What I do now is try to start attacking with mew bench barrier for 30 spread on turn 1 if I can, to put pressure on, until he can get a sky pillar out.
Then in the meantime evolve 1-2 Malamars and load up a Giratina. Also don't bench Giratina directly, discard and then jump to the bench to do...
I haven't play tested it much, but is a single Cyrus in a Malamar deck enough to take care of dolls?
Strategy would be:
get a Giratina active and keep knocking out your own Pokemon until you get him down to 3 prize cards, and on the last attack knock your own Giratina out so it's in the...
Also seen some doll decks now playing an attacking leaf deerling (sp?) pokemon, to take out cryogonals I assume.
It's a nice card to put it, it actually jumps back to your bench even which is perfect.
Also thought about custom catcher, but at best I think you will only be able to gust up once, and so it would be good for one knockout but that's probably about it.
Opponent will probably mill at least one other one away.
Trying to find a way to win with Ultra Malamar vs Dolls...
tried putting Blacephalon CEC up right away and spreading 40, but they get Sky Pillar out. I put my Viridian Forest on top but a few turns later they put Sky Pillar back in their deck and get Sky Pillar out again.
They usually play...
Reshiram and Zekrom is insane in expanded.
Go second, put a double dragon energy on it, then use max exilir & tapu koko prism to attach basic energies to the bench. Dedenne GX and Shaymin EX can be used to mill through your deck to get the right number of basic energies attached to knock out...