Standard Durant / Bunnelby / Houndoom EX

[HotTorchic]

Pokémon:

• 4 Durant
• 3 Bunnelby Ancient Trait
• 2 Houndoom EX
• 1 Shaymin EX

Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums:

• 4 Trick Shovel
• 2 Lysandre
• 2 Professor's Letter
• 2 Skyla
• 1 Super Rod
• 1 Sacred Ash
• 3 Level Ball
• 2 Ultra Ball
• 1 Puzzle Of Time
• 3 Fighting Fury Belt
• 2 Trainers' Mail
• 1 Switch
• 1 Startling Megaphone
• 1 Pokémon Catcher
• 1 Shauna
• 1 Brigette
• 1 Misty's Determination
• 1 Giovanni's Scheme
• 3 Professor Sycamore
• 1 Psychic's Third Eye
• 1 Judge
• 2 Delinquent
• 1 Enhanced Hammer

Energy:

• 3 Rainbow Energy
• 3 Fire Energy
• 6 Grass Energy

Strategy:

Is there any chance you guys could look over this and tell me what I can do to improve this? I just made it with the new set and really want to use it in my next LC!

 

[CottonTail]

There's a good chance Durant might not be in the active slot. Bunnelby or Houndoom will take the spotlight as the main millers (Dont think that's a word) since their attack is a one drop energy. Focus more on those two as Durant will be a sub in case both Houndooms are in Prize since you run 2 of them. Pokemon list is fine, but it seems you lack a bit in suitable Trainers.

Take out list:
-1 Psychics Third Eye: I'd prefer to keep the cards in my hand to either be reshuffle or use for an ultra (For Shaymin)
-1 Giovanni's Scheme: 20+ extra damage is nice, but this deck is more focus on milling than attacking.
-1 Misty's Determination: Her determination isnt as great as mine!!
-1 Pokemon Catcher
-1 Professor's Letter
-3 Rainbow Energy: Works as a situational one drop energy for Houndoom/Bunnelby if a fire energy wont come up, but it's not necessary.
-1 Judge: Like P. Third Eye, you do want to keep your hand if you like it.
-1 Pokemon Catcher
-3 Level Balls: Brigette will bring Durant and Bunnelby out quickly without the help of Level Ball.
-1 Trick Shovel: Cant have too much or too little. 3 seems to be the magic number for some game changing cards.
-1 Fighting Fury Belt
-1 Sacred Ashe
Slots open: 16

Possible ideas:
+1 Shauna
+2 Professor's Birch
+3 Crushing Hammers
+1 Team flare grunt
+3 Fire Energy
+1 Red Card: Delinquent will be a bigger threat and will cause a major set-back to your opponent's game. And if you havent figure it out; 4 - 3 = 1. Yay for math.
+2 Team Magma's Secret Base: Not only it'll provide you to use Delinquent, but it'll give the easy damage counters to your Durant... and everyone else.. Uuhh..
+3 Puzzle of Time: 4 Puzzles = 2 VS Seekers; expect you get whatever you want. What a deal.

Slots open: None. (Complete deck)

I would like to apologize for the many -1 of's. Judging from the list, you wanna make a some-what affordable deck. And hopefully my explanation isn't that confusing for the reason why I took out/put in some cards. I could probably understand the addition of Misty's determination in a scenario:

Cards in Hand: Misty's Determination, X, X, X, X and Ultra Ball. Play Ultra Ball for Shaymin EX, play Misty's Determination BEFORE putting Shaymin for cards you want.

Something like that. Any thoughts of the change?

 

[HotTorchic]

In the case of the rainbow energy. When you play a rainbow energy you put 1 damage counter onto the Pokemon. So I thought it could be used to put the damage onto durant as opposed to the Magma Secret base.

 

[CottonTail]

-2 Secret Base for +2 Rainbow energy. Positive most decks do run stadium cards so Delinquent is much of a dead weight in the deck. Or keep the original +3 Rainbow energy idea and take out one other card.

 

[PokeDad5]

I run both magmas base and rainbow energy. But i also run bronzong and smeargle. This deck can work, but you don't need houndoom. He's dead weight and gives your opponent 2 prize cards. Stick to basics. You also won't need fury belts and puzzle.

 

[mordacazir]

1x Puzzle Of Time

It is playing 4, or playing no.

2x Skyla

I count 15 supporters, maybe drop one skyla and psychics third eye?