Chien-Pao ft. Palkia

GilGalad111 GilGalad111 Expanded 2,273 views Mar 12, 2024 Updated Apr 05, 2024
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So this is my current deck. Fairly standard Chien-Pao build with a splash of Palkia. The Palkia inclusion is because I don't yet own an Iron Hands Ex so I opted for a two stage attacker that grabs energies from the discard pile and can make a suddent Radiant Greninja play. To make a viable Chien-Pao deck I am also missing Poke-Stops x3 and Earthen Vessels x1 but I added Energy Search x2, Roxanne and Lost Vacuum. I would also like the better Bidoof but that one is all I got.

Suggestions welcome.

Update

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So this is my current deck. Fairly standard Chien-Pao build with a splash of Palkia. The Palkia inclusion is because I don't yet own an Iron Hands Ex so I opted for a two stage attacker that grabs energies from the discard pile and can make a suddent Radiant Greninja play. To make a viable Chien-Pao deck I am also missing Poke-Stops x3 and Earthen Vessels x1 but I added Energy Search x2, Roxanne and Lost Vacuum. I would also like the better Bidoof but that one is all I got.

Suggestions welcome.

Update Post Rotation
So I've updated the deck for the F-H block. Basically Palkia splash is gone, added the 3x PokeStop, 2x Counter Catchers (missing the Prime Catcher), 4x Buddy Buddy and one Rare Candy, Superior Energy Retrieval, Super Rod. I only found 1x Earthen Vessel so 1x Energy Search remains in the deck until I find it. The one thing still missing is an Iron Hands Ex and cut 1 Ultra Ball for it maybe (I don't want to take the Manaphy out).

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (14)
3 Chien-Pao ex sv2-61
$1.13 Water 220
2 Baxcalibur sv2-60
$0.21 Water 160
1 Radiant Greninja swsh10-46
$3.11 Water 130
2 Bibarel swsh9-121
$0.39 Colorless 120
2 Bidoof swsh9-120
$0.17 Colorless 70
3 Frigibax sv4pt5-17
$0.08 Water 70
1 Manaphy swsh9-41
$0.32 Water 70
Trainer (37)
1 Boss's Orders swsh9-132
$0.39
4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin sv5-144
$0.28
2 Counter Catcher sv4-160
$0.26
Trainer (37)
1 Earthen Vessel sv4-163
$0.22
1 Energy Search swsh12pt5-128
$0.13
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball swsh10-146
$0.30
1 Iono sv2-185
$0.25
4 Irida swsh10-147
$0.50
1 Lost Vacuum swsh11-162
$0.13
4 Nest Ball sv4pt5-84
$0.31
3 PokéStop pgo-68
$0.21
3 Rare Candy sv1-191
$0.24
2 Super Rod sv2-188
$0.30
4 Superior Energy Retrieval sv2-189
$0.31
1 Switch sv1-194
$0.17
4 Ultra Ball swsh9-150
$0.23
Energy (9)
9 Basic Water Energy sve-3
$0.10 Water

Card Types

Trainer 37
Pokémon 14
Energy 9

Energy Types

Water 10
Colorless 4

Energy Curve

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1 Energy 4 attacks
4
23.5% of attacks
2 Energy 8 attacks
8
47.1% of attacks
3 Energy 5 attacks
5
29.4% of attacks

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Comments

Davepigion avatar
Davepigion

You can replays iron bundles with prime catcher

Tangent avatar
Tangent

Davepigion  you can't use Prime Catcher in this standard format as it hasn't been released, and when it is, Battle VIP Pass and Escape Rope will no longer be legal. I do agree that Iron Bundle doesn't work, as I tested it with my Chien-Pao/Palkia deck once and it isn't good.

Tangent avatar
Tangent

This looks pretty nice, but I think you need 3 Rare Candy and 4 Superior Energy Retrieval. I also don't agree with Roxanne. I also don't like full counts of Nest Ball and Ultra Ball. I find that a 2-2 Palkia line is fun to play with, but I haven't tried a 1-1, so I should try that.

Davepigion avatar
Davepigion

You can use switch cart to switch the majority of the deck

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GilGalad111

So thing is I am working with a very limited amount of cards since I used to be a vintage collector but just now I am getting into the physical TCG. I would like to have one more Rare Candy and Superior Energy Retrieval but as of now I don't yet. Roxanne could be swapped for a Professor's Research, I find her difficult to use even in the Pokemon TCG Live were I playtest this deck. Anyhow I will probably test this on Saturday and get back. Also the 2-2 Palkia Line would get rid of Bundles and a Frigi right Tangent ?

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Tangent

I'm not saying to specifically use a 2-2 Palkia line, but you need 3 Frigibax. I think you drop Roxanne and Bundle. Research isn't good in this deck. I think the main things for you is just building towards those key counts and dropping a couple of Nest Ball/Ultra Ball. The list looks pretty good though, and should work fine once you add a third rare candy and a fourth superior energy retrieval.

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