Arceus Inteleon Autowins Lost Box

I played this deck at a few locals and was impressed with how this does into Lost Box & Lugia. I actually played it with only 2 path (no bump) but that can be problematic against Path decks and if you start with it in hand and need to play it to have a chance against Lugia. Even if your opponent gets stalled a turn or 2, if you also get stalled then you forfeit any advantage that Path gives you, thus I put in the vacuum to allow you to bump Path and replay it the same turn. Pumpkin also does

I played this deck at a few locals and was impressed with how this does into Lost Box & Lugia. I actually played it with only 2 path (no bump) but that can be problematic against Path decks and if you start with it in hand and need to play it to have a chance against Lugia. Even if your opponent gets stalled a turn or 2, if you also get stalled then you forfeit any advantage that Path gives you, thus I put in the vacuum to allow you to bump Path and replay it the same turn. Pumpkin also does this but it is a horrific starter and I have even cut Dunsparse for the same reason. Alternate stadium choices would be Lost City to get rid of Regis and the Lake of Acuity as another option to make one-shots impossible (especially for AR Rayquaza). The Lost box matchup is very favored if they cannot one shot, with Rayquaza it is probably slightly unfavored. I would also be scared of Dragonite V (could tech a belt?) because it can one shot with belt if you cannot get the big charm or V guard and you cannot OKHO it with Arceus. Lugia is scary going second, but its not as unfavored as you would think if you can stick a Path + Marnie on T2, and you do play 2 of each. Even if your opponent KOs Arceus T2, so long as you have another you can win with Roxanne and a bit of luck. It's basically a 2 shot game for both players - the main difference is you can heal and they cannot. You also need to be aware that Path turns off Gardevoir, so if it doesn't stick you generally want to avoid playing it again until the Powerful Lugia is dealt with. At that point, Path is super helpful for preventing Lumineon boss plays. Mew is not free but it is similar to what it was like 8 months ago, you can generally deal with Path better than them and you have a lot of outs with a single free Sobble.