Please.
Pokemon has always been full of "high risk, high reward" decks that either do well, or fizzle.
There was the Machamp that had all the cards roll right for it, and went 7-0 in the Grinder one year at Worlds, only to fizzle at the main event.
Donk decks are set up to either do what they do, or go down in flames because it does not work.
The lists I have seen on the gym are subpar.
I give credit to the "master" for killing his list. Rob was making people in Chicago miserable. Good people, great players, all had to counter his deck to have a chance, or a better chance.
Even Rob didn't go perfect, but got so disgusted with his own deck that he quit playing it and refused to give out the list.
I hate the donking decks. I hated LBS and Mewtric in the day, but they were played, why? Because they were the best.
Don't tell me that Mewtric wasn't little more than an extended donking deck. LBS was an apocolypse deck. SP is a toolbox deck. All have their place, even this nasty Quaddonk.
What card would cripple it that you would have to get rid of? Uxie? Crobat? Turn?
In every format there are cards we will HATE. For a while, there was a group (of at least 1) that HATED Pidgeot (FRLG).
There was plenty of hate for Gatrs (Team Gatr Hatr)
In every one of these situations, the deck was surpassed by something else.
We don't hear about Uxidonk winning multiple cities and being dominant. We hear people whining about it the same way they whine about Chop candy machamp, GG, or Garchomp DCE gain GG.
There have ALWAYS Been donking decks in this game. Erika's J'puff, DCE...
The problem is when the donk combo did not go off, the deck LOST.
Did it snatch a few games, sure.
Would Rob's deck have wrecked even more face had it continued? Sure.
Will Quadonk be seen again. ABSOLUTELY.
More good players are now playing the game with better decks. The days of the "Gods" number being small and the "Clods" number bing large are over. At every event, the best players are being picked off by other players.
Man I sure can ramble.
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---------- Post added 01/10/2011 at 05:05 PM ----------
Austino, sure you can play collector going first, with Sableye, problem is, NONE of your cards will ever see the light of day against Quaddonk.
Everyone minimized their use of call energy, and this little donk deck came in to fill the void.
That one card is an easy reaction to the donk deck. 2 pokemon easy, 3 pokemon, everything has to go right.
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