Pokemon TCG - Deck Crafters Collection Product Detailed Review
Hi there. In this Pokemon TCG post, I cover the upcoming Deck Crafterscollection retail product. I guess the Pokemon TCG is retiring the Trainer's Toolkit products and are starting this Deck Crafters Collection instead.
In this product, you get useful Trainer cards for your deck plus 1 booster pack of the Pitch Black set. The release date is on October 23, 2026.
Cards List
- x1 Meowth ex
- x4 Boss's Orders [Corbeau]
- x4 Lillie's Determination
- x2 Dawn
- x2 Hilda
- x2 Judge
- x1 Team Rocket's Petrel
- x4 Poke Pad
- x4 Ultra Ball
- x2 Energy Retrieval
- x2 Energy Search
- x2 Mega Signal
- x2 Pokegear 3.0
- x2 Rare Candy
- x2 Special Red Card
- x2 Switch
- x2 Air Balloon
This image made in LimitlessTCG website with the deck builder tool.
Staple Cards: Lillie's Determination, Poke Pad, Ultra Ball, Boss's Orders
Lillie's Determination is a relatively new staple draw Supporter for pretty much every deck. Poke Pad is a good Pokemon search for non Pokemon ex, Ultra Ball is very good in general even though you discard 2 cards. Boss's Orders is a staple card in every deck for the last 8 years or so.
Hilda, Dawn, Judge, Special Red Card, Switch, Air Balloon
These next six cards are good in their own way. They may not be every deck as their use case is kind of niche.
Hilda is good for evolution decks that run Special Energy.
Dawn is worth considering if your deck has Stage 2 Pokemon.
Hand disruption cards are not as powerful compared to 1 to 2 years ago. Judge is a decent hand disruption card that limits the opponent's hand size and yours. This card is a bit more powerful in the early game when you have a good board and the opponent does not.
Special Red Card is a good Item card in the mid or late game. Hand disrupt the opponent to make it difficult for the opponent to close out the game and win.
Switch is sometimes used in decks. You escape Retreat lock attacks with a simple Switch card.
Air Balloon is a good Tool card that reduces the retreat cost of a Pokemon by 2 Colourless Energy.
Meowth ex Feature Card
Meowth ex is a relatively new staple card for almost any deck. The attack is not used much but the ability is really good. Once during your turn, when you play Meowth ex from hand to Bench, you can search for 1 Supporter card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle deck.
Meowth ex can be used to find Boss's Orders to target weak Pokemon ex or you can find Lillie's Determination for setup purposes. Do watch out for Team Rocket's Watchtower. It negates the abilities of Colourless Pokemon.
Other Notes
This product is nice as it appeals to the players. I don't think scalpers will touch this product that much. Scalpers typically don't play the game.
It is unknown what the price of this product will end up being. If the price is something like 14.99 USD that is not too bad. A price of 20 USD or higher may not be great. You would rather buy the playable cards you need individually from ebay or from card stores.
Thank you for the reading.