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HGSS-on Empoleon Deck (please help)

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I made this on the top of my head...But I need some suggestion on how to make this deck work...Open to any changes. Thanks!

4 Piplup (DE 27)
2 Landorus
3 Empoleon (DE 29)
2 Terrakion (NV 99)
1 Terrakion (NV 73)
1 Virizion (NV 97)
1 Smeargle (CL 21)

4 Pokemon Catcher (EP 95)
3 Rare Candy (UL 82)
4 Dual Ball
2 Random Receiver (DE 99)
3 Ultra Ball
2 PlusPower (BW 96)
4 Professor Oak's New Theory (CL 83)
2 N (NV 92)
4 Cheren (EP 91)
1 Super Rod (NV 95)
2 Switch (HGSS 102)
3 Exp Share (ND 87)

4 Prism Energy (ND 93)
5 Fighting Energy (BW 110)
3 Water Energy (BW 107)

Basic Strategy:
Use Empoleon's ability to get some draw power. Use Terrakion as your main attacker, in order to beat the recent meta now (Darkrai EX, Zekrom/Eel...). Smeargle and Virizion is for early game, in order to set up right away. Random Receiver is for consistency. Use early game advantage by using Catcher to get some easy KO's. There is no EX so therefore it is hard to get two prize cards.
 
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No junk arm? Anyways, assuming you want to stick to a collector engine this is more like what I would run

Pokemon - 15
4-2-4 Empoleon
3 Terrakion (NV)
2 Virizion (NV)

Trainers - 33
4 Pokemon Collector
4 N
3 Professor Juniper

2 EXP Share
3 Junk Arm
2 Pokegear (RR is better if you aren't running Collector)
3 Pokemon Catcher
3 Pokemon Communication
3 Rare Candy
2 Super Rod (one extra one lets you more liberally discard your pokemon with diving draw, junk arm, etc.)
3 Switch
1 Ultra Ball

Energy - 12
7 Water
5 Fighting
 
If you like having a ball engine:

Pokemon: 16
3 Piplup
1 Prinplup
3 Empoleon
2 Horsea
2 Kingdra Prime
3 Terrakion (NV 99)
2 Smeargle

T/S/S: 32
4 N
3 Juniper
2 Professor Oak's New Theory


4 Junk Arm
4 Rare Candy
3 Dual Ball
3 Ultra Ball
3 Pokemon Catcher
3 Switch
2 Exp Share
1 Super Rod

Energy: 12
6 Fighting Energy
6 Water Energy

Kingdra Prime is awesome in this deck because it can attack up to 60 damage for one energy (fire decks aren't ubiquitous anymore) and it has a built -in -plus-power- effect pokepower
 
Here's my list that I got 2nd with at yesterday's BR

4-2-4 Empoleon
3- Virizion
3 Aerodactyl
1- Terrakion
1-Mewtwo ex (might change it to shaymin)

4- Candy
4- Level Ball (maybe switch for dual ball)
4- Junk Arm
4- PONT
2- Switch
3- Twist Mountain
4- Cheren
2- Random Reciever
3- Catcher

4- water
4-rainbow
3- grass


Hope this helps, let me know if it does.
 
And this week I will be using:
Pokemon: 13
3-1-3 Kingdra Prime
1-Mewtwo EX
3- Terrakion
1-Shaymin UL
1- Smeargle

T/S/S: 35
4- PONT
2- N
4- Rare Candy
4- Junk Arm
4- Switch
2- EXP Share
3- Catcher
3- Dual Ball
2- Random Reciever
4- PlusPower
1- Super Rod
2- Ultra Ball

Energy: 12
6- -Water Energy
6 - Fighting Energy

Terrakion to start and hit weakness for bolts and Dark. Get Kingdras ready to hit Donphans, Groudons and Landorus and spread damage with ability. Ready Mewtwo and Terrakon on bench. Only real tough matchup is Tornadus EX.
 
4 Piplup
1 Prinplup
3 Empoleon
3 Terrakion
2 Landorus
1 Smeargle
1 Virizion

4 Bianca
4 Junk Arm
4 Professor Juniper
4 Random Receiver
3 Heavy Ball
3 Ultra Ball
2 Dual Ball
2 Level Ball
2 Pokemon Catcher
2 Rare Candy
2 Switch
1 Super Rod


5 Fighting Energy
4 Prism Energy
3 Water Energy

That's what I would do. 4-0-3 Empoleon is much harder to reliably pull off than 4-1-3 owing to the fact Rare Candy isn't searchable while Prinplup is. You can sit through much of a game with Piplup on bench and Empoleon in hand with no Candy to feed it otherwise.
 
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