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Thinking about making a Dragon type deck

Hey everyone, as far as I know I haven't seen an official Dragon type deck in meta (or at least in competitive play). I wanted to make one out of fun since it is my favorite type, any recommendations for what I should put into my deck?

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  • pikayou
    pikayou Member Posts: 78 ✭✭✭
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    Your best bet would probably be Giratina VSTAR in a Lost Box deck, which has been doing really well at tournaments recently. Dragonite V from Evolving Skies is a little more niche but also fits in nicely to Lost Box.

    Off meta Hisuian Goodra VSTAR is still pretty fun, though suffers from a lot more losing matchups than it did in its heyday, and Regidrago VSTAR would allow you to run a bunch of different Dragons at the cost of being inconsistent to set up.

    I've been meaning to mess around with Latias from Fusion Strike and Latios from Paradox Rift as a silly rouge deck, that would probably make a fun budget deck if you're into that sort of thing.

  • OlderAngel11
    OlderAngel11 Member Posts: 1,699 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Building a deck off a specific type generally does not work very well. You should focus on one strategy and just try to build your entire deck around that. Like Pikayou said, Giratina Lost Zone is probably the strongest dragon deck in the format at the moment.

  • Scorbunny1scute
    Scorbunny1scute Member Posts: 208 ✭✭✭
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    You could use Radiant Eternatus to put 2 Vmax cards on your bench straight away without any V cards. I'll write a deck list and get back to you.

  • Scorbunny1scute
    Scorbunny1scute Member Posts: 208 ✭✭✭
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    As promised @Captain_Cloudy, here's my deck list:

    1 Radiant Eternatus 105/159 Crown Zenith

    2 Zeraora Vmax 54/159 Crown Zenith 

    2 Zeraora V 53/159 Crown Zenith 

    2 Rayquaza Vmax 101/159 Crown Zenith 

    2 Rayquaza V 100/159 Crown Zenith 

    1 Giratina VSTAR 131/196 Lost Origin

    1 Giratina V 130/196 Lost Origin

    1 Magnezone ex 65/198 SVI

    2 Magneton 64/198 SVI

    3 Magnemite 63/198 SVI

    1 Forretress ex 5/193 PAL

    2 Pineco 4/193 PAL

    2 Superior Energy Retrieval 189/198 SVI

    2 Hyper Potion 54/73 Champion's Path

    4 Snorlax Doll 175/182 PAR

    1 Energy Recycler 124/163 Battle Styles

    1 Big Charm 158/202 Sword Shield 

    1 Technical Machine: Devolution 177/182 

    PAR

    1 Technical Machine: Crisis Punch 90/91 PAF

    1 Miriam 179/198 SVI 

    2 Clavell 177/193 PAL

    1 Saguaro 187/193 PAL

    4 Aurora Energy 186/202 Sword Shield

    4 Medical Energy 182/182 PAR

    3 Aromatic Energy 162/185 Vivid Voltage

    6 Basic Lightning Energy 

    2 Basic Grass Energy

    2 Basic Fire Energy

    2 Basic Darkness Energy

    1 Basic Pyschic Energy

    Feel free to use or comment on my deck. I'd like to see if it can be improved.

  • OlderAngel11
    OlderAngel11 Member Posts: 1,699 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Scorbunny1scute I don't think your decklist would work. You'r trying to do too many things at once. You literally have 24 energies in your deck, which is more than a third of the total cards! Your deck seems to have no central strategy, and you're playing bad supporters like Saguaro. Also, why are you playing a Fortress ex when you only have two basic grass energies?

  • Octowen
    Octowen Member Posts: 631 ✭✭✭✭
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    Regidrago VSTAR could be a fun addition.