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Standard Help with Umbreon GX / Gumshoos GX deck

NormandySR71

NormandySR71

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So ever since Sun and Moon was released I've been lucky enough to have 5* Umbreon-GX cards, and as Darkness types and Umbreon specifically have always been my favourite Pokemon I decided to do everything I could to work a deck around him.

The premise of the deck is to take full advantage of Umbreon's Dark Call GX attack, so Gumshoos for his Search The Premise ability and Team Skull Grunt, Team Flare Grunt and Hammer's for energy reduction.

I've had mostly positive success with the deck (I've won 16 out of 20 games) and have won against all main meta-decks (some have been harder battles than others) but as I've only been playing TCG for the past 3 months I'm very open to suggestions.

Here's the decklist

##Pokémon - 13

* 4 Eevee SM 101
* 2 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
* 2 Yungoos SM 109
* 2 Gumshoos-GX SM 145
* 3 Umbreon-GX SM 80

##Trainer Cards - 35

* 2 Poison Barb SM 124
* 2 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
* 2 Team Skull Grunt SM 133
* 1 Super Rod BKT 149
* 3 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
* 1 Pokémon Center Lady GEN 68
* 1 Team Flare Grunt XY 129
* 1 Switch SM 132
* 1 Special Charge STS 105
* 4 N NVI 92
* 4 Ultra Ball SM 135
* 4 Crushing Hammer SM 115
* 2 Parallel City BKT 145
* 1 Town Map BCR 136
* 1 Repel SM 130
* 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
* 1 Professor Kukui SM 128

##Energy - 12

* 4 Double Colorless Energy NXD 92
* 8 Darkness Energy 7

Any and all feedback will be welcomed and tried out.
 
I like this list for my Umbreon:

****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******

##Pokémon - 14

* 4 Eevee SUM 101
* 2 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
* 2 Yungoos SUM 109
* 2 Gumshoos-GX SUM 110
* 3 Umbreon-GX SUM 80
* 1 Flareon AOR 13

##Trainer Cards - 34

* 1 Bursting Balloon BKP 97
* 3 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
* 4 Crushing Hammer EPO 92
* 4 N FAC 105
* 1 Lysandre FLF 90
* 1 Super Rod BKT 149
* 4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
* 4 Ultra Ball FLF 99
* 1 Special Charge STS 105
* 1 Team Flare Grunt XY 129
* 2 Parallel City BKT 145
* 1 Energy Retrieval AOR 99
* 1 Float Stone BKT 137
* 1 Town Map BCR 136
* 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
* 1 Level Ball NXD 89

##Energy - 12

* 4 Double Colorless Energy FAC 114
* 8 Darkness Energy Energy 7

Total Cards - 60

****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******

I don't like team skull grunt or pokemon center lady that much, they can be pretty clunky.
I made a few other changes to make the deck more consistent.
I like a Flareon in there because it really helps with Lorantis matchups.

Do whatever you like but this is what I like!
 
I think that Raticate is a very good secondary attacker in Umbreon/Hammers decks because crunch enhances your energy disruption, lategame it can hit ridiculous numbers against special energy using decks and rattata's ability is really good for chewing off FFBs that put some big basics outside of Umbreon's 2HKO range.

Another card I like is Herdier for recycling hammers and vs seekers which further extends the amount of energy you can put into discard. I've had multiple games where I've managed to put every single energy of decks like darkrai turbo into discard between hammers, dark call, TSG/TFG and raticate crunches. Herdier also works well with devolution spray, which again increases how many hammers you get to flip. Another fun use of devolution spray is to deny your opponent a 2 prize KO by using it on a hurt Umbreon, between that play and Raticate it kind of lets you play this mostly 2 prize deck like a 1 prize deck.

Honestly, I've tried Gumshoos in Umbreon decks and didn't really find it that useful. I run 1 TSG in my list but I just use it blindly when I don't need any other supporters and they have a big hand. I've won games off of nailing a DCE in someone's hand.

I don't really like barbs in this deck, I think some float stones would serve you better here.
 
NormandySR71 said:
##Pokémon - 13
* 4 Eevee SM 101
* 2 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
* 2 Yungoos SM 109
* 2 Gumshoos-GX SM 145
* 3 Umbreon-GX SM 80

##Trainer Cards - 35
* 2 Poison Barb SM 124
* 2 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
* 2 Team Skull Grunt SM 133
* 1 Super Rod BKT 149
* 3 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
* 1 Pokémon Center Lady GEN 68
* 1 Team Flare Grunt XY 129
* 1 Switch SM 132
* 1 Special Charge STS 105
* 4 N NVI 92
* 4 Ultra Ball SM 135
* 4 Crushing Hammer SM 115
* 2 Parallel City BKT 145
* 1 Town Map BCR 136
* 1 Repel SM 130
* 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
* 1 Professor Kukui SM 128

##Energy - 12
* 4 Double Colorless Energy NXD 92
* 8 Darkness Energy 7
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Two comments for your consideration:
  • Given that your deck is suppose to be disruptive, Delinquent would be another option to use to cripple your opponent at appropriate times. (+1 Delinquent; -1 Town Map - not critical)
  • Further, you could easily "play form behind" in the prize count (especially if your opponent has a good F Pokémon start) since the majority of your Basic Pokémon have relatively low HP. Ace Trainer could be quite useful to disrupt your opponent's hand. (+1 Ace Trainer; -1 N)
Why no Lysandre??
 
Border_Games said:
I like this list for my Umbreon:

****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******

##Pokémon - 14

* 4 Eevee SUM 101
* 2 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
* 2 Yungoos SUM 109
* 2 Gumshoos-GX SUM 110
* 3 Umbreon-GX SUM 80
* 1 Flareon AOR 13

##Trainer Cards - 34

* 1 Bursting Balloon BKP 97
* 3 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
* 4 Crushing Hammer EPO 92
* 4 N FAC 105
* 1 Lysandre FLF 90
* 1 Super Rod BKT 149
* 4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
* 4 Ultra Ball FLF 99
* 1 Special Charge STS 105
* 1 Team Flare Grunt XY 129
* 2 Parallel City BKT 145
* 1 Energy Retrieval AOR 99
* 1 Float Stone BKT 137
* 1 Town Map BCR 136
* 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
* 1 Level Ball NXD 89

##Energy - 12

* 4 Double Colorless Energy FAC 114
* 8 Darkness Energy Energy 7

Total Cards - 60

****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
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After a lot of testing, this deck works great!
I feel it partners well with Flareon and Gumshoos.
Maybe a third parallel city and maybe more bursting balloons.
I don't know why but they work extremely well with umbreon
 
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