PokeClass Episode 29 - ZPS Deck Analysis w/ Playthrough

PokeClass Episode 29 – ZPS Deck Analysis w/ Playthrough

Written by PokemanDan | June 17, 2011 | 15 comments | 2,398 views | Rating: +5

Hey SixPrizes, PokemanDan here bringing you the latest PokeClass Episode and the first featuring solely HGSS-On analysis.

The Episode:

I know most of you reading this have Nationals coming up very, very soon so the start of the HGSS analysis is now! ZPS is one of the most hyped decks of the new format since it can get a very powerful attack rolling on turn one. A very tough deck that has very strong early game presence, but maybe that’s the biggest weakness.

Watch the video to find more in-depth analysis!

The Playthrough:

This video is a short playthrough of turn one of the deck just to give you a better understanding of how the deck runs and how to play it.

I’ve had a lot of comments recently asking why I haven’t got Unown Dark in here and that’s because I was simply just trying out the deck with a Sage’s Training + Junk Arm engine at the time. I have many builds of this and am spanning out into Battle Videos soon which will include a Zekrom build with the Unown Dark.

I might try doing this for all of my future deck analysis by having the analysis followed by a playthrough of the deck or a Battle Video so that you can get more understanding of the decks I’m analysing. Please comment below what you think of this idea.

Hope you like the videos, make sure you subscribe and thanks for watching.

Dan (PokemanDan)

Anonymous

In the Zekrom playthrough. Unown DARK would have saved you having to rely on top decks. =3

Anonymous

I made this clear in the article itself with an explanation as to why it wasn’t there :) Hopefully people aren’t rating it down or anything just for that reason. Thanks for the comment :)

Anonymous

I wasn’t rating it down, just trying to offer a suggestion. It really does help. =3
Anonymous

Yeah that’s no problem :) Thanks for the suggestion, I have been testing it in this build recently and its working well.

Anonymous

Except for the fact that this deck doesn’t run Darkness Energy.

The way he played it was pefect.
A Z

Unown Dark doesnt help you when you start with it lol

Anonymous

Good video, really good deck.

The fastest counter to beat zekrom after a bolt strike, is Bouffalant with Revenge, grab it with a dual ball/collector, attach double colorless to it, and thats exactly 90 damage to KO it down. Since zekrom already does 40 to itself. I’ve tech 1 in my deck maybe two so it wont get prized, and 3 double colorless in my deck.

Hope this helps you guys like it helped me.
(Didnt write this to *diss the article* wrote it so people wont feel helpless when facing this situation like I have)

Anonymous

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I haven’t been playing decks with DCE at the moment, but Bouffalant is a very nice idea to have to get rid of Zekrom. I didn’t think of that :)
Good advice and thanks again.

Anonymous

Thank you and your welcome :)
Dave W

Bouffalant also serves as a great anti-RDL tech.
Anonymous

Yup you are correct, its such a cool card

aura

Okay, T1 120 is impressive, but if you go second/they run DCE against Reshiboar when they get a Reshiram start, if you don’t get a pluspower, they could DCE, Outrage 140, or attach, pass, attach, Outrage 140. Just saying.

A Z

why would you bolt strike a Reshiram if you arent gonna kill it? You outrage first turn then bolt strike for the KO next turn…

Quarter-Turn

True, but the whole point of the ZPS deck is to get that T1 120 consistently every game. It’s a lot less impressive if you can’t/choose not to get the Bolt Strike right away; however, it’ll be difficult for this deck to get the T1 KO if there’s a Reshiram, Zekrom, or a sleeping baby… There are a lot of things that can go wrong with ZPS.