Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Landorus EX. How would you run it?

Otaku said:
Nick revived the thread. With Ether being cut, but also the card being so hyped by well known players (Jay and Esa to name just two), our old answers no longer quite suffice.

Also as Shen brought it back up, while I favor Shaymin EX over Verizion (since the former can be useful as a closer in general), Virizion can OHKO a Squirtle, and if your opponent cannot get a Blastoise set up or doesn't already have a Keldeo EX with three+ Water Energy attached, its Water Resistance keeps it from being a OHKO. If Keldeo EX attacks and doesn't go for the OHKO, barring some bizarre combo like double Pokémon Catcher, Verizion gets to Leaf Wallop for 160. Since we are dealing with non-Pokémon-EX versus Pokémon-EX, this could work.

Keldeo EX has to be careful how much Energy it uses as well, since we are accelerating from the hand. Load up Keldeo EX to take down a Virizion with Eviolite in one shot, and that is five Water Energy... meaning a Mewtwo EX is X-Balling for at least 140 in one shot. Even without Weakness, loading too much Energy onto a single Keldeo EX is a big risk.
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Very true about the Mewtwo. I think Blastoise/Keldeo will play it's own for obvious reasons.
But remember most lists will run 3-4 SSU to heal the Keldeo.
 
Super Scoop Up is a flip, so while I do expect to see it used, it won't always work, ergo a 2HKO is still a major threat. Plus, I was trying to point out that a OHKO wasn't impossible either, or only an option via exploiting Weakness. So regardless, loading up too much Energy on a single Keldeo EX remains a significant risk; which is not to say it will be crippling.
 
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