control

(Title is because I went through a phase where all my decks were named and themed after the various crime syndicates in pokémon- I have since moved on but this deck, as it has evolved and changed, kept the name because I think it's funny)

This is honestly, probably, the weirdest deck I've made. The list, just from looking at it, looks like bulls**t. But ... have faith, okay? It's actually pretty good. It's also about as close as I'll come at this point to playing the "meta." Buckle up.

Okay, I admit it. This deck is mean. I decided to try and come up with the deck that would do the ABSOLUTE MOST to derail what your opponent is trying to do. And here it is. You might not win, but you will definitely annoy whoever you're facing. I take it out when my recent matches have put me in a not-so-nice mood.

Use Hypno to put them to sleep. Use Mawile and Fearow to remove their energy. Use Aerodactyl to f***ing send their whole ass pokémon back into the deck LOL

I am beginning to realize that in PTGCP, I am a control player. I think it's a result of the crazy number of options for ramping that Ex decks have available to them, plus the fact that most control cards will only give up one point when you kill them. So I stall for time while I set up to murder your Ex and win with 2 KO's while I make you fish for 3. Does it always work? No. Does it feel leaps and bounds better than losing because your opponent killed your Charizard Ex and leapfrogged from 1-2 to 3-2? Yes. Yes it does.

I think this deck is neat. There are a lot of ramp decks running around in the current meta, including three of the four major ones (M2 Ex/Mew Ex/Gdev, Gy/Art/Starmie Ex + Misty, Celebi Ex/Serp), so a card like Exeggutor can bring huge value if you can get it online. That's where Shiinotic comes into the picture.

Okay, I have NO CLUE what that other Team Rocket deck is on about. Muk??? Yeah right like Team Rocket EVER used Muk. Here's the REAL Team Rocket Blasts Off.

Very simple: Get Weezing up, use ability to poison enemy active pokémon. Use Koga to get Weezing out, put Arbok in, trap enemy pokémon. Repeat until win. If, for any reason, you are dead drawing and you have a Meowth, put it in as a card draw engine to get things moving, it's okay if it dies. This deck absolutely slaps Mewtwo/Mew/Gardevoir decks silly and is competitive with most other meta decks.

Slightly modified version of my original Flipadelphia deck, where I acknowledge 3 things:

1. Heliolisk is, on balance, only useful when into water decks and frequently gets no energy investment in favor of getting Moltres ready
2. More Hypnos is better!
3. Getting Moltres online faster is also better!

The concept is very simple: Seaking is basically Kangaskhan on steroids. 100 HP, 80 damage for one energy, gated behind a coinflip.

Moltres gives you EX kill potential down the line for a single fire energy investment 

Heliolisk gives you guaranteed damage with the potential to match Seaking without needing lightning energy

Hypno buys you time to set up the correct play

Sabrina gives you target flexibility, Pokédex for deck visibility when drawing, Giovanni if extra damage needed 

Use Venomoth to poison and control oponents and Promo A Jigglypuff to hold for Wigglytuff EX to end the game.

Low retreat cost and energy needed to attack make this deck attack fast and sleep + poison is really annoying for the opponent to play against.

Deck Traits: You want to draw many cards, and pivot smartly (You're okay with making sacrifices and aim to win games 3-2) ... however, because of this the deck is INCREDIBLY consistent and can outplay any matchup.

Early Game: Start  with Sigilyph or Mew EX as a wall, and build up an Abra line on the bench.