Not Your Average Gardevoir EX! (hint: this one's better)

Deck of the day 4/17/2023 (I think that was the day, right? Or was it the 16th? Help!)
At first glance, this may seem like your average Gardevoir EX deck: Use Gardevoir ex (Scarlet & Violet)'s Psychic Embrace Ability to charge up Pokémon like Zacian V (Celebrations) and Gardevoir (Chilling Reign) to deal massive damage, with Gallade (Astral Radiance) offering Supporter search consistency, Mew from Celebrations getting you item cards early on, Manaphy (Brilliant

Deck of the day 4/17/2023 (I think that was the day, right? Or was it the 16th? Help!)
At first glance, this may seem like your average Gardevoir EX deck: Use Gardevoir ex (Scarlet & Violet)'s Psychic Embrace Ability to charge up Pokémon like Zacian V (Celebrations) and Gardevoir (Chilling Reign) to deal massive damage, with Gallade (Astral Radiance) offering Supporter search consistency, Mew from Celebrations getting you item cards early on, Manaphy (Brilliant Stars) preventing your bench from taking damage, and Kirlia (Silver Tempest) offering draw consistency with Refinement. Oh, and you can make a weird play with Kirlia (Chilling Reign)'s Mirage Step attack.

But this is not your ordinary Gardevoir EX deck.

1) Galarian Articuno (Evolving Skies) is vastly superior to Cresselia (Lost Origin), which is what Gardevoir EX decks normally play.

2) Defiance Band (Scarlet & Violet) has been extremely useful (IT REALLY HAS), as all Gardevoir EX decks often give up one or two prizes early on. Choice Belt doesn't increase damage against Pokémon EX, and by late game, you usually have enough energy to slam down 300+ damage, without a Tool card damage boost.

3) More Professor's Research (Professor Sada) (Scarlet & Violet) than you normally see, because it adds a very solid amount of consistency, and Klara (Chilling Reign) and Pal Pad (Scarlet & Violet) can recall most things you throw away.

4) I cannot see how more Gardevoir EX decks do not play a copy of Jacq (Scarlet & Violet). This card can grab you Kirlias, Gardevoirs, Gardevoir EXs, and Gallade, and has been extremely helpful, especially because Gallade (Astral Radiance) can grab it.

5) Mesagoza is a nice gap-filler, when I have nothing else to get me what I need, I tend to have it. You can get rid of it with Worker right after you use it if you need to so that your opponent cannot use it, if you want.

6) Collapsed Stadium is not played enough with Gardevoir EX, and can discard a damaged Zacian V for you if you need it.

7) Thorton is often played in Gardevoir EX decks, but I cannot over-emphasize its power, I use it almost every other game.

Although the differences may seem few, they really make a vast difference in how this deck plays. I'm considering replacing the Battle VIP Passes with Nest Balls, because you can play Nest Ball throughout the game, and you're not betting almost everything on a turn 1 Battle VIP Pass draw. Also considering removing Manaphy (Brilliant Stars) in favor of another Celebrations Mew (can't card ID Celebrations Mew because it's a mini expansion, sorry), which is an idea I got from AzulGG. I may remove the Emergency Jelly, I need to see how much consistency it adds, I'm just reluctant because sometimes the Jelly comes in clutch, and how cool is it to win a game with a card with "Jelly" in its name. It seems like a good card. "I feel it in my Jellies." -Detective Pikachu

Two more things: I'm planning to replace Klara with Super Rod once Paldea Evolved comes out, and I do not believe in Banette ex (Scarlet & Violet) (sorry!).

Feel free to please post questions, comments, concerns, compliments, critiques, wisecracks, etc. in the comments sections below. Also, Mewtwo V-Union (Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH Black Star Promos) Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH Black Star Promos) Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH Black Star Promos) Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH Black Star Promos)) is just too expensive, and will (hopefully) get wrecked in the mirror match.

P.S. Sorry I used the S.I.R. Gardevoir but I have it irl so... (my brother and I collectively opened under 50 packs and we collectively pulled 3 Gardevoir Special Illustration Rare, I kid you not.)