@Crinus: Try building and playtesting a Durant deck. You soon find out so many options you can play with that you quickly go past the 60 card deck limit. I lost to one today because the Durant deck dropped an unexpected rainbow on Rotom and KO'd a Zekrom I was piling energy on. There's also the Catcher+Seeker+Vice Grip method for when your opponent drops a free retreat pokemon (usually a baby). Durant decks are much more complicated than they seem on the outside because they rely on 1 attack for most of the game, but just like any other deck it requires timing and precision to win with one.
why is it complicated if it relies on 1 attack? lol
the strategy to Durant is simple to use that 1 attack but big part of it running durant is keeping Durants alive, benched, and a good bit of disrupting the opponents field like seeker, catcher, and such. You going want Revive x4 in there as well.
You going to want Eviolite as well, some Durant decks may run some type of heal to.
IMO I think Durant decks is a common sense build in terms of what you going to add to it.
---------- Post added 12/11/2011 at 04:21 PM ----------
Crinus, win a cities with this deck which takes no skill to build or play, then I'll believe what you have to say.
I agree with Shino, when I first created my decklist here on the pokegym, I tried to make a list that would fit into everyone's budget, and wanted it to be used for new players that couldn't afford all these pachirisu's and things. You shouldn't take away an aspect of the game because you think it's cheap. And you shouldn't take away a cheap deck to build for those who can't afford everything you can just because you think it's an unfair win condition (winning perfectly fine by the rules of the game). It's not like you're playing against Flygon LvX, memory berry lock.
I'll tell you a deck that's annoying. Spinirak, vileplume, kingdra prime, kyurem. Play that deck and tell me it's better than durant. -I'm looking at you Danny-
Just because I say its easy to build and takes no skill to run it, doesnt mean its going to overrun the meta.
Their is plenty other decks out there that will completely overwhelm durant decks.
Especially if they run into the ones that can abuse Flower Shop lady.
---------- Post added 12/11/2011 at 04:29 PM ----------
Personally I feel that printing Catcher was bad for the game.
However, I would never say to anyone playing Catcher "That's unfair. You shouldn't play that card".
No. If a card is legal and it gives you an advantage, you play it. I play at least 2 Catchers in each of my decks.
Same thing with Durant.
If it's so good that someone thinks that even an auto-pilot version of the deck will win, then lets see your "mad skillz" where you tweak the deck and make it a monster winner.
It is most certainly a very problematic card, I would venture to say though it was more a mistake to print Vileplumes power of not using trainer cards as being a bigger mistake.