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  1. swan

    Standard Tsareena Lockdown

    It was originally printed in the xy base set, but had a tin print as black star promo 150 which has kept it legal in the standard format.
  2. swan

    Standard Tsareena Lockdown

    In my testing I started out with 2 skyla and a sycamore, however after completing a lock the only reasource you need to draw is energy so they didn't really matter. I also didn't find myself whiffing a lillie (unless I didn't need one to perform the lock which in the end is what matters), so I...
  3. swan

    Standard Tsareena Lockdown

    There's a new absol (released in sm1+ japan) to be released sometime before/around/in the next set. Similar to choice band and the oricorio cards we are getting. 100hp dark [D] future sight: reorder the top 4 of either players deck [DC] doom news: return all energy on absol to hand. The...
  4. swan

    Standard Tsareena Lockdown

    Have been testing, and the following has worked for me: -1 bounsweet -1 steenee +4 lv ball + unown !!! -hoopaEX, bench space. absol-yveltal-EX has been working for me as the attacking engine. (feel so evil in those games where my opponent cannot even topdeck their way out of the lock.):cool...
  5. swan

    Standard Raiding Psy-Feathers

    you should note mega turbo-rainbow energy desynergy. Either way there is still no (excluding slugma) downside to running a single grass energy. Also, I think maybe Meowstic-EX/magma base would be something you might want to try as its simpler than the stage 2 line.
  6. swan

    Standard Help! volcanion ex/ flareon ex deck

    Well, my apologies as I admitt I have 0 experience playing volcanion, but from playing against it I have found sky field variant that focuses on float stone and only runs 1-2 fury belt to be the most scary (and can attack repeatedly without ranger). I just feel like Flareon-EX doesn't solve any...
  7. swan

    Standard Golduck SM + Starmie EVO

    Okay, something I really have to say: 4x energy retrieval > starmie. From much playtesting I havn't whiffed and as a result have much better garbodor matchups. N.B. I ran more energy than this list. Keeping the octillery line is fine tho, imo; I just don't like the idea of relying heavily on...
  8. swan

    Standard Help! volcanion ex/ flareon ex deck

    Flareon-EX doesn't really belong in a Volcanion deck. Reason being it's attack isn't much greater than volcanion-EX's and it doesn't grant the bonus that volcanion-EX does when bench sitting. Also, baby volcanion can be a 3-of in builds that run 3 float stone. For what its worth, the weakness of...
  9. swan

    Standard Raiding Psy-Feathers

    Just wanna be "that guy" and bring up slugma
  10. swan

    Standard Tsareena Lockdown

    Delinquent is a really bad idea here if you are going for t1 consistency. Devolution spray and a thicker line of Tsareena (4-4-3) will help you use the ability 4 times (you don't always have to to achieve the lock tho, ofc). Also run 1-1/2-2 line of shinotic on the side so devo spray is less...
  11. swan

    Standard Espeon / Lunala GX It can work.

    First thing's first; Lunala-GX is a tight packed deck, it has been hard for me to fit in even 1-1 of Espeon-GX, but Toxapex and Muk aswell?!? Also, wtf is oranguru doing in an evolution orientated deck? I can't seem to find sycamore anywhere, always run at least 3 (please don't complain about...
  12. swan

    Standard Hustling Strike: Incineroar GX

    Um, generally hard milling your own deck isn't a great idea, especially with only 8- energy (minus the one attached to entei) in deck, so your chances are about half those of max elixir, aswell as discarding potential resources e.g. vs seeker. Also probably not worth running 2 entei...
  13. swan

    Standard Raikou/Electrode/Thundurus EX

    I know this thread is long over, however: As a Raikou/Electrode player, I just want to clarify that the greninja matchup is not an autoloss, let alone bad. I don't play rough seas and find the matchup to be good for me for these reasons: 1. Ace Trainer can make greninja's setup more difficult...
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