A curious little deck made up of some cheap cards with big punch, this is something for players to look at who don't know exactly what to build in September and who may be on a budget. This deck hits many different types for weakness (Dark, Lightning, Psychic, Water and Fighting) efficiently without giving up consistency. This deck is meant for immediately after rotation, meaning nothing from SM7+.
Pokemon - 16
4 Mesprit FLI
3 Uxie FLI
2 Wimpod BUS
2 Golisopod GX
2 Marshadow GX
1 Sudowoodo GRI
1 Oranguru SUM
1 Oranguru UPR
Supporters - 12
4 Cynthia
3 Guzma
3 Lillie
2 Professor Kukui
Items - 20
4 Acro Bike
4 Ultra Ball
4 Nest Ball
3 Choice Band
2 Field Blower
2 Switch
1 Rescue Stretcher
Energy - 12
4 Double Colorless Energy
4 Rainbow Energy
4 Grass Energy
Mesprit is the main attacker, dealing 70 for Double Colorless while Uxie is benched. With a Choice Band this hits 100 and OHKOs Buzzwole GX and Naganadel GX after weakness. This is the bread and butter attack, it softens up big GXs for 2HKOs which is great help to our own GX attackers.
Uxie isn't much to look at, though it has to be benched for the deck to work, hence the high count of it. It's Memory Skip attack is an annoyance, dealing 30 and preventing the opponent's active Pokemon from attacking on their next turn unless it switches.
Golisopod GX is an excellent follow up, and the deck packs 5 switching cards to assist it. Getting off First Impression is important but a Crossing Cut GX knock out with Choice Band is still a good option if a Guzma or Switch isn't found. Golisopod hits Waters such as Greninja GX for weakness, but also some Fighting type outliers such as Zygarde GX and Lycanroc GX. The extra Grass Energy are included to allow Golisopod to continue attacking in the face of Special Energy hate.
Marshadow GX is the icing on the cake, and gives the deck an edge over the likes of Zoroark GX. Its main use is to copy Mesprit's Mind Splash with Uxie benched to smack Zoroark, although it needs both Choice Band and Professor Kukui to knock out one on its own. It can also use Oranguru's Psychic if Marshadow has 3 Energy attachments, and will score an OHKO if Zoroark has the DCE attached.
The last 3 Pokemon are for support. Sudowoodo is the closest thing to Parallel City avaliable and the Orangurus provide valuable assistance in drawing and in resource recovery.
That's the list. This was fun to build and I'd love to test it, it may be what I personally run in the early months of the 18-19 season.
Pokemon - 16
4 Mesprit FLI
3 Uxie FLI
2 Wimpod BUS
2 Golisopod GX
2 Marshadow GX
1 Sudowoodo GRI
1 Oranguru SUM
1 Oranguru UPR
Supporters - 12
4 Cynthia
3 Guzma
3 Lillie
2 Professor Kukui
Items - 20
4 Acro Bike
4 Ultra Ball
4 Nest Ball
3 Choice Band
2 Field Blower
2 Switch
1 Rescue Stretcher
Energy - 12
4 Double Colorless Energy
4 Rainbow Energy
4 Grass Energy
Mesprit is the main attacker, dealing 70 for Double Colorless while Uxie is benched. With a Choice Band this hits 100 and OHKOs Buzzwole GX and Naganadel GX after weakness. This is the bread and butter attack, it softens up big GXs for 2HKOs which is great help to our own GX attackers.
Uxie isn't much to look at, though it has to be benched for the deck to work, hence the high count of it. It's Memory Skip attack is an annoyance, dealing 30 and preventing the opponent's active Pokemon from attacking on their next turn unless it switches.
Golisopod GX is an excellent follow up, and the deck packs 5 switching cards to assist it. Getting off First Impression is important but a Crossing Cut GX knock out with Choice Band is still a good option if a Guzma or Switch isn't found. Golisopod hits Waters such as Greninja GX for weakness, but also some Fighting type outliers such as Zygarde GX and Lycanroc GX. The extra Grass Energy are included to allow Golisopod to continue attacking in the face of Special Energy hate.
Marshadow GX is the icing on the cake, and gives the deck an edge over the likes of Zoroark GX. Its main use is to copy Mesprit's Mind Splash with Uxie benched to smack Zoroark, although it needs both Choice Band and Professor Kukui to knock out one on its own. It can also use Oranguru's Psychic if Marshadow has 3 Energy attachments, and will score an OHKO if Zoroark has the DCE attached.
The last 3 Pokemon are for support. Sudowoodo is the closest thing to Parallel City avaliable and the Orangurus provide valuable assistance in drawing and in resource recovery.
That's the list. This was fun to build and I'd love to test it, it may be what I personally run in the early months of the 18-19 season.
