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Re-"G"-phlosion for states

Mora

Don't Panic
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States is this weekend for me, and I thought I'd get a second (or third or fourth) opinion on my list. Any thoughts, comments, or critiques are welcomed:
Pokemon(20)
4-2-4 Typhlosion Prime
2-2 Ninetales
3 Regigigas EX
1 Reshiram
1 Mewtwo EX
1 Cleffa

Trainers N' Stuff(25)
4 Sage's
3 N
3 Collector
3 Rare Candy
3 Junk Arm
3 Communication
2 Catcher
2 Eviolite
2 Switch
1 Burned Tower

10 {R}
4 {C}{C}

It's the same thing as Reshiplosion, just with Regigigas; he can abuse Afterburner a little more than Reshiram can.
 
Add another Switch because starting with Regigigas is the 2nd worst start in the format (Terrakion the 1st). Increase the N's to 4 because you burn through your deck pretty fast with Sage's. When you have like 1 prize left and you are about to deck yourself out, N helps. Also, it is a good disrupter since this deck takes til like turn 3 or 4 to get set up. Maybe take out the Juniper's for these.
 
Yeah, I noticed the Switch issue at League tonight. My thinking was if I had to retreat, I'd almost prefer paying the retrest (once I'm set up) to get energies back into the discard for Afterburner fodder. But, really? Take out Juniper completely to max out N? I like the opportunity to discard energies, but now that I think about it, when I Juniper, all I have is a Junk Arm and a candy--maybe one or two energies. I'll see if I can get those by Saturday.
 
I've tested out the changes, and I think I like it. In the "opening", though, I prefer PONT over N because if your going 2nd, you just give your opponent a free Eeeeeeek!! I think I'll keep it until I do more testing with it.

-3 Juniper
+2 N
+1 Switch
 
This deck probably doesn't need 11 {R}, most Reshiphlosion decks run 10 and 2 DCE, so 10 {R} and 4 DCE should be enough. I'd go with
-1 {R}
-1 N (you have ninetales and 7 draw supporters, a thick ninetales line, and cleffa ought to suffice)
+1 Rare Candy
+1 Super Rod/Energy Retreival/Revive (Revive immeaditely replenishes an attacker, super rod gives you good recovery, and energy retrieval insures you have enough energy to roast reveal each turn.

Hope I helped!
 
I'm not sure if I can get another Rare Candy by tomorrow; what would you recommend instead? And what about Burned Tower instead of SuperRod? I'd like to use it for Roast Reveals, especially after I've N'ed and dont get an energy.
 
Mora said:
I'm not sure if I can get another Rare Candy by tomorrow; what would you recommend instead? And what about Burned Tower instead of SuperRod? I'd like to use it for Roast Reveals, especially after I've N'ed and don't get an energy.
That'd probably work. If you can't get any more rare candies, I suggest another Pokemon Communication. You want those Typhlosions out ASAP.
 
After my experience at States, I'd like to find room for a Revive. For the Terrakion matchups, an extra Reshiram would go a long way, and of course the extra Mewtwo, in specific situations, would be helpful. By the way, I did pretty well at States; I missed topcut by only a few slots. I think if I had had a little more experience playing the deck, I could have gone 6-1. My biggest mistake was letting my Mewtwo hit the field in the first place, although, this was difficult considering I started with a Mewtwo one game (Thank God he ran Straight Terrakion.), and another game, Mewtwo was the only was to get the KO, and if I didn't, he'd win the game.
 
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