Frost Mage said:OblivionDvdr said:
That is a good point. The 4 Balls (at least level balls, you could probably do with only 3 Ultra Balls) are so critical because it basically searches for every Basic Pokemon you'd want to search for, even Prinplup, and Dusclops, if you run it (my current Empire list doesn't). You could play Jirachi if you'd like, but this deck has so much draw power it's ridiculous. Jirachi is always nice but in my experience with the deck, you're almost always good on Supporters. Besides, once you get Empoleons set up, you don't really need much else, other than remembering to keep your foot on the gas (in the words of Heretic) and setting up Benched Empoleons as often as possible in case your active gets knocked out.
Also, consider only 2 Juniper. Like I said, once you have your Empoleons set up, there's no reason to be discarding cards that could be huge late-game. This deck is scarily close to my decklist which I'll be putting together as early as tonight, maybe. Six Prizes France Regionals perhaps?Also, get this: adding two Blends and baby Terrakion for Retaliate; 30 + 60 when you were knocked out last turn = 180 to Darkrai. Instant incentive to not knock out your Empoleons with a Darkrai, which of course gives you the better end of the prize trade, and which is a particularly interesting matchup. Speaking of which, definitely add Mr. Mime to your list. There goes that night Spear Damage, unless of course they're paying Garbodor.
But darkrai will probably only be a free retreat card now with Yveltal. I still personally think 3 Juniper at least.
