The Penultimate Cheese (Gholdengo ex)

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Gholdengo ex deck for in person tournaments, better there than laddering, as consitency is high but usage rates online for decks this is teched against are lower than at tournaments. (I have literally never wound up playing this against lost zone online for some reason)

notable tech cards per matchup:

1. Cheryl, Turo's Scenario, and pal pad: are for lost box (cheryl and turo allow you to remove damage from your gholdengos, scyther and bibarel so they cannot TM devolution effectively) **note lost box

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Gholdengo ex deck for in person tournaments, better there than laddering, as consitency is high but usage rates online for decks this is teched against are lower than at tournaments. (I have literally never wound up playing this against lost zone online for some reason)

notable tech cards per matchup:

1. Cheryl, Turo's Scenario, and pal pad: are for lost box (cheryl and turo allow you to remove damage from your gholdengos, scyther and bibarel so they cannot TM devolution effectively) **note lost box is just the most common variant that runs tm devo, but these cards also help with rapid strike box and late game against mew.

2. 1 basic grass energy, allows revenge ko into roaring moon with basic free retreat scyther. also allows for light pings to knock out damaged pokemon like chilling reign gardevoir and scream tail

3. 2 basic water energy, allows for usage of aqua return and moonlight shuriken against snorlax stall. (it is still optimal in the snorlax matchup to lost zone your greninja with the lost vacuum)

4. lost vacuum: allows you to lost zone your greninja against snorlax stall. all other pokemon can attack effectively into stall.

Notes:

The only remaining "bad" matchup that I could not tech for is entei iron valiant, if you have any suggestions please comment them.

the only notable change to be made would be to replace the cheryl with another vacuum if you never use her

 

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (14)
4 Gholdengo ex sv4-139
$1.27 Metal 260
1 Lumineon V swsh9-40
$0.86 Water 170
1 Scizor sv3-141
$0.23 Metal 140
1 Radiant Greninja swsh10-46
$2.97 Water 130
1 Bibarel swsh9-121
$0.39 Colorless 120
3 Gimmighoul sv4-88
$0.18 Psychic 70
1 Scyther sv3pt5-123
$0.20 Grass 70
1 Bidoof swsh12pt5-111
$0.20 Colorless 60
1 Gimmighoul sv4-87
$0.18 Psychic 50
Trainer (35)
2 Arven sv1-166
$0.29
3 Battle VIP Pass swsh8-225
$0.26
2 Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) sv2-172
$0.40
Trainer (35)
1 Cheryl swsh5-123
$0.21
3 Earthen Vessel sv4-163
$0.21
1 Escape Rope swsh5-125
$0.23
1 Fog Crystal swsh6-140
$0.21
1 Forest Seal Stone swsh12-156
$0.38
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball swsh10-146
$0.28
1 Iono sv2-185
$0.26
1 Klara swsh6-145
$0.24
1 Lost Vacuum swsh12pt5-135
$0.09
2 Nest Ball sv1-181
$0.22
1 Pal Pad sv1-182
$0.26
2 PokéStop pgo-68
$0.21
Trainer (35)
1 Super Rod sv2-188
$0.31
4 Superior Energy Retrieval sv2-189
$0.29
1 Switch sv1-194
$0.19
1 Technical Machine: Evolution sv4-178
$0.23
4 Ultra Ball sv1-196
$0.22
1 Worker swsh12-167
$0.03
Energy (11)
1 Basic Grass Energy sve-1
$0.15 Grass
7 Basic Metal Energy sve-8
$0.14 Metal
1 Basic Psychic Energy sve-5
$0.20 Psychic
2 Basic Water Energy sve-3
$0.12 Water

Card Types

Trainer 35
Pokémon 14
Energy 11

Energy Types

Metal 5
Psychic 4
Colorless 2
Water 2
Grass 1

Energy Curve

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1 Energy 10 attacks
10
58.8% of attacks
2 Energy 3 attacks
3
17.6% of attacks
3 Energy 4 attacks
4
23.5% of attacks

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Comments

unitEMM04 avatar
unitEMM04

deck author here:

if you are having trouble with sablezard, replace the standard energy retrieval with a counter catcher

SirNathanio999 avatar
SirNathanio999

Do you think that Pidgeot V may be better than Lumineon as it can be shuffled back into your deck at any time, and this deck only plays 8 supporters? 

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