Team Rocket - Swarm-n-Sting

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Ideal Opening: Use Team Rocket's Proton (playable on Turn 1 even if going first) to bench 3 Basic TR Pokémon (Tarountula, Wobbuffet, Mewtwo ex).

​Core Loop: Use Transceiver to find Ariana to draw 8 cards (if full TR board). Use Spidops to recycle discarded Basic Grass Energy to the bench.

​Damage Thresholds: Mewtwo ex hits 280 normally. With Maximum Belt, it hits 330, reaching the crucial OHKO number for Charizard ex and other 330 HP titans.

​Winning: Pivot through Wobbuffet or Mimikyu to stall

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Ideal Opening: Use Team Rocket's Proton (playable on Turn 1 even if going first) to bench 3 Basic TR Pokémon (Tarountula, Wobbuffet, Mewtwo ex).

​Core Loop: Use Transceiver to find Ariana to draw 8 cards (if full TR board). Use Spidops to recycle discarded Basic Grass Energy to the bench.

​Damage Thresholds: Mewtwo ex hits 280 normally. With Maximum Belt, it hits 330, reaching the crucial OHKO number for Charizard ex and other 330 HP titans.

​Winning: Pivot through Wobbuffet or Mimikyu to stall while building a second Mewtwo. Use Giovanni to drag up benched liabilities for game.

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (17)
3 Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex sv10-81
$2.04 Psychic 280
4 Team Rocket's Spidops sv10-20
$0.25 Grass 130
1 Team Rocket's Articuno sv10-51
$0.29 Water 120
2 Team Rocket's Wobbuffet sv10-82
$0.19 Psychic 110
1 Team Rocket's Murkrow sv10-127
$0.18 Darkness 80
1 Team Rocket's Ekans sv10-112
$0.14 Darkness 70
1 Team Rocket's Mimikyu me2pt5-97
$0.17 Psychic 60
4 Team Rocket's Tarountula sv10-19
$0.21 Grass 50
Trainer (32)
2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin sv5-144
$0.28
4 Colress's Tenacity sv6pt5-57
$0.30
Trainer (32)
1 Maximum Belt sv8pt5-117
$0.59
2 Night Stretcher sv6pt5-61
$0.30
2 Team Rocket's Archer sv10-170
$0.19
4 Team Rocket's Ariana sv10-171
$0.17
3 Team Rocket's Factory sv10-173
$0.21
3 Team Rocket's Giovanni sv10-174
$0.20
4 Team Rocket's Proton sv10-177
$0.20
4 Team Rocket's Transceiver sv10-178
$0.24
3 Ultra Ball me2pt5-213
$0.17
Energy (11)
6 Basic Grass Energy sve-1
$0.17 Grass
1 Basic Psychic Energy sve-5
$0.20 Psychic
4 Team Rocket's Energy sv10-182
$0.31

Card Types

Trainer 32
Pokémon 17
Energy 11

Energy Types

Grass 8
Psychic 6
Darkness 2
Water 1

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 7 attacks
7
33.3% of attacks
2 Energy 8 attacks
8
38.1% of attacks
3 Energy 6 attacks
6
28.6% of attacks

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Comments

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Early Game:

Use Colress's Tenacity and Buddy-Buddy Poffin to flood the board with Rocket names. Do not bench Mewtwo ex unless you have the energy ready; it is a liability sitting there.

​Mid Game:

Attack with Spidops. If they take a KO, push Mimikyu (Free Retreat) to the active. This gives you a moment to see what you draw before committing your next attacker.

​Late Game:

This is when you use Team Rocket's Giovanni or Counter Catcher to drag up their support Pokemon and take the final prizes with Mewtwo ex.

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