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Standard Haxorus / Snorlax

serjicalboy

Aspiring Trainer
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Hi, guys, i've been trying this deck for standard format, so far doing good, but i was wondering if it could be better.

Pokemon (15):
  • 4 Axew (XY 108)
  • 3 Fraxure (XY 110)
  • 4 Haxorus (XY 111)
  • 2 Snorlax (XY 118)
  • 1 Remoraid (XY 31)
  • 1 Octillery (XY 33)
Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums (33):
  • 3 VS Seeker (Only have 3)
  • 2 Rare Candy (Only have 2)
  • 2 Professor's letter
  • 3 Trainers Mail
  • 1 Enhanced Hammer
  • 2 Level Ball
  • 2 Heavy Ball
  • 1 Ultra Ball
  • 1 Pokemon Center Lady
  • 1 Teammates
  • 2 Skyla
  • 1 Judge
  • 2 Lysandre
  • 2 Professor Sycamore
  • 1 Professor Birch's Observations
  • 1 Xerosic
  • 2 Training Center (only have 2)
  • 2 Muscle Band
  • 2 Hard Charm
Energy:
  • 3 Double Dragon Energy (Only have 3)
  • 3 Rainbow Energy (Only have 3)
  • 3 Fighting Energy
  • 3 Metal Energy
Strategy:

The goal of the deck is to have a Haxorus as fast as you can to start attacking, i use the Octillery because i dont have Shaymin Ex and i use Snorlax as a Tank. If you know a better form of this deck or some cards to improve it, i will appreciate that.

Cheers.
 
I'm not good with constructive criticism so I'll just post my list and explain a few differences


Pokémon - (21)

  • 4 Axew BKT 108
  • 1 Fraxure BKT 110
  • 4 Haxorus BKT 111
  • 4 Zubat PHF 31
  • 3 Golbat PHF 32
  • 3 Crobat PHF 33
  • 1 Remoraid BKT 32
  • 1 Octillery BKT 33

Trainer Cards - (31)

  • 1 Sacred Ash FLF 96
  • 3 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
  • 1 Giovanni's Scheme BKT 162
  • 3 Level Ball AOR 76
  • 3 Brigette BKT 134
  • 1 Skyla BKT 148
  • 3 Professor Sycamore PHF 101
  • 3 VS Seeker ROS 110
  • 3 Ultra Ball DEX 102
  • 4 Rare Candy PLB 85
  • 3 Muscle Band XY 121
  • 2 Lysandre FLF 104
  • 1 Judge UL 78

Energy - (8)

  • 2 Metal Energy BLW 112
  • 4 Double Dragon Energy ROS 97
  • 2 Fighting Energy BLW 110

I run bats because they help Haxorus get that needed extra damage (dragonpulse for 130 + 20 band + 20Golbat =170 or +30Crobat = 180)
- they also dramatically improve your nightmarch matchup and attack for free under a lot of opposing decks stadiums (mewtwo/ gengar/ wobbuffet/ trevenant/ nightmarch ...)
While dragondance is a nice option against slow things like Seismitoad you can't rely on it for damage output a good deck will KO you before you can deal damage or just lysandre out the effect
I also run Octillery even though I own 4 shaymin because together with the bats I run enough non EX basics to justify brigette which can allow for very strong early setups.
I do not run snorlax/Heavyball because thats too few targets for an itemslot and snorlax is generally bad and not even good at tanking.
I don't run energy disruption because the deck needs enough slots as it is and the idea is to quickly KO their EX cards not slowly whittle them down, your cards are not beefy enough to do that and have the wrong attacks for that.
Training Center doesn't help Haxorus cause of winning fast non EX vs EX trades, I don't run any stadiums but if you really want to I suggest Silentlab as it stops everyones and their moms shaymin/hoopa/unown and doesn't hinder you in the slightest.
Hardcharm seems silly you are running non EX attackers they are going to die even with another 20/50 hp try, one floatstone would be better.
Teammates is great with nightmarch because all you need to attack is two cards, but your Haxorus is a 4 card combo and just searching for two won't help you build up a full one most of the time, while I like the card I don't consider it as effective in this deck.

I hope this helps, have fun with Haxorus!
 
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