Wow. We got a LOT of votes this part time. The votes will be shown below, but it looks like PLOX won. The next Deck Discussion will be posted on Thursday, July 23rd. However, that will be the last Deck Discussion posted on a Thursday, seeing as how we are nearly out of mainstream decks to discuss.
Anyway, here's the votes:
-2 PLOX/GG
-1 Walrein
-1 Toolbox
-1 Turbo Shuppet
-1 Gallade 4
-1 Magnezone
-1 Rampardos
...yeah, that's 8 votes compared to 3 the last time.
Anyway, there is one more deck I would like o discuss before we move onto DP-SV, so the next Deck Discussion is not up to the votes. You can, however, PM me if you want to know what it is. Don't worry, this change is temporary, and the voting feature we will be back for Deck Discussion 11.
Anyway, onto the deck:
Plox...it was THE deck in 2007-08. This deck was centered around Gallade (Secret Wonders), Gardevoir (Secret Wonders), and Gardevoir LV. X. (Secret Wonders) Starting with Gardevoir, it has a Poke-Power that can let you use up to 2 supporters a turn. That meant set-up happens a LOT quicker. Gardevoir also has an attack, called Psychic Lock (hench the name Plox) which does 60 damage for 3 energy. However, this attack prevents your opponent from using any Poke-Powers, which destroys their set-up, or even causes them to fall behind. Gardevoir LV. X has a Power that lets you move it in an out of the Active spot, which allows abuse of cards like Palkia LV. X (Great Encounters) to further allow control. Gardevoir LV. X is not without her own attack, though. Her attack instantly KOs the Pokemon with the lowest HP on the field. That includes you, but not Gardevoir herself. This attack brings me to Gallade, who has an attack that can instantly bring your opponent's Active Pokemon down to 50HP. If 50HP is the lowest on the field, you can the KO that Pokemon with Gardevoir LV. X. Gallade has one more attack, which makes up for Gardevoir's low damage output: Psycho Cut. This attack starts at 60, but becomes 20 more for each prize card you flip over. Using this at the right time can OHKO a trouble Pokemon. A free quick prize should never be overlooked.
However, this deck DOES need a lot of energy to attack. To get around this, the deck uses cards like Weavile (Secret Wonders) or Magnezone #6. (Stormfront) When Weavile is included, the deck is often called Dark Plox, while Magnezone turns the deck into an iPlox variant. Another card used to provide more energy is Upper Energy. (Rising Rivals)
The difference between GG and Plox is that GG often focuses on Gallade, using Gardevoir to provide support and clean-up after Gallade. This deck isn't used much anymore, but it was the deck to run in HP-SW. Plox is focuses on locking your opponent's Powers with Gardevoir, using Gallade to get a KO if you don't kill fast enough.
In this and any deck discussion thread, the idea is to discuss the deck's possible techs, how it fares in the metagame, what Tier it is in, its counters, a good decklist for the deck, or just discussing the deck in general.
For the more recent previous deck discussions, please click on the links below. Some of the very old ones will not be listed because the last post is dated more than 2 weeks ago. To get to these threads, you may have to click one of the links, and then click a link inside that thread.
DD8: Tyranitar: http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=57592
DD7: Speedrill: http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=57424 (Note: This thread is closed, but can be used for viewing purposes.)
DD6: Flygon: http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/showthread,php?tid=57272
DD5: Mother Genagr: http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=56969
Now...onto the discussion!
Anyway, here's the votes:
-2 PLOX/GG
-1 Walrein
-1 Toolbox
-1 Turbo Shuppet
-1 Gallade 4
-1 Magnezone
-1 Rampardos
...yeah, that's 8 votes compared to 3 the last time.
Anyway, there is one more deck I would like o discuss before we move onto DP-SV, so the next Deck Discussion is not up to the votes. You can, however, PM me if you want to know what it is. Don't worry, this change is temporary, and the voting feature we will be back for Deck Discussion 11.
Anyway, onto the deck:
Plox...it was THE deck in 2007-08. This deck was centered around Gallade (Secret Wonders), Gardevoir (Secret Wonders), and Gardevoir LV. X. (Secret Wonders) Starting with Gardevoir, it has a Poke-Power that can let you use up to 2 supporters a turn. That meant set-up happens a LOT quicker. Gardevoir also has an attack, called Psychic Lock (hench the name Plox) which does 60 damage for 3 energy. However, this attack prevents your opponent from using any Poke-Powers, which destroys their set-up, or even causes them to fall behind. Gardevoir LV. X has a Power that lets you move it in an out of the Active spot, which allows abuse of cards like Palkia LV. X (Great Encounters) to further allow control. Gardevoir LV. X is not without her own attack, though. Her attack instantly KOs the Pokemon with the lowest HP on the field. That includes you, but not Gardevoir herself. This attack brings me to Gallade, who has an attack that can instantly bring your opponent's Active Pokemon down to 50HP. If 50HP is the lowest on the field, you can the KO that Pokemon with Gardevoir LV. X. Gallade has one more attack, which makes up for Gardevoir's low damage output: Psycho Cut. This attack starts at 60, but becomes 20 more for each prize card you flip over. Using this at the right time can OHKO a trouble Pokemon. A free quick prize should never be overlooked.
However, this deck DOES need a lot of energy to attack. To get around this, the deck uses cards like Weavile (Secret Wonders) or Magnezone #6. (Stormfront) When Weavile is included, the deck is often called Dark Plox, while Magnezone turns the deck into an iPlox variant. Another card used to provide more energy is Upper Energy. (Rising Rivals)
The difference between GG and Plox is that GG often focuses on Gallade, using Gardevoir to provide support and clean-up after Gallade. This deck isn't used much anymore, but it was the deck to run in HP-SW. Plox is focuses on locking your opponent's Powers with Gardevoir, using Gallade to get a KO if you don't kill fast enough.
In this and any deck discussion thread, the idea is to discuss the deck's possible techs, how it fares in the metagame, what Tier it is in, its counters, a good decklist for the deck, or just discussing the deck in general.
For the more recent previous deck discussions, please click on the links below. Some of the very old ones will not be listed because the last post is dated more than 2 weeks ago. To get to these threads, you may have to click one of the links, and then click a link inside that thread.
DD8: Tyranitar: http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=57592
DD7: Speedrill: http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=57424 (Note: This thread is closed, but can be used for viewing purposes.)
DD6: Flygon: http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/showthread,php?tid=57272
DD5: Mother Genagr: http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=56969
Now...onto the discussion!
