Compared to the other Single Strike decks (Tornadus VMAX, Non-Pokemon V Single Strike Urshifu, and Umbreon VMAX sans Urshifu), this build has been the strongest, mostly thanks to the higher damage of G-Max One Blow. While there are a few different ways to play Single Strike, the deck I’ve found to be the best is also the one that’s seen the most tournament success: Single Strike Urshifu VMAX / Umbreon VMAX / Houndoom. I had dabbled with the Single Strike archetype somewhat during the Chilling Reign format - Tornadus VMAX was one of my go-to decks then - so I was quite happy when Evolving Skies made the archetype a lot stronger! Now, rather than being an off-meta choice, Single Strike has established itself as one of the top decks in Standard. ![]() This leaves a few extra spots open for other tech cards, such as Energy Switch ( Sword and Shield), that allow you to abuse Zacian V’ s Intrepid Sword to accelerate Energy to Duraludon VMAX throughout the game.Hello everyone! In today’s article, I’m going to be going over Single Strike, as it is one of my favorite archetypes in the new post-rotation meta. ![]() Zamazenta V is great against a few of these decks, but Duraludon VMAX stops them already with Skyscraper. The top decks in the metagame are as follows: Mew VMAX, Jolteon VMAX, Single Strike Urshifu VMAX, Zacian V, Duraludon VMAX, Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX, and a few random decks here and there. Doing some more changes, I decided to cut Zamazenta V from the deck completely since I don’t think it matters in this current metagame. With Duraludon VMAX using Zacian V as its primary draw engine, Caitlin can dig far into the deck, and Avery doesn’t seem as notable as it was before. I’ve replaced it with Caitlin ( Chilling Reign) to potentially draw more cards and cycle unusable cards to the bottom of the deck. I understand that discarding Benched Pokemon can be beneficial against decks like Suicune V ( Evolving Skies), but that deck has been slipping down the rankings. I’ve never been a huge fan of Avery ( Chilling Reign) because drawing three cards a turn seems a little too slow for me. While Manley’s list is great, I feel there could be some room to change things up a little bit. If you have a choice to attack certain Pokemon with Boss’s Orders ( Shining Fates), try to Knock Out Pokemon without Special Energy attached to keep Durlaudon VMAX standing throughout the game. ![]() While it might be difficult to make decisions throughout the game, you need to manually attach three Energy to a Duraludon VMAX and use G-Max Pulverization to attack your opponent's Pokemon. If you do need to discard a Special Energy, try to keep the Skyscraper in mind. Flannery ( Chilling Reign) isn’t there to discard Special Energy, but it is instead used to discard Stadiums. Crystal Cave also works as a great counter to Path to the Peak ( Chilling Reign) which is one of the best ways to get around Skyscraper. While you use Intrepid Sword each turn, you play cards like Crushing Hammer ( Sword and Shield) to slow down your opponent’s setup and use Crystal Cave ( Evolving Skies) to heal your Duraludon VMAX to stay alive longer. Sometimes it's easier to wall with Zamazenta V ( Sword and Shield) against some VMAX pokemon online decks, but I often find it as a just-in-case strategy. My ideal setup is one Zacian V ( Sword and Shield) to draw cards with Intrepid Sword and two Duraludon VMAX to a wall with Skyscraper. The goal of this deck is to wall off your opponent’s Pokemon with Duraludon VMAX’s Skyscraper Ability while forcing them to draw as many Prize Cards as possible. To start things off, let’s look at the list that really sparked things for this deck! If you need any of the cards to build this deck, be sure to pick up some PTCGO codes from the PoTown store to get quick access to codes. Think about it for a second… Rapid Strike Energy ( Battle Styles), Capture Energy ( Rebel Clash), Fusion Energy ( Fusion Strike), Single Strike Energy ( Battle Styles), and Speed Lighting Energy ( Rebel Clash) are all heavily featured in the top decks right now! So if you want an interesting choice that can handle the metagame, Duraludon VMAX can seemingly handle it all. Looking at the other top decks in the format, Jolteon VMAX ( Evolving Skies), Mew VMAX ( Fusion Strike), and Single Strike Urshifu VMAX ( Battle Styles) all play Special Energy in their deck. What’s poppin Po Town readers? It’s ya boy Zach and I’m here to share my newest findings from our Fusion Strike Pokemon TCG metagame! The deck we’re gonna look over together is Duraludon VMAX ( Evolving Skies), the Skyscraper Pokemon! I often make jokes about this Pokemon being part Dragon and part hotel, but it is 100% a valid choice nowadays! This deck focuses on using it’s Skyscraper Ability to prevent damage done by your opponent’s Pokemon that have Special Energy attached.
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