Is Sylveon ex Bad or am I Just Stupid

inkessant inkessant Standard 3,319 views Feb 27, 2025
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Standard Format: Illegal

This deck is not legal in Standard format:

  • Iron Bundle (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Arven (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Counter Catcher (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Earthen Vessel (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Iono (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
Deck Primer

After our friends at TCGPlayer Infinite ranked Sylveon ex the (and I quote) "weakest of the Tera Eeveelutions competitively", I felt I was obligated to at least try and prove them wrong. (This is actually a Flareon ex deck in disguise, tell no one.)

Sylveon ex away the strong Active Pokémon with the help of Iron Bundle and Counter Catcher, then Flareon ex whatever poor sap got stuck there instead. This deck was started at 2 AM, finished at 3 AM, and is full of flaws, most notably the objectively

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After our friends at TCGPlayer Infinite ranked Sylveon ex the (and I quote) "weakest of the Tera Eeveelutions competitively", I felt I was obligated to at least try and prove them wrong. (This is actually a Flareon ex deck in disguise, tell no one.)

Sylveon ex away the strong Active Pokémon with the help of Iron Bundle and Counter Catcher, then Flareon ex whatever poor sap got stuck there instead. This deck was started at 2 AM, finished at 3 AM, and is full of flaws, most notably the objectively terrible Energy acceleration. PLEASE tell me how to fix this I'm on the verge of tears- 

Card Types

Trainer 30
Pokémon 15
Energy 15

Energy Types

Colorless 6
Psychic 6
Fire 5
Water 5
Lightning 3
Grass 2

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 2 attacks
2
10.0% of attacks
2 Energy 6 attacks
6
30.0% of attacks
3 Energy 12 attacks
12
60.0% of attacks

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Comments

inkessant avatar

I just noticed this deck's price is $76 and I chose the cheapest versions of each card??? my hate for prismatic evolutions knows no bounds

DandoK2 avatar

I don't see the point of flute in the deck to be honest. Glass Trumpet is the best acceleration for Terra's right now. There's a lot that can be changed for the better. As for price, Energy's (Outside of Special Energy and Holo's/Specific Art) I consider to be free and as for Trainers/Pokémon there is variance between sets, there may be cheaper ones in OBF/SSP etc.

inkessant avatar

The idea is Flute can summon up a weak tech Pokémon, then it's gusted into the active and Sylveon ex shuffles away whatever Pokémon was previously active. As for Glass Trumpet, I should absolutely add some copies of that...

Xavolice avatar

My personal experience with Flareon is you don't want earthen vessel. You want your energy in your deck, not your hand. I would run 2 Crispin instead of 4 earthen vessel, and drop at least 1 Arven. Then add a couple professor's research and glass trumpet. Realistically, Flareon will win you more games than Sylveon, so just keep Sylveon on the back burner for a threat you have now way to deal with.

WafflzInTheHouse avatar

You don't need so many Tera Orbs. Just play 1 and 3 Nest Balls.

 

 

 

 

And also DandoK2 inkessant replied to your comment but didn't tag your name. Look at the comment above yours!

Emboar500 avatar

Sylveon ex is actually not horrible. My suggestions:

Flareon ex (Prismatic Evolutions) is weird in this deck. I actually think that a Terapagos ex (Stellar Crown) build would work so add those in.

Add Fan Rotom (Stellar Crown) and make a Noctowl (Prismatic Evolutions) build with Pidgeot ex (Obsidian Flames)

Glass Trumpet (Stellar Crown) is a mainstay in this deck for energy acceleration. Also, the fact you don't play Crispin (Prismatic Evolutions) is baffling. These would make the deck much better.

Also, too much Accompanying Flute (Twilight Masquerade) , you don't need that many. I don't know why you don't play Super Rod (Paldea Evolved) or Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) (Paldea Evolved) as they are virtually used in every deck.

This comment was a response to your Sylveon ex deck request.

https://pokemoncard.io/forum/viewtopic/5597

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