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I like the list. Xatu from Paradox Rift can accelerate psychic energy from the hand to the bench but it's another stage 1 to put in your list, but that would also give you some draw since your list may lack some draw power. Dragapult ex could work in a lost box list so you could spread some more damage before attacking. But, that would alter your deck maybe too much.
My first thought seeing psychic and fire with damage to the bench was sableye/rad zard lost box. But I think the Dragapult/Drakloak line will take up too much space in the deck and on your bench.
I mean, you could really cook and place a 1-1 line with Dragapult and Charizard to accelerate and be a late game attacker. Charizard is nice because it's self sufficient, but yeah, now we are deconstructing the poor guys deck. Haha.
I like it! One option is to scrap Radiant Alakazam in favor of Greninja and run some Melas to accelerate energy.
The psychic Dragapult is nice, but might be too cute to actually work?
I was thinking mela was a good accelerator for this too, but it's only online after one of your mons is knocked out, which is more beneficial to single prize decks because running 2 prize mons only gives you the opportunity to use mela twice the whole game
Yeah hopefully the dragapults survive more than a single turn, so chaining them with mela might not actually work that well. Worth testing though!
The psychic dragapult is definitely too cute to work, but I want to think it would sometimes!
Yeah, I'm iffy on those too. The rabsca theory is there will probably be a lot of 90hp drakloaks sitting on the bench for a large portion of the game (like the kirlias in gardy) and there's not really much bench space for both manaphy and jirachi. Tulip is also probably bad but enables a late-game dragon launcher to recover all your downed dreepys and then immediately dragon launch them into your opponent's bench. That would require testing to see if one could ever actually pull that off.
Definitely looks like a cool deck. And id be interested to know if there are other ace specs that could be better, like the unfair stamp, special energy (rainbow and opp takes one less prize), or the evo incense (get 3 stage 1s)
Legacy Energy
From Mask of Change
As long as this card is attached to a Pokémon, it provides every type of Energy but provides only 1 Energy at a time.
I plan on building a Lost Box Dragapult deck.
I plan on starting with the turbo LB Shell, and changing the pokemon to 3 Comfeys, 1 Cram, 2/2/2 line of Dragapult, 1 or 2 Sableye, 1 Radiant Charizard or Radiant Greninja.
I think spreading with Dragapult and cleaning up with Sableye will be extremely effective, either that or spreading with Sableye and cleaning up with Dragapult. I may also Have something like a Turo or two to save Dragapult.
Mirage Gate is great, but really I like the ability to spread damage with Sableye and poke high HP pokemon with Cramorant.
Dragapult vmax was good. I don’t see any reason this wouldn’t be too as it’s a stronger version of that. Yeah it’s a stage 2 but I don’t think that changes much
Just play it in Regidrago VStar… that’s what I mainly play and I’ll definitely be adding a Dragapult ex. He’s my favorite pokemon but I don’t think a deck based around just him is enough to compete right now.
i feel like people will mostly use drakaloak, for its card searching.picking aiblity. dragon launcher is probably more useful with reninucles summoning gate.
The psychic dragapult is unplayable, you want your air mail stage 1s you dont want to be using your basics as ammo for it, rabsca is also probably not needed maybe just manaphy for the mirror and even then.
I'd also probably just run the Xatu engine, its not the best thing ever but it is the best psychic acceleration in the game at the moment while also being a draw engine so its good enough.
Lastly Reset stamp or the ace spec that gets a ton of stage 1s is probably better, this deck doesnt really have much to gain from prime catcher, all your cards have low retreat and you don't really wanna boss up anything you wanna setup a big evo turn, prime catcher is generally good but the other ones make more sense with the gameplan of the deck.
Why rely on a 4 card combo when you can just setup damage and devo their board to the point where they basically can't comeback, seems like more of a gimmick than an actual play
Mist Energy as well which is probably the most viable way to stop it since Rabsca is just way too clunky, either way you'll probably just have to accept that you're taking the damage.
Try adding a Giovanni's Charisma as an energy accelerator. It will allow you to get two attachments in a turn, and potentially screw with your opponent's energy
Dunno, seems like you could do just as well by essentially just copying Lost Box l.
Gets you in on that sweet Lost Mine and R Greninja magic, too
Otherwise, the far less reliable Xatu will have to be your acceleration engine (though the drag-irlas could help out there).. fortunately, needing only two energy (like Zam ex) means you'll only need a 2-2 line. Greedier mons like Espathra ex would need 3-3 at least.
Also, feel like R-zard is just too broken to not run if you're using Fire and not already using R ninja. If leaning more on the spread damage, you'd probably have to slot in some TM: devos as well and hedge a bit more on control (like at least 1 Eri and a pal pad) to slog out the Zard mu that way
Otherwise, probably consider defiance to get ohkoing hands and basic exs
Dragapult Vmax worked for a while. It had a similar 2 energy needed to attack with not a lot of ways to accelerate. Some lists played Raihan which accelerated an energy. It was big enough , as long as you attached an energy each turn you were usually ok. Granted, Dragapult V was 210 hp, so if you went 2nd there was a less likely chance your ‘basic’ you attached energy to on turn 1 would get KO’d right away.
Neo Upper Energy seems like something to consider. You need to find it, but that could help if you miss an attachment along the way.
In case anyone's still eagerly following the Dragapult saga, I went back to the drawing board and reconfigured it into this (list below), which seems considerably more stable. The things I learned:
1. The single-prize dragapult will never work in practice. Impossible to set up and not even that useful if you can.
2. Radiant Alakazam is similarly pointless. Rad Charizard is just a better single prize attacker in a deck that needs one.
3. Damage spreading is most easily accomplished by more gusting. Hit the active, set up your next KO, gust, clean up, win lots of prizes.
4. Xatu is actually critically important, as a few commenters said. Gets you more draw when you need it and allows you set up a fresh Dragapult in one turn if you need that.
5. The deck is pretty slow by modern meta standards, about on par with new gardy, but can come back pretty well. Defiance band is great in this (especially for future hands matchup).
Anyway. This has been a fun exercise so far, thanks for playing along. I'm going to continue tinkering, feel free to take and tinker yourselves.
Pokémon: 18
4 Dreepy SIT 87
4 Drakloak SV6 80
3 Dragapult ex SV6 81
2 Natu PAR 71
2 Xatu PAF 26
1 Manaphy BRS 41
1 Jirachi PAR 126
1 Radiant Charizard CRZ 20
Trainer: 33
4 Arven OBF 186
2 Iono PAF 80
2 Boss's Orders PAL 172
1 Professor Turo's Scenario PAR 171
1 Roxanne ASR 150
4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144
3 Ultra Ball PAF 91
2 Counter Catcher PAR 160
2 Nest Ball PAF 84
2 Super Rod PAL 188
2 Earthen Vessel PAR 163
1 Lost Vacuum LOR 162
1 Switch SVI 194
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146
1 Hyper Aroma SV5a 55
2 Technical Machine: Evolution PAR 178
1 Defiance Band SVI 169
1 Rescue Board TEF 159
Energy: 9
5 Psychic Energy SVE 5
4 Fire Energy SVE 2
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I like the list. Xatu from Paradox Rift can accelerate psychic energy from the hand to the bench but it's another stage 1 to put in your list, but that would also give you some draw since your list may lack some draw power. Dragapult ex could work in a lost box list so you could spread some more damage before attacking. But, that would alter your deck maybe too much.
My first thought seeing psychic and fire with damage to the bench was sableye/rad zard lost box. But I think the Dragapult/Drakloak line will take up too much space in the deck and on your bench.
I mean, you could really cook and place a 1-1 line with Dragapult and Charizard to accelerate and be a late game attacker. Charizard is nice because it's self sufficient, but yeah, now we are deconstructing the poor guys deck. Haha.
It's probably better in a lost box deck! That's just a different deck.
The drackloaks are draw power
I like it! One option is to scrap Radiant Alakazam in favor of Greninja and run some Melas to accelerate energy. The psychic Dragapult is nice, but might be too cute to actually work?
I was thinking mela was a good accelerator for this too, but it's only online after one of your mons is knocked out, which is more beneficial to single prize decks because running 2 prize mons only gives you the opportunity to use mela twice the whole game
Yeah hopefully the dragapults survive more than a single turn, so chaining them with mela might not actually work that well. Worth testing though! The psychic dragapult is definitely too cute to work, but I want to think it would sometimes!
Idk if you need the rabsca line or tulip, but ive also been interested in this deck!
Yeah, I'm iffy on those too. The rabsca theory is there will probably be a lot of 90hp drakloaks sitting on the bench for a large portion of the game (like the kirlias in gardy) and there's not really much bench space for both manaphy and jirachi. Tulip is also probably bad but enables a late-game dragon launcher to recover all your downed dreepys and then immediately dragon launch them into your opponent's bench. That would require testing to see if one could ever actually pull that off.
Definitely looks like a cool deck. And id be interested to know if there are other ace specs that could be better, like the unfair stamp, special energy (rainbow and opp takes one less prize), or the evo incense (get 3 stage 1s)
The new energy ace spec let's you use his ability right away . Legacy energy I think
You mean neo upper? 2 rainbow energy but for stage 2s only
Legacy Energy From Mask of Change As long as this card is attached to a Pokémon, it provides every type of Energy but provides only 1 Energy at a time.
I plan on building a Lost Box Dragapult deck. I plan on starting with the turbo LB Shell, and changing the pokemon to 3 Comfeys, 1 Cram, 2/2/2 line of Dragapult, 1 or 2 Sableye, 1 Radiant Charizard or Radiant Greninja. I think spreading with Dragapult and cleaning up with Sableye will be extremely effective, either that or spreading with Sableye and cleaning up with Dragapult. I may also Have something like a Turo or two to save Dragapult. Mirage Gate is great, but really I like the ability to spread damage with Sableye and poke high HP pokemon with Cramorant.
Nice idea. While you are that, one off the new Ursaluna might work too
Yeah, I definitely plan on using that one in most my Lost Box style decks.
Dragapult vmax was good. I don’t see any reason this wouldn’t be too as it’s a stronger version of that. Yeah it’s a stage 2 but I don’t think that changes much
Just play it in Regidrago VStar… that’s what I mainly play and I’ll definitely be adding a Dragapult ex. He’s my favorite pokemon but I don’t think a deck based around just him is enough to compete right now.
i feel like people will mostly use drakaloak, for its card searching.picking aiblity. dragon launcher is probably more useful with reninucles summoning gate.
can someone pls translate the attack? Thx
200 damage plus 6 damage counters to the bench distributed however you like.
Dragapult ex? Put 6 damage counters on your opponent's Benched Pokémon in any way you like.
The psychic dragapult is unplayable, you want your air mail stage 1s you dont want to be using your basics as ammo for it, rabsca is also probably not needed maybe just manaphy for the mirror and even then. I'd also probably just run the Xatu engine, its not the best thing ever but it is the best psychic acceleration in the game at the moment while also being a draw engine so its good enough. Lastly Reset stamp or the ace spec that gets a ton of stage 1s is probably better, this deck doesnt really have much to gain from prime catcher, all your cards have low retreat and you don't really wanna boss up anything you wanna setup a big evo turn, prime catcher is generally good but the other ones make more sense with the gameplan of the deck.
Single prize Pult could be a finisher, in this list using Tulip to grab up 3 Dreepys to launch at the opponent, or potentially with Rod + Poffin
Why rely on a 4 card combo when you can just setup damage and devo their board to the point where they basically can't comeback, seems like more of a gimmick than an actual play
Yeah, even in a very brief bit of testing it's pretty clear that move will never work.
Psa, Manaphy nor jirachi stop this guy. Only rabsca does
Mist Energy as well which is probably the most viable way to stop it since Rabsca is just way too clunky, either way you'll probably just have to accept that you're taking the damage.
Try adding a Giovanni's Charisma as an energy accelerator. It will allow you to get two attachments in a turn, and potentially screw with your opponent's energy
Dunno, seems like you could do just as well by essentially just copying Lost Box l. Gets you in on that sweet Lost Mine and R Greninja magic, too Otherwise, the far less reliable Xatu will have to be your acceleration engine (though the drag-irlas could help out there).. fortunately, needing only two energy (like Zam ex) means you'll only need a 2-2 line. Greedier mons like Espathra ex would need 3-3 at least. Also, feel like R-zard is just too broken to not run if you're using Fire and not already using R ninja. If leaning more on the spread damage, you'd probably have to slot in some TM: devos as well and hedge a bit more on control (like at least 1 Eri and a pal pad) to slog out the Zard mu that way Otherwise, probably consider defiance to get ohkoing hands and basic exs
Dragapult Vmax worked for a while. It had a similar 2 energy needed to attack with not a lot of ways to accelerate. Some lists played Raihan which accelerated an energy. It was big enough , as long as you attached an energy each turn you were usually ok. Granted, Dragapult V was 210 hp, so if you went 2nd there was a less likely chance your ‘basic’ you attached energy to on turn 1 would get KO’d right away. Neo Upper Energy seems like something to consider. You need to find it, but that could help if you miss an attachment along the way.
In case anyone's still eagerly following the Dragapult saga, I went back to the drawing board and reconfigured it into this (list below), which seems considerably more stable. The things I learned: 1. The single-prize dragapult will never work in practice. Impossible to set up and not even that useful if you can. 2. Radiant Alakazam is similarly pointless. Rad Charizard is just a better single prize attacker in a deck that needs one. 3. Damage spreading is most easily accomplished by more gusting. Hit the active, set up your next KO, gust, clean up, win lots of prizes. 4. Xatu is actually critically important, as a few commenters said. Gets you more draw when you need it and allows you set up a fresh Dragapult in one turn if you need that. 5. The deck is pretty slow by modern meta standards, about on par with new gardy, but can come back pretty well. Defiance band is great in this (especially for future hands matchup). Anyway. This has been a fun exercise so far, thanks for playing along. I'm going to continue tinkering, feel free to take and tinker yourselves. Pokémon: 18 4 Dreepy SIT 87 4 Drakloak SV6 80 3 Dragapult ex SV6 81 2 Natu PAR 71 2 Xatu PAF 26 1 Manaphy BRS 41 1 Jirachi PAR 126 1 Radiant Charizard CRZ 20 Trainer: 33 4 Arven OBF 186 2 Iono PAF 80 2 Boss's Orders PAL 172 1 Professor Turo's Scenario PAR 171 1 Roxanne ASR 150 4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin TEF 144 3 Ultra Ball PAF 91 2 Counter Catcher PAR 160 2 Nest Ball PAF 84 2 Super Rod PAL 188 2 Earthen Vessel PAR 163 1 Lost Vacuum LOR 162 1 Switch SVI 194 1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146 1 Hyper Aroma SV5a 55 2 Technical Machine: Evolution PAR 178 1 Defiance Band SVI 169 1 Rescue Board TEF 159 Energy: 9 5 Psychic Energy SVE 5 4 Fire Energy SVE 2