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Eelbox deck tech with video!

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Hey guys, just wanted to post my eelbox deck along with a video explaining the choices made in the deck. The video is myself and former national champion Chris Fulop explaining the deck in full detail. If you like what you see please like and subscribe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3pSeCrcJIE

Here is the deck list!
Pokemon-16
4-3 Eel (40 hp paralyze flip one)
2 Rayquaza ex
1 Rayquaza
1 terrakion
2 Emolga
1 Shaymin Ex
1 Mewtwo Ex
1 Zekrom

Energy-13
1 Fire
8 Electric
4 Prism

Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums-31
4 Juniper
4 N
4 Skyla
2 Bianca
1 Computer Search
3 Ultraball
2 Lv Ball
4 Switch
1 Skyarrow bridge
3 Catcher
1 Energy Search
1 Energy Switch
1 Super Rod

Obviously the deck uses dynamotor as acceleration as well a reusable energy source. It uses a stream of different big basic Pokemon to fight against different decks(Terrakion v Darkrai, Shaymin v Keldeo, ect..). The numbers are explained in full in the video! Hope you guys check it out and like it! Spread the word!:)
 
You need 4 Eelektrik for sure, also a 2nd Super Rod and Keldeo Ex would be nice.
 
I fail to see how keldeo is good at all. Can someone explain exactly how it is "good" against Landy when it a) does not kill it in one hit and b) does not directly answer the problem that Landy causes the deck which is killing eels. On top of that the deck does not even play DCE so setting it up against Landy would involve a multiple dynamotor turn which is difficult against that card; This just ends up making Keldo weak and glacial.
Others have said this, but still makes no sense to me. Deck plays 4 switch so even that is not an issue. Like if it had a 1 RC I would consider it as a way to re-power Big Ray when I have Skyarrow out but just seems bad in this deck.
 
I suggest to add a Tool Scrapper in this deck to help you knock out opposing EX Pokemon equipped with Eviolite with your Rayquaza EX for only four energy, to let you KO Darkrai EX and other fighting-weak EX Pokemon with Terrakion, and to be used for other good utility jobs. I would also like to know of your opinion on playing Mew EX or Ditto in a deck like this. I cannot watch any videos, so I would appreciate an answer to these questions whether they are redundant or not. I also appreciate the single Energy Switch in this deck which provides a use for the Energy you attach to Emolga. I love the idea, and I believe I'd really like it if I tried it out. This deck also seems very interesting, and the numbers seem deliberate and meaningful so that it's difficult to make suggestions. I like this deck quite a lot.

~L_X_F
 
I watched your video and everything seems to make sense. The Keldeo Ex is just a personal preference of mine. However, I would add at least one Tool Scrapper for sure, it's even better with 4 Skyla.
 
Thanks for the watch! and Lucario/soul.. yes, tool scrapper was in the deck at one point for specifically killing Darkrai. The reason we do not play it now is because it is not very relevant in our meta (each one is different, its something we went over in video)
Also, Lucario.. I do not think Mew is good in this deck. The single Mewtwo ex is our answer to other mewtwo so no need for him in that right, unless there is something I am missing with him being good in some other aspect? Perhaps not tho. And if you watch the video, ditto is something we have wanted to play to not only help against Landy by essentially having a "fifth" baby eel.
 
I made a list for this deck:

4-4 Eelektrik NVI
1 Thundurus NVI
1 Keldeo EX
1 Rayquaza EX
1 Sigilyph DRX
1 Terrakion NVI
1 Shaymin EX

4 N
4 Juniper
3 Bianca
3 Skyla
1 Computer Search

4 Catcher
3 Switch
3 Ultra Ball
2 Level Ball
1 Pokemon Communication
1 Revive
1 Tool Scrapper

2 Skyarrow Bridge

4 Prism
1 Blend GRPD
1 Blend WLMF
8 Lightning

The deck has good type coverage and generally has good matchups (hypothetically, at least, I haven't played against every deck yet =P). It's consistent enough with lots of supporters and Pokemon search (I'm testing out 1 Pokemon Communication b/c I run lots of pokemon I may or may not want to use all the time and to let me not Juniper valuable stuff) but obviously, the attackers I use each game change. I might want another attacker/another copy of one I have, but that remains to be seen (Revive tends to help). Shaymin EX is probably the most expendable but all of the others are really solid attackers, and Shaymin is nice for an efficient and easy way to grab an OHKO at the end of the game. Keldeo gets special mention for making it impossible to catcher-stall Eels (Dynamotor, Rush In, Retreat for 1 w/ SAB). I added Scrapper to help me take EX KOs with Terrakion and Ray EX, and to hypotheticaly help against Garbodor, but it is probably a dead card more than anything.

I love how all of the attackers here interplay and work well with Eels. There's little more satisfying than dropping a Terrakion/Ray EX/Shaymin EX/etc. along with a prism and going for a key knockout. In fact, I just played a game where nothing except Thundurus and my Eel line had been shown, and after a KO I dropped a Terrakion to revenge his Darkrai. He didn't see it coming AT ALL. (of course, he pulled off a catcher/double energy switch/DCE/Switch to X-Ball me and take his last two prizes!)
 
Mew EX is just a versatile card, so if your opponent has some attacks you can achieve with a Prism Energy and some Lightning Energy, like Raikou EX, Landorus EX, Tornadus EX, Registeel EX, Accelgor, and whatever else stands out. It seems to have a good use copying Raikou EX's attack, yet everything else seems like it's overshadowed by something else in your deck. Mew EX can knock out an opposing Mewtwo EX fresh with less than four Energy as opposed to Rayquaza EX.

Ditto is very promising in this deck, it seems to me, yet it doesn't seem all too necessary. It seems quite fun to Transform it into any Pokemon, though, and I like how it can let you "safely power up" an EX attacker for later turns. In my mind, however, it's the best card I can think of to let you get out extra Eelektrik versus Landorus EX. If you were to cut a card from your deck in order to add a Ditto, what would you choose? It's such a tragic choice.

~L_X_F
 
If i were to cut a card it would be Shaymin ( we mention ditto in the video, it is very strong).
As for Mew, I get that it is good.. it is just VERY fragile and I do not like it in this deck. But I can see it being played, tho it would have to be directly over the Mewtwo and that seems wrong as mewtwo can be a powerful aggressive card and Mew would be strictly reactive in this deck.
Again, like the video said, it is better to be going over the top of what your opponent is doing in this format. That is why Ray EX is so great. He can kill anything. Going away from that is incorrect which is why I am not 100% on board with your build Zacro. You have an interesting brew with the creatures you play, but it seems more cute than applicable as your deck seems to be very reactive and does not have a "go to" pokemon. Still love the ingenuity of the deck.
 
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