Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

SP Psychic Mix (fast and awesome)

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AlmightyGoldenGarchomp

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Pokemon:

x2 Honchkrow g
x2 gallade 4
x2 gallade 4 lv.x
x2 mismagious gl
x2 mismagious gl lv.x
x2 skuntank g
x2 garchomp c
x2 garchomp c lv.x
x2 uxie
x1 uxie lv.x
x1 azelf

t/s/s:

x4 energy gain
x3 poke turn
x4 sp radar
x2 aaron's collection
x2 miasma valley
x2 snowpoint temple
x3 power spray
x2 bebe's search
x2 premier ball

16 psychic energy


This is another random sp deck that is meant to be fast and powerful. Ideally, you would start with honchkrow g to get stadiums, energy gains, sp radars, or whatever you need. I haven't decided whether I should put in 2-2 mismagious gl lv.x or 2-2 alakazam 4 lv.x. gallade is there as a main attacker, using blade storm, chop up, and aimed cut to do lots of damage. mismagious is there to get back tools and do lots of damage with big hands from honchkrow g. Garchomp is there to heal and snipe, and skuntank is there to cause trouble with poison structure. Snowpoint temple adds 20 HP to everyone, and miasma valley spreads damage for easy snipes or powerful aimed cuts.
 
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I'm not familiar with all the pokemon, but this deck begs for 4 DCEs.... take out 4 psy energy for them if you have to. makes a HUGE difference if you're going to run a 2-2 garchomp line anyways.
 
Thanks. You can go to the researching tower here at the gym to see the cards you don't know, or you can just tell me which ones you don't know and I can tell you.

---------- Post added 04/06/2011 at 08:48 PM ----------

do you think I should run alakazam 4 lv.x or mismagius gl lv.x?
 
If you're just using Alakazam to heal, I'd take it out because of Garchomp's power... that heals all pokemon SP (EVERY pokemon here except pixies) and plus, i'd prefer Mismagius anyday :p (haha i'm running a MagLock deck... pwnage? :p ) but mismagius would let you reuse poketurns like crazy and is definately worth a spot in a deck for that... (or expert belts if you're wanting extra damage ouput)... however, that power is useless in a trainerlock. Unless you're doing it with Unown Q's (like me.)
I'm ranting.
Sorry.
Mismagius for sher.
Also, -8 Psychic energy for
+4 DCE and
+4 call/rescue energy.

You NEED to have 4 cyrus... I'd actually take out the skuntank G's... idk how they're important to this deck, because its not status effect based attacks and they can heal way to easily for it to be useful... so find 2 more spots and put in a cyrus chain of 4.
Otherwise... good strategy :)
Oh, and if you DO run Mismagius GL, I'd take out a poketurn because it can reuse them at will. That is all. :)
 
I don't understand how mismagius could reuse poke turn. It is neither a technical machine nor a pokemon tool. How does it reuse them?

---------- Post added 04/07/2011 at 12:52 AM ----------

alakazam 4 lv.x is a source of constant healing, so should it replace garchomp?
 
AlmightyGoldenGarchomp said:
I don't understand how mismagius could reuse poke turn. It is neither a technical machine nor a pokemon tool. How does it reuse them?
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I too am also confused, if you are thinking it bounces the pokemon, but it says bounce a tool or tm. Unless there is an errata, in which case the research tower needs to be updated.
 
^^ I did mean energy gain... sorry. it was 1 in the morning when i typed that. :eek:
Lol.
I typed this while half asleep :eek:
But, Unless Chomp is a main attacker (which could be great with Gallade's spread... spread, then snipe bigger targets than normal)
But yes, I did mean energy gain.
I use mismagius (4-4 of regular and 2-2 of GL) in a trainer lock deck with rescue energy like crazy and stuff so that I can reuse Unown Q's and have free retreat.
i'm familiar with the card, so it was ONLY a fault of my brain being half conscious. Sorry for the confusion guys.
(thought: Since you have azelf, you COULD run a 1-1 of each of them... and depending on the situation bring one of them out.... maybe not a GREAT thought, but a thought none-the-less.)
 
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If u run a psychic sp deck like this, whith emphasis on spread and snipe, you have to run Drifblim FB. It is so awesome, for lategame pixie sniping + it has 120hp, if your opponent has drawn 3 or more prizes
 
at the very least:

- 12 psy
- 1 skuntank
+ 4 dce
+ 4 call
+ 1 basic dark
+ 4 cyrus

to be competitive, an sp deck must be able to handle the mirror-which turns into a garchomp war. without at least dce, you will fall behind. a cyrus chain helps your consistency and allows you a constant supply of resources to keep the prize trade going so that you can end up on top. dark energy can be grabbed via cyrus so that honchkrow can take cheap and easy ko's. i hate playing 1 skuntank because starting with him is obnoxious, and 2 just increases the chances of that happening. these changes are just a start.

also needed would be a counter such as dragonite fb or ambipom g so that you don't have to level up in order to make a return ko. bronzong so that you don't waste energy. you could pretty easily fit in toxicroak if machamp is a problem, and the promo if luxray, magnezone or regi are common in your area.

gl and i hope i helped.
 
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at the very least:

- 12 psy
- 1 skuntank
+ 4 dce
+ 4 call
+ 1 basic dark
+ 4 cyrus

to be competitive, an sp deck must be able to handle the mirror-which turns into a garchomp war. without at least dce, you will fall behind. a cyrus chain helps your consistency and allows you a constant supply of resources to keep the prize trade going so that you can end up on top. dark energy can be grabbed via cyrus so that honchkrow can take cheap and easy ko's. i hate playing 1 skuntank because starting with him is obnoxious, and 2 just increases the chances of that happening. these changes are just a start.

also needed would be a counter such as dragonite fb or ambipom g so that you don't have to level up in order to make a return ko. bronzong so that you don't waste energy. you could pretty easily fit in toxicroak if machamp is a problem, and the promo if luxray, magnezone or regi are common in your area.

gl and i hope i helped.
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so you are suggesting that I take out all but 4 psychic energies, when both mismagius Xs need two each and gallade 4 lv.x needs one? something doesn't add up there. Also, why is the basic dark energy there? by the time I have all the needed inventions in hand and stadiums in play, honchkrow is nearly dead. I think a psychic energy would be more valuable in that spot. Another thing, isn't 4 call energies and 4 dce kind of a lot? There are only 2 garchomp Xs, which only need one DCE apiece. I understand the need for cyrus though, I just forgot to add it in to the decklist.

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before I edit the list, what should I take out for cyrus?

---------- Post added 04/07/2011 at 08:41 PM ----------

why take out all the psychic energies?
 
lol, no I wasn't there this isn't a chat room xD

I'd drop Mismagius line. I think it's weak, and the general rule for SP is to focus on two lvl x lines, while maybe teching a 1/1 (lux, blaze or dialga) for whatever your bad matchups are.

As for taking out all the psy, I explained exactly why - you either play DCE/Call or lose. Without those your lack the consistency to keep up in the mirror. Look at the other SP decks on the board - 14 energy is about as high as they can afford to go. I don't think I'd play more than 4 psy, with Aron and Cyrus you should be fine. The dark, like I said, is so you can snipe with honchkrow for one, rather than have to waste a DCE or 2 Energy with Garchomp.

Did that make sense?
 
If you are running Psychic Energy and SP Pokemon, why not add in Promocroak? It really helps against Magnezone/Regirock and it can also help against Luxray GL, who will probably be taking prizes by damage.
 
where can I get promocroak? it's promo, so it's not in booster packs and I haven't seen blisters for it.

---------- Post added 04/09/2011 at 06:56 AM ----------

do they exist? (blisters for it I mean)
 
It came out 2 years ago with a special Platinum book for $9, but I'ts long out of print so the card can run up to $15ish.
The card is kind of pricy but well worth it.
 
Is it really worth it in this deck? can it really make that much of a difference?

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Answer the question, please. I don't want to blow 15 bucks before I know whether it will make a difference in this deck.
 
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Proxy it in so you can see for yourself it it'll add that much to the deck... don't keep bumping your thread up to find out a little thing like that. RedShark it in OR proxy it to see if you think it's worth it... That is all.
 
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