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Alt. Format Future/Hypothetical Build: Steam Siege Ampharos

Dourstree

Dourstree

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This is just a hypothetical deck that has been in my head for awhile. Since i love electric pokemon a lot (I run a magnezone/raikou/pikachu ex/jolteon ex deck currently) and saw ampharos coming out along with the newest set, i was wondering if it's viable to run. I say future/hypothetical build because some cards are going to be rotated out, so might as well be expanded? I have no idea. So this is my future build. If this sounds stupid to you, i understand: it's 1am and i have nothing better to do.

Pokemon: 15
  • 4 Mareep STS
  • 2 Flaafy STS
  • 4 Ampharos STS
  • 2 Shaymin EX 77 ROS
  • 3 Wailord EX 38 PRC
Trainer: 41
  • 4 Rough Seas 137 PRC
  • 4 Max Potion 103 BKP
  • 4 Rare Candy 135 PRC
  • 4 Trainer's Mail 92 ROS
  • 4 Ultra Ball 93 ROS
  • 4 VS Seeker 11o ROS
  • 1 Level Ball 76 ANO
  • 1 Switch 157 EXP
  • 2 Enhanced Hammer 94 PHF
  • 4 Float Stone 137 BKT
  • 1 Lysandre 104 FLF
  • 2 Xerosic 119 PHF
  • 2 N 101 NOV
  • 2 Sycamore 107 BKP
  • 1 Head Ringer 97 PHF
  • 1 Sacred Ash 96 FLF
Energies: 4
  • 4 DCE 96 Base Set
In reality, this deck is sort of meh. My idea is just piss off my opponent to oblivion. Ampharos ability sets 3 DAMAGE COUNTERS onto one of your opponent's ex pokemon once per turn. So keeping that in mind, let's see the rest of our pokemon: 2 Shaymins and 3 Wailords. There's a reason why we have 4 DCE in our list is because it's for Shaymin. Yes, Shaymin is your attacker for the game. with Shaymin "sky returning" and having at least 2-3 Ampharos set up, you're basically dealing 90-120 damage while Shaymin goes back into your hand along with the float stone it's going to be attached to. Majority of your opponent's EXs are going to run some type of special energy, so it's nice to stop that from happening while they're gradually taking damage. Switch is your insurance if anything really bad goes down. The thing that this deck will struggle with is fighting type pokemon. Many strong hitting non-ex pokemon are Fighting and their message is to destroy EX pokemon. So your shaymin's and Wailord's are going to be in trouble. Plus Fighting pokemon are energy efficient pokemon, so someone like garchomp with turbo assult will not be phased by this deck at all. Plus Ampharos is weak against fighting. Overall, aside from fighting matchups, atleast this deck will give some headaches once set up. There are a lot of 4's for good reason imo, but i'm sure there are ways to cut corners to fit somethings in the mix. Woooo for 2am postings. Have fun tearing this apart.
 
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