Naganadel Checkmate... FOR THE MEMES

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This is a meme deck theory that I have been tinkering with for a while, that still needs some work. Thanks to @WafflzInTheHouse for bringing the idea back to life!

Anyways, this deck abuses Naganadel-GX's exceptionally unique GX attack, where it sets the Prize Card count for both players to 3, no matter where they are at in the game. This deck plans to set the Prize cards to 3, and then instantly take them on the next turn. There are two ways I could see this happening, one being slower

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This is a meme deck theory that I have been tinkering with for a while, that still needs some work. Thanks to @WafflzInTheHouse for bringing the idea back to life!

Anyways, this deck abuses Naganadel-GX's exceptionally unique GX attack, where it sets the Prize Card count for both players to 3, no matter where they are at in the game. This deck plans to set the Prize cards to 3, and then instantly take them on the next turn. There are two ways I could see this happening, one being slower than the other. This list is the slower one, but in return it should be much more reliable.

This deck can afford a slower setup, so I have a Wobbuffet around to force the match to take a slower pace. You could replace this with any annoying stall card, like Budew (Prismatic Evolutions) for example, but I find Ability lock to be more oppressive than Item lock, especially since Wobb's ability is active if you start with it and your opponent is going first. It also doesn't cripple you as much since stuff like Dusclops and Tapu Lele-GX still work through it thanks to their typing. Of course, it doesn't work against everything, but c'est la vie.

Because Naganadel resets the Prize Trade, it's fine if you pop a couple Dusclops or let your opponent take some KO's; just don't get too conformatble and hand over the game through a nasty spread attack or the likes. Once you have yourself set up, rip Stinger GX and let the magic start. Realistically, your opponent will take a KO on Nagandel after you ste the prize cards, so you'll feel like you're walking on eggshells for this next stretch of game. However, getting them low on prize cards is exactly what you want, as it activates all of your fun cards like Counter Energy, Counter Gain, and Counter Catcher. 

This is where the meme part of this comes into play. Here you plan to get a three-prize turn. The best case scenario is if your opponent is already running a 3-prize Pokemon like a VMAX or TAG TEAM, so you can gust it up and use Frenzied Gouging for an instant KO (JUST BE CAREFUL: if you copy the attack using Mew, it will also KO itself and cause the match to end in a draw. If you're smart with your Life Dew or attack with Roaring Moon ex directly, it shouldn't be an issue). If your opponent doesn't have a 3-prizer ready, you'll need to use Iron Hands ex to force an extra prize on a 2-prize KO to take the game. Realistically you want to target a supporting 2-prizer like Dedenne, Tapu Lele, or Crobat as they all have low HP, but smart usage of Dusclops should let you take some larger KO's if you have to. This also helps in the off chance you face a single-prize deck, becaue Life Dew helps if you ***just*** need one extra Cursed Blast, and your opponent has one prize remaining. 

Of course, this deck isn't flawless. It fails HARD into spread decks, especially Dragapult. Dialga VSTAR GG End is easily the better meme deck if you need it, as you can actually take it to a tournament if you REALLY wnat to, but Naganadel is a cool Pokemon and I wanted to see if I could make its GX attack work in a deck, as poor as it ends up being lol. I would appreciate feedback!

Card Types

Trainer 33
Pokémon 20
Energy 7

Energy Types

Psychic 17
Lightning 2
Darkness 1

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1 Energy 11 attacks
11
36.7% of attacks
2 Energy 10 attacks
10
33.3% of attacks
3 Energy 8 attacks
8
26.7% of attacks
4 Energy 1 attack
3.3% of attacks

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Wert The Magikarp avatar

This is awesome and strangely seems viable lol. I've been working on a deck that can take 6 prize in a turn with some absurd setup too.

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