Shadowflame Checkmate

Undermine Undermine standard 528 views Dec 18, 2025 Updated Jan 29, 2026
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Standard Format: Illegal

This deck is not legal in Standard format:

  • Charizard ex (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Pidgey (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Pidgeot ex (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Squawkabilly ex (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.
  • Iono (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.
  • Professor Turo's Scenario (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.
  • Super Rod (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.
  • Technical Machine: Devolution (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.
  • Charmander (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.
Deck Primer

This is a Charizard ex control deck focused on rapid setup of Tera Charizard ex as the primary win condition via Buddy-Buddy Poffin, Ultra Ball, Rare Candy, and Pidgeot ex engine. Arven grabs Items/Tools (e.g., Technical Machine: Devolution), Artazon fetches non-Rule Box Basics, and Earthen Vessel accelerates Basic Fire Energy. Infernal Reign on Charizard ex fuels it further. Win via scaling Burning Darkness attacks.

Secondary win con: Gouging Fire ex one-shot Blaze Blitz. Bench protected by Rabsca

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This is a Charizard ex control deck focused on rapid setup of Tera Charizard ex as the primary win condition via Buddy-Buddy Poffin, Ultra Ball, Rare Candy, and Pidgeot ex engine. Arven grabs Items/Tools (e.g., Technical Machine: Devolution), Artazon fetches non-Rule Box Basics, and Earthen Vessel accelerates Basic Fire Energy. Infernal Reign on Charizard ex fuels it further. Win via scaling Burning Darkness attacks.

Secondary win con: Gouging Fire ex one-shot Blaze Blitz. Bench protected by Rabsca Spherical Shield. Heavy disruption via gust (Counter Catcher, Prime Catcher, Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis)), hand disruption (Iono), de-evolution (Technical Machine: Devolution), chip damage (Dusknoir Cursed Blast), and snipe (Fezandipiti ex Cruel Arrow). Recovery via Super Rod, Professor Turo's Scenario, and Squawkabilly ex Motivate.

Late-game tech: Briar for extra Prize on Tera KO.

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (20)
3 Charizard ex sv3-125
$5.87 Darkness 330
2 Pidgeot ex sv3-164
$1.25 Colorless 280
1 Gouging Fire ex sv5-38
$0.81 Fire 230
1 Fezandipiti ex sv6pt5-38
$3.37 Darkness 210
1 Dusknoir sv6pt5-20
$0.26 Psychic 160
1 Squawkabilly ex sv2-169
$0.76 Colorless 160
1 Dusclops sv6pt5-19
$0.22 Psychic 90
4 Charmander sv3pt5-4
$0.24 Fire 70
1 Rabsca sv5-24
$0.15 Grass 70
2 Duskull sv6pt5-18
$0.26 Psychic 60
2 Pidgey sv3pt5-16
$0.20 Colorless 50
1 Rellor sv5-23
$0.14 Grass 50
Trainer (33)
1 Artazon sv4pt5-76
$0.27
3 Arven sv3-186
$0.34
2 Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) sv2-172
$0.39
1 Briar sv7-132
$0.18
4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin sv5-144
$0.28
2 Counter Catcher sv4-160
$0.26
2 Earthen Vessel sv4-163
$0.22
3 Iono sv2-185
$0.25
3 Nest Ball sv4pt5-84
$0.31
1 Prime Catcher sv5-157
$1.23
Trainer (33)
1 Professor Turo's Scenario sv4-171
$0.23
4 Rare Candy sv1-191
$0.24
1 Super Rod sv2-188
$0.30
1 Technical Machine: Devolution sv4-177
$0.20
4 Ultra Ball sv1-196
$0.19
Energy (7)
7 Basic Fire Energy sve-2
$0.12 Fire

Card Types

Trainer 33
Pokémon 20
Energy 7

Energy Types

Colorless 5
Fire 5
Darkness 4
Psychic 4
Grass 2

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 11 attacks
11
37.9% of attacks
2 Energy 15 attacks
15
51.7% of attacks
3 Energy 3 attacks
3
10.3% of attacks

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Comments

Pe7son avatar
Pe7son

you should change the 60 hp charmander to the 70 or even 80 hp one.

Undermine avatar
Undermine

Thank you for the comment. I agree with swapping to the 70 HP one, but not the 80 HP due to Buddy-Buddy Poffin.

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