Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Raichu [DP-SF]

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Pokemon - 18
2 Pichu (SF)
4 Pikachu (MT)
3 Raichu (SF)
1 Raichu LV.X (SF)
2 Bronzor (SF)
2 Bronzong (SF)
1 Baltoy (GE)
1 Claydol (GE)
1 Rayquaza (LA)
1 Azelf (LA)

Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums - 26
4 Roseanne's Research
4 Bebe's Search
3 Cynthia's Feelings
3 PlusPower
2 Warp Point
2 Conductive Quarry
2 Team Galactic's Wager
2 Night Maintenance
1 Buck's Training
1 Technical Machine TS-2
1 Premier Ball
1 Luxury Ball

Energy - 16
11 Electric Energy
3 Call Energy
2 Fire Energy

Thoughts/Strategy: The reasoning for not having Rare Candies in the deck is that I only have Stage 1s, so I really don't see why I need them. Raichu is the main attacker and I could either Voltage Shot, then Slice them for a KO or if that isn't enough (or if I already used Slice last turn) I can Voltage Shot and use TMTS-2. Bronzong is to help get energies into my hand for Voltage Shot. Rayquaza's Poke-Power lets me get energies back from my discard pile onto Rayquaza. Once I have enough energies on him I can use Raichu (SF)'s Burst Ball attack and remove those energies off of Rayquaza. If I have to I'll use the two fire energies I have to use Rayquaza's attack. I'm only using that option as a back up plan if I ~somehow~ can not get my Raichus out fast enough. Azelf makes sure that Raichu Lv.X or any other important Pokemon isn't prized. I want Raichu to remain as my main attacker but I'm open to suggestions about techs that will help me recycle energies. Conductive Quarry can be a nice card if I can't get Rayquaza out fast enough. Otherwise it's just a way for me to get rid of Dusknoir or any other Stadium my opponent tries to use. I haven't tested this deck at all yet mostly because I lack the cards.
 
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Rayquaza is an excellent card in this deck, but only after Raichu has used it's attack. To improve circulation, I recommend removing one Bronzong set for another Claydol set.

Also, TMTS-2 is a very slow card, that is useless against all the AMU out there. Maybe keep it to one, with a Buck's Training to add more draw power and let Raichu cover moe with a single attack.

Premier Ball is not particularly great in this, largely because there is only LV. X, and not a great one at that. Luxury ball is a free pokemon, so swap a Premier for one.

-1 Bronzor
-1 Bronzong
-1 Technical Machine Ts-2
-1 Premier Ball

+1 Baltoy
+1 Claydol
+1 Buck's Training
+1 Luxury Ball

Overall, a fantastic deck. Great job!
 
LoppyThug said:
Rayquaza is an excellent card in this deck, but only after Raichu has used it's attack. To improve circulation, I recommend removing one Bronzong set for another Claydol set.

That's exactly why I have 2 Bronzongs in here instead of 2 Claydols. Bronzong will help me get energy faster so I can use Voltage Shoot. I know that Claydol will help me get cards quicker in general, and even though it's really good this format, I was never a fan of Claydol in the first place. I'm going to keep him at 1-1 until I actually test the deck a few times.

Also, TMTS-2 is a very slow card, that is useless against all the AMU out there. Maybe keep it to one, with a Buck's Training to add more draw power and let Raichu cover moe with a single attack.

I was only planning on using TMTS-2 for a Link Lightning'd Voltage Shoot so now that I think about it having two isn't really necessary. I'll try out a Buck's.

Premier Ball is not particularly great in this, largely because there is only LV. X, and not a great one at that. Luxury ball is a free pokemon, so swap a Premier for one.

I'll try that out.

-1 Bronzor
-1 Bronzong
-1 Technical Machine Ts-2
-1 Premier Ball

+1 Baltoy
+1 Claydol
+1 Buck's Training
+1 Luxury Ball

Bold = I did those changes.

Overall, a fantastic deck. Great job!
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My responses are in the quote. Thanks for the feedback! :thumb:
 
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Ho Megas Alexandros said:
hes just using rays power.. never going to attack with it. nobody can attack with ray... who has fire and lightning in their decks?!?!?
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At Battle roads, someone top cutted with
a spread deck. It only needed lightning
energy for its main attacker, so they
teched in some fire and 1 Ray. In the end,
they attacked with Ray's attack, more then
enough times.

I think she placed 3rd.
It was interesting for sure.
 
(TYranitarFReak) said:
why ray is even in ur deck!!!

u never gonna atk with it....
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Why is Bronzong in this deck? Why is Claydol in this deck? WHY IS AZELF IN THIS DECK? It's called a tech. I might as well turn this topic into an article just to keep repetitive questions out of here. If you would've read the few posts in this thread you would know the answer to this by now. Or maybe if you even read my strategy at the bottom of the first post? :nonono:

Rayquaza (LA)

Poke-POWER: Speed Gain
Once during your turn (before you attack) you may flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads search your discard pile for a basic fire energy card or a basic electric energy card and attach it to Rayquaza. This power can't be used if Rayquaza is affected by a special condition.

Raichu (SF)

[L][L][C] Burst Ball - 100 Damage
Discard 3 Energy attached to any of your Pokemon any way you like.

Use Speed Gain to put energies on Rayquaza then use Burst Ball and remove those energies from him.

icemelter1001 said:
Imo, I think you should add in some Fire energy to attack with Rayquazza. His attack and power are too good not to.
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That could be a good idea, but I don't want to sacrifice my Electric energies or my Call energies. What should I take out for them?
 
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If your not going to attack with it it'll just become a liability and an easy target for Gengar. I understand you want to use it for just the power but why not take full advantage of it, I'm not sure. Raichu is knocked out pretty easily only having 90 HP until you level it up and Raichu lvl. x only has 110 HP. Having it knocked out is difficult to recover from right away.

Rayquaza gives you another attacker. There a lot of things Raichu can't ohko and Rayquaza can't ohko almost everything, if not everything.

That's just my input and if you don't agree that's your choice, but good luck with the deck.
 
icemelter1001 said:
If your not going to attack with it it'll just become a liability and an easy target for Gengar. I understand you want to use it for just the power but why not take full advantage of it, I'm not sure. Raichu is knocked out pretty easily only having 90 HP until you level it up and Raichu lvl. x only has 110 HP. Having it knocked out is difficult to recover from right away.

Rayquaza gives you another attacker. There a lot of things Raichu can't ohko and Rayquaza can't ohko almost everything, if not everything.

That's just my input and if you don't agree that's your choice, but good luck with the deck.
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Actually I agree with you. Sorry if you misunderstood what I was trying to say. Having Rayquaza as a back up attacker would be nice and it could catch some people off guard but I just don't know what to remove for the fire energies. I might try taking out 2-3 Electric energies for 2-3 Fire energies since Raichu and his Lv.X only need 2 Electric energies to attack. With Bronzong it should be easy getting the right energies that I need during any specific time.
 
In my list I took out 4 Lightning Energies for 4 Fire Energies. The Lightning count will seem a little low but usually after a couple of Voltage Shoot's you can use Night Maintenance to put a lot of those Energies back and use Cycler to get them back in your hand.

It just depends on the focus of your deck. Mine is to do a constant Voltage Shoot by turn 3, but yours may be different.
 
icemelter1001 said:
In my list I took out 4 Lightning Energies for 4 Fire Energies. The Lightning count will seem a little low but usually after a couple of Voltage Shoot's you can use Night Maintenance to put a lot of those Energies back and use Cycler to get them back in your hand.

It just depends on the focus of your deck. Mine is to do a constant Voltage Shoot by turn 3, but yours may be different.
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I was planning on using Voltage Shoot to snipe things that I can 1HKO with it, while mixing in a few Burst Balls to KO things faster than Voltage Shoot would. If I'm going to add in the fire energies Rayquaza will just be a back up plan more than a main attacker.

I'm going to try out two fire energies for now and I'll mess around with the energy ratio as I test the deck.
 
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(TYranitarFReak) said:
On the raichu X's body, if i use voltage shoot, then can i use voltage shoot again?
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Yes you can. You can use any of Raichu's attacks after a Link Lightning'd Voltage Shoot. You can also use a Technical Machine attack if there is one attached to Raichu because it counts as one of his attacks.

... and I just realized that his attack is Voltage Shoot... Voltage Shot sounds so much better. :lol:
 
you have too many lines of pokemon. yes i know they all have specific roles to play but even ideally your set up is going to look like
Active: Raichu
Bench: Pikachu/next Raichu, Claydol, Bronzong, Rayquaza and then probably Azelf. that's a full bench.

all this stuff is going to just slow down your setup, not to mention that Mismagius SF and/or Dusknoir DP are going to destroy you every time.

Don't run pichus, don't run bronzongs, don't run fire energy. run more lightning energy and super scoop up instead. it's good for both pulling a rayquaza that has multiple lightning energies on it back to your hand and it is good for recycling raichu level x before your opponent expects you to. you also want more premier balls to recycle the level x from the discard pile.
plus power and bucks are also wasted here since one of raichu's charms is his ability to dish out massive (80 times 2) bench damage.
 
revdjweb said:
you have too many lines of pokemon. yes i know they all have specific roles to play but even ideally your set up is going to look like
Active: Raichu
Bench: Pikachu/next Raichu, Claydol, Bronzong, Rayquaza and then probably Azelf. that's a full bench.

all this stuff is going to just slow down your setup, not to mention that Mismagius SF and/or Dusknoir DP are going to destroy you every time.

Don't run pichus, don't run bronzongs, don't run fire energy. run more lightning energy and super scoop up instead. it's good for both pulling a rayquaza that has multiple lightning energies on it back to your hand and it is good for recycling raichu level x before your opponent expects you to. you also want more premier balls to recycle the level x from the discard pile.
plus power and bucks are also wasted here since one of raichu's charms is his ability to dish out massive (80 times 2) bench damage.
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Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it. However I'm going to test the current list out before I make a huge change like that to it.
 
I really don't think that the PlusPower, or Buck's are needed.

You could take those out for 4 energy link. You could attach one to rayquaza and one to your active or attach all 4 so you can keep switching energy's around and power up your other raichu's from energy linking energies from rayquaza. I tried energy switch but that only works once as energy link is constant.
 
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