New Archetypes from Pokémon GO
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With the arrival of Pokémon GO this July, we’ll have a handful of new deck archetypes joining the fray. As always, some deck archetypes are better than others—some are meme tier and some are merely playable, fun decks without much competitive promise. Lists below are very rough drafts and are intended as a starting place for testing, not as tournament-ready deck lists. Consider creating and using proxies to test cards you don’t already own prior to making any purchases.
Magikarp
Illus. N-Design Inc.
BASIC STRATEGY
Dump as many Magikarp and Gyarados into the discard pile as you can, as fast as you can, using the deck’s discarding options like Professor’s Research, Cinccino’s Make Do ability, Trekking Shoes, Quick Ball, and Ultra Ball. Use Ditto’s Sudden Transformation ability to copy Magikarp’s Raging Fin attack, which does 10 damage plus 30 more damage for each “Magikarp” and each “Gyarados” in your discard pile.
KEY CARDS
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Hisuian Heavy Ball and/or Peonia as a means of fishing out Magikarp and Gyarados from your Prize cards.
Roseanne’s Backup as a means of recovering Twin Energy and Double Turbo energy, Choice Belt, and more.
EXAMPLE DECK LIST
Pokémon - 20
4 Ditto PGO 53
4 Magikarp PGO 21
4 Gyarados PGO 22
3 Minccino BRS 124
3 Cinccino SSH 147
1 Manaphy BRS 41
1 Radiant Hawlucha ASR 81
Trainer Cards - 33
4 Professor's Research BRS 147
3 Marnie CPA 56
2 Boss's Orders BRS 132
4 Quick Ball FST 237
4 Trekking Shoes ASR 156
4 Ultra Ball BRS 150
3 Level Ball BST 129
2 Air Balloon SSH 156
2 Choice Belt BRS 135
2 Energy Loto ASR 140
2 Rescue Carrier EVS 154
1 Escape Rope BST 125
Energy - 7
4 Twin Energy RCL 174
3 Double Turbo Energy BRS 151
Mewtwo VSTAR
Illus. PLANETA Mochizuki
BASIC STRATEGY
Play down and evolve Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX and use its Underworld Door ability to attach Psychic energy to power up your benched Psychic Pokémon, including other Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX and Mewtwo VSTAR. Attack with Shadow Rider Calyrex VMAX’s Max Geist which does 10 damage plus 30 more damage for every Psychic energy attached to all of your Pokémon or with Mewtwo VSTAR’s Psy Purge attack, which does 90 damage for each Psychic energy card you discard from Mewtwo VSTAR (up to 3, or 270 damage).