Base-Fossil: Scyther/Hitmonchan/Ditto Haymaker

If you’ve played a traditional Hitmonchan/Electabuzz Haymaker deck in the Base–Fossil format, you might feel like Electabuzz is an underwhelming attacker. And if you felt that way, you’re right. So this Haymaker variant chooses to cut Electabuzz entirely and instead adds Grass Energy for Scyther’s Swords Dance. With 4 Double Colorless Energy, you have a realistic chance of delivering a 60-damage Slash (70 with PlusPower) on the second turn. These Double Colorless Energies

If you’ve played a traditional Hitmonchan/Electabuzz Haymaker deck in the Base–Fossil format, you might feel like Electabuzz is an underwhelming attacker. And if you felt that way, you’re right. So this Haymaker variant chooses to cut Electabuzz entirely and instead adds Grass Energy for Scyther’s Swords Dance. With 4 Double Colorless Energy, you have a realistic chance of delivering a 60-damage Slash (70 with PlusPower) on the second turn. These Double Colorless Energies serve multiple purposes, too, helping turn Ditto into an effective attacker and also allowing you to retreat Hitmonchan when it encounters Fighting Resistance. Getting Hitmonchan out of the Active spot is something you’ll need to do often in this format, which is why the deck maxes out on Scoop Up and also plays 2 Switch.

Tip: Use Scoop Up to take your damaged Ditto out of danger in the Active spot, denying your opponent an easy KO from either retreating or playing Gust of Wind.