In this tread i will talk about the different ways of beating the current meta with pokemon combos trough the Ninja Box. For those not familiar with the Ninja Box deck i recommend taking a look at Professor K's youtube video for the basic idea behind the rainbow Ninja Box.
Ninja boy as a lot of expandable cards that can be replaced to adapt more to the meta you are currently dealing with. Ninja Box is for experimented players because this decks allows for a lot of neat tricks i will try to go trough in this post. So here comes my current deck list. Playing for around 70-75% with it right now.
If people see any interest in the deck and i get enough feedback i will try to make some videos and post them on Youtube.
****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
##Pokémon - 19
* 2 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
* 1 Tauros-GX SUM 100
* 1 Comfey GRI 93
* 1 Machamp-EX AOR 90
* 1 Entei AOR 15
* 1 Victini GRI 10
* 1 Pinsir SUM 6
* 1 Electrike PRC 60
* 1 Jolteon-EX GEN 28
* 1 Magearna-EX STS 110
* 1 Tapu Lele-GX GRI 137
* 2 Trubbish BKP 56
* 1 Garbodor GRI 51
* 1 Garbodor BKP 57
* 1 Glaceon-EX FAC 20
* 1 Keldeo-EX LTR 45
* 1 Regice AOR 24
##Trainer Cards - 29
* 1 Professor Sycamore STS 114
* 1 Lillie SUM 147
* 1 Parallel City BKT 145
* 1 Misty's Determination EVO 108
* 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
* 1 Scramble Switch PLS 129
* 1 Fairy Garden FAC 100
* 1 Colress PLS 135
* 4 Ninja Boy STS 103
* 2 Float Stone BKT 137
* 1 Fighting Fury Belt BKP 99
* 4 VS Seeker ROS 110
* 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
* 1 Field Blower GRI 163
* 2 Choice Band GRI 121
* 1 Lysandre FLF 104
* 1 Sky Field ROS 89
##Energy - 12
* 4 Prism Energy NXD 93
* 4 Double Colorless Energy EVO 90
* 4 Rainbow Energy BKT 152
Total Cards - 60
****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
Ok so lets break down the deck:
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##Pokémon - 19
* 2 Shaymin-EX ROS 77: Self explanatory, this is the sushi master as Dark
Integral would call it. The beauty with integrating Shaymin into this deck is that it can be recycled via Ninja Boy. This way you can use Shaymin more than twice.
* 1 Tauros-GX SUM 100: You get enough damage counter on your pokemon? Time to wreak havoc by using Ninja Boy on your current active pokemon to bring down Tauros and OHKO your opponent.
* 1 Comfey GRI 93: This pokemon is overlooked. You are playing against any deck abusing status effects? Ninja Boy a benched pokemon into Comfey to get rid of it. Lapras-Gx will get easier with this little guy.
* 1 Machamp-EX AOR 90: Another OHKO option. Combine this with comfey on your bench and you dont get confused. Neat trick to make multiple OHKO going.
* 1 Entei AOR 15: Entei is mainly in the deck to face pokemons weak to fire. It allows for OHKO on pokemons like Decidueye and Solgaleo.
* 1 Victini GRI 10: Victini is there to combine with Regice, Electrike, Pinsir and Trubbish. In difficult times, you can stall your opponent for a while with paralyze.
* 1 Pinsir SUM 6: If your opponent cannot bench more than 1 pokemon to start with, he will be in trouble if you ever get Victini out to flip twice. Can come usefull against decks like Sylveon who play few basic pokemons. This is one win condition that can't be overlooked.
* 1 Electrike PRC 60: Very usefull against mill and energy denial decks. This one overcomes Sableye decks by himself. You bench that little guy and stack energies on it. He cannot be lysandre onto the active thanks to the ancient trait. A lot of people get fooled and will use an hammer or Lysandre just to realize they wasted a card. Regirock XY promo would be better i guess but that one is harder to get your hands on.
* 1 Jolteon-EX GEN 28: There is no word to describe this card. Won so many games with it.
* 1 Magearna-EX STS 110: The ultimate counter to fairy decks. Also very usefull against pokemons like Dampra-Gx and other damage effects pokemon.
* 1 Tapu Lele-GX GRI 137: You really need to grab a Ninja Boy one way or another. Also helps against Psychic decks and has no weakness.
* 1 Garbodor GRI 51: I only play one copy of these. It is usefull later in the game so it does not matter as much if it is prized as it will become most probably available in the late game. Wins the trade race.
* 1 Garbodor BKP 57: Not one you will be using that often but could come handy against Decidueye or Greninja matchups. I usually played Giratina Promo in conjonction with Glaceon and Leafeon to destroy Greninja decks (Took a game 6 prizes to 0 the other day by pulling neat tricks) but since i used * 1 Garbodor GRI 51, i though i could switch and go for * 1 Garbodor BKP 57 instead since it helps in more matchups.
* 1 Glaceon-EX FAC 20: Counters every evolution decks and comes in handy in a lot of situations.
* 1 Keldeo-EX LTR 45: For the free retreat with float stone of course, nothing else.
* 1 Regice AOR 24: Counters Volcanion and Darkrai decks usually. I liked to play Diancie-Ex against dark decks but Regice is more flexible and has another utility: paralyzing with the help of Victini.
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##Trainer Cards - 29
* 1 Professor Sycamore STS 114, * 1 Lillie SUM 147, * 1 Colress PLS 135: This deck does not play many drawing supporters. Usually if you can get your hands early on a Double Colorless energy and a Ninja Boy you are in a very good spot.
* 1 Misty's Determination EVO 108: I use Misty mainly to reach for the energy.
* 4 Ninja Boy STS 103: You never have enough of those. There are so many tricks you can do with a Ninja Boy, here are a few:
- Clear your bench of a Shaymin to deny your opponent easy prizes. If you Shaymin into a Electrike, you basically removed 2 prize cards from your bench.
- Retreat a unwanted active pokemon by using Ninja Boy into Jolteon.
- Get your Victini or Comfey out when you need it. Remove status effects with it.
- Avoid getting stuck with an unwanted pokemon in the active. It is so annoying to have a Shaymin in the active to start whit. No problem with this deck.
* 1 Lysandre FLF 104: Who does not play a Lysandre in it's deck? Could go for 2
* 1 Sky Field ROS 89, * 1 Parallel City BKT 145, : Expand your bench space with Sky field and dig very deep into your deck. Bench all the pokemon's you get your hands on and then, clear that bench of all the pokemons you wont need and those Shaymin's to deny your opponent easy prizes. Can be used the other way around in some matchups.
* 1 Fairy Garden FAC 100: Another way to retreat. Prism and Rainbow energy play the same role as Fairy energy.
* 2 Float Stone BKT 137: You never have enough of these.
* 1 Fighting Fury Belt BKP 99: Can save your life and you have better odds of being able to play a powerful Tauros or Machamp.
* 2 Choice Band GRI 121: That little bit of extra damage you need for the OHKO.
* 4 VS Seeker ROS 110: Now you got 8 Ninja Boy's, can't get better.
* 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130: Since you are playing only 1 copy of each pokemon, you will want this. Shuffle those important pokemon back into your deck and then Ninja Boy back into it. Also very useful to recycle Shaymins and Tapu Lele.
* 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135: Reach out for Shaymin's, Tapu Lele, Victini or Comfey with this.
* 1 Field Blower GRI 163: You never know...
* 1 Scramble Switch PLS 129: This item will help you save some of your precious energies. Also, if the pokemon you want to Ninja Boy into is in your hands, you will be happy to have this.
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##Energy - 12
* 4 Prism Energy NXD 93
* 4 Double Colorless Energy EVO 90
* 4 Rainbow Energy BKT 152
This deck plays only special energy. Magearna and Electrike are used to make sure you dont get fucked by energy denial decks. With those pokemons, playing special energy is not as worse as it seems.
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Strength's of the deck:
- Versatility: You have a shot at winning almost any matchups with a decent %. No deck is more versatile.
- Surprise effect: Your opponent will never see it comming...
- Enjoyment: This deck allows you to pull a lot of different strategies which ake's it a very enjoyable deck to play. You will not easily get bored.
Weakness:
- Energy acceleration: This is the deck's main weakness. If you play against an energy denial deck and you make the mistake of not using Electrike to charge up, you can fall behind pretty quickly in terms of energy race and this can come back to haunt you.
- Complexity: This deck takes a lot of time to master. You will loose a lot of games by playing it wrong and forgetting about some aspects.
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Conclusion
This deck is just plain awesome and the beauty of it is that you can easily adpat it by using some other pokemon's depending on the meta, here are some special mentions:
- Leafeon-Ex: Great counter to decks weak to grass
- Giratina promo: Destroys Greninja decks
- Diancie-Ex: A very good tank. This pokemon takes 50 less damage against dark decks and its attack is cunning. If dragon decks was a thing, Diancie-Ex would be an awesome counter.
- Mew-Ex: When Ninja Box first got out, this pokemon was played as a counter to Mega Mewtwo decks (check professor K's Ninja Box Youtube video). Nowadays, Mega Mewtwo deck is not as common so i replaced this one with Tapu Lele and Garbodor.
Ninja boy as a lot of expandable cards that can be replaced to adapt more to the meta you are currently dealing with. Ninja Box is for experimented players because this decks allows for a lot of neat tricks i will try to go trough in this post. So here comes my current deck list. Playing for around 70-75% with it right now.
If people see any interest in the deck and i get enough feedback i will try to make some videos and post them on Youtube.
****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
##Pokémon - 19
* 2 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
* 1 Tauros-GX SUM 100
* 1 Comfey GRI 93
* 1 Machamp-EX AOR 90
* 1 Entei AOR 15
* 1 Victini GRI 10
* 1 Pinsir SUM 6
* 1 Electrike PRC 60
* 1 Jolteon-EX GEN 28
* 1 Magearna-EX STS 110
* 1 Tapu Lele-GX GRI 137
* 2 Trubbish BKP 56
* 1 Garbodor GRI 51
* 1 Garbodor BKP 57
* 1 Glaceon-EX FAC 20
* 1 Keldeo-EX LTR 45
* 1 Regice AOR 24
##Trainer Cards - 29
* 1 Professor Sycamore STS 114
* 1 Lillie SUM 147
* 1 Parallel City BKT 145
* 1 Misty's Determination EVO 108
* 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
* 1 Scramble Switch PLS 129
* 1 Fairy Garden FAC 100
* 1 Colress PLS 135
* 4 Ninja Boy STS 103
* 2 Float Stone BKT 137
* 1 Fighting Fury Belt BKP 99
* 4 VS Seeker ROS 110
* 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
* 1 Field Blower GRI 163
* 2 Choice Band GRI 121
* 1 Lysandre FLF 104
* 1 Sky Field ROS 89
##Energy - 12
* 4 Prism Energy NXD 93
* 4 Double Colorless Energy EVO 90
* 4 Rainbow Energy BKT 152
Total Cards - 60
****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
Ok so lets break down the deck:
----------------------
##Pokémon - 19
* 2 Shaymin-EX ROS 77: Self explanatory, this is the sushi master as Dark
Integral would call it. The beauty with integrating Shaymin into this deck is that it can be recycled via Ninja Boy. This way you can use Shaymin more than twice.
* 1 Tauros-GX SUM 100: You get enough damage counter on your pokemon? Time to wreak havoc by using Ninja Boy on your current active pokemon to bring down Tauros and OHKO your opponent.
* 1 Comfey GRI 93: This pokemon is overlooked. You are playing against any deck abusing status effects? Ninja Boy a benched pokemon into Comfey to get rid of it. Lapras-Gx will get easier with this little guy.
* 1 Machamp-EX AOR 90: Another OHKO option. Combine this with comfey on your bench and you dont get confused. Neat trick to make multiple OHKO going.
* 1 Entei AOR 15: Entei is mainly in the deck to face pokemons weak to fire. It allows for OHKO on pokemons like Decidueye and Solgaleo.
* 1 Victini GRI 10: Victini is there to combine with Regice, Electrike, Pinsir and Trubbish. In difficult times, you can stall your opponent for a while with paralyze.
* 1 Pinsir SUM 6: If your opponent cannot bench more than 1 pokemon to start with, he will be in trouble if you ever get Victini out to flip twice. Can come usefull against decks like Sylveon who play few basic pokemons. This is one win condition that can't be overlooked.
* 1 Electrike PRC 60: Very usefull against mill and energy denial decks. This one overcomes Sableye decks by himself. You bench that little guy and stack energies on it. He cannot be lysandre onto the active thanks to the ancient trait. A lot of people get fooled and will use an hammer or Lysandre just to realize they wasted a card. Regirock XY promo would be better i guess but that one is harder to get your hands on.
* 1 Jolteon-EX GEN 28: There is no word to describe this card. Won so many games with it.
* 1 Magearna-EX STS 110: The ultimate counter to fairy decks. Also very usefull against pokemons like Dampra-Gx and other damage effects pokemon.
* 1 Tapu Lele-GX GRI 137: You really need to grab a Ninja Boy one way or another. Also helps against Psychic decks and has no weakness.
* 1 Garbodor GRI 51: I only play one copy of these. It is usefull later in the game so it does not matter as much if it is prized as it will become most probably available in the late game. Wins the trade race.
* 1 Garbodor BKP 57: Not one you will be using that often but could come handy against Decidueye or Greninja matchups. I usually played Giratina Promo in conjonction with Glaceon and Leafeon to destroy Greninja decks (Took a game 6 prizes to 0 the other day by pulling neat tricks) but since i used * 1 Garbodor GRI 51, i though i could switch and go for * 1 Garbodor BKP 57 instead since it helps in more matchups.
* 1 Glaceon-EX FAC 20: Counters every evolution decks and comes in handy in a lot of situations.
* 1 Keldeo-EX LTR 45: For the free retreat with float stone of course, nothing else.
* 1 Regice AOR 24: Counters Volcanion and Darkrai decks usually. I liked to play Diancie-Ex against dark decks but Regice is more flexible and has another utility: paralyzing with the help of Victini.
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##Trainer Cards - 29
* 1 Professor Sycamore STS 114, * 1 Lillie SUM 147, * 1 Colress PLS 135: This deck does not play many drawing supporters. Usually if you can get your hands early on a Double Colorless energy and a Ninja Boy you are in a very good spot.
* 1 Misty's Determination EVO 108: I use Misty mainly to reach for the energy.
* 4 Ninja Boy STS 103: You never have enough of those. There are so many tricks you can do with a Ninja Boy, here are a few:
- Clear your bench of a Shaymin to deny your opponent easy prizes. If you Shaymin into a Electrike, you basically removed 2 prize cards from your bench.
- Retreat a unwanted active pokemon by using Ninja Boy into Jolteon.
- Get your Victini or Comfey out when you need it. Remove status effects with it.
- Avoid getting stuck with an unwanted pokemon in the active. It is so annoying to have a Shaymin in the active to start whit. No problem with this deck.
* 1 Lysandre FLF 104: Who does not play a Lysandre in it's deck? Could go for 2
* 1 Sky Field ROS 89, * 1 Parallel City BKT 145, : Expand your bench space with Sky field and dig very deep into your deck. Bench all the pokemon's you get your hands on and then, clear that bench of all the pokemons you wont need and those Shaymin's to deny your opponent easy prizes. Can be used the other way around in some matchups.
* 1 Fairy Garden FAC 100: Another way to retreat. Prism and Rainbow energy play the same role as Fairy energy.
* 2 Float Stone BKT 137: You never have enough of these.
* 1 Fighting Fury Belt BKP 99: Can save your life and you have better odds of being able to play a powerful Tauros or Machamp.
* 2 Choice Band GRI 121: That little bit of extra damage you need for the OHKO.
* 4 VS Seeker ROS 110: Now you got 8 Ninja Boy's, can't get better.
* 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130: Since you are playing only 1 copy of each pokemon, you will want this. Shuffle those important pokemon back into your deck and then Ninja Boy back into it. Also very useful to recycle Shaymins and Tapu Lele.
* 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135: Reach out for Shaymin's, Tapu Lele, Victini or Comfey with this.
* 1 Field Blower GRI 163: You never know...
* 1 Scramble Switch PLS 129: This item will help you save some of your precious energies. Also, if the pokemon you want to Ninja Boy into is in your hands, you will be happy to have this.
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##Energy - 12
* 4 Prism Energy NXD 93
* 4 Double Colorless Energy EVO 90
* 4 Rainbow Energy BKT 152
This deck plays only special energy. Magearna and Electrike are used to make sure you dont get fucked by energy denial decks. With those pokemons, playing special energy is not as worse as it seems.
--------------------------
Strength's of the deck:
- Versatility: You have a shot at winning almost any matchups with a decent %. No deck is more versatile.
- Surprise effect: Your opponent will never see it comming...
- Enjoyment: This deck allows you to pull a lot of different strategies which ake's it a very enjoyable deck to play. You will not easily get bored.
Weakness:
- Energy acceleration: This is the deck's main weakness. If you play against an energy denial deck and you make the mistake of not using Electrike to charge up, you can fall behind pretty quickly in terms of energy race and this can come back to haunt you.
- Complexity: This deck takes a lot of time to master. You will loose a lot of games by playing it wrong and forgetting about some aspects.
--------------------------
Conclusion
This deck is just plain awesome and the beauty of it is that you can easily adpat it by using some other pokemon's depending on the meta, here are some special mentions:
- Leafeon-Ex: Great counter to decks weak to grass
- Giratina promo: Destroys Greninja decks
- Diancie-Ex: A very good tank. This pokemon takes 50 less damage against dark decks and its attack is cunning. If dragon decks was a thing, Diancie-Ex would be an awesome counter.
- Mew-Ex: When Ninja Box first got out, this pokemon was played as a counter to Mega Mewtwo decks (check professor K's Ninja Box Youtube video). Nowadays, Mega Mewtwo deck is not as common so i replaced this one with Tapu Lele and Garbodor.
