Standard Primarina/Lapras/Golduck Break ENDURANCE DECK

[Diglong]

Here is the deck I've managed to win 17/23 games (74% win rate) so far:

Pokemon: 18

2- Popplio
2- Brionne
2- Primarina GX
2- Lapras GX
2- Psyduck
2- Golduck (SM-29)
2- Golduck Break
2- Manaphy EX
1- Starmie
1- Staryu (Evo-31)

Trainers: 30

4- Dive Balls
1- Evo Soda
4- VS Seekers
4- Rough seas
1- Brocks Grit
1- Delinquent
1- Lillie
2- Lysandre
3- N
1- Shauna
2- Wally
2- Fighting Fury Belt
2- Weakness Policy

Energy: 12

So after lots of experimenting with different combinations of Pokemon to have a solid water deck, I've finally found a pretty consistent List here. I tried running a deck with just Primarina but found it was too slow and found it hard to get Primarina out in time. Lapras and Golduck break were the key here. If you can get Lapras out early, he provides a very good starter and is durable enough to withstand the first couple early attacks until you get Golduck Break, Primarina and the other Lapras out. You simply can't find consistent wins unless you have a beefy starter like Lapras or maybe Palkia who can take early hits and keep your hand from getting stuck.

You might have noticed I have no rare candies in this deck. Surprisingly I've had more success with the Wally's than when I was using rare candies. The priority of this deck goes to Golduck break tho. Once he is out he can move around energies at will, which is a HUGE key to this deck. If you can get out at least 3 of either Lapras or Primarina GX, you can freely replace lower health attackers with fresh ones (with Manaphy) while also moving energies with Golduck Breaks Hyper Transfer ability. With 4 rough seas you have pretty consistent healing for damaged attackers on the bench. Late game when there is between 8-10 energy in play, Primarina's Bubble Beat attack works just like Darkrai's Dark Pulse. She can hit with the power of all your energy in play while only having two energy on herself. Golduck is also a solid attacker that can dish out 120 damage with only one energy cost. I don't often use Staryu but he is there in case I need energy recovery against opponents that focus on discarding your energy.

The strength of this deck is its versatility, being able to shift around Pokemon and energy while healing constantly with rough seas. I think the list of trainers could use some work but the Wally's are huge in getting out the stage 2 guys in time. I only have 2 Lapras but I think having 3 or 4 (replacing the Staryu line) would make the deck even better. It's just too important to have Lapras as the starter. The success so far is surprising and I think there is a lot of untapped potential in Primarina, since her attack could also be enhanced with dragon energy. Dragon Pokemon would also be able to take advantage of manaphy's free retreat ability. Mixing it with the dragon element would also help to address the decks obvious weakness to the increasingly popular grass decks

 

[Clutchdodgers]

You can consider Max Potion in order have Golduck move energies around and completely heal a pokemon.

 

[Darkness3827]

IDK how good primarina really is, seems like it's too hard to set up and not powerful enough to be worth it. I'd personally use Primal Clash Huntail instead if you need another high damage dealer. You lose 150 HP and the GX attack (although idk how important that attack really is for you) but it's a stage 1 instead of stage 2 (which allows you to save cards) and you only lose 1 prize card instead of 2. Also the attacks are pretty comparable, it's first attack is only 10 damage less than Primarina's and costs 1 energy instead of 2. Its 2nd attack is the same except it deals 50 less, costs 1 less energy and the energy discard is a coin flip instead of guaranteed.

Also I'd get rid of the weakness policy, it is just way too situational of a card. It will be useless in 75% of games and it only effects 1 Pokémon each so chances are it won't be enough of a difference in the games where it is useful. You could replace them with more FFBs or muscle bands, but personally I'd add either trainers mail or more draw support. Also statistically Birch's Observations is a better card than Shauna.

 

[K5survives]

I tried a similar deck but instead of the primarina i use 2 regice a glaceon a tauros gx and the dewpider set. You dont need staryu anymore with 4 aqua patches.

 

[PlatinumDude]

I don't get why you have Fighting Fury Belt in here when it doesn't affect evolved Pokemon at all. Even Choice Band is better.

Also seconding that Huntail is a better option over Primarina, despite the lower HP. You're not using Rare Candies anyway and those are critical to Stage 2 decks.

If you can get them, add Shaymin EX and/or Tapu Lele GX because extra draw power and Supporter-searching is too good to ignore. If not, Oranguru (or Octillery) is fine.

Also add in 4 Sycamore because even though the discard can be painful, you need the big burst of draw power Sycamore provides.