Gengar is either loved or hated. The cards existence alone modifies the way decks are built, and when facing a deck containing this Pokemon card, you modify your strategy in order to avoid the deadly (pun intended) “Fainting Spell”.
This is a deck I’ve been working on for a few weeks, ever since I came across the idea of combining Metagross SV
The main strategy I have developed for the deck so far is to target all the support Pokemon your opponent is using, and let the laws of probability with “Fainting Spell” handle the Active Pokemon that threatens to KO Gengar SF.
Now you may be thinking a single Unown G ruins your plans for this main strategy, but Platinum: Supreme victors also provided Gengar SF with a new weapon to get by them. Relicanth SV is a huge asset to Gengar SF, as 2 Unown G’s in play means Relicanth SV can do the same damage as “Shadow Room” on Pokemon such as Claydol GE, which are probably one of the Pokemon that have an Unown G GE attached to them. With all of this in mind, I now present to you the list that I will continue to improve upon on Apprentice and most likely at my next autumn Battle Road.
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Pokemon-26 4 Gastly SF 2 Haunter SF 4 Gengar SF 2 Beldum LA 1 Metang SV 2 Metagross SV 2 Baltoy GE 2 Claydol GE 2 Crobat G PL 2 Relicanth SV 1 Uxie LA 1 Chatot MD 1 Unown G GE |
T/S/S-25 4 Roseanne’s Research 4 Bebe’s Search 2 Cynthia’s Feelings 2 Looker’s Investigation 4 Rare Candy 3 TGI Poke Turn 2 Night Maintenance 2 Switch 1 Broken Time-Space 1 Luxury Ball |
Energy-9 2 Fighting Energy 4 Psychic Energy 3 Multi Energy |
The list is very straightforward and focuses on consistency, what I consider the most important aspect when building a deck. Unfortunately at my Battle Road, I did not do as well as I expected. Unown G’s where everywhere, I think some decks were even running 3, but I always had bad luck when trying to use Relicanth SV effectively, due to bench issues or not having a Fighting Energy or Multi Energy in my hand. The list I used at the Battle Road only had a single Fighting Energy, and now I have added a second one, as Relicanth SV is a very vital support Pokemon in this deck.
Also going against this deck was the heavy use of both Nidoqueen RR and Palkia LV.X GE. Nidoqueen RR proved to be a problem as if I didn’t OHKO Pokemon on the bench; both “Shadow Room” and “Poltergeist” become relatively weak attacks as your opponent can easily manage the damage output from both attacks. Palkia LV.X GE really made this deck cringe, as both Metagross SV and Claydol GE have heavy retreat costs, and aside from the 2 Switch (previously 2 Warp Points) means after using them both, it will be very hard to retreat either of them and will grant your opponent’s a lot of free turns.
I still really like the deck, and my testing has shown it is a very clear favorite over any and all Gyarados SF decks so far, and another plus for pairing Gengar SF with Metagross SV is that it may ruin plans your opponent has to get around “Fainting Spell” by making your own Gengar’s more vulnerable and easy to KO with less powerful attacks.
So what do you think? Can this deck be a dominant force or is Gengar SF better being paired with Machamp SF as its main companion? Let me know what you think of this deck!
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