How To Build a Pokemon Deck (Getting Started in the TCG) 

18 basics or stage 1 do u know how that works ?

​@@vfarismax6167Mix of both, depending on the deck. But generally more basics.

@@jaydee5312 thanks

That's awesome you get to share that with them - if you need any help what's so ever feel free to let me know and will try get back to you!

@@WoodyREC thanks for that. I'll check your videos with questions before asking here.

@@jeffreykershner440 my 6 year old wanted the same thing. I got the battle academy box for 20 bucks at Gamestop and we have been playing everyday since. The online game is extremely complicated and I understand why after watching this

Same here!

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I’m glad I could be any help 😊 welcome to the game! If you’re stuck with anything give me a shout!

I'm glad it could be any help! Would the Fusion Strike deck be Mew? As that's generally just one of the most powerful decks If you're struggling to get cards when you need them maybe increase the amount of the cards you need in your 60 - for example you will want 4 Arceus V so you can get it down turn one and evolve the following. Once Arceus VStar is in play it's ability lets you fetch any two cards which will help massively! In general, the cards mentioned in the video (Professor's Research, Quick Ball, Ultra Ball etc) always help with consistency, again 4 copies is best! You could also add Pokemon to help this like Bibarel or Crobat V to draw more cards a turn! Hope this helps, but if you're having an specific issues give me a shout and happy to try and help😊

That's what it's all about mate!😊

The differences are crazy, it’s always interesting seeing how other card games work! I remember how powerful Pot of Greed was 😂

@@WoodyREC We have a card called Pot of Desires now. Banish TEN cards face down. Draw 2. It is optimal to run 40 card decks. Meta since it was released.

It's hilarious, because most of the characters in the Yu-Gi-Oh anime had at least one copy of Pot of Greed and it's been banned for about as long as it's been around.

Really glad I could be any help, best of luck for tomorrow and welcome aboard!

Glad I could be any help! So with Duraludon he needs two different types of energy to attack which can be tricky, but he’s really good, so you will want a way to accelerate them via something like Arceus VStar or Metal Saucers Dragapult VMax has Max Phantom which does 130 then 50 to the bench so you will want other ways to drop damage like Galarian Zigzagoon and Scoop Up Nets to re-use. Using Stadiums is another good way to spread damage with things like Old Cemetery! Like in the video, general rules 4 of the LOTR important cards are a good place to start so Ultra Ball, Quick Ball, Professors Research etc

@@WoodyREC help is always appreciated! It’s one thing I love about the Pokémon community, it’s so tight-knit and friendly to newcomers. Not sure about Metal Saucers, but I recall seeing the supports in my storage boxes, I’ll have a look and test it out! Thanks so much! 🫶

@@yeollierancher Ignore the metal saucers, forgot Duraludon VMax wasn’t steel! Get going with the other supporters and let me know how you get on! 😊

@@WoodyREC pretty sure I have a regular Duraludon in my binder, so it’s good to know anyway! I’ve seen some deck profiles where they have a bunch of V Pokémon and only 1 regular Pokémon; while others have the main V/VMAX ones and a couple of regular ones that evolve normally... any thoughts on this?

@@yeollierancher Depends on the Pokemon really - generally the regular Pokémon will have really useful abilities like Bibarel/Inteleon and sometimes it’s good to have regular attackers to get around “walls” that can’t be KO’d by V Pokemon or just to have single prize attackers!

Mew VMax is one of the more popular decks around at the moment - so if you check out a channel like Omnipoke they will have the most up to date deck list and some gameplay showing it off 😊

Raichu V is a great choice, there’s some good electric partners at the moment with Miraidon ex (the one with tandem unit) and things like Zapdos from Pokémon Go and Raikou V! In terms of trainers there are more specialised stuff for electric like Electric Generator which helps you get powered up quickly, you could even include Flaaffy with Dynamotor to help too.

That’s lovely! I get to share the hobby with my other half and it always makes it more fun! Glad you’re both enjoying it 😊

I’m glad I could help! That’s awesome you share the hobby, my fiancé and I do the same! Gardevoir from Chilling Reign has a cool ability ‘Shining Aura’ which lets you draw cards and attach extra energy! You can also add Gardevoir EX when that’s released in Scarlet and Violet! Dragapult makes a good pair being the same type so you can get away with just psychic energy. General support things like Fog Crystal and Old Cemetery will be useful, plus things like Rare Candy to evolve Gardevoir quicker. Hope this helps 😊 which Pokémon does your wife like?

​​@@WoodyREC many thanks for the reply! Your idea of building Fog Crystals and Old Cemeteries around a quick-energy Gardevoir deck sounds very intriguing. Besides, the "flavour" is amazing! Actually, my wife's favourite Pokemon is Snorlax. She likes Grass-types, though and particularly Chikorita's evolution line. Since she's new, maybe a mono-Grass deck would be easier to play with, so I was thinking of building something around Meganium and Snorlax. Any ideas would be much appreciated! Thanks again!

The Altaria from Silver Tempest has a really cool attack ‘Magical Echo’ which moves all damage from one of your Pokémon to your opponents! So if you have a bulky Pokémon that can take a hit, then you can retreat into Altaria and use that to pass the damage over! I’ve seen people use Serperior VStar because of its free retreat and HP paired with Kricketune to buff it. Alternatively something like Giratina VStar means you’re never getting hit for weakness or Chansey V with a bravery charm and dunsparce works nicely too!

Amazing, glad I could help! Hope you both enjoy the game and just give me a shout if you need anymore help with decks etc

So with Deoxys there is a new VStar out for it which is quite good, it does damage to their attack and bench Pokemon. If you go down that route you will want other things that can spread damage like Galarian Zigzagoon and maybe stadiums like Old Cemetery to stack damage on the bench. Fog Crystal is great for Psychic decks too, to find Pokemon or Energy when you need it. You could also pair Deoxys with Shadow Rider Calyrex VMax as that accelerates Psychic Energy and lets you draw cards! EDIT: For control decks things like Miltank are great attackers, as a lot of Pokemon cant deal with them. Crushing Hammers to discard energy along with things like Fan of Waves to remove Special Energy early on can slow people down. Alternative you focus on discarding their cards with something like Durant!

In general you want around 12 energy cards, 18 Pokémon and 30 Trainer (things to help you search things out and draw cards!) Things like Heat Energy and Magma Baisn give you some support options for your fire Pokemon! Then use the general support trainers mentioned in the video 😊

Amazing, jump in, it’s the best way! When I first started at tournaments I met a ton of cool people I’m still friends with now - best way to get experience and advice is playing in them 😊

Glad I could be any help - welcome back!

I definitely get the pains of rotating formats! So with Salamence you could use the V actually, Swoop Across is a great way to spread damage, meaning you can take multiple KOs at once. There is Double Colourless Energy that means it counts as two energy which works great on him. Tools like Cape of Toughness are pretty good giving basic Pokemon extra HP making him more tanky in return. You can also add Dunsparce from Fusion Strike to remove his weakness. Alternatively, the VMax isn't bad either. Again, using Double Colourless means you can power him up quicker and use Max Wings which is 240 damage, plus something like Choice Belt means you can reach one hit KOs onto big V Pokemon. The Sonic Double attack also leans into the damage spread strategy so could do a bit of both. Other things that can help you with spreading damage is stadiums like Gapejaw Bog, Galarian Zigzagoon and could even use something like Black and White Dusknoir with Sinister Hand. Once you've spread all that damage, Dusknoir can then move all the damage counters around, making it easier to take knock outs! Hopefully that's some help to get you going!

Which set are Kyogre and Groudon from?

Really sorry - thought I’d replied but must have closed the page before it had sent! If the advice isn’t too late there isn’t a great Weavile in format currently however Hisuian Sneasler V is quite good for a fun deck! His ‘Dire Claw’ attack does 80x the amount of special conditions on your opponents Pokemon so just need a way to stack conditions on them! There is a Parasect in Lost Origin which when it evolves puts two conditions on you and your opponent. You will want Scoop Up Net which allow you to reuse Parasect ability! You can use the tool Wind-up arm to attack despite being asleep to get around it! Finally Dark Patch seems good to attach an extra dark energy so you can get Hisuian Sneasler V set-up in a single turn!

@@WoodyREC Thanks for the reply! Another video I saw had something with a butterfree where it evolved and put status conditions on the target I believe. That seems quite good as well.

Yes, Butterfree is great too - it’s a bit of a weigh up, Butterfree needs more spaces in your deck, and cards to get going but does mean you can get those big OHKOs!

Aye, I appreciate the kind words! Chandelure V is a cool choice, since it's basic you can use Bravery Charm to give it more HP, which makes things like Magma Basin a little less risky as acceleration! In terms of helping 'Poltergeist' as an attack you could start the game attacking with something like Banette ex, which has 'Everlasting Darkness' stopping your opponent from playing items meaning when you bring Chandelure in later you can take some big KOs.

@@WoodyREC thank you for the recommendations!!

Appreciate the kind words! That's really cool - the best part of Leafeon GX is that GX Attack 'Grand Bloom' which lets you find and evolve all your benched basic Pokemon. You could use that with things like Torterra from Brilliant Stars, which hits for big damage with Evo Press for the amount of Evolution Pokemon in play. Both being grass Pokemon gives you a good starting point, then you could add things like Cherrim which can 'Spring Bloom' to accelerate energy on Torterra. Things like Turffield Stadium will let you keep things going once Leafeon GX has done it's thing!

Glad I could help! You could use Hisuian Typhlosion V and VStar which has the attack ‘Hollow Flames’ which does 180 and drops 3 damage counters on there bench, it also has the VStar attack ‘Shimmering Star’ which if you set up four damage first you can KO anything! You can use things like Galarian Zigzagoon / Hawlucha and Scoop Up Nets to drop damage counters, paired with Old Cemetery to make sure there Pokemon are covered in damage counters. Shadow Rider Calyrex VMax is a good partner as it accelerates energy, and things like Fog Crystal are generally good for Psychic decks!

@@WoodyREC thank you so much!!! I super duper appreciate it ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Love that reasoning! I actually played a deck with Baxcalibur on the channel not too long ago (it’s actually really strong as well)! Chien-pao with Iron Hands BEST Deck in Paradox Rift? (Pokemon TCG) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c7sKbHlrRR4.html

@WoodyREC awesome, thank you! I've been watching it and enjoy the decklist so I may build that!

@@andrewwithrow1574 amazing, let me know how you get on with it 😊

Can’t beat a gimmicky team haha the most fun! Ariados from Lost Origin is maybe your best bet, it has the attack ‘String Bind’ which lets you do 10 +30 for each energy in their retreat costs! You can use multiple Spidops EX, which increases there Retreat once for each so if you get four of those down you’re hitting for at least 130 (plus more for there regular retreat costs!) You can also add Galar Mine (which isn’t in standard now) but does add another 2 to the retreat costs! Make sure you have plenty of retreat cards your self (Switch, Escape Rope etc) so you don’t get stuck by the stadium yourself!

Oooh, that def sounds like a fun team. Thanks for the info!

And props to responding to comments in an 8 month old video, not many people do that!

Gastrodon actually had a card released in Lost Origin - it’s Earthquake does 170 damage but for three energy so need a way to accelerate energy into play You can use Oranguru to stack fighting energy on the top of your deck and use Gutsy Pickaxe to accelerate it into play on Gastrodon! Earthquake does deal bench damage to your Pokemon so you can use Manaphy to protect your Pokémon 😊

@@WoodyREC tysm!! This made my day lol :D

The Kirlia from Silver Tempest let’s you draw cards so it can slipped into any deck! Zeraora VMax is a good attacker, both attacks are useable! You can add in Flaaffy from Evolving Skies to keep energy coming into play along with Electric Generator to power it up!

From the top of my head some staples are... Quick Ball, Ultra Ball, Professor's Research, Marnie, Boss's Orders/Serena, Choice Belt, Switch, Ordinary Rod Some other popular ones but more situational... Battle VIP Pass, Level Ball, Scoop Up Net, Pal Pad, Hisuian Heavy Ball, Evolution Incense, Rare Candy etc It's worth noting Pokemon has rotation for standard play if that's what you're considering so some will change - otherwise plenty of choice!

If you're playing with friends/family or down at your Pokemon league you're fine building whatever decks you want! Tournament play requires a Standard list though. Some of the most fun I have with the game is building and playing older cards though!

@@WoodyREC Yeah, it seems a very creative and appealing process. Thanks for the quick reply 🤟

If they are just looking to build a deck for fun then you can pair Centiskorch V and VMax with other Pokemon like Charizard from the Pokemon Go set, that doubles your fire energy in play, so means Centiskorch hits a lot harder! They can use things like Magma Basin/Giant Hearth, Welder and Blacksmith to flood the field with more and more fire energy too. Volcanion (Unbroken Bonds) is a great addition too, with Heatran GX - that should be enough to get them going!

Glad I could help! Trainer cards really make a deck, they make decks work and more consistent so if you can find a theme deck, trades or a Pokemon league nearby I’d try gather what you can as a start 😊

It’s a really unique list that goes against the usual rules of deck building but Tricky Gym have made a really fun Kyogre deck so I will direct you there: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aQCJ_ul1eqE.html

I love that combo, good find! I really like Nihilego GX too, his GX attack is amazing! You could use things like AZ and Super Scoop Up to pick Nihilego up and re-use him! It also confuses and poisons so you could use Koga’s Trap and other cards to help confuse your opponent instead! Because they’re both psychic Pokemon you can use Fog Crystal to find them or energy - hope this helps, best of luck with your games!

@@WoodyREC This is great, really appreciate the help, thank you so much Woody!

I actually built a deck around Radiant Venusaur and Hisuian Arcanine - here's a link if you want to see the full deck list and how it worked: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TTtaMAuYDJ4.html

Jirachi EX is thankfully great in any deck as it’s ability is universal! Any other Pokémon you want in your deck? No problem, glad I could help 😊

Inteleon actually has a ton of great cards, you can either use it as an attacker with Inteleon VMax which will focus on you throwing water energy away to snipe your opponents bench Pokemon, whilst attacking with Rapid Strike Energy so you can stream attacks onto their active! General rapid strike support like Tower of Waters is great, meaning you can move around freely. Cheryl is also great in this deck as your energy is bounced back into your hand after the attack, meaning you can Cheryl and entirely heal without losing any energy!

Appreciate the kind words! Recent Dragonite use water in their attack cost so you can get away with these 3 in a deck for sure! Using something like Frosmoth from Sword and Shield will let you power up one of those Pokémon in a turn! If you run things like Energy Recycler you can play Articuno from Silver Tempest which will paralyse your opponent too (it does damage it’s self but you can just use scoop up net to reset it) Frosmoth only attaches to Water Pokemon so wouldn’t work with Dragonite - if you include him as well maybe use the Dragonite V to keep the deck less clunky, or build him his own deck 😊

Makes complete sense buddy, you can buy theme decks which normally focus on two types, but give you a good starting point as it will have the correct evolutions etc

Yo same! I absolutely love aegislash and espeon

Welcome to the channel and game! 😊 The battle deck is a great starting point as the Gardevoir is very good as well, I’d maybe drop some lines of other Pokémon and add more Deoxys V along with some Deoxys VMax and VStar! It’s a good starting point though, then just improving things like Gym Trainer, Cool, Lucky Ice Pop, Hop and Bug Catcher into things like Nest Ball, Ultra Ball and Professors Research

@@WoodyREC thank you very much for your time and your answer! I'll do my best to find the other Deoxys V u.u

Pikachu and Zekrom did use to be one of the more powerful decks, so you can actually find a full decklist on the official Pokemon website (www.pokemon.com/uk/strategy/sun-moon-team-up-deck-tips-pikachu-zekrom-gx).

@@WoodyREC ok thank you

Never too late buddy! Serperior VStar is actually really good, so its attack 'Regal Binder' lets you move around energy if you want and does 190 damage so lets take advantage of that! When you've taken a hit or two, you can move energy away with your attack, then the following turn you can use something like Hyper Potion or Max Potion to entirely heal your Serperior without losing any energy because its been moved! They also have free retreat so you can just retreat to a Serperior VStar on the bench you've powered up and continue as usual! You aren't relying on any abilities so you can run something like Path to the Peak to mess with your opponent. Things like Marnie, Roxanne and Avery are particularly good in this deck and it's more disruption for your opponent!

@@WoodyREC this sounds really fun! Thank you

Appreciate the kind words! Metagross from Silver Tempest is quite cool I think, so you can use something like Oranguru to place Metagross on top of your deck so you can cheat it into play via its ability ‘Emergency Entrance’. Metal Saucer means you can attach the extra energy a turn meaning you can get this setup in one turn! I’d run some ordinary rods to reshuffle back in Oranguru etc if they target them. Outside of that is still run copies of Beldum and Metang, even though we’re trying to cheat Metagross into play as there may be turns you’re Marnie’d etc and it can mess up plans - so it’s still worth running those and Rare Candy to evolve up.

A man after my own heart! Gengar VMax is good, so you can combine him with things like Radiant Greninja to put energy in the discard, and draw cards, then put extra energy into play using Dark Patch! Galarian Moltres V, Galarian Moltres (regular) or Darkrai VStar are good attacking partners for him. Poke-stop stadium makes the deck a little faster at getting setup, then include things like Ordinary Rod to recycle Pokemon / Energy you need back! Because Pokestops works with items and Darkrai VStar can bring items back it’s good to have a heavy focus on those!

Glad I could be any help! If you want to try out the Lost Zone I’ve got a video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hcoih8nDp0Q.html Your in look as Sableye is great, the video talks through the deck and plays some matches so you can see how it works

Lucario currently has a V and VStar Pokemon which are quite good! If you use things like Gutsy Pickaxe you can accelerate energy into play, meaning you can attack quicker! Oranguru means you can set this up. There is a lot of good fighting support coming too so should be new cards on there way. You can add some consistency and ways to get those Pickaxe when needed via things like Shady Dealings Inteleon.

Welcome back!😊 There is a Sylveon VMax which has the attack ‘Max Harmony’ which is powered up the more different types you have on your bench so Dragonite V will count as Dragon which is a different type so that’s perfect! Sylveon uses colourless energy so you can use any, Dragonite V uses Water and Electric so I’d use a split of those energies for consistency! Outside of that Id pick 3 Pokémon which aren’t Psychic or Dragon to get max potential from Sylveons attack! (I’d recommend Crobat V as that’s Dark and let’s you draw more cards so has some use on the bench!)

@@WoodyREC Thanks. Apart from Dragonite and Sylveon, it seems like I'm going to be looking at all my other pokemon in the context of what they do on the bench. I also decided to look at the cards you mentioned. Sylveon V before VMaxing looks really good in the early game before things get going, because it lets me search for an item in place of attacking. And Dragonite V and VStar look like great secondary attackers, along with the VStar power letting me suit up both Dragonite and Sylveon. Lastly, apart from Crowbat V, should I focus on finding a water and electric pokemon to work with the energy? Or should I be purely looking at the abilities?

@@dungeonmaster3464 No problem! You could always have some for their ability and couple of Water / Electric attackers. During certain matches you can then just put down which ones you need - the extra attackers will give you more options to hit for weakness, but if you can’t put down the ability ones instead.

@@WoodyREC I've done my homework, so I figured I'd return to this. Luminion V and Dedene GX both have great abilities on the bench, as one searches a Supporter card when played and the other is a Professor's Research on legs. Flaffy and Abomasnow both fetch energy from the discard pile, and Frostmoth lets me deluge all the water energy in my hand. Apart from pokemon, Sylveon V opens me up to tech in a lot of item cards. Dragonite VMax incentivizes me to play a large number of basic energy, but I can still experiment with a couple special energies. And some generally good Supporter cards help me cycle through my deck consistently.

@@dungeonmaster3464 Amazing job - sounds like you’ve got it sorted! Best of luck with the deck 😊

Glad I could be any help in your Pokemon journey! I’m a big Torterra fan myself, the new ex is great! Yeah you would want some like 4 Turtwig 4 Grotle 3 Torterra ideally! Because it’s such a big bulky Pokemon it can be almost impossible to one shot so you could build around healing it and reducing damage it takes or buffing HP! Whimsicott with Wishing Heal from the same set is great, your ace Spec is probably Heroes Cape for the extra 100HP and radiant Tsareena makes sense for some additional healing! As for Pokemon to pair, Toedscruel (regular and ex) give some really powerful and disruptive abilities to deal with other Pokemon!

I go over a Gardevoir deck in one of my latest videos, which will explain the deck and what’s in, with how it works! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wo9DccwHRpo.html

Hello! Glad you're enjoying the deck, focusing on rotation and if you're generally looking to upgrade the deck I'd maybe look at adding a Magnezone (Astral Radiance) line to help accelerate energy, that means you can get Melmetal potentially set-up in a single turn and attacking! I think the starter deck comes with a good amount of energy included, I'd aim for around 14-18. I'd strip back the 1-of cards and increase your consistency/set-up cards like Nest Ball, Ultra Ball etc. Cards like Energy Recycler that let you re-use your energy and get them into play via Magnezone are great too, you could add 1-2 of them, then maybe 1-2 Super Rods. Melmetal is really tanky for a Stage 1 Pokemon with a huge 300 HP, so you could help make it tankier by adding tools like Rigid Band and even Radiant Gardevoir to reduce damage it takes! If you go that route, even though Bronzong (Battle Styles) is going to rotate in April-time, it means you can move energy off Melmetal to another and then use Cheryl to heal all damage - making it near impossible to KO!

Glad I could help buddy - if you want to start out with competitive in mind, either the Mew Battle Deck or wait for the Palkia one out shortly. These come with a competitive deck straight out of the box. If you want to ease in, a Build and Battle Stadium isn't a bad choice, it comes with some decks and packs - which might be a bit more fun whilst starting out!

Yes definitely, some staples would be: Quick Ball, Ultra Ball, Professor Sycamore, Boss’s Orders, Switch, Choice Belt They’re probably the essentials, stuff like Battle VIP Pass, Trekking Shoes, Air Balloon, Raihan and stuff are some other good ones too!

Still checking as much as I can 😊 so different Pokemon types require different energy too attack, so it would mean you’d need two types of energy in your deck instead of. In general it’s absolutely fine, but you might find those turns you draw one type when you need the other! You can get around this including cards like ‘Earthern Vessel’ which lets you search specific energy!

@@WoodyREC Thanks so much!!! This was helpful

If you’re going to use Greninja V his attack ‘Dancing Shuriken’ relies on flipping heads so you can pair it with Glimwood Tangle stadium to make it a bit more powerful! You could add Cape of Toughness to make it tankier, along with Radiant Gardevoir to reduce damage taken and even Milotic from Darkness Ablaze to heal some damage taken! General water support things like Capacious Bucket, Wash Energy, Melony and other things will help you get going!

You could use Applin with a mix of Appletun and Flapple as they both have great attacks for only one energy attachment. Appletun has Thick Mucus which ramps up damage from special energy on your opponent (which are very popular!) and Flappe does similar for abilities (which are even more popular!) You will want lots of recovery cards like Super Rod to keep re-using your Pokemon.

You can use cards from different sets, and if you’re just playing for fun can combine older sets too! I will say as with any collectible game, things have got more powerful as it’s gone on, so there may be issues balancing those decks! But if they’re both from the same era shouldn’t be an issue!

These arent allowed in tournaments anymore i would recommend you to sell the ones that you dont like earn some money from it and buy a deck Or some boosters

Torterra from Brilliant Stars is great, his attack 'Evo Press' does 50x each of your Evolution Pokemon in play so can combo well with Blastoise for sure! Because you're playing 2 stage two Pokemon you're going to be running a lot of Pokemon so maybe just run a couple of Bibarel (Brilliant Stars) and you're good on that end. You will want some Rare Candy, so at times you can skip stage 1 and go right to stage 2, then just use your Blastoise to set-up multiple Torterra with 'Vitality Springs' then take big knock outs with Torterra! Make sure you run plenty of different options to find the Pokemon at the right times, so as well as mentioned in the video probably stuff like Level Ball and Evolution Incense! You will also need recovery like Ordinary Rod, if you lose some important evolutions you'll need them back.

Glad I could be any help and welcome to the game! You have a few options for Dragonite V / VStar - first is Lost Box, which if you want the idea explaining I've done a video featuring Giratina / Goodra, you would basically just replace that Pokemon with Dragonite! Alternatively, if you can get a Regidrago VStar you could use that as your attacker with 'Apex Dragon'. That lets you use any attack of Dragon Pokemon in your discard without needing all the multiple types of energy (just grass and fire for Regidrago) which makes things more simple and means you can include a variety of different Dragon Pokemon!

Which Urshifu VMax is it? Rapid Strike or Single Strike?

Rapid strike

Perfect - so after it’s attack ‘G-Max Rapid Flow’ it does 120 to two Pokémon then loses all its energy so it means we can use Cheryl without discarding any energy but removing all damage from Urshifu! So as long as they can’t knock Urshifu out in one/two attacks you can keep healing and attacking. Pal Pad will let you reshuffle those Cheryl back into your deck once they’ve been used. General good Rapid Strike support is Tower of Waters, Octillery, Rapid Strike Energy and Korrina’s Focus. If you want to make Urshifu tankier you can add Radiant Gardevoir to reduce damage and even attach Tool Jammer so things like Choice Belt won’t work against you!

Thanks so much!