

While the above deck seems to be practically unbeatable right now, there are some other comparable decks in the unlimited format. Silent Lab prevents troublesome abilities such as Oranguru or Unown, Holon Circle prevents troublesome attacks such as Gastly, and Cessation Crystal prevents troublesome Pokemon Powers. VS Seeker can be used to get Lysandre's Trump Card Back. Skyla and Space Center are there as techs against an opposing Spiritomb. The Item Finder, Junk Arm, and Dowsing Machine let you reuse Trick Shovel (or other cards if need be). The Lysandre's Trump Card keeps you from running out of cards. Meanwhile, the Hypnotoxic Laser and Special Darkness Energy are used in conjunction with Sableye to kill their Pokemon. Afterward, on the first and every subsequent turn, you must use Trick Shovel to discard cards off the top of their deck until they are left with nothing good.

On the first turn, you must use The Rocket's Trap, Rocket's Sneak Attack, and Red Card to reduce your opponent's hand to zero cards or ensure that everything in their hand is useless. Because Sableye is the only Pokemon in the deck, you are guaranteed to go first if your opponent doesn't have a Sableye and guaranteed to have a 50/50 chance of going first if they do. The point of this deck is to control what cards your opponent has in play. Hopefully I will find the time in the coming weeks to re-analyze and test out some decks and post about them for anybody who is interested (the supporter ruling specifically has drastically altered the format). This makes Spiritomb a valid counter to Sableye-based decks, because supporters can no longer be used to search for Space Center on the first turn, which means that the probability of getting a Space Center is now quite low.Ģ.) Erika has been reprinted as a supporter card which changes the card from one of the best draw tools in the format (excluding decks like the one outlined in the last post that rely on controlling the opponent's hand) to a next-to-useless card in the format. Some significant rule changes have gone into effect, namely:ġ.) If you go first, you can't play a supporter card on your first turn. It has been a long time since I've posted here, but I am planning on giving an updated overview of the format, with some decklists and deck ideas as long of a detailed discussion of the metagame.
