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Camerupt EX / Emboar

Abrasive

Aspiring Trainer
Member
Pokemon: 12

  • 3 Camerupt EX
    3-1-3 Emboar
    2 Reshiram
Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums: 17/16/3 = 36

  • 1 Professor's Letter
    2 VS Seeker
    1 Computer Search
    3 Rare Candy
    4 Superior Energy Retrieval
    3 Ultra Ball
    3 Float Stone

    4 Pokemon Fan Club
    4 Professor Juniper
    4 N
    2 Colress
    1 Lysandre
    1 Teammates

    3 Scorched Earth
Energy: 12

  • 12 Fire Energy

Strategy:
The main strategy with this deck is to set up an Emboar and power up a Camerupt EX and 1hko as many EX pokemon as quickly as possible. I try to speed this up as quickly as possible with the stadium Scorched Earth and having 4 rare candies + a delphox line if it comes to me getting that out first.

I've tried a few variants of this deck and this is the one iv liked the most but it still feels like something is missing. Some problems this deck has is getting an early Emboar is really hit or miss. If i dont get this early enough getting the large amount of energy needed at once becomes a huge problem which iv been trying to compensate with the stadium so i can speed up the process then retrieve them back all at once.
I've tried using Fan Club which wasn't bad but after the first turn or 2 they're just dead cards and i can't really afford the hand clutter.
I've tried blacksmith but i just feel superior energy retrieval was so much more powerful.
I've considered putting an exeggcute back in the deck to help with the need to discarding from ultra balls and retrievals.
A few other cards im considering are a mewtwo EX just to have something that isn't weak to water, a weakness policy or 2 and changing the float stones to switches to help vs water match up again.
And i'd like to try Victini EX to try and get energy on the field as quickly as possible without needing them all in my hand at once and i've been considering switching the computer search for a dowsing machine to give myself an extra Superior Energy Retrieval because a lot of the time i end up having to juniper away 1 and it cuts really close.

Any help or advice is appreciated and i'm willing to take a 2nd look at strategies iv tried. Thanks for reading :D

Edit: Decided i didn't like the Delphox, it didn't come out consistently enough and ended up being a dead card for most games, trying out fan club again atm.
 
I've been testing some stuff and edited the deck list to reflect it. Decided I didn't like the delphox and am trying out fan club again.

Anyone have any input or advice?
 
Hi Abrasive,

Consider one less Pokémon Fan Club and one more Professor's Letter or regular Energy Retrieval.
 
This seems pretty solid. The only problem I see is that the seismitoad match-up seems unfavorable.
 
I don't think 4 pokemon fan club is really necessary, since you'll need more energy than pokemon, besides, some regular ultra ball would be better then it.
If I were you I'd took off 3 pokemon fanclub and put 2 more professorr's letter and 1 skyla

- 3 pokemon fanclub
+2 professor's letter
+1 skyla

or +1 professor's letter
+2 skyla
 
joshawott8055 said:
This seems pretty solid. The only problem I see is that the seismitoad match-up seems unfavorable.

Yea as i wrote in the original post the seismitoad match-up is pretty much an auto lose if you dont get a godlike opening and they get a pretty meh one. I've considered changing the float stones to switches and triying to fit in a weakness policy or 2 but i dont think it'll do much considering you probably wont be able to attach it with quaking punch and the deck is so item dependent you'll just be put to a halt and lose that way regardless.

Bruno Miguel said:
I don't think 4 pokemon fan club is really necessary, since you'll need more energy than pokemon, besides, some regular ultra ball would be better then it.
If I were you I'd took off 3 pokemon fanclub and put 2 more professorr's letter and 1 skyla

- 3 pokemon fanclub
+2 professor's letter
+1 skyla

or +1 professor's letter
+2 skyla
Dark Espeon said:
Hi Abrasive,

Consider one less Pokémon Fan Club and one more Professor's Letter or regular Energy Retrieval.

The 4 fan club is to maximize my chances of getting the quickest emboar out as possible since this deck just 100% does not run without it. I don't think removing the fan club is correct though i'll try out the fan club-less build again.

Thanks for the input :D
 
I know xD, but, fan club can only get basic pokemons, while ultraballs or even repeat ball vould get you other pokemons and let you use juniper or N too ^^, 1 fan club is enought, I think pokemon fan club is better for big basics decks than evolution ones
 
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