Tyranitar Prime: Options as a Beginner

Sweet concept man, I am somewhat new/coming back from a stint, to the game. I was wondering about a setup like this but because of not being able to find the card I just dropped it. Good post.

I do realize that, and probably should have wrote it differently. Thanks ! And yes- playing with your girlfriend is actually really fun. It’s a hobby that we now both enjoy. She was a fan first, then introduced me to it.

Thanks for your advice. Thats the sort of feedback i’m looking for. Makes plenty of sense. =)

Great awesome article………I have a t-tar deck i would say that interviewrs questions, judge, and 4 DCE, and always 2 uxie…. also unown Q is awesome for puting your opponent in a trainer lock then on your turn you unlock it.

It might also be worthwhile to test out Unown DARK from Undaunted. Any deck playing Sableye should test with Unown, because it greatly increases your chance of donking. It basically provides you with a searchable special dark.

^ Really nice idea there

Very nice. Iv always really liked Tyranitar. I at one point played a deck similar to the alternative list. Attach 1 dark to flygon and all your dark pokemon like spiritomb, sably, and tyranitar. So good luck with your upcoming tournaments. Victory metals will be great additions to your collection! :)

Hey, try a 2-1-2 Nidoqueen RR instead of a 2-2 Blissey PL. It heals one damage from EACH of your Pokemon in between turns instead of just 2 damage from 1, with a discard. As a body it can’t be sprayed, but its a stage two and harder to get out. In my opinion it would be better in this deck, but It’s your deck so try what you want….

sweet first article, dude

Ah yes, Tyranitar…the surprise deck for Battle Roads. 160 HP and does tons of damage and has a decent 1 energy attack…this guy is pretty sick. I’ve done my fair share of hatin’ on TTar, but I’ve also done quite a bit of testing. I’ve realized 2 things: Darkness Howl DOES have its place, but DO NOT build a deck around it. And second, his other attacks are amazing. 2 energy and you can do 60 that cuts through any reducing effect? Great way to take down cards like Scizor, Special Metal, and any other damage reducing agent. Also, fully loaded, TTar does 120 for 3 (Power Claw w/ 4 Special Dark + Belt), OHKO’ing Donpah, which can potentially wreck havock on this deck. Oddly enough, when I tested this a lot, I had my Wormadam deck together. Wormadam utterly destroyed this deck due to weakness, but that is what happens when you can do 220 for 2 when belted (Wormadam Sany Cloak, x2 weakness) ! 3 for 120+? Possibly the best attack in the game as this attack can OHKO almost anything due to Special Dark and Expert Belt., giving you the potential to do 180 Damage. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head that can survive that is a Belted Rhyperior X (which no one plays) and a fully loaded Steelix Prime.

Now, on to your list:

First and foremost, ENERGY EXCHANGER!!!! This card is a MUST in any deck that plays Special Energies.
Drop Lucian’s. If you want to run an energy mover, do Shaymin UL. It does the same thing and is searchable, scoopable, and reusable.
Memory Berry/Rage (Rage is Pupitar UL’s 2nd attack) is pretty good, though I prefer the belt after a lot of testing. Memory berry can do tons of damage but its not consistent with its damage where a Belt offers +20/+20 always…but, its worth looking into if you haven’t tried it.

Some other things that people have said:
Definitely either go with Spiritomb or Sableye. Both have their advantages, so its really about preference but having both offers no advantage.
Blissey Prime and Nidoqueen are both better than Blissey PT.
Uxie is a must, as is the X (if you have it!)
Unown Q is a must as well, no excuses though, these are cheap!

maybe a few energy exchangers too? since he runs a lot specials, and could help speed up T-tar.

Great Article was good to read through (T’TAR SF WOOHOOO!)

I think everyone has already gone through all the additional things you could pop in there.

The only thing I’d add is that rather than the Rage Pupitar with Memory Berry’s as some people have said I always used the one with Energy Protection Poke-Body. I believe it’s from SF? It reduces damage done to it by 10 for each energy attached (max of 30), making it pretty much unsnipable, even by blastoise :D

Usually I do not post on blogs, but I would like to say that this article really forced me to do so! Thanks, really nice article.

I did say scoopable, so I thought it implied SSU. But, with your logic, Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit are all bad cards in a deck. And, if you play Dialga G, most only play one X and without Azelf (b/c, your logic says its a bad card), Dialga will frequently become “just wasted space as soon as you play it.”

The only real disadvantage is that Shaymin is sprayable. So is Giratina but that doesn’t stop people from playing it. In fact, the reason people play Giratina is for the same reasons I recommended Shaymin.

Every card in Pokemon has its advantages and disadvantages.

Good idea. I would prefer going along with 4 Darkness, 4 Basic Dark, and 4 Double Colorless. More Double Colorless translates for a faster Godzilla.

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