(Im not sure whereabouts this thread would be, as it in TCG oriented, but also a Pokémon guide. )
Sup muppets, I figured since the TCG is one of my favourite hobbies, I'd give a bit of advice on making your own unique decks, instead of going off of deck lists online. They may not be the best, but as long as you can run it and have fun, that's all that matters.
1. Choosing a base
The first step in creating a consistent deck is to choose a base Pokémon to start from. Example are these are Pokémon with abilities, unique attacks , Pokemon EX or a combination of all 3. Its usually best to go for something that isn't too ambitious to start. In my example, I'm going to use Dugtrio from the XY base set.
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As you can see, Dugtrio here isn't exactly the bulkiest of Pokémon, as it only has 90HP, and is a Stage 1 evolution to boot. It has no resistance, but has a pretty nice 1 retreat cost. You can't really expect it to stay on the field for more than 2 turns .
However, his first attack, earthquake, is an interesting one. For just 1 Fighting energy, you can smack an opponent for a great 60 damage, 120 with weakness. For 1 energy, that's an amazingly good attack.
The drawback to this attack is that each of your benched Pokémon take 10 damage after each use. This builds up over time, but we can turn this into a great advantage, which is why we're going to build our deck around that.
2. Supporting the leader
Next, you'll want to add a few supporting Pokémon that can work well with the base Pokémon you chose, be it through abilities, attacks, or any other reasons along those lines. A few of these you'll probably want to make main attackers, but it's always nice to have backups.
Let's go back to our example, as stated earlier, Dugtrio's 60 for 1 attack is nice, but hurts our bench. Let's take advantage of that.
There's an attack called Outrage that, in the TCG, pumps up your damage based on the amount of damage a Pokémon has taken. The most notable cards to have this attack are Zekrom from the Black & White base set, Reshiram from the same set, and Kyurem from Noble Victories, along with his slightly stronger EX Variant from Plasma Blast.
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As you can see, they all possess the Outrage attack, but are different types. If your deck runs a lot of colourless attacks, or you feel like you could get away with adding one or two, its great to have Pokémon with differing types to take care of the bigger threats out right now, such as Yveltal EX and Landorus EX.
Because their attack cost can be fulfilled by attaching a single Double Colourless Energy, we should add another attacker to cover more threats as well as use a backup attacker. Because of this, Mewtwo EX will be a decent addition to our lineup. Jirachi EX will also be a nice card to have just in case our hand lacks Supporters.
So we have our base lineup ready. Time to move onto our Trainer cards.
(To be continued)
Sup muppets, I figured since the TCG is one of my favourite hobbies, I'd give a bit of advice on making your own unique decks, instead of going off of deck lists online. They may not be the best, but as long as you can run it and have fun, that's all that matters.
1. Choosing a base
The first step in creating a consistent deck is to choose a base Pokémon to start from. Example are these are Pokémon with abilities, unique attacks , Pokemon EX or a combination of all 3. Its usually best to go for something that isn't too ambitious to start. In my example, I'm going to use Dugtrio from the XY base set.
Image:
![[Image: 59.jpg]](http://www.serebii.net/card/xy/59.jpg)
As you can see, Dugtrio here isn't exactly the bulkiest of Pokémon, as it only has 90HP, and is a Stage 1 evolution to boot. It has no resistance, but has a pretty nice 1 retreat cost. You can't really expect it to stay on the field for more than 2 turns .
However, his first attack, earthquake, is an interesting one. For just 1 Fighting energy, you can smack an opponent for a great 60 damage, 120 with weakness. For 1 energy, that's an amazingly good attack.
The drawback to this attack is that each of your benched Pokémon take 10 damage after each use. This builds up over time, but we can turn this into a great advantage, which is why we're going to build our deck around that.
2. Supporting the leader
Next, you'll want to add a few supporting Pokémon that can work well with the base Pokémon you chose, be it through abilities, attacks, or any other reasons along those lines. A few of these you'll probably want to make main attackers, but it's always nice to have backups.
Let's go back to our example, as stated earlier, Dugtrio's 60 for 1 attack is nice, but hurts our bench. Let's take advantage of that.
There's an attack called Outrage that, in the TCG, pumps up your damage based on the amount of damage a Pokémon has taken. The most notable cards to have this attack are Zekrom from the Black & White base set, Reshiram from the same set, and Kyurem from Noble Victories, along with his slightly stronger EX Variant from Plasma Blast.
Images:
![[Image: bw005-zekrom.jpg]](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mVrjixh3pO0/TbSnTzC68-I/AAAAAAAAA3c/wUj_i0bSgv0/s1600/bw005-zekrom.jpg)
![[Image: 4.jpg]](http://www.serebii.net/card/bwpromos/4.jpg)
![[Image: 34.jpg]](http://www.serebii.net/card/noblevictories/34.jpg)
As you can see, they all possess the Outrage attack, but are different types. If your deck runs a lot of colourless attacks, or you feel like you could get away with adding one or two, its great to have Pokémon with differing types to take care of the bigger threats out right now, such as Yveltal EX and Landorus EX.
Because their attack cost can be fulfilled by attaching a single Double Colourless Energy, we should add another attacker to cover more threats as well as use a backup attacker. Because of this, Mewtwo EX will be a decent addition to our lineup. Jirachi EX will also be a nice card to have just in case our hand lacks Supporters.
So we have our base lineup ready. Time to move onto our Trainer cards.
(To be continued)
