Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Serperior Tank

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Dark Shedinja said:
Not completely correct. As Rambo said, your Reuniclus could get knocked out very fast, and the Deck is going to get problems against Emboar Decks and other fire decks next format.
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I will try Spiritomb and let you know if it works or not. I understand Reuniclus does not have the highest HP in the world, but then what do you suggest I do about that? Also Speed is my one advantage against Emboar, as long as I set up correctly, I should be fine. But it is worth noting that Serperior can be OHKO'd by a Flare Blitz, even with an Expert Belt.
 
The_Elemental_Dragon said:
I will try Spiritomb and let you know if it works or not. I understand Reuniclus does not have the highest HP in the world, but then what do you suggest I do about that? Also Speed is my one advantage against Emboar, as long as I set up correctly, I should be fine. But it is worth noting that Serperior can be OHKO'd by a Flare Blitz, even with an Expert Belt.
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That´s the point. Without Reuniclus the deck doesn´t work, but it is the deck´s biggest weakness at the same time. There is nearly nothing you can do about it. You just can hope that it´s not gonna be knocked out, and if so, switch it next turn with a Serperior, if you can.
 
This deck is running around with lots of Grass types, right?
Meganium Prime is a grass type. Blissey Prime is a Colorless (splash) type.
Meganium moves the Energy.
Blissey heals w/o affecting Energy.
Seeker up Blissey prime.
Move energy back.
Return to attacking.
 
PkmnManiac said:
This deck is running around with lots of Grass types, right?
Meganium Prime is a grass type. Blissey Prime is a Colorless (splash) type.
Meganium moves the Energy.
Blissey heals w/o affecting Energy.
Seeker up Blissey prime.
Move energy back.
Return to attacking.
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I considered Megaprime as well, but there are problems. 1. It's a stage 2 and all it provides is support. We're already on the line of setup disaster with Reuniclus, and the 6-12 cards it takes for a successfull stage 2 line would take out too many helpful cards. More or less the same issue with Blissey.

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Todd Ingram said:
I considered Megaprime as well, but there are problems. 1. It's a stage 2 and all it provides is support. We're already on the line of setup disaster with Reuniclus, and the 6-12 cards it takes for a successfull stage 2 line would take out too many helpful cards. More or less the same issue with Blissey.
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And Shedinja, I caught the idea of Rescue Energy. That could be used to help set up another Reun faster.
 
Alright, I decided to use the Spiritomb. So here:

-2 BTS
-1 Pokemon Communication
-1 Expert Belt

+4 Spiritomb AR

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Also, Rambo is right. Reuniclus will die quickly, so I am going to need rescue energy. Any suggestions on what I should take out for 2-3?
 
1. You should probably post the edited list, if not edit the OP.

2. You can probably ditch a grass energy, post a new version to aid the decision.
 
Pokemon

4-3-4 Serperior (2 Royal Heal)
2-2-2 Reuniclus
2-2 Sunflora HGSS
1-1 Metapod HGSS
4 Spiritomb AR

T/S/S

2 PONT
4 Rare Candy
3 Pokemon Communication
3 Bebe's Search
3 Pokemon Collector
2 Expert Belt
4 Switch
1 Flower Shop Lady

Energy

11 Basic Grass
 
While you're at it, why not make it 4 Royal heal Serperior and maybe add some Nidoqueen? With 4 Royal heal and 1 Nidoqueen, you could heal any amount of damage if it isn't an OHKO.
 
Garchomp#140 said:
While you're at it, why not make it 4 Royal heal Serperior and maybe add some Nidoqueen? With 4 Royal heal and 1 Nidoqueen, you could heal any amount of damage if it isn't an OHKO.
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If we make it all royal heal we miss out on the spectacular secondary effect of the Beginning set one. Also, Nidoqueen was considered in the early planning of mine, but we decided that, like MegaPrime, adding another Stage 2 line simply for support would be a waste of setup time. And we can already heal any non-lethal damage.
 
Todd Ingram said:
If we make it all royal heal we miss out on the spectacular secondary effect of the Beginning set one. Also, Nidoqueen was considered in the early planning of mine, but we decided that, like MegaPrime, adding another Stage 2 line simply for support would be a waste of setup time. And we can already heal any non-lethal damage.
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^This. Plus, Nidoqueen takes up valuable bench space.

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Alright, my list plus the Rescues:

Pokemon

4-3-4 Serperior (2 Royal Heal)
2-2-2 Reuniclus
2-2 Sunflora HGSS
1-1 Metapod HGSS
4 Spiritomb AR

T/S/S

2 PONT
4 Rare Candy
3 Pokemon Communication
2 Bebe's Search
3 Pokemon Collector
2 Expert Belt
4 Switch
1 Flower Shop Lady

Energy

10 Basic Grass
2 Rescue Energy
 
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Yeah, looks like a pretty solid list to me now. I hope Reuniclus does well in the next format. The only thing I worry about is snipe decks like Mandibuzz. Good list though!
 
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