Roserade/Shaymin-EX Deck

[Saberx723]

Pokemon -

3x Foongus
2x Amoongus (Plasma Storm)
3x Petilil
2x Lilligant
4x Roselia
3x Roserade (Dragons Exalted)
1x Shaymin EX
1x Victini (Fliptini)

Trainers -

1x Team Rockets Trickery (out of format)
1x Scramble Switch
1x Prof Elm Training Method (out of format)
2x HTL
2x Pokemon Catcher
2x N
2x Cheren
3x Ether
3x Rocky Helm
2x Poke Comm
1x Dual Ball (out of format)
2x Level Ball
2x Exp Share
1x Energy Retrival

16x Grass Energy


--- This is the deck I've been playing on PlayTCG unlimited. I'm looking to fix it to make it good for modified. Any suggestions would be helpful. Of course I'd like another Shaymin EX and Victini, been looking for those.

The reason I like this deck is that 1. It's my own creation. 2. Roserade can potentially do 120 damage in turn 2 with one energy. 3. Pokemon are expendable and are easy to build up 4. None have a retreat cost higher than 1 5. Type advantage vs. Keldeo decks. 6. Matches up decently against Mewtwo EX since it doesn't require energy. 7. Amoonguss has a nice any special condition. 8. That one time I wrecked 2 Keldeo EX and beat back 2 Mewtwo EX to win with opponent only taken 2 prizes.

Thanks in advance for your input!

 

[Mora]

RE: Roserade/Shaymin EX Deck

Not sure what the strategy is (hint hint), but you didn't mention Lilligant, so I'm going to assume you don't use it often. Go ahead and take that out and try to get ahold of some of the staples like Catcher or if that's too expensive, there are some substitutes in the unlimited format. Gust of Wind comes to mind. You also need a lot more Supporters. It soesn't matter how good the cards in your deck are if you can't get them when you need them. With that in mind, you should probably use a different Ace Spec. You said it yourself, your Pokemon don't require a lot of energies, so Scramble Switch is almost useless. Use Computer Search if you can, but Dowsing Machine is a fine substitute; it's cheaper too. Also Ether isn't good unless you have a way of knowing what your top decks are.

-3-2 Lilligant
-3 Ether
-1 Dual Ball
-1 PETM
-1 Team Rocket's Trickery
-1 Scramble Switch
-1 Grass Energy
+3 Juniper
+2 N
+2 Skyla
+1 Cheren
+2 Catcher
+2 Ultra Ball
+1 Computer Search/Dowsing Machine

This should get you started.

 

[Zarco]

RE: Roserade/Shaymin EX Deck

Basically, to make obvious the point Mora sneaked in...
Every good deck has a goal or strategy. Every single card in it should directly contribute to the central goal in some way. This deck doesn't really seem to have a goal aside from "hey, here's some assorted grass types". There's nothing wrong with trying to build something that isn't one of the top decks, but you have to be very careful and emphasize a consistent plan in the decklist if you want it to work. Feel free to respond here or even PM me, but as a warning, unless you have a real goal to work with, my suggestion is basically to start over.

 

[Saberx723]

RE: Roserade/Shaymin EX Deck

I've found some success with the deck so far. It's still far from consistent, but it's getting better.

Right now I'm running:

14 Pokemon:

4x Roselia
3x Roserade
3x Foongus
2x Amoonguss
1x Victini
1x Shaymin EX

30 Trainers:

3x Level Ball (Pulls out every Pokemon in deck except Shaymin EX)
3x Poke Comm
1x Pokeball
2x Hypnotoxic Laser
2x Plus Power
1x Exp share
2x Giant cape
1x Rescue Scarf
1x Bicycle
1x Energy Retrieval
1x Escape Rope
2x Cheren
1x Cilan
2x N
2x Juniper
2x Rocky Helm
2x Catcher
1x Super Rod

16 Energy

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@ Zarco: My strategy at the moment is to build up multiple Roserades without worrying about it dying, using Victini to help on damage for flips. Since Mewtwo EX is fairly standard card in decks, even 90hp Roserade can survive a hit since usually they only have 2 or 3 energy on Mewtwo and Roserade only needs 1 to do possibly 120 damage. Roserade kills Keldeo EX in one hit with either 4 or 3 heads flips. Of course that with Victini is only a 37.5% chance, but 90-120 damage on turn 2 for 1 energy is very nice.

Basically, Roserade is out there for damage before I can pull Shaymin EX out late game (4-5 prizes taken) to do 150-180 damage.

I want another Shaymin EX and Victini for the deck right now. Also looking to get 2 Skyla.