Deck Help

[Psofan2000]

Hello!
I'm trying to find a good usable deck to help me stand a chance at Regionals in a few weeks, I was wondering if you might be able to help me out?
Here's my current deck list, I've been testing it out quite a bit and I'm trying to figure out why it's not working have any suggestions?

Pokemon:
Malamar EX x2
Lugia EX x2
Charizard EX x2 (Combustion Blast)
M Charizard EX x1
Yveltal EXx3
Yveltal x4
Litleo x3
Pyroar x2

Energy:
Double Colorless x4
Fire Energy x7
Darkness Energy x6
Dangerous Energy x2

Trainers:
Lysandre x2
Professor Birch's Observations x2
Ultra Ball x2
Professors Letter x3
Muscle Band x2
Teammates x2
Startling Megaphone x1
Hard Charm x1
Pokemon Center Lady x1
Steven x1
VS Seeker x1
Mountain Ring x1
Healing Scarf x1
Evosoda x1

Pyroars are there for evolution lock and Charizards are there to tear up the field. I have Baby Yveltal to amass energy from the discard pile and to get in early non-EX damage. Malamar is there for sleep and extra damage and Lugia is just good due to his double colorless-ness

The trainers I have chosen have served me well in the past, but I feel like I might have too many..I just don't know what to get rid of..Help?

 

[treyh37]

Is this tournament standard or expanded? a lot of the regionals are going expanded both days this year

You're running too much energy and two few draw cards. ideally you want about 12-14 energy and about 10-12 supporters most of which are draw supporters (number can be adjusted if you run draw poke like shaymin ex) this should make it a little more consistent, since your running fire might want to use the blacksmith/fiery torch/scorched earth combo for draw/energy accel as well.

-2 dangerous energy
-2 fire
-1 dark
-1 teammates
-2 professors letter

+3 professor sycamore
+2 vs seeker
+2 trainer's mail
+1 switch

 

[neophenx]

Your Pokemon lines are kind of all over the place. I've seen solid lists for Yveltal decks, Charizard decks, Pyroar decks and Lugia deck variants, but this looks like a list of 4 different Pokemon decks thrown together that hopes to draw something that will coherently fall together.

I'd say start by picking which Pokemon you want to focus on. Pyroar can be a good deck, though there's a lot of Mega Pokemon running around that would make short work of it.

Charizard EX, without the Mega, can be made a lot faster than most people would think, with the skillful use of Shaymin EX for boosted draw support, Battle Compressors and Blacksmith. I've been running one recently and made top 4 in a couple of small-time local store tournaments, and nearly top-4'd a local League Challenge with it just yesterday. The mega may seem nice, but it really slows it down since you have to lose a turn, and the 300 damage is rather excessive. A 150 Combustion Blast with Muscle Band OHKO's most non-Mega EX enemies. It's also VERY possible to set up a turn-1 (going second) Combustion Blast to get an early lead, if you even need that much damage turn 1.

Yveltal EX + Yveltal is consistently powerful and quick to set up, assuming you can somehow dump a few Dark energy into the discard (Battle Compressor, Ultra Ball). However, Manectric deck variants and Night March decks (with Joltik) make short work of anything with lightning weakness, so while it's a powerful deck, even Shadow Circle and Weakness Policy will only get you so far in bad type match ups.

Lugia is another deck I've run recently, as a metal variant. 3 Lugia EX, 3-3 line of Bronzong, and 2 Aegislash EX make a solid Pokemon line, but again you need powerful draw, Battle Compressor to set up your energy, and keep an eye out for those popular Manectric and Joltik players (thus the Aegislash line, to give extra options).

Also, take Mr Treyh37's words to hart. Trainer cards make the deck work. If you don't believe me, watch some videos of Nationals and Worlds finals and see how those players engineer their decks with amazingly heavy trainer lines. Just because your Pokemon have expensive attacks doesn't mean you need a lot of energy. My metal-Lugia and my Charizard-Entei decks each run 4 Double Colorless and 8 basic energy, never hitting a shortage in any game I play. I'm a bit casual and usually only have time for smaller local events, but I still make sure I can do as well as I possibly can while I'm there.

Hope this was helpful. Have a great week!