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Blastoise/Delcatty Deck

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I've used this in my league and it went 3-1 and won, but I was wondering if it needed anything else in it to make it achieve a higher standard.

Pokemon:
3 x Blastoise (Platinum)
2 x Wortortle (Platinum)
3 x Squirtle (Platinum)
2 x Delcatty (Platinum)
2 x Skitty (Platinum)
3 x Kingdra Prime
2 x Seadra (Undaunted)
3 x Horsea (Undaunted)
2 x Blissey (Platinum)
2 x Chansey (HS Base)
2 x Uxie (Legends Awakened)

Stadiums, Trainers and Supporters:
1 x Luxury Ball
2 x Expert Belt
4 x Pokemon Communication
4 x Rare Candy
2 x Palmer's Contribution
2 x Judge
2 x Pokemon Collector
2 x Engineer's Adjustments (I'm unsure about this card)
3 x Bebe's Search

Energy:
10 x Water Energy
2 x Double Colourless Energy

The deck uses Blastoise's Dig Well in conjunction with Delcatty's Power Circulation very well, Blastoise's Double Launcher helps in that respect too, if I have no energy in the discard pile.

Delcatty can become a tank when Blissey is out because it can heal 40 damage a turn whilst dealing a lot to the opposing defending Pokemon, and even more with Expert Belt (this goes for Blastoise, Kingra and Feraligatr too).

Kingra Prime is in the deck for both it's Spray Splash Poke-Power, which helps Blastoise's Double Launcher hit harder onto the bench, as well as it's single energy attack Dragon Steam which hits for 20 to 60 damage, or 40 to 80 if it has an Expert Belt on.

Feraligatr Prime's Rain Dance is the weakest Poke-Power in the deck, but it can still be very useful if I need to put lots of energy on a turn, for example for a quick Double Launcher, or to let it use it's own attack which can hit for a lot with or without Expert Belt. It also has the most HP in the Deck, so it can be set up as a wall if need be.

Blissey is the Healer of the deck, helping with it's Nurse Call Poke-Power which can be used with Delcatty's Power Circulation to bring the Energy you just discarded straight on top of the deck and if you have Blastoise out too you could attach it as well. Return is a useful move for card draw too, and Double-edge is a last resort move that will more than likely not see any play at all.

Uxie is in the deck for card draw, but it can be quite sneaky if it gets an Expert Belt on it to deal 40 damage and then run away to the bottom of the deck with both the Pokemon Tool and the Energy.

Although this deck has Blissey, I thought it might be best to have the chance of healing Special Conditions too. This is why Dawn Statium is in the deck, though I am unsure if the card is worth it. Luxury Ball is useful for Pokemon searching, as is Pokemon Communication, Pokemon Collector and Bebe's Search. Expert Belt is for dealing extra damage, which is always useful. Rare Candy is useful for Leveling up any of my major Pokemon right away, even Feraligatr if I have a spare place on the bench and all I have in hand is Energy and an Uxie. Palmer's Contribution is to put Pokemon back into my deck, though sometimes I use it for Energy too. Judge can be used to get a new hand if you have a bad one or disrupt the opponent which can be useful if they are on thier last Cyrus's Conspiracy, or other major Supporters, Trainers or Pokemon. Engineer's Adjustments is for card draw if I need it, but I am unsure that I do because I have a lot of card draw anyway, however it has let me draw into particularly good cards on occasion.

The way I calculate my Energy is to add up all the non-colorless symbols on each of my Pokemon's moves. Blastoise's total was 2, but I have 2 of it in my deck which makes 4. Rinse and repeat for the other Pokemon which makes 14, (Feraligatr Prime: 8, Kingra Prime: 2, Blastoise: 4)

Could any of you suggest cards that I should change to make this deck better? If you could please state which cards you believe should be taken out and which should be used instead of them clearly, I would be most grateful.

Thanks!
 
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I HIGHLY suggest dropping the Gatr prime line. He is only going to clog up your deck. I really like the kindra prime idea, I kind of with I hadn't traded it now =\.
Just solidify your other pokemon lines and you should be fine, Your trainer line looks good, but if your drop Gatr than you should drop Dawn stadium and 1 energy for 2 Broken Time space
 
In place of the Gatr line add a 1-1-1 Blastoise (making it 3-2-3) as that should be your main attacker. As for the other 2 cards make them Double Colorless energies to speed up Blastoise.
 
In place of the Gatr line add a 1-1-1 Blastoise (making it 3-2-3) as that should be your main attacker. As for the other 2 cards make them Double Colorless energies to speed up Blastoise.

And to speed up Blissey's Second attack, which may get some use if I have Double Colourless in there.

Thanks guys! Keep these suggestions coming!
 
Sorry for double posting guys, just keeping you up to date with my deck etc. I've changed it a bit:

+ 1-1-1 Platinum Blastoise
+ 1-1-1 Kingdra Prime
+ 2 Double Colourless Energy
+ 1 Palmer's Contribution
+ 1 Pokemon Communication
- 2-1-2 Feraligatr Prime
- 1 Dawn Stadium
- 4 Water Energy

I felt it vital to change Feraligatr Prime, and as did you guys, so I switched it and Dawn Stadium out for 1-1-1 Blastoise and Kingdra lines, which worked well in my local league, after going 3 wins and having 1 loss, one win was against a variant of Dialga/Garchomp with Blaziken FBs.

I found I had a lot of energy to work with, so I thought of taking out some of them for a little bit more of a change, so I'm going to put in 2 Double Colourless Energies a Palmer's Contribution, because I find with Blastoise's Dig well, 1 just doesn't cut it any more, and a Pokemon Communication so I can get Uxie back, or any other Pokemon I need.

Though I've not tested it with the Double Colourless Energys, Palmer's Contribution or the extra Pokemon Communication yet.

So, what are you're thoughts guys, anything you reckon could be changed to make the deck even better?
 
Hmmm...good list. However, you don't seem to have enough energy to safely use dig well. I recommend Dialga (the one with reverse time, from pl). Dunno how to put it in, but it is very useful. Sorry for lack of input. GL.
 
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