Draconic Buster

The Early Game:

Building the Fortress

​Your priority is getting 3 Cynthia’s Gible and 1 Cynthia’s Roselia onto the bench by Turn 1.

​Poffin & Gong: Use Buddy-Buddy Poffin for Gible/Roselia. Use Fighting Gong to grab the energy you need for a Turn 2 attack.

​Hilda Chain: Hilda is your most important Supporter. She finds your Stage 2 Garchomp ex and a Fighting Energy in one go. If you have Rare Candy, you skip the Gabite phase entirely to pressure the opponent's Basics.

​Ideal Board State:

Active:

Garchomp

The Early Game:

Building the Fortress

​Your priority is getting 3 Cynthia’s Gible and 1 Cynthia’s Roselia onto the bench by Turn 1.

​Poffin & Gong: Use Buddy-Buddy Poffin for Gible/Roselia. Use Fighting Gong to grab the energy you need for a Turn 2 attack.

​Hilda Chain: Hilda is your most important Supporter. She finds your Stage 2 Garchomp ex and a Fighting Energy in one go. If you have Rare Candy, you skip the Gabite phase entirely to pressure the opponent's Basics.

​Ideal Board State:

Active:

Garchomp ex (with Cynthia’s Power Weight).

​Bench:

1 Garchomp ex (backing up)

2 Roserade (buffing damage)

1 Spiritomb (late-game insurance).

The Mid-Game:

The Iron Wall Math

​Once Garchomp ex is active, you utilize its massive bulk to win the prize trade.

​The 400 HP Barrier: A standard Garchomp ex has 330 HP. Attaching Cynthia’s Power Weight (+70 HP) brings it to 400 HP. 

The 320 Damage Threshold: You need to hit 320+ to OHKO opposing Stage 2 ex Pokémon.

​Draconic Buster: 260 Base  

​Roserade Ability: Cheer On to Glory: +30

​Premium Power Pro (Tool/Item): +30

​Total: 320 Damage. (Add a second Roserade for 350).

The Late Game:

Disruption & The 7th Prize

​When your first Garchomp ex finally falls, you transition into disruption to prevent the opponent from taking their final prizes.

​Unfair Stamp + Watchtower: After a KO, play Unfair Stamp to put your opponent at 2 cards, then play Team Rocket's Watchtower. This shuts down their Ability-based draw engines.

​The Spiritomb Trap: Cynthia’s Spiritomb is your Closer. Its attack, Raging Curse, does 10x damage for every damage counter on your benched Cynthia Pokémon.  

​Because your Garchomps have 400 HP, they often sit on the bench with 200+ damage after retreating.

​Math: If you have two damaged Garchomps on the bench with 200 damage each, Spiritomb hits for 400 damage for just 1 Energy. Since Spiritomb only gives up 1 Prize, it forces the opponent into a 7-prize game (2+2+2+1).