"Another look"- A look at VirGen in the new Format!

     Hello fellow Pokemon Players! Evan here and I'm going to talk about VirGen in the new Format with Roaring Skies coming out.

My Predictions on the deck

                                               I wonder what Ash thinks about the new Format.

     I can guarantee you that V/G will see play when Roaring Skies comes out. It is a consistent deck and that is what I like about it.

     I think that Mega RayquazaEX decks won't be as good as many say, which means that V/G won't have to worry about it as much. I believe that Yveltal, Toad, and Mega ManectricEX (or just Regular ManectricEX decks.), which are all at least 50-50.

     That is all for my predictions of the Play-ability of the deck, FOR NOW.

My Updated (Now Teched out!) List

                   Out of testing, I found a way to balance a bunch of techs and consistency.

     Now that I have gone over my predictions, I'm going to give you my updated list of V/G. BEWARE: IF YOU LIKE DECKS WITH AS LITTLE TECHS AS POSSIBLE MY VERSION OF THE DECK IS NOT FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's the list:

Pokemon-8

3 VirizionEX PLB 9

3 GenesectEX PLB 11

1 DeoxysEX PLF 53

1 JirachiEX PLB 60

Trainers-39

4 Professor Juniper

4 Skyla

3 N

1 Colress

1 Shadow Triad

1 Lysandre

1 Lysandre's Trump Card

3 VS Seeker

3 Ultra Ball

3 Muscle Band

2 Switch

1 Escape Rope

1 Enhanced Hammer

1 Energy Switch

1 Professor's Letter

1 Colress Machine

1 Energy Retrieval

1 Tool Retriever

1 Max Potion

1 Target Whistle

1 Town Map

1 Startling Megaphone

1 G Booster

1 Plasma Frigate

Energy-13

9 Grass

4 Plasma

     What did I tell you about having a lot of techs? Each tech is for a certain situation, and they are all easily searchable with 4 Skyla. Thanks for reading!

"Goin' back to Good ol' Yveltal"- A look at YveltalEX/SeismitoadEX!

     Hello fellow Pokemon players! Evan here and today I am going to talk about YveltalEX/SeismitodEX variants.

Deck 1. Straight Yveltal

                                     Going Straight-forward and consistent may win you the games.

     The first Yveltal deck I'm going to talk about is obviously the one that is designed to go fast and do what it has to do every time. Here's my list:

Pokemon-11                            

3 YveltalEX XY 79                

3 SeismitoadEX FFI 20          

2 Yveltal XY 78                    

1 DarkraiEX LTR 88              

1 KeldeoEX LTR 45              

1 JirachiEX PLB 60

Trainers-38

4 Professor Juniper

4 N

3 Colress

2 Lysandre

1 Lysandre's Trump Card

3 VS Seeker

3 Acro Bike

4 Hypnotoxic Laser

3 Ultra Ball

3 Muscle Band

2 Energy Switch

2 Switch

1 Computer Search

3 Vrbank City Gym

Energy-11

7 Darkness

4 Double Colorless


     The deck itself is a standard Yveltal deck. The only thing I did is to put in 3 Acro Bike to make the deck run faster.

2. YveltalEX/Raichu

                             A really good partner for Yveltal.

     The next deck I am going to talk about is YveltalEX/Raichu because with Mega Rayquaza coming out, it could be really good. Here's my list:

Pokemon-14

3 YveltalEX XY 79

3 SeismitoadEX FFI 20

2 Pikachu XY 42

2 Raichu XY 43

2 DrakraiEX LTR 88

1 Yveltal XY 78

1 JirachiEX PLB 60

Trainers-35

4 Professor Juniper

4 N

2 Colress

2 Lysandre

1 Lysandre's Trump Card

4 VS Seeker

4 Hypnotoxic Laser

4 Ultra Ball

3 Muscle Band

2 Switch

1 Energy Switch

1 Computer Search

3 Virbank City Gym

Energy-11

7 Darkness

4 Double Colorless

The list is less consistent but Raichu makes some match-ups a lot easier.

3. YveltalEX/ Garbodor

                                                The classic combo of Trash and Bird.

     And the final deck I will present to you all is YveltalEX/Garbodor. My version of it is to be very disruptive.The only cost to disruption is consistency. Here's the list:

Pokemon-13

3 YveltalEX XY 79

3 SeismitoadEX FFI 20

2 Trubbish LTR 67

2 Garbodor LTR 68

1 DarkraiEX LTR 88

1 Yveltal XY 78

1 JirachiEX PLB 60

Trainers-36

4 Professor Juniper

4 N

2 Colress

2 Ghetsis

2 Lysandre

1 Lysandre's Trump Card

3 VS Seeker

4 Hypnotoxic Laser

3 Ultra Ball

3 Muscle Band

2 Switch

2 Float Stone

1 Dowsing Machine

3 Virbank City Gym

Energy-11

7 Darkness

4 Double Colorless

All in all, I think that Yveltal is a solid deck. Thanks for reading!








                                               

"The Ultimate Denial"- A look at Speed SeismitoadEX/Garbodor!

     Hello fellow Pokemon players! Evan here and today I'm going to talk about a pretty weird deck: Speed SeismitoadEX/Garbodor! My version of it is to lock my opponent out of items, abilities, AND energy.

The Reasons on why it could be Viable

                                             The shining garbage bag is very good with Toad these days.

     With item, ability, and energy denial this deck could really get an edge over Mega RayquazaEX decks. Since the final Spring Regionals format being new and undeveloped with Roaring Skies this deck could be like the Flareon/ Empoleon deck that won the Florida Regionals.

     This deck also has a 40%-60% match-up against VirGen due to energy denial and ability lock, just it would be hard to KO the opposing VirizionEX due to resistance. But the match-up is not horrible by any means.

     So all in all, this deck could have a place in this format.

Time to see D@ Dec.

                                                     ALL of it goes to the discard.

     So the list itself is based on consistency, it is kind of like the Speed ManectricEX/Garbodor deck I talked about in an article of mine. Here's the list:

Pokemon-8                          Trainers-48                         Energy-4

4 SeismitoadEX FFI 20      4 Professor Juniper             4 Double Colorless

2 Trubbish LTR 67             2 N

2 Garbodor LTR 68            2 Team Flare Grunt

                                            2 Xerosic

                                            1 Lysandre

                                            1 Lysandre's Trump Card

                                            4 VS Seeker

                                            4 Roller Skates

                                            4 Acro Bike

                                            3 Bicycle

                                            4 Crushing Hammer

                                            4 Hypnotoxic Laser

                                            4 Head Ringer

                                            3 Muscle Band

                                            2 Float Stone

                                            1 Computer Search

                                            3 Virbank City Gym

     Most of the oddball counts in this list are covered in my Speed ManectricEX/Garbodor article. Thanks for reading!

                                           


   

   

"RayRay makes Manny come out"- A look at ManectricEX/Garbodor for the upcoming format!!!

     Hello fellow Pokemon players! Evan here and I am going to talk about how ManectricEX/Garbodor  will have a place in this upcoming format.

Why it could See Success

                               Emerald Break + ShayminEX + Altaria + Skyfield = An over-hyped deck.

     You hit the Mega RayquazaEX for weakness and Garbodor shuts off Altaria's ability. They will most likely have a spirit link on the Mega RayquazaEX and if not, all you need to do is attach a Head Ringer to it. 

     The only problem with the deck is that if you are put in a mirror match, it's all about who gets the most Head Ringers on the opposing Pokemon, who gets the first attack, heck even WHO GOES FIRST could decide the game.  BUT you could run some techs for the mirror.

     All in all, I think that ManectricEX/Garbodor will definitely see some success.

The Deck itself

                                                      Assault Laser makes this card viable.

     Now that I have gone through on why I think it will see success, I will show you guys my list:

Pokemon-8                           Trainers-44                            Energy-8

4 ManectricEX PHF 23       4 Professor Juniper                8 Lightning

2 Trubbish LTR 67              1 Lysandre

2 Garbodor LTR 68             1 Lysandre's Trump Card

                                             2 Random Receiver

                                             4 VS Seeker

                                             4 Roller Skates

                                             4 Acro Bike

                                             3 Bicycle

                                             4 Crushing Hammer

                                             4 Hypnotoxic Laser

                                             4 Head Ringer

                                             3 Muscle Band

                                             2 Float Stone

                                             1 Computer Search

                                             3 Virbank City Gym

     The list itself is pretty consistent. But you may be wondering "Where's the Ultra Ball?" I don't run any because this deck really burns through itself. The only problem with this deck is that the ONLY search card in the deck is a Computer search so you have to be careful on how many resources you discard. Here are my card counts and reasons:

4 ManectricEX, 2 Trubbish, 2 Garbodor

     All you really need is the amount above. Nothing really big about this.

4 Professor Juniper, 1 Lysandre, 1 Lysandre's Trump Card, 2 Random Receiver, 4 VS Seeker

     I chose to take out a Random Receiver for a Lysandre just because they might switch a Mega RayquazaEX out and you need to KO it.

4 Roller Skates, 4 Acro Bike, 3 Bicycle

     This really is the draw power of this deck. Since you shut off abilities you don't wan't to run ShyminEX. 

4 Crushing Hammer, 4 Head Ringer

     This is to 1. help against the mirror. 2. Definitely helps with the Mega RayquazaEX match-up by getting rid of their Energies and making the pay 1 more.

     Well I hope that this article helped you in some way! Thanks for Reading!!!!!!

"The new 'Gen'eration"- A look at Virizion/ Genesect!

     Hello to all Pokemon fans! Evan here and I want to talk about a deck that has been on the decline and has made a great comeback to the top tables again. The deck is none other then VirizionEX/GenesectEX!!! The deck has a special place in my heart being a good, consistent, and a fun deck to play (Although some people won't agree that it is fun to play.).

The Reasons of its Success

                                           The deck wanted to be heard of in the meta and now it is.

      1. SeismitoadEX decks were heavily played

     V/G was put in the right meta at the right time. It beat many SeismitoadEX decks because of them being played a lot.

    2. Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon decks were starting to gain footing in the meta

     With the Primal Pokemon starting to gain popularity, V/G was able to beat them by OHKOing their Primals with a GenesectEX with a Muscle Band.

   3. Flareon started to lose popularity

     With few Flareon decks being played, V/G didn't have any bad match-ups (Other than the never played Pyroar.). Since it didn't have any auto-losses V/G stood a good chance of making cut.

    4. V/G is very consistent

     Since V/G is very consistent it will usually set-up fast. Also my motto is that consistency wins all.

The Deck

                                        The GenesectEX with G Booster is overflowing with power.

     Since I'm done talking about why VirizionEX/GenesectEX saw success, I want to give you all my personal list. Here it is:

Pokemon-8                             Trainers-37                              Energy-15

4 VirizionEX PLB 9                4 Professor Juniper                  11 Grass

3 GenesectEX PLB 11           4 N                                           4 Plasma

1 JirachiEX PLB 60               3 Skyla

                                              1 Colress

                                              1 Shadow Triad

                                              1 Lysandre

                                              1 Lysandre's Trump Card

                                              3 VS Seeker

                                              4 Ultra Ball

                                              3 Muscle Band

                                              3 Energy Switch

                                              2 Switch

                                              1 Escape Rope

                                              1 Enhanced Hammer

                                              1 Energy Retrieval

                                              1 Professor's Letter

                                              1 Colress Machine

                                             1 Startling Megaphone

                                             1 G Booster

     The list may look like it has too much energy but I think 11 is the perfect number because if 2 Grass Energy are prized you still have 9 grass Energy (Yeah, yeah, I know, Energy Retrieval and Lysandre's Trump Card.).


     I hope that this article was useful.Thanks for reading!!!

"The Toad's World"- A look at 3 different variations of Seismitoad!

     Hello to all readers!!!! Evan here and i apologize for no recent articles lately, I'm getting caught up with states. To day I want to talk about a deck that has been doing very well during Regionals and States in many variations, SeismitoadEX!!!!!!

                                              The Quaking Punch is real and ready for a lock!



     Seismitoad/Garbodor


     I want to talk about the classic Seismitoad/Garbodor deck first. It is a great combination that locks items and abilities and uses it to great effect. Here's the list (Here's the link: http://sixprizes.com/2015/03/18/lead-the-way-va-top-8-report-the-exemplary-player-and-my-top-three-plays-for-states/):

Pokemon-10                          Trainers-40                       Energy-10

4 SeismitoadEX FFI 20         4 Professor Juniper            6 Water

3 Trubbish LTR 67                4 N                                   4 Double Colorless

2 Garbodor LTR 68              3 Lysandre

1 JirachiEX PLB 60              1 Skyla

                                            1 Shadow Triad

                                            1 Xerosic

                                            1 Pokemon Center Lady

                                            4 VS Seeker

                                            4 Ultra Ball

                                            4 Hypnotoxic Laser

                                            4 Float Stone

                                            3 Muscle Band

                                            2 Switch

                                            1 Computer Search

                                            3 Virbank City Gym

Seismitoad/Slurpuff

                                                                     A pokemon that likes to taste the deck.

     ToadPuff is a very good, efficient, AND disruptive deck. It uses Cassius to shuffle back in a damaged SeismitoadEX and promote Slurpuff to draw 2 cards. It also relies on using wacky supporters and energy denial with Head Ringer. Here's my take on the deck (Here's the link: http://sixprizes.com/2015/03/12/the-champions-test-a-pokemon-progress-report-and-top-10-list-for-state-championships/):

Pokemon-10                            Trainers-46                                 Energy-4

3 SeismitoadEX FFI 20           4 Professor Juniper                     4 Double Colorless

3 Swirlix PHF 68                    3 N

3 Slurpuff PHF 69                   2 Lysandre

1 JirachiEX PLB 60                2 Cassius

                                              1 Colress

                                              1 Pokemon Center Lady

                                              1 Team Flare Grunt

                                              1 Lysandre's Trump Card

                                              4 VS Seeker

                                              4 Ultra Ball

                                              4 Hypnotoxic Laser

                                              3 Crushing Hammer

                                             3 Enhanced Hammer

                                              3 Head Ringer

                                              3 Muscle Band

                                              2 Float Stone

                                              2 Switch

                                              1 Computer Search

                                             2 Virbank City Gym


 SeismitoadEX/Crobat

                                                   Surprise! SeismitoadEX just got stronger with Crobat as his partner.

      SeisBats is a pretty cool deck. I like it because it uses multiple Golbats and Crobats to spread damage and to make it easier to knock out opposing pokemon. I personally think this is the best of the big three Seismitoad decks (Sorry SeismitoadEX/Jynx I don't think you're that good!) and here is my list:

Pokemon-16                             Trainers-36                             Energy-8

4 SeismitoadEX FFI 20            4 Professor Juniper                  4 Double Colorless

4 Zubat PLS 53                        4 N                                         4 Water

4 Golbat PHF 32                      3 Lysandre

3 Crobat PHF 33                     2 Colress

1 JirachiEX PLB 60                  1 AZ

                                                3 VS Seeker

                                                4 Ultra Ball

                                                4 Hypnotoxic Laser

                                                3 Muscle Band

                                                3 Super Scoop Up

                                                1 Target Whistle

                                                1 Startling Megaphone

                                                1 Computer Search

                                                2 Virbank City Gym


     The list above is really consistent. after 20 games of playtesting (Against different decks. And I won 18 games, the 2 losses were to both VirGen. ) I will go over the card counts and reasons because I made this list from scratch.

4 SeismitoadEX, 4 Zubat, 4 Golbat, 3 Crobat, 1 JirachiEX

     I think that is the perfect amount of attacking and damage spreading. The JirachiEX is crucial to the deck's consistency and out of 20 games I needed it 13 times.

3 Lysandre

     Some people might think that since there is a lot of damage spread that you only need 1 or 2 Lysandre, not 3. I like 3 because if you snipe a Pokemon on the bench you could Lysandre it up and KO it.

3 Super Scoop Up

     Without Super Scoop Up this deck might not be as good. I usually use Super Scoop Up to bring back Golbats and Crobats but I also use it for bringing back up a damaged SeismitoadEX. It also somewhat replaces Switch.

1 Target Whistle

     With 3 Lysandre, a 4-4-3 line of Crobat, Muscle Band, AND Hypnotoxic Laser and Virbank City Gym, a Target Whistle on a JirachiEX and getting an OHKO on it shouldn't be that hard.

     Well I hope you found some good information on here and thanks for reading!