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BW-on Help my Reshiram/Emboar strategy

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Thanks Tuxedo for the reply ;) and you guys too, this thread have been helping me building a really powefull Reshiboar deck,
so i think i do need more draw supporters and im feeling that Cheren isn`t working right for this deck, the original idea of cheren was the energy and card drawing, N and Juniper will work a better. So im dropping my Cherens for Ns and Junipers.
I will drop 1 Reshiram for a Switch that will help me with the weakness of this deck (Roar-like abilities)
For water decks i already have Mewtwo Ex.

Update 2.0:

4-1-3 Emboar (Inferno Fandango)
3 Reshiram
1 Reshiram EX
3 Mewtwo EX
1 Boufallant

4 Cilan
3 N
2 Juniper
3 Skyla

4 Pokemon Communication
3 Rare Candy
3 Energy Retrieval
3 Eviolite
3 Switch

12 Fire Energies
4 DCE

Im just not sure about 1 Reshiram Ex and 3 Reshirams, don`t know if 2 Reshiram Ex 2 Reshiram wouldnt be better...
 
I personally did not like the Reshiram EX in my deck. I'd suggest either another Bouffalant (Bouffer) or the 4th Reshiram as a replacement. Better yet, just replace it with another card draw supporter, N or Professsor Juniper.

I also believe you need the 4th energy Retrieval more than the 4th Cilan. You should be able to draw into R energy through your normal card draw Supporters. I'd even suggest dropping a 2nd Cilan for another card draw Supporter, N or Professsor Juniper.

And perhaps replace a DCE (or even 2) with card draw support, such as Colress form Plasma Storm.

Lastly, you are yielding an huge advantage to your opponent since you do not have Pokémon Catcher in your deck. 1 or 2 are better than none.

(Really lastly... lol)By the way, did you know that 2 Emboar decks made the T32 at the recent FL Regionals? One player even made it to the T16. The main attacker in the deck was Reshiram, but Rayquaza EX though. Just something else to think about too.
 
Draw supporters seems like the way to go so im dropping one cilan for a Juniper,
I will drop 2 Fire Energies for 2 Pokemon Catchers,
Probably will replace all my Ns for Colress, in my deck almost all my pokemons are basic so is a great advantage to play with Colress (thanks for the tip ;) )
I still need the DCE cause i know that even with all the energies in my hand it just doesnt seem enough, that why i need 1 more energy retrieval too.
So for the energy retrieval ill drop 1 eviolite, i can catch them with skyla if really needed

My deck now...

4-1-3 Emboar (Inferno Fandango)
3 Reshiram
1 Reshiram EX
3 Mewtwo EX
1 Boufallant

3 Cilan
3 Colress
3 Juniper
3 Skyla

4 Pokemon Communication
3 Rare Candy
4 Energy Retrieval
2 Eviolite
3 Switch
2 Pokemon Catcher

10 Fire Energies
4 DCE

I will think about Rayquaza but i dont think its a good idea to just replace the main attacker in a deck that was all made thinking about Reshiram, i fear that if i replace it the deck will become unbalanced
 
Demolithor said:
I will think about Rayquaza but i dont think its a good idea to just replace the main attacker in a deck that was all made thinking about Reshiram, i fear that if i replace it the deck will become unbalanced
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My comment was to actually aimed to provide encouragement about an Emboar-based deck (amidst this water Pokémon heavy format) , not to suggest changing your main attacker.
 
I got it i just didnt find necessary to change the pokemons so far, im apreccianting a lot you encouragement ;)
What i can say about this deck for now is that he`s very balanced and it plays very well, the energy comes fast the only evolution that i need also comes fast, the only big trouble is water decks, that`s why we are fixing it with Mewtwo Ex and possibilities like Rayquza Ex. Pokemon Catchers and abilities that exchange your attacking pokemon can be a problem, for that we have Skyla+Switch (Skyla is not there just for THIS reason, of course).
For now i have only played with friends (their decks are not weak believe me) but i cant tell you anything with sure right now.
What im trying to say is that i have not fought with an counter deck yet.
But in a "fair fight" hes doing very good. I would recommend this deck for someone.
 
Also keep in mind that there has not been, nor will there ever be a "perfect" deck; i.e., a deck that beats every other deck in the current format consistently. Every deck will have a counter. If your deck competes well against most of the the top tier decks, then you have a good chance of doing well in tournaments.

Just playtest, playtest, playtest against a variety of decks, make any necessary deck changes, and playtest more till you are satisfied with the deck. Lastly, having a good deck to play is just 25% (IMHO) of winning tournaments! So, build the best deck you can and one that you really enjoy playing!!
 
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