Gym Leader's Deck lists
Some are better than others and some are just for fun. If you like 'em take 'em and modify them to your taste and play away. I am listing these here to help you with deck mechanics. I am adding my strategy to each as time goes by. This was a much larger project than I counted on, (I have 20 + decks) so check back from time to time to see if I have added more.

All Decks are E*on format unless otherwise noted.

John's Grass Deck
This was my son's idea and I modified it with some of my trainer's and my mix of Pokemon and started playing it. The idea is to have an Exeggutor as your primary fighting with the bench support as follows: 1 Dark Dragonair, 1 Meganium, and I Venusaur. The Dark Dragonair is to keep everyone evolved, the Meganium is to double the energy on the active and the Venusaur is for being able to put 2 energies on the active each round. This pretty much makes Exeggutor lethal and when you have 5 or more energies on him and rolling 10 dice times 20 for each heads. Well, your opponent can get demoralized quickly and concede defeat.

This deck is Neo on format

Pokemon [24]
2 Cleffa
2 Chikorita
2 Bayleef
2 Meganium
2 Dratini
2 Dark Dragonair
2 Bulbasaur
2 Ivysaur
2 Venusaur
3 Exeggcute
3 Exeggutor
Trainers [16]
3 Professor Elm
2 Boss' Way
2 Town Volunteers
4 Pokemon Fan Club
2 Energy Gym
3 Gold Berry
Energy [20]
20 Grass


 The Fighting King
This is just brute strength! NidoKing will roll over your opponents, but be careful of his weakness to grass (but he is resistant to lighting!!) This deck as it evolves it changes types! It starts out grass, and winds up fighting type. This can be an advantage as the Stage 1 Nidorans are pretty good if you can flip enough heads. NidoKing will (when you flip enough heads) kill the opponents bench and the opponent with attacks of 80 per round and 10 to the bench. The Arcanine is in this deck for Tech (to foil an opponents grass deck He is not the main hitter). While the Arcanine is powerful it will damage the opponent until you are ready to do battle with NidoKing.

Pokemon [19]
3 Nidorino
3 Nidoran
3 Nidoking
3 Zigzagoon
3 Linoone
2 Growlithe
2 Arcanine
Trainers [21]
4 Professor Oaks Research
4 Potion
2 Rare Candy
2 Mr Briney's Compassion
2 Low Pressure System
2 Town Volunteers
2 Lanette's Net Search
3 Oran Berry
Energy [20]
11 Fighting
9 Fire
Psychic Manipulation
This deck is energy efficient! Gardevoir will allow you to search your deck for energy and put it on one of your Pokemon(but 2 damege counter go with it). Most people put it on Gardevoir (pronounced Guard e war. It is French ya know) and try to heal as they go. My contribution to this is Ampharos from Expedition and I put it on something on the bench that has little damage and then move it to My active. When I can get this combo running The opponent might as well give up. In 2 or 3 rounds I can have 4 to 6 energies on Gardevoir without trying too hard, and if I get a Gardevoir on my bench helping out, too bad soo sad. I am considering taking out the Delcatty and putting in Grumpig. Grumpig builds deceptively fast and will take out an opposing Gardevoir with only 2 energies (read the first attack). This little piggy not only goes to market, He brings home the bacon.

Pokemon [23]
2 Mareep
2 Flaafy
2 Ampharos
3 Ralts
3 Kirlia
3 Gardevoir
2 Zigzagoon
2 Linoone
2 Skitty
2 Delcatty
Trainers [17]
3 Professor Oak's Research
2 Professor Elm Training Method
1 Energy Switch
2 Rare Candy
2 Psychic Cube
1 Town Volunteers
2 Lanette's Net Search
3 Oran Berry
3 Potion
Energy [18]
11 Psychic
7 Lighting


 Scizor Cuts Twice
Get as many Steel energies on Scizor as fast as possible. Simple, huh? To make it easier you have the Furrett helping with his Pokemon Power that allows you to put back 2 cards and get out ANY energy that you want from your deck, so get him to the bench FAST. Now beyond that flip a lot of heads and you will knock out your opponents and win. Pretty straight foward and easy to play.

Pokemon [22]
3 Scyther
3 Scizor
3 Psyduck
3 Golduck
2 Sentret
2 Furrett
3 Zigzagoon
3 Linoone
Trainers [18]
3 Professor Oaks Research
2 Energy Charge
2 Wally's Training Method
2 Potion
2 Town Volunteers
2 Pokemon Fan Club
3 Oran Berry
2 Switch
Energy [20]
10 Grass
6 Psychic
4 Metal


 Seadra's Rapids
I have made a lot of changes to this deck. It runs on the less is more theory. I get what I want first round even if I have to mulligan to get it, so what if my opponent gets a few extra cards! I get to kill him faster! I want to get out a Linoone as fast as possible, or evolve to Kingdra and start the massacre. The Genetic memory is awesome coupled with retaliate. Early game it is ugly. You get plenty of damage on Kingdra and use genetic memory for retaliate attack with Horsea (Dragon EX series). Your opponent is thinking that he is killing you and then you are killing him. Hopefully he can damage you for a good couple of 60 attacks in a row. Then you hit him for 120 until he takes you out. That could be the game in your favor. All my trainers are healing, drawing cards, growing, or weakness protection. The 4 boost energy guarantee that I will do extra damage on 4 rounds. The Kindra with the Water Cyclone power will allow me to keep my energy in play and retreat with a switch and keep on fainting the opponent pokemon.

Pokemon [16]
4 Horsea
4 Seadra
3 Kingdra EX
1 Kingdra
2 Zigzagoon
2 Linoone
Trainers [21]
3 Professor Oaks Research
3 Professor Elm Training Method
1 Town Volunteers
2 Pokemon Fan Club
3 Switch
3 Potion
3 Oran Berry
2 Weakness Guard
2 Rare Candy
Energy [20]
18 Water
4 Boost
Victreebel-Muk
These Pokemon will do a LOT more damage than the marked attacks 10 and 40. They have the power to move Pokemon around and give some kind of status that will damage between turns until you make your opponent scream. The Muk will burn and poision so they could have 70 damage before you get to attack them again. I average getting 50 damage from that attack. Yeah it just does 10, but the status really does the trick. The Victreebel can pull one from the bench and do 40 and burn. This could do 80 damage before your turn starts again. Have fun with this one. I try to get the Seekout Linoone out first and then build from there.

Pokemon [21]
3 Bellsprout
3 Weepingbell
3 Victreebel
3 Grimer
3 Muk
3 Zigzagoon
3 Linoone
Trainers [19]
3 Professor Oaks Research
2 Grass Cubes
1 Professor Elm Training Method
2 Town Volunteers
2 Pokemon Fan Club
3 Oran Berry
4 Switch
2 Briney's Compassion
Energy [19]
19 Grass


 Rolling Golem
60 Damage with no resistance allowed! You also get the opponent's attack reduced by 10 on the Golem. In this environment a lot of things are weak to Fighting. The Breloom is a great follow-up attacker as it adds 10 for each fighting energy on it. I use the Linoone to get the drawing advantage here again. Build fast and use the Rare Candy to get ahead early.

Pokemon [19]
3 Geodude
3 Graveler
3 Golem
2 Shroomish
2 Breloom
3 Zigzagoon
3 Linoone
Trainers [21]
2 Rare Candy
3 Professor Oak's Research
2 Prof Elm's Training Method
2 Town Volunteers
3 Oran Berry
3 Potion
2 Lanette's Net Search
4 Switch
Energy [20]
15 Fighting
5 Grass


 Blaziken's Smokin'
The Delcatty with energy draw will keep you ahead with "Hand Advantage". Put them on the bench and use the Magmar's to hold off the opponent until you can get the Blaziken's running. You put 2 Blaziken's with the recharge on the bench and fight with the other one's. You have the Delcatty's on the bench and you can draw at will. I have thought about removing the Professor Oak's Research entirely in favor of more Prof Elm's Training Method. I have also thought about changing the Stone Crush, and Healing Oasis to Retro Cave's. With a slight tweaking this can get really good.

Pokemon [20]
2 Magmar EX
4 Torchic
4 Combusken
4 Blaziken
3 Skitty
3 Delcatty
Trainers [20]
3 Professor Oak's Research
2 Town Volunteers
2 Pokemon Fan Club
4 Oran Berry
2 Energy Switch
1 Professor Elm Training Met
1 Stone Crush
1 Healing Oasis
4 Switch
Energy [20]
20 Fire
Sceptile's Deceit
This deck is set up to move energies around at will and use the Pokemon Nurses to remove damage without loosing energies. It is kinda hard to get setup, but is an efficient killer in a long game. The Lizard Poison Sceptile will absolutely murder your opponent, but you have to be coy enough to get it going without loosing too many energies in the beginning. The Azumarill's are for stopping (slowing down fire). They can be effective in stopping a fire attack, as they power up very fast. The Linoone's are for drawing what you want them out early. The DRE (Double Rainbow Energy) will power an attack fast and surprise an opponent. The Cyclone energy are for gusting an opponent's benched Pokemon up for a quick kill, or to get a heavy hitter out of the battle.

Pokemon [20]
4 Treeko
4 Grovyle
3 Sceptile
1 Sceptile EX
2 Marill
2 Azumarill
2 Zigzagoon
2 Linoone
Trainers [17]
3 Rare Candy
2 Professor Elm Training Met
3 Professor Oak's Research
3 Pokemon Nurse
1 Town Volunteers
2 Pokemon Fan Club
3 Switch
Energy [24]
14 Grass
4 Water
4 DRE
2 Cyclone


 Hey! Don't Evolve Yet
This deck can fight in many directions. The best of all would be to get the Linoone out first, and you will have choices. The Omanyte calls all the other Kabuto and Omanyte to your bench, one energy and you are in business. The Poliwrath can be fun and the Kabutops is a killer. The Omastar will stop your opponent from evolving and you in the drivers seat doing 50 per turn.

Pokemon [20]
2 Zigzagoon
2 Linoone
2 Buried Fossil
2 Kabutops
2 Kabuto
2 Omanyte
2 Omastar
2 Polywrath
2 Polywhirl
2 Polywag
Trainers [20]
3 Professor Elm's Training
3 Professor Oak's Research
2 Wally's Training
2 Mr Briney's Compassion
2 Underground Lake Gym
2 Lady Outing
1 Town Volunteers
2 Pokemon Fan Club
1 Switch
2 Underground Expedition
Energy [20]
12 Fighting
8 Water


 New Steel
Description/Strategy

Pokemon [20]
3 Aron
3 Lairon
3 Aggron
2 Wingull
2 Pelliper
1 Lapras EX
3 Zigzagoon
3 Linoone
Trainers [21] 1 Professor Oak's Research
2 Copycat
2 Rare Candy
2 Mr Briney's Compassion
1 Profesor Elm's Training Method
2 Oran Berry
3 Potion
2 Power Charge
1 Town Volunteers
2 Pokemon Fan Club
3 Switch
Energy [19]
Energy [19]
15 Water
4 Metal
New Heat
Description/Strategy

Pokemon [18]
3 Numel
3 Camerupt
2 Torchic
2 Combusken
2 Blaziken
3 Zigzagoon
3 Linoone
Trainers [23]
3 Professor Oaks Research
3 Switches
2 Rare Candy
2 Mr. Briney's Compassion
1 Wally's Training
1 Profesor Elm's Training Method
3 Potion
1 Town Volunteers
2 Pokemon Fan Club
1 Fisherman
2 Juggler
2 Time Shard
Energy [19]
3 Warp
16 Fire


 Small Dance
Description/Strategy

Pokemon [16]
2 Zigzagoon
2 Linoone
3 Wailmer
3 Wailord
2 Mudkip
2 Marshstomp
2 Swampert
Trainers [24]
3 Copycat
2 Wally's Training
2 Rare Candy
2 Profesor Elm's Training Method
3 Oran Berry
3 Potion
2 Town Volunteers
2 Pokemon Fan Club
1 Fisherman
2 Time Shard
2 Water Cube
Energy [20]
20 Water


 Cradilly's Suction
(No Basics Deck)
Description/Strategy

Pokemon [11]
3 Lileep
3 Cradilly
2 Anorith
2 Armaldo
1 Aerodactyl EX
Trainer [28]
2 Professor Oak's Research
2 CopyCat
2 Oran Berry
3 Potion
1 Mysterious Fossil
2 Claw Fossil
3 Root Fossil
1 Rare Candy
3 Wally's Training
4 Switch
3 Lady Outing
2 Town Volunteer
Energy [21]
9 Fighting
8 Grass
4 Electric
Shiftry's Fan
Description/Strategy

Pokemon [18]
4 Seedot
4 Nuzleaf
4 Shiftry
3 Zigzagoon
3 Linoone
Trainer [25]
3 Rare Candy
1 Wally's Training
2 Pokemon Fan Club
1 Town Volunteer
2 Professor Oaks Research
2 CopyCat
2 Oran Berry
3 Potion
2 Switch
2 Lady Outing
3 Energy Removal 2
2 Grass Cube
Energy [17]
7 Grass
5 Water
3 Electric
2 Cyclone


 Electric Dragon
Description/Strategy

Pokemon [24]
4 Trapinch
4 Vibrava
4 Flygon
2 Magnemite
2 Magneton
2 Nincada
1 Ninjask
1 Shedinja
2 Zigzagoon
2 Linoone
Trainer [19]
2 Rare Candy
2 Wally's Training
2 Pokemon Fan Club
1 Town Volunteer
2 CopyCat
2 Professor Oak's Research
1 Oran Berry
2 Balloon Berry
1 Lady Outing
2 Low Pressure Stadiums
2 MrBriney's Compassion
Energy [17]
1 Fire
1 Fighting
1 Water
1 Psychic
5 Grass
5 Lighting
3 Rainbow


 Slaking's Dragon
Description/Strategy

Pokemon [24]
2 Trapinch
2 Vibrava
1 Flygon
2 Magnemite
2 Magneton
3 Slakoth
3 Vigoroth
3 Slaking
3 Zigzagoon
3 Linoone
Trainer [18]
2 Rare Candy
1 Wally's Training
2 Lanette's Net Search
1 Town Volunteer
2 Professor Oak's Research
3 Oran Berry
3 Switch
2 Lady Outing
2 MrBriney's Compassion
Energy [18]
1 Fire
1 Fighting
1 Water
1 Psychic
4 Grass
5 Lighting
4 Warp
1 Boost
Salamence Rules
Description/Strategy

Pokemon [21]
3 Bagon
3 Shelgon
3 Salamence
2 Magnemite
2 Magneton
2 Corphish
2 Crawdaunt
2 Zigzagoon
2 Linoone
Trainer [19]
2 Rare Candy
1 Wally's Training 2 Lanette's Net Search
1 Town Volunteer
2 Professor Oak's Research
3 Oran Berry
2 Potion
2 Switch
2 Lady Outing
2 MrBriney's Compassion
Energy [19]
7 Fire
7 Water
5 Lighting


 The Cradilly Team
Description/Strategy

Pokemon [20]
2 Illumise
2 Volbeat
4 Nincada
3 Ninjask
3 Shedinja
3 Lileep
3 Cradilly
Trainers [24]
2 MooMoo Milk
3 Mystery Plates
1 Town Volunteer
2 Professor Oaks Research
2 PokeNav
2 Copycat
2 Low Pressure System
2 Pokemon Fan Club
2 Professor Elms Training Method
4 Root Fossils
2 Bills Maintenance
Energy [16]
2 Rainbow
14 Grass

Water Heals
Description/Strategy

Pokemon [21]
3 Lotad
3 Lombre
3 Ludicolo
2 Makuhita
2 Hariyama
2 Natu
2 Xatu
2 Zigzagoon
2 Linoone
Trainers [21]
3 Professor Oaks Research
2 Copycat
2 Switch
2 Strength Charm
3 Lanette's Net Search
2 Crystal Shard
1 Town Volunteer
3 Professor Elms Training Method
3 Mr Briney's Compassion
Energy [18]
9 Fighting
9 Water

Electric Sting
Description/Strategy

Pokemon [24]
4 Mareep
4 Flaafy
4 Ampharos
2 Magnemite
2 Magneton
2 Spoink
2 Grumpig
2 Zigzagoon
2 Linoone
Trainers [21]
3 Desert Shaman
3 Professor Oaks Research
3 Lanette's Net Search
2 Professor Elms Training Method
2 Rare Candy
2 Switch
4 Potion
2 Crystal Shard
Energy [15]
10 Electric
5 Psychic

Charizard's Deceit
This is just a straight up power attack 60 and 10 to the bench, toss one energy. Get it back with Blaziken to the bench and when the active runs low, retreat and put up the next one. Repeat until the opponent gives up those 6 prizes.

Pokemon [21]
3 Charmander
3 Charmeleon
3 Charizard
2 Torchic
2 Combusken
2 Blaziken
3 Zigzagoon
3 Linoone
Trainer [20]
3 Professor Oaks Research
3 Switches
3 Rare Candy
2 Mr. Briney's Compassion
1 Wally's Training
2 Profesor Elm's Training Method
1 Town Volunteers
2 Pokemon Fan Club
1 Fisherman
2 Juggler
Energy [19]
3 Warp
16 Fire

 Cacturne is Coming
Dark energies power up Cacturne's Poison attack to become a frightening power. It is a fun deck to play. I like the Sandstorm Cacturne for the bench killing it can do. Most opponents don't watch for that kind of trouble. It poisons the opponent when it is attacked so the opponent has his hands full!

Pokemon [19]
2 Team Aqua Cacnea
2 Team Aqua Cacturne
3 Cacnea
3 Cacturne
3 Dunsparce
2 Team Aqua Corphish
2 Team Aqua Crawdaunt
2 Team Aqua Seviper
Trainers [19]
3 Professor Oaks Research
3 Switches
2 Mr. Briney's Compassion
1 Town Volunteers
2 Team Aqua Belt
2 Team Aqua Technical Machine
2 Team Aqua Ball
2 Archie
2 Team Aqua Schemer
Energy [20]
4 Dark
8 Water
6 Grass
2 Aqua Energy
Blaziken's Fire
Use the Delcatty to draw cards and return the energies to Manectric to put them back into the game on Blaziken EX. I like the Entei EX as he can do 90 throwing 2 energies into the discard. This plays FAST and Kills quickly.

Pokemon [22]
2 Blaziken
2 Blaziken EX
2 Entei EX
4 Combusken
4 Torchic
2 Team Aqua Manectric
2 Team Aqua Electrike
2 Skitty
2 Delcatty
Trainers [20]
1 Professor Oaks Research
3 Oracle
2 Copycat
3 Rare Candy
2 Switch
1 Archie
2 Poke Nav
4 TV Reporters
Energy [18]
18 Fire


 Swampert Calls
Suicune is a real killer when you are putting on 2 Water or more per round. That is what you are aiming for. Swamperts on the bench and Suicune doing the job. If you run into electric the Swampert EX will do the job, but you have to get him running FAST.

Pokemon [16]
3 Suicune
4 Mudkip
4 Marshstomp
2 Swampert
2 Swampert EX
2 Dunsparce
Trainers [24]
2 Professor Elm Training Method
3 Potion
3 Copycat
3 Rare Candy
2 Switch
2 Poke Nav
3 Oran Berry
2 Pokemon Fan Club
2 Desert Shaman
2 Town Volunteer
Energy [19]
20 Fire


 Mewtwo's Wrath
Most people call this the "Speed Mewtwo". You will notice that I only have 3 Mewtwo's in the deck. The perfect first hand is Mewtwo, 3 energies, Juggler and Archie. Mewtwo gets an energy, Use Juggler to draw 4 cards Energy Absorb for the 2 energies in the discard pile and knock out his basics next round. The second round you are hitting for 60!

Pokemon [9]
3 Mewtwo EX
4 Lanturn
2 Manectric
Trainers [32]
3 Professor Oak's Redearch
1 Copycat
2 Switch
2 Mystery Zone Gym
4 Crystal Shard
4 Oran Berry
4 Potion
4 Moomoo Milk
2 Desert Shaman
4 Archie
2 Town Volunteer
Energy [19]
1 Electric
15 Psychic
Aggron's Crush
I like the first attack and try to get at least 2 of these going. The Claydol and Camerupt get the energies out of the discard pile and put them back into the fight. You will have your opponent at a disadvantage with the Magma Gyms. Use the Nurses to clean the Camerupt when you move the energies and you can go forever.

Pokemon [14]
3 TM Aron
2 TM Lairon
2 TM Aggron
1 TM Baltoy
2 TM Claydol
1 TM Numel
3 TM Camerupt
Trainers [28]
1 Wally's Training
4 Pokemon Nurse
1 Briney's Compassion
4 Maxie
2 Desert Shaman
1 Juggler
3 Oran Berry
3 TM Ball
1 TM Conspirator
2 Copycat
4 TM Schemer
2 TM Hideout
Energy [19]
14 Electric
4 Psychic


 Power Blow
Simple!  just put a bunch of energy on Walrien and use the first attack, not the second and watch you opponent's pokemon faint. This deck builds fast with the belts and conspirator. I use the Manectric when it looks like Walrein might faint. Lanturn allows you to put 2 on per turn.

Pokemon [14]
3 TA Spheal
3 TA Sealeo
3 TA Walrein
3 TA Lanturn
2 TA Manectric
Trainers [25]
3 PokeNav
4 Archie
3 Oran Berry
3 Potion
1 Briney's Compassion
3 TA Belt
3 TA Conspirator
2 Strength Charm
2 TA Hideout
2 Copycat
Energy [20]
13 Water
4 Dark
3 Aqua


 Raichu's Thunder
This deck is fun to play and has potential to destroy any opponent. You will play the Traveling Salesman to get the Memory Berry out. It will allow you to use Pichu's attack and get 2 Energies out of the discard pile one turn then next turn you can use Mega Thunderbolt. The Pokemon Nurses will heal you before you attach energy, so you can use Mega Thunderbolt every other turn for 4 times using this technique. The first time you have energy from evolving him to Raichu. This is 5 times you hit your opponent with 120HP blasts. The Electabuzz is for their bench. You can nail 1 or 2 on the bench with this and that should be game in your favor. All this should happen in the first 15 rounds.

Pokemon [15]
3 Pichu
3 Pikachu
3 Raichu EX
2 Dunsparce
2 Elekid
2 Electabuzz
Trainers [27]
2 Switch
3 Lightning Cube
4 Oran Berry
4 Memory Berry
3 Juggler
4 Pokemon Nurse
3 Traveling Salesman
2 Desert Shaman
2 Energy Restore
Energy [18]
18 Electric

Houndoom's Fire
Get Houndoom out as quickly as possible and do his second attack. Watch your FAINT! You will mulligan a few times, but don't worry. If you get a Magma belt EXCELLNT! it will call Houndoom when you need him, if one faints Maxie will get him from the diacard pile. Magma Schemers to fill the bench, just in case.

Pokemon [8]
4 Houndour
4 Houndoom
Trainers [12]
4 Magma Belt
4 Maxie
4 Magma Schemers
Energy [40]
40 Fire

Metagross's Punch
Hopefully you will start with a Dunsparce so you can fill your bench. The Jirachi is in here to get the evolutions out fast. If you find your self facing fire (Metagross's weakness) take a look at Gorebyss. Metagross uses steel and psychic energy, Gorebyss second attack uses ALL psychic energy in play to add 10 to its attack You can be powering up your Meta and be hitting for 40+ on third round with Gorebyss. The strength charm is tech for getting rid of a bench before it gets started. The first attack on Metagross EX uses it to faint a 50HP guy before he gets started.

Pokemon [19]
1 Jirachi
3 Beldum
3 Metang
2 Metagross
1 Metagross EX
3 Clamperl
3 Gorebyss
3 Dunsparce
Trainers [22]
3 Switch
1 Strength Charm
2 Rare Candy
2 Potion
2 Oran Berry
2 TV Reporter
2 Island Cave
3 Steven's Advice
3 Professor Oaks Research
Energy [20]
8 Psychic
6 Water
4 Metal
2 Multi

Crobat's Bite
Hope for Dunsparce, but anything is OK. Nothing requires more than 2 Energies, so that is NOT a problem and free retreat on the evolutions! The Ninjask and Shedinja combo to put whammy on Evolutions that could kill you. The Masquerain's second attack is whacked! being able to do 60 on each attack after the first, for 2 ENERGIES, Whoa! Triple poison from the Crobat, does it get any better than this?

Pokemon [23]
1 Jirachi
3 Zubat
3 Golbat
3 Crobat
2 Surskrit
2 Masquerain
3 Dunsparce
2 Nincada
2 Ninjask
2 Shedinja
Trainers [16]
2 Switch
2 Rare Candy
3 Potion
3 Oran Berry
3 PokeNav
3 Steven's Advice
3 Professor Oaks Research
Energy [18]
18 Grass

Castform Rules
The Castforms can be swapped out at will so you can attack with the opponents weakness. The Machamp will take out all electric opponents.

Pokemon [17]
3 Machop
3 Machoke
3 Machamp
2 Rainy Day
2 Snow Cloud
2 Sunny Day
2 Castform
Trainers [21]
2 Switch
2 Rare Candy
3 Potion
3 Steven's Advice
3 Professor Oaks Research
2 Mr Briney's Compassion
2 Magnetic Storm
2 Low Pressure System
2 High Pressure System
Energy [23]
3 Double Rainbow
4 Multi
4 Fire
4 Water
8 Fighting


 Loud Noises
The Wynaut will get out your Exploud so you can fight and the Wobbuffet will slow down those EX's until you can get your Exploud running. You know that Mr. Briney will keep them from collecting a prize and you can be back in business with an Exploud in a couple of turns if you play your bench right.

Pokemon [20]
3 Whismur
3 Loudred
3 Exploud
4 Wynaut
4 Wobbuffett
Trainers [22]
2 Switch
2 Desert Ruins
3 Rare Candy
4 Potion
3 Steven's Advice
4 Professor Oaks Research
4 Mr Briney's Compassion
Energy [18]
4 Boost
17 Psychic


 Sheer Cold Revised 4/25/05

If you are lucky enough to get a Dunsparce out first then you Strike and run for a Jirachi, next turn you get out your evolutions and the rest is history. Keep flipping them heads and he can't even attack you while you beat your opponent to death.

Pokemon [21]
3 Spheal
3 Sealeo
3 Walrein
3 Feebas
3 Milotic
2 Dunsparce
2 Jirachi
2 Rain Castform
Trainers [19]
2 Switch
2 Rare Candy
4 Potion
3 Steven's Advice
4 Mr Briney's Compassion
4 Celio's Network
Energy [20]
20 Water
Haymaker Again!
Haymaker decks were meant to hit hard and fast, dealing a lot of damage early in a game. This one is a throw back to that.

Pokemon [20]
3 Jigglypuff
3 Wigglytuff
3 Sneasel EX
3 Zubat
3 Golbat
3 Crobat
2 Dunsparce
Trainers [20]
3 Pokenav
4 Desert Shaman
4 Potion
3 Oran Berry
1 Switch
2 Rare Candy
3 Steven's Advice
Energy [20]
4 Dark
16 Grass


 Vileplume's Supporter Status
Vileplume stops your opponent from playing all Trainer cards except supporters, unless they are playing Mr. Briney they have no way to heal themselves. Vileplume is healed every time by Bellossom and the Oran Berrys and Potions.

The Dunsparce - Jirachi combo is awesome. You Dunsparce for Jirachi and build you evolutions with Jirachi.

Pokemon [19]
3 Vileplume
3 Bellossom
3 Gloom
4 Oddish
2 Jirachi
3 Dunsparce
Trainers [23]
3 Pokenav
4 Professor Oaks Research
4 Potion
3 Oran Berry
2 Switch
2 Rare Candy
3 Celio's Network
Energy [19]
20 Grass

Charizard's Fire
Get the Pidgeot running and the game works! Yes this is a risky deck, but if you are a little lucky and can recover from early game miscues, IT WILL BLOW YOUR OPPONENT OUT!

Boost energy will be back with the next set, so I am anticipating a little here. If you can set up at least one Blaziken for the fire return with the Manectric then you can Slash for 50 until you can build for Charizard's Fire. It will "BURN DOWN THE HOUSE"! Pokemon [22]
2 Blaziken
2 Combusken
2 Torchic
2 Charizard
2 Charmeleon
2 Charmander
2 Electrike
2 Manectrike
2 Pigey
2 Pigeotto
2 Pigeot
Trainers [23]
3 Professor Oaks Research
3 Rare Candy
4 Celio's Network
4 Vs Seeker
4 Oran Berry
Energy [19]
16 Fire
3 Boost Energy

Crush and Burn
Revised 4/25/05

This is a simple mechanism, but you have to be a little lucky to make it work. First you get out the Pidgeot line. Then you use quick search and your trainers to get out all the rest. You want at LEAST one Blaziken on the bench to make this bird fly. The Blaziken moves the discarded energy to the bench and you discard all you want to knock out the opponent. With one Blaziken running you can do 70 every round. Now we all know that Boost is coming back. That means you could do 110 on 4 different rounds. I think that should do it, huh?

Pokemon [20]
2 Blaziken
2 Combusken
2 Torchic
2 Rayquazza EX (Deoxsys)
3 Voltorb
3 Electrode Ex
2 Pigey
2 Pigeotto
2 Pigeot
Trainers [17]
3 Professor Oaks Research
3 Rare Candy
3 Pokenav
4 Celio's Network
3 Vs Seeker
4 Potions
Energy [20]
12 Fire
8 Electric


 Hyper Whirlpool
Raindance is back . . . sort of. This deck can get out a lot of energy fast, but it also damages you as you put it on. So I use the Team Aqua's Manectric to put the energy on and move it to Blastoise. I leave the damage on the bench and have a fresh Blastoise to fight with. I can "Compassion" the Manectric when I choose to. Now the real thread that keeps this working is the Pidgeot. You can't get an EX out with Celio's Network so I get the Pidgeot working instead and use the Quick Search to do the work.

Pokemon [21]
3 Squirtle
3 Wartortle
3 Blastoise EX
2 Team Aqua's Electrike
2 Team Aqua's Manectric
2 Pigey
2 Pigeotto
2 Pigeot
2 Articuno EX
Trainers [19]
3 Professor Oaks Research
3 Mr Briney's compassion
2 Rare Candy
4 Celio's Network
3 Vs Seeker
4 Team _____ Conspirator
Energy [20]
20 Water


 Nido Family
This deck Calls for itself and the Celio's Network makes it faster. The Queen allows the King to retreat for free and the King makes all the others attack for +10. Build fast and Beat down.

Pokemon [20]
4 Nido Boy
3 Nidorino
3 Nidoking
4 Nido Girl
3 Nidorina
3 Nidoqueen
Trainers [22]
3 Professor Oaks Research
4 Mr Briney's compassion
4 Celio's Network
3 Vs Seeker
2 Oran Berry
2 Rare Candy
4 Potion
Energy [18]
18 Fighting

Gyarados' Ascension
Get a Gyarados out and keep flipping heads. Getting 5 energies on him while keeping him alive is paramount. Now just wipe 'em out. This deck is fun to play. The Hariyama is there for the occassional electric deck that you run into. The Team Aqua Conspirator is for selecting the energies that you want to play.

Pokemon [16]
4 Magikarp
4 Gyarados Ex
3 Makuhita
3 Hariyama
2 Dunsparce
Trainers [23]
3 Professor Oaks Research
4 Oran Berry
2 Celio's Network
1 Vs Seeker
3 Team Aqua Conspirator
2 Stone Generator
3 Potion
2 Switch
3 Island Cave
Energy [20]
6 Fighting
14 Water

Rotating Claws
Revised 4/25/05

Get one Scizor built with Dark and Metal on it and do your thing. The Furrett will help you get the metals and darks out fast. The Huntail is for the occasional fire deck. The Darks on the bench help the Huntail to boost his attack againist Fire.

Pokemon [20]
4 Ekans TR
4 Arbok TR
3 Scyther Ex
3 Scizor Ex
3 Sentret
3 Furret
Trainers [20]
3 Professor Oaks Research
4 Oran Berry
4 PokeNav
3 Rocket's Hideout
4 Potion
2 Island Cave
Energy [20]
5 Grass
3 Multi
4 Dark
4 Metal
4 Dark Metal

Tyranitar's Second Strike
The Surprise Time machine allows you to pick the Tyrannitar to use for each situation. The Delibird will allow you to keep putting one card into the deck and drawing one more card each turn. It can help you get what you need to start your attack.

Pokemon [18]
4 Larvitar
4 Pupitar
4 Dark Tyrannitar
2 Dark Raticate
2 Ratatta
2 Delibird
Trainers [22]
3 Professor Oaks Research
2 Celio's Network
2 Vs Seeker
2 Rocket's Hideout
3 Potion
1 Mr. Briney's Compassion
1 Copycat
1 Steven's Advice
2 Surprise Time Machine
2 Pokemon Retriever
3 Rocket's Pokeball
Energy [20]
12 Fighting
4 Dark
4 Dark Metal

Ink Blast
Get the Remoraid working and pour the Dark energies on it as fast as possible. It is an early game wonder. It dies and you have a Steelix on the bench that you push up. Do its first attack pull the energies from the discard pile. This deck gives you many options and makes you think as you play it.

Pokemon [20]
3 Onix
3 Dark Steelix
3 Remoraid
3 Dark Octillery
2 Slowbro
2 Slowpoke
2 Sentret
2 Furret
Trainers [24]
1 Professor Oaks Research
2 Celio's Network
2 Vs Seeker
2 Rocket's Hideout
4 Potion
4 Mr. Briney's Compassion
2 Steven's Advice
3 Rocket's Pokeball
1 Switch
3 Bill's Maintenance

Energy [16]
8 Fighting
4 Dark
4 Metal

Ex Wrath
This deck is anti EX and it can really PO someone with a deck built around EX's. You have a gym that puts damage on them each round. A Pokemon that adds extra damage to them. The Dark Sandslash is for the electric deck that you might face. It uses colorless energies and dark so you can have a lot of fun with this one.

Pokemon [21]
3 Poliwag
3 Poliwhirl
3 Poliwrath
3 Sandshrew
3 Dark Sandslash
3 Wynaut
3 Wobbuffet
Trainers [20]
2 Professor Oaks Research
2 Rocket's Admin
2 Celio's Network
2 Vs Seeker
2 Ancient Tomb
2 Desert Ruins
3 Potion
2 Mr. Briney's Compassion
1 Pokemon Retriever
1 Rocket's Pokeball
2 Team Aqua's Conspirator
Energy [19]
11 Water
4 Dark
4 Multi

Speed Zapdos Revised 4/25/05

You get out the Voltorb or the Elekid. Play one energy and put one energy and do it first attack. Now you have 2 energys in one round. Play the Zapdos EX (FRLG) and place one more energy on him and start with the Second Round KO's. There are other combo's but this is a real killer.

Pokemon [15]
3 Zapdos EX
4 Voltorb
2 Electrode EX
2 Electrode
4 Electrike
Trainers [25]
3 Professor Oaks Research
1 Steven's Advice
2 Mt Moon
3 Super Scoop up
2 Low Pressure System
2 Lanette's Net Search
4 Pokemon Reversal
4 Dual Ball
2 Strength Charm
2 Pokemon Retriever
Energy [20]
20 Electric
Dragon Trode
Get out the Dark Electrode and you get energies out of your deck with its Poke Power. Get out the Dragonite and you can move them around to any other Pokemon. The Sneasel's are the heavy hitters. This deck requires some skill to play it.

Pokemon [17]
3 Sneasel EX
3 Voltorb
2 Dark Electrode
3 Dratini
3 Dark Dragonair
3 Dark Dragonite
Trainers [22]
3 Dual Ball
3 Strength Charm
4 Rocket's Poke Ball
4 Celio's Network
3 Rare Candy
4 Bill's Maintenance
2 Mr. Briney's Compassion
Energy []
7 Electric
5 Water
4 Dark
4 Dark Metal

Rock Lock
The Dark Tyrannitar puts damage on the opponents bench at the end of each player's turn. The Ampharos puts damage on the opponent's pokemon when they evolve. The Pigeot gets all this running with its searching ability. You damage your opponent before he gets anything going and knock him out with powerful attacks. You have to build fast to accomplish this. Pidgeot first and everything else will work.

Pokemon [21]
3 Larvitar
2 Dark Pupitar
3 Dark Tyrannitar
2 Pidgey
1 Pigeotto
2 Pidgeot
3 Dunsparce
2 Mareep
1 Dark Flaafy
2 Dark Ampharos
Trainers [23]
2 Professor Oak's Research
3 Steven's Advice
3 Rocket's Poke Ball
3 Celio's Network
4 Rare Candy
3 Stone Generator
2 Rocket's Tricky Gym
2 Surprise! Time Machine
Energy [17]
3 Electric
4 DRE
4 Dark
6 Fighting

 Muk Magic
This deck Dark Crobat's Black Beam Poke Power to poison and its attacks to take the bench and/or heal itself. Dark Muk is a heavy hitter with the second attack and a dark energy or two. Muk Ex is there to stop your opponent's Poke Powers while you pick them apart. Rock On!

Pokemon [20]
3 Zubat
3 Dark Golbat
3 Dark Crobat
4 Grimer
2 Dark Muk
2 Muk Ex
3 Dunsparce
Trainers [23]
2 Crystal Shard
2 Rocket's Admin
4 Cozmo's Advice
3 Team Aqua's Hideout
2 Rocket's Poke Ball
3 Celio's Network
3 Vs Seeker
2 Switch
2 Surprise! Time Machine
Energy [19]
13 Grass
4 Dark

Dark Drain
You have so many options to poison, burn and anoy your opponemt that is will amaze you. None of these takes more than 3 energy and most 2. You will be up and running with this from the start. Dark energies adding to the damage will help any of these guys. Have fun!

Pokemon [20]
3 Zubat
3 Dark Golbat
3 Dark Crobat
3 Grimer
3 Dark Muk
2 Dunsparce
Trainers [21]
3 Steven's Advice
2 Bill's Maintanence
2 Great Ball
3 Potion
2 Rocket's Poke Ball
3 Professor Oak's Research
2 Vs Seeker
2 Rocket's Hideout
2 Rare Candy
Energy [19]
15 Grass
4 Dark

Ludi - Cargo
Magcargo puts a card on top of your deck and Ludicolo draws it. Awesome combo! The Ludicolo is the killer. It does damage times the number of Pokemon in play except himself (110 Max). You can blow 'em away with this monster.

Pokemon [17]
3 Ludicolo "swing dance"
2 Lombre
3 Lotad
3 Plusle
3 Slugma
3 Marcargo
Trainers [23]
3 Rare Candy
3 Pokemon Retriever
4 PokeNav
3 Celio's Network
4 Prof Oak
1 Island Cave
3 Ancient Tomb
2 Vs Seeker
Energy [20]
16 Water
4 Multi

Snorlax's Nap
If Snorlax is asleep he attacks for 60 and heals himself for 20 at the end of each player's turn, WOW ! That is enormous! You can then take the option of the Articuno and do a freeze for 50 and discard energies. They will still be talking about "what was that?"

Pokemon [10]
2 Meowth
2 Persian
3 Snorlax
3 Articuno
Trainers [24]
4 Tropical Wind
4 Oran Berry
3 Bills Maintenance
2 Battle Frontier
2 Desert Ruin
3 Copy Cat
2 Pokemon Retriever
2 Mr. Stone's project
2 Pow! Hand Extension
Energy [21]
4 Heal
17 Water

Steel Wave
You can fill your bench with Steel Pokemon using Beldum's power to search for steel. Be careful to leave one spot for Pidgeot out so you can build 'em up fast. The Metagross gets the Steel out of the discard pile so you can use ANY energy on anything. It is even best to use a Steel on Plusle to retreat him so you can attach 2 the second round.

Pokemon [23]
3 RegiSteel
4 Beldum 29/101
3 Metang 44/101
2 Metagross 11/107
2 Metagross 11/101
1 Metagross Ex 95/101
2 Pidgey
1 Pigeotto
2 Pigeot
3 Plusle
Trainers [23]
4 Celio's Network
4 Rare Candy
3 Steven's Advice
2 TV Reporter
2 Scott
1 Copy Cat
2 Switch
2 Professor Cosmo's Discovery
2 Magnetic Storm
2 Desert Ruin
Energy [14]
4 Metal
4 Dark Steel
6 Psychic

The Curse
Dusclops will put 20 for each energy attached to him and one on the bench will stop the weakness to Dark. Mewtwo is a tech card to slow down a big killer. Swap damage and retreat with a Switch, knockout Dusclops! Gengar is for all those who are Ex happy. I should work some Gyms in this deck to prevent Desert Ruins.

Pokemon [16]
2 Plusle
2 Gastly
2 Haunter
2 Gengar Ex
3 Duskull
3 Dusclops Ex
2 Mewtwo Ex
Trainers [24]
4 Prof Cosmo's Discovery
4 Potion
3 Wally's Training
4 Masterballs
2 Switch
3 Battle Frontier
1 Pokemon Retriever
2 Mr Stone's Project
1 EXP. ALL
Energy [20] 4 Boost
16 Psychic


 Eruption Smoothed Over
Get a Camerupt built ASAP and do the biggest attack often. This is pure power and you can bowl over most oponents with it. The Magcargo puts a search card on the top of your deck and then you show the energy with the attack and do 80 each turn. If you get lucky your opponent will show an energy and you will do 100, at the worst you are discarding some of his/her cards.

Pokemon [12]
2 Slugma
2 Magcargo
4 Numel
4 Camerupt Ex
Trainers [27]
2 Prof Oak Research
4 Mary's Request
3 Bill's Maintenance
3 Wally's Training
3 Celio's Network
1 Steven's Advice
4 Potion
3 Oran Berry
2 Recycle Energy
2 Pokemon Retriever
Energy [20] 20 Fire
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