Kabutops with what?

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bpalmer357

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I was thinking of running this:

Kabutops AR

Mostly planning on using the first attack. What cards would be good for fast set up in a deck using this? Also any strategies with this card would be good.
 
Well the first thing to consider is trainer lock. While in your hand, each fossil card counts as a trainer and thus cant be played if Spiritomb or Vileplume is in play. Under trainer lock, the entire deck just dies.

However, that can be some what countered by the special ability of Dialga G Lv X. It's Time Crystal effect negates the poke bodies of all other pokemon other then SP. So your freed from trainer lock.


It would be a good idea to run 3 or 4 Junk Arm. You can recover your fossils with this.

I would also only recommend using Omystar as a tech. Use the fossils, but only 1 or 2 of the actual pokemon. Maybe 2 or 3 Aerodactyl. Probably the one from AR as well. He can act as a search engine for your fossils.


So maybe something like this;

0-3-4 Kabutops (AR)
0-1-2 Omystar (MD)
0-3 Aerodactyl (2 AR) (1 MD)
2-2 Dialga G Lv X

4 Dome Fossil
2-4 Helix Fossil
4 Old Amber
3-4 Junk Arm
2-4 Fossil Excavator

The rest is up to you. Seeker might be a good option though.
 
shadoworganoid has givin the best IMO deck with Kabutops, but you forgot about one card. Omastar (Ar) http://www.http://google.com/.com/wp-content/uploads/Omastar-Arceus-AR-23.jpg
This guy is evil late game once you have a few fossils in the discard. You should run at least 2 with 1 from MD.
 
I saw this used in a deck with Omastar from the same set. Once you've discarded all those fossils, use Omastar to clean up, doing more damage for each fossil in the discard.
 
Also one of each Aerodactyl, one from MD and one from AR. The AR one searches and the MD one can spread a little.
 
You cant start with a fossil i don't think, as such, unless you wanna start with uxie every game and muligan 10 times, starters?
 
Yes you can start with a fossil, and if it's the only basic you HAVE to start with it.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the ruling on the Fossil is "You can play it as your active/bench at the start, but if you go first, you cannot play it from your hand. You can if you go second, however."
 
Unless the rulings have changed since, I believe you can choose whether you want to start with the 1 Fossil or count it as a mulligan.
 
I was thinking of running Sableye from SF or Jirachi RR to help early setup. Which one would work better in this deck or should i run 2 of each one?
 
I think you're better off trying to start with Dome Fossil and go for the donk. Also, Fossil Excavator is nice, but it can't grab Aerodactyl so that might be trickier to get out. Since I'm guessing you're going to pretend like trainer lock doesn't exist (which I think you should, at least for now -- get a solid base idea THEN build techs against match-ups), you might as well run a few Pokemon Communications. Maybe Chatot G if you REALLY need Aerodactyl to search for more fossils, or VS Seeker to get back Fossil Excavator. A big problem I had with this deck when I built it a long time ago is the lack of big damage. Most Stage 1/2 decks will take the hit and heal somehow. Omastar is nice, but he doesn't really do anything until real late game, and even then it's an absolute maximum of 140, which means a lot of Stage 2 decks with e-belt are still out of KO range. I would definitely run E-belt as well in that case.

P.S. Did you know that the artwork on Omastar AR and Kabutops AR is the same scenario, from different angles?
 
^That's correct.

Use 3-4 kabutops
3 aerodactyl (2 ar / 1 md)
2-3 omastar (2 ar / 1 md)
and 4 of each basic fossil
the stage 1s should all be from md, except maybe 1 of each.
Rainbow energy are a must
BTS is amazing in this deck
and 4 fossil excavator.
 
You need a Regice to get rid of pesky spiritombs, maybe a DGX tech because you can't play your fossils with Vileplume in play.
 
I played rampardos for 4 cities in a row. Don't let the fact that they're fossils deter you. Between omanyte and kabuto md, you should be fine, so long as you start with either of those.
 
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