Hi KittyFox! I recently took the liberty of abusing a great attack from the Gym Heroes expansion, and the result was this deck. I hope you find it interesting. See ya! ;) Name: The Rocket Deck Name: Pain Amplifier Strategy: I try to get out Dark Arbok out early (hopefully on turn two or three), using Poison Vapor to damage each of the opponent's Pokemon. Sabrina's Gengar comes it next, tearing up the opposition with Pain Amplifier! MP Mewtwo adds some backup effort, but gives the deck a big beat-down machine. Meanwhile, Trainers like SER and GOW distrupt your opponent's strategy, making it hard for them to resist Gengar's power. Bill and Oak add card-drawing strength, while PlusPower is great for increasing the damage that Dark Arbok or MP Mewtwo may do. Deck Listing: PokŽmon (17)- x4 Sabrina's Gastly x2 Sabrina's Haunter x2 Sabrina's Gengar x4 Ekans (Team Rocket) x3 Dark Arbok x2 Movie Promo Mewtwo Trainers (22)- x4 Bill x3 Oak x3 Breeder x3 Super Energy Removal x3 PlusPower x2 Gust of Wind x2 Nightly Garbage Run x2 Computer Search Energy (21)- x10 Grass Energy x11 Psychic EnergyFeel the pain... FEEL THE PAIN!
Let's make sure though that our opponent's can't cry out 'no pain, no gain' as they lead themselves to a victory against your deck. We should be able to do this simply enough, just a few minor tweaks and you have yourself a very solid deck. I love the Gastly, Haunter, Gengar lineup for Sabrina. Gastly provides the stall, Haunter the mega damage, then Gengar follows up with a little spreading of the wealth. The Mewtwos also provide a solid strike in the early game when combined with Oaks or Computer Searches. What worries me about your deck is the extreme weakness you have to Psychic Pokemon. In fact, everything in your deck except for the Gastly line is weak to Psychic, but you have nothing that resists it. You may want to consider taking out either the Ekans line or the Mewtwos in favor of something that can resist those Psychic assaults... perhaps... Chansey? We'll swap out the Mewtwos for this fix in favor of the big beefy colorless critter.
Pokemon (10 Basic + 7 Evols = 17 Total):
4 Sabrina's Gastly
2 Sabrina's Haunter
2 Sabrina's Gengar
4 Ekans
3 Dark Arbok
2 Chansey
Our Energy skew must focus mostly on Grass with a little additive of Psychic for the times we can get Haunter up front with a bunch of Gastlys/Haunters/Gengars on the bench.
Energy (16 Basic + 4 Special = 20 Total):
10 Grass
6 Psychic
4 Double Colorless
Trainers for this deck mostly speak for themselves. You need card drawing and Pokemon Breeders in order to get out the Pokemon you need. Combine with Gust of Wind to disrupt and keep your opponents coming back for more. Lastly, you'll need lots of Energy manipulation in order to get back what you use up in your retreating attempts. We'll also toss a couple Energy Flow and Pokemon Centers in the mix so you can save your heavily damaged Pokemon and not lose the energy in the process.
Trainers (23 Total):
4 Bill
3 Professor Oak
2 Computer Search
2 Rocket's Training Gym
3 Gust of Wind
3 Nightly Garbage Run
2 Energy Retrieval
2 Energy Flow
2 Pokemon Center
May the pain be your gain!