Dark Explorers Deck

[rusty13]

With the release of Dark Explorers this month I've been trying to build a Water-Darkness deck almost exclusively built from this set, save for the obvious necessities. All are from this release unless otherwise noted. Without further ado:

Pokemon:
3x Krookodile
1x Krokorok
3x Sandile
3x Empoleon
1x Prinplup
3x Piplup
2x Zoroark
3x Zorua (Ascension, 69/108)
2x Sableye
1x Swanna
2x Ducklett
1x Tornadus EX
Sub-Total: 25 Pokemon (14 Basic)

Trainer:
4x Rare Candy
4x Energy Search
4x Pokemon Communication
4x Cheren
2x Dark Claw
2x Dark Patch
2x Random Receiver
2x Cilan (not DE)
2x Energy Retrieval
2x N
Sub-Total: 28 (8 Supporter)

Energy:
10x Darkness
6x Water

Total: 69

So this clearly needs work. Nothing is truly sacred and all card totals can be increased/decreased within reason. Your input would be greatly valued.

 

[donavannj]

Out with the 10 water types you have. In goes 1 more Zoroark. Replace 4 of those water energy with 4 Special Dark energy, and replace the other two with more basic Dark energy. Legal number of cards achieved! Focus on using Zoroark's Brutal Bash attack. It's quite powerful if done right. Replace all 4 Energy Search with 2 Pokemon Collector and 2 Cilan.

 

[rusty13]

Thanks for the tips. I was feeling the empoleon line was fairly weak so this is an awesome addition. One question sill however; what might you think would be an alternative to the pokemon collector and cilan in the few weeks it takes for cards to be delivered?

 

[donavannj]

Cilan doesn't really have any good alternatives that are currently tournament legal. Pokemon Collector's doesn't really have an equivalent, as Dual Ball's the only tournament legal card that can get more than 1 Pokemon at a time that isn't Pokemon Colelctor, and Dual Ball's dependent on coin flips.