5. Steelix Prime/Nidoqueen RR/Frost Rotom: This is the first deck I took to a competitive tournament, right after CoL came out I think. The idea was set up a Steelix, pour Special Metal Energy on it, set up Nidoqueen, and tank. I had plenty of switches to take advantage of Nidoqueen healing 20 damage a turn, and stuff like MooMoo Milk and Life Herb when Nidoqueen wasn't enough. Frost Rotom was just there to cover the Fire Weakness, which I thought was the only thing able to OHKO Steelix. I found I was wrong, when I got second at a Battle Roads to a Magnezone deck. I don't think that was too bad, considering how poorly optimized the deck was. I didn't have any Uxie or most of the staples of the day, and I had to use the other Steelix since I only had one Prime, yet I was still able to beat everything except Magnezone.
4. Typhlosion Prime/Reshiram BW/Terrakion EP/Tyrogue HS: Seems like a weird combination, but this had all the tools in it to beat ZekEels and have a strong matchup against Mewtwo. Tyrogue and Cyndaquil CoL were both able to OHKO Tynamo with Pluspower, Terrakion destroyed Zekrom, Typhlosion ripped the energy off of Mewtwo and other threats, and Reshiram cleared its own energy off to lower Mewtwo's damage output. It was great; except the part where I didn't fight any Zekeels decks with it, but always saw one sitting next to me.
3. Empoleon/Zoroark BW: Back when Darkrai/Hydreigon was a big thing, this was hands down, the best counter to it I've ever seen. As soon as they could get a Hydreigon out, Zoroark would OHKO it with its own attack (And a Dark Claw or PlusPower). Empoleon traded well with Darkrai, and Zoroark was difficult for Mewtwo to KO if Zoroark got the first hit.
2. Empoleon/Greninja: This is my current deck, and is great at taking surprise victories. There have been so many games I've pulled an extra Greninja out of nowhere for the win (Like managing to hit a fresh Genesect EX for 170 damage in one turn for the win). It's full of surprises, and even can survive Seismitoad thanks to Teammates.
1. Cinccino BW/Ninetales HS/Reshiram BW: I won a Cities Championship with this. Between all the major pieces being searchable by Level Ball, and Roast Reveal getting me 3 extra cards a turn, the deck would always be attacking for 80+ on Turn 2. Add in Pichu to fill my bench, and Turn 2 is even stronger. At the time, Cinccino was powerful enough to OHKO most threats that weren't Stage 2s or Reshiram/Zekrom, and Reshiram was able to OHKO those with Pluspower. No one was playing Reshiram without energy acceleration, so this really took that tournament by surprise.
