This Gigantic Robot Kills (PFL Iron Thorns)

Paisley Park, After Dark Paisley Park, After Dark Standard 627 views Dec 08, 2025
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Standard Format: Illegal

This deck is not legal in Standard format:

  • Arven (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Earthen Vessel (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Iono (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Nest Ball (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Technical Machine: Turbo Energize (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Town Store (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
Deck Primer

I've been feeling pretty burned out on the Phantasmal Flames meta. So how about we stop the meta from working entirely?

Iron Thorns hasn't directly gotten too many new options in PFL, with the main new option being Blowtorch which can remove pesky Bravery Charms from mons like Mega Kangaskhan ex to bring them into 2HKO range. The meta has however shaken up to be a lot more ability focused, which a lot of decks relying on Kangaskhan for draw support and Latias ex to get it out of the active, which

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I've been feeling pretty burned out on the Phantasmal Flames meta. So how about we stop the meta from working entirely?

Iron Thorns hasn't directly gotten too many new options in PFL, with the main new option being Blowtorch which can remove pesky Bravery Charms from mons like Mega Kangaskhan ex to bring them into 2HKO range. The meta has however shaken up to be a lot more ability focused, which a lot of decks relying on Kangaskhan for draw support and Latias ex to get it out of the active, which are both completely turned off by Thorns. If you're not a big fan of Gardevoir ex, Gholdengo ex, and to a lesser extent Charizard ex and Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex this deck does great into them.

The Munkidori stall matchup is pretty rough, and I'm not exactly sure how to get around that. You win some, you lose some I guess.

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (4)
4 Iron Thorns ex sv6-77
$0.68 Lightning 230
Trainer (46)
2 Acerola's Mischief me1-113
$0.11
4 Arven sv1-166
$0.31
3 Blowtorch me2-86
$0.08
4 Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) sv2-172
$0.39
2 Crispin sv7-133
$0.24
4 Crushing Hammer sv1-168
$0.19
2 Earthen Vessel sv4-163
$0.22
3 Future Booster Energy Capsule sv4-164
$0.06
4 Iono sv2-185
$0.25
Trainer (46)
3 Nest Ball sv1-181
$0.22
1 Night Stretcher sv6pt5-61
$0.30
4 Pokégear 3.0 sv1-186
$0.36
4 Pokémon Catcher sv1-187
$0.26
1 Team Rocket's Watchtower sv10-180
$0.26
2 Technical Machine: Turbo Energize sv4-179
$0.23
2 Town Store sv3-196
$0.27
1 Unfair Stamp sv6-165
$15.24
Energy (10)
6 Fire Energy sm1-165
Fire
4 Lightning Energy sm1-167
Lightning

Card Types

Trainer 46
Energy 10
Pokémon 4

Energy Types

Lightning 4

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definitely building this to troll meta players!

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