Jonathan "JP" Paranada
@jparanada.comeonux.com
Pokémon TCG retro gauntlet dad | card preservationist | pkmncards.com admin
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...
play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/6...
October 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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...
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...
September 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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!
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!
September 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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!
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
twitch.tv/moxiecardshop
August 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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
twitch.tv/moxiecardshop
when I said I wanted “near mint” this was not what I had in mind
May 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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!
April 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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...
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...
April 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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...
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!
April 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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
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
April 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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
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!
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!
March 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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!
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!
March 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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!
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
#PokemonTCG
February 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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
#PokemonTCG
January 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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
list: me
Flariados, the meme-y little coin flip deck that could(n't top any tournaments in this format)
#PokemonTCG
December 18, 2024 at 6:44 AM
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
list: me
Flariados, the meme-y little coin flip deck that could(n't top any tournaments in this format)
#PokemonTCG
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...?
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...?
December 12, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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...?
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.
(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.
December 10, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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.
(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 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
There actually was a later print run w/correct text! I've got both copies & will use the corrected one for retro.
#PokemonTCG
December 5, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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
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!
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!
December 1, 2024 at 7:54 PM
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!
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
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
November 29, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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
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...
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...
November 20, 2024 at 7:04 AM
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...
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
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
November 13, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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
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
Wigglytuff alignment chart, courtesy of wide_udin on the tcgone discord
November 8, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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
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
November 8, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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
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.
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.
November 6, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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.
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.