Draggy sets up fast enough. Dark Electrode with three darks and a rainbow OHKOs Zapdos ex,
or Dark Electrode with two darks and a rainbow and a Strength Charm,
or Dark Electrode with two darks and a rainbow and a Desert Ruins in play.
There are a lot of ways to beat Zapdos with Draggy.
You can play Lanturn. It's an excellent attacker with a really sweet power, and Lanturn/Pidgeot decks are really fast and probably the most underrated decks in the format, besides Vileplume ex, anyway. Zapdos ex's weakness to lightning is probably one of the biggest weaknesses in the format right now.
Dark Ampharos OHKOs it. AmphyTTar isn't too slow if you play the right version. You have to focus less on Pidgeot and more on Rocket Balling for Ampharos early, since Zapdos can't run ATM: Rock. You can Rare Candy right into Ampharos and DRE it and kill a Zapdos, and get another Amphy benched. Purty easy. ;x
Blaziken can beat Zapdos. Blaziken is the king of comebacks, and a 1-2 prize deficit isn't going to stop it from beating Zapdos ex. The Zap player had better get the lead higher than that if they want to win. Blaziken ex with a Strength Charm, Ray with a Multi and 2 Fire. Blaziken will use Fire Stream until your basics are all fried, and when the FS Blaze swarm dies, you come in and clean house. I've done it and I've seen it done.
Gardevoir > Zapdos obviously. If you're that desperate, play classic Gardevoir, with 4-3-2-3 R/K/G/ex and a 4-2 WynautFet line. Wobbuffet also works as TeCH in most decks, especially Dragonite, because you can move the Rainbow onto him for Psychic. It drives your opponent barking mad.
Zapdos is not invincible. It's not even Tier One anymore. I guess it used to be, when people were making so much noise over it. Is it still a good deck? Sure is! But if I want speed and consistancy, I'd take Magma decks any day. They thrive in this environment, and frankly, Zapdos just doesn't.
JMNSHO... :thumb:
~Wooper