X-Men Genosha Island
This deck is apart of an X-Men themed set of Legacy decks that I originally thought to do a whole series of each type for. I never did get around to finishing the whole thing, and decks such as the Fighting-type Age of Apocalypse (featuring Landorus-EX)—the Metal-type Omega Red (featuring Scizor Prime)—or the Lightning-type Adamantium Rage (featuring Eelektrik/Raikou/Zekrom) don't even have prototypes for them. This deck here retells the story of Genosha Island, where many of the X-Men and various other mutant were held in captivity and slavery. In this rendition, the Blob goes on a rampage and apparently nobody can stop him. A number of other mutants revolt, such as Starfire, and eventually capsize the island.
X-Men Phoenix Saga
Here we have an X-Men Legacy deck based on the Phoenix Saga, that utilizes a really unique energy discard strategy between the effects of cards such as Red Genesect and [Team Plasma] Moltres-EX. Paired with this is the ever so popular Virbank City Gym/Hypnotoxic Laser combo. The attacks here don't conventionally do a lot of damage, so Virbank/Laser is intended to provided some offensive reinforcement to their power. {Bright Look} Ninetales takes a center-stage in this deck as well for its potential with Virbank/Laser—in addition to its powerful pre-XY Lysandre power.
X-Men Psi-War
Another X-Men themed Legacy deck that utilizes a Darkrai/Dark Patch linear with Virbank/Laser. A really flashy tech of [Hex] Giratina and Mew-EX create a vivid portrayal of the legendary X-Men Psi-War cover depicting the Shadow King with his hold over all the helpless X-Men. [Hex] makes a really strong tech to Virbank/Laser—and Mew is complimented by the presence of [Foul Play] Zoroark—which hopes to provide Mew with a extremely powerful on-demand attack. I couldn't go without this tech—it just makes the deck to me. However, if you wanted, you could probably opt out the eye candy pair for an additional copy of Darkrai and Spiritomb—then reversing the Zoroark split in suite of [Brutal Bash]—and finally switching the 3 Blend Energy over to 3 Basic Dark energy (since they'd no longer be needed).
X-Men Savage Land
This X-Men themed Legacy deck details the journey into the Savage Land with Professor Xavier and Magneto; where the mighty Sauron rules the skies, and various other dangerous monster lurk the unforgiving terrain. The strategy behind this deck is an improvised Virizion/Genesect combination that furthers its potential off the energy acceleration of Lunatone & Ether. With this combination, it's possible to begin using [Emerald Slash] on Turn 1 if you play second. Tack this alongside the crushing disruption of Judge and it threatens to the put an opponent at an immense disadvantage. Akin to this, I opted for G Scope instead of G-Booster. However, one could probably go with another copy of Float Stone in its place to great success—or switch out G-Scope and Plasma Energy for G-Booster and Double Colorless Energy.
X-Men Spring Break
This was the first legacy deck I ever built, which started my concept for the whole series of X-Men themes. This theme here reflects the very popular 95 Fleer Ultra X-Men Spring Break cards, which depict the X-Men in the sun and sand enjoying themselves on the beach. The strategy for this deck majorly revolves around the energy acceleration of [Seafaring] Manaphy to quickly power-up powerful EX attackers like Kyurem, Keldeo, and Mewtwo. Given how EX dominated the Legacy format tends to be, Suicune provides a powerful tech to stop such decks dead in their tracks. Many Legacy decks are also very Item card dominated, and that's why I personally believe that 3 copies of Ghetsis is a must-have for any Legacy deck. This deck also runs a number of other crucial techs for Legacy—such as Tool Scrapper and Silver Mirror—in heavy consistency to best its chances.
Yakuza Grind House
Here we have a Dragon-type deck that illustrates the dangerous underworld of the Yakuza grindhouse, where the gang members (both men and women) live outside the law to their greatest indulgence. There are no rules in the underground, and that's fully exemplified by the effects of Hydreigon and Latias' attacks, which can pierce through all preventive abilities. This deck utilizes a Out-Fighter style that sets up from the bench, and since the Pokémon here hold no one-hit KO potential, this deck includes a Bursting Ballon/Rock Guard/Ecoarm suite to strongly reinforce its offensive potential. Heavy healing from Pokémon Center Lady puts up a heavy defense, of which I really wanted 4 copies of, but opted out a copy to make room for a tech of Special Charge.
Yokozuna
Energy acceleration/Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick concept deck I had tinkered with a little. The primary strategy for this deck provides the energy acceleration of Landorus and (Latias as its backup starter), to quickly power-up a Yokozuna Groudon for a giant throw down. Archeops makes a backup Maxie's Hidden Ball Trick option to Mega Groudon. It holds the power to throw many decks out of the ring entirely. Meanwhile, out primary Yokozuna Groudon makes quick work of other heavyweights between the effects of its two attacks—[Tromp] and [Giant Claw]—alongside the utility of Strong Energy and Fighting Fury Belt.
Zen Force
M Alakazam deck working through an interesting setup through [Call for Family] to quickly get the all your Alakazam out on the bench, then using cards like Elsa and Teammates to get all the Spirit Links together for some heavy mega evolving. Deoxys and Wobbuffet play a strong backup to [Zen Force] given how much synergy exists between all their attacks. This deck also features a really unique combo involving Tool Retriever and AZ, which together create a powerplay that enables players to cycle M Alakazam-EX between copies of one another to create full HP resets and boom additional bonuses off Alakazam's triggered {Kinesis} Ability.
Zen Garden
Evolution line jumping Florgress BREAK deck that utilizes the pair of [Luminious Blade] Gardevoir-EX and [Geomancy] Xerneas to deal heavy damage for almost no cost thanks to {Calming Aroma} Florgress. This deck is heavily reinforced to cycle through cards and patch together the missing item pieces with lots of support from Trainer's Mail and Misty's Determination. Teammates themselves provide an instant evolution jump for Florgress and Rare Candy, where getting both Florgress BREAK out can considerably be an every game thing. Together, they provide a free play on Pokémon Center Lady, heavily reinforcing the crushing power of Gardevoir-EX and Xerneas.
Zero-Dark Thirty
Zero Dark Thirty covers the events of a secret mission to kill/capture/save? acclaimed Terrorist leader/CIA US Military co-operative Osama Bin Laden. This deck primary utilizes the power of [Team Plasma] Tornadus-EX and [Windfall] to make a powerful setup for an unstoppable offensive backed by the effects of heavy disruption provided by cards such as {Unruly Claw} Crawdunt, Malamar-EX, Crushing Hammer, and Team Flare Grunt.
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