Aurora M3W Expanded (+ Vileploom GX and other tweaks)

Well, here it is.  After months of perfecting my weird version of Mewtwo & Mew Tag Team GX on Expanded, I've arrived at a list that works for my purposes.  No actual tournaments, but I'm able to take the occasional handful of tradable boosters on the PTCGO via their ticketed mini-eventswith this list.  For all it's idiosyncracies, I love this deck.  

The last iteration that I posted can be found here: https://pokemoncard.io/deck/aurora-m3w-solgaleo-gx-et-al-2712

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Well, here it is.  After months of perfecting my weird version of Mewtwo & Mew Tag Team GX on Expanded, I've arrived at a list that works for my purposes.  No actual tournaments, but I'm able to take the occasional handful of tradable boosters on the PTCGO via their ticketed mini-eventswith this list.  For all it's idiosyncracies, I love this deck.  

The last iteration that I posted can be found here: https://pokemoncard.io/deck/aurora-m3w-solgaleo-gx-et-al-2712

Here's how I've updated the list since:

- Upping the count of float stones from 2 to 3.  I simply found myself in too many situations with something vulnerable stuck in the active.

- Cutting down both ultra ball and quick ball from 3 to 2 so as to make room for the two additions listed on the next item.  I often would find too many pokeballs in hand with little relevance to my game situation.  And this deck is VERY flex for various situations.  More on that below...  

- After discovering that I had zero outs against decks that shut down special energy (such as Duraludon VMAX), I brought back one of my lowest-cost attackers, Vileplume GX, with a single basic grass energy.  I usually don't need that grass energy -- it's often a card to toss via quick ball or aurora energy when all the other resources in-hand are too vital to discard.  But that actually helps quite a bit!  And rarely, I find a matchup in which I need that emergency basic energy, plus Vileplume's GX attack and dimension valley.

All in all, the deck has gotten a smidge more versatile for today's Expanded meta, resulting in an improved win rate.

That is, of course, until I took a huge break from Expanded, revisited this deck, and lost a bunch of matches before regaining my footing.

Rather than approaching matches with a set gameplan, I try to create two or three different potential pathways to victory at the end of each turn.  The list seems to favor players that are ready to flex, improvise, surprize themselves, recover after misplays.  Can't tell you how many times I've dug myself out of a hole with timely top-decks paired with the massive menu of attacks available through M3W's "Perfection" ability.  Sort of a "drunken master" approach, but it works.  Sometimes, it's pretty hilarious.  My favorite play is scrapping for four prizes, saving the GX attack to the end, then using Guzzlord & Naganadel Tag Team GX's "Chaotic Order" attack to snag the remaining prizes totally for free.  Peace.  GG.

If you're ever able to give this one a try, I'd love to hear your toughts.  Enjoy!