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Healing Flood (Snorlax Deck)

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:water:Healing Flood:psychic:
-A Snorlax Deck-
-The Deck-

Pokemon
Total Count: 20
3-1 Snorlax X Line (RR, 81/111 & 111/111)
2-2 Xatu Line (SW, 96/132 & 44/132)
2-2 Bronzong Line (SF, 55/100 & 13/100)
3-3 Starmie Line (RR, 83/111 & 50/111)
2 Unown G (GE, 57/106)

Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums
Total Count: 23
4 Poke Healer +
3 Night Maintenance
3 Warp Point
2 Switch
2 Roseanne's Research
2 Bebe's Search
2 Premier Ball
1 Level Max
1 Aaron's Collection
1 Lucian's Assignment
1 Snowpoint Temple
1 Luxury Ball

Energy
Total Count: 17
13 Water Energy
4 Psychic Energy


-Strategy-
This deck would work quite a lot better if it had the card my friend told me was in the format in it... However, the card (Recycle Energy) has not been reprinted since NGen. Sooo that isn't in this deck for obvious reasons.

Anyway, this is your generic non-Dark Snorlax Deck. Its major weaknesses are Machamp and the mighty Hippo, but the latter of the two gives more trouble to it than the prior due to lack of energy accel (directly to the Pokemon). The strategy of this deck is rather simple: load up your hand with Energy while Snorlax X is active and reap the benefits of healing with Exercise. It's actually rather effective.

-_Snorlax/X_-
The meat of the deck. With Snowpoint, Snorlax X has 150 HP, a nice power, and three decent attacks. The main focus of the deck relies on Snorlax's Exercise. 80 for 4 energies sounds pretty bad at first, until you take the healing into consideration. For each energy discarded, one Damage Counter is removed from Snorlax, and that adds up with the energy accel and Snorlax's internal draw engine, Big Appetite.

-_Xatu_-
Xatu is my personal favorite tech in Snorlax. It can move the Sleep condition caused by Big Appetite over to your opponent's Pokemon and heal Snorlax. This also is helpful in the rare event that you encounter a deck that uses Special Conditions, if you don't want to waste a Poke Healer +. Xatu's other fortunate gift is his ability to snipe, and his resistance to Fighting types. Sleep aside, he's a decent Anti-Machamp tech.

-_Bronzong_-
Part one of the two-part Energy Accel for the deck, Bronzong snatches two Basic Energies from the deck and places them in the hand with the Cycler PokePower. Those energies can then be discarded by Snorlax for Excercise or attached to something that needs to be powered up. Other than that, he typically sits on the bench, though he could be used for spread against decks that have higher retreat costs. He's not much of an attacker over all, though.

-_Starmie_-
The second part of this deck's Energy Accel. Starmie recycles the Water Energies in the discard, allowing you to power up the healing power of Excercise or attach to your attackers.

-_Unown G_-
It's Unown G.​
 
Since Snorlax is the only (and awesome) attacker, do you need a Level Max.
And since, it will not die, ever, I don't think you need as many warp points or swotches.

I like this deck though, because I am so fed up with Gengar, Machamp, Claydol etc.
Good to see a deck without them.
 
Since Snorlax is the only (and awesome) attacker, do you need a Level Max.
And since, it will not die, ever, I don't think you need as many warp points or swotches.

I like this deck though, because I am so fed up with Gengar, Machamp, Claydol etc.
Good to see a deck without them.

Warp Point/Switch + Starmie = Healing Status Conditions like Sleep.

Also, the deck is a tad slow when it comes to snatching Snorlax X, which I'm trying to fix. The reason Level Max is in the deck is to potentially lock in Pokemon after Turn One, which can help keep Snorlax alive longer. An Unown G or similar start can be so much worse when you can't retreat. Plus, it helps in the rare occasion that you have to Night Maintenance the X.
 
Why arent you using the other Snorlax from rising rivals? To me, he seems like he'd be a better choice since he could fuel Exercise pretty well.
 
Why arent you using the other Snorlax from rising rivals? To me, he seems like he'd be a better choice since he could fuel Exercise pretty well.

That's good in your late game. However, early and mid-game, the common Snorlax is just much more effective.

Besides, by the time you have that many energy in the discard that you can't snatch with powers, you're in trouble anyway.
 
I find using Jirachi RR and upper energy quite useful in my version of this deck, i wouldn't know what to take out though, maybe thinning the bronzong and the starmie lines down to 1-1 and 2-2 and replacing some basic energies for the uppers....

Jirach starts, reuses supporter, bebe for example, dies and you getto search for upper wich is immediately activated. It helps...
 
I would go

-3 Psy
-3 Water
- 1/1 Xatu
-2 Switch

+1/1 Blissey MT
+4 Call Energy
+2 Roseannes
+1 Uxie
+1 Bebe's

Xatu is alright in this deck but 1/1 is enough. Blissey helps the healing process even more, which adds up after awhile. Call are a must in this deck since Lax can use colorless, roseanne's and bebe's should also be maxed out at 4 so I would try to take something out for another bebe's. Uxie is there for when you need it the most and you can roseanne's/bebe's for it.
 
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