Stall and Smash

SmartySkink SmartySkink Expanded 1,716 views Aug 08, 2024 Updated Aug 15, 2024
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How to play:

         Pokemon Setup:

Set up Copperajah (Shrouded Fable) in the active spot, and set up Neutralization Zone (Shrouded Fable)

Bench Genesect (Shrouded Fable) with a tool card to stop the opponent from using Ace Spec cards. Also evolve Alakazam ex (Paldean Fates) and attach your psychic energies to it. Lumineon V (Brilliant Stars) is for searching for trainers if your hand is stuck. Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex (Twilight Masquerade) is for attacking if your opponents

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How to play:

         Pokemon Setup:

Set up Copperajah (Shrouded Fable) in the active spot, and set up Neutralization Zone (Shrouded Fable)

Bench Genesect (Shrouded Fable) with a tool card to stop the opponent from using Ace Spec cards. Also evolve Alakazam ex (Paldean Fates) and attach your psychic energies to it. Lumineon V (Brilliant Stars) is for searching for trainers if your hand is stuck. Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex (Twilight Masquerade) is for attacking if your opponents don't have any ex/v's.

     Playing the game:

After you have the ideal setup, use Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) (Paldea Evolved) to get a V or ex Pokémon in the active spot. Use Alakazam ex (151) to attack it, while not taking any damage by the Neutralization Zone (Shrouded Fable)  Arven (Scarlet & Violet) is for searching for Pokémon tools and other essential cards, like Earthen Vessel (Shrouded Fable) to search for Psychic energies.

     Good against: 

Charizard ex with no Cursed Blast Dusknoir, Regidrago Vstar, and other decks full of ex/V's.

     Okay against:

Charizard ex with Dusknoir, Dragapult ex, and Lost Zone Giratina.

     Bad against:

Lost Zone, and Gardevoir ex.

Have fun playing this deck! Any suggestions or comments are welcome!

 

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (19)
1 Alakazam ex sv3pt5-201
$72.88 Psychic 310
2 Alakazam ex sv4pt5-215
$7.22 Psychic 310
1 Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex sv6-215
$13.20 Fighting 210
3 Copperajah sv6pt5-42
$0.07 Metal 200
1 Lumineon V swsh12pt5gg-GG39
$23.61 Water 170
1 Genesect sv6pt5-40
$0.15 Metal 110
2 Cufant sv2-149
$0.05 Metal 100
1 Cufant sv6pt5-41
$0.10 Metal 100
2 Kadabra sv3pt5-64
$0.20 Psychic 80
1 Manaphy swsh12pt5gg-GG06
$6.86 Water 70
3 Abra sv6-80
$0.17 Psychic 40
1 Cleffa sv3-202
$36.87 Psychic 30
Trainer (34)
1 Arezu swsh11-153
$0.18
3 Arven sv4pt5-235
$9.75
2 Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) sv2-265
$16.50
1 Bravery Charm sv2-173
$0.31
2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin sv5-144
$0.28
2 Colress's Tenacity sv6pt5-57
$0.30
3 Earthen Vessel sv6pt5-96
$16.46
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball swsh10-146
$0.30
3 Iono sv2-269
$56.26
3 Nest Ball sv1-181
$0.22
1 Nest Ball sv4pt5-84
$0.31
Trainer (34)
1 Neutralization Zone sv6pt5-60
$1.14
1 Pal Pad sv1-182
$0.25
3 Rare Candy sv1-256
$5.53
1 Rigid Band sv3pt5-165
$0.21
2 Switch sv1-194
$0.17
1 Technical Machine: Evolution sv4-178
$0.23
1 Ultra Ball sv4pt5-91
$0.25
2 Ultra Ball swsh12pt5-146
$0.24
Energy (7)
2 Basic Fighting Energy sve-6
$0.09 Fighting
5 Basic Psychic Energy sve-5
$0.20 Psychic

Card Types

Trainer 34
Pokémon 19
Energy 7

Energy Types

Psychic 9
Metal 7
Water 2
Fighting 1

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 6 attacks
6
27.3% of attacks
2 Energy 9 attacks
9
40.9% of attacks
3 Energy 4 attacks
4
18.2% of attacks
4 Energy 3 attacks
3
13.6% of attacks

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Comments

Siegislash avatar
Siegislash

Cool Strat!

If you want some suggestions:

- If you're intention is to use alakazam to attack why not just scrap steel tech altogether? it will make your deck a lot more consistent.

- you need switching tech

- what is relicanth for? 

Hope I helped!

SmartySkink avatar
SmartySkink

Thanks for the suggestions Siegislash!

-What steel tech?

-I will add some

-It is for attacking with Cufant (Shrouded Fable) if you don't have alakazam.

Siegislash avatar
Siegislash

SmartySkink Thx for listening!

steel tech meaning like, just stop using steel energy in general. remember that you don't have any kind of energy acceleration i.e Metang (Temporal Forces) , so attaching energy is gonna take numerous turns. alakazam needs only two energy and your idea of attacking with it is good, so why even bother using any copperajah to attack? you can scrap cards like copperajah ex for more baby copperajah, basic steel energy for more basic psychic, and relicanth and heavy baton for more consistency cards like extra alakazam line or iono, nest ball, and ultra ball.

Hope this helps!

Siegislash avatar
Siegislash

Also if you need any more reasoning, you mentioned attacking with copperajah ex when the opponent has an answer to neutralization zone, so you're intention is that you have hope to win the match by attacking with copperajah ex. The chances of this are more than slim as like I mentioned in a previous comment, you have no energy acceleration and the chances of your plays actually coming out as planned are also slim since there is a lack of consistency cards. (currently you're only draw option is iono and you have only 2) 

Also think abt adding Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex (Twilight Masquerade) because some that can bypass neutralization might not bypass cornerstone. (cramorant, baxcalibur, radiant greninja, etc.) Its attack also helps since alakazam can't hit any of you're opponent's babies since they be using your own neutralization zone.

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