I was trying to find a viable rouge deck for the Expanded format and I stumbled upon this list. It is completely unexpected and works pretty well with all of the speedy acceleration cards available.
Pokémon * 13
Sceptile EX *3 AOR
Virizion EX *1 PLB
Seviper *3 BUS
Spinarak *2 AOR
Ariados *2 AOR
Tapu Lele GX *1 GRI
Shaymin EX *2 ROS
Trainers *37
Professor Juniper *3 BLW
N *2 NVI
Colress *1 PLS
Lysandre *1 AOR
Guzma *1 BUS
Professor Kukui *1 SUM
Karen *1 PR-XY
Ultra Ball *4 SUM
VS Seeker *4 PHF
Hypno Toxic Laser *3 PLS
Battle Compressor *2 PHF
Dowsing Machine *1 PLS
Field Blower *1 GRI
Max Elixir *3 BKP
Choice Band *3 GRI
Float Stone *2 BKT
Virbank City Gym *3 PLS
Energy *10
Grass Energy *10
This deck focuses on the poison damage output available through Virbank City Gym (Put 2 more damage counters on Poisoned Pokemon (both yours and your opponent's) between turns), Seviper's ability More Poison (Put 1 more damage counter on your opponent's Poisoned Pokemon between turns), and Sceptile EX's move Unseen Claw: 60 damage (If your opponent's Active Pokemon is affected by a Special Condition, this attack does 70 more damage).
With two Seviper in play and a Virbank City Gym, Unseen Claw is doing a whooping 180 damage without a Choice Band! Ariados and Hypnotoxic Laser are their to maintain poison at all times so Sceptile EX is always locked and loaded.
The one problem this deck has is constantly having Sceptile EX's ready to attack. With the Grass and Colorless energy cost, it takes two turns to charge a Sceptile EX, and in the speedy Expanded format, that is way to slow. So, the two Shaymin EXs and Max Elixirs were my solution to the problem, along with Battle Compressors to thin out the deck and Dowsing Machine to reuse anything that is needed.
Let me know what you think and any changes that should be made. Thanks!
Pokémon * 13
Sceptile EX *3 AOR
Virizion EX *1 PLB
Seviper *3 BUS
Spinarak *2 AOR
Ariados *2 AOR
Tapu Lele GX *1 GRI
Shaymin EX *2 ROS
Trainers *37
Professor Juniper *3 BLW
N *2 NVI
Colress *1 PLS
Lysandre *1 AOR
Guzma *1 BUS
Professor Kukui *1 SUM
Karen *1 PR-XY
Ultra Ball *4 SUM
VS Seeker *4 PHF
Hypno Toxic Laser *3 PLS
Battle Compressor *2 PHF
Dowsing Machine *1 PLS
Field Blower *1 GRI
Max Elixir *3 BKP
Choice Band *3 GRI
Float Stone *2 BKT
Virbank City Gym *3 PLS
Energy *10
Grass Energy *10
This deck focuses on the poison damage output available through Virbank City Gym (Put 2 more damage counters on Poisoned Pokemon (both yours and your opponent's) between turns), Seviper's ability More Poison (Put 1 more damage counter on your opponent's Poisoned Pokemon between turns), and Sceptile EX's move Unseen Claw: 60 damage (If your opponent's Active Pokemon is affected by a Special Condition, this attack does 70 more damage).
With two Seviper in play and a Virbank City Gym, Unseen Claw is doing a whooping 180 damage without a Choice Band! Ariados and Hypnotoxic Laser are their to maintain poison at all times so Sceptile EX is always locked and loaded.
The one problem this deck has is constantly having Sceptile EX's ready to attack. With the Grass and Colorless energy cost, it takes two turns to charge a Sceptile EX, and in the speedy Expanded format, that is way to slow. So, the two Shaymin EXs and Max Elixirs were my solution to the problem, along with Battle Compressors to thin out the deck and Dowsing Machine to reuse anything that is needed.
Let me know what you think and any changes that should be made. Thanks!
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