While looking at the Miracle crystal set spoiler, Swampert caught my eye. I loved its poke-power which would combo well with lugia and holon circle. But then I saw delcatty ex. When I saw it I was thinking, “how in the world will this be useful, when it would be impossible to get all the energies in the discard pile.” Then it hit me. The answer was not an ordinary pokemon, but a pokemon* and this pokemon is GYRADOS*! now here it is.

Skitty x3 (MC)
Delcatty ex x3 (MC)
Gyarados* x1 (HP)
Mawile x4 (MC)
Pokemon x11

Fire Energy x22
Energy x22

Crystal Beach x4
Holon Transceiver x3
Holon Scientist x1
Holon Farmer x2
Holon Mentor x1
Mary’s Request x4
Tv Reporter x3
Fluff Berry x2
PETM x3
(trainer x2)
Trainer x27


Strategy: Use mawile to get ready for holon engine. If I have at least 5-8 energies in the discard by the time delcatty ex is set up I use its upstream. Then retreat/switch to gyarados* and use final burn retreat (with fluff berry) then use upstream, etc… need help with trainer and set up. Thanks

Here are some spoilers
Delcatty ex - Colorless – HP90
Stage 1

Poke-Power: Limitation
You can use this power once during your turn. Each player discards cards from his or her hand until they only have 6 cards left. (You discard first). You can’t use this power if Delcatty ex is affected by a Special Condition.

[C] Upstream: Does 10 damage X the number of Energy Cards in your discard pile. Then, remove all Energy Cards from your discard pile, show them to your opponent, and shuffle them back into your deck.
[C][C][C] Tail Slap: 60 damage.

Weakness: Fighting
Resistance: none
Retreat: none

Mawile - Steel – HP60
Basic Pokemon

[C] Mining: Search your deck for a Trainer card, show it to your opponent, and put it in your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. If the card you chose is a Pokemon Tool card, attach it to 1 of your Pokemon.
[M][C] Bite Off: 20 damage. If the Defending Pokemon is Pokemon-ex, this attack does 20 damage + 30 more damage.

Weakness: Fire
Resistance: Grass
Retreat: 1

Crystal Beach – Trainer – Stadium

All Special Energy cards that provide 2 or more energy instead provide 1 Colorless energy, and Poke-Powers or Poke-Bodies can't change this effect.

Gyarados * (d) - Fire - HP80
Basic

[R][C] Spiral Growth: 20 damage. Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, search your discard pile for an Energy card and attach it to Gyarados *.
[R][R][R][R] Finish Burn: Discard cards from the top of your deck until you only have 1 remaining. This attack does 50 damage + 20 more damage for each Energy card discarded in this way.

Weakness: Lightning
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

All spoilers from pokebeach.com

well you can't reatreat after you use finish burn.... and next turn you will need to draw the last card.... means u lose....means u will be deck out.... all * pokemon with finish something in their attack is very risky 2 use.... think first before u post..
[DoK] not me

Fluffy Berry lets Gyarados * retreat for free. The idea is to switch it with Delcatty ex and use "Upstream" to put all those discarded Energy back into your deck. It's a decent strategy if you can get Gyarados * charged quickly, but once he dies you'll have to stall until you can get him back with Pokémon Retriever.

And if he ends up being a Prize, you pretty much lose.

in any way he uses finish burn he loses next turn... unless... delcatty ex is already on the bench and and he has exactly 6 cards... so he won't draw because of limitation... nvr tot of that... correct me if im wrong

There is 1 card which owns this deck. All you have to do is use Gyarados* once. Your opponent simply plays Admin, if you have less cards in your hand than prizes, then you lose on your next turn since you cant draw. You Really gotta watch out for Admin and more people are playing now for some strange reason...

Team Bondi- The Apprentice Haters.

kravenace- you have it wrong. You lose only if at start of turn cannot draw, not if draw last card. The Del-dos combo works well.

Trainer card courtesy of Lugia34 on psypokes forum

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Not a good idea. EVer heard of FIELDWORKER!! ADMIN!!
They really wil kick yr grass

They MAY draw a card with Fieldworker. It's not forced.

Team Bondi- The Apprentice Haters.

Gyarados * is better as a plan 2. Except for Swampert ex, I found no other way to charge it quickly. The eeveelutions maybe...together with energy switch...I think there is room to use a Flareon ex + Full flame or a Flareon UF in this deck... but I had no time to think about it.

Add some boost energy for delcatty and instead of using PETM, use wally's training. 60 damage (turn 1 after wally) is possible with a boost energy if you don't have a mawile in play yet. Gyarados* adds damage with any energy and upstream works with any energy too.

Remove crystal beach since there is boost energy and put another gym. Giant stump is cool.

In this case, the energy should be 18 fire and 4 boost. If you ever attack with gyarados*, 4 will be on it, 2, maybe in your other pokemon and consider 2 in the prizes. 13 energy usually available if not more. Use Delcatty upstream before attacking so all 14 energy will be on your deck. When attacking with gyarados: 50 + 140 = 190, 180 if the last card left happens to be an energy card or 170 if you have drawn an energy card that turn. (you probably have already though about that )

Holon adventurer won't be better than TV, but you can reuse it with holon transceiver.

Important card: Energy recycle system. Next gyarados's attack will surely cause 70 damage if you used 1 ERS or 100 if you used 2. Good if you need to KO your opponent and have no chance to use Delcatty's ex upstream next turn.

Energy switch is to save energy from pokémon you know will be KOed like Mawiles. Transfer the energy to a Gyarados* in play.




Skitty x4 (MC)
Delcatty ex x3 (MC)
Gyarados* x1 (HP)
Mawile x 4 (MC)
Pokemon x12

Fire Energy x18
Boost energy x4
Energy x 22

Giant stump x 4
Holon Transceiver x3
Holon Farmer x 2
Holon scientist x1
Holon Mentor x1
Mary’s Request x 4
Holon adventurer (Holom Phantom) x 3
Wally's training x3
Fluffy Berry x 3
Energy swich x 3
Energy recycle system x 2
Trainer x30


No problem with rocket's admin either: rotated when MC is released

nonono guys... Finish Burn really has to be the final attack coz you discard from the top of your deck until you only have 1 left right?! lets get it this way... you attack finish burn... theres only one card left on your deck.. as of the rules every turn you must draw a card.... so deck out.... no card can stop it... even delcatty ex's limitation coz.. it says discard a card... not to not draw a card... if you use finish burn it really has to be the finishing...

You really don't understand?

In the beginning of your turn, if you cant draw (Note: it doesn't say: "if you draw your last card") You lose the game. So, with delcatty ex, you can get all energys in the discard pile back in your deck.

Stikk av ditt svin, du er for schtøgg for meg og morra di er med på det verste!

~Terkel i knipe

RIP

and if really neccecery you could use a pokémon retriever to put 3 pokémon back into your deck. so you can go on a little more time If they let's say: used warppoint to put delcatty ex in front and disables his upstream...
But remember! if gyarados* is your 6th price, this deck is totally doomed!
I hope better combo's show up in the future so this card will be playable....

FC: 4811 9103 6435 The name is Strife.

what about slowking from delta spieces it alowes you to swits 1 of your prizes with one of cards in your deck so the deck isnt doomed if gyaradoes* is in your prizes

Interesting! Slowking could solve the problem of the prizes!

Attach a rainbow (or multi, even better) and slowking could attack 40 and discard opponent's special energy card, but he is not going to be used to attack, unless to kill a water weak pokémon with 80 HP left.

I think 2 Slowpoke and 2 Slowking will do. In 6 turns maximum, if gyarados * is in the prize, it's power could retrieve it. And energy cards in the prize could be retrieved too!

4 cards needed, so take out 1 mawile, 1 stadium and 2 other trainers. Switch 4 fire energy to 4 multi energy.

hmmm yeah i was thinking of slowking as well and i think i will put it here. but i think i will stick with rainbow instead of multi. Oh yeah one more thing gyardos * final burn does 50 =20 for each energy discarded. so what do you think the decklist shoud be?

oh ya, can u guys rate this deck?