Progression Series
In Pokemon TCG, a Progression Series (or Evolution Series) is a format where group of people open booster boxes one set at a time and build a deck from cards they’ve pulled so far.
As the prices of physical card products has skyrocketed and the availability makes it really difficult to even buy booster boxes if you’d find them, me and my local gaming group decided to do one virtually with the Scarlet & Violet block, opening packs in Pack Sim and playing the games in Pokemon TCG Live.
Rules
- We open one set at a time, half a booster box and add cards to our collection. After each set, we build a deck from what we have opened and battle a best of 3 match against everyone else.
- You can use any printing of a card in Live, it doesn’t have to be the one you pull (this is to allow exchanging for a cheaper version or playing with a different art you enjoy more).
Scarlet & Violet (SVI), 6.9.2025
Notable pulls
I had quite a good pack luck for the first set. I pulled some real nice supporting lines like 2 Miraidon ex for setting up lightning decks, 1-1 Spidops ex line for disruption and a 1-1 Revavroom line for draw. I also got a 5-1 line of Armarouge which is giving me hope for future if I pull a couple of Ceruledge exs when Surging Sparks rolls in.
I even got a nice set of trainers: a Professor’s Research, couple of Jacqs and Arven in the supporter side and two Nest Balls to search out Miraidon, some Potions and Picnic Baskets to heal and Energy Retrievals that work really well with Revavroom’s Rumbling Engine ability.
Deck
For my first deck, I decided to go with a lightning build with Kilowattrels and Toxtricitys, supported by Miraidon, Revavroom and Spidops. I also play a 1-1 Greedent line and a 1-1 Blissey line.
Pokémon: 13
2 Miraidon ex SVI 244
3 Toxel SVI 71
3 Toxtricity SVI 72
2 Wattrel SVI 78
2 Kilowattrel SVI 79
1 Varoom SVI 141
1 Revavroom SVI 142
2 Tarountula SVI 18
1 Spidops ex SVI 19
1 Skwovet SVI 151
1 Greedent SVI 152 PH
1 Chansey SVI 144
1 Blissey SVI 145
Trainer: 13
1 Arven SVI 166
1 Professor's Research SVI 189 PH
2 Jacq SVI 175
1 Katy SVI 177
1 Pal Pad SVI 182
2 Switch SVI 194 PH
2 Poké Ball SVI 185
2 Nest Ball SVI 181
2 Picnic Basket SVI 184
2 Potion SVI 188
2 Energy Retrieval SVI 171
1 Vitality Band SVI 197
1 Rocky Helmet SVI 193
Energy: 2
3 Basic {G} Energy SVE 9
16 Basic {L} Energy SVE 4
Total Cards: 60The first couple of decks in a progression series will always be a mixed bag of ragtag misfits but at least I got some lines that support each other. Eager to see how my deck will do in the first round.
Matches
Once everyone has their decks built, we’ll battle. I’ll update how they go here.