ANTI-META Expanded

Siegislash Siegislash Expanded 952 views Sep 03, 2024 Updated Sep 03, 2024
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Probably not a stellar deck for one reason... There is no defined meta in expanded. However, there are numerous popular decks used in expanded tournaments that could use some countering. Most are explained in specific cards.

Specific Cards: 

Spiritomb: Completely ruins both Mad party/United Wings/Night March and Regidrago Vstar which is SUPER POPULAR in expanded.

Manaphy: Crush the Alolan Raichu + Electrode + reversal energy Strategy deck (and is useful

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Suggestions are welcome!

Probably not a stellar deck for one reason... There is no defined meta in expanded. However, there are numerous popular decks used in expanded tournaments that could use some countering. Most are explained in specific cards.

Specific Cards: 

Spiritomb: Completely ruins both Mad party/United Wings/Night March and Regidrago Vstar which is SUPER POPULAR in expanded.

Manaphy: Crush the Alolan Raichu + Electrode + reversal energy Strategy deck (and is useful overall)

Iron Hands ex: One thing I have noticed not only in locals but online too, most well built decks are single prizer heavy and succumb greatly to Iron Hands, so I decided to make this the flesh and bone of the deck, powered up by Regieleki and Electropower. (Strikes Lugia hard too)

Drapion V: Mew Vmax is STILL popular, don't ask why, I don't know. Its cool and all, but giving away not double but triple prizers just loses in expanded.

Chaotic Swell/Field Blower: Some decks are Stadium dependent (i.e. Festival Grounds, Sky Field, etc)

Sudowoodo: Ruin decks that need a large bench. (i.e. Sky field users, Eternatus Vmax, and future Area Zero Underdepths users)

Oranguru: Guarentee an energy attachment with generator

Acerola: Some kind of Regieleki 3 prizer denial

Hisuian Heavy: Lots of counter cards that cannot afford to be prized

Pokemon Communication: For when Regieleki is in hand. Kinda situational though.

The one deck that I see that this isn't well prepared for is control decks, I tried to lessen the amount of items but thats at the cost of consistency, but it didn't really seem to work. (if you have ideas on how to counter please comment!)

Have Fun! ❤️ If you know a popular deck that isn't accounted for please comment!

Card Types

Trainer 34
Pokémon 14
Energy 12

Energy Types

Lightning 7
Darkness 2
Water 2
Colorless 1
Dragon 1
Fighting 1

Energy Curve

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1 Energy 4 attacks
4
21.1% of attacks
2 Energy 3 attacks
3
15.8% of attacks
3 Energy 8 attacks
8
42.1% of attacks
4 Energy 4 attacks
4
21.1% of attacks

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CountyGibbon798 avatar

I find that in Expanded, counterbox decks don't work unless they're explicitly control decks. Most of them like to tech answers for the most popular decks in the meta (of which, there is one, sort of), like Pokemon Ranger against ADP, Girafarig for greedy Lugia/Regidrago VSTAR players, and a general Bench Barrier user (Mew is probably the best one anyways, as it can place some extra damage counters to fix math, and is usable in every deck). Because of this deck's need to counter absolutely everything, it leaves very little room for the core strategy, and Iron Hands can be quite inconsistent from my usage. I'd suggest refining the strategy to include techs for the most popular decks, and not everything (unless you're makinga control deck, which this is not). 

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Siegislash avatar

CountyGibbon798  Ye ur first statement is very true. reflected in my deck description too. 

 

Your statement abt control being more optimal is def. correct. Same with ranger (tbh I forgot abt ADP since absolutely no one used it during any recent locals) Honestly just gonna make an entirely new deck at this point.

 

Also ur right abt Hands being inconsistent. Its not the worst, but certainly not the best. During playtesting, I couldn't even get enought regieleki to KO most double prizers, eventually leading to losses.

 

Tysm for advice! 🥰🥰🥰

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