Darkrai / Hypno (Standard)

[Inferno_Emboar]

Hello. Darkrai / Hypno looks interesting, so I tried to make a good list.

I haven't tested with the list yet, by the way.

 

****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******

 

Pokémon - 18

 

4 Shaymin-EX ROS 106

4 Darkrai-EX BKP 118

2 Yveltal XY 78

4 Drowzee BKP 50

4 Hypno BKP 51

 

Trainer Cards - 30

 

4 All-Night Party BKP 96

4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107

4 VS Seeker ROS 110

4 Trainers' Mail AOR 100

4 Ultra Ball PLF 122

2 Lysandre FLF 104

2 Skyla BKP 122

1 Judge BKT 143

2 Muscle Band XY 121

2 Super Scoop Up FFI 100

1 Giovanni's Scheme BKT 162

 

Energy - 12

 

6 Darkness Energy CL 94

4 Double Colorless Energy HS 103

2 Dangerous Energy AOR 82

 

Total Cards - 60

 

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Any suggestions?

[Mextwo]

You get more consistency with malamar you can use max elixir dce for setting darkrai and attach energy to use malamar attack

[Inferno_Emboar]

You get more consistency with malamar you can use max elixir dce for setting darkrai and attach energy to use malamar attack

 

That's 2 Stage 1 lines. Seems like it would take too much deck space.

[PKTyrantrum]

That's 2 Stage 1 lines. Seems like it would take too much deck space.

That's 2 Stage 1 lines. Seems like it would take too much deck space.

He's talking about Malamar-EX.

Darkrai-EX + Malamar-EX means you don't have to evolve anything, you don't put yourself to sleep if the All-Night Party is removed from play, and you actually make the opponent deal with sleep status instead of letting him wake himself up each turn. Plus, Malamar-EX uses the same energy type as Darkrai, and can be a potent attacker if you have some luck with the coin flips.

You do have to add energy to Malamar each turn to use it, though. But some turns you won't have to because the opponent didn't wake up anyway.

[awesome_guy]

here is a list of pros and cons so you yourself can decide

 

pros-

180 damage with muscle band (ko's most exs)

hypno is pretty good at stalling until you get darkrai-ex out

30 damage healed is pretty useful on darkrai-ex

resists silent lab

 

cons-

hypno is pretty fragile (90 hp)

darkrai-ex is completely incapacitated after hypno is removed (no backup strategy)

slow charge up- 3 energies is a lot considering the new set of exs

retreat WILL be a problem

megas will not be ohkoed- leaving you with a big problem

fighting fury belt (the extra hp means darkrai can't ohko)

not night march resistant (yes you have two yveltal xy but is it enough?)

 

if I was going to give some advice, i'd suggest to remove some hypnos (and maybe one all night party and add 2-2 zoroark and 1-2 float stones)

 

the zoroark will provide you with:

1. an alternative to all night party stadium war

2. a way to switch pokemon

3. an alternative low prize passive bench blocker (as well as a nm counter)

[Inferno_Emboar]

He's talking about Malamar-EX.

Darkrai-EX + Malamar-EX means you don't have to evolve anything, you don't put yourself to sleep if the All-Night Party is removed from play, and you actually make the opponent deal with sleep status instead of letting him wake himself up each turn. Plus, Malamar-EX uses the same energy type as Darkrai, and can be a potent attacker if you have some luck with the coin flips.

You do have to add energy to Malamar each turn to use it, though. But some turns you won't have to because the opponent didn't wake up anyway.

 

Oops, thought he was talking about a Stage 1 Malamar.

He never said Malamar-EX, though.

 

Hmm... seems interesting. I'll consider Malamar.