Pokémon: 18
Firstly, I have to say that I was inspired to initially try this by PMJ's article "Fighting Fire with Fairies." Thanks!
As many of you already know, the goal of this deck is to bench as many different types as you can in order to power up Xerneas' Rainbow Force. With an ideal bench consisting of Xerneas, Bisharp, Galvantula, Ninetales, and Mew (or Talonflame), Rainbow Force hits for 230 with a Fighting Fury Belt; all for two energy attachments of a DCE and Fairy Energy. And, I have to say, I've seen a lot of success with this. I've been doing well both online and at League with this deck. (Yesterday at League I actually placed first out of eight after simultaneously knocking out two Shaymin-EXs on my opponent's bench with Galvantula's Double Thread attack. That was interesting.)
There may be some variations/differentiators between this deck and other decks. One of which is that I've been running Talonflame. This works well, going first or second. This allows me to setup a Xerneas on the bench, and retreat Talonflame when I am able to hit with Rainbow Force on turn two. If I go second, I am able to use Aero Blitz to help accelerate the setup process if needed.
Also, it seems almost split 50-50 with running Sky Field or Silent Lab among other decks. While I haven't run Sky Field, I find that Silent Lab is super useful in it being so disruptive, especially for Megaray and decks that run Shaymin-EX (there's a few of those). Ninetales is the perfect complement for this ability-lock. And while Garbotoxin obviously shuts this idea down, I don't find that this deck relies on Silent Lab or abilities enough for it to be a big issue.
Some additions to this deck would obviously have Shaymin-EX at the top of the list, which I do not own yet in person, nor on PTCGO. Any thoughts on the "right" amount of Shaymin to run in this deck would be greatly appreciated, though!
Any advice, suggestions, critiques, etc. are very much appreciated. Thanks, everyone!
- 4 Xerneas (Breakthrough)
- 2-1 Galvantula (Steam Siege)
- 2-1 Bisharp (Steam Siege)
- 2-1 Ninetales (Primal Clash)
- 4 Talonflame (Steam Siege)
- 1 Mew (Fates Collide)
- 4 Professor Sycamore
- 2 N
- 1 Skyla
- 1 Brigette
- 1 Teammates
- 2 Lysandre
- 3 VS Seeker
- 2 Trainers' Mail
- 3 Ultra Ball
- 2 Level Ball
- 1 Switch
- 1 Special Charge
- 3 Fighting Fury Belt
- 1 Float Stone
- 3 Silent Lab
- 8 Fairy Energy
- 4 DC Energy
Firstly, I have to say that I was inspired to initially try this by PMJ's article "Fighting Fire with Fairies." Thanks!
As many of you already know, the goal of this deck is to bench as many different types as you can in order to power up Xerneas' Rainbow Force. With an ideal bench consisting of Xerneas, Bisharp, Galvantula, Ninetales, and Mew (or Talonflame), Rainbow Force hits for 230 with a Fighting Fury Belt; all for two energy attachments of a DCE and Fairy Energy. And, I have to say, I've seen a lot of success with this. I've been doing well both online and at League with this deck. (Yesterday at League I actually placed first out of eight after simultaneously knocking out two Shaymin-EXs on my opponent's bench with Galvantula's Double Thread attack. That was interesting.)
There may be some variations/differentiators between this deck and other decks. One of which is that I've been running Talonflame. This works well, going first or second. This allows me to setup a Xerneas on the bench, and retreat Talonflame when I am able to hit with Rainbow Force on turn two. If I go second, I am able to use Aero Blitz to help accelerate the setup process if needed.
Also, it seems almost split 50-50 with running Sky Field or Silent Lab among other decks. While I haven't run Sky Field, I find that Silent Lab is super useful in it being so disruptive, especially for Megaray and decks that run Shaymin-EX (there's a few of those). Ninetales is the perfect complement for this ability-lock. And while Garbotoxin obviously shuts this idea down, I don't find that this deck relies on Silent Lab or abilities enough for it to be a big issue.
Some additions to this deck would obviously have Shaymin-EX at the top of the list, which I do not own yet in person, nor on PTCGO. Any thoughts on the "right" amount of Shaymin to run in this deck would be greatly appreciated, though!
Any advice, suggestions, critiques, etc. are very much appreciated. Thanks, everyone!
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