It's April 5th May 7th 2024 (yes I am a month later than I had originally planned to do this), which means the 2024 Rotation is now in place. Cards from the E-Block sets are now rotated, they can't be used for any tournament play.
So what does the game look like in these new regulations? No idea of what to get for your current decks or looking to get something new to replace your older decks? I hope this will be of some help for those playing in the next events such as Orlando, Perth, Singapore or São Paulo Los Angeles, Stockholm or the Asian Championships or any other events from the weeks after these.
Since it's 2024, I thought I should put 24 lists I could find for 24 decks that have done well either in IRL events and some online events. I won't talk much about the decks, everyone has their own taste in what they like so here you go!
24. Arceus VSTAR/Alolan Vulpix VSTAR
Deck: 3rd Place - Indonesian Regional League Vol. 3 - Kurniawan Suganda
Best Result Online: 1st/200
City League Wins: 7
Limitless IRL Entries: 7
Total Price: $54.86
23. Raging Bolt ex/Sandy Shocks ex
Deck: 37th Place - Indianapolis Regional - Adam Reinhardt
Best Result Online: 3rd/326
City League Wins: 2
Limitless IRL Entries: 4
Total Price: $77.36
22. Hisuian Zoroark VSTAR
Deck: 16th Place - Thailand Regional League Vol. 3 - Pramote Koowatanasuchat
Best Result Online: 8th/126
City League Wins: 0
Limitless IRL Entries: 1
Total Price: $24.35
21. Arceus VSTAR/Armarouge
Deck: 17th Place - European Internationals - Julian Gort-Barry
Best Result Online: 1st/106
City League Wins: 8
Limitless IRL Entries: 15
Total Price: $48.56
20. Gouging Fire ex
Deck: 1st Place - Tournament of Doom! (Online) - Nelson Guillen
Best Result Online: 1st/136
City League Wins: 0
Limitless IRL Entries: 1
Total Price: $70.01
19. Arceus VSTAR/Bibarel/Radiant Charizard
Deck: 11th Place - São Paulo Regional - Marco Cifuentes
Best Result Online: 3rd/146
City League Wins: 0
Limitless IRL Entries: 6
Total Price: $63.05
18. Lost Zone Box (Radiant Charizard)
Deck: 1st Place - Late Night 180 (Online) - kasazizooka
Best Result Online: 1st/326
City League Wins: 4
Limitless IRL Entries: 10
Total Price: $78.70
17. Espathra ex/Xatu
Deck: 25th Place - Indianapolis Regional - Braiden Elfert
Best Result Online: 1st/226
City League Wins: 0
Limitless IRL Entries: 15
Total Price: $31.74
16. Charizard ex/Bibarel
Deck: 2nd Place - Standard Pumpka Weekly (Online) - Sbeve
Best Result Online: 2nd/231
City League Wins: 55
Limitless IRL Entries: 15
Total Price: $52.77
15. Great Tusk Mill
Deck: 1st Place - Sunny's Weekly #148 (Online) - SwissFiaro
Best Result Online: 1st/115
City League Wins: 8
Limitless IRL Entries: 3
Total Price: $50.30
14. Snorlax Control
Deck: 27th Place - São Paulo Regional - Patricia Gonzalez Walsh
Best Result Online: 1st/230
City League Wins: 26
Limitless IRL Entries: 23
Total Price: $44.54
13. Gholdengo ex/Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR
Deck: 67th Place - Orlando Regional - Thomas Seward
Best Result Online: 2nd/241
City League Wins: 13
Limitless IRL Entries: 14
Total Price: $73.85
12. Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR/Metang
Deck: 1st Place - Indianapolis Regional - Andrew Hedrick
Best Result Online: 3rd/233
City League Wins: 2
Limitless IRL Entries: 27
Total Price: $117.44
11. Pidgeot ex Control
Deck: 4th Place - Indianapolis Regional - Grant Manley
Best Result Online: 1st/217
City League Wins: 1
Limitless IRL Entries: 26
Total Price: $71.76
10. Roaring Moon ex/Dudunsparce
Deck: 6th Place - Perth Regional - Tim Franklin
Best Result Online: 1st/195
City League Wins: 0
Limitless IRL Entries: 28
Total Price: $70.22
9. Arceus VSTAR/Giratina VSTAR
Deck: 9th Place - São Paulo Regional - João Requena
Best Result Online: 1st/202
City League Wins: 24
Limitless IRL Entries: 58
Total Price: $88.70
8. Lost Zone Box (Radiant Greninja)
Deck: 3rd Place - Indianapolis Regional - Dean Nezam
Best Result Online: 1st/221
City League Wins: 44
Limitless IRL Entries: 58
Total Price: $83.29
7. Ancient Box
Deck: 4th Place - Singapore Regional League Vol. 3 - Loh Win Soon
Best Result Online: 1st/236
City League Wins: 15
Limitless IRL Entries: 45
Total Price: $35.48
6. Gardevoir ex
Deck: 3rd Place - Orlando Regional - Joshua Frink
Best Result Online: 1st/204
City League Wins: 7
Limitless IRL Entries: 40
Total Price: $48.59
5. Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone)
Deck: 1st Place - Singapore Regional League Vol. 3 - Bryan Quah
Best Result Online: 2nd/268
City League Wins: 30
Limitless IRL Entries: 80
Total Price: $106.34
4. Lugia VSTAR/Archeops
Deck: 8th Place - São Paulo Regional - Leonardo Danna
Best Result Online: 1st/246
City League Wins: 38
Limitless IRL Entries: 74
Total Price: $57.49
3. Chien-Pao ex/Baxcalibur
Deck: 2nd Place - Indianapolis Regional - Grant Shen
Best Result Online: 1st/228
City League Wins: 40
Limitless IRL Entries: 109
Total Price:$100.76
2. Iron Hands ex/Iron Crown ex
Deck: 6th Place - Singapore Regional League Vol.3 - Evan Chiang
Best Result Online: 1st/196
City League Wins: 24
Limitless IRL Entries: 69
Total Price: $74.90
1. Charizard ex/Pidgeot ex
Deck: 1st Place - European Internationals - Tord Reklev
Best Result Online: 1st/283
City League Wins: 56
Limitless IRL Entries: 219
Total Price: $94.56
So out of these 24 decks, which ones is the most expensive ones or the cheapest ones? Prices are in USD just in case.
- Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR/Metang - $117.44
- Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) - $106.34
- Chien-Pao ex/Baxcalibur - $100.76
- Charizard ex/Pidgeot ex - $94.56
- Arceus VSTAR/Giratina VSTAR - $88.70
- Lost Zone Box (Radiant Greninja) - $83.29
- Lost Zone Box (Radiant Charizard) - $78.70
- Raging Bolt ex/Sandy Shocks ex - $77.36
- Iron Hands ex/Iron Crown ex - $74.90
- Gholdengo ex - $73.85
- Pidgeot ex Control - $71.76
- Roaring Moon ex/Dudunsparce - $70.22
- Gouging Fire ex - $70.01
- Arceus VSTAR/Bibarel/Radiant Charizard - $63.05
- Lugia VSTAR/Archeops - $57.49
- Arceus VSTAR/Alolan Vulpix VSTAR - $54.86
- Charizard ex/Bibarel - $52.77
- Great Tusk Mill - $50.30
- Gardevoir ex - $48.59
- Arceus VSTAR/Armarouge - $48.56
- Snorlax Control - $44.54
- Ancient Box - $35.48
- Espathra ex/Xatu - $31.74
- Hisuian Zoroark VSTAR - $24.35
If you're wondering why Dialga is the most expensive, well winning the latest regional might have caused that but even before, it was one more the more expensive decks to build just due to Dialga VSTAR anyway! LZ Tina and Chien-Pao are the other two to go past $100 USD. The BDIF Zard/Pidgeot in the next one at under $95. As for good cheap options? Ancient Box and Gardevoir are probably the two best and they are both under $50!
A friend of mine had a great suggestion which was to show the prices of the decks without the Ace Spec cards, which is the new one-off card played in every deck. Prime Catcher alone costs around $35 and something like Reboot Pod can be as low as $1! So with that in mind, I wanted to include this:
Dialga is still the most expensive deck but no deck will go past $100 without Ace Spec cards. 11 of the 24 decks on here all play Prime Catcher. Turbo Hands goes from being the 9th most expensive deck to the 3rd most as it's playing the cheapest Ace Spec card, now imagine how much it would cost to play with Prime Catcher (aka almost $100)! Lugia is another deck that jumps up because of it's usage of Master Ball.
Which decks have done well IRL? I kept track of the amount of Limitless entries they had so far in this format:
- Charizard ex/Pidgeot ex - 219
- Chien-Pao ex/Baxcalibur - 109
- Giratina VSTAR (Lost Zone) - 80
- Lugia VSTAR/Archeops - 74
- Iron Hands ex/Iron Crown ex - 69
- Arceus VSTAR/Giratina - 58
- Ancient Box - 45
- Lost Zone Box (Radiant Greninja) - 44
- Gardevoir ex - 40
- Roaring Moon ex/Dudunsparce - 28
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