Standard Raichu BREAK / M Manectric EX

[GinjaNinja72]

Pokémon: 17

• 3 Raichu BREAK
• 4 Raichu (XY)
• 4 Pikachu
• 3 M Manectric-EX
• 3 Manectric-EX

Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums: 33

• 3 Wally
• 3 Judge
• 2 Lysandre
• 2 Skyla
• 2 Hex Maniac
• 4 Weakness Policy
• 4 Muscle Band
• 3 Manectric Spirit Link
• 2 Trainers' Mail
• 4 VS Seeker
• 2 Rough Seas
• 2 Sky Field

Energy: 10

• 6 Lightning Energy
• 4 Double Colourless Energy

Strategy:

After seeing Elbow's Gonna Raichu An Article on the new PokéBeach Blog, I was inspired to make my own Circle Circuit Decks. This one uses Raichu BREAK, because it has improved HP and a huge attack. Circle Circuit will be used very often, but Grand Bolt is another powerful option. Mega Manectric can put energy back on Raichu after using Grand Bolt. There are no Abilities in this deck, so I included Hex Maniac to make sure that your side is not affected. Sky Field is to improve Raichu's Circle Circuit. I included 4 Weakness Policy because Fighting-Type decks are quite common, and this deck needs to avoid Weakness to set up. Aigeslash (PRC) is an option, however, he takes up quite a bit of space. Here is what to do:

If you have a Pikachu in your starting hand, here's what to do:

Use Wally on Pikachu. Attach a DCE and Muscle Band to Raichu, and get your Bench as full as possible. If you can manage to get a Sky Field into play, a full Bench, and a Muscle Band on Raichu, you can do 180 damage on your first turn with Circle Circuit! This works only if you go second.

Here's the full strategy of this deck:

Step 1: Get Raichu BREAK into play.
Step 2: Power up for Grand Bolt.
Step 3: Use Grand Bolt.
Step 4: Next Turn, retreat Raichu (No retreat cost).
Step 5: Bring out Mega Manectric and use Turbo Bolt to get Energy back onto Raichu so he can attack again!

Thank you for reading this article. If you have suggestions, please write them in the comments. I hope that you found this article helpful!

 

[LightningCloud224]

You only run 7 basics for a max circle circuit of 140 (and never 180) with muscle band. You have way too many tool cards and very little draw support to get setup quickly. I think you might actually be better off with no double colorless at all and using the breakthrough Raichu instead for EX splash damage to soften up targets on pokemon EX for turbo bolts. You should run flash energies instead of weakness policy if you are that concerned about weakness.