Scolipede
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Otaku
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Consider pairing that Scolipede with this Whirlipede, backing both with Hypnotoxic Laser, Virbank City Gym, Celebi EX, and Max Potion. You will also probably need Eviolite or Giant Cape to try and keep Celebi EX alive. The deck suffers for how easily Celebi EX can be KOed, but if your opponent can't OHKO it, make sure you have the appropriate options to get it back to the Bench where a Max Potion fixes it right up.
Max Potion also, of course, fixes up your Scolipede several turns; between Hypnotoxic Laser and Poison Point, most of the time your opponent will have a Special condition and then Whirlipede provides Venoshock to Scolipede via Time Recall on Celebi EX. Coupled with Hypnotoxic Laser for when something won't attack you the next turn and Virbank City Gym to amp up the Poison damage, and you can do an effective 100 points of damage (80 against Resistance, 170 against Weakness) for one Energy.
You should almost always be able to afford to flush a single Energy for Max Potion, so if your opponent doesn't OHKO you, you ideally can avoid being KOed until you run out of Max Potion.
If that doesn't sound appealing, the next best idea I have cuts out the Celebi EX but requires you run heavy on basic Energy (probably about 14 Psychic Energy) plus four Double Colorless Energy, because the card's only real hope at that point is the Ether/Pokédex combo... unfortunately it hasn't proven to be that great. Still, Pokédex can also make something like Cheren a little better as well, which is good seeing ashow Professor Juniper (while still needed) is harder to rely on in a deck with a Stage 2 line and somewhat intricate combos. The upside is this version might also work in Mewtwo EX and this Sigilyph reasonably well.
Max Potion also, of course, fixes up your Scolipede several turns; between Hypnotoxic Laser and Poison Point, most of the time your opponent will have a Special condition and then Whirlipede provides Venoshock to Scolipede via Time Recall on Celebi EX. Coupled with Hypnotoxic Laser for when something won't attack you the next turn and Virbank City Gym to amp up the Poison damage, and you can do an effective 100 points of damage (80 against Resistance, 170 against Weakness) for one Energy.
You should almost always be able to afford to flush a single Energy for Max Potion, so if your opponent doesn't OHKO you, you ideally can avoid being KOed until you run out of Max Potion.
If that doesn't sound appealing, the next best idea I have cuts out the Celebi EX but requires you run heavy on basic Energy (probably about 14 Psychic Energy) plus four Double Colorless Energy, because the card's only real hope at that point is the Ether/Pokédex combo... unfortunately it hasn't proven to be that great. Still, Pokédex can also make something like Cheren a little better as well, which is good seeing ashow Professor Juniper (while still needed) is harder to rely on in a deck with a Stage 2 line and somewhat intricate combos. The upside is this version might also work in Mewtwo EX and this Sigilyph reasonably well.