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4-4 Arcanine EX
3 Lunatone
1 Solrock
2 Holon's Magneton/Electrode

4 Mary's Request
4 Cursed Stone
1 Battle Frontier
2 Pokemon Reversal
3 Swoop! Teleporter
4 PETM
2 Holon Transciever
2 Holon Mentor
1 Holon Lass
1 Holon Adventurer
2 Switch
1 Pokemon Retriever
2 Master Ball
1 Rocket's Admin
2 ER2

10 Fire Energy
4 React Energy

Arcanine EX: 2 Energy, 30 damage and 20 to a bench. 3 Energy, discard 2 Fire or 1 React, 100 damage. Pokebody, heals 1 damage counter and all special conditions when you add a fire energy. 120hp. Main Card in the Deck.

Growlithe: Evolves into Arcanaine EX. 1 Energy, 10 damage, possible paralyses. Dont wanna have him active after 1st turn, want him to be an Arcanine. 50hp

Lunatone: Pokebody, If solrock is on your side of the field, no Fire pokepowers can be used. 1 Energy, search your deck for a non-supporter trainer. 60hp

Solrock: Pokebody, as long as Lunatone is on your side of the field, no Colorless Pokepowers can be used. 1 Energy, search for Lunatone. 70hp

^Above are the main reasons why the pokemon (that are used AS pokemon) are in the deck.^

The strategy is to start with Growlithe or Lunatone, attach an energy to your active and either search for Swoop! if it is Lunatone, or attempt paralysis if it is Growlithe. Turn 2 Arcanine EX, overrun with him until he dies and by then you SHOULD have at least 1 other fully powered Arcanine EX.
 
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-4 PETM
-1 Lass
+2 Swoop!
+1 Reversal
+2 Adventurer

Very nice list. At least someone figured out that Cursed Stone is what is needed in this deck.
 
ixidor89 said:
I would consider running two more swoop.

Has anyone tried ER2 in this deck?
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omg what ever you do dont drop the PETM

you need +1 switch
-4 masterball
+2 swoop

i never run this with ER2, but i can tell you what with flaidose and with Jynx/wobby you NEED THE SWITCH or you will get a solrock locked and DIE!

4 swoop helps too, just remember dont pull out all your growlith to start the game!

good luck, your gona need it!

i played 4 decks with this at my last GC and let me tell you, they all handed it to me nicely
-polistall
-machoke
-flairodose
-jynx/wobby

2 of the games i could have won, if i only had switch in the deck FTLOG machamp and polistall are HARD HARD matchups! if you get a turn 2 RK9 on machamp and hit some reversals DARN it then you can win...polistall.....uggg
 
Yes, well i played this at MD GC and lost to a Mirro-deck of it that played Admin. It screwed me up soooo bad.

I also barely lost to an LBS and Dragtrode, but it got into the top 8, so I'm happy.

You NEED the PETM or else you will NEVER get Arcanine out. The objective is to get Arcanine out Turn 2, not turn 7. (If it goes that long)

I HAVE seen som1 play ER2 in this deck, but i wouldnt recommend it.

Polistall is ALWAYS a hard match-up.
I have updated the list. I took some advice and didnt on some others, just because of what I think is needed in this deck.
 
SuicidalPikachu said:
I HAVE seen som1 play ER2 in this deck, but i wouldnt recommend it.
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Try testing it for yourself. It's, REALLY good. Sometimes the reason I win is because I stopped my opponent from killing me that turn by getting rid of 1 energy, allowing me to attack for 100 one last time, which is all I need.

Also getting rid of Holon pokemon with it is incredable. (LBS =)
 
SuicidalPikachu said:
Yes, well i played this at MD GC and lost to a Mirro-deck of it that played Admin. It screwed me up soooo bad.
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You see the guy posting in your thread whose board name is "registeel"? That was him who beat you. You're playing a decent version of Arcanine but your Holon Engine needs to be trimmed down, you need to drop both Switch and both Master Ball, and you need ER2, Admin, and Energy Search. Battle Frontier is okay, but I'd drop it to help make room.
 
you need to drop both Switch and both Master Ball, and you need ER2, Admin, and Energy Search. Battle Frontier is okay, but I'd drop it to help make room.
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For the first thing, YOU CANT SEARCH FOR SUPPORTERS WITH LUNATONE! it is THAT simple. You cant use Energy Search for React Energy, and those are what you are primarily wanting to discard.

As for the BF in the deck, I had to play the guy who went 5-0 through Swiss for the first round of Single Elim. And i could have beaten him if i had gotten a Stadium to get rid of his. I also saw alot of Desert Ruins, which i didnt like one bit. 2 of the games 1 played could have been won if i had the Stadium, and not my opponent.

As for Registeel, it comes down to who gets the best Starting hand with Mirro-decks. ONE Admin might help this deck, but you usually have such a huge hand that it isnt going to help you towards the end, unless you just wanna screw with your opponents.
 
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Energy search grabs basic energy.

Battle Frontier is somewhat redundant with the lunasol combo. The ER2, Admin, and Energy search all sound like good ideas.
 
Battle Frontier is somewhat redundant with the lunasol combo.
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If my opponent is playing Dragtrode, or Metanite it wont sound so redundant, Lunatone and Solrock cobined with BF can stop 4 types of Pokemon's powers.
 
Not all that many people play Dragtrode or Metanite, and Metagross is weak to fire anyway.

You are far more likely to be stopping a Pidgeot than you are a Metagross or Dragonite with battle frontier, so it remains redundant.
 
Look, i played and lost to Dragtrode Monday, i have seen numerous attempts at metanite, I do not want to get out stadiumed like i did at GC, cause the stadiums either hurt me, or help them, which hurts me eventually. I'll dim the BF down to 1 but i want ,ore than 4 stadiums.
 
I play Arcanine very well and I will say ER2 isn't needed! I also got top 8 losing to a dragtrode. Check my front page article to see my new list and how I deal with the deck. (=
 
Yay! some1 agrees with me. AND to add onto what ixidor was saying, I HAVE ONLY 1 SOLROCK. Chances are about 5% of the time it will be in my prizes, and i would rather have a redundant stadium in play then Desert Ruins. And, i lost 2 of the games because i could not counter stadium.
 
If you want a redundant stadium, make it four cursed stone.

If you are still insecure about not getting Lunasol out because a solrock is prized, then add a second one.
 
SuicidalPikachu said:
For the first thing, YOU CANT SEARCH FOR SUPPORTERS WITH LUNATONE! it is THAT simple. You can use Energy Search for React Energy, and those are what you are primarily wanting to discard.
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.... You were using energy sourch to get REACT? Read the card.

So, your saying that just because lunitone can't grab supporters, then supporters become completely useless? No, you need to get RK9 out T2, not keep Lunitone active for fifty turns getting Masters balls and energy searches so you can be ready with it later. It's called T2 RK9.
 
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