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Catch These Z's

Pokémon

  • Drowzee x2
  • Hypno x2
  • Jynx x2
  • Flabébé x2
  • Floette x2
  • Florges x2

Trainers

  • Sabrina x2
  • Leaf x1
  • X Speed x1
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

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.

 

Eggcelent

Pokémon

  • Exeggcute x2
  • Exeggutor x2
  • Morelull x2
  • Shiinotic x2
  • Chatot x2

Trainers

  • Erika x2
  • Sabrina x2
  • Leaf x1
  • X Speed x1
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

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.

 

Team Rocket Blasts Off (Real)

Pokémon

  • Ekans x2
  • Arbok x2
  • Koffing x1
  • Koffing x1
  • Weezing x2
  • Meowth x2

Trainers

  • Koga x2
  • Sabrina x2
  • X Speed x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

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.

 

Flipadelphia

Pokémon

  • Moltres x2
  • Goldeen x2
  • Seaking x2
  • Helioptile x2
  • Heliolisk x2
  • Drowzee x1
  • Hypno x1

Trainers

  • Giovanni x1
  • Sabrina x2
  • Pokédex x1
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

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 

 

Blaine - Mythical Island Meta

Pokémon

  • Ponyta x2
  • Rapidash x1
  • Rapidash x1
  • Vulpix x2
  • Ninetales x2
  • Mew ex x1

Trainers

  • Blaine x2
  • Giovanni x2
  • Sabrina x1
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • X Speed x2

Very consistent and low-luck based deck. I hit 45 wins in the Emblem 2 event with this deck due to the huge amount of decks playing Celebi. This deck eats Celebi decks for breakfast.

 

Ideally Ponyta out front first, with one energy to start dealing damage asap. A second energy if beneficial to evolve to A1a Rapidash, or just do A1 Rapidash for speed while giving energy to Vulpix on bench. Mew is here as a counter to some meta mons and also as a tank in a pinch.

 

Ninetales + Blaine can one-hit KO any Celebi even if a Blue is played

Meta Mew2

Pokémon

  • Mewtwo ex x2
  • Ralts x2
  • Kirlia x2
  • Gardevoir x2
  • Mew ex x1

Trainers

  • Sabrina x1
  • Potion x2
  • X Speed x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Giovanni x2

Start off with mew or mewtwo and keep upgrading gard then cycle through mewtwo and if necessary use mew to start and copy abilities 

Wigglymoth

Pokémon

  • Venonat x2
  • Venomoth x2
  • Jigglypuff x2
  • Wigglytuff ex x2

Trainers

  • Potion x2
  • X Speed x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Giovanni x2
  • Sabrina x2

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.

Alakazam Control

Pokémon

  • Sigilyph x1
  • Mew ex x1
  • Abra x2
  • Kadabra x2
  • Alakazam x2

Trainers

  • Potion x1
  • X Speed x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Mythical Slab x2
  • Sabrina x1
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Budding Expeditioner x2

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.

Three Diamond Lightning Deck

Pokémon

  • Dedenne x2
  • Pikachu x1
  • Raichu x1
  • Voltorb x1
  • Electrode x1

Trainers

  • Potion x2
  • X Speed x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Sabrina x2
  • Blue x2
  • Lt. Surge x1
  • Leaf x1

This is a very simple to use 3 Diamond or less control deck. This is great for completing the Solo missions that require a Three Diamond or less deck. I do not recommend this for PVP as it doesn't hit terribly high numbers and requires a lot of RNG to maintain control, but if you're having issues with some of the Solo missions (especially against the Starmie/Gyarados EX deck missions!) this could help you out a lot in getting those free shop tickets.

Three Diamond Fire Deck

Pokémon

  • Vulpix x2
  • Ninetales x2
  • Ponyta x2
  • Rapidash x2

Trainers

  • Potion x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Sabrina x2
  • Blaine x2
  • X Speed x1
  • Giovanni x1

This is a quick, simple 3 Diamond or less Fire deck that sets up fast and hits hard. This is great for completing the Solo missions that require a Three Diamond or less deck. I have also had some success with it against players utilizing the Celebi/Serperior meta deck that's in play, though it requires the RNG be in your favor!

The key to this deck is getting Rapidash set up and on the field early. If you are going second I would recommend starting with Vulpix to get an energy on it so you can stop incoming attacks, especially if you are going up against a Water deck.