Certified Bug Moment

thedatabreach502 thedatabreach502 Expanded 836 views Oct 05, 2024 Updated Jun 01, 2025
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Hopefully, start one of the bugs (joltik/nincada). 

Playing rainbow energy onto either joltik or nincada and equipping Hustle belt makes them deal 70 damage. With a Glimwood tangle, you have a 75% chance of taking no damage on your opponent's turn. Electrike + u-turn board gives you an untargetable pivot Pokemon. 

I have not playtested this very much, but I do not need to do so to know that this deck isn't going to do very well. Nevertheless, any comments or suggestions are welcome!

Card Types

Trainer 40
Pokémon 15
Energy 5

Energy Types

Grass 8
Psychic 4
Lightning 2
Colorless 1

Energy Curve

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1 Energy 13 attacks
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92.9% of attacks
2 Energy 1 attack
7.1% of attacks

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Comments

CountyGibbon798 avatar

This is... actually a fun concept! There are definitely some changes to be made, so I'll go through them pretty quickly.

- Roseanne's Backup is a bad card, flat out. In decks that use a lot of tools (especially Life Dew), Lana's Fishing Rod (Cosmic Eclipse) is much better than Roseanne. If you want energy recovery, Special Charge (Steam Siege) is always there!

- Lusamine feels a little too slow for this deck, so if you want the best supporter recovery, I'd settle with just the VS seekers.

- I would add more Stretchers, as I wouldn't be surprised if you end up losing enough Pokémon over the course of a match from either shred attacks or just plain old bad luck.

- More of a suggestion/idea than a critique, but since this deck uses Nincada and Life Dew as part of its strategy, Shedinja (Lost Thunder) can slot right into your deck, as its ability effectively turns it into additional copies of Life Dew. You can just evolve when you feel the need for another prize denial option.

I'm sure there are other things that more experience Expanded deckbuilders can spot that I can't, but those are what I saw. Good work!

Battle Compressor avatar

This is rly funny I'll give you that.

 

I agree with every one of CountyGibbon798 's suggestions. 

The biggest problem honestly is that there are actually sooo many cards that have a flip a coin for invincibility attack that do decent damage, some 120+, so at the end of the day, the bugs and electrike are worse on the spectrum of possible options. This is still decently built after gibbon's suggestions though. Just needs to be optimized with different pokemon.

CountyGibbon798 avatar

Battle Compressor Yeah, if more effective overall Pokémon were used, then there wouldn't have to be the nincada/Shedinja line to begin with, as well as the techs like hustle belt and Rainbow Energy.  And from there you probably won't need Level Ball, which undermines Jirachi, so the entire thing unfolds into requiring a complete rework. The only thing remaining would end up being the overarching strategy lol.

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