Firstly, I'd just like to clarify that this is purely intended as a mock deck, which is the result of an inside joke, revolving around the fact that Rayquaza EX looks like he's trolling in regular card artwork. The brilliance is, once the Fall Tins are released, the EX card will be a cheap promo, meaning this deck will be very easy and affordable to make. Here's the list:
Pokemon: 6
4 x Rayquaza EX
2 x Emolga
Energy: 54
27 x Fire Energy
27 x Lightning Energy
T/S/S: 0
problem? *insert trollface*
The strategy is fairly self-explanatory. Your turn 1 aim is to use Celestial Roar after attaching an energy. From experience, you will get 3/3 energy around 90% of the time (I'm unaware on the actual odds). 2 energy is almost a certainty. The 28/28 split means you have you good chance of getting 3 of one energy, 2 of the other. This means you can One Hit KO an opponent's active EX (without Eviolite) by your second turn, with 2 energy spare to deal 120 damage the following turn. This hopefully will be a good counter for the new Darkrai/Hydreigon varients which are emerging on various forums. You can knock out your opponent's Darkrai EX before they can use their Max Potion trick, but this is implying the Darkrai doesn't have an Eviolite...
However, the deck seems to lose a bit of steam after the opening onslaught, you can either Celestial Roar again, or attempt to recharge. Luckily, the increasing popularity of new dragon decks Garchomp/Altaria + Darkrai/Hydreigon allows Rayquaza to hit for Weakness (of course, the same applies to Rayquaza). Emolga is an opener in the event when you have no Rayquaza, but will mainly spending most of his time on the bench, serving as a buffer which you call for 2 new Rayquaza EX, this prevents you from losing by having no Pokemon remaining, thanks to Regis Neo for suggesting this, it really helped the deck's consistency
But yeah, the deck works surprisingly well, test it out if you're in the mood for a bit of fun!
This list struggles against Mewtwo, here's a possible alternative
-5 Lightning
-5 Fire
+ 2 Mew EX/ Mewtwo EX
+ 4 EXP Share
+ 4 Pokemon Catcher
okeball:
UPDATE:
Here’s a second list to try out. It doesn’t work as well because you increase your likelihood of discarding a key card. However, it’s still fun to play:
Pokemon: 9
4 Rayquaza EX (DE85)
2 Swablu (DE105)
2 Altaria (DE84)
1 Mew EX (DE120)
TSS: 8
4 Eviolite
4 Pokemon Catcher
Energy 43:
20 Fire Energy
20 Lightning Energy
3 Blend Energy
The Altaria is to pump up Rayquaza’s output, and the Blend Energy has been added to that Altaria can actually attack too, as Sigilyph out-trolls Rayquaza. The catcher is in to lure out Gible/Altaria/Garbodor/Support Pokemon and also to get rid of an opponent’s active Sigilyph.
The Eviolite is to give Rayquaza some support in a Dragon mirror, and also so he can stick around just that extra couple of turns longer. Mew EX is a bit of a personal choice, and is there for a few purposes. Combined with Catcher, Mew can pull out an opponent’s charged Mewtwo EX and KO it before it X-Balls a bomb onto your tanked Trollquaza. It also provides an extra attacker, in case you accidentally discard one of your own Rayquazas through Celestial Roar. However, it too is prone to catcher, and doesn’t benefit from Altaria, and is two cheap prizes for your opponent, but try it out.
However, as I previously mentioned, the deck’s strategy slowly falls in on itself the more and more you attempt to fill in the holes the deck has, but it’s up to you.
okeball: okeball:
UPDATE 2:
Third list, still not sure if I'm allowed both 4 Ray EX + 2 Ray post the LV.X mechanic and whether there's new rulings with the new EX's...
Pokemon: 4
4 x Rayquaza EX
2 x Rayquaza (128/124)
2 x Emolga (DE)
Energy: 52
26 x Fire Energy
26 x Lightning Energy
T/S/S: 0
Pokemon: 6
4 x Rayquaza EX
2 x Emolga
Energy: 54
27 x Fire Energy
27 x Lightning Energy
T/S/S: 0
problem? *insert trollface*
The strategy is fairly self-explanatory. Your turn 1 aim is to use Celestial Roar after attaching an energy. From experience, you will get 3/3 energy around 90% of the time (I'm unaware on the actual odds). 2 energy is almost a certainty. The 28/28 split means you have you good chance of getting 3 of one energy, 2 of the other. This means you can One Hit KO an opponent's active EX (without Eviolite) by your second turn, with 2 energy spare to deal 120 damage the following turn. This hopefully will be a good counter for the new Darkrai/Hydreigon varients which are emerging on various forums. You can knock out your opponent's Darkrai EX before they can use their Max Potion trick, but this is implying the Darkrai doesn't have an Eviolite...
However, the deck seems to lose a bit of steam after the opening onslaught, you can either Celestial Roar again, or attempt to recharge. Luckily, the increasing popularity of new dragon decks Garchomp/Altaria + Darkrai/Hydreigon allows Rayquaza to hit for Weakness (of course, the same applies to Rayquaza). Emolga is an opener in the event when you have no Rayquaza, but will mainly spending most of his time on the bench, serving as a buffer which you call for 2 new Rayquaza EX, this prevents you from losing by having no Pokemon remaining, thanks to Regis Neo for suggesting this, it really helped the deck's consistency
But yeah, the deck works surprisingly well, test it out if you're in the mood for a bit of fun!
This list struggles against Mewtwo, here's a possible alternative
-5 Lightning
-5 Fire
+ 2 Mew EX/ Mewtwo EX
+ 4 EXP Share
+ 4 Pokemon Catcher
okeball:
UPDATE:
Here’s a second list to try out. It doesn’t work as well because you increase your likelihood of discarding a key card. However, it’s still fun to play:
Pokemon: 9
4 Rayquaza EX (DE85)
2 Swablu (DE105)
2 Altaria (DE84)
1 Mew EX (DE120)
TSS: 8
4 Eviolite
4 Pokemon Catcher
Energy 43:
20 Fire Energy
20 Lightning Energy
3 Blend Energy
The Altaria is to pump up Rayquaza’s output, and the Blend Energy has been added to that Altaria can actually attack too, as Sigilyph out-trolls Rayquaza. The catcher is in to lure out Gible/Altaria/Garbodor/Support Pokemon and also to get rid of an opponent’s active Sigilyph.
The Eviolite is to give Rayquaza some support in a Dragon mirror, and also so he can stick around just that extra couple of turns longer. Mew EX is a bit of a personal choice, and is there for a few purposes. Combined with Catcher, Mew can pull out an opponent’s charged Mewtwo EX and KO it before it X-Balls a bomb onto your tanked Trollquaza. It also provides an extra attacker, in case you accidentally discard one of your own Rayquazas through Celestial Roar. However, it too is prone to catcher, and doesn’t benefit from Altaria, and is two cheap prizes for your opponent, but try it out.
However, as I previously mentioned, the deck’s strategy slowly falls in on itself the more and more you attempt to fill in the holes the deck has, but it’s up to you.
okeball: okeball:
UPDATE 2:
Third list, still not sure if I'm allowed both 4 Ray EX + 2 Ray post the LV.X mechanic and whether there's new rulings with the new EX's...
Pokemon: 4
4 x Rayquaza EX
2 x Rayquaza (128/124)
2 x Emolga (DE)
Energy: 52
26 x Fire Energy
26 x Lightning Energy
T/S/S: 0
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