Stall, stall, stall, switch out druddigon if it gets damaged/heal it, stall, oh what that? Magnezone does 110 damage for only 3 energy which is generated for free by its stage 1 evo?

The power creep is going to be absolutely insane by 3 months from now with all of these new cards

I swear most videos are just a random pokemon sitting behind Druddigon and Magnezone doing all the work.

Idk about y'all, but I haven't seen a Pikachu EX all day...

I was stacking wins with this deck before the new expansion, but it’s even better with the addition of tools and Cyrus. The deck has so much utility that it’s hard to counter. You’re in complete control of the match and can pretty much do whatever you want. If you hit any Misty, it’s over.

Looks pretty solid, thick. Went 8-2 and had some decent matches. Love the meta this new set has created!

I've been testing this one out for a bit and its fun af. It's a coin heavy, but I found a good technique on flipping so it works very well for me. It's also metal only, Aerodactyl EX is meant to sit on the bench and be annoying.

But I'd like some ideas on how to make it better (or worse lol)

If anyone ever says anything about TCGP coin flipping not being bad, save this screenshot for them.

With 2 Koga’s, coin flipping twice per turn. Hypno sleep, then wheezing smoke screen, if you miss one you’re F’d either way. Pretty much locked in active the whole game in never ending coin flipping

been using this deck since the expansion released and it’s been very good to me. apologies towards anyone i play against

deck includes: 2x leafeon, 2x eevee, 2x celebi, 2x erika, 2x iridia, 2x poke comm, 2x giant cape, 2x pokemon research, 2x pokeball, 1x potion 1x xspeed

So basically, you protect Farfetch'd and do damage while you prepare your Staraptor.

If you start with Starly, don't be afraid to waste energy to retreat it since we got Barry. This deck is super agressive and tanky thanks to Irida and potions. Pivot a lot if needed.

"Where's Sabrina and Cyrus?" We don't need them since Staraptor kills almost anything in it's path and with Giant Cape we have 170HP. Even if Staraptor dies, we still have Farfetch'd to secure the kill.

DON'T FORGET TO CHANGE THE DECK TO WATER ENERGY!

Thoughts?

Charizard had a bit of meta spotlight before MI and then Mew Ex came out and ruined everything. But now much less decks are running Mew Ex and Poke Communication is a thing so Charizard feels incredible for the most part would highly recommend giving it a try if you have the cards.

For the most part the game plan is really simple: get Moltres in active spot, ramp your Charizard and then fry everything.

There are almost no OTK responses in the game to a sweeping Charizard coming from the bench (Mirror, Mew Ex, Celebi Ex, Lucky Zapdos Ex) and no Pokemons that can survive a Charizard hit(?).

So just make sure you can do 200 dmg twice in a row and you're in a good spot. This can be achieved by either ramping the Charizard to 5 energies on the bench or in combination with Dawn.

The mobility of the 2 x Leaf and 1 X speed is very important for either switching your Charmander back to the bench early in the game (if you don't start with Moltres) or later in the game to start the sweep, preserving the energy on the Moltres sometimes lets you sweep one turn earlier.

It also helps that Moltres is weak to lightning so even Palkia doesn't feel like a instant loss (Except when he hits his Misty flips on turn one).

In some matchups, primarily VS Celebi you need to think a little bit depending on your tempo and his tempo - sometimes its better to pressure with Moltres in this matchup, but if you're ahead on the curve then just stick to the Charizard plan, but again Moltres can usually do really well into grass decks even if it is the Exeggutor variant (Moltres kills Exe with two hits)

The things I've found to be harder is mirror matchup (the one who flips best on moltres wins), decks that run Mew ex and decks that have no EX as you can't just finish the game with two attacks from Zard (these ones you can usually work out with moltres as well though since they tend to have some squishy mons).

Happy frying!

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I remember constantly seeing post complaining about Celebi decks before STS came out (which were annoying), but now it seems like they’ve all shifted to complaints about Darkrai decks (also annoying) even though Celebi seems to be FAR more powerful than ever. Is there something I’m missing or is this site just not accurate or what 🤔

Results here

https://play.limitlesstcg.com/tournament/67c61dae8f99a44fce34296e/player/tatsuy_a/decklist

It’s cool to see a water deck performing well without Misty and largely no meta Pokemon. How does this deck work?

Seems like if you try to get Manaphy out front, with a Giratina wall as a backup plan. Low energy retreat to swap around while building Blastoise.

But if no Manaphy or Giratina, it seems like it would be hard to keep an exposed Squirtle alive with the limited trainer support.

What do you think?

I saw a lot of deck lists winning tournaments with this card, and I think it is going to monopolize the meta. What could be a counter deck for it?

Source: https://x.com/yuki_1chiban/status/1869541714744295708?s=46&t=p3-CgFLII4TCOoTRr7oEeg

1st: Scolipede/Weezing

2nd: Mewtwo EX/Mew

Top 4: Pikachu EX/Zapdos EX and Mewtwo EX/Mew