Call in the Cavalry! Bring in the TANKS!

its a crazy build. Tank with scizor, use conductive query, Sableye to try and donk and Weavile UD fro disruption. My frind is the one who came up with it and it’s actually really good. I myself decided to tech in a 1-1 Blaziken FB X

I know. it is a really good card

Blaziken doesnt get the love he deserves, so im happy someone else apart from me is using him.
also, how can you lock with scizor? O.o

Ya a kid ran steelix at my BR with Skarmory. I honestly had no clue what the card did, I never pulled one so I never read what it does so I didnt think about it until he told em about it.

Ya the deck is really fun. I didn’t run it in my first BR today simply just to see how good I could do haha I used BLG like a hypocrite haha :/ But I did beat viletomb so I was happy even though over all I only went 2-3 because 2 kids were playing what they’ve been playing forever (Luxchomp). My 2nd loss I literally went 8 turns without draw 1 Cyrus or 1 energy so I got run through, and another one used Arceus and he was incredibly good with it. That deck would take WAY too much practice for my. Im trying Scizor lock next. My friend Curtis got first with it yesterday.

Maybe I just got spoiled by Claydol, but the problem I’m seeing nowadays is that it is too hard to get the cards you need in hand when you need them. Scizor is a great first attacker: he does good damage early and quick and has great defense. But, only running 2 makes it hard to get out. If you haven’t looked into Jirachi RR, it is pretty cool. Basically, it lets you use the same supporter twice in the same turn for 0 energy (that is its attack, use the supporter you have in play) and has free retreat and a, dare I say it, decent attack doing 20 for 1 Metal and cuts through bodies, resistance, and effects. Jirachi paired with Engineer’s adjustment is the perfect draw engine for this deck: discard 2 energy and draw 8 cards in 1 turn. Jirachi’s power is awesome also: if its KO’ed by damage from an attack, search your deck for any 1 card and put it in your hand. This is really awesome when you are all but set up but just wish you had that belt or stadium…stall 1 turn, let Jirachi get KO’ed, get your card! Also makes Garchomp snipes hurt.

Your list is very good from what I’ve been able to find (haven’t seen many either). Very similar to how Erik Nance ran his at Worlds. The problem is Gengar will tear this up…if you can take a hit for 200 but you are being Poltergeist for 250, what’s the point?

If your list is works, don’t mess with it. But, I’ve run mine with a 2-2 Scizor, 1-1 Scizor, 1-1 Dialga, 1-1 Blaziken FB, and the best I’ve found is just straight Steelix. My original thinking was that I only needed 3. I prefer not to run Azelf EVER. Great card, yes, but a waste if you can avoid it….anyway, I had horrible luck getting random Steelix pieces prized, which really hurts. My initial thinking was, get me 1 steelix, I’ll tank for a bit, I’ll probably never need more than 2. I’ve since realized that the quicker I get an Onix benched, the better the deck works. Attack DCE, double Engineer. Evolve, attach special metal (usually VERY easy to get due to Energy Exchanger and drawing so many cards early) and enegy stream and attach a second special metal. Next turn, attach 3rd Special metal and swing for atleast 100. Usually, Jirachi will be KO’ed by now, allow me to search out my belt. Pair this with Call energy, it sets up pretty consistent.

Like I said, if yours works, don’t change it. But, try running a 4-4 Steelix line, pretty high energy, 4 Jirachi, Energy Exchanger, and Call (if you have it). Its pretty sick how well its sets up and how hard it is to take down. All you have to do is get that second Steelix on the bench with a DCE and you are ready to retreat and Blissey heal while you energy stream. Easy prizes are Jirachi, but even those are usually worth the KO. Another great card to throw in there is Prof. Oak’s Visit…with Jirachi, lets you draw 6 and put back 2, helping with the Gengar match up….speaking of which, I run 5 trainers, 2 belts, 3 energy exchanger.There is the RARE occasion when I have more than 3 T/S/S in hand and when I do, I don’t put them back. So, it is easy to get around Poltergeist. If you can get your Steelix’s cycling quick (with no Rare Candy or BTS, running 4 makes it fairly easy), it becomes very had to take one down when you start healing and recycling energy. I can usually have 1 active, 1 on the bench with 3-4 energy on it, and 1 on the bench with a DCE on it (late game, obviously). That means I have 3 steelix that can attack at any time. Just wait until 2 have damage, then drop a blissey Prime and put up the 3rd…beast.

Yeah, that’s why I dropped Dialga, lol. But, it was mainly just a Scizor counter and I don’t really need the Skuntank then. Skuntank is pretty much in there for Gengar only since it won’t poison SP either. Though, it also helps KO those pesky 60 HP basics when I Energy Stream with a belt.

Maybe I just got spoiled by Claydol, but the problem I’m seeing nowadays is that it is too hard to get the cards you need in hand when you need them. Scizor is a great first attacker: he does good damage early and quick and has great defense. But, only running 2 makes it hard to get out. If you haven’t looked into Jirachi RR, it is pretty cool. Basically, it lets you use the same supporter twice in the same turn for 0 energy (that is its attack, use the supporter you have in play) and has free retreat and a, dare I say it, decent attack doing 20 for 1 Metal and cuts through bodies, resistance, and effects. Jirachi paired with Engineer’s adjustment is the perfect draw engine for this deck: discard 2 energy and draw 8 cards in 1 turn. Jirachi’s power is awesome also: if its KO’ed by damage from an attack, search your deck for any 1 card and put it in your hand. This is really awesome when you are all but set up but just wish you had that belt or stadium…stall 1 turn, let Jirachi get KO’ed, get your card! Also makes Garchomp snipes hurt.

Your list is very good from what I’ve been able to find (haven’t seen many either). Very similar to how Erik Nance ran his at Worlds. The problem is Gengar will tear this up…if you can take a hit for 200 but you are being Poltergeist for 250, what’s the point?

If your list is works, don’t mess with it. But, I’ve run mine with a 2-2 Scizor, 1-1 Scizor, 1-1 Dialga, 1-1 Blaziken FB, and the best I’ve found is just straight Steelix. My original thinking was that I only needed 3. I prefer not to run Azelf EVER. Great card, yes, but a waste if you can avoid it….anyway, I had horrible luck getting random Steelix pieces prized, which really hurts. My initial thinking was, get me 1 steelix, I’ll tank for a bit, I’ll probably never need more than 2. I’ve since realized that the quicker I get an Onix benched, the better the deck works. Attack DCE, double Engineer. Evolve, attach special metal (usually VERY easy to get due to Energy Exchanger and drawing so many cards early) and enegy stream and attach a second special metal. Next turn, attach 3rd Special metal and swing for atleast 100. Usually, Jirachi will be KO’ed by now, allow me to search out my belt. Pair this with Call energy, it sets up pretty consistent.

Like I said, if yours works, don’t change it. But, try running a 4-4 Steelix line, pretty high energy, 4 Jirachi, Energy Exchanger, and Call (if you have it). Its pretty sick how well its sets up and how hard it is to take down. All you have to do is get that second Steelix on the bench with a DCE and you are ready to retreat and Blissey heal while you energy stream. Easy prizes are Jirachi, but even those are usually worth the KO. Another great card to throw in there is Prof. Oak’s Visit…with Jirachi, lets you draw 6 and put back 2, helping with the Gengar match up….speaking of which, I run 5 trainers, 2 belts, 3 energy exchanger.There is the RARE occasion when I have more than 3 T/S/S in hand and when I do, I don’t put them back. So, it is easy to get around Poltergeist. If you can get your Steelix’s cycling quick (with no Rare Candy or BTS, running 4 makes it fairly easy), it becomes very had to take one down when you start healing and recycling energy. I can usually have 1 active, 1 on the bench with 3-4 energy on it, and 1 on the bench with a DCE on it (late game, obviously). That means I have 3 steelix that can attack at any time. Just wait until 2 have damage, then drop a blissey Prime and put up the 3rd…beast.