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conical's Pokemon Deck Garage
Dragonstorm
May 17, 2011
And we're back with another
one of these deck
fixing-type things. And you
thought I forgot, didn't
you? Well...I might have.
But there was other stuff in
the way, such as school and
the like. But I'm back, and
we have us a deck. Let's
take a look:
>>>>>
Hey, I'm a fan of
dragon-types. Lately they've
gotten straight colorless
attacks, making it easier to
run a dragon-themed deck (as
opposed to the EX Dragon era
when they had colored
attacks). So here's the
deck:
2-1-2 Dragonite
2-1-2 Garchomp
2-1-2 Charizard
2 Latias
1 Latios ex
1 Reshiram
1 Zekrom
3 Professor Elm
3 Computer Search
2 Pokemon Trader
4 Rare Candy
2 Fisherman
2 Warp Point
1 Mr. Briney's Compassion
2 Item Finder
4 Double Colorless Energy
4 Boost Energy
10 Fire Energy
3 Lightning Energy
Strategy: Latias delta
(#11), from EX Holon
Phantoms has the Spear Head
attack, which lets me draw a
card. So he's a starter
dragon to get things
rolling. I've included a
solo Latios ex (# 96) from
EX Dragon Frontiers for the
Link Wing ability. That
grants my Latias a free
retreat, and also lets me
bring a bit of disruption in
the form of Latias delta's
Dual Aura to shut off other
pokebodies. Given that
Garchomp and Charizard have
poke-bodies, I have included
Mr. Briney's Compassion to
scoop Latias when his
ability becomes a hindrance.
Dragonite (#2) from Legends
Awakened is there to be a
beatstick. Of all the
Dragonite cards, I think
this is the best incarnation
available. His Draco Meteor
can bomb the opponent's
bench. Hence I have the Warp
Point trainer to bring up
any damaged pokemon so that
one of my dragons can finish
them off.
Garchomp (#5) from Supreme
Victors has two very nice
attacks that're easy to
charge up. His Poke-Body
Dragon Intimidation is
another nice disruptive
ability that serves to keep
his 3 energy for 120 strong.
Reshiram and Zekrom are both
from the new Black & White
set. They're good
starters/walls/late
attackers thanks to Outrage.
Charizard (#1) from
Platinum: Arceus is probably
one of the best printings of
the old lizard. While my
deck isn't themed around his
Fire Formation, his attacks
are the cheapest you'll find
on a Charizard card. He can
get a tiny boost from the
Latias and Reshiram, but its
not something I'm counting
on. I've included Charizard
because Lance used him in
the Gold/Silver games and is
one of my favorite dragon
trainers.
Three stage twos. Gulp.
That's where my trainers
come in. Professor Elm if
from Neo Genesis. He lets me
shuffle my hand into my deck
and draw 7 cards. After that
I can't play more Trainers
during that turn. A better
Professor Oak, IMO Computer
Search from Base Set lets me
pitch two cards to search my
deck for any 1 card. Pokemon
Trader from Base Set lets me
swap out 1 pokemon for
another. That makes the 3
stage 2 lines more bearable.
Rare Candy is from Ruby and
Sapphire. Fisherman lets me
get back some of those fire
energies that Reshiram and
Charizard would discard.
Warp Point is from Gym
Challenge. Finally Item
Finder from Base Set lets my
pitch 2 cards to select a
Trainer from my discard pile
and place it into my hand.
Double Colorless Energy is
from Base Set and helps
speed along my dragons, as
does the Boost Energy from
Deoxys,
This is a purely casual deck
using the Unlimited Format
card pool of Base
Set-Black/White. Being for a
casual environment, we
usually don't see too many
Neo Genesis Slowkings/Sneasel
or Muk (Fossil)decks. My
dragons are all Primary
Dragons in the games (Dragonite
is Dragon/Flying for
example) rather than
Secondary Dragons (Such as
Kingdra, who is
Water/Dragon). I've also
diversified my Dragons'
secondary types. According
to the videogames, Garchomp
is Dragon/Ground, Latias +
Latios are Dragon/Psychic,
Reshiram is Dragon/Fire and Zekrom
is Dragon/Electric. I would
like to keep the selection
as such.
Thanks!
>>>>>
All dragons, huh? Not only
that, all primary-type
dragons(so no Kingdra,
Dialga, Palkia, etc.).
Sounds like a challenge.
Let's get started.
The first
problem I'm seeing is with
the Lati-dragons. I
understand that you want
Latias d as drawpower, and
given your limitations, it's
probably your best option.
However, once Latios ex hits
the field, Latias' Body
comes into play, shutting
off both players'
Poke-bodies. You carry two
Stage 2s with Poke-bodies.
This could be a problem. You
already said that you're not
building off Charizard's
Body, but losing Garchomp's
is pretty significant, I
would think.
However,
we're not going to remove
either Lati-twin. We'll do
this because, after much
deliberation, I don't think
having 3 Stage 2 lines is
going to work, so we're
cutting the Garchomp line.
The Charizard line is a bit
weird to keep around, but if
we're going to do a
Lance-themed deck, then
there's no question that it
needs to stay in. Besides,
Garchomp is more Cynthia's
thing, really, and I think
the deck can only afford to
pay attention to one
champion, so let's stick
with the one with dragons.
So we're
going to streamline these
Stage 2s. This is a pretty
casual deck, but
subjectively speaking, even
casual decks need some
consistency; otherwise you
end up playing games with
nothing but Dratini, and if
you have
this deck already built,
you've probably seen how bad
pretty much every Dratini
is. (On that note, I won't
specify many of your
evolving basics, but I do
think your Dragonair should
be the Triumphant version,
just because that one is
pretty much awesome.) And
unless your 3rd Stage
2 is something crazy good
like Pidgeot FRLG, that's
not happening. Besides,
there looks to be some
pretty cool Dragonites that
could really help this deck.
For example, the Dragonite
from the Expedition set
grants a free switch, and
could replace Latios ex in
your deck if you so choose.
There's also an old movie
promo Dragonite who can also
help provide draw, plus it
has a not-crummy attack.
However, I would recommend
another old Dragonite,
namely Dark Dragonite, from
the original Team Rocket
set, because its Power,
Summon Minions is really
handy, especially with all
your high-HP basics like
Reshiram/Zekrom, or even the
Lati-dragons. You'll have to
run Dark Dragonair to evolve
into it regularly, but
that's OK because Dark
Dragonair is also really
good, especially with an
evolution-heavy deck such as
this. I'd also try to find
more copies of Latias d,
just because you want to be
drawing cards early.
The Trainers for the most
part look adequate, but
there is some polishing I
want to do. Running 2 Warp
Point is sort of
unnecessary, but in a casual
setting, I could see where
running multiples of this
could lead to some
entertaining scenarios. You
might consider running 2
Double Gust from Neo Genesis
in its place, though.
However, running 2 Fisherman
is more unnecessary, because
you already have plenty of
energy. Therefore, in its
place, I'd like to see 2
copies of something,
anything, that searches
Pokemon out of deck, because
those sorts of effects
really help, and Pokemon
Trader is nice, but it just
isn't cutting it. Either
Celio's Network(multiple
sets), or Bebe's
Search(multiple sets), or
Roseanne's Research(Secret
Wonders), or Dual Ball, or
something. I'd go all the
way down to Poke Ball,
because I think the 50%
chance of success has more
merit than adding cards that
bring back energy that you
should have plenty of. Plus,
if you do that, then I have
no problem with your energy
lines, and I don't have to
change anything there.
Cards I'd remove:
-2-1-2 Garchomp
-2 Fisherman
Cards I'd add:
+1-1-1 Dark Dragonite
+2 Latias d
+2 Any search
Trainer/Supporter
Resulting in:
3-1-2 Dragonite
0-1-1 Dark Dragonite
2-1-2 Charizard
4 Latias d
1 Latios ex
1 Reshiram
1 Zekrom
3 Professor Elm
3 Computer Search
2 Pokemon Trader
4 Rare Candy
2 -insert search Trainer-
2 Warp Point
1 Mr. Briney's Compassion
2 Item Finder
4 Double Colorless Energy
4 Boost Energy
10 Fire Energy
3 Lightning Energy
And that's it! Thanks for
reading, and good luck!
-conical
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