Standard Venom Shock (Arbok / Garbodor / Weezing)

[Dark Espeon]

VENOM SHOCK

Pokémon (20):

• 2 Garbodor SM2 (beatdown)
• 2 Trubbish SM2 (evolution)
• 1 Marshadow SM3 (disable)
• 1 Nihilego SM7 (beatdown)
  
• 4 Weezing SM10b (discard)
  
• 4 Arbok SM10b (beatdown)
• 4 Ekans SM9b (evolution)
• 2 Oranguru SM1 (draw)

Trainer (30):

• 4 Jessie and James (discard)
• 2 Guzma (control)
• 4 Lillie (draw)
• 4 Mars (draw)
• 4 Mysterious Treasure (search)
  
• 2 Rescue Stretcher (retrieval)
• 3 Spell Tag (beatdown)
  
• 4 Nest Ball (search)
• 3 Power Plant (disable)

Energy (10):

• 4 Double Colorless Energy
• 6 Psychic Energy

STRATEGY:

Start with Ekans nd bench Oranguru. Use Jessie and James on the first turn to reduce their hand size and refill the own hand with Oranguru. Next turn evolve Ekans into Arbok and start to attack. Continue to discard cards from the opponent's hand with Mars and Jessie and James. Garbodor and Nihilego serve as cleaner once the opponent defeated three to four Arbok.

SPOILER:

Arbok
Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon - evolves from Ekans
HP: 120
Ability: Death Throes Pattern
When this Pokémon is knocked out by damage from an opponent’s Pokémon’s attack, choose 2 cards from your opponent’s hand without looking and discard them.
[P][C][C] Rocket Tail: 50+
If Jessie and James is in your discard pile, this attack does an additional 80 damage.
Retreat Cost: CC
Weakness: P

Ekans
Basic Psychic Pokémon
HP: 70
[C] Glare:
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s active Pokémon is now paralyzed.
[P][C] Tail Slap: 20
Retreat Cost: CC
Weakness: P

Weezing
Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon - evolves from Koffing
HP:
Ability: White Hole
You can use this ability once during your turn if this card is discarded with the effect of Jessie and James. Your opponent chooses 1 card from their hand and discards it.
[C] Tackle: 40
Retreat Cost: CCC
Weakness: P

Jessie and James
Trainer - Supporter
Each player discards 2 cards from their hand. Your opponent discards first. If a player has no cards in their hand, they do not discard any cards.

Reset Stamp
Trainer - Item
Your opponent shuffles their hand into their deck. Then, your opponent draws a card for each of their remaining prize cards.

 

[Missilistico]

Cool deck I see!
The main problem here is Arbok: it's a two attachment attacker, and if they kill it turn two, you'll be behind on energies for the rest of the game and you'll lose. What about a 3-3 or 3-2 line of Malamar and Triple Colorless Energy? While an Arbok attack with Triple, Malamar will charge another one behind. Obviously you'll need a pair of Switch at least, in case you'll be stuck with a zero energies Arbok in the active.
In order to hit your strategy faster, maybe Pokegear can help you.

 

[Dark Espeon]

Hi Missilistico,

I see the point here. Fitting in Malamar does not seem ideal due to the limited deck space and Arbok cannot utilize Triple Boost Energy because his attack needs one Psychic and two Colorless. Triple Boost Energy would work with Lickilicky who also has built in disruption since his attack discard a random card from the hand in addition to an energy attached to the defender and the top card of the opponent's deck.