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You don't have anything to patch energies to, not even Deinos... Good players will find some way to avoid putting special energy in the discard, especially Hydreigon players (you don't even run any Enhanced Hammer), so Drifblim isn't going to be particularly useful imo I feel like Giratina...

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1) Catcher high-retreat/energyless Pokemon. 2) Snipe something else Congratulations, you just used Raikou EX properly. Raikou is also one of the only cards that can really abuse Max Potion. Weakness to Terrakion is a bad thing, but you'd never run a deck with Raikou and no Terrakion counter...

Been quite some time since I've posted on smogon, but a TCG forum is a good reason to do so. Tyrogue is now meh. Smeargle is good. Not my playstyle, but it's good. N is amazing. Zekrom EX was never 'good', but it was a workable Mewtwo EX revenge killer and could plant damage on a second...

chandelure definitely wants tropical beach, since it won't be attacking every turn im still playing TZPS though so i should be discouraging tropical beach from being played lol also, you definitely want to add energy onto it, status is amazing in the current format

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l73v8uHBSl1qb8lgbo1_250.jpg you will never escape

Kyurem alone won't win games against non-Ross decks though. Electrode is support only. You'd need a third line, leading to more Pokemon and slightly less consistency. Nitpicking aside, in terms of pure draw etc, Electrode is still faster, but Feraligatr's purpose as an attacker and his ability...

Eviolite wrecks Kyurem something fierce. Don't overlook Blastzel, after a spread or two from Kyurem, Blastoise (and SEL, I guess) basically one-shots the entire meta with sniping, not to mention he takes out Reuniclus without any extra damage needed.

T2 Feraligatr is just as fast as T2 Electrode, and T2 Floatzel/Blastoise is not inconceivable. T2 Electrode also cripples your plan to set up with Twins. The two big points of using Vileplume are to impede their setup and impede their trainer support (Catcher/Pluspower). If they're already set...

Just call it Dragons Truth. That's what it is. It's an alright deck, but I don't know if it has enough straight draw, especially now that people have twigged to the Twins engine. What happens when the opponent doesn't choose to knock out your Pichu? For that matter, what if they're the ones...

It has more than one Flower Shop Lady, can't be good :P In seriousness, the draw supporters *look* solid, but it isn't really focused enough - 2 Twins won't get you Twins when you need em. With 2 FSL you can go for 4 Juniper and some Sage's over Cheren, and the Beartic looks a bit...

Most things in NV are playable, especially at leagues etc, but the things that could actually cause a splash in the metagame are likely N, Kyurem and Cobalion (and the trainers). Vanilluxe could also be irritating. Durant could definitely take some decks by surprise. Hydreigon is in the same...

KGL Ross decks with Tropical Beach are pretty fun to watch - some guy with one was about to lose vs a Blastzel, but then he used Tidal Wave and killed 2 Floatzel and a Buizel for the win, funny stuff. Reshiphlosion should have 4-2-4 Typhlosion and at least 3 Rare Candy imo. Ninetales as Catcher...

I'll help write up if there's interest - overview of the 'big' decks and some of the cards that really shape the metagame.

needs a TCG article about HGSS-on, which is current as of yesterday lots and lots of stuff to write about