Tanky Water GLC

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Water GLC deck that tries to set up one of three tanky attackers

The goal is to get  Cloyster, Cetitan, or Wailord set up with tools that either increase HP or reduce damage taken to let them survive for multiple turns. Vulpix and Basculin are the ideal starters to help get the bench set up early. Frosmoth accelerates energy to the bench that you can find with either professor's letter or capacious bucket, and Kingdra can serve as either hand disruption for your opponent or to help you cycle

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Water GLC deck that tries to set up one of three tanky attackers

The goal is to get  Cloyster, Cetitan, or Wailord set up with tools that either increase HP or reduce damage taken to let them survive for multiple turns. Vulpix and Basculin are the ideal starters to help get the bench set up early. Frosmoth accelerates energy to the bench that you can find with either professor's letter or capacious bucket, and Kingdra can serve as either hand disruption for your opponent or to help you cycle through your deck to find what you need. 

This deck tends to go down early in prizes because it takes some time to get your big attackers set up. Don't worry if your opponent gets a quick knock out or two before you have fully built your board. This deck is very good at coming back from an early deficit. You can sacrifice the Vulpix, Basculin, or even Manaphy early. The ideal set up is to have Kingdra and Frosmoth on the bench with at least one of your stage one attackers. Cloyster is the better attacker early as it takes only two energy and does well into the lower stage pokemon with its significant damage negation. Cetitan and Wailord are the late game threats, hitting for 220 and 240 respectively. Getting either of them set up with a defensive tool will usually allow them to take at least two to three knock outs. Try to get multiple attackers ready with energy on the bench through Frosmoth if possible as the game progresses, as the deck cannot accelerate energy to the active spot if you have to bring an attacker up before it is ready. 

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (14)
1 Wailord swsh12-38
$0.15 Water 200
1 Cetitan sv2-55
$0.12 Water 180
1 Kingdra swsh11-37
$0.37 Water 150
1 Cloyster sv3pt5-91
$0.19 Water 130
1 Wailmer sm2-29
$0.27 Water 120
1 Cetoddle sv2-53
$0.18 Water 90
1 Frosmoth swsh45-30
$0.30 Water 90
1 Seadra sv6pt5-11
$0.08 Water 90
1 Manaphy swsh9-41
$0.32 Water 70
1 Shellder sv3pt5-90
$0.17 Water 70
1 Alolan Vulpix sm2-21
$0.86 Water 60
1 Horsea sv4-30
$0.14 Water 60
1 Hisuian Basculin swsh10-43
$0.11 Water 50
1 Snom swsh8-84
$0.27 Water 40
Trainer (34)
1 Adventure Bag sm8-167
$1.50
1 Aqua Patch sm2-119
$0.28
1 Ball Guy swsh45-57
$0.19
1 Bird Keeper swsh3-159
$0.15
Trainer (34)
1 Bodybuilding Dumbbells sm3-113
$0.16
1 Boss's Orders swsh9-132
$0.39
1 Brooklet Hill sm2-120
$0.35
1 Capacious Bucket swsh2-156
$0.22
1 Colress's Tenacity sv6pt5-57
$0.30
1 Cynthia sm5-119
$0.68
1 Dive Ball xy5-125
$1.77
1 Earthen Vessel sv4-163
$0.22
1 Field Blower sm2-125
$1.64
1 Guzma sm3-115
$3.30
1 Heavy Ball xy8-140
$0.52
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball swsh10-146
$0.30
1 Irida swsh10-147
$0.50
1 Klara swsh6-145
$0.24
1 Lake Acuity swsh11-160
$0.12
1 Level Ball swsh5-129
$0.23
1 Lusamine sm4-96
$0.40
1 Luxurious Cape sv4-166
$0.19
Trainer (34)
1 Marnie swsh1-169
$0.39
1 Nessa swsh4-157
$0.29
1 Nest Ball sv1-181
$0.22
1 Pot Helmet swsh9-146
$0.13
1 Professor's Letter xy8-146a
$0.31
1 Quick Ball swsh1-179
$0.29
1 Rigid Band sv3pt5-165
$0.21
1 Roseanne's Backup swsh9-148
$0.17
1 Rough Seas xy5-137
$0.54
1 Special Charge xy11-105
$0.35
1 Town Map bw7-136
$2.29
1 Ultra Ball sv1-196
$0.19
Energy (12)
7 Basic Water Energy sve-3
$0.10 Water
1 Capture Energy swsh2-171
$0.30
1 Recycle Energy sm11-212
$0.70
1 Splash Energy xy9-113
$0.81
1 Wash Water Energy swsh4-165
$0.24 Water
1 Weakness Guard Energy sm11-213
$0.55

Card Types

Trainer 34
Pokémon 14
Energy 12

Energy Types

Water 14

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

0 Energy 1 attack
5.3% of attacks
1 Energy 6 attacks
6
31.6% of attacks
2 Energy 9 attacks
9
47.4% of attacks
3 Energy 1 attack
5.3% of attacks
4 Energy 2 attacks
2
10.5% of attacks

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