Festival Lead (with Lilligant & Rillaboom Tech)

This deck focuses on the Festival Lead engine to scale damage output based on the number of benched Pokémon. Lilligant plays a key role in boosting this damage — each copy increases Dipplin’s attack by +20, acting as a stackable modifier. Rillaboom is a single-Prize Grass-type attacker teched in specifically to counter Ogerpon Cornerstone Mask ex, a common threat to Party-based decks.
Additionally, Rabsca is included to protect your Bench when necessary, offering a defensive pivot

This deck focuses on the Festival Lead engine to scale damage output based on the number of benched Pokémon. Lilligant plays a key role in boosting this damage — each copy increases Dipplin’s attack by +20, acting as a stackable modifier. Rillaboom is a single-Prize Grass-type attacker teched in specifically to counter Ogerpon Cornerstone Mask ex, a common threat to Party-based decks.
Additionally, Rabsca is included to protect your Bench when necessary, offering a defensive pivot against decks that target low-HP Pokémon.
The deck maintains a low-energy curve and focuses on efficient evolution and board setup using Trainer support like Bug Catching Set, Precious Trolley, and Arven.

🌱 Early Game (Setup Phase)

• You always want to go second to take advantage of playing Items and evolving right away.
  On your first turn, the ideal line is:
  Use Arven to search for Precious Trolley and Technical Machine: Evolution, fill your Bench with Applin, Grookey, and Petilil, and evolve at least 1 Grookey → Thwackey and 1 Applin → Dipplin immediately. This gives you early pressure and resource setup.

• If facing an Ogerpon deck early, begin preparing Grookey → Thwackey for a quick Rillaboom response.

🍃 Mid Game (Damage Scaling Phase)

• By this stage, aim to have at least 2–3 Dipplin and 1 or more Lilligant in play.

• Evolve multiple Applin → Dipplin to enable your main attack.

• Each Lilligant on the board increases Dipplin’s damage by 20, allowing you to hit critical knockouts on multi-prize Pokémon.

• Use TM: Devolution to disrupt opposing evolution strategies.

🌳 Late Game (Tech Response & Prize Trading)

• With your board fully developed, Dipplin should be swinging for big damage efficiently, while your Prize trade remains favorable.

• Use Rillaboom as your Ogerpon counter — it can take a clean knockout on Ogerpon Cornerstone Mask ex with just 2 Grass Energy, turning the tide in your favor.

• Time your Boss’s Orders and Counter Catcher to finish off vulnerable threats or stall out crucial attackers.

• Recycle key Pokémon and evolutions with Super Rod and Lana's Aid to keep up momentum.