the gyarados player needs more energy removal and gust of wind- you need to pull that alakazam out of its hole, paralyze it (disable the power) then kill it turn 2
Congrats on hitting 300 subs! I've been playing vintage Pokémon with the goal of slowly working my way through the formats and building decks for myself and friends to play with. I'm just focusing on Base-fossil for now, but this channel has been a great resource for ideas while also being entertaining. I'm actually surprised you're just now hitting 300 subs; I think the channel has potential to grow much larger and I'm excited to stick around and hopefully see it thrive!
i started playing tcg at my age of 32 years old now. i haven't got the chance to play it back in 2000s because i'm not really into pokemon let alone pokemon tcg. now in nintendo switch they released pokemon tcg on NSO gameboy color. it hooked me up and i started playing it, couldn't put it down. i didn't know it was that fun! then i discovered your channel when learning how to use blastoise, and boy that rain dance can be really used even though it's on the bench. and that machamp deck is crazy strong.
I'm late but this is a really cool concept. I'm 32 and despite loving pokemon since I was 6 when it came to the US, I entirely missed the old TCG scene. The cards looked cool and thats all i cared about lol. This gives people like me a glimpse into how it was back then.
Brings back memories of one of the best years ever. 1999 Pokemon just hits the US market and at 13-14 my first job was at Bobby’s Card Shop in Sacramento. I cleaned, dusted and vacuumed but only after school and on weekends. Getting that $5.75/hour and I had enough money to be very comfortable and buy anything I wanted. By the age of 15 and a half got my very first 91 Acura Integra RS 4 door all thanks to Pokemon cards and their crazy popularity at the time. What I would do to go back in time with a little bit of now-knowledge! I would not buy my first car but I would invest in 1 addition booster boxes of Base, Jungle, Fossil, Rocket and 2 Gyms. With an investment of about what I spent on the Acura($2400) I would be a millionaire right now. 1st addition base used to be only $117 and I know because I worked there! The time when being a skeptic hurts in the long run;/
I never liked this game in childhood. But now I can see energy cards are not supposed to be discarded every time attack is used ! That makes more sense :P
I already subscribed to your channel because you have great contents, I hope you make more deck match ups from Base, Jungle, & Fossil sets only. ☺️☺️☺️
4x Abra 2x Kadabra 3x Alakazam 3x Machop 2x Machoke 2x Machamp 4x Chansey 1x Doduo 4x Energy Retrieval 3x Professor Oak 3x Switch 3x Item Finder 2x Computer Search 2x Pokémon Center 2x Pokémon Trader 2x Pokémon Breeder 1x Maintenance 1x Lass 12x Fighting Energy 4x Double Colorless Energy
If the Alakazam never knocked out, you never loose with this deck. If I am making a Alakazam deck, my Pokémon are: Chansey (ofcours, Promo Mewto always a good choice and a Mr Mime for surprise, Great against Big strong hitters ( Pokémon power)
I would say probably not because the movie promo Mewtwo was very popular during that time and could one-hit KO Alakazam, so it wouldn't be doing very much
@@holon_phantom i mean it really wasnt back in the day, i remember back in base set, you can squeeze 4 energy remval (dont play super removal unless your raindance)
@Alex Nas yeah you can put them in but it would make it less consistent and it's hard enough to search out key cards. Professor oak and computer search discard too many resources and there's no way to get discarded pokemon back in the deck
@@holon_phantom its why you only added 3 profs and 4 bills, you wanna be able to oak turn 1 after the first few turns you slow down your draws, its why you also added gust of winds to get KO's
Jason Klaczynski’s lists for these two decks are tighter than they seem. Both decks run three copies of Switch to stop Haymaker from stranding the supporting stage 2’s in the active with Gust of Wind, which puts a strain on deck space and pushes Energy Removal out. As for Gust of Wind in Rain Dance, the Rain Dance player would rather keep those hard-earned Gyarados alive with Super Potion, since it will only be able to take 2-hit-KOs on Hitmonchan or Electabuzz regardless of whether or not Gust of Wind is in hand. There simply isn’t enough room in Rain Dance to sufficiently tech against both Haymaker and Alakazam.
Maintenance is the shittiest card in the game. "Shuffle two cards in order to draw a card". Maintenance cold have been the card instead, and wouldn't have had to shuffle two into deck. I'm trying to think of a SINGLE case it culd be useful. Oh , right, F* this card, i DO want it in my deck, so thats why im gonna shuffle it back in before i professor ok. so its professor oaks supporter. when ever would you say, i dont want this card now but i MIGHT want it later... shuffle it back in is what i should do. absolutely never
How the Gyarados side didnt flip the table in frustration is beyond me 😂
You didn't see the outtakes haha
The Gyrados player used Rage outside the play!
The Gyrados player is too angry that he fainted!
Man this was amazing! So much nostalgia! I remember when Toys R Us used to hold Pokemon competitions every weekend. This was so good to watch
That Machamp, Chansey, and Alakazam combo is too good.
I’ve run a deck that runs Alakazam and Gengar, with Chansey and Mr. Mime on the attack. It was also very frustrating to play against.
Please make more content like this ! It’s a great watch, awesome stuff.
Thank you! We like to bounce around between different years so we'll get back to WOTC eventually
the gyarados player needs more energy removal and gust of wind- you need to pull that alakazam out of its hole, paralyze it (disable the power) then kill it turn 2
Congrats on hitting 300 subs!
I've been playing vintage Pokémon with the goal of slowly working my way through the formats and building decks for myself and friends to play with. I'm just focusing on Base-fossil for now, but this channel has been a great resource for ideas while also being entertaining. I'm actually surprised you're just now hitting 300 subs; I think the channel has potential to grow much larger and I'm excited to stick around and hopefully see it thrive!
Thanks a lot! I'm hoping to continue growing this channel throughout the following year, I appreciate you tagging along with us!
i started playing tcg at my age of 32 years old now. i haven't got the chance to play it back in 2000s because i'm not really into pokemon let alone pokemon tcg. now in nintendo switch they released pokemon tcg on NSO gameboy color. it hooked me up and i started playing it, couldn't put it down. i didn't know it was that fun! then i discovered your channel when learning how to use blastoise, and boy that rain dance can be really used even though it's on the bench. and that machamp deck is crazy strong.
It's such a fun game! Glad you enjoy it!
I'm late but this is a really cool concept. I'm 32 and despite loving pokemon since I was 6 when it came to the US, I entirely missed the old TCG scene. The cards looked cool and thats all i cared about lol.
This gives people like me a glimpse into how it was back then.
Why not using Bubblebeam? You could have paralized Machamp, deactivate the pokebody and win before evolving Abra.
That’s exactly what I would’ve done.
This could have saved the Gyarados player fr
That feeling when you reeeally need a gust! Poor rain dance. Machamp just wouldn't budge.
Lol good times
OMG Machamp and Alakazam deck is so strong😍 I never thought that the childhood cards could be played in such a meta way
Brings back memories of one of the best years ever. 1999 Pokemon just hits the US market and at 13-14 my first job was at Bobby’s Card Shop in Sacramento. I cleaned, dusted and vacuumed but only after school and on weekends. Getting that $5.75/hour and I had enough money to be very comfortable and buy anything I wanted. By the age of 15 and a half got my very first 91 Acura Integra RS 4 door all thanks to Pokemon cards and their crazy popularity at the time. What I would do to go back in time with a little bit of now-knowledge! I would not buy my first car but I would invest in 1 addition booster boxes of Base, Jungle, Fossil, Rocket and 2 Gyms. With an investment of about what I spent on the Acura($2400) I would be a millionaire right now. 1st addition base used to be only $117 and I know because I worked there! The time when being a skeptic hurts in the long run;/
This game has been on just the focus of two major Pokemon 😂😂I love it!!
Was rooting for the Gyarados till the end, GGs to the guy! Really enjoying this kind of content keep it up!
You never bring an Alakazam/Chansey deck to a friendly match. Lol
I really love this Machamp+Alakazam deck. What a combo!
That damage swap ability is soooo broken 😂😂😅
Use the team rocket magikarp with rapid evolution!!
Any chance you could add the card list for these decks?
Both strong decks! I used that macchamp with Slowbro from fossil in the Gameboy tcg game it was a similar strategy and worked really well
Nice! Yeah i love this format
Did squirtle not have a gust of wind to switch in the Alakazam?
This was a fun game to watch, love the retro cards
Thanks for the video, super nostalgic, do you have decklists?
love ex era 2004-2006 pkmtcg i never played at the time but my friend has decks its really fun great video
We've got some ex format battles lined up!
@@holon_phantom i think the people need to see that latias gold star and lugia ex unseen forces =))
Doesn't the Raindance deck has any gust of wind?
That Pokémon center play! Wow
It was so annoying!
Full card list for these decks?
I never liked this game in childhood. But now I can see energy cards are not supposed to be discarded every time attack is used ! That makes more sense :P
I already subscribed to your channel because you have great contents, I hope you make more deck match ups from Base, Jungle, & Fossil sets only. ☺️☺️☺️
I'll add some to the list of upcoming battles, thank you!
@@holon_phantom May I know the Deck List of The Gyarados Deck? It just got unlucky in the early rounds. But it looks strong.
could you put a list of the cards of machamp desk? Please saludos !
4x Abra
2x Kadabra
3x Alakazam
3x Machop
2x Machoke
2x Machamp
4x Chansey
1x Doduo
4x Energy Retrieval
3x Professor Oak
3x Switch
3x Item Finder
2x Computer Search
2x Pokémon Center
2x Pokémon Trader
2x Pokémon Breeder
1x Maintenance
1x Lass
12x Fighting Energy
4x Double Colorless Energy
Alakazam with Pokemon Center is such a toxic combo 😂
If the Alakazam never knocked out, you never loose with this deck.
If I am making a Alakazam deck, my Pokémon are: Chansey (ofcours, Promo Mewto always a good choice and a Mr Mime for surprise, Great against Big strong hitters ( Pokémon power)
This Alakazam/Pokemon Center strategy is disgusting. I need the build of this deck right now.
love base set. I think I have a reasonable charizard build
tcg live needs to bring back the old decks
Is Gyarados alakazam still good in base-fossil format?
I would say probably not because the movie promo Mewtwo was very popular during that time and could one-hit KO Alakazam, so it wouldn't be doing very much
no, once Jungle was Release Haymaker really started to take over and when Fossil hit, Blastoise was the way to go with Articuno and Lapras.
Shouldn't poke power be used by active pokemon only? Pokepower on bench pokemon seems to be broken.
Alakazam isn't that weak also... the Gyarados player needed only a few Gust of Wind in his deck.
Where’s gust of wind when you need it lol?
No gust of wind???
Ionno why the dude didn’t use bubble beam to paralyze the machamp. Had blastoise to help with all the energies too so he was awful at this game
you can attack on the first turn???
Yeah, in the original format there were no restrictions for first turn player. You can even retreat as many times as you want per turn.
how is pokemon TCG today? its like Yugioh with to much power creep?
But what does Bill do? 🤔
Draw 2
was energy removal banned?
no, but it's hard to squeeze it into these list because they need so much space to fill with the evolution lines
@@holon_phantom i mean it really wasnt back in the day, i remember back in base set, you can squeeze 4 energy remval (dont play super removal unless your raindance)
@Alex Nas yeah you can put them in but it would make it less consistent and it's hard enough to search out key cards. Professor oak and computer search discard too many resources and there's no way to get discarded pokemon back in the deck
@@holon_phantom its why you only added 3 profs and 4 bills, you wanna be able to oak turn 1 after the first few turns you slow down your draws, its why you also added gust of winds to get KO's
Jason Klaczynski’s lists for these two decks are tighter than they seem. Both decks run three copies of Switch to stop Haymaker from stranding the supporting stage 2’s in the active with Gust of Wind, which puts a strain on deck space and pushes Energy Removal out. As for Gust of Wind in Rain Dance, the Rain Dance player would rather keep those hard-earned Gyarados alive with Super Potion, since it will only be able to take 2-hit-KOs on Hitmonchan or Electabuzz regardless of whether or not Gust of Wind is in hand. There simply isn’t enough room in Rain Dance to sufficiently tech against both Haymaker and Alakazam.
OUCH! >_
Thanks X
deck list pls
which one are you looking for?
Alakazam should have been emergency banned back in the day that was bullcrap
Abra kadabra alakazm!
Alakazam
Yup, couldn't take it down lol
That alakazam is degenerate
Maintenance is the shittiest card in the game. "Shuffle two cards in order to draw a card". Maintenance cold have been the card instead, and wouldn't have had to shuffle two into deck. I'm trying to think of a SINGLE case it culd be useful. Oh , right, F* this card, i DO want it in my deck, so thats why im gonna shuffle it back in before i professor ok. so its professor oaks supporter. when ever would you say, i dont want this card now but i MIGHT want it later... shuffle it back in is what i should do. absolutely never
Wow you feel very strongly about this
Practically a cheated strategy...
It was pretty annoying lol