ToysRUsKid said:
Yum Yum ;D ... Btw, notice the DATE on my first post, as thats an VERY old list. Wait for changes ;x
Since we talk about old deck ideas: From Europe with love :tongue:
Here is one of the oldest versions which was submitted 10/26/2004, 12:21 AM around the time Rocket return was released. It was the latest version in this threat.
Dark Umbreon said:
IMPERIAL CLOTHS
POKEMON (10):
2 Rocket's Wobbuffet (enable)
4 Dark Slowking (beatdown)
4 Slowpoke (evolution)
TRAINERS (37):
4 Pokémon Recycling Maschine (enable)
3 Professor Oak's Research (draw)
4 Reversal! Magic Hands (disable)
4 Surprise Teleporter! (enable)
3 Rocket's Poké Ball (draw)
4 Strenght Charm (enable)
3 Steven's Advice (draw)
3 Tv Reporter (draw)
3 Exp. All (enable)
3 Great Ball (draw)
3 Copycat (draw)
ENERGY (13):
4 Darkness Energy
9 Psychic Energy
STRATEGY:
The basic idea is to have Dark Slowking out turn two and hit the other side. Due to the low basic count and the draw trainers in this deck a turn two Dark Slowking can be obtained at a reasonable rate. Rocket's Wobbuffet is chosen to recover lost maschines and tools for Dark Slowking. Great Ball has been included to ensure one is able to obtain the Slowpokes from the deck without the need to slow down the hand restoration needed to fuel Dark Slowking at a constant rate.
Since that time the deck recieved a lot of modifications but no more than one or two of them were submitted here. Here is the latest version which can be used in the current format. It is a de-tweaked version since it was ment to foster discussion at a time people assumed that Dark decks are dead due to Battle Frontier. Since it didn't make sense to argue that Dark Heart is not effected much I decided to use another example from my aresenal of Dark decks to encourage a more diverse environment. At that time it was argued that Ludicolo and Zapdos would take over the environment in a rush. Unfortunate the metagame and diversity discussion this submission was ment to evoce did not happen at that time.
This sumission is from the 04/25/2005, 11:24 PM.
Dark Umbreon said:
SANTANA
POKEMON (16):
3 Dark Slowking (beatdown)
3 Dark Hypno (beatdown)
3 Slowpoke (evolution)
3 Drowzee (evolution)
4 Dunsparce (draw)
TRAINER (31):
3 Pokémon Retriever (enable)
4 Swoop! Teleporter (enable)
3 Rocket's Hideout (enable)
3 Rocket's Pokéball (draw)
3 Strenght Charm (enable)
3 Steven's Advice (draw)
3 Crystal Shard (enable)
3 Tv Reporter (draw)
3 Exp. All (enable)
3 Copycat (draw)
ENERGY (13):
4 Darkness Energy
9 Psychic Energy
I mainly posted this deck as an alternative to the currently proposed top decks to foster a little discussion on how the pendulum might swing back and forth. Let me know what you think.
There was also a version more geared toward a Dark Heart filled environment which uses tons of special energies. This version has been suggested in this threat so you can see it above.
I personally feel that
collhedgie should be mentioned too since he used a deck which runs Banette as well as Dark Slowking and Dark Hypno which recieved the marvelous name Voodoo. He did not submit his deck but made a tournament report here where this deck earned him first place as far as I remember. Seeing as the info he left is rather sparce he might want to make a contribution himself.
Here is the most recent version we use here due to the fact that we play with japense cards and follow their rotations. Shortly Dunsparce will have to be replaced with Plusle. Let us hope there will be a colorless basic which does the same since Plusle looks horrible in this deck. Submission date: 04/10/2005, 04:33 PM
Dark Umbreon said:
IMPERIAL CLOTH
POKEMON (14):
3 Dark Slowking (beatdown)
3 Slowking (beatdown)
4 Slowpoke (evolve)
4 Dunsparce (draw)
TRAINER (33):
4 Pokémon Retriever (enable)
4 Swoop! Teleporter (enable)
3 Rocket's Pokéball (draw)
4 Strenght Charm (enable)
3 Cursed Powder (enable)
3 Steven's Advice (draw)
3 Crystal Shard (enable)
3 Mary's Request (draw)
3 Tv Reporter (draw)
3 Copycat (draw)
ENERGY (13):
4 Darkness Energy
9 Psychic Energy
Inspired by Whickers awsome name for his Dark Sith deck the deck above has been renamed and is now called 'Return of the Kings'. Guess he does not mind this sort of inspiration :smile:.
The last two decks re-submitted in this threat won several tournaments here and in Germany. Tolotos runs a modified version of Santana which did pretty well for him in several tournaments over there.
In order to check whether the submission date is accurate feel free to search the deck section by the deck name.