Energy-Efficient Fire (WIP)

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Most GLC fire lists play Magcargo and Welder, but I believe these cards are a trap. Magcargo in particular takes some effort to put into play, and it being on the bench limits your options for other good support Pokémon. The idea of this deck is that you should be able to bench a number of attackers and draw into something that accomodates at least one of them. Welder is not as much of a "trap" as Magcargo is, but playing Welder + Blacksmith together can make it harder to fit good staple

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Most GLC fire lists play Magcargo and Welder, but I believe these cards are a trap. Magcargo in particular takes some effort to put into play, and it being on the bench limits your options for other good support Pokémon. The idea of this deck is that you should be able to bench a number of attackers and draw into something that accomodates at least one of them. Welder is not as much of a "trap" as Magcargo is, but playing Welder + Blacksmith together can make it harder to fit good staple cards in the deck. Blacksmith is preferred over Welder because energy tends to gravitate towards the discard.

This deck prefers energy-efficient attackers. Thinning the deck with Battle Compressor is pretty powerful. Both Rosa and Green's Exploration are really good for setting up your initial board. Green's only works if you have no ability Pokémon in play, but the condition is manageable when Salazzle is the only stage 1 Pokémon with an ability.

Notable Cards:

- Green's Exploration and Rosa are flexible cards that help you build your board state

- Salazzle has synergy with Mallow and Training Court

- Houndoom is a Pokémon that I haven't seen a lot of people play, yet the condition is very easy to meet.

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This deck is marked as a WIP. Lusamine might be a nice card to try to win the stadium war. I'm not sure if both Zisu and Acerola's Premonition are necessary. Replacing one of those cards with Welder is probably fine. Burning energy seems like a good include, but special energy cannot be used with Salazzle. From my testing I've found that being able to use Roast Reveal is more important than keeping one additional energy. Cinderace can oftentimes be loaded with 4 energy before attacking, making a follow-up very easy. Lastly, a normal switch card might be nice to have. Scoop up net is used because you can Scoop up Salazzle in order to use Green's Exploration. A normal switch would be nice for Cinderace.

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (13)
1 Cinderace swsh1-34
$0.33 Fire 170
1 Incineroar sm10-29
$0.43 Fire 160
1 Moltres swsh9-21
$0.31 Fire 120
1 Volcanion sm10-25
$0.72 Fire 120
1 Houndoom sm8-46
$1.22 Fire 110
1 Salazzle sm10-31
$0.60 Fire 100
1 Oricorio sm2-14
$0.34 Fire 90
1 Raboot swsh1-32
$0.23 Fire 90
1 Torracat sm10-28
$0.20 Fire 80
1 Houndour sm8-45
$0.34 Fire 60
1 Litten sm10-27
$0.33 Fire 60
1 Salandit sm75-13
$0.29 Fire 60
1 Scorbunny swshp-SWSH071
$1.98 Fire 60
Trainer (37)
1 Acerola's Premonition swsh9-129
$0.15
1 Ball Guy swsh45-57
$0.19
1 Battle Compressor Team Flare Gear xy4-92
$2.73
1 Blacksmith xy2-88
$1.39
Trainer (37)
1 Boss's Orders swsh9-132
$0.39
1 Colress bw8-118
$1.65
1 Cynthia sm5-119
$0.68
1 Escape Rope swsh5-125
$0.24
1 Evolution Incense swsh1-163
$0.23
1 Field Blower sm2-125
$1.64
1 Fighting Fury Belt xy9-99
$0.86 Fighting
1 Gloria swsh9-141
$0.12
1 Green's Exploration sm10-175
$0.36
1 Guzma sm3-115
$3.30
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball swsh10-146
$0.30
1 Level Ball swsh5-129
$0.23
1 Magma Basin swsh9-144
$0.16
1 Mallow sm2-127
$0.30
1 Marnie swshp-SWSH120
$4.01
1 Muscle Band xy1-121
$4.51
1 Nest Ball sm1-123
$0.49
Trainer (37)
1 Quick Ball swsh1-179
$0.29
1 Rare Candy swsh1-180
$0.26
1 Rescue Stretcher sm2-130
$0.74
1 Rosa sm12-204
$3.29
1 Roxanne swsh10-150
$0.19
1 Scoop Up Net swsh2-165
$0.41
1 Super Rod bw3-95
$2.82
1 Tate & Liza sm7-148
$0.61
1 Town Map xy8-150
$2.34
1 Trainers' Mail xy6-92
$2.40
1 Training Court swsh2-169
$0.30
1 Trekking Shoes swsh10-156
$0.16
1 U-Turn Board sm11-211
$5.92
1 Ultra Ball swsh9-150
$0.23
1 VS Seeker xy4-109
$4.24
1 Zisu swsh10-159
$0.05
Energy (10)
10 Fire Energy sm1-165
Fire

Card Types

Trainer 37
Pokémon 13
Energy 10

Energy Types

Fire 13

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 11 attacks
11
52.4% of attacks
2 Energy 7 attacks
7
33.3% of attacks
3 Energy 3 attacks
3
14.3% of attacks

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