Good Night - A Dark Toolbox - HS-on

[Akane]

I've always had a fondness for Dark types, at least in the TCG. The Special :dark: Energy which increased your damage, the sychic: resistances which have always been helpful and so on. And personally, I think :dark: as a type has never before been as strong as it is now, with the HS-on format we will soon have. So why not try building a toolbox based on the :dark: type and its useful utility Pokémon?


Pokémon (20):

3-2-3 Tyranitar Prime UL
2-2 Umbreon UD
2-2 Mandibuzz BLW
2-2 Zoroark BLW

I/S/S (26):

3 Pokémon Collector HS
2 Professor Oak's New Theory HS
2 Professor Juniper BLW
2 Twins TM
2 Seeker TM
1 Flower Shop Lady UD
4 Pokémon Communication BLW
4 Switch BLW
2 Rare Candy UL
2 Energy Exchanger UD
2 Junk Arm TM

Energy (14):

4 Double Colorless Energy
4 Special Darkness Energy
4 Basic Darkness Energy
2 Rescue Energy


A quick explanation of my deck's Pokémon lineup:

3-2-3 Tyranitar Prime UL.

It's a great card all around for this new format, spreading 20 for :dark: if your entire bench consists only of :dark: Pokémon and doing 120 for :dark::dark::colorless::colorless: - enough to OHKO Reshiram with a Special :dark: Energy!

2-2 Umbreon UD.

Umbreon is a proven tech, and one which can destroy unprepared decks, rendering them completely unable to attack. Its attack Moonlight Fang costs :dark: and does a measly 30 damage. However, it's got an effect that definitely makes Umbreon worth it. The effect of Moonlight Fang basically makes Umbreon immune to attacks from Pokémon with Poké-Powers or Poké-Bodies next turn. Sadly, this doesn't apply to Abilities, but there aren't a lot of Pokémon with Abilities today anyway, and very few who actually attack. This attack is usable on a lot of the metagame's popular cards such as Donphan, Machamp, Magnezone, Yanmega, Steelix and so on, which makes Umbreon a very nice stalling tool.

2-2 Mandibuzz BLW.

Mandibuzz is one of the new :dark: types from BLW, and it's not at all a bad one. Both of its attacks are useful, and it's got a handy resistance to :fighting: which is extremely useful in a :dark:-based deck.
Its first attack, Blindside, costs :dark: and does 50 damage to any damaged Pokémon of your choice. This is really nice combined with Tyranitar Prime's Darkness Howl for some bench sniping action - unprotected and unevolved Basics (such as Phanpy, Machop, Magnemite, Tepig, etc) are prime targets for this.
Mandibuzz's second attack, Punishment, does 40 damage for :dark::colorless::colorless:. This doesn't sound like much, but if you use it against a Stage 2 (Magnezone, Emboar, Machamp) the attack does 60 extra damage, for a grand total of 100 - 110 with a Special :dark: Energy. This is really nice against the aforementioned Stage 2s - one turn of PlusPower/Special :dark: Energy boosted Moonlight Fang from an Umbreon UD and then a Switch to Mandibuzz and a PlusPower/Special :dark: Energy boosted Punishment will KO Magnezone and Machamp!

2-2 Zoroark BLW

Now, this is a nice tech, and one that should have a guaranteed spot in any deck which runs Double Colorless Energy. Zoroark's got 2 usable attacks, but one of them really stands out. Its first attack, Nasty Plot, costs :dark: and lets you search your deck for any card and put it into your hand - a nice set-up attack, but nothing to earn Zoroark a spot in any deck, really - after all, it is a stage 1. However, Zoroark's second attack is where it really starts to shine: Foul Play costs :colorless::colorless: to use, and copies one of the Defending Pokémon's attacks to use as its own. This is absolutely amazing in a lot of situations: it can copy Reshiram's Blue Flame and do 120 damage wothout having to discard any Energy - potentially OHKOing it if you have a Special :dark: Energy equipped. You could copy Magnezone Prime's Lost Burn and Lost Zone three Energy for the OHKO (though I'd prefer the Umbreon/Mandibuzz "combo" here). You could copy Machamp Prime's Champ Buster, Yanmega Prime's Sonicboom, all of the LEGEND Pokémon's attacks, and so on. Zoroark is just a card with so many possibilities.


So, I think I've covered this deck quite nicely. It's not at all a top-tier deck, and I don't suspect it'll top cut all that much (if it even gets into public knowledge), but it's really fun to play and quite a versatile and surprising [low-tier deck]. I hope you'll try it out, and if you have the time, some constructive criticism would be wonderful.

Until we meet again, this is Akane signing out~

 

[pokematt999]

you could add an Unknown dark into here.
Also for extra protection against fighting a 1-1 houndoom line.

 

[joshA11]

i actualy like this deck i am goign to try it out! what pokematt999 said add a houndome line

---------- Post added 05/14/2011 at 06:41 PM ----------

3-1-3 Tyranitar Prime
2-2 Umbreon
2-2 Mandibuzz
2-2 Zoroark
1-1 houndome


3 Pokémon Collector
3 Professor Elm's Training Method
4 PlusPower
3 Pokémon Communication BLW
2 Switch
4 Energy Exchanger
4 pont
2 rare candy's



2 Double Colorless Energy
4 Special Darkness Energy
6 Basic Darkness Energy
2 Rescue Energy

 

[misnos]

You seem really low on hand refreash, I would go with 2-3 PONT, and I feel like you need more dark energy. Maybe drop the plus power (you have special dark) for 2 PONT and 2 dark. I also would try to get my Ttar line to 3-2-3. Just noticed you are gonna need like 2 rare candy, it will speed things up a bit. I think you have room with the seekers, mandibuzz, umbreon and Zoroark will all most likely be 1 shot so unless it's for Ttar witch will take a while to get back up it's not too useful.

Good luck.

 

[pokematt999]

You could also cut the zoroark and Umbreon down to 1-1 and then add a Shaymin a 1-0-1 reuniculus and an extra pupitar.. Finally cut the Mndibuzz to 1-1 and add two max revives.That way you can Shaymin all the energies off of t-tar.Then reuniculus the damage all on to t-tar. Finally, use max revive and all the damage is gone.

Ooops I mean max restore not max revive.

 

[Rambo]

2-2-2 for T-Tar = ew.

3-2-3 at least if you're using rare candy.

 

[VenoMeadow]

hey im running this to next year but with espeon and umbreon prime and i dont know if this helps you but i found super scoop up s and seeker really useful for unown dark, health reasons and getting rid of serperior tanks benched temporarily