ho-oh ex, looking for some new techs to run

[FSULugia]

pokemon - 10
3x ho oh ex
2x mewtwo ex
1x terrakion (normal)
1x sligilyph
1x tornadous ex
2x Bouffalant (thinking about taking 1 of these out or maybe both)

energy - 16
3x fighting
2x psychic
4x dce
1x water
2x lightning
1x dark
1x steel
1x grass
1x fire

trainers - 24
3x switch
4x random receiver
1x sky arrow bridge
4x pokemon catcher
4x ultra ball
1x computer search
1x evitole
4x energy switch
2x plus power

supporters - 10
4x juniper
2x n
3x bianca
1x skyla

rationale for deck choices

1) i like my monster line up to be unique. im looking to cut a bouffalnt for a Virizion since i think the draw 2 effect could help speed up the deck. i like to run something thats outside the meta, i was thinking landorous ex but id feel like he wouldnt be that useful in there.

2) i dont like n that much. hes a necessity to keep my opponents hand under control and to get new hands but it doesnt have much synergy with the deck

3) its already a pain to not bring back ho oh via coin flips, i really dont like super scoop up for this reason. its got an amazing effect but i cant stand depending on a coin flip to make that happen.

4) similar to my pokemon i like a unique trainer line up. i tech a skyla to dig out answers i need. evotile is kinda just there, id like a more offensive card if i could find one. the pluspowers are good but kind of sucky at the same time since theres times there amazing and times where they are useless. id like to run more pokemon to make sky arrow more useful, since i feel like its just kinda there as well.

5) the 2nd lightning energy is random really.

 

[raxl]

Recommendations:

* In terms of attackers, one Landorus isn't bad if there are eels in your area, Virizion is the sort of thing I try a lot but never tests well for me, Shaymin EX is an option. If you run enough grass energy, starting it is merely bad and not atrocious! You could try Zekrom or Zapdos if your meta is Tornadus-heavy; I don't like them personally, but I know someone did well with one Zapdos.

* 10 supporters is not enough; I think you're wrong about N but if you feel strongly, add more bianca/cheren/skyla.

* Maybe subbing an energy search or two in for an energy switch would be a good play?

* I like tool scrapper and not plus power in here personally although both have upsides (pp helps with mewtwo in particular) and downsiades (sometimes because of eviolite you need 20, not 10).

* if you keep tornadus and bouffles you might prefer Aspertia City Gym to the Skyarrow.

* I'd run 4 fighting 2 psychic 1 lightning or even 3 fighting 3 psychic 1 lightning before the energy line you have now.

* Multiple Terrakions are strong in this deck if you expect to see a lot of Darkrai.

 

[FSULugia]

Recommendations:

* In terms of attackers, one Landorus isn't bad if there are eels in your area, Virizion is the sort of thing I try a lot but never tests well for me, Shaymin EX is an option. If you run enough grass energy, starting it is merely bad and not atrocious! You could try Zekrom or Zapdos if your meta is Tornadus-heavy; I don't like them personally, but I know someone did well with one Zapdos.

* 10 supporters is not enough; I think you're wrong about N but if you feel strongly, add more bianca/cheren/skyla.

* Maybe subbing an energy search or two in for an energy switch would be a good play?

* I like tool scrapper and not plus power in here personally although both have upsides (pp helps with mewtwo in particular) and downsiades (sometimes because of eviolite you need 20, not 10).

* if you keep tornadus and bouffles you might prefer Aspertia City Gym to the Skyarrow.

* I'd run 4 fighting 2 psychic 1 lightning or even 3 fighting 3 psychic 1 lightning before the energy line you have now.

* Multiple Terrakions are strong in this deck if you expect to see a lot of Darkrai.

Which zapdos and zekrom are you referring to?

I run 4 random receivers and computer search, and usually the only supporter I ever need is Juniper. N is good in decks where hand control is more consistent, it doesnt fit in a deck where my goal is to consistently dump my hand. I dont like Cheren in this deck since drawing only 3 random cards doesnt build up too much momentum. I may consider another Bianca but not sure what to take out for it.

 

[raxl]

Which zapdos and zekrom are you referring to?

Zapdos NXD, Zekrom BLW.

I run 4 random receivers and computer search, and usually the only supporter I ever need is Juniper. N is good in decks where hand control is more consistent, it doesnt fit in a deck where my goal is to consistently dump my hand. I dont like Cheren in this deck since drawing only 3 random cards doesnt build up too much momentum. I may consider another Bianca but not sure what to take out for it.

You know, I looked at the list, said "Wow, that's too few supporters unless there's a bunch of random receiver," looked on the list for random receiver, and didn't see it. My bad. :/ Personally I prefer a non-RR build with Skyla, but if you've been having RR work for you, your counts are reasonable. You could even drop one in a pinch, although I'd try not to.

 

[Champ Buster]

Aspertia city is a good call to help beef up the tornadus and bouffalant in this deck. And that's a little more energy than I would run, your not really attacking with ho-oh so much as using him for energy acceleration. Try to mirror the energy of your attackers. But its not a bad deck overall.