Gholdengo is Better Than Ever and It’s (Probably) the Play for Worlds

[PMJ]

I have spent most of July testing for Worlds and trying to come up with broken decks. Unfortunately, every cool and interesting deck I come up with is gatekept by Gardevoir ex. Nothing new under the sun, as they say. Gardevoir is as powerful and versatile as ever, bestowed with far too many broken options for whatever reason. The new set even brings it Jellicent ex, an oppressive Pokemon that simply adds to Gardevoir's power. Aside from Gardevoir itself, there is only one deck that has greatly impressed me in testing, and it's one I've written once or twice about before: Gholdengo ex.


Gholdengo remains one of the few decks with a good Gardevoir matchup, just how it was before. However...

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[Grim Thoughts]

I played Gholdengo with Munkidori and Scizor last summer and it sucked in that meta. I might pick the deck back up again if it’s really that good now

 

[MarlinRimes]

I’d say that there are multiple plays for worlds, depends on what you like. Garde, Pult, Bolt and Snarl also seems like great choices. Dengo is definitely good but I don’t know if it BDIF. Definitely top 5 though

 

[incessantAlchemist]

can we all agree that Gardevoir ex was a mistake

 

[kourasmeni]

Everything fun and games till the Grimmsnarl player brings out Maractus and holds your Genesect perpetually in the active

 

[Mogwip]

Everything fun and games till the Grimmsnarl player brings out Maractus and holds your Genesect perpetually in the active

Tis why you run turo

 

[excelsium2]

I’ve seen some Gardy players consider the Klefki tech to block the turn 2 Genesect; not sure how much of an impact that will have. Probably nothing to freak out about considering Gardevoir always had a bad matchup into Dengo even before the new cards.

Also, it doesn’t seem like Gardy Jellicent is the way as it has a rougher matchup into some decks than straight Gardevoir and isn’t even that dominant over Gholdengo.