Standard Rachel Ray

[hamberglar]

What do you guys think of this? Pretty simple. I thought about how Rainbow Force is going to be probably a fairly decent thing and how setting up for it and setting up for M Ray are often the same thing. So I did what most everyone probably thought of and just made them one deck. I also slotted up a pair of Zoroarks since I think they'll play really well into the mirror. Xerneas' resistance to darkness is not relevant unless they're so behind on board that it wouldn't matter, but it sets up and switches in very quickly on both Xerneas and Ray decks. Meanwhile, it's a great Keldeo-EX stand in and sometimes can swing for an emergency hit against non-bench decks.

1 of Dragon Rayquaza is probably not necessary, but I don't think it will often be considered worse than a normal Rayquaza.

Since I took this screen shot, I decided that there wasn't anything I wanted to Hex and took it out for a second N. Carbink is the only "safeguard" ability in standard and we can hit it with Xerneas or possibly Zoroark.

Any suggestions? I'm fairly convinced that the Zoroark is the special sauce in this deck, but maybe I'm not that unique and others have already thought of this.

Edit: Image has been updated to a version with some changes made by the repliers and myself (I'd say it was a 75%, 25% effort, respectively).

 

[Outsidevil]

Don't think you'll need giovannis too much, if this gets set up with M Ray or Xerneas almost everything gets OHKO'd. Adding in a AO Jolteon or Galvantula line might be interesting to get Electric typing in there and to one shot shaymins, yveltals and other M Rays easily. Deck needs alot of work, Run more N's you can't afford to discard that much in this deck, and add 4 puzzle of time to come back late game if you get parallel citied. At least 1-2 mega turbos, There's alot more but that's a start.

Kinda tired at the moment , so forgive me for the brief response. GL!

 

[AuraJackle]

Adding in a AO Jolteon or Galvantula line might be interesting to get Electric typing in there and to one shot shaymins, yveltals and other M Rays easily.

Kinda tired at the moment , so forgive me for the brief response. GL!

AO Jolteon Only works on Stage 1's so lets hope thats just something you overlooked in your tired slur.

Rayquazza needs Mega turbo not running it is not a good idea even if you want to use Xerneas as well which i dont think is the best way to run rayquazza but in theory it could work. Also take out the fan club for an extra hoopa and you need another shaymin as well otherwise your missing out on the speed that rayquazza decks are known for if your worried about getting more types on the field i highly reccomend ninja boy it is an amazing card in rayquazza

 

[LiftoffLizard]

The issue here is almost your entire attacking force relys on large amounts of benched Pokémon. One Parallel City and your stuck with next to no counter. I would throw a Fan Club and a Sycamore for two more Shaymin EX you WILL want four.

 

[hamberglar]

Don't think you'll need giovannis too much, if this gets set up with M Ray or Xerneas almost everything gets OHKO'd. Adding in a AO Jolteon or Galvantula line might be interesting to get Electric typing in there and to one shot shaymins, yveltals and other M Rays easily. Deck needs alot of work, Run more N's you can't afford to discard that much in this deck, and add 4 puzzle of time to come back late game if you get parallel citied. At least 1-2 mega turbos, There's alot more but that's a start.

Kinda tired at the moment , so forgive me for the brief response. GL!

As someone else said, Jolteon doesn't really do anything here. AFAIK, Megas are not considered Stage 1. Galvantula is pretty much overkill here. I don't really need another typing (I have 7), and it's just an otherwise useless card. I really don't think that Double Thread will hit anything now that Night March is gone.

Also, what can't I afford to discard? This deck is pretty amorphous and the only thing I'd be a bit scared of losing is the energies, and I'm thinking of finding room for some Mega Turbos, so discarding an energy or two might be useful. I think that Sycamore is fine here.

The issue here is almost your entire attacking force relys on large amounts of benched Pokémon. One Parallel City and your stuck with next to no counter. I would throw a Fan Club and a Sycamore for two more Shaymin EX you WILL want four.

I combined the advice of yours and someone elses and dropped a Fan Club and a Giovanni for a Shaymin and a Hoopa. I really think that 4 Shaymin is just simply not correct.

AO Jolteon Only works on Stage 1's so lets hope thats just something you overlooked in your tired slur.

Rayquazza needs Mega turbo not running it is not a good idea even if you want to use Xerneas as well which i dont think is the best way to run rayquazza but in theory it could work. Also take out the fan club for an extra hoopa and you need another shaymin as well otherwise your missing out on the speed that rayquazza decks are known for if your worried about getting more types on the field i highly reccomend ninja boy it is an amazing card in rayquazza

I'll consider Mega Turbo. I was just thinking about Max Elixir and how I might play it if it hit more than just Xerneas. This makes sense, I suppose.

I did take out a giovanni and a fan club for a hoopa and a shaymin.

Edit: Updated the image in the top to be current.