • @AiEbihara
    @AiEbihara Před rokem +1

    New Channel. Same amazing quality everytime

  • @vasvsilva
    @vasvsilva Před rokem

    Love the vid! Man, you do know a lot about those children's card games

  • @wafflebroz
    @wafflebroz Před rokem +2

    Funny that Fossil’s Muk’s power finally made it to the video games in Gen 8

  • @bcat010
    @bcat010 Před rokem +1

    Duellogs is venturing into Pokemon? Pretty sick. Look forward to future videos.

  • @shiaorankum
    @shiaorankum Před rokem

    Nice video

  • @yingmustang67
    @yingmustang67 Před měsícem

    Ahhhh bring back memories..... I played the famous Blastoise deck against a Haymaker deck with Artiguno vs. Electrabuz, and finally, I won a tournament! Energy was not a problem voor uncle Blastoise!

  • @klasky123
    @klasky123 Před rokem

    Just found this channel. Love it! Your voice sounds familiar though. Do you also make WoW videos?

  • @LunarWingCloud
    @LunarWingCloud Před rokem

    I never subbed to a new channel so fast

  • @Antemos
    @Antemos Před rokem +1

    Duel logs grind never stops.

  • @trobairitz_4185
    @trobairitz_4185 Před rokem

    I'm sure someone mentioned this but crushing hammer got an F block reprint in Japan so I think like Boss, Research, and switch it is intended to be a game staple :) Great vid, didnt know you had a pokemon channel too!

  • @CrystalSpirit7
    @CrystalSpirit7 Před rokem +4

    So many cards I had in the past, but having parents who had no clues of long-term value (and conservation) and us being stupid kids ...

  • @timothyquinn4919
    @timothyquinn4919 Před rokem +1

    Mr. Mime was a beast in its day, so hard to get rid of especially when you spammed potions, and recursion.

  • @lauraj349
    @lauraj349 Před rokem

    Hell yeah !

  • @lalilulelo.n.stitch
    @lalilulelo.n.stitch Před rokem +8

    Lickitung was good mainly for Tongue Wrap than Supersonic because it was a more consistent Chansey especially in Stall.
    Not to mention that Lickitung pairs much better with cards like Moltres, Magmar, and Mr. Mime (which somehow wasn't mentioned in this list as it shuts down Rain Dance decks with its Pokemon Power which negates damage higher than 20)
    It was also paired with Scoop Up for an easy 0 retreat cost.

    • @costby1105
      @costby1105 Před rokem +4

      Lickitung also wasn't discovered until 15 years after it came out 2014. It was never really put on any deck lists.
      czcams.com/video/i3dIl45lXB8/video.html

    • @flagrama
      @flagrama Před rokem

      @@costby1105 That's what I thought. The video makes it sound like it was a deck in use during the 1999 era, but my understanding was that it was only popular once people start revisiting old formats competitively again.

  • @KnightmarePhoenix_official

    Yay!!! DuelLogs has a Pokémon channel!

  • @Myky44kinwai
    @Myky44kinwai Před rokem

    It feels so surreal, seeing these old old cards.
    I still play PTCGO, while I do miss the old decks and tech, no way in hell would I wanna see them again.
    Actually was expecting Slowking to be mentioned, since Dark Vileplume is in the list.

  • @DeadAceStudios
    @DeadAceStudios Před rokem

    YOOOOOO, YOURE DOING POKEMON VIDS NOW??? HYPE!!!

  • @viewtifuljon8105
    @viewtifuljon8105 Před rokem +2

    Guest of wind and Mr Mime were also really good. Mr Mime could shut down so many of your opponents options.

  • @anubjin
    @anubjin Před rokem

    I am so proud that I realized as a 12yo kid that Scyther turn 1 with 1 green energy into turn 2 double colorless energy pretty much KO'd everyone I played against. xD
    I had a good winning streak against my friends. It was my signature opening.

  • @kylemartin2487
    @kylemartin2487 Před rokem

    Don’t know why this came up in my suggestions but it got me curious enough to finally learn how I was supposed to play cards. As I came here from the schoolyard rules era. . . And judging by the fact DexLogs showcased many non Pokémon cards… I gotta lotta learning to do

  • @SkinnySweatyMan
    @SkinnySweatyMan Před rokem +1

    I'll always be impartial to the old Mewtwo mulligan deck. 4 copies of Mewtwo and 56 psychic energy cards. 🤣

  • @Ganmeyde
    @Ganmeyde Před rokem +1

    Energy removal actually had a bit of a comeback at the end of the XY era. Crushing and enhanced hammer were both legal and I ran a rogue deck built around mega mawile, who had basically a double crushing hammer effect when she attacked.
    Throw in the amount of energy ramp available to mega pokémon, and available recursion for the hammers on top of a metagame dominated by special energy and you could get some very funny results that made some people very angry

    • @Jrpg_guy
      @Jrpg_guy Před rokem +1

      Oh god I hated it, god damn everybody played the hammers.

    • @MrShukaku1991
      @MrShukaku1991 Před rokem

      Honestly, I'm surprised it hasn't come back given how often you see Energy ramping effects nowadays.

  • @meatballsandpain
    @meatballsandpain Před rokem

    This video is so cool

  • @InciniumVGC
    @InciniumVGC Před rokem

    I played with all of these cards in the past. Man.

  • @NolenJacobson
    @NolenJacobson Před rokem +1

    Early on there was a really strong deck that used Chansey, Scoop Up, pokemon center, and the like to stall out other decks.
    Fossil Gastly was pretty good. 50HP, free retreat cost, fighting resist, 1 energy attack that paralyzed.
    Lass is always a strong card. shuffling back all trainer cards is game winning. getting rid of the opponents energy removal or computer search that they're holding onto gives you a huge advantage. Using your Prof Oaks and Bills to dig for it going first so you can shuffle back your opponents Prof Oaks and Bills gives you a huge consistency advantage and potentially a tempo advantage too.

  • @scotthorn3996
    @scotthorn3996 Před rokem

    I was not aware one of my favorite WoW CZcamsrs had a separate Pokemon TCG channel.

  • @tiniracoon
    @tiniracoon Před 10 měsíci

    That reminds me of the Hyper Beam attack in the first cards, a free eenrgy removal for every turn to stall forever

  • @ShiriusuNH
    @ShiriusuNH Před 2 měsíci

    Can't believe Ditto wasn't on here. I even play a combination of that Ditto and scoop-ups to stall toe-to-toe against modern Tag Teams, GX's, and ex's with ease

    • @yingmustang67
      @yingmustang67 Před měsícem

      Or Clefable..... One energy card copy the opponent active pokemon without the side hustle!!! Yes, was one of my decks

  • @UwURainUwU
    @UwURainUwU Před 10 měsíci

    I can't believe you did (ace spec) Gold Potion dirty like that.

  • @trentjones5881
    @trentjones5881 Před rokem +1

    Built a deck just to beat my buddies haymaker deck when it was super popular and it ended up beating anything consistently. Slowbrow. Mr mime. Promo mewtwo. Energy removals. Computer search. Bill. Prof oak. Item finder. Plus power. Defender. Poke center. Literally could beat anything. Never found a deck at the time that owned it. Never forget playing in a tourney. First 3 rounds all haymaker. The third kid said “oh it’s you”. I said you must be playing haymaker. 3 rounds in a row of easy wins. Those were the glory days. Never forget when I opened my 1st edition box and saw poke breeder and blastoise and said no fucking way.

  • @marblethunder4323
    @marblethunder4323 Před rokem

    Top 10 Best/Worst of set specific gimmicks. Like Team Aqua/Magma/Plasma, Rapid/Single Strike, etc.
    Top 10 Pokemon that can discard themselves or other Pokemon (Farewell Letter Unown, Weed Out Hydreigon), or knock themselves out (Buzzap Thunder Electrode)

  • @rubenalonsoviguerassalazar1539

    I played in that time just with basic pokemons. You can combined that pokemons with aerodactyl. It doesn´t allow played evolution pokemons. Sorry for my english.

  • @orbusg8451
    @orbusg8451 Před rokem

    Never played pokemon the card game but I did have some cards like most kids at the time when they came out and I remember some of these being fairly common, even coming straight out of the beginner pack sets.
    It really says a lot that every one of the trainer cards listed had to be nerfed to hell and back.

  • @jeffersonsteelflex9126

    How about a video series showing examples of fully built meta decks from each generation? Maybe even decks from that era that won big tournaments?

  • @brettmartin3529
    @brettmartin3529 Před rokem +2

    It's pretty criminal not listing Blastoise or Alakazam. They were the two strongest pokemon as you could use breeder to skip their middle evolutions. Blastoise allowing you to attach infinite water energy to water pokemon rendered energy removal useless. This allowed players to quickly power up Articuno, which resisted fighting pokemon. Haymarkers didnt stand a chance againsy Raindance. Alakazam allows you to move damage, so you could pile it up on your bench for multiple turns, then pokemon center to remove all damage.

    • @hannahvickery4683
      @hannahvickery4683 Před rokem +2

      Yeah, I'm really surprised not to see Blastoise. Energy Removal and Super Energy Removal were so busted that you either played strategies that could play on one energy, or you found a way around it, which was just Rain Dance.

  • @bduddy55555
    @bduddy55555 Před rokem +1

    Team Flare Grunt was almost a Supporter version of Energy Removal, although it only worked on the Active Pokemon. (Energy Removal can work on any Pokemon, although you'd -usually- want to use it on the Active). So it's not quite correct that that effect is avoided entirely in modern times. Still a great list, going up against 6-8 copies of ER/SER in any deck was certainly... an experience.

    • @Mitjitsu
      @Mitjitsu Před rokem

      It was played a lot during the time when Seismitoad EX was running rampant with Quaking Punch

  • @DKQuagmire
    @DKQuagmire Před rokem

    although the format is long gone. i used to play the format on a website called TCG ONE, which is still active today.
    for competitive pokemon players out there, you might be familiar with showdown. an unofficial site which simulates actual battles, which is a great way for testing for upcoming events etc. TCG ONE is basically the same, but for the TCG. Sure theres the official pokemon trading card game online. but TCG ONE, lets you play classic gen 1, 2, 3 and 4 formats!
    one of my favourite decks to play on the site, was a haymaker style deck with rockets Zapdos. since its first attack attached energy from the discard pile, just like promo mewtwo, but did 20 damage as well, making it effectively a counter to energy removal cards and a 4 energy attack for 70 damage, but did 10 damage to itself for every lightning energy attached to it (basically this attack was used as a nuke for the 70HP basics!). Erika's Jigglypuff was played for easy turn one donks, and i played the whole Erika/ rockets trap/ rockets sneak attack combo. made many people surrender!

  • @RedPokeTrnr
    @RedPokeTrnr Před rokem +1

    TheDuelLogs, TheDexLogs, TheManaLogs...
    It's great to see him expand outward to other card games. Hopefully someday we can see him make TheDigiLogs!

    • @vxicepickxv
      @vxicepickxv Před rokem +1

      There's also the DnDLogs, so I guess DigiLogs and FaBLogs are still on the board for him.

    • @shinyanakagawa8241
      @shinyanakagawa8241 Před rokem

      He is actually interested in the Digimon TCG. If this channel gets a lot of views, he will probably considers TheDigiLogs.

  • @avgj3859
    @avgj3859 Před rokem

    I loved Pokemon TCG when I was a kid.

  • @calvincoolidge5795
    @calvincoolidge5795 Před rokem

    top 10 GX Pokemon. GX Era came out shortly after I started. So I'm nostalgic for it.

    • @matthewkuscienko4616
      @matthewkuscienko4616 Před rokem

      Could even take it a step further by making a list of the top 10 tag team gxs, as the list would be dominated by them if there wasn't a distinction to separate the 2. I remember playing around the time when tag teams were first introduced, and they completely warped the format around them and made evolution Pokemon basically unviable, it was kinda nuts. "Big, stupid, basics", as I referred to them as, they continued to be some of the best decks around until they finally rotated out, I think they would need their own separate list

  • @feelsokayman5656
    @feelsokayman5656 Před rokem

    accurate list
    Blastoise though

  • @ZaraKhanComic
    @ZaraKhanComic Před rokem +1

    Yay!!!!

  • @particlemane3359
    @particlemane3359 Před rokem +1

    Jungle Haunter (I think it was jungle) was the greatest stall card, since its power could nullify all effects of enemy attacks, and its own attack always inflicted sleep on top of the 10 damage.

  • @honxiu
    @honxiu Před rokem +1

    Those rocket handrip cards are busted😅 Delinquent duo hew?

  • @iistonton
    @iistonton Před rokem +9

    Man, imagine Computer Search in yugioh. I know it'd be banned on arrival but still 😂

    • @danklemonsoda
      @danklemonsoda Před rokem +4

      I actually don't think it'd see much meta play at all. At first glance I thought it would be broken in ygo but like it's neg 2.
      It's bad for board breaking cos it's literally a big red sign saying negate me and leaves you with 3 cards in hand.
      Sure it adds consistentcy but decks are so consistent now above 40 card decks are usually optimal. And like left arm searches anything for same cost and is terrible. Small world searches anything for a smaller cost and only sees niche play.
      Only decks that I could see maybe using it are more degenerat decks that are reliant on one card like final countdown or grass decks in ocg.
      If this card where to get banned it wouldn't be because it's meta it'd be because it encourages unhealthy decks.

    • @iistonton
      @iistonton Před rokem +1

      @@danklemonsoda Fair assessment! Doesn't Left Arm only search spells? I suppose it wouldn't be banned but it'd give rouge decks with little to no searchers a huuuuuge fighting chance against consistent meta decks. Literally ANY card from deck to hand is just so good! Especially if the discard is for effect and not cost, that'd cause degeneracy lol

    • @danklemonsoda
      @danklemonsoda Před rokem

      @@iistonton sorry yeah I wrote my comment to quickly. I intended to say left arm searches any spell and small world searches any monster. A card that can be used in ALL decks will not make SOME decks better. It's like the first 2 years moon mirror shield was out. Top decks didn't play it but 90% of rogues did but those decks only saw like a percent in increase win rate against the better decks.

    • @awildsylveon9896
      @awildsylveon9896 Před měsícem

      Wdym? Small World is literally better computer search. Only one "discard"

  • @Zhortac
    @Zhortac Před rokem

    My old colorless deck back in 2000, never lost a game. I pissed off alot of people back in Wizards of the Coast Pokemon League because of it. It ran Wigglytuff, both Dragonites, and Fearow. Even energy removal wasn't much of a threat.
    Speaking of Mewtwo, the original Mewtwo was part of a deck that got banned at the WotC I used to go to. Some kid ran a 56 psychic energy, 4 Mewtwo stall deck, that decked out everyone. After the first day he used it, they told him he couldn't use it any more lol.
    Some cards I think should've been on this list are Alakazam (because running him with Chansey and Pokemon Center was hax alot of the time), and Dark Raichu. Hell, Dark Raichu won me my marsh badge in 2 turns, taking out 6 pokemon. I had people wanting to BUY him after that lol.

  • @GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli

    Damn it's hard to believe all these terms and deck types which I have not talked about or heard talked about outside of 1999-2000ish on the playground at school are all completely accurate in my memory. Crazy how little kids followed TCG magazines and played the best strats even back in the day. lol

  • @FrankenXANA
    @FrankenXANA Před rokem +1

    I'm surprised Jungle Mr. Mime didn't make the list. Mr. Mime is a great damage gate, able to stall out your opponent for at least 2 turns, and is still a favorite of mine to this day. In Expanded format, I like using Jungle Mr. Mime with Gengar EX, for an offense/defense swap, in combination with Phoebe's Stadium.

    • @Damassan
      @Damassan Před rokem

      I remember having a deck that was just the other Mewtwo (one with the shield effect but removing an energy from it to do so) and the rest of the deck being psychic energy.

  • @FrozenLavaDragonProd
    @FrozenLavaDragonProd Před rokem

    You got a pokemon tcg channel too!🤩

  • @rafaelsanna96
    @rafaelsanna96 Před rokem

    great work bro :)

  • @averageenclavesoldiermkay3170

    is this the dexlogs from the dexlogs from the duellogs duellogs?

  • @natelay7244
    @natelay7244 Před 4 měsíci

    I remember the first time i pulled "computer search" in a booster pack... the disappointment was real lol

  • @maddymusevt
    @maddymusevt Před rokem +1

    I owned the cards as a kid, but now I can learn what I was supposed to do with them. Thanks Mr. Logs!

  • @hopjd11
    @hopjd11 Před rokem

    It would cool to have one on the top 10 best poke powers/abilities