I've been wanting to try making a Tyranitar deck that's simple and fun. I had been working on this particular draft for a while and finally got around to testing it recently. It still needs tweaking, so I'm looking for some feedback on what I can fix.
Pokemon (15)
3 Larvitar- LOT 114
1 Larvitar- LOT 115
3 Tyranitar GX- LOT 121
2 Alolan Vulpix- LOT 53
2 Alolan Ninetales GX- LOT 132
1 Alolan Ninetales- TEU 111
1 Ditto Prism Star- LOT 154
1 Tapu Lele- UPR 94
1 Dedenne GX- UNB 57
Trainers (35)
4 Cynthia- UPR 119
3 Prof. Elm's Lecture- LOT 188
2 Lillie- UPR 125
1 Erika's Hospitality- TEU 140
2 Mina- LOT 183
2 Red's Challenge- UNB 184
4 Pokemon Communication- TEU 152
4 Rare Candy- CLS 142
2 Pokegear 3.0- UNB 182
2 Switch- CLS 147
1 Energy Recycle System- CLS 128
1 Lure Ball- CLS 138
2 Energy Switch- CLS 129
1 Reset Stamp- UNM 206
1 Stadium Nav- UNM 208
2 Viridian Forest- TEU 156
1 Black Market Prism Star- TEU 134
Energy (10)
6 Dark Energy
4 Fairy Energy
It's a 2-shot deck. The general plan is to set up Tyranitar with A-Ninetales' Mysterious Treasure ability, but I've had times where you can set him up other ways fairly smoothly. One of the concerns I have is for the beginning of the match. The times that I've tested this deck, it tended to draw only one or two basics at the start of the game. I'm not sure whether there's something I can do to improve that, other than hoping to have Prof. Elm in my opening hand. I tried having 4 Elms before, and while it helped at the start of the game, it made for a bad match later because they kept clogging my hand. So I've kept the Elm count to three.
I thought adding TEU- A.Ninetales might be a good idea for the deck when facing other GX decks. I don't see it fighting, but if I'm forced to fight with it (or another attacker), Mina and Energy Switch are there to help make that happen. Aside from Ninetales, I also thought to have Tapu Lele for the deck. Since Tyranitar's Dusty Ruckus does 30 damage to basic Pokemon, I thought Lele could take advantage of that with her Magical Swap attack if she needed to fight. I had tried using fairy-Mimikyu for it's Copycat attack before, but it never really worked out, so I thought switching it for Lele would be better.
And then Dedenne GX is there for draw power. I've been testing with it and it works fine, but I'm considering using UNB-Mewtwo as a cheaper alternative.
Before Unified Minds, it was hard to draw my stadium cards when I needed them. After the set I had put in 2 Stadium Navs and it got a lot better, but while playing with someone else they said that I didn't really need it. So I knocked it back to one. Then there's one copy of Reset Stamp for when the opponent has a leg up by the time I have Tyranitar set up. But I'm not really sure if having only one copy will have a lot of impact on the opponent. So I'm considering swapping it and maybe the Stadium Nav for something else.
And those are my thoughts are on this latest draft so far, and I'm stumped on how to make it better. Any suggestions you guys may have would be great.
Pokemon (15)
3 Larvitar- LOT 114
1 Larvitar- LOT 115
3 Tyranitar GX- LOT 121
2 Alolan Vulpix- LOT 53
2 Alolan Ninetales GX- LOT 132
1 Alolan Ninetales- TEU 111
1 Ditto Prism Star- LOT 154
1 Tapu Lele- UPR 94
1 Dedenne GX- UNB 57
Trainers (35)
4 Cynthia- UPR 119
3 Prof. Elm's Lecture- LOT 188
2 Lillie- UPR 125
1 Erika's Hospitality- TEU 140
2 Mina- LOT 183
2 Red's Challenge- UNB 184
4 Pokemon Communication- TEU 152
4 Rare Candy- CLS 142
2 Pokegear 3.0- UNB 182
2 Switch- CLS 147
1 Energy Recycle System- CLS 128
1 Lure Ball- CLS 138
2 Energy Switch- CLS 129
1 Reset Stamp- UNM 206
1 Stadium Nav- UNM 208
2 Viridian Forest- TEU 156
1 Black Market Prism Star- TEU 134
Energy (10)
6 Dark Energy
4 Fairy Energy
It's a 2-shot deck. The general plan is to set up Tyranitar with A-Ninetales' Mysterious Treasure ability, but I've had times where you can set him up other ways fairly smoothly. One of the concerns I have is for the beginning of the match. The times that I've tested this deck, it tended to draw only one or two basics at the start of the game. I'm not sure whether there's something I can do to improve that, other than hoping to have Prof. Elm in my opening hand. I tried having 4 Elms before, and while it helped at the start of the game, it made for a bad match later because they kept clogging my hand. So I've kept the Elm count to three.
I thought adding TEU- A.Ninetales might be a good idea for the deck when facing other GX decks. I don't see it fighting, but if I'm forced to fight with it (or another attacker), Mina and Energy Switch are there to help make that happen. Aside from Ninetales, I also thought to have Tapu Lele for the deck. Since Tyranitar's Dusty Ruckus does 30 damage to basic Pokemon, I thought Lele could take advantage of that with her Magical Swap attack if she needed to fight. I had tried using fairy-Mimikyu for it's Copycat attack before, but it never really worked out, so I thought switching it for Lele would be better.
And then Dedenne GX is there for draw power. I've been testing with it and it works fine, but I'm considering using UNB-Mewtwo as a cheaper alternative.
Before Unified Minds, it was hard to draw my stadium cards when I needed them. After the set I had put in 2 Stadium Navs and it got a lot better, but while playing with someone else they said that I didn't really need it. So I knocked it back to one. Then there's one copy of Reset Stamp for when the opponent has a leg up by the time I have Tyranitar set up. But I'm not really sure if having only one copy will have a lot of impact on the opponent. So I'm considering swapping it and maybe the Stadium Nav for something else.
And those are my thoughts are on this latest draft so far, and I'm stumped on how to make it better. Any suggestions you guys may have would be great.
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