[GENERAL] Other - I lose even when I am winning

[IncredibleMo]

There have been several times yesterday and today where I am clearly winning. I have one card left on my Prize cards. Right when I am about to defeat the opponents Pokemon and collect the last card on the Prize pile, the "Defeat" screen comes up. I took 5 prize cards and he only took 4. I still lost somehow. 

[Velking]

Hi @IncredibleMo, do you remember what was the opponent deck? Because some cards like Unown have the ability to win the game doing a specific requirement.

[RobRatt]

50 minutes ago, IncredibleMo said:

There have been several times yesterday and today where I am clearly winning. I have one card left on my Prize cards. Right when I am about to defeat the opponents Pokemon and collect the last card on the Prize pile, the "Defeat" screen comes up. I took 5 prize cards and he only took 4. I still lost somehow. 

 

When you've run long games, which these sound like, there are a couple other ways that you can lose.

 

You lose if you don't have any cards to draw at the beginning of your turn.  This is usually called, "decking yourself," and is something you have to be aware of.  There are a couple Theme Decks in the game that are notorious for this (e.g. using Zebstrika too much in Storm Caller).

 

In PTCGO, you can also lose if the timer on your side runs out.

 

Edited July 4, 2019 by RobRatt

[Mod_Jynthu]

Hi Trainers, 

 

Thank you for the helpful responses! 

 

@IncredibleMo If you run into this again, it might be helpful to save your game log to review what was played and to determine what condition ended the game.