Expanded Yveltal/Archeops help wanted

[garrett birken]

hello. for the past year I've been trying to work my way back into the competitive scene after a three year break from the game. this season in expanded I decided to build Yveltal/Archeops as my primary deck, due to being able to squeak out wins against some of it's worse matchups.
pokemon
2-Yveltal EX XY 79
1-Darkrai EX BWPR 46
1-Yveltal XY 78
1-Yveltal BKT 94
1-Archeops NV 67
1-Gallade BKT 84
1-Seismatoad EX 106
1-Mewtwo EX 54
1-Shaymin EX 77
1-Hoopa EX
trainers
4-professor juniper
2-N
2-lysandre
1-colress
1-maxies hidden ball trick
1-hex maniac
1-AZ
4-trainers mail
3-VS seeker
3-dark patch
3-ultra ball
2-battle compressor
1-enhanced hammer
1-switch
1-tool scrapper
1-fighting fury belt
2-muscle band
1-reverse valley
1-parallel city
1-silent lab
1-scramble switch ACE SPEC
energy
7-basic dark
4-DCE
this deck is meant to be a new way of playing Yveltal. I originally got the idea from Treynor Wolfe's version, with which he won a spring regionals.I chose scramble switch as my ace spec mainly to once per game switch rapidly between attackers mid turn. if you want to leave tips please know that I can't afford any more shaymins or vs seekers. also, if you like to comment your ides would be much appreciated.

 

[TuxedoBlack]

There are several variations of this deck and all are very solid. I believe the player who won the master's division at the recent AZ Regional also ran a variation of this deck too. The different variations, after you separate the "essential" or "core" cards from the deck, boil down to personal play style. For example, I run Ninja Boy for Scramble Switch "like" situations and Dowsing Machine as my ACE SPEC..

Two comments I will make about your particular variation for your consideration is that I'd suggest replacing:

• 1 Fighting Fury Belt (does the 1 really make that much of a difference?) with either the 4th Dark Patch or another D energy; and
• 1 Trainer's Mail with the 4th VS Seeker (higher priority, IMO)

I hope you find these comments helpful.

 

[jessalakasam]

What do you do if you're item locked or Maxie's, Archen or Archeops are prized?

 

[garrett birken]

if your item locked it's not impossible yo play your hand down to zero, and theres nothing you can do about prizing things. Archeops, maxie's and gallade are more support than anything else. the deck can function without it.