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WOG-E19

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Pokemon: 22
3-1 Blaziken FB Lv. X
4-4 Ursaring Prime
3-2-3 Typhlosion Prime
2 Uxie

T/S/S: 21
3 Bebe Search
2 BTS
2 Expert Belt
2 Interviewer's Questions
1 Luxury Ball
3 Pokemon Collector
3 Pokemon Communication
2 Junk Arm
3 Rare Candy

Energy: 17
4 Double Colorless
11 Fire
2 Rainbow

Strategy: Usual strategy is to start with a teddiursa who does 10 damage to himself. On T2 attach a double colorless and do 90 as Ursaring Prime. Typhlosion is there for energy acceleration and to put damage counters on benched Ursarings.

Junk Arm is used to send some energy to the discard to use with Typhlosion's power. Engineer's adjustment could eaily replace it however i don't like the fact that it is a supporter. Besides, i have some uxie for draw power.

When this deck has 2 Typhlosions and 2 Ursarings out at once it is rather hard to keep up with due to the massive damage output of ursaring. In the last 3 league toruneys I've entered, this deck has finished 2nd all 3 occasions. The blaziken's were added in since I was having set up problems. So they are used to stall in order to set up the Tys and Urs. Blaziken burns for 20 and ursaring can easily do 90 so it reaches that magic number of 110 which has proved very helpful to me in the past. Basic issue here is CONSISTENCY. Having only one Ursaring out is pointless since they die early. Like i said before, this deck works well in the long run. 2 Tys and 3 Urs out at once is hard to stop.

I have experimented with smeargle and spiritomb to replace the blaziken but they have proven to be more trouble than worth for me. I really want to keep the blaziken line, I was hoping you guys can help me to improve consistency with my t/s/s and energy choices.
 
I think Ninetales from HgSs is a better way of getting fire energy in the discard than Junk Arm, as it doesn't get trainer locked and it gives you great draw power

I would drop a line of Typhlosion and 1 Fire energy for 2-2 Nintales
 
-2 Junk Arm
-1-1-1 Typhlosion Prime
-2 Interviewer's Questions
-1 Uxie

+2-2 Ninetails
+3 PONT
+1 Azelf

I agree that the Ninetails line is a more consistent way to get fire energies into your discard. The draw power that you get with it also helps a lot. With the extra draw power, I feel PONT would help more then interviewer's questions. It allows you to play with what you want in that large hand, and then net another 6 to play with. With so much draw power I don't see you running into any energy troubles.

I would take away 1 Uxie and throw in the Azelf. It helps to know whats in your prize cards and can net you that Blaziken lvl x if its stuck in there. Heck, netting a prime from the prizes wouldn't hurt as well.
 
The reason why i have the interviewers is to get my hands on the double colorless and rainbow since i have so few of them. The thing with PONT is that you have to shuffle your whole hand back where as interviewer's allows me to keep my hand AND look for energy. Also, wouldn't having the Ninetales just be too much to set up? I already have heavy Ursaring, Blaziken, and Typhlosion lines so wouldn't putting a 2-2 Ninetales just be too much? Well that's how I see it. Thanks for the advice DoomScizor and Evil Monkeys.

any other suggestions would be appreciated.
 
WOG-E19 said:
The reason why i have the interviewers is to get my hands on the double colorless and rainbow since i have so few of them. The thing with PONT is that you have to shuffle your whole hand back where as interviewer's allows me to keep my hand AND look for energy. Also, wouldn't having the Ninetales just be too much to set up? I already have heavy Ursaring, Blaziken, and Typhlosion lines so wouldn't putting a 2-2 Ninetales just be too much? Well that's how I see it. Thanks for the advice DoomScizor and Evil Monkeys.

any other suggestions would be appreciated.
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Saying that Nintales would be too much trouble to set up is like sating that you woudnt want to run Claydol last format because it would be too hard to set up. It really will help you out, and boost your consistence amazingly. You can afford to cut the Ursaring line down to 3-3, the Typhosion line to 2-1-2, 1 Uxie, 2 Interviewers, 2 Junk Arm, and 2 Rainbow Energy.

What to add would be:

2-2 Ninetales HS(Best consistent draw power in the format)
1 Azelf LA(I think its a league promo now, so it should be hard to get)
1 BTS(Boosts consistency)
1 Pokemon Collector(Consistency is never a bad thing)
1 Palmers Contribution(You need to be able to recover late game)
3 Call Energy(Again, consistency is key with deck, and Typhlosion is already going the job of getting damage on Ursaring. Its also colorless, so all your Pokemon can use it)
 
amphachu said:
Saying that Nintales would be too much trouble to set up is like sating that you woudnt want to run Claydol last format because it would be too hard to set up. It really will help you out, and boost your consistence amazingly. You can afford to cut the Ursaring line down to 3-3, the Typhosion line to 2-1-2, 1 Uxie, 2 Interviewers, 2 Junk Arm, and 2 Rainbow Energy.

What to add would be:

2-2 Ninetales HS(Best consistent draw power in the format)
1 Azelf LA(I think its a league promo now, so it shouldn't be hard to get)
1 BTS(Boosts consistency)
1 Pokemon Collector(Consistency is never a bad thing)
1 Palmers Contribution(You need to be able to recover late game)
3 Call Energy(Again, consistency is key with deck, and Typhlosion is already going the job of getting damage on Ursaring. Its also colorless, so all your Pokemon can use it)
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I agree here, I have a deck just like this it was first made just as a fun deck idea until I played it and it had potential. I call mine Flamming Fist! The Blaziken FB I would only use as a tech. The Ninetails is the draw power Being able to get those energy into the discard pile and getting them back onto your Ursaring Prime is a must. The reason why I would use Blaziken as a tech is because its a risky card and could get revenge KO'd easily. Being able to bring up some pokemon is nice so I would leave in a 1-1 meaning you would have 2 extra cards I would do what amphachu is suggesting but make the Typhlosion Prime a 2-2-2 line and have 1 Interviewers in the deck that way its there just in case. Because in some games getting the energy out fast is needed to out rush your opponent.
 
I went for a 3-1 Blaziken line because I wanted to have a higher chance to start with him and to give me time to set-up at least 1 Typhlosion and Ursaring before it gets knocked out or I retreat it. I agree with the 1 interviewer's questions, it never hurts to be safe. I'll experiment with the Ninetales line.

Pokemon: 21
1-1 Blaziken FB Lv. X
3-3 Ursaring Prime
2-2-2 Typhlosion Prime
2-2 Ninetales (HGSS)
1 Azelf
2 Uxie

T/S/S: 23
3 Bebe Search
3 BTS
2 Expert Belt
1 Interviewer's Questions
1 Luxury Ball
4 Pokemon Collector
3 Pokemon Communication
2 PONT
3 Rare Candy
1 Palmer's Contribution

Energy: 16
4 Double Colorless
10 Fire
2 Rainbow

I'm not too fond of call energy because it forces you to end your turn if you use it's effect. Also, with all the T/S/S and pokemon suggestions you guys gave then that allows me to only have 16 energy. 6 of which MUST be devoted to double colorless and rainbow so if I were to put in the call energy then there wouldn't be enough fire energy.

Better list?
 
Im still not seeing the need for Rainbow. Everything either runs off fire or colorless, and your already stacking the damage on Ursaring with Typhlosion. Trust me, taking out the 2 Rainbow and 1 Communication will help you tremendously.
 
The issue I've seen this deck have is not using enough Fire Energy to last the whole game. Most of them go strong for about 6 or 7 turns then fizzle out once they have used up all their fuel (Fire Energy). I would suggest not going below 12 Fire in the deck.

I also think Seeker is a very useful card in the deck like this. With BTS in play you can use your benched pokemon with powers twice, while also healing if necessary. Seeker will also let you pull up Azelf, Ninetales, or uxie that are no longer needed to make way for something more useful.
 
Well on Redshark I tested the original list vs the updated one further down this thread and so far the original list has won 3 out of 4 battles. The one battle that the update list won was very decisive (6 prizes to none) and the other battles were relatively close. The problem I noticed with the Ninetales line is that I need to waste search cards to get them evolved where as I would prefer using those search cards for an Ursaring or Typhlosion. Blaziken has proven to be the big difference maker in these battles. The 3-1 line allows for 2 quick and easy prizes before it gets KO'd. So now I am really confused as what to do. The original list had a ridiculous amount of energy in hand ( due to the 3 interviewer's ) and the update list had problems as Darkwalker mentioned, it seemed to run out fire very quickly and won the battle with only 4 cards left to draw which isn't very safe in my opinion. I do like the seeker card but how should I fit it in?

The 3-1 Blaziken is looking pretty good to me compared to the 2-2 Ninetales. What does everyone else think? The more opinions the better. Thanks everyone
 
I would drop 1 Uxie 1 PONT 1 Pokemon Collector and add in 1 Blaziken FB and 2 Energy Returner to put the energy later on back into your deck
 
Hmmm well that is true, Energy returner is a trainer that allows you to choose 4 basic energy from your discard pile and shuffle them back into your deck. That way you don't have to waste your supporter for the turn just to send back the energy. Energy Returner is from UL or Unleashed pokemon set.
 
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