Best Play for Spring Battle Roads!
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amisheskimoninja said:
Only the best Sabledonk decks have a near autoloss to Spiritomb LOL.
Hey, none of your points don't really matter in the end. The absolute goal when they start spiritomb is to get it out of the active position. If you can't, then you're in a tight spot.
You're basing your points of of theory--the theory that you need to use Seeker to donk them...the theory that regice+3 collector will clog up your hand in a deck with 4 Junk arm...
Shiny Shinx said:
And you trust a site anyone can edit why? If it is Palkia G, it could work considering it has high hp.
Pokeman said:
With my T-tar list, I don't need too many basics. but I guess in this format, you'll just have to sacrifice consistency for basics.
^eh, they took it down. It uses Skarmory FB, with Silver Feather; Metagross SV, for its Body; and Miasma Valley. So any Basic Pokemon your opponent plays from their hand onto their Bench is KO'd if it isn't a {G} or {P} type or has over 60 HP. Mandibuzz lets me take cheap KO's after Skarm is KO'd.
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^may as well use Absol Prime while you're at it.
The best sabledonk decks work every time. I've playtested Sabeldonk with collector and found I started with a regice plus collector or a couple of collectors surprisingly often. Since they don't get you anything at all except in the spiritomb matchup, they're dead draw. As opposed to every other card in the deck that draws or places damage counters. So its easy to get bound up in the beginning.
Tyraniking said:
The best sabledonk decks work every time. I've playtested Sabeldonk with collector and found I started with a regice plus collector or a couple of collectors surprisingly often. Since they don't get you anything at all except in the spiritomb matchup, they're dead draw. As opposed to every other card in the deck that draws or places damage counters. So its easy to get bound up in the beginning.
^This!Tyraniking said:
I'm not sure how big Sabledonk will be in my area, hence, at my first BR in the area, I'll be HJing it, then at the next one I'll see what I'll run. I have about 90% of the cards for Sabledonk, but I don't want to run it out of principle, or probably because of all the problems I can see with it (i.e. being susceptible to Trainer lock, and there might be a lot of Vilegar in my area). But mostly it's out of principle that I don't want to run it. I don't want to be known as a cheap player; I have a little reputation of my own to uphold (the guy who runs the crazy decks that work).
That said I'll probably be running RegiAwesome anyway at my next BR, because this is the last chance I'll ever get to play it at a tournament, before the rotation comes. (Even if the rotation doesn't happen before Nats, the odds of me going to Nats are slim anyway.) Considering my deck does well to excellent against everything in my area, I have pretty good odds.
^I'd prefer to show I can beat it with something more creative 
amisheskimoninja said:
Absol only works at Active. Skarmory makes them take 2, Absol, 1. I don't know how well it'll work against SableDonk, because my ideal lead is Beldum SV (use Pit Search to get Miasma Valley).
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Pokeman said:
This all the way. Our secret rogue runs 3-4 Sableye...Impersonate doesn't really help THAT much after the first 2 or 3, but the main reason he's there is his Pokebody, which makes the deck prevent donks even FURTHER.
If I can't get the cards for that deck, I'll just have to play Sabledonk :/
Shiny Shinx said:
Actually absol makes them take 2 also. And it has more HP, does more damage, and doesn't need energy to work.
http://www.pokebeach.com/scans/triumphant/91-absol.jpg
I'll be running Sablock, am just playtesting and perfecting my list this week as battle roads is this upcoming saturday, so that's going to be the play for me Have the card's to make a sabledonk! But don't like the idea of building a deck that's intended to win turn 1!
Have the card's to make a sabledonk! But don't like the idea of building a deck that's intended to win turn 1!LoxChomp
It is so good, granted it will get donked by Sabledonk sometimes but it does the same thing and has a legit late game.
It is so good, granted it will get donked by Sabledonk sometimes but it does the same thing and has a legit late game.
Shame MT mime isn't in the format anymore. That would be an effective sabledonk preventer.