Hey all, making a pretty general Giratina/Darkrai deck. I've seen how well it's doing, and my interest has been peaked. Currently, I'm running-
Mons-14
2 Shaymin EX ROS 77
2 Hydreigon EX ROS 62
2 Giratina EX AOR 57
1 Hoopa EX AOR 36
3 Darkrai EX BKP 74
2 Garbodor BKP 57
2 Trubbish BKP 56
Trainers-34
2 Enhanced Hammer PRC 94
3 VS Seeker ROS 110
4 Ultra Ball ROS 93
3 Trainers Mail ROS 92
2 Lysandre AOR 78
2 Super Rod BKT 149
2 Float Stone BKT 137
4 Max Elixir BKP 102
4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
3 Fighting Fury Belt BKP 99
2 Reverse Valley BKP 110
2 N FTC 105
1 Special Charge STS 105
Energy-12
4 Double Dragon Energy ROS 97
8 Dark Energy GEN 81
Notes:
Reverse Valley helps Darkrai bust through some more damage barriers, plus, it bumps other stadiums out of the way. I'm open to other suggestions, though.
8 energy may be a little slim to truly harness the power of 4 Elixirs. I would add more, but space is tight.
I find myself often running into a jam packed bench- I get an excellent first turn, say, I start with Tina, UB for Hoopa, bench it for Rai, Hydreigon, and Shay, draw into Garb, and boom, I'm stuck. I'm really considering Ninja Boy, but again, space is tight.
I understand most lists do not include Hydreigon at all, let alone two. I include two because the ability helps, especially in the earlygame, and because it busts out of many harmful locks. Plus, more spaces to attach DDE for Rai.
Enhanced Hammer is a difficult case- Tina locks Special Energy, but so many decks are reliant on a strong start, Rainbow Road, Mega Ray, etc., that it may already be too late by turn two when Tina is set up. I find Enhanced Hammers to be incredibly helpful, especially because Tina is more of a niche attacker. Plus, I hate Crushing Hammer. I always lose the flips.
3 FF Belts may seem like a lot, but I'd almost rather play four, if I could. It really helps to achieve mega hp with basics.
Special Charge is rather niche, but it helps for running into Scizor, and Crushing Hammers and the like. The deck really flourishes off of DDE. Losing them to discard is deadly.
Two rods is probably one, or even two too many. Looking to change that?
That about sums up my notes, I'm going to a league challenge in three days' time, and I'd like to be well equipped. Thanks for reading all this, and I really do welcome and encourage all opinions. I'm rather new to the current TCG, I played waaaay back in the HGSS era, but dropped the game for a while. I recently returned at the end of the 2015-2016 Season. I digress, and I've gone on too long anyways. Thanks for your help.
Mons-14
2 Shaymin EX ROS 77
2 Hydreigon EX ROS 62
2 Giratina EX AOR 57
1 Hoopa EX AOR 36
3 Darkrai EX BKP 74
2 Garbodor BKP 57
2 Trubbish BKP 56
Trainers-34
2 Enhanced Hammer PRC 94
3 VS Seeker ROS 110
4 Ultra Ball ROS 93
3 Trainers Mail ROS 92
2 Lysandre AOR 78
2 Super Rod BKT 149
2 Float Stone BKT 137
4 Max Elixir BKP 102
4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
3 Fighting Fury Belt BKP 99
2 Reverse Valley BKP 110
2 N FTC 105
1 Special Charge STS 105
Energy-12
4 Double Dragon Energy ROS 97
8 Dark Energy GEN 81
Notes:
Reverse Valley helps Darkrai bust through some more damage barriers, plus, it bumps other stadiums out of the way. I'm open to other suggestions, though.
8 energy may be a little slim to truly harness the power of 4 Elixirs. I would add more, but space is tight.
I find myself often running into a jam packed bench- I get an excellent first turn, say, I start with Tina, UB for Hoopa, bench it for Rai, Hydreigon, and Shay, draw into Garb, and boom, I'm stuck. I'm really considering Ninja Boy, but again, space is tight.
I understand most lists do not include Hydreigon at all, let alone two. I include two because the ability helps, especially in the earlygame, and because it busts out of many harmful locks. Plus, more spaces to attach DDE for Rai.
Enhanced Hammer is a difficult case- Tina locks Special Energy, but so many decks are reliant on a strong start, Rainbow Road, Mega Ray, etc., that it may already be too late by turn two when Tina is set up. I find Enhanced Hammers to be incredibly helpful, especially because Tina is more of a niche attacker. Plus, I hate Crushing Hammer. I always lose the flips.
3 FF Belts may seem like a lot, but I'd almost rather play four, if I could. It really helps to achieve mega hp with basics.
Special Charge is rather niche, but it helps for running into Scizor, and Crushing Hammers and the like. The deck really flourishes off of DDE. Losing them to discard is deadly.
Two rods is probably one, or even two too many. Looking to change that?
That about sums up my notes, I'm going to a league challenge in three days' time, and I'd like to be well equipped. Thanks for reading all this, and I really do welcome and encourage all opinions. I'm rather new to the current TCG, I played waaaay back in the HGSS era, but dropped the game for a while. I recently returned at the end of the 2015-2016 Season. I digress, and I've gone on too long anyways. Thanks for your help.
