Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Any recommendation on SP decks?

AzNightmare

AzNightmare

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What are some SP archtype decks out there?
I want to try building a SP deck so I can finally take advantage of all these new supporters that help SP Pokemon.
 
IF you want to join the bandwagon you can go Luxape. Luxray Level X and infernape 4 Level X.

if you want to try out some classical Sp you can go Galactic tool box, or toxitank as it's also called.

There's also Palkia lock, taking advantage of Palkia G Level X. There may be more, but that's all i can think of off the top of my head.
 
I'm just more interesting in the classical ones.
Or the ones that use basics or stage 1s.
Cause I don't have the money to load up on Lv.X's.

And I'm not going to any official tournament, so having the best deck is not mandatory.
I just want something fun.
 
SPs are only basics. but even the standard Toolbox is a tad on the expensive side. you'd still need claydols, which are like 30 bucks a piece, weavile G, honchkrow G, four copies of Cyrus's Conspiracy, Energy gain, Poke Turn, Power Spray and SP Radar you'd also need at least a couple copies each of Bebe's Seach and Roseanne's Research. Bebe's are fairly common, but Roseanne's can be difficult to find.
 
Not really, you can get 2 copies of Roseanne's in the Milotic Starter from Supreme Victors. Due to the popularity of Luxape it seems Dialga G Deafen Lock isn't played that much anymore which is a good thing for players who run decks that rely on Poke-Bodies like Flygon for example.
 
The SP toolbox is an archtype that focuses on using many different SP Pokemon in order to be able to adjust your strategy based on your opponent. Like any toolbox, the contents differ based on player preferrence.

The main draw engine for this archtype is Cyrus' Conspiracy, since it allows you to draw whatever energy you need, a galactic invention to help in you particular situation (i.e. energy gain if you wish to attack immediately, SP radar if you need to find a particular Pokemon, Poketurn for Crobat or to pull a damaged Pokemon, or Power spray to shut down your oppponent) and a supporter, which often means drawing Cyrus' Conspiracy again so that you can repeat the next turn.

The Pokemon included in a toolbox can vary, however they most often are all SP Pokemon, since the SP get the most benefit from the trainers contained in this deck. Below is my SP toolbox deck list. It is still a work in progress, but has been very successful.

Pokemon: 17
1-1 Dialga G Lv.X
2 Toxicroak G
1 Skuntank G
1 Weavile G
2 Honchkrow G
1 Bronzong G
1 Crobat G
1 Froslass GL
1 Pachirisu GE
2 Unown G
1 Kecleon RR
1 Lucario GL
1 Azelf LA

Trainers: 33
4 Cyrus's Conspiracy
2 Bebe's Search
2 Roseanne's Research
1 Cynthia's Feelings
1 Aaron's Collection
4 Poke Turn
4 Energy Gain
4 Power Spray
2 SP Radar
2 Night Maintenance
1 Level Max
1 Switch
1 Warp Point
1 Luxury Ball
2 Snowpoint Temple
1 Galactic HQ

Energy: 10
4 Darkness Energy
4 Psychic Energy
2 Metal Energy

Strategy:
-Dialga G X to kill poke bodies and power spray to stop poke powers
-Toxicroak G/ Skuntank G poison combo against non SP
- Weavile G- great starter, calls up SP and team attack is not too bad with a bench full of SPs
- Honchcrow G/ Crobat G - Sniper team... also Honchcrow is a good starter
- Bronzong G - tech to move energy around, not normally for attacking
- Froslass GL - can call out and sleep benched opponents. Nothing like pulling up on opponent's tech pokemon and making them waste a switch, poke turn or the energy to retreat it!
- Pacharisu - good starter tech for call family and great against other tool decks
- Unown G - the guard power is absolutely necessary against some decks (i.e. Machamp)
- Lucario GL - he's in the toolbox to deal with Luxray GL and exploit weakness... his poke body makes all weakness x2 and he's assisted by,
- Kecleon (RR) - colorful body when combined with Lucario's Boundary Aura allows Kecleon to dish out mega damage, even though his attack is 'flippy'
- Azelf - there to pick out any prized key components
 
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I see palki-lock doing a lot. Toolbox I haven't seen as much of. Luxape. take you pick. There's lots to choose from. Or be original and Create your own custom SP deck that works for you.
 
IMO the best G variant right now is Legos(Palkia G lock/luxray/techs), but that's probably just me. ;)

I've never really liked tool box TBH. I've always found that it has a very hard time teching for everything. Furthermore, if you guess wrong with your techs you're going to be in for a really rough day. I much prefer to go with something like Legos, or Luxape that isn't so tech dependent.
 
why do people only pay attention to infernape and luxray? As playing sp pokemon there is other real good stuff out and discarding those energy cards off of infernape would rather go with glade x or some thing
 
Luxray is far better than Gallade. Heck, Luxray is probably the best card in the format. THAT'S why people look at it more than the other bad SPs.
 
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