While you do make a good point, there are other cards to counter Aegislash specifically, aside from Hex Maniac. Silent Lab is the resource that I use in my Hippowdon deck, this ( and Toad) are the reason it's 46 - 3 Win/Loss ratio. Despite being Special energy heavy the deck can still thrive.
The fighting weakness can get especially scary if you can't even paralyze your opponent, Hippowdon gets a very good match up here, haha. However the raw power of 170 is enough to OHKO a non-Resistance Desert Hippo, and almost a Toad.
I like this deck because it gets variety out of expanded in a few different ways, for example, the use of Virbank with Ariados and even a couple lasers. Also you could tech in a heavy ball or two to fish out Machamp EX.
A good way to run flip cards such as Birch and Scoop Up are in even numbers, (whether it be 2 or 4 doesn't matter) this maximizes your chances of hitting a heads. Obviously if you run 3 you could have a 2 to 1 ratio of heads, but the chances are 12.5%. Hitting heads for 2 tries is 50% for 1, and 25% for 2 heads.
A good way to run flip cards such as Birch and Scoop Up are in even numbers, (whether it be 2 or 4 doesn't matter) this maximizes your chances of hitting a heads. Obviously if you run 3 you could have a 2 to 1 ratio of heads, but the chances are 12.5%. Hitting heads for 2 tries is 50% for 1, and 25% for 2 heads.
tldr: running even copies of flip based cards is my suggestion. As to supporter preference, that can vary from deck to deck, and player to player. Hope that this helped
Sorry I left out the bit on consistency. However running a consistent base of cards would also mean that running less copies of coin flipping cards would be optimal because it lessens the chance that something will change. However it cant be helped in decks that use Super Scoop Up, unless you run more AZ and VS Seeker. By lowering the amount of flip cards in a deck you can free up space. You are right about the chances you get going down, however that is never a guarantee that more flips = more consistency.
I'm honestly finding this very difficult to follow. Things that are powerful and have niche, like SSU and Crushing Hammer, are best used with counts of 3-4 (I run 3 SSU to much success) so you can get maximum chances on getting the heads. I wouldn't put my 3 count of SSU to 2 to free up space. I personally don't like high counts of things like Birch when there is something like Shauna that is more reliable with similar drawbacks, as theoretical flips isn't exactly actual flips. Consistency isn't necessarily getting lots of heads, but is more of an always getting the card when you actually want it.
To each their own, but what I mean to say is no matter how many copies you run nothing is guaranteed, like you are as likely to hit heads an entire game, as you are to hit tails an entire game; I'm saying a gamble is sometimes just a waste of deck space. Just my opinion, sorry if that was hard to follow, I didn't really explain it well.
Sometime the gamble is worth it, such as Crushing Hammer and SSU (imo).
Glad to hear it, but that is true. In fact I prefer Birtch to Shauna myself, but another part that plays in is the actual deck you are using I supposeSometime the gamble is worth it, such as Crushing Hammer and SSU (imo).
Eh, np. I appear to have followed it in the end
