Zoroark (ND) To the mix?

[Professor_Jiro]

Zoroark (ND) In my Mewtwo ex/Darkrai X deck?

I was wondering If I should add Zoroark next destinies in place of something here, I like his attacks, seem like theyd work with the deck? Check it:

3-1 Darkrai lvl x
3-2 Hypno(HGSS)
2-2 Musharna(BW)
1 Mewtwo EX
3 Absol G
3 Sableye(SF)

4 Psychic Energy
8 Darkness energy

2 Bench Shield
4 PONT
3 Cilan
3 Pokemon Communication
2 Energy Retrieval
4 Cheren
3 Moonlight Stadium
3 Energy Removal
3 Premier Ball

So yeah, pointers would be appreciated

 

[Rocket_Executive]

Why use SP pokemon without any SP trainers or supporters?
Also, I think adding another line would be tipping the pokemon count too high. If you want zoroark, I would remove something else.

 

[Professor_Jiro]

WEll yeh thats what i meant, would that zoroark be better than something that's already in there?

And I'm using Absol G because of his doom news. With all my sleep going on, its doubtful they could retreat their pokemon before the doom news K.O.'d it the next turn.

 

[donavannj]

Wouldn't the Zoroark from Black & White be cheaper to find, since it's not a secret rare? There is no functional difference between the two cards.

But I don't think it fits with the sleep theme of your deck.

 

[Rocket_Executive]

Ok, but I still think you should take advantage of SP trainers seeing as they're totally overpowered. Cyrus' conspiracy is an excellent supporter, I would add 3 of them, 2 poketurn, and 2 energy gain, at the very least.

Zoroark doesn't particularly help your strategy the way the other pokemon do. And which darkrai are you using? I presume it's the one from majestic dawn?

One more thing; mewtwo ex is really only good if you have either energy acceleration or double colourless energy. You're relying on the fact that your opponent has a lot of energy attached, but most attacks have a requirement of only 3. With double colourless you can add 2 right away for 100 damage. You basically get mewtwo powered up twice as fast.

 

[Professor_Jiro]

First, I have 3 of that Zoroark already. But if That Musharna(BW) would be a better fit i get it.

Second, Absol isn't even a big part of my deck, hes just backups.
To put in those 3 you suggested I would have to take out some very useful things for my darkrai, etc. The only one that seems to even fit at all is the energy gain.

I'm using lvl 40 Darkrai with sleep hole.

And If i put double colorless in, and took out other energy, it would throw off what I have going for my darkrai in the first place, and I still wanna be able to use Mewtwo's second attack just in case.

In which case Id have to get rid of 2 psychics for 2 double colorless. What do you mean by energy acceleration? Couldnt i use zoroark to grab double colorless or (if i had it in) energy gain and just throw it down then? He'd at least give me a couple turns of grabbing whatever I need for setups. But.. is that more useful than Musharna's 90 for 2 sleep attack? :p

 

[Rocket_Executive]

Absol isn't a big part of your deck? I thought you said the strategy was to put them to sleep so you can knock them out with doom news more easily. Also I think this darkrai might be more useful: https://pokegym.net/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=34906
It puts a pokemon to sleep guaranteed.
And no, mewtwo is not nearly as good without double colourless energy. You only have 12 energy in the deck as it is, you could easily shave a couple of excess trainers like a premier ball and bench shield to fit some in. No one actually uses the second attack because the first one is so much more powerful, and has no draw back.

By energy acceleration I mean things that put energy on the pokemon faster. This would be things like eelektrik, emboar's inferno fandango, celebi prime's power, etc.

 

[Professor_Jiro]

My darkrai puts them to sleep guaranteed also... and with darkrai lvl x, its incredibley hard to wake up.

And yeah, Absol costs a decent amount of energy so hes a backup if I cant get my Darkrai X or my Mewtwo, so long as Hypno is on the bench, which he usually is. And Sableye plus my trainers give me plenty of draw.

I noticed the Zoroark does decently against stronger foes, like reshiram, zekrom, etc.
Which is usually a bit more powerful than musharna's 90 damage, plus it's cost is, in fact, 2 colorless, convenient. And if im in no hurry, he gets me any card I want.
Mewtwo has not had any energy problems so far, and has been wrecking atleast 140 damage on average. But Yeah, I could throw in A DCE or two.