Standard Vespiquen

[Draskk]

After looking at the results of Seattle, where the only two players of Vespiquen hit the top 32, one taking second, and the tournament being absolutely dominated by one of Vespiquen's favorable matchups, I think it may be time for the deck I'd been moving away from to come back into the spotlight. I've been looking for a counter to Oricorio, and I've only found one extremely shaky counter, Machoke from Guardians Rising in combination with Tauros, so that when the front Vespiquen goes down, you send out Tauros to take the rest. The problem is that predicting an Oricorio is basically impossible, so I'm not adding Machoke to the deck. Anyways, here's a list:

Pokemon (28):

4x Vespiquen
4x Combee
2x Zoroark
2x Zorua
1x Tapu Koko (SM30)
2x Tapu Lele-GX
1x Oranguru
1x Shaymin-EX
3x Klefki
4x Unown
1x Vaporeon
1x Flareon
2x Eevee

Trainers (28):

4x Sycamore
2x N
1x Lysandre
1x Hex Maniac
4x Acro Bike
3x VS Seeker
4x Ultra Ball
2x Special Charge
1x Revitalizer
2x Choice Band
1x Float Stone
2x Forest of Giant Plants
1x Parallel City (Getting Shaymin or Leles into the discard is so benenfecial to the deck in every way that it makes me think this card is extremely underrated in Vespiquen.)

Energy (4):

4x DCE

So, what do you guys think? I took out Tauros because Lele provides a built-in Glaceon counter, and that opened up a spot for the Tapu Koko tech. I really like Tapu Koko as 20 spread for a DCE is really good, it is often good enough to soften things for OHKOs and, as an addition, it autowins the previously iffy Gyarados matchup. Let me know how my list is down below!

 

[Alphahitman4]

Deck is good as you have, agree Oricorio is a problem and I am going to the Regs this weekend and plan on throwing in an oricorio. But throwin an evolved pokemon, machoke, to counter act is tough as you stated. The one thing and i heard about the deck from seattle was playing 1 float stone; you beleive 1 will be beneficial?

 

[Dark Espeon]

Since the deck runs Oranguru, Acro Bike and Unown consider one or two Mallow to search out the Double Colorless Energies with them. Could help to make the deck more consistent and easier to use.

 

[Draskk]

Deck is good as you have, agree Oricorio is a problem and I am going to the Regs this weekend and plan on throwing in an oricorio. But throwin an evolved pokemon, machoke, to counter act is tough as you stated. The one thing and i heard about the deck from seattle was playing 1 float stone; you beleive 1 will be beneficial?

One Float Stone is a small problem, I agree, I've noticed it tends to not get put on Zoroark like it should be because I've had to use Sycamore without a Zorua/Zoroark on the field. However, Zoroark's ability, even without Float Stone allows you to get an attack off even if it is a sub-optimal one. I may try -1 Parallel City +1 Float Stone. Thanks!

Since the deck runs Oranguru, Acro Bike and Unown consider one or two Mallow to search out the Double Colorless Energies with them. Could help to make the deck more consistent and easier to use.

I've tested Mallow in the deck before and it has been great, especially now that I have the Leles it basically turns an Ultra Ball into any card I need. Definitely going to put that in where Hex is now. Hex was a tech against Greninja and Sylveon, but neither matchup is particularly bad so it's not very nessescary.

-1 Hex Maniac
+1 Mallow

Thanks for the advice everyone!