12/15/2024

A guide to building a competitive Sceptile EX deck.

Sceptile EX Energy Acceleration Deck

Sceptile ex
Grovyle
Tangrowth
Shuckle
Trubbish
Professor's Research
Marnie
Boss’s Orders
Raihan

Pokémon Cards (12)

  • Sceptile ex (x3): Primary attacker, uses Grass-type energy to deal substantial damage with its “Jungle Rage” attack, increasing in damage with the number of Grass energy attached to it.
  • Grovyle (x3): Essential for evolving into Sceptile EX, accelerates Grass energy by allowing you to search your deck for Grass Energy and attach it to a Pokémon.
  • Tangrowth (x2): Secondary attacker, boosts Grass-type energy and provides a way to control energy flow, ensuring that you can keep fueling Sceptile EX's attacks.
  • Shuckle (x2): Supports energy acceleration with its “Energy Storage” ability, allowing you to quickly power up your Sceptile EX.
  • Trubbish (x2): Provides synergy with its “Garbage Collection” ability to draw cards, helping you maintain consistency in the deck.

Supporter Cards (8)

  • Professor's Research (x3): Discards and draws seven cards, providing the resources needed to evolve into Sceptile EX and access vital energy cards quickly.
  • Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent's hand and reshuffles your own, keeping you one step ahead while limiting your opponent's options.
  • Boss’s Orders (x2): Target specific Pokémon for knockouts, especially key threats that could disrupt your energy acceleration or prevent your setup.
  • Raihan (x1): Accelerates energy from your discard pile when a Pokémon is knocked out, ensuring your Sceptile EX stays powered up.

Explanation

  1. Sceptile EX serves as the primary attacker, its damage scaling with the number of Grass energy attached to it.
  2. Grovyle accelerates energy, helping you quickly evolve into Sceptile EX while preparing for future turns.
  3. Tangrowth works as a secondary attacker that can spread energy to multiple Pokémon while providing synergy.
  4. Shuckle accelerates energy, allowing you to build up energy on your Sceptile EX faster than usual.
  5. Trubbish helps with consistency by providing card draw and helping maintain energy flow throughout the game.

Synergy and Strategy

  1. Grovyle and Shuckle help accelerate energy to fuel Sceptile EX, while Tangrowth can serve as a backup attacker or a supporter of energy flow.
  2. Use Professor’s Research and Marnie to disrupt your opponent and cycle through your deck efficiently.
  3. Raihan ensures that if a key Pokémon is knocked out, you can still accelerate energy, preventing your setup from stalling.
  4. Boss’s Orders lets you target important Pokémon on your opponent's Bench, helping to secure knockouts and maintain board control.

Sceptile EX Aggro Deck

Sceptile ex
Grovyle
Exeggutor
Celebi
Tropius
Professor's Research
Marnie
Boss‘s Orders
Raihan

Pokémon Cards (12)

  • Sceptile ex (x3): The main attacker of the deck, dealing massive damage with its Grass-type moves.
  • Grovyle (x3): Evolves into Sceptile EX and helps to accelerate Grass energy quickly.
  • Exeggutor (x2): Secondary attacker that provides additional Grass synergy and can also be used to manage energy flow.
  • Celebi (x2): Helps accelerate Grass energy and adds additional support to the deck’s strategy of powering up attackers quickly.
  • Tropius (x2): Provides healing support, helping to keep Sceptile EX in play for longer periods.

Supporter Cards (8)

  • Professor's Research (x3): Draws cards to keep your hand full, providing the resources needed for Sceptile EX’s evolution and setup.
  • Marnie (x2): Forces both players to shuffle and draw new hands, disrupting the opponent's strategy while refreshing your own.
  • Boss‘s Orders (x2): Lets you target specific Pokémon for strategic knockouts, especially those that threaten your attackers.
  • Raihan (x1): Provides energy acceleration from the discard pile after a knockout, ensuring Sceptile EX can continue attacking at full force.

Explanation

  1. Sceptile EX is the main attacker, delivering powerful damage with Grass energy.
  2. Grovyle accelerates energy and helps you evolve into Sceptile EX.
  3. Exeggutor and Celebi provide additional energy acceleration and synergy for rapid attacking.
  4. Tropius serves as a defensive Pokémon, offering healing support to prolong the survival of your key attackers.

Synergy and Strategy

  1. The goal of the deck is to quickly build up Sceptile EX as your primary attacker, using Grovyle and Exeggutor to speed up energy acceleration.
  2. Professor’s Research and Marnie help you cycle through your deck and disrupt your opponent’s hand while maintaining energy flow.
  3. Use Boss’s Orders to target key Pokémon and remove potential threats to your setup.
  4. Raihan helps you accelerate energy when needed, while Tropius ensures you can heal and keep your attackers alive longer.

Sceptile EX Energy Ramp & Control Deck

Sceptile ex
Grovyle
Shuckle
Tropius
Roserade
Professor's Research
Marnie
Boss's Orders
Raihan

Pokémon Cards (12)

  • Sceptile ex (x3): The primary attacker, utilizing Grass energy-based attacks to deal significant damage and maintain board control.
  • Grovyle (x3): Essential for evolving into Sceptile EX and accelerating Grass energy quickly to power up attacks.
  • Shuckle (x2): Provides energy acceleration with its “Energy Storage” ability, ensuring a consistent energy supply for Sceptile EX’s attacks.
  • Tropius (x2): Offers healing support, keeping Sceptile EX and other key Pokémon in play longer by removing damage counters.
  • Roserade (x2): Uses its "Poisonous" ability to inflict status conditions, forcing the opponent to deal with poison damage over time.

Supporter Cards (8)

  • Professor's Research (x3): Allows you to draw cards and set up your deck, ensuring access to Sceptile EX and energy acceleration cards.
  • Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent's hand and refreshes your own, limiting their options while keeping your deck in control.
  • Boss's Orders (x2): Lets you target key Pokémon on the opponent’s bench and remove them from play, putting pressure on your opponent’s strategy.
  • Raihan (x1): Provides energy acceleration when a Pokémon is knocked out, ensuring that Sceptile EX can continue to attack and build momentum.

Explanation

  1. Sceptile EX serves as the deck's primary attacker, dealing significant damage using its Grass-type moves and keeping the board under control with status effects.
  2. Grovyle is critical for evolution and accelerating Grass energy to power up Sceptile EX quickly.
  3. Shuckle ensures energy consistency, helping to ramp up Sceptile EX’s damage potential.
  4. Tropius offers healing, allowing you to sustain Sceptile EX and other key attackers longer in battle.
  5. Roserade provides ongoing pressure by inflicting poison, dealing additional damage over time.

Synergy and Strategy

  1. Sceptile EX is the primary focus, with Shuckle and Grovyle speeding up energy acceleration to make sure it can attack quickly.
  2. Tropius acts as a defensive support to heal damage and prolong the effectiveness of your attackers.
  3. Roserade’s poison ability forces the opponent to deal with a constant threat while you build up for big attacks.
  4. Marnie and Boss's Orders provide strategic disruption, helping you control the game and target key threats.
  5. Raihan ensures quick recovery by accelerating energy after a knockout, helping you keep the pressure on your opponent.