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PTCGO BUDGET DECK LISTS

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  1. PTCG/O Budget Deck Lists
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  3. Updated 5/19/18 - Standard has rotated and these lists are out of date. Bans have invalidated most of the expanded lists. I will eventually get around to updating this
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  5. General tips/commentary on budgetizing a list
  6. 1. Brigette is not very useful without Tapu Lele-GX because the card has limited utility after the first turn and without Lele it is hard to reliably get it on the first turn.
  7. 2. Nest Balls are generally the next best way to replace the ability that Lele/Brigette gives you to rapidly fill your bench.
  8. 3. Some decks have other options (Brooklet Hill for W/F basic decks, for example) to get pokes out fast and you should take advantage of those
  9. 4. Run extra consistency. Most decks run only 6-9 draw/shuffle supporters since with Tapu Lele in the deck, every ultra ball leads to a supporter, but you can run up to 12 with 4 Sycamore/N/Cynthia to help compensate.
  10.  
  11. These lists should be considered templates/skeletons or examples, individual card counts and extra additions will always come down to playtesting and personal preference (and also what you have available, poorfag).
  12.  
  13. Decks are left in importable format for the sake of convenience. To import a deck, just copy it to your clipboard, go to the TCGO deckbuilder, click new deck and press the import button at the bottom.
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  15. For more lists see
  16.  
  17. http://www.pokebeach.com/forums/threads/convenience-for-the-community-a-list-of-standard-budget-decks.143924/
  18.  
  19. Take them with a grain of salt though, as many of those decks are either complete dogshit (lol aggron CRI) or not particularly budget (ie running 3 Zoroark-GX in a 'budget' list) while the ones here are at least somewhat playable and don't use many if any cards that cost over one pack. Keep in mind that budget in paper != budget online.
  20.  
  21. You can search this pastebin via the tags I've added to each list which indicate whether a list runs basics or evolutions, what types a list has and the general overall costs. Generally lists that include cards that cost more than a pack or so are [$$] and lists that have cards worth over 2 packs are [$$$], prices are constantly fluctuating so don't take that as a hard and fast rule. Decks with a [*] are decks that have event results. Yes, there are budget decks that are making cut at events/winning online fansite tournaments these days.
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  23.  
  24. Garchomp/Lucario [DRAGON][FIGHTING][EVOLUTION][$]
  25.  
  26. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  27.  
  28. ##Pokémon - 19
  29.  
  30. * 3 Gabite UPR 98
  31. * 3 Garchomp UPR 99
  32. * 4 Gible BKP 68
  33. * 2 Riolu FCO 45
  34. * 1 Riolu UPR 66
  35. * 3 Lucario UPR 67
  36. * 1 Garchomp BKP 70
  37. * 2 Alolan Vulpix GRI 21
  38.  
  39. ##Trainer Cards - 32
  40.  
  41. * 3 Brooklet Hill GRI 120
  42. * 1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  43. * 1 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  44. * 1 Skyla BKP 122
  45. * 2 Pal Pad UPR 132
  46. * 3 Rare Candy SUM 129
  47. * 1 Super Rod NVI 95
  48. * 4 Puzzle of Time BKP 109
  49. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  50. * 1 Escape Board UPR 122
  51. * 1 Field Blower GRI 125
  52. * 2 Guzma BUS 115
  53. * 1 Counter Catcher CIN 91
  54. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  55. * 1 N FCO 105
  56. * 2 Choice Band GRI 121
  57.  
  58. ##Energy - 9
  59.  
  60. * 5 Fighting Energy 6
  61. * 4 Double Colorless Energy SUM 136
  62.  
  63. Total Cards - 60
  64.  
  65. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  66.  
  67. Comments: One of the easiest to assemble standard decks, you will have many of the cards you need from buying two Mach Strike theme decks. Deck tends to run lower than normal counts of most supporters due to Garchomp's attack requiring you to have played a Cynthia. Make sure you're using the BKP Gible as it can be found with brooklet.
  68.  
  69. If you would like to improve this deck, switch to Garchomp from Forbidden Light and substitute Fighting Energy for Strong Energy.
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  71.  
  72. Empoleon [WATER][FIGHTING][EVOLUTION][$]
  73.  
  74. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  75.  
  76. ##Pokémon - 16
  77.  
  78. * 1 Sudowoodo BKP 67
  79. * 4 Piplup UPR 32
  80. * 2 Remoraid BKT 31
  81. * 1 Tapu Fini-GX BUS 39
  82. * 2 Octillery BKT 33
  83. * 2 Prinplup UPR 33
  84. * 4 Empoleon UPR 34
  85.  
  86. ##Trainer Cards - 34
  87.  
  88. * 4 Brooklet Hill GRI 120
  89. * 2 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  90. * 4 N PR-BLW BW100
  91. * 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  92. * 1 Skyla BKP 122
  93. * 4 Rare Candy SUM 129
  94. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  95. * 1 Float Stone BKT 137
  96. * 2 Field Blower GRI 125
  97. * 2 Guzma BUS 115
  98. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  99. * 3 Choice Band GRI 121
  100. * 1 Pal Pad FLF 92
  101.  
  102. ##Energy - 10
  103.  
  104. * 4 Counter Energy CIN 100
  105. * 6 Water Energy XYEnergy 9
  106.  
  107. Total Cards - 60
  108.  
  109. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  110.  
  111. Comments: Similar to Garchomp, you can get a lot of the cards you need for this deck from buying 2 Empoleon decks. That deck has the wrong Piplup as well IIRC, you want to run the 70hp one. You can use a pure water energy engine with aqua patches, but Sudowoodo/Counters is generally stronger with Zoroark everywhere. Tapu Fini is just there for the GX move against stage 2 decks, I would avoid benching it outside of those situations.
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  113.  
  114. Aggro Hoopa [BASIC][DARK][$][*]
  115.  
  116. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  117.  
  118. ##Pokemon - 9
  119. * 4 Hoopa SLG 55
  120. * 1 Oranguru UPR 114
  121. * 1 Oranguru SUM 113
  122. * 1 Tapu Koko PR-SM SM30
  123. * 1 Mewtwo EVO 51
  124. * 1 Giratina PR-XY XY184
  125.  
  126. ##Trainer - 38
  127. * 4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  128. * 4 Guzma BUS 115
  129. * 3 Cynthia UPR 119
  130. * 2 N FCO 105
  131. * 2 Acerola BUS 112
  132. * 1 Gladion CIN 95
  133. * 4 Nest Ball SUM 123
  134. * 4 Max Elixir BKP 102
  135. * 2 Super Rod BKT 149
  136. * 1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  137. * 1 Special Charge STS 105
  138. * 1 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  139. * 1 Enhanced Hammer GRI 124
  140. * 4 Fighting Fury Belt BKP 99
  141. * 2 Float Stone BKT 137
  142. * 1 Reverse Valley BKP 110
  143. * 1 Parallel City BKT 145
  144.  
  145. ##Energy - 13
  146. * 9 Darkness Energy 7
  147. * 4 Double Colorless Energy SUM 136
  148.  
  149. Comments: This is the list that Hunter Butler used to get 7th place at the Portland Regionals. This is one of the few authentically competitive decks that does not use Lele, and also incredibly doesn't use ANY GX cards whatsoever and as such is a great option for many new players. Giratina Promo is optional here, it is only for the Greninja BREAK matchup, if you don't see it at your bracket you don't need to run it.
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  151.  
  152. Passimian [FIGHTING][PSYCHIC][BASIC][$]
  153.  
  154. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  155.  
  156. ##Pokémon - 11
  157.  
  158. * 1 Passimian UPR 70
  159. * 3 Passimian SUM 73
  160. * 3 Mew FCO 29
  161. * 2 Remoraid BKT 31
  162. * 2 Octillery BKT 33
  163.  
  164. ##Trainer Cards - 45
  165.  
  166. * 4 Brooklet Hill GRI 120
  167. * 3 Choice Band GRI 121
  168. * 3 Guzma BUS 115
  169. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  170. * 4 N PR-BLW BW100
  171. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  172. * 2 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  173. * 2 Special Charge STS 105
  174. * 2 Rotom Dex SUM 131
  175. * 2 Energy Loto GRI 122
  176. * 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  177. * 4 Nest Ball SUM 123
  178. * 4 Puzzle of Time BKP 109
  179. * 2 Float Stone BKT 137
  180. * 2 Counter Catcher CIN 91
  181. * 1 Pal Pad UPR 132
  182.  
  183. ##Energy - 4
  184.  
  185. * 4 Double Colorless Energy SUM 136
  186.  
  187. Total Cards - 60
  188.  
  189. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  190.  
  191. Comments: This is a semi-forgotten SM Base era meme that works surprisingly well in a meta where about 70% of decks are either Zoroark or Buzzwole. You can get higher damage numbers by shifting more Passimian SUM into Passimian UPR but it starts running the risk of not being able to attack, and Mew doesn't benefit from Passimian UPR's ability.
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  193.  
  194. Alolan Dugtrio [METAL][EVOLUTION][$]
  195.  
  196. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  197.  
  198. ##Pokémon - 17
  199.  
  200. * 2 Cutiefly BUS 95
  201. * 2 Ribombee BUS 96
  202. * 4 Alolan Diglett SUM 86
  203. * 4 Alolan Dugtrio UPR 79
  204. * 2 Staryu BKP 25
  205. * 2 Starmie EVO 31
  206. * 1 Mr. Mime GEN 52
  207.  
  208. ##Trainer Cards - 30
  209.  
  210. * 1 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  211. * 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  212. * 3 Mt. Coronet UPR 130
  213. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  214. * 2 Guzma BUS 115
  215. * 3 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  216. * 3 N FCO 105
  217. * 4 Nest Ball SUM 123
  218. * 3 Energy Retrieval SUM 116
  219. * 4 Professor's Letter BKT 146
  220.  
  221. ##Energy - 14
  222.  
  223. * 14 Metal Energy XYEnergy 7
  224.  
  225. Total Cards - 60
  226.  
  227. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  228.  
  229. Comments: A very cheap list even by budget standards. Get a bunch of energy in hand and smash. I've tested this out running a different energy engine, removing starmie/staryu, doubling down on ribombee, using professor's letter, energy recycler and Lady to cycle energy through the deck but I do not feel that it runs smoothly enough without a Tapu Lele-GX.
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  231.  
  232. Wobb/Hoopa [BASIC][CONTROL][$][*]
  233.  
  234. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  235.  
  236. ##Pokémon - 8
  237.  
  238. * 2 Regigigas CIN 84
  239. * 2 Hoopa SLG 55
  240. * 4 Wobbuffet GEN 111
  241.  
  242. ##Trainer Cards - 52
  243.  
  244. * 4 Lusamine CIN 96
  245. * 2 Mount Lanakila BUS 118
  246. * 4 N PR-BLW BW100
  247. * 4 Crushing Hammer EPO 92
  248. * 2 Team Skull Grunt SUM 133
  249. * 2 Skyla BKP 122
  250. * 1 Gladion CIN 95
  251. * 4 Team Flare Grunt XY 129
  252. * 4 Nest Ball SUM 123
  253. * 4 Puzzle of Time BKP 109
  254. * 2 Field Blower GRI 125
  255. * 3 Guzma BUS 115
  256. * 3 Fighting Fury Belt BKP 99
  257. * 3 Enhanced Hammer GRI 124
  258. * 4 Counter Catcher CIN 91
  259. * 2 Plumeria BUS 120
  260. * 4 Team Rocket's Handiwork FCO 112
  261.  
  262. ##Energy - 0
  263.  
  264.  
  265. Total Cards - 60
  266.  
  267. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  268.  
  269. Comments: This is a slight modification to a mill deck that won a recent Pokebeach online tournament. Its victory condition is getting rid of your opponent's ability to attack by energy disruption or trapping inconvenient pokemon in the active with counter catcher/Guzma then waiting for them to run out of cards in their deck. 4 Lusamine lets you endlessly cycle Team Rocket's Handiwork which guarantees they will deck out before you do. Another way people try to do stall in standard is with Wishiwashi-GX, max potions, super scoop ups and Acerola similar to how Wailord-EX stall is played in expanded, though this is generally less consistent from my experience. Some other cards to consider are Mew EVO with the ability that protects it from evolution attackers and Xurkitree-GX that cannot be damaged by anything using special energy.
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  271.  
  272. Lapras-GX [BASIC][WATER][$$]
  273.  
  274. Pokemon - 10
  275. 4 Lapras-GX SUM 35
  276. 1 Volcanion Prism Star FLI 31
  277. 1 Manaphy-EX BKP 32
  278. 2 Remoraid BKT 32
  279. 2 Octillery BKT 33
  280.  
  281. Trainer - 36
  282. 4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  283. 3 Guzma BUS 115
  284. 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  285. 3 N FCO 105
  286. 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  287. 4 Aqua Patch GRI 119
  288. 4 Max Elixir BKP 102
  289. 4 Choice Band GRI 121
  290. 3 Float Stone BKT 137
  291. 3 Brooklet Hill GRI 120
  292.  
  293. Energy - 14
  294. 14 Water Energy 3
  295.  
  296. Comments: Very straightforward aggro list. Lapras is pretty good right now so long as you can dodge Tapu Bulu, as Golisopod, the card that forced it out of the meta, has fallen off in favor of fighting partners for Zoroark-GX. With 8 acceleration cards and tons of ways to switch, you can very easily explode out of control and hit 190 every turn, perfect for wiping big basics off of the field. Volcanion Prism's attack is also great for dealing with Zoroark decks, after one use of it, everything will die to a Blizzard Burn.
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  298.  
  299. Sylveon-GX [EVOLUTION][FAIRY][CONTROL][$$][*]
  300.  
  301. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  302.  
  303. ##Pokemon - 10
  304. 4 Eevee SUM 101
  305. 3 Sylveon-GX GRI 92
  306. 1 Ralts BUS 91
  307. 1 Gardevoir-GX BUS 93
  308. 1 Hoopa SLG 55
  309.  
  310. ##Trainer - 37
  311. * 4 Team Flare Grunt GEN 73
  312. * 2 Lusamine CIN 96
  313. * 2 Acerola BUS 112
  314. * 1 Team Rocket's Handiwork FCO 112
  315. * 1 Guzma BUS 115
  316. * 1 Delinquent BKP 98
  317. * 1 N FCO 105
  318. * 1 Gladion CIN 95
  319. * 4 Puzzle of Time BKP 109
  320. * 4 Max Potion GRI 128
  321. * 4 Nest Ball SUM 123
  322. * 3 Crushing Hammer SUM 115
  323. * 2 Enhanced Hammer GRI 124
  324. * 1 Counter Catcher CIN 91
  325. * 1 Field Blower GRI 125
  326. * 1 Rare Candy SUM 129
  327. * 1 Pal Pad FLF 92
  328. * 2 Bodybuilding Dumbbells BUS 113
  329. * 1 Parallel City BKT 145
  330.  
  331. ##Energy - 13
  332. * 11 Fairy Energy 9
  333. * 2 Double Colorless Energy SUM 136
  334.  
  335. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  336.  
  337. Comments: This is the list that Pablo Meza piloted to 16th place at the Portland Regional. It's a control deck that also has some offensive options and most importantly, does not run Tapu Lele in favor of a Sylveon draw engine. If you cannot afford Gardevoir-GX, which is the only expensive card in the deck it will run okay without it. Gardevoir's GX move is key for the deck though as it lets you recycle cards into your deck to keep up disruption pressure into the lategame. Fortunately Sylveon/Gladion lets you run a 1-0-1 line of it very safely.
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  339.  
  340. Drampa/Garbodor [PSYCHIC][BASIC][EVOLUTION][$]
  341.  
  342. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  343.  
  344. ##Pokémon - 10
  345.  
  346. * 2 Drampa-GX GRI 160
  347. * 4 Trubbish GRI 50
  348. * 2 Garbodor GRI 51
  349. * 2 Garbodor BKP 57
  350.  
  351. ##Trainer Cards - 41
  352.  
  353. * 4 N PR-BLW BW100
  354. * 3 Parallel City BKT 145
  355. * 2 Acerola BUS 112
  356. * 1 Pal Pad UPR 132
  357. * 1 Super Rod NVI 95
  358. * 4 Nest Ball SUM 123
  359. * 4 Float Stone BKT 137
  360. * 2 Field Blower GRI 125
  361. * 3 Guzma BUS 115
  362. * 3 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  363. * 2 Enhanced Hammer GRI 124
  364. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  365. * 4 Choice Band GRI 121
  366. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  367.  
  368. ##Energy - 9
  369.  
  370. * 4 Double Colorless Energy FCO 114
  371. * 3 Rainbow Energy BKT 152
  372. * 2 Psychic Energy 5
  373.  
  374. Total Cards - 60
  375.  
  376. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  377.  
  378. Comments: This is a very well rounded style of deck that has seen play since early Guardians Rising that punishes your opponents for trying to play the game by disabling abilities and dealing extra damage for every item card they play, while having enough pressure through Drampa-GX to force them to start playing the game. A very similar list, though one that used 3 Tapu Lele (and used them not only for consistency but also as attackers) recently won an expanded event, so it's strong both in standard and expanded with some modifications (mostly using vs seekers, more tech support and thinner draw support lines, ect).
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  380.  
  381. Zoroark/Drampa [DARK][BASIC][EVOLUTION][$$]
  382.  
  383. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  384.  
  385. ##Pokémon - 13
  386.  
  387. * 2 Drampa-GX GRI 160
  388. * 4 Zorua SLG 52
  389. * 4 Zoroark BKT 91
  390. * 3 Zoroark BREAK BKT 92
  391.  
  392. ##Trainer Cards - 38
  393.  
  394. * 4 N FCO 105
  395. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  396. * 2 Acerola BUS 112
  397. * 3 Nest Ball SUM 123
  398. * 3 Float Stone BKT 137
  399. * 2 Field Blower GRI 125
  400. * 3 Guzma BUS 115
  401. * 3 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  402. * 1 Enhanced Hammer GRI 124
  403. * 1 Pal Pad FLF 92
  404. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  405. * 2 Special Charge STS 105
  406. * 4 Choice Band GRI 121
  407. * 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  408.  
  409. ##Energy - 9
  410.  
  411. * 4 Double Colorless Energy FCO 114
  412. * 2 Rainbow Energy BKT 152
  413. * 3 Darkness Energy 7
  414.  
  415. Total Cards - 60
  416.  
  417. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  418.  
  419. Comments: Another, slightly more expensive Drampa deck that plays in a pretty similar way, except instead of punishing your opponent for spamming items, it punishes them for filling their bench up. With a full opponent's bench, Zoroark BKT's Mind Jack deals 160 damage base, 190 with a choice band, which is enough to KO most basic GX cards, allowing you to trade very positively with big basic decks, or take advantage of the pressure that a benched Zoroark BKT creates if your opponent decides to not fill his bench with Drampa, which also hits very hard with Berserk. Again, very popular in the Guardians era but fell out of style with the advent of Zoroark-GX. Zoroark BKT can be found in the Night Striker theme deck.
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  421.  
  422. Espeon/Garbodor [EVOLUTION][PSYCHIC][$$]
  423.  
  424. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  425.  
  426. ##Pokemon - 17
  427. * 4 Trubbish BKP 56
  428. * 2 Garbodor BKP 57
  429. * 2 Garbodor GRI 51
  430. * 2 Eevee SUM 101
  431. * 2 Espeon-GX SUM 61
  432. * 1 Drampa-GX GRI 115
  433. * 1 Tauros-GX SUM 100
  434.  
  435. ##Trainer - 32
  436. * 4 N FCO 105
  437. * 4 Guzma BUS 115
  438. * 3 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  439. * 3 Cynthia UPR 119
  440. * 4 Nest Ball SUM 123
  441. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  442. * 2 Field Blower GRI 125
  443. * 1 Super Rod BKT 149
  444. * 4 Float Stone BKT 137
  445. * 4 Choice Band GRI 121
  446. * 2 Parallel City BKT 145
  447.  
  448. Energy - 11
  449. * 7 Psychic Energy 5
  450. * 4 Double Colorless Energy SUM 136
  451.  
  452. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  453.  
  454. Comments: This is a budgetized take on the deck that Xander Pero and Colter Decker dueled with in the finals of the Portland Regional. They both ran the same list with 3 Lele and 1 Brigette, which have been removed for nest balls in this list. It's a good choice while Buzzwole and Lucario are everywhere on the ladder, and even though Zoroark resists Espeon, Garbodor BKP can shut off Zoroark's ability to trade which helps keep it competitive in that matchup.
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  456.  
  457. Xerneas BREAK [FAIRY][EVOLUTION][$]
  458.  
  459. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  460.  
  461. ##Pokémon - 9
  462.  
  463. * 1 Oranguru SUM 113
  464. * 4 Xerneas STS 81
  465. * 4 Xerneas BREAK STS 82
  466.  
  467. ##Trainer Cards - 35
  468.  
  469. * 4 Ultra Ball FCO 113
  470. * 4 Max Elixir BKP 102
  471. * 2 Nest Ball SUM 123
  472. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  473. * 2 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  474. * 4 N FCO 105
  475. * 3 Exp. Share SUM 118
  476. * 2 Choice Band GRI 121
  477. * 3 Fairy Garden XY 117
  478. * 3 Guzma BUS 115
  479. * 1 Acerola BUS 112
  480. * 1 Pal Pad UPR 132
  481. * 1 Field Blower GRI 125
  482. * 1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  483.  
  484. ##Energy - 16
  485.  
  486. * 12 Fairy Energy 9
  487. * 4 Double Colorless Energy SUM 136
  488.  
  489. Total Cards - 60
  490.  
  491. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  492.  
  493. Comments: A pretty straightforward deck, dump a ton of energy on your field, keep it there (that's the hard part) and start hitting people with angry rainbow deers. People used to run Snorlax-GX in this deck but I think the ship has sailed on that card, you may want another Oranguru, it's important to have a basic on the bench to hit with max elixirs.
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  495.  
  496. Guzzlord [DARK][BASIC][BRAINDEAD][$]
  497.  
  498. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  499.  
  500. ##Pokémon - 4
  501.  
  502. * 4 Guzzlord-GX CIN 63
  503.  
  504. ##Trainer Cards - 0
  505.  
  506.  
  507. ##Energy - 56
  508.  
  509. * 56 Darkness Energy 7
  510.  
  511. Total Cards - 60
  512.  
  513. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  514.  
  515. Comments: This deck is the dumbest deck in this game and it should never work, but sometimes it does somehow, maybe like 10% of the time. It's the cheapest list, even cheaper than Dugtrio since 56 of the cards are freebies. You can script a bot to run this piece of shit with no noticeable difference in play. You won't win much but if you just want a cheap dark deck for damage/KO challenges this will do it, if you want to maximize value efficiency you can even just run 1 and 59 energy.
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  518.  
  519. Infernape/Entei[FIRE][EVOLUTION][$]
  520.  
  521. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  522.  
  523. ##Pokémon - 8
  524.  
  525. * 2 Chimchar STS 18
  526. * 3 Entei-GX SLG 10
  527. * 1 Monferno STS 19
  528. * 2 Infernape UPR 23
  529.  
  530. ##Trainer Cards - 40
  531.  
  532. * 4 Ultra Ball FCO 113
  533. * 4 Nest Ball SUM 123
  534. * 3 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  535. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  536. * 4 N FCO 105
  537. * 3 Rare Candy SUM 129
  538. * 1 Super Rod NVI 95
  539. * 4 Max Elixir BKP 102
  540. * 3 Guzma BUS 115
  541. * 1 Pal Pad UPR 132
  542. * 1 Skyla BKP 122
  543. * 2 Field Blower GRI 125
  544. * 1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  545. * 3 Choice Band GRI 121
  546. * 2 Float Stone BKT 137
  547.  
  548. ##Energy - 12
  549.  
  550. * 12 Fire Energy Energy 2
  551.  
  552. Total Cards - 60
  553.  
  554. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  555.  
  556. Comments: This deck uses Infernape to boost Entei-GX's Fire Fang attack, so that it can deal 190 with choice band after the first turn of burn which will KO any basic, and has a 50% chance to stick for another turn which forces your opponent to switch or accept a KO. I originally had this as an Infernape/Salazzle list, but that list is much too inconsistent without Brigette/Lele or Pokemon Communication for me to recommend on a budget in good faith.
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  558.  
  559. Typhlosion [FIRE][EVOLUTION][JANK][$]
  560.  
  561. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  562.  
  563. ##Pokémon - 16
  564.  
  565. * 4 Talonflame STS 96
  566. * 4 Cyndaquil BKT 18
  567. * 2 Quilava BKT 19
  568. * 4 Typhlosion BKT 20
  569. * 2 Alolan Vulpix GRI 21
  570.  
  571. ##Trainer Cards - 24
  572.  
  573. * 2 Mallow GRI 145
  574. * 3 N PR-BLW BW100
  575. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  576. * 4 Rare Candy SUM 129
  577. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  578. * 2 Energy Recycler AOR 72
  579. * 2 Guzma BUS 115
  580. * 1 Pal Pad UPR 132
  581. * 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  582.  
  583. ##Energy - 20
  584.  
  585. * 20 Fire Energy 2
  586.  
  587. Total Cards - 60
  588.  
  589. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  590.  
  591. Comments: Typhlosion is janky as fuck but a third of the deck is free energy cards and most of the cards you need outside of that are low value. The deck is basically a slot machine, but at least it's a fast one unlike theme decks, very good at making people (yourself included) mad. You can run higher energy counts increase your odds of coming up big on the pull, but that makes it less consistent at getting enough Typhlosions to play a game with on the board.
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  593.  
  594. Volcanion-EX [FIRE][BASIC][$$]
  595.  
  596. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  597.  
  598. ##Pokémon - 11
  599.  
  600. * 1 Oranguru SUM 113
  601. * 2 Turtonator-GX GRI 18
  602. * 4 Volcanion STS 25
  603. * 4 Volcanion-EX STS 26
  604.  
  605. ##Trainer Cards - 34
  606.  
  607. * 4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  608. * 4 N FCO 105
  609. * 4 Guzma BUS 115
  610. * 4 Fighting Fury Belt BKP 99
  611. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  612. * 4 Max Elixir BKP 102
  613. * 2 Enhanced Hammer GRI 124
  614. * 3 Float Stone BKT 137
  615. * 2 Field Blower GRI 125
  616. * 1 Super Rod BKT 149
  617. * 2 Nest Ball SUM 123
  618.  
  619. ##Energy - 15
  620.  
  621. * 15 Fire Energy 2
  622.  
  623. Total Cards - 60
  624.  
  625. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  626.  
  627. Comments: Volcanion-EX is basically the last of the standard viable EX decks due to its ability to trade very effectively using Power Heater with Steam Up. While many of the more modern fire lists have shifted to a highly Lele dependent t1 Ho-oh GX/Kiawe style, the oldschool Volcanion still works well and the price of the card has gone down quite a bit. Baby Volcanions can be found in the Gears of Fire theme deck if you don't want to trade for them.
  628. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  629.  
  630. Raichu-GX/Pachirisu [LIGHTNING][EVOLUTION][$$]
  631.  
  632. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  633.  
  634. ##Pokémon - 11
  635.  
  636. * 4 Pachirisu UPR 49
  637. * 4 Pikachu GEN 26
  638. * 3 Raichu-GX SLG 29
  639.  
  640. ##Trainer Cards - 35
  641.  
  642. * 4 Nest Ball SUM 123
  643. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  644. * 3 Float Stone BKT 137
  645. * 1 Choice Band GRI 121
  646. * 2 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  647. * 3 N FCO 105
  648. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  649. * 2 Wishful Baton BUS 128
  650. * 3 Guzma BUS 115
  651. * 2 Field Blower GRI 125
  652. * 1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  653. * 4 Max Elixir BKP 102
  654. * 2 Super Rod BKT 149
  655.  
  656. ##Energy - 14
  657.  
  658. * 14 Lightning Energy 4
  659.  
  660. Total Cards - 60
  661.  
  662. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  663.  
  664. Comments: Fill your bench up as fast as possible and start spamming snuggly generators from Pachirisu. Note that the deck doesn't actually need that much to function so there's a lot of flexibility in what you can do with this list, some people run it with Garbodor for example. Electric also has Electrode/Counter as a meme and the old Magnezone as acceleration engine options, but I think Pachirisu is the best overall.
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  666.  
  667. Malamar and Friends [PSYCHIC][BASIC][$]
  668.  
  669. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  670.  
  671. ##Pokémon - 14
  672.  
  673. * 1 Oranguru SUM 113
  674. * 1 Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX UPR 63
  675. * 3 Inkay FLI 50
  676. * 1 Lunala {*} UPR 62
  677. * 2 Mew FCO 29
  678. * 3 Necrozma-GX BUS 63
  679. * 3 Malamar FLI 51
  680.  
  681. ##Trainer Cards - 36
  682.  
  683. * 4 Mysterious Treasure FLI 113
  684. * 4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  685. * 4 N PR-BLW BW100
  686. * 1 Pal Pad UPR 132
  687. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  688. * 4 Field Blower GRI 125
  689. * 3 Guzma BUS 115
  690. * 3 Choice Band GRI 121
  691. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  692. * 3 Float Stone BKT 137
  693. * 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  694.  
  695. ##Energy - 10
  696.  
  697. * 10 Psychic Energy XYEnergy 8
  698.  
  699. Total Cards - 60
  700.  
  701. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  702.  
  703. Comments: You can take this deck in a lot of different directions, 4-4 ultra ball/treasure makes it a breeze to get all of your pokemon out, there are a lot of one ofs in this list for different situations, sometimes you'll want to prize trade with a one prize mew, sometimes you'll want to use a black ray-GX from old Necrozma, sometimes Lunala Prism comes in handy (especially under ability lock), and dawn wings is key to getting the most out of Malamar's ability. I found that Mewtwo-GX was kind of a shit card (big surprise) and you should just use oldcrozma as your main attacker.
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  705.  
  706. Greninja BREAK [WATER][$$$]
  707.  
  708. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  709.  
  710. ##Pokémon - 19
  711.  
  712. * 1 Espeon-EX BKP 52
  713. * 4 Froakie BKP 38
  714. * 1 Staryu BKP 25
  715. * 1 Tapu Fini-GX BUS 39
  716. * 4 Frogadier BKP 39
  717. * 1 Starmie EVO 31
  718. * 4 Greninja BKP 40
  719. * 3 Greninja BREAK BKP 41
  720.  
  721. ##Trainer Cards - 31
  722.  
  723. * 3 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  724. * 4 N FCO 105
  725. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  726. * 3 Brooklet Hill GRI 120
  727. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  728. * 4 Evosoda GEN 62
  729. * 1 Skyla BKT 148
  730. * 2 Enhanced Hammer GRI 124
  731. * 2 Field Blower GRI 125
  732. * 1 Super Rod BKT 149
  733. * 1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  734. * 2 Choice Band GRI 121
  735.  
  736. ##Energy - 10
  737.  
  738. * 6 Water Energy XYEnergy 9
  739. * 4 Splash Energy BKP 113
  740.  
  741. Total Cards - 60
  742.  
  743. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  744.  
  745. Comments: One of the worst forced memes in pokemon history, the deck is infamously inconsistent but has never really depended on Tapu Lele or Shaymin back in its day like other decks have. Greninja BREAK is a little spendy compared to the other decks but still worth mentioning since it doesn't run Lele or any expensive trainers/GX cards. Keep in mind you can save a little tradable value by picking up your standard Greninjas through buying two copies of the Wave Slasher theme deck. Max Potions are an option here but they've fallen out of favor recently for how they reduce consistency compared to heavy evosoda/brooklet/draw support investment
  746. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  747.  
  748. Golisopod/Garbodor [GRASS][EVOLUTION][$$$]
  749.  
  750. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  751.  
  752. ##Pokémon - 13
  753.  
  754. * 4 Wimpod BUS 16
  755. * 3 Golisopod-GX BUS 17
  756. * 1 Tapu Koko PR-SM SM31
  757. * 1 Mewtwo EVO 51
  758. * 2 Trubbish GRI 50
  759. * 2 Garbodor BKP 57
  760.  
  761. ##Trainer Cards - 38
  762.  
  763. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  764. * 4 N FCO 105
  765. * 3 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  766. * 3 Guzma BUS 115
  767. * 3 Acerola BUS 112
  768. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  769. * 2 Nest Ball SUM 123
  770. * 4 Float Stone BKT 137
  771. * 3 Choice Band GRI 121
  772. * 3 Enhanced Hammer GRI 124
  773. * 2 Pal Pad UPR 132
  774. * 2 Heavy Ball BKT 140
  775. * 1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  776.  
  777. ##Energy - 9
  778.  
  779. * 5 Grass Energy 1
  780. * 4 Double Colorless Energy SUM 136
  781.  
  782. Total Cards - 60
  783.  
  784. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  785.  
  786. Comments: Golisopod-GX is a little costlier than some of the other cards, but at less than 4 packs per bug (compared to 6-7 for Zoroark, 8-9 for Buzzwole) I think it's a pretty good bargain, cheaper than Greninja BREAK and less dependent on Brigette than Tapu Bulu-GX, the other big grass deck around.
  787. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  788.  
  789. Venusaur/Shining Genesect [GRASS][BASIC][$$$]
  790.  
  791. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  792.  
  793. ##Pokémon - 10
  794.  
  795. * 1 Oranguru SUM 113
  796. * 2 Bulbasaur SLG 1
  797. * 4 Shining Genesect SLG 9
  798. * 1 Ivysaur SLG 2
  799. * 2 Venusaur SLG 3
  800.  
  801. ##Trainer Cards - 38
  802.  
  803. * 3 Wishful Baton BUS 128
  804. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  805. * 2 Float Stone PLF 99
  806. * 2 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  807. * 4 Cynthia UPR 119
  808. * 4 N FCO 105
  809. * 3 Rare Candy SUM 129
  810. * 1 Skyla BKP 122
  811. * 3 Guzma BUS 115
  812. * 1 Pal Pad UPR 132
  813. * 2 Nest Ball SUM 123
  814. * 3 Field Blower GRI 125
  815. * 2 Revitalizer GEN 70
  816. * 4 Max Elixir BKP 102
  817.  
  818. ##Energy - 12
  819.  
  820. * 12 Grass Energy 1
  821.  
  822. Total Cards - 60
  823.  
  824. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  825.  
  826. Comments: This is a little rich considering Shining Genesect is somewhat expensive at 2.5 packs each and unlike Golisopod-GX (a much better card at only about one pack more) you won't really use it outside of this deck. Still, this is a pretty fun list to play and isn't super reliant on Tapu Lele to work well.
  827.  
  828. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  829. EXPANDED
  830.  
  831. A word of warning: Budget lists in Expanded tend to be at a larger disadvantage than in standard and tend to be slightly costlier. I include Computer Search in these lists only because it's currently available as a ladder reward which will probably crater its long-term value online. IRL it is not a budget card, and some cards that are fairly inexpensive online (like Exeggute PLF) are not IRL.
  832. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  833.  
  834. Alolan Dugtrio [METAL][EVOLUTION][$]
  835.  
  836. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  837.  
  838. ##Pokémon - 16
  839.  
  840. * 1 Exeggcute PLF 4
  841. * 4 Alolan Diglett SUM 86
  842. * 4 Alolan Dugtrio UPR 79
  843. * 3 Staryu BKP 25
  844. * 3 Starmie EVO 31
  845. * 1 Mr. Mime GEN 52
  846.  
  847. ##Trainer Cards - 33
  848.  
  849. * 1 Computer Search BCR 137
  850. * 1 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  851. * 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  852. * 4 Mt. Coronet UPR 130
  853. * 1 Fisherman BKT 136
  854. * 3 Battle Compressor Team Flare Gear PHF 92
  855. * 1 Cynthia UPR 119
  856. * 2 Guzma BUS 115
  857. * 2 Colress PLS 118
  858. * 4 Level Ball AOR 76
  859. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  860. * 1 N FCO 105
  861. * 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
  862. * 3 Superior Energy Retrieval PLF 103
  863.  
  864. ##Energy - 11
  865.  
  866. * 11 Metal Energy XYEnergy 7
  867.  
  868. Total Cards - 60
  869.  
  870. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  871.  
  872. Comments: Dugtrio takes very good advantage of the battle compressor engine in expanded, Ribombee is also an option but probably a less efficient one than just dumping all of your energy into discard ASAP to thin your deck and recovering what you need for KOs each turn by cycling Exeggute with your starmies and SER. Note that you can run Jirachi-EX in expanded as a cheap Lele replacement (costs about 3-4 packs). It is nowhere near as good due having 90hp as a two prize card and lack of a good attack, but it can be searched with level balls which is nice. I avoid it here to keep the price down and because i hate the prize liability, but it's worth considering for the super high probability t1 Brigette it can give you.
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  874.  
  875. Maxie's Aerodactyl [FIGHTING][EVOLUTION][CHALLENGING][$$]
  876.  
  877. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  878.  
  879. ##Pokémon - 15
  880. * 4 Aerodactyl FCO 76
  881. * 3 Gallade BKT 84
  882. * 3 Oranguru SUM 113
  883. * 3 Unown AOR 30
  884. * 1 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
  885. * 1 Sudowoodo GRI 66
  886.  
  887. ##Trainer Cards - 41
  888. * 2 Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick PRC 133
  889. * 2 Guzma BUS 115
  890. * 1 Cynthia UPR 119
  891. * 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
  892. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  893. * 4 Old Amber Aerodactyl FCO 106
  894. * 4 Puzzle of Time BKP 109
  895. * 4 Battle Compressor PHF 92
  896. * 4 Trainer's Mail ROS 92
  897. * 4 Order Pad UPR 131
  898. * 2 Fossil Excavation Kit FCO 101
  899. * 1 Red Card GEN 71
  900. * 1 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  901. * 1 Special Charge STS 105
  902. * 2 Float Stone BKT 137
  903. * 1 Computer Search BCR 137
  904.  
  905. ##Energy - 4
  906. * 4 Double Colorless Energy SUM 136
  907.  
  908. Total Cards - 60
  909.  
  910. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  911.  
  912. Comments: This is not an easy list to pilot but it is pretty cheap to build and effective in a meta full of special energy and fighting weakness. Avoid running too many tech supporters in this list as they give you a lower probability of getting a Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick off properly.
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  914.  
  915. Sableye/Garbodor [DARK][PSYCHIC][EVOLUTION][BASIC][CONTROL][$$]
  916.  
  917. ##Pokémon - 13
  918. 4 Sableye DEX 62
  919. 3 Trubbish NVI 48
  920. 2 Garbodor DRX 54
  921. 2 Garbodor GRI 51
  922. 2 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
  923.  
  924. ##Trainer Cards - 41
  925. 4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  926. 1 N FCO 105
  927. 1 Ghetsis PLF 101
  928. 1 Delinquent BKP 98
  929. 1 Guzma BUS 115
  930. 1 Team Flare Grunt GEN 73
  931. 1 Team Skull Grunt SUM 133
  932. 1 Gladion CIN 95
  933. 4 Trainer's Mail ROS 92
  934. 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  935. 3 VS Seeker PHF 109
  936. 3 Puzzle of Time BKP 109
  937. 2 Trick Shovel FLF 98
  938. 2 Enhanced Hammer GRI 124
  939. 2 Crushing Hammer SUM 115
  940. 1 Super Rod BKT 149
  941. 1 Battle Compressor PHF 92
  942. 1 Counter Catcher CIN 91
  943. 1 Field Blower GRI 125
  944. 1 Red Card GEN 71
  945. 3 Float Stone BKT 137
  946. 1 Life Dew PLF 107
  947. 1 Parallel City BKT 145
  948.  
  949. ##Energy - 6
  950. 3 Blend Energy GRPD DRX 117
  951. 3 Darkness Energy 7
  952.  
  953. Comments: This is the list that Kaleb Sommers won Salt Lake City with except without the one copy of Tapu Lele he ran, running another Garbodor GUR instead. The list is built around using Sableye's Junk Hunt in conjunction with Life Dew to stall. You force them into a situation where they deck out first using trick shovel. This is a new spin on the list as it contains potential attacking options. Unlike Garbodor Drampa which is generally considered the dominant deck in expanded, this list isn't as dependent on Lele to function
  954. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  955.  
  956. Raikou/Eels [LIGHTNING][BASIC][$$]
  957.  
  958. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  959.  
  960. ##Pokémon - 12
  961.  
  962. * 4 Raikou BKT 55
  963. * 4 Tynamo NVI 39
  964. * 4 Eelektrik NVI 40
  965.  
  966. ##Trainer Cards - 38
  967.  
  968. * 4 Rough Seas PRC 137
  969. * 2 N PR-BLW BW100
  970. * 2 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  971. * 1 Lysandre FLF 90
  972. * 1 Computer Search BCR 137
  973. * 3 Battle Compressor Team Flare Gear PHF 92
  974. * 1 Cynthia UPR 119
  975. * 3 Float Stone BKT 137
  976. * 2 Field Blower GRI 125
  977. * 1 Guzma BUS 115
  978. * 2 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  979. * 2 Colress PLS 118
  980. * 3 Level Ball AOR 76
  981. * 3 Choice Band GRI 121
  982. * 4 Ultra Ball FCO 113
  983. * 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
  984.  
  985. ##Energy - 10
  986.  
  987. * 10 Lightning Energy 4
  988.  
  989. Total Cards - 60
  990.  
  991. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  992.  
  993. Comments: Similar to the ancient Rayquaza/Eelektrik deck except you use one prize attackers which allows you to win the prize trade while trading 2HKOs with many decks. Since you run level balls, you can also run Jirachi-EX in this deck, but I don't think it's as good here as it can be for Dugtrio.
  994. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  995.  
  996. Turbo Turtles [FIRE][BASIC][$$]
  997.  
  998. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  999.  
  1000. ##Pokémon - 11
  1001.  
  1002. * 3 Turtonator-GX GRI 18
  1003. * 4 Volcanion STS 25
  1004. * 4 Volcanion-EX STS 107
  1005.  
  1006. ##Trainer Cards - 33
  1007.  
  1008. * 4 Professor Sycamore STS 114
  1009. * 1 Computer Search BCR 137
  1010. * 1 Acerola BUS 142
  1011. * 3 Scorched Earth FCO 110
  1012. * 2 Battle Compressor Team Flare Gear PHF 92
  1013. * 2 Colress PLS 135
  1014. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 161
  1015. * 2 Float Stone PLF 99
  1016. * 4 VS Seeker ROS 110
  1017. * 1 Guzma BUS 143
  1018. * 2 Field Blower GRI 163
  1019. * 1 N NVI 101
  1020. * 3 Blacksmith FLF 88
  1021. * 3 Fighting Fury Belt BKP 99
  1022.  
  1023. ##Energy - 16
  1024.  
  1025. * 16 Fire Energy GEN 76
  1026.  
  1027. Total Cards - 60
  1028.  
  1029. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  1030.  
  1031. Comments: Similar to standard Volcanion-EX but with a higher focus on Turtonator due to Blacksmith's ability to return fire energy from discard syngerizing with its Bright Flame attack, the fact that Turt has higher HP doesn't hurt either. Muscle Band is an option over FFB in this deck since it makes the Zoroark numbers work a little better at the price of leaving your pokemon vulnerable to a full sky field OHKO from Riotous Beating.
  1032. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1033.  
  1034. Night March [LIGHTNING][PSYCHIC][FIGHTING][BASIC][$$$]
  1035.  
  1036. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  1037.  
  1038. ##Pokémon - 19
  1039.  
  1040. * 1 Oranguru SUM 113
  1041. * 3 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
  1042. * 1 Tauros-GX SUM 100
  1043. * 2 Marshadow-GX BUS 80
  1044. * 4 Joltik PHF 26
  1045. * 4 Pumpkaboo PHF 44
  1046. * 4 Lampent PHF 42
  1047.  
  1048. ##Trainer Cards - 37
  1049.  
  1050. * 4 Battle Compressor Team Flare Gear PHF 92
  1051. * 2 Dimension Valley PHF 93
  1052. * 1 Ghetsis PLF 101
  1053. * 1 Hex Maniac AOR 75
  1054. * 1 Guzma BUS 115
  1055. * 1 Lysandre AOR 78
  1056. * 1 N FCO 105
  1057. * 1 Pokémon Ranger STS 104
  1058. * 3 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  1059. * 1 Teammates PRC 141
  1060. * 1 Choice Band GRI 121
  1061. * 1 Float Stone BKT 137
  1062. * 1 Computer Search BCR 137
  1063. * 4 Puzzle of Time BKP 109
  1064. * 1 Field Blower GRI 125
  1065. * 1 Special Charge STS 105
  1066. * 4 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
  1067. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  1068. * 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
  1069.  
  1070. ##Energy - 4
  1071.  
  1072. * 4 Double Colorless Energy SUM 136
  1073.  
  1074. Total Cards - 60
  1075.  
  1076. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  1077.  
  1078. Comments: I never thought I'd be making a budget list with Shaymin-EX, but the card isn't worth much these days. Night March is pretty straightforward, the deck has very useful weakness matchups these days with Marshadow being able to OHKO Zoroark and Drampa somewhat easily (provided you dont get hex chained by some filthy Zoroark player). Watch out for Oricorio and Karen, this deck was cancerous enough to get 2 different hard counter cards in the past, people don't run Karen much anymore but Oricorio is popular these days.
  1079. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1080. Vespiquen/Flareon [FIRE][GRASS][EVOLUTION][$$$]
  1081.  
  1082. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  1083.  
  1084. ##Pokemon - 28
  1085. 4 Combee AOR 9
  1086. 4 Vespiquen AOR 10
  1087. 4 Eevee SUM 101
  1088. 4 Flareon PLF 12
  1089. 1 Vaporeon AOR 22
  1090. 4 Unown AOR 30
  1091. 1 Salandit GRI 15
  1092. 1 Salazzle-GX BUS 25
  1093. 3 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
  1094. 1 Exeggcute PLF 4
  1095. 1 Oricorio GRI 56
  1096.  
  1097. ##Trainer Cards - 25
  1098. 3 Professor Juniper PLB 84
  1099. 2 Guzma BUS 115
  1100. 1 N FCO 105
  1101. 2 Colress PLS 118
  1102. 1 Blacksmith FLF 88
  1103. 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
  1104. 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  1105. 4 Battle Compressor PHF 92
  1106. 1 Dowsing Machine PLS 128
  1107. 3 Choice Band GRI 121
  1108.  
  1109. ##Energy - 7
  1110. 4 Double Colorless Energy SUM 136
  1111. 3 Fire Energy 2
  1112. Total Cards - 60
  1113.  
  1114. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  1115.  
  1116. Comments: A similar style of list built around getting lots of pokemon in discard to power up Vespiquen and Flareon's attacks, both of which do more damage for each pokemon in discard. Blacksmith gives you a way to play with basic energy cards and ensures you're never out of attackers before you're out of prizes, since the deck is built with losing your active each turn in mind. Running such a high Shaymin count isn't strictly necessary if you want to economize a bit, most of them will be discard sitters but it's good to have more of them for consistency. Oricorio and Karen hard counter this list as well.
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  1118. Gyarados AT [WATER][EVOLUTION][$$$]
  1119.  
  1120. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  1121.  
  1122. ##Pokémon - 11
  1123.  
  1124. * 1 Shaymin-EX ROS 77
  1125. * 4 Magikarp CIN 17
  1126. * 1 Remoraid BKT 31
  1127. * 4 Gyarados AOR 21
  1128. * 1 Octillery BKT 33
  1129.  
  1130. ##Trainer Cards - 45
  1131.  
  1132. * 4 Team Magma's Secret Base DCR 32
  1133. * 4 Dive Ball PRC 125
  1134. * 2 Teammates PRC 141
  1135. * 1 N FCO 105
  1136. * 4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  1137. * 1 Computer Search BCR 137
  1138. * 4 Puzzle of Time BKP 109
  1139. * 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
  1140. * 1 Rotom Dex SUM 131
  1141. * 3 Lucky Helmet AOR 77
  1142. * 1 Float Stone BKT 137
  1143. * 3 Rescue Stretcher GRI 130
  1144. * 4 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
  1145. * 4 Ultra Ball FCO 113
  1146. * 2 Acro Bike PRC 122
  1147. * 2 Special Charge STS 105
  1148. * 1 Choice Band GRI 121
  1149.  
  1150. ##Energy - 4
  1151.  
  1152. * 4 Double Colorless Energy SUM 136
  1153.  
  1154. Total Cards - 60
  1155.  
  1156. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  1157.  
  1158. Comments: An infamous ascended meme designed to fuck Gardevoir-EX's day up back when that was a dominant standard deck using a very unique lucky helmet draw engine combined with the Double ancient trait, which lets Gyarados equip two tools. A max damage Full Retaliation comfortably hits 210 which is ideal for the majority of the stage 1 GX being played right now, and the CIN Magikarp has built in protection against spread damage that hard countered this deck in the old days. Team Magma's Secret Base is the spendy card here, but you can't skimp on it.
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  1160.  
  1161. Thank You Daddy Darkrai (Turbo Dark) [DARK][BASIC][$$$]
  1162.  
  1163. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  1164.  
  1165. ##Pokémon - 8
  1166.  
  1167. * 1 Darkrai-EX DEX 63
  1168. * 2 Darkrai-EX BKP 74
  1169. * 4 Darkrai-GX BUS 88
  1170. * 1 Hoopa SLG 55
  1171.  
  1172. ##Trainer Cards - 38
  1173.  
  1174. * 4 Dark Patch DEX 93
  1175. * 3 Sky Field ROS 89
  1176. * 4 Battle Compressor Team Flare Gear PHF 92
  1177. * 4 Ultra Ball SUM 135
  1178. * 3 Hypnotoxic Laser PLS 123
  1179. * 4 Max Elixir BKP 102
  1180. * 2 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  1181. * 2 Colress PLS 118
  1182. * 1 N PR-BLW BW100
  1183. * 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
  1184. * 2 Choice Band GRI 121
  1185. * 1 Guzma BUS 115
  1186. * 1 Hex Maniac AOR 75
  1187. * 1 Computer Search BCR 137
  1188. * 2 Field Blower GRI 125
  1189.  
  1190. ##Energy - 14
  1191.  
  1192. * 14 Darkness Energy 7
  1193.  
  1194. Total Cards - 60
  1195.  
  1196. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  1197.  
  1198. Comments: Turbo Darkrai has fallen off a fucking cliff, last year it was winning every other event in standard and now here it is at meme tier in expanded. Being meme tier, the cards to play it are fortunately much cheaper. You have a ton of options for energy acceleration/recovery in this deck via dark patch, max elixir, darkrai-GX's ability, ect so when things go well you can have some very explosive turns. Hypnotoxics are good for dead end GX and also let you hit an odd damage number with Darkrai-BKT (your 'turbo' attacker) for the 190/210 hp cards, choice band also lets you do this. The amount of dark hate around due to the bullseye on Zoroark's back makes this list a little miserable to play at times unfortunately.
  1199. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1200.  
  1201. Tropical Shake [GRASS][FIGHTING][WATER][$]
  1202.  
  1203. ****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******
  1204.  
  1205. ##Pokémon - 11
  1206.  
  1207. * 1 Sudowoodo GRI 66
  1208. * 1 Sudowoodo BKP 67
  1209. * 4 Exeggcute PLF 4
  1210. * 3 Alolan Exeggutor FLI 2
  1211. * 1 Exeggutor PLF 5
  1212. * 1 Glaceon-EX FCO 116
  1213.  
  1214. ##Trainer Cards - 37
  1215.  
  1216. * 4 Trainers' Mail ROS 92
  1217. * 3 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
  1218. * 1 N PR-BLW BW100
  1219. * 4 Battle Compressor Team Flare Gear PHF 92
  1220. * 2 Cynthia UPR 119
  1221. * 3 Field Blower GRI 125
  1222. * 2 Colress PLS 118
  1223. * 3 Float Stone PLF 99
  1224. * 1 Revitalizer GEN 70
  1225. * 3 Choice Band GRI 121
  1226. * 1 Energy Retrieval AOR 99
  1227. * 4 Ultra Ball FCO 113
  1228. * 1 Rotom Dex SUM 131
  1229. * 1 Computer Search BCR 137
  1230. * 4 VS Seeker PHF 109
  1231.  
  1232. ##Energy - 12
  1233.  
  1234. * 1 Lightning Energy 4
  1235. * 6 Grass Energy 1
  1236. * 1 Darkness Energy 7
  1237. * 1 Psychic Energy SUM 162
  1238. * 2 Water Energy XYEnergy 9
  1239. * 1 Fighting Energy GRI 169
  1240.  
  1241. Total Cards - 60
  1242.  
  1243. ****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******
  1244.  
  1245. Comments: A funny list that could use some optimization, the goal is to use Eggy's cheap attack to trade well with your opponent. Sudowoodo and Glaceon-EX are both ways to deal with Zoroark-GX which is the most common deck in the format. Eggy PLF is strictly for swag kills on things with 40hp left with a band.
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