Pokémon [16]
4 — Dialga EX — Phantom Forces (62/119)
1 — Lugia EX — Ancient Origins (68/98)
1 — Aegislash EX — Phantom Forces (65/119)
4 — Lunatone — Plasma Storm (73/135)
2 — Jirachi — Roaring Skies (42/108)
2 — Bronzor — Phantom Forces (60/119)
2 — Bronzong — Phantom Forces (61/119)
Trainers [26]
1 — Computer Search — Boundaries Crossed (137/149)
2 — Ultra Ball — Dark Explorers (102/108)
4 — Ether — Plasma Storm (121/135)
4 — Trainers' Mail — Ancient Origins (100/98)
2 — Korrina — Furious Fists (111/111)
3 — Shauna — XY Base Set (127/146)
3 — N — Dark Explorers (96/108)
3 — Team Aqua's Secret Base — Double Crisis (28/34)
4 — Float Stone — Plasma Freeze (99/116)
Energy [18]
Energy [18]
4 — Double Colorless Energy
14 — Metal Energy
MAIN STRATEGY
Lunatone: New Years Eve. A night as mysterious as Halloween itself—only with bright lights and excitement all around us. Holiday cheer is normally still in full swing. But this year—it's the end of the world. And the Grim Reaper is here to turn New Years Eve into the darkest night of the year.
At the center of the fun, we have Lunatone and Ether, which work the same magic for this deck as they always do. Lunatone is our sigil to the other side, reaching through our deck and enabling us to place our energy cards at the top—so that we can guarantee our success with Ether.
For this reason, more is always better when it comes to these two cards. For starters, we'll want at least two copies Lunatone out in play so that we can second chance our Ether cards—if once we've checked the top two cards (and found no energy). With another Lunatone out, we can reset the deck by using Trainers' Mail (or any other card that shuffles the deck)—then check the top two cards again with a second Lunatone—and possibly make a successful play with Ether the second time around.
Now, with this deck there's no explicit reason you should ever have to hide behind any Lunatone. However, that potential is always available if you need it. And given how important Lunatone is to this deck, it might not be a bad idea to put a Float Stone on one either—making it much easier to move around if you next move depends on being able to make a play you can't immediately foresee. If you've had to throw a Lunatone out there as your starter, Float Stone can also enable you to make a quick offensive (which is very important for this deck)—so don't hesitate on that if it's available.
Dialga EX & Jirachi: Father Time & Baby New Year. These two are the legendary centerpieces of the New Years folklore—and together they take center stage here as the end of days to come.
Dialga EX is our main starter, and also our main offensive Pokémon. Jirachi is only our backup starter, but can also double as a tactical executioner. The strategy for this deck involves always playing second, then trying to get Dialga up to three energy right away so that we can attack with [Chrono Wind] on our first turn. Given how most decks are loaded with Pokémon EX (thrown out there prematurely as starters)—this is the game winning move.
Naturally, the easiest way to do this is through Double Colorless Energy and Ether. Hope to see one of those Double Colorless Energy in your opening hand (or hope to have one come around in your first wheel)—because triggering off two Ether can be as difficult as surviving the end of the world.
Once you get Dialga fully powered up, you'll want to begin the [Full Metal Impact] right away—like swinging the Scythe of Death—to quickly finish off your opponent's Pokémon.
This can be the difference between who sees the end of the world and who brings it. You never know what your opponent can throw out there, so don't waste any time bringing it to an end for your opponent.
If you lead with Jirachi, you'll want to use [Diminutive Desire] to borrow some luck from the year that will never be. Whatever it is you need to accelerate your momentum—take that and run with it.
Popping off a [Doom Desire] next turn for an extra special Happy New Year! is another great move. We have Bronzong there to back us up, so we don't have to worry about those energies. We can just use [Doom Desire] and start the countdown for our opponents right away.
Bronzong & Aegislash EX: Here we have the New Years bell, which ceremoniously rings at the stroke of midnight to welcome fortune in the year to come. And the New Years ball, which ceremoniously drops at the stroke of midnight to signify the end of the last year is final. These two are also legendary to the spirit of New Years—and we hope for their blessings to be with us throughout the end.
Bronzong is our tactical resource—recovering any energy we lose trying to survive through the end. Bronzong is not present in high volume—and although it might seem like more is better—you really only need one Bronzong out to win you the game. Just that single energy Bronzong provides each turn can quickly take newly benched Pokémon up to full power—as well as rearming Dialga EX back to full power in just a single turn.
So if you can get both of them out there, then more power to you, but just one is all you need. This deck also benefits much greater off copies of more tactical cards, where the lower volume of Bronzong helps to keep the deck lite, and enables us to load the deck with support for more powerful cards like Ether. So just try to get one Bronzong out there—and you'll instantly be putting the power of the Grim Reaper's scythe on a chain—fully extending the reach of death to one and all.
Aegislash EX is a tactical card reinforces both our offensive and defensive power here. Even though its power is potentially limitless, Aegislash is not really as powerful as Dialga offensively. However, defensively Aegislash is far more powerful than Dialga—since it can put a definite end to your opponent's most powerful Pokémon so long as it has a special energy attached to it. I guess that could make Aegislash like an angel from above—that swoops down to save us from the end of the world.
No matter which you believe in, Aegislash is a really great ace card—and specifically in this deck—with all the support we have for it here. You see—normally Aegislash can be a really tough ball to get moving. Yet through the power of Ether, we can scoop up Aegislash like the cherry in our Shirley Temple, and drop it on our opponents like the weight of the world.
Expect this to be somewhat of a far away thing however. Aegislash is really only here for aesthetics. We should be able to get the job done with Dialga alone most of the time, all special energy aside.
Aegislash is only here for our darkest hour—and that can come faster than Aegislash can save us if we take up any unnecessary space on the bench with it. For this reason, don't set it down unless you perceive that it's essential. Save that space for something else (like Lunatone or Bronzor), because dropping the ball too early will spell disaster in 1337 backwards.
Lugia EX: Our friendly cameo monster again—who shows up at midnight to throw confetti on everybody. Lugia is also here for aesthetics—and is a really great ace card to have around in games where your opponent might have the type advantage. Dialga can handle this itself really well, yet by itself can be less than what we need for the upset victory. And that's the beauty to Lugia—it has two reasonably powerful attacks that place its power nearly on even ground with Dialga.
Resistance to fighting is another neat bonus (with how popular that type tends to be).
As our cameo monster though, we still shouldn't expect to see much of him. Just try to enjoy the time you have together. It's the end of the world after all—let's party like it and not worry about anything.
Computer Search: The Y2K Virus—or when the internet goes out—which makes it a double end of the world. Order whatever you want—like it's the Taco Bell drive thru. I'll have 4 Mexican Pizzas, some Cinnabon Delights, and four Baja Blast—so I can give the extra away to a fat chick and score.
Ain't no one gonna be around to make fun of me.
Trainers' Mail, Ultra Ball, & Ether: Party poppers, fireworks, and the bubbly we sip all through the night. Dialga is ripping through time, and everything is crumbling down around us—so clearly there's no reason to hold back on the goods. It's time pull out all the stops and go wild. Drink all the bubbly, pop all the poppers, and shoot all fireworks off—from every place that seems like fun.
Alongside Lunatone, Ether is here to top off our holiday cheer. This energy acceleration is the key to this deck's success—with Trainers' Mail here to help accelerate the pace of this technique. For this deck in particular, we'll want to use our Trainers' Mail to close up the loose ends between our less prominent (yet still significant) resources. This would be cards like Ultra Ball (of which there's only two of)—or copies of Float Stone (which are important to get out of the way)—as well as copies of our Supporters (which can fall few and far between).
With two Lunatone out in play, you can also use Trainers' Mail to reset the deck, and give you a second chance to make use of Ether if there wasn't any energy cards there the first time. This is probably the greatest potential of Trainers' Mail. And for that reason, definitely what you're going to want to save your Trainers' Mail for most of the time. If you have to reach for a Supporter, your best bet is usually going to be Korrina, since she can get you to any other useful item in your deck—including Computer Search—which can get you to anything at all in your deck hands down.
Ultra Ball works exactly like fireworks. Pop them off and enjoy the fun.
For best results though, try not to throw away any Metal energy to Ultra Ball, because every energy that you lose is going to make Ether exponentially harder to make use of. And you'll definitely regret that later, when it comes down to every turn being significant—and you end up getting wasted, because there was no energy at the top of the deck when you needed it. So stick to extra copies of Pokémon with Ultra Ball, save your Metal energy to wheel back into your deck. This will help to keep the potency of Ether as viable as possible.
N, Shauna, & Korrina: Our party people. N and Shauna are about to have some raw fun together, while Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Grim Reaper do the same, in the ultimate tango salsa rumba.
N and Shauna remain the greatest pair of wheel supporters for this style deck. At the start of the game, we need as many cards a we can get to hyper-accelerate the potential of Ether. Making the six cards from N supreme—and the five cards from Shauna significantly better than the four cards we would get from our other wheel options (such as Judge or Professor Birch's Observations). Even with Trainers' Mail there to back us up on a short draw, we have very little room to spare towards expendable resources—or short-handed wheels.
And that's what puts these two at the top of the A-list here.
With Dialga EX as our primary Pokémon, it gives us a little extra time to make the best use of N. However, we still want to put an emphasis on leading with N exclusively as our wheel power before we start picking up Prize cards. This extra time doesn't give us room to fool around with Shauna, all it does is give us some cushion in the event that we can't get to consecutive copies of N right away. So don't fool around like that, and make use of all your N cards right away to get them out of your deck and out of way so they don't hold you back later on.
Korrina is like a trump card over our other Supporters. She can be used to grab both Lunatone and Ether—putting the power of both cards directly in our hands. If you already have an Ether in hand, Korrina can be used to grab another Ether—or any other Item card that's of better use to us. The best pick for this would probably Trainers' Mail (in hopes of getting another Supporter)—but Ultra Ball or Computer Search can be another top pick. Making good use of those resource demanding Item cards can be a real challenge. We don't have much to discard, so we want to be as resourceful as possible when it comes to making perfect use of those cards when we can.
Accompanying this—a great powerplay involves using Korrina to reach for Computer Search—and then discarding a few extra Pokémon in our hand to reach for a copy of Shauna or N (to use next turn).
Float Stone & Team Aqua's Secret Base: The presence of the Grim Reaper—which has disturbed the gravitational force on Earth. And the Underworld—where everyone gets dragged to after the world as ended. It's not impossible to escape the from Underworld—but just ask anyone who's ever done it. It's really hard.
Team Aqua's Secret Base is a tactical selection for this deck. Float Stone enables us to get around the Stadium's restriction entirely—and then we have it's potential alongside the powerful effects like [Chrono Wind]—which freeze our opponent's Pokémon EX cold and prevent them doing any damage. Our opponent's will need to retreat to get around it, but Team Aqua's Secret Base is going to force them to waste an extra energy to do so. It's a really tactical lock combination.
Team Aqua's Secret Base isn't especially important to this deck though—we can do without it—and that makes it somewhat of an expendable resource to cards like Ultra Ball, Computer Search, and Lugia's [Deep Hurricane] attack. Despite this however, make sure to pay attention what you're up against. You don't want to waste your Stadium cards if you're up against decks like Virbank City Gym or Sky Field.
This principal is also true for Float Stone in general. They are crucial to our heavy Pokémon—so don't go wasting them on other Pokémon—or excessively throwing them away to cards like Ultra Ball or Computer Search. Otherwise, there it'll lay in your discard pile—as the stone on your cairn.
At the center of the fun, we have Lunatone and Ether, which work the same magic for this deck as they always do. Lunatone is our sigil to the other side, reaching through our deck and enabling us to place our energy cards at the top—so that we can guarantee our success with Ether.
For this reason, more is always better when it comes to these two cards. For starters, we'll want at least two copies Lunatone out in play so that we can second chance our Ether cards—if once we've checked the top two cards (and found no energy). With another Lunatone out, we can reset the deck by using Trainers' Mail (or any other card that shuffles the deck)—then check the top two cards again with a second Lunatone—and possibly make a successful play with Ether the second time around.
Now, with this deck there's no explicit reason you should ever have to hide behind any Lunatone. However, that potential is always available if you need it. And given how important Lunatone is to this deck, it might not be a bad idea to put a Float Stone on one either—making it much easier to move around if you next move depends on being able to make a play you can't immediately foresee. If you've had to throw a Lunatone out there as your starter, Float Stone can also enable you to make a quick offensive (which is very important for this deck)—so don't hesitate on that if it's available.
Dialga EX & Jirachi: Father Time & Baby New Year. These two are the legendary centerpieces of the New Years folklore—and together they take center stage here as the end of days to come.
Dialga EX is our main starter, and also our main offensive Pokémon. Jirachi is only our backup starter, but can also double as a tactical executioner. The strategy for this deck involves always playing second, then trying to get Dialga up to three energy right away so that we can attack with [Chrono Wind] on our first turn. Given how most decks are loaded with Pokémon EX (thrown out there prematurely as starters)—this is the game winning move.
Naturally, the easiest way to do this is through Double Colorless Energy and Ether. Hope to see one of those Double Colorless Energy in your opening hand (or hope to have one come around in your first wheel)—because triggering off two Ether can be as difficult as surviving the end of the world.
Once you get Dialga fully powered up, you'll want to begin the [Full Metal Impact] right away—like swinging the Scythe of Death—to quickly finish off your opponent's Pokémon.
This can be the difference between who sees the end of the world and who brings it. You never know what your opponent can throw out there, so don't waste any time bringing it to an end for your opponent.
If you lead with Jirachi, you'll want to use [Diminutive Desire] to borrow some luck from the year that will never be. Whatever it is you need to accelerate your momentum—take that and run with it.
Popping off a [Doom Desire] next turn for an extra special Happy New Year! is another great move. We have Bronzong there to back us up, so we don't have to worry about those energies. We can just use [Doom Desire] and start the countdown for our opponents right away.
Bronzong & Aegislash EX: Here we have the New Years bell, which ceremoniously rings at the stroke of midnight to welcome fortune in the year to come. And the New Years ball, which ceremoniously drops at the stroke of midnight to signify the end of the last year is final. These two are also legendary to the spirit of New Years—and we hope for their blessings to be with us throughout the end.
Bronzong is our tactical resource—recovering any energy we lose trying to survive through the end. Bronzong is not present in high volume—and although it might seem like more is better—you really only need one Bronzong out to win you the game. Just that single energy Bronzong provides each turn can quickly take newly benched Pokémon up to full power—as well as rearming Dialga EX back to full power in just a single turn.
So if you can get both of them out there, then more power to you, but just one is all you need. This deck also benefits much greater off copies of more tactical cards, where the lower volume of Bronzong helps to keep the deck lite, and enables us to load the deck with support for more powerful cards like Ether. So just try to get one Bronzong out there—and you'll instantly be putting the power of the Grim Reaper's scythe on a chain—fully extending the reach of death to one and all.
Aegislash EX is a tactical card reinforces both our offensive and defensive power here. Even though its power is potentially limitless, Aegislash is not really as powerful as Dialga offensively. However, defensively Aegislash is far more powerful than Dialga—since it can put a definite end to your opponent's most powerful Pokémon so long as it has a special energy attached to it. I guess that could make Aegislash like an angel from above—that swoops down to save us from the end of the world.
No matter which you believe in, Aegislash is a really great ace card—and specifically in this deck—with all the support we have for it here. You see—normally Aegislash can be a really tough ball to get moving. Yet through the power of Ether, we can scoop up Aegislash like the cherry in our Shirley Temple, and drop it on our opponents like the weight of the world.
Expect this to be somewhat of a far away thing however. Aegislash is really only here for aesthetics. We should be able to get the job done with Dialga alone most of the time, all special energy aside.
Aegislash is only here for our darkest hour—and that can come faster than Aegislash can save us if we take up any unnecessary space on the bench with it. For this reason, don't set it down unless you perceive that it's essential. Save that space for something else (like Lunatone or Bronzor), because dropping the ball too early will spell disaster in 1337 backwards.
Lugia EX: Our friendly cameo monster again—who shows up at midnight to throw confetti on everybody. Lugia is also here for aesthetics—and is a really great ace card to have around in games where your opponent might have the type advantage. Dialga can handle this itself really well, yet by itself can be less than what we need for the upset victory. And that's the beauty to Lugia—it has two reasonably powerful attacks that place its power nearly on even ground with Dialga.
Resistance to fighting is another neat bonus (with how popular that type tends to be).
As our cameo monster though, we still shouldn't expect to see much of him. Just try to enjoy the time you have together. It's the end of the world after all—let's party like it and not worry about anything.
Computer Search: The Y2K Virus—or when the internet goes out—which makes it a double end of the world. Order whatever you want—like it's the Taco Bell drive thru. I'll have 4 Mexican Pizzas, some Cinnabon Delights, and four Baja Blast—so I can give the extra away to a fat chick and score.
Ain't no one gonna be around to make fun of me.
Trainers' Mail, Ultra Ball, & Ether: Party poppers, fireworks, and the bubbly we sip all through the night. Dialga is ripping through time, and everything is crumbling down around us—so clearly there's no reason to hold back on the goods. It's time pull out all the stops and go wild. Drink all the bubbly, pop all the poppers, and shoot all fireworks off—from every place that seems like fun.
Alongside Lunatone, Ether is here to top off our holiday cheer. This energy acceleration is the key to this deck's success—with Trainers' Mail here to help accelerate the pace of this technique. For this deck in particular, we'll want to use our Trainers' Mail to close up the loose ends between our less prominent (yet still significant) resources. This would be cards like Ultra Ball (of which there's only two of)—or copies of Float Stone (which are important to get out of the way)—as well as copies of our Supporters (which can fall few and far between).
With two Lunatone out in play, you can also use Trainers' Mail to reset the deck, and give you a second chance to make use of Ether if there wasn't any energy cards there the first time. This is probably the greatest potential of Trainers' Mail. And for that reason, definitely what you're going to want to save your Trainers' Mail for most of the time. If you have to reach for a Supporter, your best bet is usually going to be Korrina, since she can get you to any other useful item in your deck—including Computer Search—which can get you to anything at all in your deck hands down.
Ultra Ball works exactly like fireworks. Pop them off and enjoy the fun.
For best results though, try not to throw away any Metal energy to Ultra Ball, because every energy that you lose is going to make Ether exponentially harder to make use of. And you'll definitely regret that later, when it comes down to every turn being significant—and you end up getting wasted, because there was no energy at the top of the deck when you needed it. So stick to extra copies of Pokémon with Ultra Ball, save your Metal energy to wheel back into your deck. This will help to keep the potency of Ether as viable as possible.
N, Shauna, & Korrina: Our party people. N and Shauna are about to have some raw fun together, while Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Grim Reaper do the same, in the ultimate tango salsa rumba.
N and Shauna remain the greatest pair of wheel supporters for this style deck. At the start of the game, we need as many cards a we can get to hyper-accelerate the potential of Ether. Making the six cards from N supreme—and the five cards from Shauna significantly better than the four cards we would get from our other wheel options (such as Judge or Professor Birch's Observations). Even with Trainers' Mail there to back us up on a short draw, we have very little room to spare towards expendable resources—or short-handed wheels.
And that's what puts these two at the top of the A-list here.
With Dialga EX as our primary Pokémon, it gives us a little extra time to make the best use of N. However, we still want to put an emphasis on leading with N exclusively as our wheel power before we start picking up Prize cards. This extra time doesn't give us room to fool around with Shauna, all it does is give us some cushion in the event that we can't get to consecutive copies of N right away. So don't fool around like that, and make use of all your N cards right away to get them out of your deck and out of way so they don't hold you back later on.
Korrina is like a trump card over our other Supporters. She can be used to grab both Lunatone and Ether—putting the power of both cards directly in our hands. If you already have an Ether in hand, Korrina can be used to grab another Ether—or any other Item card that's of better use to us. The best pick for this would probably Trainers' Mail (in hopes of getting another Supporter)—but Ultra Ball or Computer Search can be another top pick. Making good use of those resource demanding Item cards can be a real challenge. We don't have much to discard, so we want to be as resourceful as possible when it comes to making perfect use of those cards when we can.
Accompanying this—a great powerplay involves using Korrina to reach for Computer Search—and then discarding a few extra Pokémon in our hand to reach for a copy of Shauna or N (to use next turn).
Float Stone & Team Aqua's Secret Base: The presence of the Grim Reaper—which has disturbed the gravitational force on Earth. And the Underworld—where everyone gets dragged to after the world as ended. It's not impossible to escape the from Underworld—but just ask anyone who's ever done it. It's really hard.
Team Aqua's Secret Base is a tactical selection for this deck. Float Stone enables us to get around the Stadium's restriction entirely—and then we have it's potential alongside the powerful effects like [Chrono Wind]—which freeze our opponent's Pokémon EX cold and prevent them doing any damage. Our opponent's will need to retreat to get around it, but Team Aqua's Secret Base is going to force them to waste an extra energy to do so. It's a really tactical lock combination.
Team Aqua's Secret Base isn't especially important to this deck though—we can do without it—and that makes it somewhat of an expendable resource to cards like Ultra Ball, Computer Search, and Lugia's [Deep Hurricane] attack. Despite this however, make sure to pay attention what you're up against. You don't want to waste your Stadium cards if you're up against decks like Virbank City Gym or Sky Field.
This principal is also true for Float Stone in general. They are crucial to our heavy Pokémon—so don't go wasting them on other Pokémon—or excessively throwing them away to cards like Ultra Ball or Computer Search. Otherwise, there it'll lay in your discard pile—as the stone on your cairn.
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