[Expanded] Jolteon-GX

Starmie23 Starmie23 Expanded 2,155 views Sep 29, 2023 Updated Nov 24, 2023
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Deck Primer

How this deck can be played to be... somewhat invincible

This deck features Jolteon GX. I'm sure there are a lot better attackers, but this one is kind of invincible if you use it in the right way.

All you have to do is have Vaporeon (Ancient Origins) in play, so Jolteon will become water type, then play Misty & Lorelei (Cosmic Eclipse) so Jolteon can use it's GX attack endlessly, because it is now lightning and water type, because of Vaporeon's ability, and Jolteon GX's attack has the secondary

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How this deck can be played to be... somewhat invincible

This deck features Jolteon GX. I'm sure there are a lot better attackers, but this one is kind of invincible if you use it in the right way.

All you have to do is have Vaporeon (Ancient Origins) in play, so Jolteon will become water type, then play Misty & Lorelei (Cosmic Eclipse) so Jolteon can use it's GX attack endlessly, because it is now lightning and water type, because of Vaporeon's ability, and Jolteon GX's attack has the secondary effect of being, well, invincible for the next turn.

So, you can just be invincible, but anyone can still use Boss' Orders, Escape Rope, Guzma, or whatever to swap your pokemon out, so the idea is still a work in progress.

Other Helpful Pokemon

This deck also has Dedenne-GX (Unbroken Bonds) . You won't really be able to use it's GX attack, but it's helpful ability and can paralyze your opponent is pretty helpful, and it will also be searchable off of Electromagnetic Radar (Unbroken Bonds) which is mentioned later. It also has Mew (Unbroken Bonds) as bench protection. Exeggcute (Plasma Freeze) can help you with the discarding effects of Ultra Ball (Scarlet & Violet) ,  Electromagnetic Radar, and Misty and Lorelei. You can take it back to your hand as much as you need during your turn if it is in your discard pile.

Helpful Trainer Cards

VS Seeker (Phantom Forces)is helpful for when you need to take supporter cards out of your discard pile. Some other helpful supporter cards are Marnie (Sword & Shield) , Iono (Paldea Evolved) , Pokémon Fan Club (Fates Collide)  and even Misty and Lorelei if you need it for some reason.

Battle VIP Pass (Fusion Strike) is helpful for getting quick basic pokemon, Nest Ball (Scarlet & Violet) is pretty similar, and Lost Vacuum (Crown Zenith) can get rid of your opponent's stadiums or tools, so you can slowly get rid of their stadium amount so you can play Thunder Mountain ◇ (Lost Thunder) which is helpful to lower Jolteon GX's attack cost, but unfortunately you can only have one in your deck.

Thank you for taking your time to read this long description.

Feedback would be appreciated, enjoy!

Update 2.1 - 11/19/23

Added Milotic so Jolteon-GX can't be bossed around.

Card Types

Trainer 33
Pokémon 17
Energy 10

Energy Types

Colorless 4
Grass 4
Lightning 4
Water 4
Psychic 1

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 4 attacks
4
17.4% of attacks
2 Energy 17 attacks
17
73.9% of attacks
3 Energy 2 attacks
8.7% of attacks

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Comments

Deseus | Legacy of Wrath avatar

They just Guzma and use a GX pokemon to attack, 100% Invincible is a massive overstatement here

Paisley Park, After Dark avatar

This is a really fun idea, though it's a little flawed. Like Deseus said you're very prone to being bossed, I think having VS Seeker to recycle Iono and maybe adding Marnie over Peony would be useful for hand control reasons (and obviously recycling Misty/Lorelei is majorly beneficial). I don't think you need Mimikyu at all - maybe you could catch your opponent on an Escape Rope but the only decks that really run that have single prize outs like Cramorant, when your opponent bosses you they choose the Pokemon you switch into so they just wouldn't choose Mimikyu if they can't hit it. Similarly the water energy seems useless, are you really going to be able to build up three energy on Vaporeon without it getting bossed just to do 70 damage? Exeggcute (Plasma Freeze) would also be really helpful, since you can basically pay Misty/Lorelei's discarding effect for almost free every turn, and you can use it for Ultra Ball and Electromagnetic Radar too (you can use their ability as many times as you like per turn because of a weird ruling, ignore the actual text on the ability lmao).

A couple of other quickfire ideas - Dedenne-GX is searchable off of Radar and can help you get set up, Thunder Mountain ◇ lets you use Jolteon's attack for a single energy, I personally prefer Mew (Unbroken Bonds) over Manaphy in offensive decks since that attack can sometimes come in handy to chase KOs, and though I understand if you don't want to use it because of the high price tag Dowsing Machine is good in any Expanded deck.

Also, Flareon (Cosmic Eclipse) provides the same effect as Regieleki though it can't be stacked. Probably not as good but it feels mean to not invite the fire boy to the gen 1 family reunion lol

JaceWindu18 avatar

I agree with P.P.A.D that this deck is flawed. Adding the 4 Exeggcute is essential in a deck that focuses on discarding. Thunder Mountain wouldn't work because it only works on electric types. Electropower is another card worth considering, along with Computer Search, speed energy, Bodybuilding Dumbbells, more copies of battle vip, N, energy recycler, Miryum(I think that's how you spell her name😅), VS Seeker, Choice Band, and maybe Miriaidon.

Starmie23 avatar

Thanks JaceWindu18, Paisley Park, After Dark, and Deseus | Legacy of Wrath for the feedback, I'll try to make these changes immediately.

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