The Darkness Controls

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Deck Primer

Two Mega Darkrai and one Mega Absol are the big hitters; with hand disruption on the latter.

Pecharunt ex and Latias ex provide switching

Pecharunt and Yveltal provide some control

Toxel for turn-one draw and two Mega Kangeskhan provide draw, and tanking.

Volcanion ex burns the opponents active which can then be KO'd by Mega Darkrai.

If using the single prizers you can burn through the energy so there in an energy recycler, rarely needed if the Megas are working. 

Ace Spec can be one of: Secret

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Two Mega Darkrai and one Mega Absol are the big hitters; with hand disruption on the latter.

Pecharunt ex and Latias ex provide switching

Pecharunt and Yveltal provide some control

Toxel for turn-one draw and two Mega Kangeskhan provide draw, and tanking.

Volcanion ex burns the opponents active which can then be KO'd by Mega Darkrai.

If using the single prizers you can burn through the energy so there in an energy recycler, rarely needed if the Megas are working. 

Ace Spec can be one of: Secret Box, Hero's Cape, Prime Catcher or Dangerous Lazer. I'm leaning towards Hero's Cape as my preference but playing with Secret Box at the moment. 

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (15)
2 Mega Kangaskhan ex mep-25
$1.06 Colorless 300
1 Mega Absol ex me1-86
$0.83 Darkness 280
2 Mega Darkrai ex me5-48
$0.75 Darkness 280
1 Volcanion ex sv9-31
$0.77 Fire 220
1 Fezandipiti ex me2pt5-142
$3.66 Darkness 210
1 Latias ex sv8-76
$6.38 Psychic 210
2 Pecharunt ex sv6pt5-39
$6.01 Darkness 190
1 Meowth ex me3-62
$2.17 Colorless 170
1 Yveltal me1-88
$0.22 Darkness 110
2 Pecharunt svp-149
$0.62 Darkness 80
1 Toxel me2-67
$0.18 Darkness 70
Trainer (37)
3 Boss's Orders me1-114
$0.27
2 Cyrano sv8-170
$0.24
4 Dark Bell me5-75
$0.16
1 Energy Recycler sv10-164
$0.21
4 Energy Switch me1-115
$0.24
2 Enhanced Hammer sv6-148
$0.14
4 Janine's Secret Art sv8pt5-112
$0.25
3 Lillie's Determination me1-119
$0.39
2 Mega Signal me1-121
$0.18
2 Night Stretcher me2pt5-196
$0.23
Trainer (37)
2 Poké Pad me2pt5-198
$0.32
2 Risky Ruins me1-127
$0.23
1 Secret Box sv6-163
$5.50
1 Special Red Card me4-82
$0.14
1 Team Rocket's Petrel me2pt5-207
$0.29
3 Ultra Ball me1-131
$0.22
Energy (8)
8 Basic Darkness Energy sve-15
$0.19 Darkness

Card Types

Trainer 37
Pokémon 15
Energy 8

Energy Types

Darkness 18
Colorless 3
Fire 1
Psychic 1

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 2 attacks
2
10.0% of attacks
2 Energy 8 attacks
8
40.0% of attacks
3 Energy 10 attacks
10
50.0% of attacks

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