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Set up a board of Gardevoir, Flutter, Ralts, Ralts, Ralts, Drifloon. Attack with Gardevoir with a dark energy and if Ralts gets gusted just use its attack to bring it back to the bench. Save your Turos in case you start with something bad or need to reset your energy.

Theyre definitely in the same tier to me. I just think Miraidon targets the more popular decks which is why I put it ahead

If you don't have any techs for the Gardy matchup then they just outrade you with one prize Pokemon. They can even KO ogerpon without Charm on Drifloon by using monkey.

@@CiaranTCG yeah what you’re suppose to do is limit the amount of easy 2 prize on the board. Lost vac drifloom/ boss garde. Also use baby sandy shooks to clean up little guys

If you play the matchup correctly it’s not as bad as people make it out to be.

Target kirlias really early. If they can only get two ralts in play turn one and you boss up and ko an early ralts/kirlia. You have a lot of momentum then in the game.

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I'd say if Raging Bolt draws perfect it will always beat Charizard, but Radiant Zard becomes super tough to deal with. The Zard player can also go Counter Catcher Unfair Stamp and it becomes hard to recover

I find one of the big problems with Drago is that it is susceptible to bricking as well. I need to use the VSTAR power half my games just to stabilize. I also just don't think it can consistently beat Gardevoir right now.

I don't know how much it improves the matchup. You still need Cologne, and Greninja would get you 2 prizes. I'd have to test it though, maybe that 3rd prize is the difference

I was actually thinking of just running Henry's build with Unfair Stamp, but in best of 1 I generally lean towards consistency. Without Drifloon I've felt fine with 7 Psychic.

Same, I prefer gardy and charizard decks overall. Regidrago has grown on me. I feel the same way about excluding cresselia, I've picked mimikyu and some other options that work well in the deck. I'm waiting for the duskull line tho, Charizard might just take over.

Trade positively with Drifloon and Scream Tail. Tail can KO Squawk and Drifloon kos regidrago and Ogerpon easily. You can munki 30 to ogerpon and not even need a bravery charm. Also look to Munkidori the damage counters they place with Phantom dive

I feel like Ursuluna is Miraidon's biggest enemy. I won a game at NAIC with 0 Archeops by just using Bear lol

@CiaranTCG yup for sure. My friend at locals plays miraidon alot. Last time we battled I played hedricks exact list and beared him 6times for the set lol

I think it could be good for the deck, but then you lose out on the Catcher Cologne package. Might still be worth it, but I need to test it out!

Tech in some Jamming Towers and/or Vacuums

Turn 2 Phantom Dive coupled with a Prime Catcher can handicap the Gardy deck a lot. So push to get Primal Dive and go from there. Vaccuum and Jamming Tower are also good.

@@jokur3 do u mean phantom dive in so where do u put the damage

@@animeandrice9664 phantom dive and it is dependent on what's on the board where you put the counters. I tend to put all on Kirlia but if there is an attacker on board put enough counters on it so that gardevoir cannot place counters is also a good move. But I hate to say it but it depends.

@@jokur3 my problem is if u put it all on kirlia and it evolves to gardi that’s bad for u and if u put it on an attacker they can monkey then still use the attacker or charm it so I’m thinking it might be correct to use noiverns attack or goodra

I think it is pretty underrated right now. If your meta has a lot of Bolt and Lost Box it is in a good spot, but the rest of its matchups are a bit shaky.

Unfair Stamp plus Counter Catcher Archeops goes hard. If you play Enhanced you can also get around Legacy, stop a Gift, or get rid of an energy off a cinno (when they have 2) in combination with KO on chops. If Lugia draws perfect it will win though, but we know how rare that is lol

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My bad, I don't know what happened when I recorded. I'll do my best to fix that going forward

Raging Bolt just KOs the Pults super efficiently, and they have the Switching carts to take their Pokemon out of the 4 prize turns as long as they save them. I find Dragapult has trouble stringing together KOs as well. If pult needs to take a 1 prize KO they can just use Sandy Shocks as well to force a Boss from the Pult player

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Thank you! Deck is honestly so fun and rewarding when you pull off big plays

Appreciate you driving up the view count!

Happy the video helped, obrigado for watching!

Glad you enjoyed!

The deck is definitely intimidating, but super rewarding once you get the hang of it. Glad the video encouraged you to try the deck more!

Honestly, I still struggle with that too sometimes. It's a great deck though for practicing sequencing, planning, and pace. Maybe keep practicing it on Live/Locals and then when you're ready bring it to a cup or challenge!

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Thank you! I think Lost Box would be a good deck to make a guide on. I'll see if I have someone in my network who can help me break it down!

@@CiaranTCG that would be really cool! Thank you so much! 🙂🙂🙂

Yeah that is a pretty nifty combo. Arven for aroma feels so good whenever you have the ralts down

Thank you 😀

Glad you've been enjoying the content. I'm very fortunate to have a network with so many top players who are willing to share their knowledge with us. Definitely going to continue with the guides!

Thank you! Gardy is definitely a good deck to start of the new season with. It should dominate cups and challenges!

I appreciate it Eddie! Sometimes I'm worried I make these guides too long, but it seems like people enjoy it. I try and do my best to have structure/timestamps so people can find the content relevant to them. I do like the idea of playing a live game or 2 with the person I do the guide with as a complement to the guide. I will try and do that in the future. And not surprised your favourite deck is Cpao, you are a fellow man of immaculate taste!

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Thanks Ricardo! I usually pick to go second blind since I can supporter and use TM: EVO. With Aroma build I pick first blind.

@@CiaranTCG Thank you! :D

Ancient Box is definitely a really hard matchup for this deck. You have to hope they just brick off disruption eventually.

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Glad this video is exceeding expectations! Gallade is interesting, because you usually need to use up a Kirlia on a Garde so to sacrifice another one for Gallade kind of limits your draw, even if Gallade is consistency. I do think gallade is underrated as a 1 prize attacker, and it has utility. I'll have to play more with it. TM:Devo is for sure the best innovation with the deck. I want to play around more with henry chao's build since I think it takes advantage of the card the best!

I like Henry Chao's build a lot, but I don't think it goes far enough. I think that ultimately, Devo is such a strong strategy that you don't really need any backup plan other than CC Iono Scream Tail. I cut Greninja (lack of bench space in a double munki deck) and Cresselia (because I like Gallade better) and added in Klefki and Gallade to boost the LZ, Miraidon, and Bolt matchups. I also cut Heavy Ball for 3rd Munkidori, which makes finding a turn 1 or 2 Munki + attach way easier so that you can have a turn 3 double munki most games. To make Munki easier to set up, I also run 3 Dark 2 Vessel, because I find that a turn 1 or 2 Munkidori can allow you to easily set up double Munki turn 3 and proceed to wipe your opponent's board. I also cut the cape for a second Devo, since you really never need the cape at all, and you can't afford to prize Devo in many matchups. You won't usually be taking prizes before the Devo turn, so having just one copy can really hurt your gameplan. Double devo also has the upside of sometimes just winning the game agaisnt Chien-Pao or Charizard if they're not expecting it. Gardy ex is just as good of a 2-prize attacker as a caped Scream Tail most of the time, and the double Devo means you don't ever have to go through a stage 2 ex. Enhanced Hammer is actually very important in my Spread Gardy list, as it allows you to get rid of Mist energy on the devo turn. You also always want to call first with this deck, no matter the matchup, because the Klefki lock turn 1 and the extra attachment can be crucial. Because you're calling first, you also need Hyper Aroma to set up consistently. Basically, the logic is that you win practically every game you set up, no matter what your opponent draws, so rather than trying to brick your opponent with Stamp, you might as well just set up more because you have to call first in many matchups. Here's my list, if you're interested. You could definitely cut 1 Turo for Pal Pad, since you're running Gallade. A 3rd Ultra Ball and 3rd Counter Catcher would also be really great, but I'm not sure what to cut. Pokemon (19) 2 Gardevoir ex 1 Gallade 4 Kirlia 4 Ralts 1 Manaphy 3 Munkidori 1 Scream Tail 2 Flutter Mane 1 Klefki Energy (10) 7 Basic Psychic Energy 3 Basic Darkness Energy Trainers (31) 4 Arven 4 Iono 2 Professor Turo’s Scenario 1 Boss’s Orders 4 Buddy-Buddy Poffin 2 Ultra Ball 2 Super Rod 2 Counter Catcher 1 Hyper Aroma 1 Nest Ball 2 Earthen Vessel 2 Technical Machine: Devolution 1 Technical Machine: Evolution 2 Artazon

This is a really interesting take on the deck. I need to play around more with Gallade as I can definitely see it being super strong right now. I'll give your list a try on Live, thanks for sharing it!

Always blind first, the deck wants to attack asap

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The supper effective glasses went crazy. Was so funny seeing Minior or Tropius take one shots

Thank you! I definitely want to make more content, and approaching a new format is a great idea!

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Thanks man! Was a pleasure playing you Round 9!

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