Standard 2018 Rotation Deck Help Please

[Hugo]

Hi,

Currently I'm just playing against friends in standard format but would like to make a more competitive deck so that I can really have some fun. I'm willing to spend $50-$100. The thing is that I don't want to be investing $8 in 1 VS Seeker to have it rotate out in 6 months, likewise I don't want want to buy any Shaymin because they are going to rotate. So I'd like the deck to only include cards that won't rotate in the 2018 rotation. At the moment I only have Sun and Moon cards from packs and an elite trainer box that I opened, I'm happy to by specific cards online though.

I also live in Tokyo Japan, but am playing with English cards so it can sometimes be quite pricey to ship something over. At the moment Troll and Toad have a deal of international shipping for $5 when you spend $50 or more on Pokemon singles, so I will buy from there unless anyone can recommend a place in Tokyo that sells English cards or a cheaper place online with quicker shipping.

This is my current deck list;

Please feel free to criticize it but be constructive.

Passimian/Solgaleo GX/Incineroar

Pokemon - 17

• 3 Litten
• 3 Torracat
• 3 Incineroar
• 4 Passimian
• 1 Oranguru
• 2 Cosmog
• 1 Cosmoem
• 1 Solgaleo GX

Energy - 13

• 2 DCE
• 6 Fire
• 5 Metal

Trainer - 30
Item 20:

• 2 Nest Ball
• 3 Timer Ball
• 1 Energy Retrieval
• 3 Ultra Ball
• 1 Exp Share
• Budy-Budy Rescue (Breakthrough)
• 2 Pokemon Catcher
• 1 Repel
• 1 Potion
• 1 Switch
• 2 Big Malasada
• 1 Great Ball
• 1 Poke Ball

Supporter 10:

• 2 Lillie
• 3 Hau
• 2 Professor Kukui
• 2 Llima
• 1 Team Skull Grunt

I'm not dumb by the way, I know I want to be playing 4 ultra ball and other stuff like that, but I'm just waiting till I know what other cards to buy before I do that.
Please help I will be grateful for anything you can help me with.

Strategy:
Try and set up one of the evolution lines Solgaleo or Incineroar, but if that dosn't work then set up 3 passimian on bench and 1 active so you can be hitting for 100 damage.

Just post a comment with any questions and i will respond pretty quickly.

Thanks

 

[danimal01]

If shipping is a problem for you, I would suggest narrowing down the amount of Pokémon that you have in your deck to a specific one or two main attackers. Right now it seems like you're too much all over the place and it becomes a problem with consistency in playing the deck. Maybe just focus on the Incineroar GX + Solgaleo GX combo OR Lurantis GX + Solgaleo GX combos.

~Danimal

 

[Kietharr]

I advise against trying to play lists with no rotating cards this long before rotation, one because we really don't know what rotation will be, we're just guessing at this point, two because it severely limits your options. There are a lot of likely to rotate cards that are still quite cheap, and you'll be able to play with them for around 6 months.

To parrot previous comments, the list is all over the place. Solgaleo is usually paired with high energy requirement or energy scaling attackers, Incineroar (assuming you mean GX, do not use the non-GX one, it is a bad card) needs sky field support with a lot of other fire types and Passimian needs the whole bench to himself and is only run with Mew from Fates Collide. I'd advise you to look at these pokemon as parts of three separate lists rather than trying to run them together.

Sycamores and Ns are needed here, remove the Haus. Sycamore is getting a reprint and will not rotate this year. N is highly unlikely to rotate. Even if they were rotating they are very cheap and effective cards.

 

[Hugo]

OK, Thanks for the advice guys.