Absol ex (Destined Rivals)

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Standard Format: Illegal

This deck is not legal in Standard format:

  • Absol ex (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Brute Bonnet (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Iron Bundle (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Mew ex (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Roaring Moon ex (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Squawkabilly ex (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Earthen Vessel (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Iono (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Nest Ball (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
Deck Primer

The Poison Package part of this deck and then the potential with Absol ex later on in the game is quite nice but it is a worser Roaring Moon ex deck.

Strategy: I suggest going first with this deck to try and donk your Opponent. Anyways, on your First Turn, try and get out Pecharunt, Brute Bonnet, Squawkabilly ex, and either Latias ex or Pecharunt ex. This is optional, but you could also get out Absol ex to start setting it up. Anyways, your goal is to

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The Poison Package part of this deck and then the potential with Absol ex later on in the game is quite nice but it is a worser Roaring Moon ex deck.

Strategy: I suggest going first with this deck to try and donk your Opponent. Anyways, on your First Turn, try and get out Pecharunt, Brute Bonnet, Squawkabilly ex, and either Latias ex or Pecharunt ex. This is optional, but you could also get out Absol ex to start setting it up. Anyways, your goal is to find ABEC and Perilous Jungle which can be found in various of ways whether that's from Pokégear to find Carmine or if it's already in hand, Squawk and Seize, or Secret Box, which Secret Box will be the primary way to find Perilous Jungle, ABEC, an Item Card you need, and another Supporter for the Next Turn or to get Carmine to get a new fresh hand. Anyways, for this turn, you'll attach ABEC to Brute Bonnet, Activate its Ability, then get Pecharunt into the Active Spot with Perilpus Jungle in play, to then deal 80 Damage via Poison which can Donk various decks with 1 Pokémon in the Active as long they have less than 80 HP. There may be times you may fail to Donk them by either having over 80 HP or more than 1 Pokémon in okay, though you still can set up your Absol ex to prepare to do decent damage. Xerosic's Machinations combines perfectly well with Absol ex, and since it's a Poison Package, Absol, when poisoned and has Binding Mochi Attached, it can deal 140-260 Damage (With and Without using Xerosic's Machinations) and then the 30 Damage from Poison due to Perilous Jungle increases the total output to 290, which does still fail to get KO's sometimes, however Munkidori helps solve that issue by being able to move 30 Damage Counters off of one of your Pokémon to move it onto one of your Opponent's Pokémon, which makes getting KO's much easier for you. Roaring Moon ex, helps as a Backup Attacker to either do 220-260 Damage as well when discarding the stadium, or can KO their Pokémon instantly which is really helpful with this deck. That concludes all I have to say for the strategy section, so feel free to make any changes or to leave any suggestions!

CTC: The cards will be sorted in a list, if there are any cards here or any cards that you'd wish to add from your own thoughts, cut out cards you don't find useful within this list. With that being said, here is the list:

- 1 Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex - A great endgame Attacker.

- 2 Eri's - Helps lower your Opponent's hand size which can especially be helpful after you used Xerosic's Machinations the previous turn.

- 2 Judge's - Alternative to Iono as it lowers their hand size to 4 immediately.

- 2nd Boss's Orders - Provides better consistency and brings more Gust Options, best to add if you cut the 2 Pokémon Catchers for Counter Catcher.

- 4th Ultra Ball - Helps get out your Pokémon much more effectively.

- 1 Counter Catcher - Alternative to Pokémon Catcher.

That concludes all the cards I can suggest, so have a good rest of your day!

Card Types

Trainer 38
Pokémon 15
Energy 7

Energy Types

Darkness 16
Psychic 3
Colorless 2
Water 1

Energy Curve

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1 Energy 4 attacks
4
22.2% of attacks
2 Energy 4 attacks
4
22.2% of attacks
3 Energy 10 attacks
10
55.6% of attacks

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LimeLemon avatar

This deck was really fun to use in testing, though it is unfortunate that it requires quite a bit of setup in order to succeed compared to other decks in the current format.

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