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Lycanroc lucario

Pokémon

  • Hitmonchan x1
  • Riolu x2
  • Rockruff x2
  • Lucario x2
  • Lycanroc x2

Trainers

  • X Speed x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Pokémon Communication x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Sabrina x1
  • Cyrus x1
  • Red x1

Rockruff starts outfront turn one ideally with riolu/ 2 riolu on bench

use rockrufs attack to call lycanroc to you hand.

 

turn 2 evolve rockruff and if possible riolu to lucario. 2 lucario double the effect of damage on the attack

 

hitmonchan incase bad hand with 1 energy attack that benefits from lucario buff. 

 

can trade the hitmonchan or spare rockruff with pokemon communication to try and get a missing lucario 

 

Firing Squad

Pokémon

  • Weedle x2
  • Rowlet x2
  • Dartrix x1
  • Beedrill x1
  • Beedrill ex x1
  • Decidueye ex x2
  • Kakuna x1
  • Erika x1

Trainers

  • Pokémon Communication x1
  • Rare Candy x2
  • Poké Ball x1
  • Leaf Cape x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Lillie x1

Shaymin Heal

Pokémon

  • Oddish x2
  • Gloom x2
  • Bellossom x2
  • Tangela x2
  • Tangrowth x2
  • Exeggcute x2
  • Alolan Exeggutor x1
  • Shaymin x2

Trainers

  • Poké Ball x2
  • Leaf Cape x1
  • Professor's Research x2

Put both shaymins on the bench if you can to keep your pokemon alive. Don't put energy on shaymins, use energies on other cards. If taken damage, use fragrant flower garden to heal. If you get low, retreat and put up other Pokemon on bench, not shaymin. Benched Pokemon will get shaymins heals too, so you can get back to full hp and go back to the active.

Metal Speed

Pokémon

  • Cosmog x2
  • Cosmoem x1
  • Pawniard x2
  • Bisharp x1
  • Skarmory x1
  • Solgaleo ex x2

Trainers

  • Poké Ball x1
  • Rare Candy x2
  • Giant Cape x2
  • Rocky Helmet x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Dawn x2

Fighting Combo (Shining Revelry)

Pokémon

  • Sudowoodo x2
  • Riolu x2
  • Lucario x2
  • Aerodactyl ex x2

Trainers

  • Old Amber x2
  • X Speed x1
  • Poké Ball x1
  • Pokémon Communication x1
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Sabrina x2
  • Giovanni x2
  • Leaf x1

Carnivine/Arceus EX

Pokémon

  • Arceus ex x2
  • Carnivine x2
  • Sprigatito x2
  • Floragato x2
  • Meowscarada x2

Trainers

  • Poké Ball x2
  • Pokémon Communication x1
  • Giant Cape x1
  • Rocky Helmet x1
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Red x1
  • Erika x2

Start may vary depending on luck of cards initially drawn.

 

Ideal Start:

Cat Anchor

Pokémon

  • Dhelmise x2
  • Sprigatito x2
  • Floragato x2
  • Meowscarada x2
  • Armor Fossil x1

Trainers

  • Poké Ball x2
  • Giant Cape x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Erika x2
  • Sabrina x1
  • Red x2

Use Meowsarada to take big damage or KOs on EX pokemon
Use Dhelmise to get early chip damage until it has built up 4 energy to take KOs on non EX pokemon 

Also use Giant Cape and Erica to keep to stall with Meowscarada until Dhelmise has 4 energy on it

Red/Sabrina/Cyrus potentally interchangable

Aggressive Water

Pokémon

  • Staryu x2
  • Magikarp x2
  • Starmie ex x2
  • Gyarados ex x2

Trainers

  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Misty x2
  • Pokémon Communication x1
  • Giant Cape x1
  • Cyrus x1
  • Dawn x1
  • Irida x1
  • Red x1

Low Cost Annoying Electric spam

Pokémon

  • Pikachu x1
  • Pikachu x1
  • Magneton x2
  • Magnezone x2
  • Magnemite x1
  • Magnemite x1
  • Raichu x1
  • Raichu x1
  • Arceus x1
  • Arceus ex x1

Trainers

  • Potion x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Sabrina x1
  • Leaf x1

(I listed variations of many cards, since they pretty much do the same)

At the start, place Pickachu as the 1st Active Pokemon to Evolve to Raichu and hopefully have an Arceus on bench to lower taken damage, with the goal to stack energies with Magnetone for a Magnezone. If you can't place Pikachu or Magnemite as your 1st Active Pokemon, you could place an Arceus instead and wait for it to die of for the Leaf card to appear.