I think at this point we've really been spinning our tires since as a community it is difficult to decide what variant of RayMin we want to play. There are several options, and until a consensus is made (which probably won't occur just due to the nature of the community deck list), little progress will be made. Here are my thoughts on some of the options.
1. Pure speed RayMin: Lots of Acro-Bikes, Trainer's Mail, Battle Compressors, Jirachi EX, then approximately 4 open Pokemon slots for techs such as a 2-2 line of Altaria, Ninetails, Raichu. Runs whatever energy you want. Fire if Ninetails is an option, maybe lightning for Raichu, or Grass if Virizion is included. Minimal hard counters or soft counters to bad match-ups, simply relying on pure speed to overwhelm Toad/Groudon/Lightning-Type/RayMin mirror. Safeguard is a big problem.
2. Archie's Rayquaza: A slightly toned down version of the above, since some Item draw is dropped to fit in 2 Empoleon, Archie's Ace In The Hole, and Exeggcute (if not included before). Approximately 4 open Pokemon slots, so less room for techs. Runs water energy. Think Flareon & Friends dropping the Flareon's and filler pokemon for RayMin. Better Toad match-up and good Safeguard counter. Probably advantage in mirror over other variants, since Empoleon can do some big damage with 2 full benches of 8. Very bad Lightning-Type match-up. Don't know how the Groudon match-up is
3. Vegan Rayquaza: A more conservative approach that sheds a lot of Item draw to fit in Virizion and a grass type attacker. Options would be Leafeon, Exeggutor, Tropius. Approximately 4 additional open Pokemon slots. Runs Grass Energy. Has hard counters to Seismitoad and Groudon/Kyogre so those match-ups are solidly in this variant's favor. Bad lightning and RayMin mirror match-ups since it has sacrificed some speed.
These are the 3 main variants I have identified. Of course there are more, such as FightingQuaza, Circle Circuit RayMin, etc. Notice each has some open slots for a tech (or more draw). Just from theorymoning, I would fill these in as follows.
1. Safeguard is an auto-loss, so we should fix that by putting in a good non-EX attacker that also hits hard against one of the other 4 major weaknesses. Altaria his a pitiful Safeguard counter and is a clunky counter to Lightning in a pure speed deck. 2-2 Leafeon looks strong against Toad/Groudon/Kyogre and with energy evolution Eevee can set-up fast. Remember this variant is less about teching for bad match-ups and more focusing on speed and consistency.
2. Our Safeguard match-up is covered, so it comes down on whether to tech for Grass-weak matchups, or try to mitigate the Lightning weakness. So options really are Exeggutor, Leafeon, or an Altaria line. Since we're still fast enough to outspeed Toad and Groudon, I would go with a thick Altaria line, or a thin Altaria line and Exeggutor. Ninetails is an option as well.
3. Running Exeggutor helps the mirror, so if he is included, I would focus on the lightning-weakness and include Altaria. If not, then Raichu looks like a good tech for the mirror. No need for Ninetails, since we should wreck Primal Groudon, and win the stadium wars against other decks.
I haven't really talked about Ninetails, but I might revist it later on.
