Trirantrum (Tyrantrum / Keldeo EX / Landorus / Pyroar)

[Jayhawker]

DISCLAIMER-I don't know the set abbreviation for Furious Fists, so I just used FFS. I am also very new to both the site and the TCG, so please tell me any noob mistakes that I made in the post or the deck itself. thank you!
Pokemon:

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  FFS Tyrunt x3
  FFS Tyrantrum x3
  FFS Landorus x2
  BCR/LTR Keldeo EX x2
  FLF Litleo x2
  FLF Pyroar x2

Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums:

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  FFS Fossil Researcher x3
  FFS Fighting Stadium x2
  FFS Korrina x3
  BCR Skyla x2
  BCR Computer Search x1
  XY Evosoda x2
  XY Shauna x2
  FLF Pal Pad x3
  FLF Ultra Ball x2
  FLF Lysandre x2
  PLF Float Stone x3
  PLS Colress x2

Energy:

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  Fighting Energy x5
  Water Energy x3
  Fire Energy x3
  Double Colorless Energy x4
  FFS Strong Energy x4

Strategy:
My first ever deck, the Trirantrum Deck! Get it? Because there's three Tyrantrums? I'm so punny.
This deck focuses on getting Tyrantrum set up as fast as possible. His second attack, Giga Impact, has 150 base attack, but he can't attack during the next turn. However, with Keldeo EX's Rush In ability, Tyrantrum can be sent to the bench and then switch back into the active spot, allowing him to use Giga Impact every turn. Couple that with Strong Energy and a Fighting Stadium, and you've got a pokemon that can OHKO every pokemon in the meta. Pyroar is there to cover the grass weakness and cause pain for players who use basics. He can also stall if I need more time to set up my Tyrantrum. Landorus is there to accelerate energy onto Tyrantrum from the discard pile. I'm not running any N or Juniper/Sycamore, instead I'm using Colress and Shauna, but that may have been a bad decision. This deck has had no play testing whatsoever (Furious Fists isn't even out yet), so if someone could help me with that and tell me if Colress or N worked better and if Shauna or Juniper/Sycamore worked better that would be great. Please tell me what you think of this deck and any changes I could/should make. Thank you!

 

[Luxiel]

RE: Trirantrum (Tyrantrum, Keldeo EX, Landorus, Pyroar)

Wow, that is quite nice! Great choices!

Now, I don't like the idea of a deck without a Professor unless it has a strong draw engine like Delphox or unless it doesn't require a draw engine at all, which is rare.

I personaly would rather lose the Shaunas and run some more Colress, since Fossil Researcher will have your bench filled most often.
You could lose 2 float stones and the 3 Water Energies. You have enough attackers and a huge OHKO potential in Tyrantrum, you won't need to attack with Keldeo.

Then you might want to increase the Fighting Stadium up to 3, so you can win most Stadium Wars and add some Muscle Bands so you don't have to burn more than one Strong Energy on Tyrantrum, which will be knocked out rather easily against some matchups.

Finally, I would add some method of fetching basic energy, just in case. Maybe Energy Retrieval to get from discard or some Professor's Letter to fetch them from the deck.

We can safely up that Evosoda to 3 and maybe even Tyramtrum line to 4, but I rather focus on a better draw engine.

So that is:

-2 Shaunas
-2 Float Stones
-3 Water Energies
-2 Pal Pad
+1 Fighting Stadium
+3 Muscle Bands
+2 Professor's Letter
+2 Professor Sycamore
+1 Evosoda

Then play around and see what happens. You can proxy (Print the cards with a common printer and add them into a Sleeve with a card behind it, so it looks like a real card) the deck and playtest it against some friends or on a local league (some of them allow Proxy decks, the official tournaments, however, don't).

Also, Furious Fist is [FF]. In case you are confused, Flashfire is [FLF]
Although I giggle at FFS

 

[SRTspeed]

RE: Trirantrum (Tyrantrum, Keldeo EX, Landorus, Pyroar)

First off nice idea. There is another post on here like this as well if you want to go take a look. I think you are on the right track but I forsee some areas that may cause issues. Your bacis count is pretty low, at 6. Remember Tyrunt needs a fossil or the Supporter to be put into play. Pyroar is a good tech but if your main idea is to get Tyrantrum going that is 4 cards you could use for something else. Landorus (and the EX), Lucario (and the Mega), and Hawlucha EX all are not weak to grass and can dish out some decent damage as well with the Strong Energy, Muscle Band and Fighting Stadium in play. Here is my advice:

-2 Litleo
-2 Pyroar
+2 Landorus (58/111)
+2 Lucario EX (54/111) Draw power

Now you have 8 basics, still not good, but better than 6. N and Juniper/Sycamore are great for decks that need draw power. You only have 4 supporters that help you draw so I owuld definitely add more. Here is my supporter advice:

-2 Skyla (Korrina is better n this deck)
-1 Fossil Researcher (You really only need one to get going so having 3 is using up space)
-2 Lysandre (Yes I know you can catcher up a big EX for a win but if you are set up correctly you will not need it since you will have 2 Tyrantrum ready)
-2 Colress
+2 Shauna
+2 Caitlin

Now as for energy you have 19 which is a lot and to use baby Lando efficiently we need energy in the discard. We already dropped Pyroar so no need for the fire. Keldeo really shouldn't be attacking but on the off chance they have Landorus EX out and you have a DCE already on Keldeo EX then you can attach a water and mucsle band then rush in for the KO but still I would drop the water. Here is my energy advice:

-3 Water
-3 Fire
-2 DCE
+3 Fighting energy

That puts you at 14 energy, more than enough, and you still have 6 extra cards which need to be used as trainers which I will go over now. You need more ways to get these pokemon out since you are not running Pokemon Fan Clun and Ultra Ball combined with baby Lando works well. Here is my item advice.

-2 Pal Pad
-2 Evosoda
+2 Ultra Ball
+2 Jaw Fossil (I know might be a waste but couple it with Caitlin and BAM, nice combo)
+3 Muscle Band (or Silver Bangle because with this you can OHKO and EX with Tyrantrum)

Now with all of this said you still have 3 extra cards so I would advise you to add them to your supporter mix.

+3 Juniper/Sycamore (to help get energy in the discard)

Here is your new deck:

Pokemon: 14

3 - Tyrunt
3 - Tyrantrum
4 - Landorus
2 - Keldeo EX
2 - Lucario EX

Trainers: 30

4 - Shauna
3 - Junier/Sycamore
3 - Korrina
2 - Caitlin
2 - Fossil Researcher
2 - Fighting Stadium
2 - Jaw Fossil
4 - Ultra Ball
3 - Float Stone
3 - Muscle Band
2 - Startling Megaphone (helps against Garbodor)
1 - Pal Pad
1 - Computer Search

Energy: 14

8 - Fighting
4 - Strong
2 - DCE

Well I hope this helped. Seems like a fun deck.

 

[bowlerdude04]

RE: Trirantrum (Tyrantrum, Keldeo EX, Landorus, Pyroar)

I like this idea, but you need way more draw. 2 Fossil Researcher should suffice and you could, if you can find room, play a combination of Jaw Fossil and Caitlin to give you both extra draw and another way to get Tyrunt in play. Skyla is unnecessary if you're also playing 3 Korrina, and Korrina is much better in this particular deck, although it wouldn't let you search out the stadium. Play more Landorus (it's your preferred starter, I would think) and more Ultra Ball to get Energy in the discard pile for it. Don't bother with the Water Energy, you should never be trying to attack with Keldeo anyway. You can grab Pyroars with Ultra Balls, so Evosoda becomes less necessary and there are probably better things you can do with those spots. You also shouldn't need 3 Pal Pad. Finally, if you really don't like the Professors it's up to you, but they are very powerful draw and can help discard Energy to fuel Landorus too.

-1 Fossil Researcher
-2 Skyla
-2 Evosoda
-2 Pal Pad (alternatively, -1 Pal Pad and -1 Lysandre)
-1 Fighting Energy
-3 Water Energy

+2 Landorus
+2 Ultra Ball
+2 Jaw Fossil
+2 Caitlin
+3 Professor Sycamore

For other options, Lysandre may not be necessary if you wanted to make extra room for anything. You could consider Muscle Band or Silver Bangle in case you lose a stadium war, or another Fighting Stadium to help avoid that. You could go down to 2 Float Stones but I wouldn't go lower than that and since it's so important to keep reusing Tyrantrum's attack I'd probably stay at 3.

You could also lose the Pyroar line and Fire Energies entirely. It's a good tech and covers Tyrantrum's weakness but the extra energy type can hurt consistency. If you do that, switch them to Fighting, add a couple of Lucario EX or something like that, and then a couple more trainers.

Hope I helped and great idea for your first deck! Good luck!

 

[Luxiel]

Just wanted to say that I liked what you did there, SRTPspeed

 

[Jayhawker]

RE: Trirantrum (Tyrantrum, Keldeo EX, Landorus, Pyroar)

-2 Skyla (Korrina is better n this deck)

But Skyla can help me get Fossil Researcher and Fighting Stadium up

-2 Lysandre (Yes I know you can catcher up a big EX for a win but if you are set up correctly you will not need it since you will have 2 Tyrantrum ready)

I was mainly thinking of using these for Garbodor or other pokemon with annoying abilities

-2 Evosoda
+2 Ultra Ball

I don't like this idea because I think of Evosoda as an ultra ball that I don't have to discard for. It can help me get Tyrantrum out without discarding like ultra ball makes you do. I realize I want to get energies in the discard for Landorus, and that's what the ultra balls are for besides getting out basics. In short, they each have their own uses. Maybe I would do one for one, but I would still keep at least one Evosoda.

Thank you guys so much for your feedback! I'll try to make some of these changes, specifically getting more draw power and replacing the Pyroar line with Lucario EX.

 

[Ocho]

Nice deck!

Ultra ball is your friend. While evosoda is free to use, you will have to play at least one more card (fossil researcher) to set up your tyrunt, to play your evosoda over ultra ball. With ultra ball, you could use it to search for any pokemon you may need at the time. Discarding two cards won't hurt as much as you think, especially when it's speeding up your main objectives

 

[Jayhawker]

Nice deck!

Ultra ball is your friend. While evosoda is free to use, you will have to play at least one more card (fossil researcher) to set up your tyrunt, to play your evosoda over ultra ball. With ultra ball, you could use it to search for any pokemon you may need at the time. Discarding two cards won't hurt as much as you think, especially when it's speeding up your main objectives

Yeah, I guess I won't need evosoda, especially if I'm ditching Pyroar.

Also, I

 

[Jayhawker]

Nice deck!

Ultra ball is your friend. While evosoda is free to use, you will have to play at least one more card (fossil researcher) to set up your tyrunt, to play your evosoda over ultra ball. With ultra ball, you could use it to search for any pokemon you may need at the time. Discarding two cards won't hurt as much as you think, especially when it's speeding up your main objectives

Yeah, I guess I won't need evosoda, especially if I'm ditching Pyroar.

Also, Luxiel thinks I should run less Shauna and more Colress, and SRTspeed thinks I should run less Colress and more Shauna, and I'm not sure which one to do, lol

And I guess no one thinks N is necessary? I don't but I was expecting someone to disagree.

 

[SRTspeed]

Just wanted to say that I liked what you did there, SRTPspeed

Thanks. He said he was new so I wanted to be detailed.

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-2 Skyla (Korrina is better n this deck)

But Skyla can help me get Fossil Researcher and Fighting Stadium up

If you Skyla for a supporter you may get hit with an N next turn so it is gone now. I understand the stadium but if you are not set up then do not waste it unless it is to get rid of frozen city or virbank city gym.

-2 Lysandre (Yes I know you can catcher up a big EX for a win but if you are set up correctly you will not need it since you will have 2 Tyrantrum ready)

I was mainly thinking of using these for Garbodor or other pokemon with annoying abilities

Understandable but you run 3 Float Stone and I doubt you will have them all on Keldeo EX meaning you can have them for Tyrantrum too so retreat and hit with another. In reality the only ability being blocked is Rush In so Garbodor is not that big of a concern.

-2 Evosoda
+2 Ultra Ball

I don't like this idea because I think of Evosoda as an ultra ball that I don't have to discard for. It can help me get Tyrantrum out without discarding like ultra ball makes you do. I realize I want to get energies in the discard for Landorus, and that's what the ultra balls are for besides getting out basics. In short, they each have their own uses. Maybe I would do one for one, but I would still keep at least one Evosoda.

Thank you guys so much for your feedback! I'll try to make some of these changes, specifically getting more draw power and replacing the Pyroar line with Lucario EX.

Evosoda is nice yes but remember setting up a fossil is kinda hard so you may have dead cards in your hand with that. This is also why I recommended using more Shauna over Colress as your side of the field may be a bit low at first meaning you could draw less than 5 cards on a Colress.

 

[Luxiel]

Also, Luxiel thinks I should run less Shauna and more Colress, and SRTspeed thinks I should run less Colress and more Shauna, and I'm not sure which one to do, lol

And I guess no one thinks N is necessary? I don't but I was expecting someone to disagree.

I personally hate N. I don't think his good points overthrow the chance to waste a Supporter that might get your bad hand back and give your opponent an even better hand.
However, I do run 2 of them in my deck... it all depends if you can make they work... so far I haven't...

Also, if you are going to embrace SRTspeed changes, disregard mine, for then Colress will be less usable than Shauna.

 

[Ocho]

Nice deck!

Ultra ball is your friend. While evosoda is free to use, you will have to play at least one more card (fossil researcher) to set up your tyrunt, to play your evosoda over ultra ball. With ultra ball, you could use it to search for any pokemon you may need at the time. Discarding two cards won't hurt as much as you think, especially when it's speeding up your main objectives

Yeah, I guess I won't need evosoda, especially if I'm ditching Pyroar.

Also, Luxiel thinks I should run less Shauna and more Colress, and SRTspeed thinks I should run less Colress and more Shauna, and I'm not sure which one to do, lol

And I guess no one thinks N is necessary? I don't but I was expecting someone to disagree.

I think you might benefit more from running Shauna, only because like Srt said you might not have a big bench set up when you need to use Colress which would stink. Shauna at least will give you a solid 5 cards per use.

I can see where Luxiel is coming from with N, giving your opponent a chance to draw into what they need isn't a great option when you will likely need an extra step setting up your tyrunt/tyrantrum