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Best deck in format?

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rcxd999

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Hi, I would like to know what is the best deck in format, the format being BW-BW9 because I would like to see what would be the best deck to play by the time the English version of Spiral Force and Thunder Knuckle is released. I would like the deck to have as little weaknesses as possible and and is a fairly good counter against most of the tier 1 decks. The decks can be an idea, they can be customized versions of tier 1 decks or they can be the original tier 1 deck. Please remember no trolling!:biggrin:
 
I hate to break your heart, but there is no "best deck" in any format. Every deck has its flaws as well as having match-ups its good and bad against. The best deck is the one that suits you best. The reason why everyone plays Darkrai is because it suits them. Some people don't play Darkrai for the opposite reason. That's what makes the game fun and evolving. You can win with a deck and lose with a deck as well. In other words, the best deck is not the one that everyone plays, its what you play to its maximum potential. :thumb:
 
Theres a lot of good decks right now and each has its own weaknesses. It really comes down to what style you like to play with.

Id say some of the "best" decks right now have to be:

Darkrai variants
Rayquaza
Blastoise
Landerous / Terrakion beatdown
Ho-Oh
Empoleon variants
Tornadous variants

Those are the most common decks I seen that can win.
 
there are decks that will be come playable like Klinklang Plasma (which I explained above), Crobat/Virbank and Articuno/Dusknoir. With Rayquaza, there is a problem. Rayquaza is becoming a tier 2 deck not a tier 1.
 
PMysterious said:
I hate to break your heart, but there is no "best deck" in any format. Every deck has its flaws as well as having match-ups its good and bad against. The best deck is the one that suits you best. The reason why everyone plays Darkrai is because it suits them. Some people don't play Darkrai for the opposite reason. That's what makes the game fun and evolving. You can win with a deck and lose with a deck as well. In other words, the best deck is not the one that everyone plays, its what you play to its maximum potential. :thumb:
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PMysterious hit it right on the mark, that's as accurate as a "best deck" someone can have. If your comfortable with a deck, you know the ins and outs, bad matchups, good matchups, why each card is played in a specific amount, have tested it for hours on end, and most of all, if you enjoy using the deck, that's what you should go for. If you like flexibility, play Hydreigon, or Klinklang as you mentioned. If you like fast decks, try Darkrai Rush. It all depends on your playstyle. If you want to know what decks are winning in the current format, by all means check out the "What Won Cities" thread, but if you want to perform well, your deck needs to be tailored to how you play the game.
 
I know what won cities and I don't like it. The deck is Mewtwo/Landorus which I consider to be auto-loss to Keldeo/Blastoise.
 
Yeah, maybe it does work like that this format but all the previous formats have had a deck or 2 that beats everyone like last format it was Magnezone and the other was VVV. All i'm saying is, shouldn't this format have a deck that beats everyone like last format?
 
rcxd999 said:
Yeah, maybe it does work like that this format but all the previous formats have had a deck or 2 that beats everyone like last format it was Magnezone and the other was VVV. All i'm saying is, shouldn't this format have a deck that beats everyone like last format?
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Every deck has a weakness, which means that no deck is truly "unbeatable". Magnezone decks would sometimes run out of energy to Lost Zone away and would lose, and VVV could not always get set-up to lock. We also had The Truth (Vileplume/Reuniclus), Reshiboar, Zekrom/Eels, Stage 1s, and many more decks, so there really was no clear BDIF last format.

In this current format, we have Darkrai variants, Keldeo/Blastoise, Eel variants, and other counter decks including Landorus, Mewtwo, Bouffalant, etc. There really is no one BDIF, meaning we have a semi-balanced format.
 
Because this format is more balanced! Instead of having, say, two strategies that win win win, you've got a set of engines (blastoise, Darkpatch/discard, Eels) and a set of Pokemon with matching abilities/strategies (Keldeo decks, Darkrai/Hydregion, Rayquaza/Zekrom). However, there are also a load of powerful cards that, yes, blot out many Stage 2 Pokemon and Pokemon with low HP but work in many, many different situations and even with this variety of engines and such.

Didn't see DragonClyne725's post before I put up mine. Same info basically.
 
rcxd999 said:
I know what won cities and I don't like it. The deck is Mewtwo/Landorus which I consider to be auto-loss to Keldeo/Blastoise.
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i played mewtwo landorus at one of my cities and played and beat someone using keldo.it was a hard match but far from a auto loss. in my meta one of the best decks is ho-oh.
 
Calling anything the hands down BDIF is, and has always been, ridiculous, especially if it is only leading the pack by 3 Cities wins... Blastoise isn't all it is hyped to be. It has a lot of flaws, and takes a lot to set up. If we are taking Plasma Storm into account, calling Blastoise the plain BDIF is just stupid. First, we don't know what the metagame is going to be like. Second, the deck isn't gaining a single card with the release of the set. There are a couple cards that could help it, but Blastoise does not have the tech room to carry any possible new additions. It also is going to get wrecked by all of the new speed cards that are being released. A deck with a two to three turn set up isn't going to have fun with Tornadus consistently hitting for 90 damage turn one, or a T2 Lugia EX. So, right now, it is hard to call anything the BDIF. Everyone will just have to wait until the set is released, and find what deck they like best.
 
rcxd999 said:
I know what won cities and I don't like it. The deck is Mewtwo/Landorus which I consider to be auto-loss to Keldeo/Blastoise.
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Interestingly enough, I watched one of the cities finals where it was Keldeo/Blastoise vs. Mewtwo/Landorus.

It's actually not as bad of a matchup as you'd expect. Sure, Landorus gets OHKO'd, but then you throw out Terrakion or Mewtwo and go on the aggressive. If you know you're playing Keldeo, and you were lucky enough to not start with Landorus, you have the benefit of never having to put him on the bench. You will win the Mewtwo war against Keldeo, if they play any (and they should).

It's like everyone has said many times. Pokémon is one of those games where you'll always have a deck that can beat you. You just have to trust in your deck and know how to play around your worst match-up.

My top 3 decks of this format are:
Keldeo/Blastoise
Darkrai variants
Ho-oh
 
I'm afraid there is no BDIF like VVV was last season. It's really more of a rock-paper-scissors world right now. I've found that it's pretty rare for a single deck like VVV to dominate to the degree it did...I can only think back to Luxchomp and Gardy-Gallade as comparisons.

Good luck finding your elusive BDIF and playing it!

-Cory
 
Honestly, in the current format as we head to regionals, I have to say that it is blastoise/keldeo. The deck requires the minimum level of skill to play, and can run over almost any deck. One shotting the format, being fast and insanely consistent, it is the deck I dread as I have lost to a fair number of scrubs that used it against me. All the is needed it the right list, a couple of which are available in the form of kettlers article on sixprizes and the video of jason k playing on the top cut.
 
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