Cobalion/Garbodor

[jhippie8]

Hey Thanks to oldskool13 for the idea on my previous deck thread, I have a new deck to counter those nasty Keldeo and Darkrai decks. I'd like to improve this deck before Cities Championships, so any ideas are appreciated. Thanks.

Pokemon (12):
4 Cobalion NV
3-3 Garbodor DRX (NV Trubbish)
2 Mewtwo EX

T/S/Ace Spec (36):
2 Pokemon Communication
4 N
3 Cheren
4 Pokemon Catcher
4 Crushing Hammer
4 Professor Juniper
4 Switch
2 Skyla
2 Ultra Ball
4 Rescue Scarf
2 Eviolite
1 Computer Search

Energy (12);
8 {M} energy
4 DCE

Strategy: Cobalion acts as the main attacker, locking EX's out with Iron Breaker. Garbodor counters Keldeo and Darkrai decks, locking their main engines and free retreat methods to remove Iron Breaker's effect. Mewtwo is obviously for X Ball.

 

[Regirocket]

I've been playing a similar Garbodor deck, and some advice is to watch your draw support. The big sell with garbodor is that it slows the game down. A lot. so you don't want to be drawing your cards too quickly, or you will find yourself with no deck left by T10. I only run 2 Juniper, just because of this. And since you run fewer draw cards, more search cards (ultra ball, skyla, heavy ball, communication) have to be put in. That way you are still able to take advantage of garbodor's "speed" and get exactly what you want, every turn. Another thing you may try is to lower your cobalion count by 1, and increase your mewtwo count by 1. Could give some more consistency with the donk, and 4 cobalion is a bit much. Of course you may want 4 for personal play style, it's just my thoughts. :b