Alt. Format Sinister Arrow Raid - the Return of Decidueye-GX

[chef_penguin]

I was looking at the new cards from Forbidden Light and thought most of them underwhelming, but Yveltal-GX stuck out for some reason. Maybe I just like the Pokémon in general, or the art was particularly eye-catching but I was determined to make it work. Then it hit me. Please keep in mind that I have done no testing whatsoever with this list yet, and some inclusions are based on what I already have and not what I would buy before I took it to a tourney.

Pokemon:

4 Rowlet (SUM)
2 Dartrix (SUM)
4 Decidueye-GX (SUM)
3 Zorua (SLG)
3 Zoroark-GX (SLG)
1 Yveltal-GX (FBL)
1 Tapu Koko (SM30)
1 Tapu Lele-GX (GRI)

Total Pokemon: 19

Energy:

4 DCE
2 Grass
2 Rainbow Energy

Total Energy: 8

Items:

4 Ultra Ball (SLG)
1 Nest Ball (SUM)
4 Rare Candy (SUM)
3 Choice Band (GRI)
1 Float Stone (BKT)
1 Evosoda (???)
3 Field Blower (GRI)
1 Rescue Stretcher (GRI)
1 Max Potion (GRI)

Total Items: 19

Supporters:

2 Sycamore (???)
2 N (FCO)
4 Cynthia (UPR)
4 Guzma (BUS)
1 Brigette (BKT)
1 Mallow (GRI)

Total Supporters: 14

Total Cards: 60

The real star of this deck is Yveltal-GX, which is included solely for its attack Death Count GX, which knocks out your opponent's active Pokémon if it has 4 damage counters on it. This is just incredible to me. You could use Tapu Koko's Flying Flip twice at the beginning of the game and put ANYTHING within KO range, or drop two Feather Arrows on anything late-game and take a cheesy win. Now you may be thinking that Buzzwole eats Darkness types for breakfast. Sike, Yveltal-GX is weak to Lightning and resists Fighting! Though its other attacks are nothing noteworthy, it is a brilliant tech in Decidueye/Zoroark that I will definitely shell out for when the set drops.

The rest of this list is fairly regular for a Decidueye/Zoroark build. I would like to play a second Evosoda, but I only have one lol. I was really torn on the Grass/Rainbow energy counts, because I would like to avoid putting damage on Decidueye with Rainbow Energy as I only play one Max Potion, and Razor Leaf one-shots Lycanroc with Choice Band and no Feather Arrow. However, Death Count GX requires a Darkness energy and I really need to play Rainbow Energy because of this.

Let me know what your thoughts are on this, because I would really love to see Yveltal-GX get a little love!

 

[gumball51321]

Just some OCD, but Supporters should be grouped with items because they're both sets of trainers. But otherwise, I have some stuff to say.
Drop the Nest Ball for Brigette. I cannot stress how important a first turn Brigette is in a Zoroark deck, because whiffing it turn one almost guarantees that you will not be set up until probably your third turn.
You only need 3 Energy max other than DCE. I would go either 3 Rainbow or 2 Rainbow/1 Grass. Decidueye can do all of its work from the bench, so 4 Guzma is probably a bit overboard, same with 3 Choice Band(although high Choice Band is player preference), when the space can be used better somewhere else. Play a second Evosoda. Just do, it's good.
I think That's all for now. I like Yveltal-GX, but I find it more cute than anything, but I won't say anything to deter you from playing it.