I Have Created My New Favorite Deck!
So someone named @K3v0ut wanted cards specifically from WHT and JTG
The asked if there are cards from the two expansions that go really well together
I made a whole deck
The Trainer cards are scattered through expansions, but the Pokémon are those expansion
I'm copying and pasting exactly what I told them but going to add more details
So I based the deck off of energy loss and gather
Pokémon:
WHT;
2 Oshawott
2 Dewott
2 Samurott
1 Reshiram ex
JTG;
1 N's Zorua
1 N's Zoroark
2 Torchic
2 Combusken
2 Blaziken
1 Bagon
1 Shelgon
1 Salamence
1 Wailmer
1 Wailord
1 Reshiram ex
So the Trainers are very scattered. I did make sure to incorporate these two expansions, but it's mostly a mix.
Trainers:
2 Hilda WHT
1 Brock's Scouting JTG
1 Iris's Fighting Spirit JTG
2 Dawn PFL
2 Lillie's Determination MEG
2 Crispin
2 Ultra Ball
2 Professor Research
2 Air Balloon
2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin
2 Rare Candy
2 Exp Share
1 Jacq
2 Powerglass
All the energies are basic, so it doesn't matter.
Energies:
7 Water
7 Fire
So here's the strategy.
Ultra Ball and Professor's Research discard cards, specifically energies, to use later
It'll also give benefits, which would be needed Pokémon and 7 cards
I would also advise Earthen Vessel to discard an energy in return for two
Also, Super Rod would be good to collect any Pokémon you may have to discard
I just didn't have room for them
Now then, N's Zoroark discards a card from your hand in return for drawing two
This gets more energies out along with more cards as its benefit
Iris's Fighting Spirit discards a card from your hand, which we want to use an energy, and let's you draw until you have six cards in your hand
Salamence ex discards two energies from the Pokémon but does massive damage in return
Both Reshirams require you to discard an energy attached to it for pretty good damage, especially the WHT in late game
You'll be thankful for the loss of energies once Blaziken ex and Samurott are in play
Samurott does more damage for each energy attached to it and Blaziken allows you to attach an energy from your discard pile to one of your Pokémon
This sets Samurott up perfectly, especially with the Powerglass, which at the end of each turn allows you to attach an energy card from your discard pile to the Pokémon in the active spot it is attached to
Air Balloon is there to handle the high energy retreat cost Pokémon
Wailord can also benefit from this
Its attack does more damage for each water energy attached to it
Exp Share allows you to move an energy from your active Pokémon to the card it is attached to when knocked out
Crispin let's you search your deck for two different energies and attach one to one of your Pokémon and one in your hand
Lillie is there to refresh your hand but may be harder to obtain due to being new
Dawn and Jacq gets you needed evolutions, but Dawn is only obtainable through the Mega Gengar ex deck (which I'm not sure is out in real life yet)
So here's the deal
It's not good early game
At all
However, after much stalling and sometimes hoping, when everything falls together, this deck is the strongest thing I've ever seen
The Blaziken and Samurott combo is just incredible, immediately setting up decent damage and quickly becomes powerful
Combined with Exp Share or Powerglass it is a demon
I just played a round and I thought the guy won
They had Crustle DRI along with the Munkidori that moves damage around and the Xatu that connects a Psychic energy from your hand to your Pokémon and let's you draw
My cards weren't flowing
I had Wailord in the active spot but barely any Water energies
It was pure luck that I got two water on it
the other needed energies were fire from a Powerglass
I only had Fire in discard pile
Well, that's when I realized what made their deck strong
Without massive ex damage they were able to keep Crusle at low health but me with a lot
I had a Salamence ex with Exp Share and at first thought it was useless
I attached the energy to it and remembered
It has another attack that hits the bench Pokémon!
It only survived two turns, but luckily I got my Blaziken ex the turn I put it active
I attached the two energies (one from my hand and the other from Blaziken) and from the other energy from Exp Share I could use the three energy attack immediately
The Xatu have 100 health each
One had a Luxurious Cape but the other two didn't
They focused on keeping the damage off their two Munkidori, allowing me to know out the Xatu in two turns but lost my Salamence on my opponents turn after that
Lucky, I had gotten Samurott and had been charging that up since the turn I knocked out the Xatu
In just two turns I got five energies on it and had another Samurott on its way
I easily won after that
I had another game where I got my Blaziken ex immediately and had Samurrot coming soon in my first three turns and my opponent conceded
It can be strong early game, but that's if you're lucky
Late game, though, it is a beast!