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Basic Beatdown (cobalion&dragons)

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RZPDisciple

Aspiring Trainer
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Inspiration for the deck came from the popular stage 1 deck, but I took in a step further and eliminated all evolution.

Pokemon 12:
3 tornadus EP
3 cobalion NV
2 kyruem NV
2 zekrom BW
2 reshiram BW

I/S/S 32:
4 catcher
3 evolite
3 defender
2 revive
2 switch
2 junk arm
2 pokemon communication

4 collector
4 PONT
3 cherin
3 N

Energy 16:
4 {C}{C}
4 {L}
4 special {M}
4 {M}

The strategy is (hopefully) start with tornadus active and cobalion benched. T1 attach {C}{C} to tornadus, use collector/hand refresh to search basics. T2 attach {M} to tornadus, hit for 80, and move {M} to cobalion, continue until cobalion is powered up. Zekrom/reshiram/kyruem are all techs for weakness and can easily be powered by DCE. Evolite/defender are to help tank and prevent recoil from bolt strike.

Zekrom hits weakness on yanmega, kyruem for donphan/reshiram, and reshiram for cobalion/scizor prime.

I've considered rainbow energy, but really i never have a need for anything but {M} and {L} and it hurts me if I'm up against scizor prime.

If anyone has any suggestions let me know, thanks in advance :)

EDIT: after testing all day, I removed skarmory for tornadus. I like the ability to damage my opponent while setting up.
 
I like this deck idea. I had one made the other week, but wasn't sure if it'd be a good deck to run with trainer lock out in the meta. My deck was decently quick and the only bad matchups were against trainer lock and mewbox.

This is what I had built (with what I had)

Pokemon - 14

Cleffa - 1 (HGSS)
Skarmory - 3 (CoL)
Tornadus - 2 (EP)
Cobalion - 3 (NV)
Zekrom - 2 (BW)
Reshiram - 2 (BW)
Kyruem - 1 (NV)

Trainers - 20

Defender - 3
Evolite - 3
Junk Arm - 3
Pokemon Catcher - 4
Pokemon Communication - 3
Revive - 2
Switch - 2

Supporters - 10

Bianca - 2
Pokemon Collector - 4
Professor Oak's New Theory - 4

Energy - 16

Double Colorless Energy - 4
Lightning Energy - 4
Metal Energy - 4
Special Metal Energy - 4

The only things I'd change with your deck are taking out 1 of the Eviolites for a 4th Catcher and swap out the Junipers for a 4th PONT and a 4th N or Cheren cause discarding anything in this deck could come back to be a bad move.
 
Thanks for the feedback, I went ahead and made a few changes and I'll test for a while. I like the idea of Tornadus so I may try to work them in if I feel it needs them.
 
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