Standard SM-On Vikabulu

[momand]

3x Tapu Bulu GX
3x Grubbin
3x Vikavolt SM
2x Tapu Lele GX
1x Oranguru SM
1x Tapu Koko SMPR

4x Cynthia
4x Guzma
3x Lillie
2x Volkner
2x Professor Kukui
1x Judge

4x Ultra Ball
4x Rare Candy
4x Nest Ball
4x Choice Band
2x Energy Recycler
1x Rescue Stretcher

7x Grass Energy
5x Lightning Energy

yo give me some ideas that can really make this deck better. i believe that vikabulu will continue to be a great deck post-rotation because of the rotation of garbodor and volcanion, especially since GARDEVOIR can easily be ohko'd with choice band+kukui.

 

[Serperior]

Zoroark can be OHKO'd with just the Choice Band homie. 180 + 30 = 210.

I would definitely find a spot for a Mew because Buzzwole will remain popular. I think Volkner is useless in a deck where you want to be attaching Grass manually over the Lightning because of Nature's Judgment requiring [G][G][C].

*Cut both Volkner for a Mew and a third Lele.

I think three Lillie is overkill and would be more agreeable on two. I'd cut one for...another card that has to be good in a future release.

 

[momand]

Zoroark can be OHKO'd with just the Choice Band homie. 180 + 30 = 210.

I would definitely find a spot for a Mew because Buzzwole will remain popular. I think Volkner is useless in a deck where you want to be attaching Grass manually over the Lightning because of Nature's Judgment requiring [G][G][C].

*Cut both Volkner for a Mew and a third Lele.

I think three Lillie is overkill and would be more agreeable on two. I'd cut one for...another card that has to be good in a future release.

mew is rotating and i highly doubt buzzwole will see play since strong energy and max elixir are rotating (and beast ring is way too situational to use as a means of actual acceleration)

i had a brain fart writing this original post regarding your first statement oops, meant gardevoir not zoroark

volkner will be very useful since it gets items (rare candy, nest ball, etc) since skyla is rotating. haven't seen a single list in the current format that doesn't run at least 2 skyla

high lele counts are pretty much used to have a guaranteed t1 brigette, but since brigette is rotating (and glaceon may be very popular), we only need 2.

 

[Anonymous...]

Only argument I'll have here is that even though brigette is/may be rotating is that pokemon fan club will remain in the format for a couple years, and bulu could easily take advantage of that, add a couple nest balls and you won't really miss brigette just a bunch.

 

[momand]

Only argument I'll have here is that even though brigette is/may be rotating is that pokemon fan club will remain in the format for a couple years, and bulu could easily take advantage of that, add a couple nest balls and you won't really miss brigette just a bunch.

I thought about adding a Fan Club but it's not entirely needed, based on personal preference

Maybe a 1 or 2 count is good I suppose

 

[Anonymous...]

I meant post rotation, sorry about that. After we lose brigette the standard may very well be PFC and 4X nest balls. Although I've never used or built a VikaBulu deck it could be quite viable with multiple leles.

 

[Serperior]

mew is rotating and i highly doubt buzzwole will see play since strong energy and max elixir are rotating (and beast ring is way too situational to use as a means of actual acceleration)

i had a brain fart writing this original post regarding your first statement oops, meant gardevoir not zoroark

volkner will be very useful since it gets items (rare candy, nest ball, etc) since skyla is rotating. haven't seen a single list in the current format that doesn't run at least 2 skyla

high lele counts are pretty much used to have a guaranteed t1 brigette, but since brigette is rotating (and glaceon may be very popular), we only need 2.

Wowowow I totally forgot about Mew rotating. And Volkner's Item-grabbing effect. Sorry for the useless advice.

With that information, I stand by cutting a Lillie. I really like what Anonymous is saying about Pokémon Fan Club and I think it's appropriate. I think Nest Ball at four is overkill as well, and it'll be a dead card late game - I can see us cutting one or two of those for a second PFC or...a third Lele lol. We still want at least two Grubbin down T1, and no other card is going to guarantee that other than Pokémon Fan Club at this point.

 

[momand]

Wowowow I totally forgot about Mew rotating. And Volkner's Item-grabbing effect. Sorry for the useless advice.

With that information, I stand by cutting a Lillie. I really like what Anonymous is saying about Pokémon Fan Club and I think it's appropriate. I think Nest Ball at four is overkill as well, and it'll be a dead card late game - I can see us cutting one or two of those for a second PFC or...a third Lele lol. We still want at least two Grubbin down T1, and no other card is going to guarantee that other than Pokémon Fan Club at this point.

I like your reasoning.

Definitely like the idea of cutting 2 Nest Ball and 1 Lillie for 2 Fan Club and 1 Lele.