Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

States decks

well.... toxicroak is too risky for states. rampardos mid controlled will donk tocicroak but my sd grass deck will donk rampardos instead.

so many decks are out there, we dont know what will win the most.
 
Well... I never said it wasn't, the discussion was about Toxicroak vs Machamp.
So... it doesn't matter.

Rampardos is terrible, 80 for 1 and you shoot yourself in the head. Great deck idea =/.
 
What about slaking pt, 2 dialga g lvx, and sw weavile? 150-170 every turn and weavile makes everything have free retreat cost when combine with moonlight stadium.
rampardos and maybe machamp will be this deck only weakness.
 
Rampardos.deck will be HIGHLY annoying at states.. man it's gonna suck to get t1'd by that thing..
 
One decent thing Rampardos has going for it, is it can run 3-4 Excavator and 3-4 Bebe, sort of like how people ran 4 Celio/2-4 Bebe last season for a ridiculous boost to consistency.
 
Machamp/Rampardos, how is that deck? It seems fast.

Blaziken/Heatran? I can just use Poke-Blower and donk that thing away before my opponent can even set up in the style I play.

but yeah, states decks are no joke, we all have to play smart.
 
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LOL @ Machamp/RamparadosThe thing that Ramparados does not have in comparison to Machamp and Kingdra as a "donk" deck is that it evolves from a Fossil. That severely limits the ability of getting the basic T1 or even whenever you need it. No Bebe/Rose for it, which almost all decks have to play 4 of.
 
Anyone wanna guess why Kabutops isn't played? It's because he evo's from a fossil, kinda like Rampy. If you think Machamp will work in the deck then you're smoking something illegal ;/
 
Magnechu said:
LOL @ Machamp/RamparadosThe thing that Ramparados does not have in comparison to Machamp and Kingdra as a "donk" deck is that it evolves from a Fossil. That severely limits the ability of getting the basic T1 or even whenever you need it. No Bebe/Rose for it, which almost all decks have to play 4 of.
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Who says that? I run 4 Fossil Exavator, 3 Bebe, and 4 roseanne's. :/ Pretty stupid to not run those (8 pokemon search>5). The hardest part of rampardos is getting the fossil in your hand, which is why I expect most decks to run max uxie and burning cards.

BTW Rich, you only do damage when you draw a prize....sounds fair for a cheap attack. :/
 
DarthPika said:
Still doesn't stop Manetric from owning you. :lol:
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Blasty can OHKO Manectric while Manectric 3HKOs, maybe 2HKOs you. I say it's 50/50, Blastoise will tech Dialga, no ifs, ands or buts on that one. It could even tech some other stuff if Manectric is really giving it problems.

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Rise Against said:
I wanna just go on record that I think

Banette is going to break the format

he is an insane card, his ability is rediculous.
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unown G breaks banette,:confused:
 
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Another thing that just came to me, Rampardos murders Gigas and T-tar (If you have Lake Boundary). Dusknoir too, if you have Weavile.
 
Congratulations.T tar won't be seeing any play with Dialga G Lv X shutting down his body, Dusknoir simply drops Azelf Lv X and laughs.

So Rampardos beats.. Gigas. Good job.
 
Rampardos is a really nice card.
As people have mentioned before, evolving from a fossil isnt so great.

AMU will pose a threat to the states metagame.
VERY underlooked deck for states.
 
Evolving from a fossil, as said before is a severe limit to the deck's playability, along with the constant self damage. One cannot Roseanne and get both Uxie and the fossil needed for the turn one. One cannot Bebe, reduce hand size, and still fetch the fossil needed for turn one. The fact that Ramparados damages himself for every basic Koed, puts it in range for Many easy OHKOs later in the game as well, making a comeback much easier than going against Kingdra or Machamp.
 
Pokemon G looks good. Dialga G X shuts many things down. Blast/Catty is a solid deck that can snipe and hit hard if needed to. Though you can't attack the active with Double Launcher. Rampardos will be fun, though being a fossil really hurts him. Banette is very overlooked. Ape X and Kingdra anyone? Another combo overlooked is Dusknoir X/Dialga G. Ampharos will be fun until your opponent gets out Dialga G X. So most of the new cards that should be hyped are getting hyped. We'll just have to wait and see which ones pull out on top.
 
level max is going to change everything! Heatran might actually be playable, uxie lines will be pretty sweet, dialga g lv. x will be easier to use.
 
SPARTA said:
T tar won't be seeing any play with Dialga G Lv X shutting down his body, Dusknoir simply drops Azelf Lv X and laughs.
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T-tar doesn't exactly need it's body to charge. It can do well on it's own, by focusing on Grind and using some kind of energy acceleration. And Azelf LV. X isn't a common tech for Dusknoir, at least not that I see.
 
Machamp: This deck is highly consistent and can win on the first turn, but doesnt lack late game power.
Kingdra: this deck is pretty consistent and can win on the first turn, but kinda lacks late game power.
Rampardos: this deck is pretty consistent and can win on the first turn, but has a defenite problem in the late game.

Now which one seem better??? Machamp. but it doesnt work good against gengar and dusknoir, which dont work good against weavile/ttar and the list goes on
 
Rampardos always 2 shots pokemon. :/ How does it have a late game problem? it can reduce damage and can run healing cards to keep it alive longer than either of the other two, so I'm pretty lost to your analysis.
 
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