Iron Chien-Paolkia

Tangent Tangent Expanded 2,749 views Nov 12, 2023 Updated Nov 12, 2023
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This is my take on adding Iron Hands to the Chien-Pao deck. Notably, we have one less water energy, but we do have 3 lighting energy. You could switch 1 lightning energy with a water energy if needed, but I like this count. I'm not the biggest fan of this type of deck, but it seems popular, so I'm giving it a try. I dropped Manaphy which doesn't do very much except in stopping radiant greninja as well a 1 Baxcalibur, since it's usually searched for anyways. Skaters' Park is the superior stadium

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This is my take on adding Iron Hands to the Chien-Pao deck. Notably, we have one less water energy, but we do have 3 lighting energy. You could switch 1 lightning energy with a water energy if needed, but I like this count. I'm not the biggest fan of this type of deck, but it seems popular, so I'm giving it a try. I dropped Manaphy which doesn't do very much except in stopping radiant greninja as well a 1 Baxcalibur, since it's usually searched for anyways. Skaters' Park is the superior stadium in this deck, especially with Iron Hands' massive retreat cost. This allows you to keep all of your water energy, and also reallocate, in certain situations. The plan is basicially the same as my Chien-Paolkia deck (https://pokemoncard.io/deck/chien-pao-palkia-64732), but with Iron Hands as a tech card for obliterating Lost Zone decks and Radiant Greninja, as well as decks with Palkia VSTAR that haven't evolved yet. The potential of Iron Hands makes it worth squishing it into a deck where it just doesn't belong. It also does well against Roaring Moon which plays Radiant Greninja and sometimes Morpeko, while also putting it just over the 220 of Calamity Storm, which can be punishing if they don't play Brute Bonnet.

I hope that Iron Hands helps tip some battles in your favor!

Card Types

Trainer 29
Pokémon 17
Energy 14

Energy Types

Water 12
Colorless 4
Lightning 1

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1 Energy 2 attacks
2
10.0% of attacks
2 Energy 9 attacks
9
45.0% of attacks
3 Energy 8 attacks
8
40.0% of attacks
4 Energy 1 attack
5.0% of attacks

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