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Gyarados - Rest of Season

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This'll be built for the rest of the season, as it'll be going out next format; might as well play it 'til it's in the ground.

Gyarados
60 Cards

Pokemon: 22
4-3 Gyarados
1-1 Dialga G Lv. X
4 Sableye
1 Unown Q
2 Crobat G
2 Uxie
1 Azelf
1 Mesprit
1 Regice
1 Combee

T/S/S: 31
3 Broken Time-Space
4 Pokemon Collector
4 Seeker
2 Bebe's Search
4 Junk Arm
4 Poketurn
3 Pokemon Rescue
2 VS Seeker
2 Lost Remover
2 Expert Belt

Energy: 7
4 Warp Energy
3 Rescue Energy

Strategy: The deck uses Sableye/Smeargle to set up, discarding magikarps and setting up a Gyarados to attack for 90+ per turn with Revenge Tail. Uses Regice and Junk Arms to discard the magikarps, and uses Crobat + Poketurns to augment damage and get KO's easier. Seeker to reuse Uxie, Azelf, Regice, Crobats and Combee, and heal a Gyarados after attaching warp energy. Pokemon Rescue, Combee, and Rescue Energy are to recover Gyarados in order to set up the turn after being knocked out in conjunction with BTS.
 
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Lol. There is Uxie. The four Warp also helps when Luxray drags Regice active. They also make getting Dialga G X out easier. Warp can be a critical part of the deck, so it makes sense that it would be there as a four-of. Anyways, you should take out Smeargle for Rescue Energy number four. If this is the same deck that I player with yesterday, I think that fourth Rescue would be better than the Smeargle. I never used it. Anyways, the list is great.
 
soy-chileno said:
no uxie?
4 warp energy is unnecessary when u pick up gyarados with seeker, will keep the energy in your hand.
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Yeah, AJ got this one.

luxray626 said:
Lol. There is Uxie. The four Warp also helps when Luxray drags Regice active. They also make getting Dialga G X out easier. Warp can be a critical part of the deck, so it makes sense that it would be there as a four-of. Anyways, you should take out Smeargle for Rescue Energy number four. If this is the same deck that I player with yesterday, I think that fourth Rescue would be better than the Smeargle. I never used it. Anyways, the list is great.
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I actually prefer 4/1 Sableye/Smeagle. I might bump it up to 4/2 Smeargle.

... Also, I don't have a fourth holo rescue so I don't want to run it.
 
I really don't think that Lost Remover is the right choice for Gyarados. The only matchup it's really going to help you with is DialgaChomp, and I feel that those slots are better used for cards like a single Judge, which works wonders in the SP matchup, and Pokemon Communication, which i would cut a VS Seeker to run 2 of. I've never had an issue with 3 warp, my opinion would be to drop one of your 4 for a Smeargle. Having a 4/1 split of Sableye/Smeargle drastically increases your chances of starting with one of your preferred starters, and the ability to have a Smeargle with an Unown Q to Portrait after each KO on your Gyarados or Warp Point (which you need at least one of IMO) is too good to pass up. Sableye is a better starter I think, which is why I recommend a 4/1 as opposed to 3/2 split.

Hope this helps.
 
Solemn_Party said:
Eh. I'm a big fan of Mesprit though. Powerlock wins games.
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You wish you had that powerlock during our game back in Warwick xD!!

I have to say, I see a small flaw in the list. It might be the fact that I haven't gotten that much sleep lately, but you don't have a Smeargle in the list, though you talk about it in the strat. Probably just me...
 
Too many energy. Your taking away gdos's deck space advantage. Here's what I would do...

-2 warp energy
-2 pokemon rescue
-1 lost remover
-1 seeker

+1 lux ball
+1 warp point
+1 black belt
+2 pokemon communication
+1 smeargle

I really don't think that Lost Remover is the right choice for Gyarados. The only matchup it's really going to help you with is DialgaChomp, and I feel that those slots are better used for cards like a single Judge, which works wonders in the SP matchup, and Pokemon Communication, which i would cut a VS Seeker to run 2 of. I've never had an issue with 3 warp, my opinion would be to drop one of your 4 for a Smeargle. Having a 4/1 split of Sableye/Smeargle drastically increases your chances of starting with one of your preferred starters, and the ability to have a Smeargle with an Unown Q to Portrait after each KO on your Gyarados or Warp Point (which you need at least one of IMO) is too good to pass up. Sableye is a better starter I think, which is why I recommend a 4/1 as opposed to 3/2 split.
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I would actually think lost remover would help the most in the mirror. Get rid of rescue right before the KO. So I would keep one, so that you have the option of using junk arm for it multiple times. Also, I like the idea of the judge (sort of). I recommend looker's, so that you get to keep your hand because oftentimes with a deck like gdos you may wait several turns, holding specific cards in your hand. You can't really just afford to take a risk like that all the time.
 
LoTad said:
Too many energy. Your taking away gdos's deck space advantage. Here's what I would do...

-2 warp energy
-2 pokemon rescue
-1 lost remover
-1 seeker

+1 lux ball
+1 warp point
+1 black belt
+2 pokemon communication
+1 smeargle
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I think this is good advice. But I would drop blackbelt for a 2nd Lux ball. I love T1 Luxball, Junk Arm, Luxball.

I might also consider: +1metal, +1 gain, + 1 Cyrus for defen lock if I was playing Dialga.
 
^ But you don't need 2 lux ball for lux + junk + lux. That doesn't really make sense. And ya kinda need blackbelt for the luxchomp matchup.
 
Sorry stupid question: i haven't played since '03 but i wanted to make a gyrados deck. When exactly does the season end?
 
thanks for the reply... and which sets/cards are they taking out next format... if you have a link it would be much appreciated...
 
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