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Here's a deck I thought up the other day. It focuses around a card that during its prime was overshadowed by a couple big Psychic cards and sort of limited its abilities. I thought with the new format switch, maybe it could function quite nicely not that Banny's gone and Flygon seems to be on the decline with attention shifted to Gatr, Empoleon, etc. Anywho...

Hot Women In Dresses
Modified Format

Pokemon: 20
4 Ralts d
2 Kirlia d
4 Gardevoir ex d
2 Swablu d
2 Altaria ex d
2 Smoochum d
2 Jynx d
1 Feebas d
1 Milotic d

Energy: 16
12 Fire
4 Holon's Castform

Trainers: 24
4 Holon Mentor
4 Rare Candy
4 Professor Elm's Training Method
3 Steven's Advice
3 TV Reporter
2 Windstorm
2 Team Galactic's Wager
1 Space-Time Distortion
1 Night Maintenance

Strategy: Well basically if all goes right, you have complete board control. Altaria ex allows you to pump up your Gardevoirs much faster. Then as you attack with Gardevoir you can move the boosted energy back to your bench, therefore always keeping a good control on your energy. This also comes in handy when you look at the next part of the strategy. So, let's say you need to hit two Pokemon with Imprison on one turn, what do you do? Well getting the evolved Jynx d in play really makes this deck that much better. With both Jynx in play, I give the majority of this deck free retreat for the game. This isn't that hard to do by spamming multiple Holon Mentor (especially if you are using Sharing with Milotic, but that's another facet I'll get to in a sec). So after attacking with Flame Ball on your previous turn, you move an energy to another Gardevoir, you then Imprison with the active Gardevoir, retreat for free, for the other Gardevoir, attach/Extra Boost, and Imprison with the new Gardevoir before attacking. The deck works so well together and really functions quite nicely. Especially as you are disabling your opponent and being able to peek at their hand. You can really seal the deal with a properly timed and successful Team Galactic's Wager.

Thoughts/comments? I appreciate any feedback, even if you just say "Hey, cool deck." But I am looking for constructive thoughts. Thanks again in advance,

~Jim
 
That's so GOOD that I might play it myself... LOL
Who is your starter? Castform? Smoochum δ?
(But the name is not so good... Hot Women in Dresses?! You're crazy...)
 
Having a Gardevoir d to abuse its power and have an extra attacking type can't hurt you, you should definately play 1 over 1 Jynx. Very nice deck and very very consistent.
 
Doesn't this lose to Mario and Flygon ex?
Castform is too risky, and the x2 psychic weakness will hurt.Maybe blastoise d instead of milotic?
 
lol ... I was thinking the same sort of thing about Gardivour the other day. Ban being rotated alone gives this deck a bit more life. Nice list.
 
Swellow DF will give your Gardies free retreat, and Pelliper CG will give an effect similar to the switch trainer, which would work on a paralyzed or asleep pokemon. You could run a 1-1 of either of these if you feel like you need some extra space. But then again Jynx is pretty cool because you can set one up with a single Holon Mentor. Also, Gardy's attack with Altaria's power and castform's rainbow energy make a very powerful tech engine. If you're worried about Gardy's psychic weakness, why not run a 1-0-1 Flygon EX of your own, or a 1-0-1 Shiftry EX or 1-1 Mightyena EX for their psychic resistance?
 
Great idea, i wanan c thise played big time. :D i think Profes Cozmo would work well in here isntead of the T.V's to save you from discarding.
 
Nice deck but just 1 Prob the cussed stone destroy your canses to win and 1 comment If you put flygon δ it would be better I think.
 
Looks cool. I would also tech in a Gardevoir from PK for extra energy attachment if needed and as another attacker. It also works for taking down Mario.
 
I played this build a while ago, with Gardy d from DS. It's good but so very slow. I think Empoleon would be a bad matchup for you.
 
I would add in the tech 1-0-1 Flygon line, 1 Gardy PK, and, out of curiosity, where are the Delta Rainbows?

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Isaac_Ultra said:
Nice deck but just 1 Prob the cussed stone destroy your canses to win and 1 comment If you put flygon δ it would be better I think.
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Cursed Stone is not in the American Format. So, I'm pretty sure he has nothing to worry about there.
 
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Wow, so many replies.

Blassari: Thanks. The starter really depends on the matchup. Obviously, unless you have to, you don't want to start with Castform vs something like Mario. Starting with Smoochum isn't bad because you can Mentor on your next turn and get Jynx and Castform, then retreat for free. Sorta like MetaNite was able to do with Beldums. Oh, and as far as the title: I dunno about you all, but I happen to love hot women in dresses. And since Gardevoir is a female, and wearing a dress thing, and is fire type, I thought the title was clever...

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Okay, nevermind, lol

Pablo: Thanks. But as Shadow Zangoose pointed it, Gardevoir d was rotated. And the PK Gardevoir has no purpose in this deck, so it's all the Fire Princess in this deck.

Kenta: Yeah, I know Flygon ex d is a problem, it one shots me. It's not too terribly bad to have one poor matchup. I'm not so sure Mario is absolutely an autoloss. I'm not foolish enough to start off with a Castform in those games. Blastoise d is a good suggestion, I will consider it.

Adoptres: I'm not such a huge fan of that card. I know it hits any evolved for 100, but I just never really cared for the card. I'll consider it though, especially if I need huge Psychic backup.

Josh: Thanks. If you have any thoughts, I'd like to hear about them maybe at League.

Confused Pokedad: I just prefer the card versus other drawing cards. Seems better than Fieldworker or Cozmo.

Shadow Zangoose: Thanks for the observation/reply to Pablo.

Let Fire Fall: Xatu is an interesting possibility, I'll consider it for testing.

Jayson: Your suggestions are great. I totally forgot about Swellow and Pelipper! But as you also pointed out, I do like getting the Jynx set up via Mentor and can be done the same turn. I will definitely test Swellow. In all honesty, I'm not that scared of Flygon ex d. It's a matter of numbers. If I attack a Flygon for 80 and they KO me, I will have moved at least 1 (possibly 2, if it was a Castform) energy back to another Gardevoir and finish off Flygon. Also, Flygon really relies on Flygon d, and it will be shut down the first turn it's played. I've also added some tecHs to help out the deck as a whole.

BlackBrock: Thanks. Again, I prefer TV Reporter to Cozmo.

Ultra_Issac: I do play Windstorm to counter Cessation Crystal somewhat. I'm also hitting for 80, so typically Pokemon that have Cessation attached, won't last too long. I disagree, I've tested this deck in the past with Flygon d, it does take longer to get set up.

Kazam: Power Keepers Gardevoir only grabs Psychic from the deck, and since I run 0, it would not help out much. But thanks.

Tom: I am interested more in your testing in the past. What aspect of Empoleon crushes me? I know it's an excellent card, but are there certain disadvantages that I absolutely cannot overcome?

Charizardian: lol, nope, I actually prefer multiples of females = women. Also, I need more than one Gardevoir to function in the deck. Banette is another interesting tecH.

ShinyMarshstomp: I'm not sure how that helps my situation since I already have energy acceleration with Altaria ex d. Unless you are talking about using it as a backup attacker. That I could consider.

Clement30: Well, Delta Rainbow is not in the deck because Altaria cannot Extra Boost them. I'm not using Gardevoir because it only grabs Psychic energy.

Here's the updated list, including tecHs:

Hot Women In Dresses
Modified Format

Pokemon: 20
4 Ralts d
2 Kirlia d
4 Gardevoir ex d
2 Swablu d
2 Altaria ex d
2 Smoochum d
2 Jynx d
1 Rayquaza ex d
1 Mew* d

Energy: 16
12 Fire
4 Holon's Castform

Trainers: 24
4 Holon Mentor
4 Rare Candy
4 Bebe's Search
3 Steven's Advice
3 TV Reporter
2 Windstorm
2 Team Galactic's Wager
1 Space-Time Distortion
1 Night Maintenance

I just dropped Milotic d for two tecHs. Rayquaza ex d is cool after losing a Gardevoir to a OHKO to something like Flygon, I can then counterattack. And Mew*d is just simply too good not to use.

Thanks again for the comments,

~Jim
 
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