Team Rocket’s Mewtwo ex (Destined Rivals)

A very fun and decently strong deck.

Strategy: Alright so after many iterations of testing this deck, this strategy will be a lot better than it was before along with the lists modifications. Anyways, it's best to go second with this deck as you can use your Rocket's supporters, preferably Proton when you start. Also, you just so you know, TR's Mewtwo's Ability also counts itself so if you get 3 more Rocket's Pokémon in play, you'll be able to attack. Anyways, for your first turn, try to get

A very fun and decently strong deck.

Strategy: Alright so after many iterations of testing this deck, this strategy will be a lot better than it was before along with the lists modifications. Anyways, it's best to go second with this deck as you can use your Rocket's supporters, preferably Proton when you start. Also, you just so you know, TR's Mewtwo's Ability also counts itself so if you get 3 more Rocket's Pokémon in play, you'll be able to attack. Anyways, for your first turn, try to get out 1 TR's Mewtwo ex, 2-3 TR's Torantula, and TR's Articuno (Really important to get out Articuno as that's your Bench Barrier). You can also try to get out TR's Mimikyu as a pivot option for later on in the game as it can combo with TR's Giovanni decently well. Since you have a great draw engine, you'll oftenly find yourself getting the cards you need relatively quickly. Furthermore, for your first turn, it'd also be a good idea to try and start settling my up your Mewtwo ex if possible. TR's Ariana and TR's Factory is your main source of draw engine is Ariana can get you up to 5-8 Cards which will most likely be up to 8 as you won't always need Lillie's Clefairy ex. TR's Factory gives you 2 more cards if you've played a Rocket's Supporter that turn so when combined with Ariana, you'll can get up to 10 cards in hand which is insane. The fact it also gives you that for Proton, Giovanni, and Archer as well is also insane as their effects are INSANELY good. Now moving onwards, while yes Mewtwo deals the most damage, you may find times where Spidops becomes your primary attacker, which does help in many matchups especially against Darkness decks like Grimmsnarl and Zard. Though, if you're facing against those decks, it'd probably be best to not get Mewtwo out unless you plan to OHKO them with Maximum Belt and discarding two Energies. Anyways, Spidops synergizes with Mewtwo ex really well, because when Mewtwo discards the two energy from them (assuming you have two or more in play), you can recover them the turn after in order to swing for high damage again. TR's Sneasel is your Snipe Attacker but does kind of seem useless at times especially against decks that play Rabsca or Shaymin but it does help against Gardy or to finish off benched Pokémon, though this card could easily be replaced for something else which will be mentioned in CTC. TR's Wobbuffet is a new edition in this list as during testing it was quite helpful, especially after using Giovanni to bring it in the Active after Mewtwo survived a high damage attack. Then Wobbuffet can move it onto your Opponent's which can potentially take a big KO while healing your Mewtwo in the process. TR's Mimikyu is also quite helpful against Tera decks but it'll primarily serve as a pivot option which combos well with Giovanni an example being using it to go into Mimikyu to then retreat into Mewtwo to pull off an insane combo to win the game. Now Lillie's Clefairy ex is here because it helps makes your matchups against Raging Bolt ex and Dragapult ex a lot easier and you don't need to discard your energy in order to OHKO them with Mewtwo. Bravery Charm is a must in this deck as it can make Mewtwo ex reach 330 HP which is INSANE because it's a BASIC POKÉMON. Now for the ACE SPEC of choice, Maximum Belt, this is by far the best one for Mewtwo, because it can allow you to swing up to 330 Damage instead of 280 when discarding two energies from your bench which allows Mewtwo to OHKO bigger threats like Zard, Grimmsnarl, Gardy, Archaludon and other high HP Pokémon only ones it doesn't OHKO are ones with 340+ HP. TR's Energy is essentially DTE for your Rocket's Pokémon which is quite nice but it only works as either 2 Psychic or 2 Darkness so it doesn't work well with Spidops. That's all for the strategy section so feel free to make any changes or to leave any suggestions!

CTC: The cards you can add will be in a list with a brief description, so if you want to add any of these cards in or any cards of your own, just find cards you don't like in this list and replace it with that. Now that's out of the way, here's the list:

- TR's Murkrow - Probably better to run instead of Sneasel due to Shaymin and Rabsca, but anyways, Murkrow's primary purpose is to shut off your Opponent's Attack earlier on in the game but they can always retreat then use a switch card to get back into the Active to use that attack so it's still kind of weak.

- Fezandipiti ex - I've seen many lists running Fez, but when I tested Fez, I didn't see much use for it but the extra Draw Support is always nice and it still let you reach up to 8 cards if you used Ariana if you use Flip the Script to reach 8 so you don't lose much from running it.

- 2 TR's Petrel's - I don't really run this card at all but it's still decently good as it finds any trainer card and then you can draw 2 cards after due to TR's Factory.

- 2nd TR's Archer - Provides more consistency and stuff but 2 Iono's feels much better so I made it down to 1.

- 1 Colress's Tenacity - I used to run this but I personally cut it since I oftenly find TR's Energy through the draw support but it's decent. Great way to find TR's Energy and Factory though.

- 2 Nest Ball - Finds your Basic Pokémon a lot more effectively, but I cut it for 2 Poffin's due to being able to use Proton to get your Rocket's Pokémon out a lot more effectively so Poffin can get your Torontula's for you.

- 2 Pokégear - Ran in most lists because finding your Supporters whenever possible is insanely good.

- 2 Pokémon Catcher - Decent gusting option.

- 2nd Stretcher - Provides more recovery to your Pokémon.

- Prime Catcher - Probably the only other good ACE SPEC choice, but the Giovanni count is already high so Maximum Belt is still better in my opinion.

Anyways, that's all for the CTC section but while cutting cards, do note that going down to 2 Giovanni's is fine as that's what it is usually played at but I run it at 4 as I oftenly use Giovanni.

Edits:

Edit #1: Cut the 3 Pokémon Catchers for 2 Counter Catchers and a 4th Spidops.

Edit #2: Removed 1 TR's Ariana, 1 Earthen Vessel, 1 Ultra Ball, TR's Sneasel, and Fez. They've been replaced with 1 TR's Murkrow, 2 Iono, 2 more Grass Energies, and 2 TR's Great Balls. Theses changes have been made due to further testing proving to make this list a lot more viable.

Edit #3: Reworked the description, cut 2 TR's Great Balls, 2 Poffin's, 1 Counter Catcher, 1 Energy Switch, Murkrow, 1 Grass Energy, and 2 Iono. They've been replaced with 2 Nest Balls, a 4th Ultra Ball, 2 more Giovanni's, Wobbuffet, Sneasel, 3rd Proton, and a 4th Ariana. These changes were nessecary in making this list a lot better.

Edit #4: Reworked a bit of the CTC section along with adding in 2 Iono, 2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin's, and 2 TR's Great Balls. Due to these additions, 1 TR's Archer, 1 TR's Mewtwo ex, 1 TR's Giovanni, and 1 Counter Catcher has been cut. These changes have been made to make this list a bit more better.