Last updated on August 31, 2025 Barroom Brawl | Illustration by Craig J Spearing Thinking about getting into trading card games or just want to know which ones are big in 2025
It's just that useful--so long as you're still drafting blue and black
Of course, this is by design and we happily include cards at high influence costs that have an impact on the game (games gotta end, right?)
Key Cards & Sample Decklist: Pokmon (19): 4 Dreepy, 4 Drakloak, 3 Dragapult ex, 2 Duskull, 2 Dusknoir, 1 Radiant Alakazam, 1 Budew, 1 Manaphy, 1 Spiritomb Trainers (33): 4 Professor's Research, 4 Iono, 3 Boss's Orders, 3 Brock's Scouting, 4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin, 4 Ultra Ball, 4 Night Stretcher, 3 Counter Catcher, 1 Neo Upper Energy (ACE SPEC) Energy (8): 4 Psychic Energy, 4 Fire Energy Matchup Analysis: Dragapult ex excels at punishing decks that rely on a wide board of low-HP support Pokmon, like Gardevoir ex or Lost Zone variants, as it can wipe their entire engine off the board in one fell swoop
If I'm not lucky I will probably draw many milling source, so I can strengthen Visions of Beyond and be sure to draw an useful creature while milling with Glimpse the Unthinkable and/or Mind Funeral
