The other Bouffalant can donk with Dark Patch + Energy Switch.
Possible Donk Decks In The Current Format?
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alex said:
This. Only a dumbarse would actually choose going second in PTCG. The fact that this game gives you a 65% chance of winning by just simply going first is too good to pass up. But yeah, you could go second if you want to, you will look very very stupid however.
There is no reason to go second (except Roguechomp's idea of how to donk Landorus with Ditto/Kyurem combination (which your opponent will see it coming) (in which Ditto will get donk more because some Lando variants run Pluspower)).
A few overlooked Donking cards are Audino EPO, and Druddigon DV.
(They don't have single links of each card, sorry.)
These cards are typically berated for their strong attacks being based on coin flips, but Victini NVI can certainly help with that.
Still, as others before me have said, Donking is obscenely difficult in this current format, with Basic Pokemon-EX scoring 160-180 HP (with some minor exceptions).
+10 attack from Pluspower or Aerodactyl will let you hit 90 damage, so you can OHKO DRX Sigilyph, and 2HKO a Pokemon-EX
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These cards are typically berated for their strong attacks being based on coin flips, but Victini NVI can certainly help with that.
Still, as others before me have said, Donking is obscenely difficult in this current format, with Basic Pokemon-EX scoring 160-180 HP (with some minor exceptions).
+10 attack from Pluspower or Aerodactyl will let you hit 90 damage, so you can OHKO DRX Sigilyph, and 2HKO a Pokemon-EX
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If you're counting his second attack, 3 energy with no DCE and only one of it possible to be dark patched (if you do that though it makes it even more unlikely because you're running so many energy types) cannot donk, or else we would consider darkrai hydreigon or blastoise keldeo donk decks.
If you're counting his second attack, 3 energy with no DCE and only one of it possible to be dark patched (if you do that though it makes it even more unlikely because you're running so many energy types) cannot donk, or else we would consider darkrai hydreigon or blastoise keldeo donk decks.
Dark Void said:
Yeahhh, you guys are right about that. If you are indeed strictly speaking first turn, then no, Druddigon can't quite donk... yet.
Ether + Pokédex will give him a chance to donk, but then again, it could give quite a few other Pokémon chances to Donk, too. Like Landorus EX, Darkrai EX, Rayquaza EX, Tornadus EX, Mewtwo EX Terrakion and Terrakion EX, Keldeo EX, especially if they hit for Weakness.
Among these choices, I'd say Tornadus EX, Mewtwo EX, Darkrai EX, and Landorus EX would be the more reliable donkers in the bunch.
I was mainly raving about Druddigion because he can apply very fast and hard pressure turn 2 if you play your cards right///
White Kyurem EX could donk the lower HP Pokémon EX's with Crystal Edge, too. That's about all that comes to my mind right now.
Donk decks, nowadays, are near impossible to succeed. There's no broken donk engine suck as spamming Smeargle as there was last format, and if your opponent starts an EX and your playing a deck focused only on donking, you might as well drop your cards and scoop right there. If the format was filled with Stage 2's and low-HP basics, then MAYBE stuff like Tornadus EX or Lugia EX could donk, but with 180 HP EX's, donking is not a winning strategy to focus on.
To add to what YoungNes, said, you could do the same Ho-Oh EX Strategy with Druddigion DV, AND, Virbank Gym+ Poison Hypnotic Beam will let you hit 190 for the donk!
Since there is a guy in my league who likes to run a fairly successful mew/raticate deck list, I'm working on turning a victini EX/buffolant deck into a turn 1 donking type decklist, I almost managed to get it on one of our games last sunday but I was off by 10 hp (stupid HTL).