
This includes Pokemon that are in your or your opponent’s hand, including Crobat V which needs to come into play to be able to use its ability. Pokémon with a Rule Box in play (both yours and your opponent’s) have no Abilities. Path to the Peak is the most popular Stadium card in the game right now. Just how annoying is Crushing Hammer to go up against? And just how annoying is it to use when the coin flips don’t go your way? Personally, I find this a great card to put into a deck when you have a couple of spots left and you don’t necessarily need to add in anything else. If heads, discard an Energy from 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon. Philosophical question: is a card good if it’s only good 50% of the time?įlip a coin.

It’s so good to finally see the Psychic type getting some love in Pokemon TCG Online! Crushing Hammer Shadow Rider Calyrex, Calyrex-Alcremie and Dragapult decks will do well in the 2022 Standard format. Psychic decks have been doing really well in the game. Fog Crystal fetches Psychic Pokemon and Energy whenever you want. This is a type-specific card, but a pretty useful one.

This is especially important with Houndoom-powered decks that need Houndoom to be on the Bench so that you can start pulling out your Single Strike Energy cards. Quick Ball (or Level Ball) and Evolution Incense will accelerate your Bench setup in the early game and will let you get out all of your Basic Pokemon sooner. You can also add in Level Ball for decks that have < 90 HP Pokemon. Quick Ball lets you fetch Basic Pokemon instead, and is also a great card to have in any deck. It lets you fetch Evolution Pokemon from your deck, and those cannot be pulled out using Quick Ball. With all the Eeveelutions and Inteleons going around, Evolution Incense will be a requirement for most decks. Raihan has some pretty manageable prerequisites and can be used in pretty much any deck. Since it obviously can’t be in Standard as it is, TPC keeps finding ways to give us the ability to search a card, but with certain prerequisites. The Expanded format has a broken card called Computer Search. If you do, search your deck for a card and put it into your hand. You can play this card only if any of your Pokémon were Knocked Out during your opponent’s last turn.Īttach a basic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Pokémon. Their usefulness will depend on the situation and the rest of your deck. These are in no specific order to the list, and each card serves a different purpose. The best Standard cards in Pokemon TCG Online (2022)īelow are 10 cards every Standard Pokemon TCG Online player should have in 2022. Every year we have at least one card that lets you draw cards or shuffle your hand, and Crobat V will retain that position in 2022. Crobat V – Dedenne-GX is gone, which makes Crobat V a must-have for most Standard decks.This year, we also have Umbreon VMAX, which has an in-built single-use Boss’s Orders. Boss’s Orders – Being able to switch your opponent’s active Pokemon is always a great option to have.


I would also recommend getting four copies of Quick Ball, as it is useful for fetching Basic Pokemon quickly. It honestly doesn’t matter what deck you’re using, you will always benefit from having the ability to change your hand.
