Standard Volcano Island (feat: Volcanion/EX)

[Tesagk]

Pokémon - 14

• 3 Talonflame STS 96
• 2 Talonflame BREAK STS 21
• 2 Houndoom-EX BKT 153
• 3 Volcanion STS 25
• 3 Volcanion-EX STS 26

Trainer Cards - 33

• 1 Professor Sycamore STS 114
• 3 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
• 2 Lysandre FLF 90
• 1 Pokémon Ranger STS 113
• 2 Fisherman BKT 136
• 2 Special Charge STS 105
• 2 N NVI 101
• 1 Hex Maniac AOR 75
• 3 Float Stone BKT 137
• 2 Professor Birch's Observations PRC 134
• 3 Ultra Ball ROS 93
• 3 Professor Sycamore XY 122
• 2 Energy Reset FAC 98
• 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
• 2 Chaos Tower FAC 94

Energy - 13

• 11 Fire Energy GEN 76

Strategy
The strategy for this deck is to swing with your Houndoom and Volcanion,with Volcanion-EX and Talonflame / BREAK as supporters.

Volcanion: Power Heater and Steam Artillery are both great attacks. Power Heater will keep the energies on your Pokémon (since Blacksmith is no longer standard), and Steam Artillery is a fantastic finisher. Due to its “non-EX” HP value, consider using a Fighting Fury Belt. That being said, having a Float Stone on one of your Volcanions is helpful for getting energies back on Pokémon while your Volcanion-EX is charging.

Houndoom-EX: Melting Horn is a useful utility ability, but should only be used if milling your opponent could net you a win (they use multiple Professor Sycamore cards). Otherwise, Grand Flame is the main focus here. It does more damage than Power Heater, but only grants one energy. Still, the Houndoom-EX makes a great swinger with a Fighting Fury Belt. If you do want to cycle, Float Stone isn’t a bad option here either.

Volcanion-EX: This Pokémon a support role with its Steam Up ability, but can also do some awesome damage with Volcanic Heat. If you do use Volcanic Heat, it helps to have a Float Stone to swap back to a different Pokémon after.

Talonflame / BREAK: This Pokémon allows the deck to get needed components with Aero Blitz if you get it in hand one (Gale Wings). Otherwise it provides easy sacrifice fodder for Ultra Ball. If you do get a Talonflame out, you can upgrade it to Talonflame BREAK to do awesome damage (but without the Volcanion-EX ability).

 

[Dalton]

Running talonflame break and no basics from the line leaves you with way to many dead cards. I run Greninja Break with 4 Talonflame, 3 Froakie and still struggle to discard Talonflame, especially with a Froakie start. At least change the line to 0-0-4-1 for a little bit better starts. I also would do 4 Volcanion EX since steam up is the only reason Volcanion can keep up with the meta. Another random tech would be Beedrill-EX to deal with Garb and disrupt/strand heavy Pokemon.

 

[Tequila]

Firstly your ether run 4 Talonflame or none and with a deck running 11 Basics with only 3 of them being Talonflame your going to extremely struggle to get Talonflame in your opening hand to play as your active pokemon.