Best way to play Salamence ex?

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Standard Format: Illegal

This deck is not legal in Standard format:

  • Ditto (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Pidgeot ex (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Pidgeotto (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Quaquaval (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Iono (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Penny (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Town Store (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
Deck Primer

Do you like Salamence?

Use Tatsugiri ex to get Pidgeot, Salamence, Blaziken, and Quawuaval out on the bench. They use abilities and Crispins to constantly power up Salamence!

If you go first, use Carmine. If you go second (preferred), use Sparkling Crystal and Crispin to use Tatsugiri's Cinnebar Lure.

Handle your energies well and Salamence is unstoppable. 

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (22)
4 Blaziken ex sv9-24
$1.91 Fire 320
4 Salamence ex sv9-177
$1.63 Dragon 320
4 Pidgeot ex sv3-217
$2.17 Colorless 280
2 Quaquaval sv1-54
$0.18 Water 170
4 Tatsugiri ex sv8-226
$2.03 Dragon 160
1 Shelgon sv9-113
$0.19 Dragon 100
1 Pidgeotto sv4pt5-197
$5.25 Colorless 80
2 Ditto sv4pt5-201
$38.67 Colorless 60
Trainer (22)
2 Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) sv2-172
$0.40
4 Carmine sv6-145
$0.18
Trainer (22)
1 Counter Gain sv8-169
$0.15
4 Crispin sv8pt5-105
$0.21
2 Iono sv4pt5-80
$0.28
1 Penny sv1-183
$0.16
4 Pokégear 3.0 sv1-186
$0.38
1 Sparkling Crystal sv8pt5-129
$0.38
3 Town Store sv3-196
$0.26
Energy (16)
5 Darkness Energy xy12-97
$1.47 Darkness
6 Fire Energy xy12-92
$0.29 Fire
5 Water Energy xy12-93
$0.23 Water

Card Types

Pokémon 22
Trainer 22
Energy 16

Energy Types

Dragon 9
Colorless 7
Fire 4
Water 2

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 3 attacks
3
9.7% of attacks
2 Energy 13 attacks
13
41.9% of attacks
3 Energy 11 attacks
11
35.5% of attacks
4 Energy 4 attacks
4
12.9% of attacks

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Comments

Pokenerd7 avatar
Pokenerd7

Hey, Just a suggestion if you want to add boomerang energy to use salamence Ex's Dragon Impact and not lose the energy. 

Professors Drip avatar
Professors Drip

Pokenerd7 Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to try out a Salamence ex deck with Boomerang. The one difficult thing about Boomerang Energy is that it isn't a basic energy card. With the loss of Archeops at rotation, there doesn't seem to be a great way to push out special energies onto pokemon. Maybe I could use Lyncanroc or something idk

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