United States of United Wings

[PMJ]

In 2014, the XY: Phantom Forces expansion was released, featuring a litany of meta-defining cards and deck archetypes. One of those, of course, was Night March. Night March was an attack that did 20 damage for each Pokemon with Night March in the discard pile. In total, there were three Pokemon with the Night March attack. This strategy ended up dominating the game for two years, with countless tournament finishes. In later years, the archetype was reprinted a couple times. You may know the reskins as Lost March or Mad Party, but neither of them were anywhere near as competitively viable as Night March was.

Now, once again, the concept is reborn as United Wings from Paldea Evolved. And just like old times, the attack does 20 damage for each United Wings Pokemon in the discard pile. Surely, nearly a decade later, this damage output does not hold up compared to the power creep of other cards? Wrong...

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[ChaosTrainer]

If only Flamigo were fighting-type...

 

[quin_o]

Great article and fantastic insight into a super fun deck! A few questions, if I may: is 4 energy enough? Do you find it when you need it consistently? Is 4 Nest Ball necessary, or can I cut a couple for, say, Trekking Shoes or another consistency card? Lastly, what do you think about a Thorton and a 1-1 Espeon VMAX line to fix the lost box matchup? Thanks again for the great article Grant!