First deck idea

[PokeSpartan245]

this is my first deck feel free to leave improvements and comments for the deck

POKEMON
Houndoom prime x2
Houndour no.53 undaunted x3
Zoroark no.71 black and white x2
Zorua no.70 black and white x2
Scrafty no.69 black and white x2
Scraggy no.68 black and white x2
Drapion no.4 triumphant x2
Skorupi no.76 triumphant x2
Virizion no.17 emerging powers x2
Leavanny no.8 emerging powers x1
Swadloon no.6 emerging powers x1
Swadloon no.5 emerging powers x1
Sewaddle no.4 emerging powers x3
Cinccino no.89 black and white x1
Minccino no.84 emerging powers x2

TRAINERS
Cheren no.91 emerging powers x2
Pokemon communication x2
Pokemon catcher no.95 emerging powers x1
Dual ball x2
Bill x2
Twins x3
Great ball x1

ENERGYS

Special darkness energy x11
Grass energy x7
Rescue energy x2

 

[donavannj]

What's your strategy with this deck? I don't see any Pokemon that look like they're supposed to take down everything.

 

[Tanaki]

I understand that this is your first build, but I gotta say here's a few things that'll bring it down in any serious match:

You have no support pokemon. No energy accelerators, no healers, just nothing. All of your pokemon take too long to build up for an attack to not have someone watching their backs.

You also listed 7 Special Darkness. You're only allowed to have 4 of each copy of a special energy in your deck. That's a legality issue, not a play issue.

Grass, Steel and Dark are the absolute worst types to run in a competitive environment. The only Grass pokemon worth running are Yanmega or Serperior, and Zoroark is the only Dark pokemon worth consideration as a counterattacker, and only if you're running energy accelerators or DCE's. Any one of the thousands of Reshiram and Donphan variants out there will wipe the floor with you in a heartbeat. If you go to a tournament with this I'll just tell you now that a lot of people are gonna be making a lot of plays and doing a lot of stuff quickly and taking prizes left and right.

Your Trainer/Supporter Structure is pretty weak. You need more cards like Judge, Prof. Juniper, Elm, and Oak's New theory, Sage's training, Pokemon collector, any of those would help. You could definitely use more draw support and search power. As for trainers, you could probably use some cards like Junk Arm.

Overall your deck isn't really fast enough, and it's too reliant on chance for attacks. It's very likely that you'll get rushed in any game you play since you don't have support to help you attack or heal you up. Just my tough love.

 

[lloebet]

id say trade out minccino and drapion for something else.

 

[PokeSpartan245]

My strategy was to affect the opposing pokemon with status conditions then take them down but would of put yanmega prime but can't afford it. As for energys i will only have 4 special darkness and the rest just darkness

Plus i might cosider chang minccino and cinccino for some ursaring primes

 

[donavannj]

Personally, I actually like Minccino better than most status-inflicting Pokemon.

But you need fewer Pokemon and more Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums. You should have 19-23 Trainers/Supporters/Stadiums.