LostGar (Seniors, States)

[giratina487]

I've been testing this list for a while now, and I think it's pretty good. It's not quite perfect yet, and that's where you all come in.

On to the deck:

Pokemon: 25
4-3-2/1-1 Gengar (SF-TM-Prime/AR16-AR)
1-1 Honchkrow (SV-SV)
1-1 Breloom (SV-SV)
1 Mr. Mime (CL)
1 Spiritomb (TM )
4 Smeargle (UD)
1 Unown Q (MD)
2 Uxie (LA)
1 Azelf (LA)

TSS: 24
2 Rare Candy (UL)
1 Luxury Ball (SF)
4 Bebe's Search (RR)
4 Seeker (TM )
3 Twins (TM )
3 Pokemon Collector (GS)
4 Broken Time-Space (PL)
3 Lost World (CL)

Energy: 11
3 Rescue Energy (TM )
8 Psychic Energy

Strategy: The typical LostGar strategy, get up Gengar prime, begin sending Pokemon from your opponent's hand to the Lost Zone, using techs such as Spiritomb and Mr. Mime to make better use of each Hurl Into Darkness. After getting 6 Pokemon in the Lost Zone, drop a Lost World and win. Gengar AR is for doing some actual damage while being able to switch back to Gengar Prime to send knocked-out Pokemon to the Lost Zone. Gengar Lv. X gets rid of the opponent's Lv. X's, as well as gaining some HP, Honchkrow is a tech that I use against Gyarados, and Breloom is for Dark-types like Tyranitar and Umbreon who can take a huge chunk out of Gengar; not only does it do nice damage due to weakness, it also discards Special Darks and Double Colorless. In the case of Tyranitar, it gives me a nice boost in that it won't quite knock it out, giving me the ability to knock it out with Gengar Prime (Or AR if it has Expert Belt) and get 3 Pokemon in the Lost Zone, as well as a prize card (Or two if it has Expert Belt).

With this list I can, relatively consistently, get a Gengar Prime out with a Psychic Energy T2 if I go first or T1 if I go second. After that, it's all about setting up the techs that I need and properly using my Seekers.

Thanks for reading, everyone. And thanks in advance for the help, edits, and advice.

 

[giratina487]

Alright, I know this deck isn't perfect, and I know it's not so bad that it can't be fixed. Therefore, I'm curious as to why it's sunk to the second page already

In other words, this is a very elaborate *BUMP*.

 

[HorribleGhost]

It's kinda hard to read the deck in this format. Deck lists are supposed to be posted like this:

4-3-4 Gengar Prime
1-1 Palkia G Lv. X

Ect. That's probably why this wasn't reviewed very much. I'm limited on time ATM but I can look at this further and review it some more later.

 

[giratina487]

Well, that's the format that was given to me by Redshark, so, like, yeah. I guess I'll change it and hope for some results.

 

[HorribleGhost]

Have you played this against other decks? Generally the strategy with LostGar isn't to take prize cards. That's why LostGar decks run so many Twins.

Outside of that... Drop a few (or maybe all) of your Bebe's Search. Those valuable Supporter placements are usually better put with Seeker or Twins (a Twins should be able to let you search out whatever 2 cards you want, making it superior to trading 1 for only a pokemon) Pokemon communications is a better choice (providing there's now a lot of trainer locking in your meta)

-~3 Bebe's Search

+~3 Pokemon Communication

Outside of that I'd wonder about the other cards. Again, the Honchkrow depends on your Meta (I'm assuming you plan on putting a Magikarp on the bench and then putting it in the Lost Zone). It would work well against Gyrados, but that's 2 slots to counter one deck. If it's popular where you're at, go for it. The Breloom is a little more questionable though, since that's only for taking prize cards...

 

[giratina487]

Gengar AR is meant to knock out threatening Pokemon, not necessarily take prize cards. Because I can switch directly back to Gengar prime, the knocked-out Pokemon still goes to the Lost Zone.

Gyarados is really popular in my meta, so that's why Honchkrow's there.

Breloom again isn't necessarily for taking prize cards, just taking out Dark Types (Like Umbreon, Tyranitar, and Houndoom) that Gengar is massacred by due to weakness (without having to have another energy type to do it).

Trainer lock is relatively popular, so I'll playtest with both to see which one I like better.

Thanks for the advice!

 

[giratina487]

I've thought of a possible substitute for the Breloom line:
-1 Shroomish
-1 Breloom

+1 Toxicroak G Promo
+1 Rare Candy

But mostly this post was meant to be a *bump*

 

[Sleeping Snorlax]

Take out Breloom and add Palkia G lvl X. It will increase your pokemon into the lost zone and add bench control. No need to add another candy with 4 BTS. Maybe switch two bebe with communications. That's all i see.