Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Garchomp Lv X worth playing when it comes out?

lolganium said:
umbreon star disruption. mew star mimic, and because chomp uses loads of different energy-rainbow wave!

the roblem i got wih chomp is that the card you get back is a basic. flygon ex d as a basic. any pokemon becomes a basic, no scramble for you, no dre for you. hmm
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Umbreon Star only works when played from hand. :/

And... Does it really matter if Flygon EX d is a basic or not? You're not attaching DRE either way, 'cause it's... You know, an EX. :(

The only reason you wouldn't want to be basic with some cards (IE: Blastoise d, Flygon EX d) is 'cause the Azelf/Mespirit/Uxie trio will go NUTS over being able to raise their attack cost.
 
Rai said:
Umbreon Star only works when played from hand. :/

And... Does it really matter if Flygon EX d is a basic or not? You're not attaching DRE either way, 'cause it's... You know, an EX. :(

The only reason you wouldn't want to be basic with some cards (IE: Blastoise d, Flygon EX d) is 'cause the Azelf/Mespirit/Uxie trio will go NUTS over being able to raise their attack cost.
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Luckily, Azelf/Mesprit/Uxie are TERRIBLE.
 
The great thing about Garchomp Lv. X is that you can build a lot of variants to it, like Blissey and tech against a lot.

one of the better garchomp builds is would be with something that gets it out fast.

Some pokemon to consider for that are:
Furret
Queen D and her pre-evolutions help with consistency.
Raichu (mostly for the regular Garchomp)

and the better techs are:
ampharos (bench damage)
flygon ex d (bench damage)
blastoise D (removes weakness)
Dusknoir (covers weakness, and great late game attack after your other techs have gone down)
Salamence, Ex from PK (can either como with straight KOs on your opponent's active or bench damage, while the Ex can do the same, but they are also weak to colorless)
Infernape (a nice hit up front)
Bastiodon (protects it while on the bench, and bench damage)
Charizard D (for a big hit up front, but you have to attach one more NRG)
Dranite Ex (distruption and semi bench damage)
Empoleon (High HP and bench damage)
Gardevoir Ex D (helps power other pokemon on bench, and good power)
Kingdra Ex D (covers weakness on colorless pokemon and you could run the swarm)
Metagross Ex (great against swarm decks and semi disrupts with power)
Shiftry Ex (to counter powers and snipe anything for 50 after Garchomp Lv X power)

Most of these would be very good with no weakness considering you already had a Blastoise D on the bench.
 
Burninating_Torchic said:
Luckily, Azelf/Mesprit/Uxie are TERRIBLE.
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there is a way to play them really well, i'm working on it atm.

Rai said:
Umbreon Star only works when played from hand. :/

And... Does it really matter if Flygon EX d is a basic or not? You're not attaching DRE either way, 'cause it's... You know, an EX. :(

The only reason you wouldn't want to be basic with some cards (IE: Blastoise d, Flygon EX d) is 'cause the Azelf/Mespirit/Uxie trio will go NUTS over being able to raise their attack cost.
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i do know that dre can't be attached to gon ex d anyway, don't treat me like i'm thick, jesus.

it's just that some cards may want a dre here and there thats all
 
Ardoptres said:
Yeah, The Fairytale is a prett good deck.

All i'm gonna say is ES + Techs.
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ninetales?

nah atm i got dudtrio cg and medicham cg

trio forces them to attack uxi, no attack next turn, medicham also covers darkness pokemon, weak fight ressist. psy, and his body makes him really usefull.
 
lolganium said:
ninetales?

nah atm i got dudtrio cg and medicham cg

trio forces them to attack uxi, no attack next turn, medicham also covers darkness pokemon, weak fight ressist. psy, and his body makes him really usefull.
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...sounds like fun
gl with that

chomp lv x looks like fun
 
You guys are forgetting something; you're going to have to get basic energy in the discard quickly and effectively.
 
Pukachi said:
You guys are forgetting something; you're going to have to get basic energy in the discard quickly and effectively.
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No... you don't.
The point of the deck isn't to use Lv.X's power to get something out fast. Rare Candy with a full line of something is way faster than that.
The Lv.X is supposed to be used late game, after one or two evolved Garchomps die.
 
This really can be a problem. U have to discard 1 flygon ex and 3 basic energies while blissey and kric deliver 80 everyturn to u.

Another good point to think : Is it better just to run straight flygon ex or discard it and revive with garchomp X?
 
The latter. Because if suddenly Flygon ex d seems like a bad choice (because of resistance etc) you can just pick any of the other different-typed Stage 2s in your deck as your main attacker instead. A Flygon ex deck can't turn around suddenly like that. Also, when you revive with Garchomp lv X, Flygon ex' attack becomes so much more effective.
 
Pukachi said:
You guys are forgetting something; you're going to have to get basic energy in the discard quickly and effectively.
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This is why Bronzong (discard anything) and supporters such as TV reporter which discard stuff are a good idea. It's not hard to get stuff in the discard once it's in your hand. Castaway and Mr. Stone's project make Energy searches a joke.
 
Though Bronzong is stronger i like Catty/Catty ex. they provide more draw and Catty ex serves as disruption and helps you get lots of cards in the discard. Constrain lets you discard anything and lots of it, and energy draw is faster than bronzong. Either way, the setup is pretty quick.
 
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