1- Klefki STS 80
1- Cobalion STS 74 or Jirachi ROS 42
4- Riolu FAC 45
4- Lucario FAC 63
42 Trainer Cards (14 Supporters)
4- Trainers' Mail ROS 92
2- Professor's Letter BKT 146
3- Level Ball AOR 76
4- Captivating Poké Puff STS 99
3- Super Rod BKT 149
3- Exp. Share PRC 128
3- Evosoda GEN 62
2- Escape Rope PRC 127
4- VS Seeker ROS 110
2- Hex Maniac
1- Pokémon Ranger STS 104
1- Skyla BKT 148
3- Professor Sycamore BKP 107
1- Teammates PRC 141
4- N FAC 105
2- Lysandre AOR 78
8 Energy
8- Metal Energy XY 139
The way this deck works is pretty self explanatory. Lucario's "Fight Alone" attack for two Metal Energy does 30 damage + 60 more for each fewer Pokemon you have in play than your opponent. And most of the time, he is literally fighting alone and dealing 210+ damage.
-One Klefki for stalling against Mega Pokemon and because it can remove itself from the bench.
-Evosoda and Level Ball instead of Ultra Ball to conserve cards and set up Lucario in a pinch.
-Exp. Share saves energy and helps to get a second Lucario ready by the time the active one is knocked out.
-Super Rod x3 because you will lose some Lucario and need to recycle them.
-N and Sycamore for draw support.
-Professor's Letter for grabbing Energy.
-Hex x2 for shutting down ability-heavy decks.
-Lysandre x2 for sniping EXs and taking two prizes at once.
-Escape Rope works wonders in this deck, either making your opponent switch out their active Pokemon, or switching Lucario into the active if you started or had to stall with Cobalion or Klefki.
-Captivating Pokepuff lets you predict your opponent's next turn and put their basic Pokemon onto their bench. Sadly, it will miss most of the time so you need to run 4.
-Skyla and Trainers' Mail to draw into Escape Rope, Captivating Pokepuff, Evosoda, Professor's Letter, or whatever trainer you need.
The reason I think this deck is good is because of what people will probably be playing in the new format. It's consistent, lots of fun, and has the added benefit of being inexpensive to build.
-Mega Mewtwo is a pretty even matchup. If the Mewtwo player runs Hoopa to set up, Lucario can hit those high numbers needed to get three OHKO's. The Mewtwo player has an advantage of adjusting their play-style to not putting many Pokemon on the bench.
-Mega Rayquaza is knocked out in one hit having four more Pokemon than you, and that's an almost guaranteed situation considering Mega Rayquaza needs at least four benched Pokemon to one-hit-knock-out Lucario. There's also Klefki to protect Lucario for a turn.
-Mega Gardevoir and Xerneas Break are both getting attention heading into the new format. Xerneas Break only loses one prize at a time and can deal massive damage by turn three. It can tech BKP Zebstrika and FAC Mew to deal with both Mega Rayquaza and Mega Mewtwo. Mega Gardevoir can one-hit-knock-out Mega Mewtwo quite easily, mostly struggling against just Mega Rayquaza. Both of these decks have a metal weakness, allowing Lucario to one-hit-knock-out Xerneas Break for one fewer benched Pokemon and Mega Gardevoir for two fewer benched Pokemon. And both of those decks fill up their benches.
-Lucario does well against many of the other decks I expect to see in the next format too, like Circle Circuit Raichu, Volcanion-EX, and Zygarde-EX. As long as they play a lot of benched Pokemon, or you can play them for your opponent with Captivating Pokepuff, you should have a decent advantage.
Well that's it! I hope you like my list. Test it out, change it up, and let me know what you think!
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