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1 Top 16 aswell. The two skittles had to face off first round of the top 16 (shame). I was hoping skittles would win. Furret is definatley good here, as it allows you to get rid of more cards from your deck then pachi, but I think that the Pachi/Dol version still runs more smoothly.
 
So were talking about dropping Pachy for Furret here, eh? Well, I played Pachy with no Windstorm Saturday, and I only need Smash Short/Windstorm like once against a CC, and I would have KO'ed the attached Pokemon anyway. So with the abundance of Plox and Mag nowadays, I don't see Power killers being such a big problem. At the most, I would keep one Windstorm in. I can really see how Furret could work better than Pachy, especially since half of the games I played, I needed Pachirisu but started with a Ho-Oh. I have no contegency plans for starting with Ho-Oh....One game I played, I played a total noob, and jsut attached an energy every turn to Ho-Oh and KO'ed his one Pokemon. It didn't feel like a real win....
 
I <3 this deck! I gave my cousin this deck for regionals with the fish engine ( he's in the junior division) and he got 4th!Only his 2nd tournament he has ever entered as well. :thumb:
 
Top 16s are important too...this deck made 2 appearances in St. Louis Top 16, and the winner was scared he would have to play one of them. That's gotta count for something.

I think we need an article.
 
I'll contribute to the article somewhat...I mean I have been testing this since before the GE prerelease. I don't know too much about matchups though; I've honestly never played any games with this against Banette and no games against Mag that haven't gone past me getting donk start :lol:

I think the nominees are BlackMamba, MadHatter, MrMeches and myself. I have a ton of time on my hands this week so I'd be glad to help out. And I'm a really good writer :)
 
no offense to Meches but idk how much he has worked on the deck... maybe you,mamba,and I should team up and make one..
 
I tried to PM you but your box is full lol just lmk via email/PM/whatever what you want me to do and I should be able to work on it today.

Meches did start the first thread that got me thinking about the deck...but other than that I don't know how much work he's done on it since then. And he came up with the fishing list, which I think is inferior to this version.
 
Black Mamba said:
Urban Skittles

Pokemon-19

3x Togepi
1x Togetic
3x Togekiss
3x Ho-Oh
3x Sentret
2x Furret
1x Baltoy
1x Claydol
2 tech slots... 1-1 Crawdaunt EX/1-1 Lanturn PK/1-0-1 Dusknoir/etc.

Trainers-21

3x Celio's Network
3x Rare Candy
2x Roseanne's Research
2x Crystal Beach
2x Windstorm OR 1x Windstorm 1x Cessation Crystal (There were times I really would've liked the tech cess)
2x Castaway
2x Strength Charm
2x Warp Point
1x Copycat
1x Prof. Rowan
1x Night Maintenance

Energy-20

3x Fighting
3x Psychic
3x (tech energy type- water in my case)
2x other 5 basic energy types
1x Boost/Scramble (depends on tech)

My list is pretty radically different from Hatter's, but for a few reasons. I had zero luck with Pachi in the deck, and found it to be completely dead weight. In its place, I used Furret. Furret was an AMAZING card in this, letting me set up my Togekisses like nothing and search out the key cards I needed to get just enough damage to KO big HP Pokemon like Gallade. Tech really depends on your metagame. I was expecting more Mag, but I didn't play one the whole day, so Crawdaunt didn't do quite as much as I had hoped. That said, being able to do 80 out of nowhere with a Boost is nice. Cessation would've been a nice touch, stuck on an aggro togekiss or something, just so you can shut down important powers like Telepass for a turn or two. I decided to play only 1 night maintenance instead of 2, and though I used it almost every game, I didn't feel like I needed a 2nd one.

I'm glad that this deck made a big showing at regionals all over, and I hope other people screwed with the list as much as I did and had success. Hopefully people will use whichever variant they like better, since they're both great.
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sorry i have a question wye have this deck tested and its stoods 0-7 against absollade
 
mrdraz07 said:
I'll contribute to the article somewhat...I mean I have been testing this since before the GE prerelease. I don't know too much about matchups though; I've honestly never played any games with this against Banette and no games against Mag that haven't gone past me getting donk start :lol:

I think the nominees are BlackMamba, MadHatter, MrMeches and myself. I have a ton of time on my hands this week so I'd be glad to help out. And I'm a really good writer :)
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Just FYI, I played against a Banette in the first round. It looked like I was going to lose, but in a non-donk fashion, I came back strong and won. That battle really seemed non-donkish, but it really seemed like I should have lost. Oh and if necessary, I can help with the article too, if more help is needed.
 
ANIMEBOY said:
sorry i have a question wye have this deck tested and its stoods 0-7 against absollade
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absol is bad for it, pretty painfully bad. No version of skittles can really get around that part. It's just a bad matchup in general, you need a stable start, or not getting too badly owned by baleful early game to win. 0-7 sounds a little much but it's in absollade's favor.

Also I'd be willing to help on an article if you need it, I've played the mag matchup a lot, and Hatter's deck had banette in it but that's pretty much all I've had in regards to that. >.>
 
^thats not true... you CAN use a 1/1 Garchomp tech if you wanted.. someone used it at regionals in some division lol and they got 3rd
 
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