Salamence ex (Journey Together)

LimeLemon LimeLemon Standard 4,367 views Apr 22, 2025 Updated Apr 29, 2025
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Standard Format: Illegal

This deck is not legal in Standard format:

  • Dunsparce (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Artazon (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.
  • Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) (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.
  • Defiance Band (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.
  • Nest Ball (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Professor Turo's Scenario (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Super Rod (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Technical Machine: Evolution (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
Deck Primer

I have been wanting to make a Salamence deck for quite some time so I have decided to release it today.

Strategy: Start off by setting your board by getting Bagon's, Dunsparce's, and Duskull's up and prepare to item-lock your Opponent with Budew or to use TM: Evo. Salamence does fall short on KO's on Pokémon like Pult, Gardy, and Zard so to OHKO then you can use Defiance Band or Dusclops or Dusknoir to finish them off. Also, after your first attack hitting for 300 Damage you can use the 1st

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I have been wanting to make a Salamence deck for quite some time so I have decided to release it today.

Strategy: Start off by setting your board by getting Bagon's, Dunsparce's, and Duskull's up and prepare to item-lock your Opponent with Budew or to use TM: Evo. Salamence does fall short on KO's on Pokémon like Pult, Gardy, and Zard so to OHKO then you can use Defiance Band or Dusclops or Dusknoir to finish them off. Also, after your first attack hitting for 300 Damage you can use the 1st Attack to also finish them off on your next turn if your Opponent retreats which can potentially finish them off. Though it may not work on Zard or Pult since they're Tera Pokémon. Counter Gain helps make your attack a bit cheaper when you're behind on prizes. The ACE SPEC of choice, Grand Tree, allows you to get up any of your Stage Two's and feels like a great choice of an ACE SPEC for this list. Though, you could run Unfair Stamp instead if that's what you'd prefer or any other ACE SPEC's such as Prime Catcher or Unfair Stamp or maybe even Enriching Energy. Additionally, since the Dudunsparce Line is used as Draw Support, Dudunsparce ex works as a backup attacker if your Salamence is knocked out. I don't have much else to say for this list so feel free to make any changes or leave any suggestions!

Edits:

Edit #1: Pidgeot didn't seem as good in further testing due to the likes of Budew so it has been cut for the Dudunsparce Line and an Ultra Ball had been cut as well.

Edit #2: Cut a Buddy-Buddy Poffin for Colress's Tenacity. This change was suggested by @Emboar500.

Edit #3: Removed the 60 HP Dunsparce and a Fire Energy for 2 Boomerang Energies. This change was suggested by @theovy.

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (20)
3 Salamence ex sv9-114
$0.80 Dragon 320
1 Dudunsparce ex sv9-121
$1.00 Colorless 270
1 Fezandipiti ex sv6pt5-38
$3.56 Darkness 210
2 Dusknoir sv8pt5-37
$0.25 Psychic 160
2 Dudunsparce sv5-129
$0.89 Colorless 140
2 Shelgon sv9-113
$0.19 Dragon 100
1 Dusclops sv8pt5-36
$0.16 Psychic 90
3 Bagon sv9-112
$0.05 Dragon 70
2 Dunsparce sv2-156
$0.22 Colorless 70
2 Duskull sv8pt5-35
$0.18 Psychic 60
1 Budew sv8pt5-4
$0.15 Grass 30
Trainer (32)
1 Artazon sv2-171
$0.27
4 Arven sv1-166
$0.29
1 Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) sv2-172
$0.40
3 Buddy-Buddy Poffin sv5-144
$0.29
1 Colress's Tenacity sv6pt5-57
$0.29
1 Counter Catcher sv4-160
$0.26
1 Counter Gain sv8-169
$0.15
2 Crispin sv7-133
$0.23
1 Defiance Band sv1-169
$0.28
1 Earthen Vessel sv4-163
$0.21
1 Grand Tree sv7-136
$0.61
Trainer (32)
3 Iono sv2-185
$0.26
1 Nest Ball sv1-181
$0.22
1 Night Stretcher sv6pt5-61
$0.34
1 Professor Turo's Scenario sv4-171
$0.23
3 Rare Candy sv1-191
$0.23
2 Super Rod sv2-188
$0.31
1 Technical Machine: Evolution sv4-178
$0.23
3 Ultra Ball sv1-196
$0.22
Energy (8)
3 Basic Fire Energy sve-10
$0.09 Fire
3 Basic Water Energy sve-11
$0.15 Water
2 Boomerang Energy sv6-166
$0.16

Card Types

Trainer 32
Pokémon 20
Energy 8

Energy Types

Dragon 8
Colorless 5
Psychic 5
Fire 3
Water 3
Darkness 1
Grass 1

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 9 attacks
9
27.3% of attacks
2 Energy 8 attacks
8
24.2% of attacks
3 Energy 13 attacks
13
39.4% of attacks
4 Energy 3 attacks
3
9.1% of attacks

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Comments

Waffle Enthusiast avatar
Waffle Enthusiast

Interesting list, seems pretty neat to play with.

LimeLemon avatar
LimeLemon

Emboar500 Thats actually a good card to add in I'll update the list later today. Thank you!

theovy avatar
theovy

Why not throw in boomerang energy to make sure you are always at at least 3 energy?

LimeLemon avatar
LimeLemon

theovy Thank you for the feedback! Thank you as well for mentioning Boomerang Energy I did kind of forget it existed so thanks for the refresher!

theovy avatar
theovy

LimeLemon  of course, I honestly just saw it on another deck and made a lot of sense. There are so many different cards and variables, something will always fall through the cracks here and there, right?

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