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OHKO Budget Challenge: Round Two (Fight!)

Hello, readers of One Hit KO! Today I’m going to decide to go on the budget challenge, as what Ed did. As I’m pretty sure I can’t accept donations, I want to somehow try it out. This time, you comment on what you want ME to run. Those cards can be any ten cards of your choice. Here are a couple rules to make it more interesting:

No EX Pokemon with over 130 HP.

This is probably the most important rule. Since I’d rather go with an actual challenge rather than storming with a
ridiculously overpowered deck, I’ll just go without the EX decks.

I’m looking at you, Genesect and MANY others…

I will supply my own basic energies.

Simple. As I don’t want to be running a two energy deck, I’ll just do that.

Each card only counts as one.

ex: If you said you wanted me to play Colress Machine, it only counts as one. If you want me to run 2 or more of a card, that would count for your ten cards. ex: If you wanted me to play 4 Colress Machine, that is 6 cards left.

Now here’s a list of reminders!

-If you want me to run an evolution, remember to supply me with Rare Candy and/or the pre evolutions!
-You only have ten cards to choose from!
-If you want an interesting time, don’t give me ridiculously weak cards like Psyduck BCR (unless you want me to play Golduck)

-Remember that I’m taking it from YOUR cards that you “give” me. That means if your idea would be killed by Garbodor, I’d recommend to give me an extra Startling Megaphone, or you could be nice and “give” me a staple. So if I wasn’t given any Pokemon Catcher, I still couldn’t play it although it’s played in many decks.

Alright, that’s all. Have fun, everybody! Since I’m a chicken and I don’t want to play supporter-less, here is my list of ten cards:

Professor Juniper (4)
N (3)
Jirachi-EX (1)
Startling Megaphone (1)
Skyla (1)

NEXT TIME: A shocking collaboration!

Decks To Play If You Forgot to Prepare for Regionals, and a Brief Argument to the RPS Format Opinions

Hello, everybody! I’m finally back with another article! The Pokemon Regionals are coming quick and you still have no idea what to play! No worries, the unorganized, unprepared, terrible senior with zero accomplishments will help you out today! Let me get straight in the article. (Side Note: I HATE most of these decks with a passion, but they are simple and easy! So!)

Yveltal/Garbodor

Why I chose this deck: I chose this because of how simple the deck is, how it would most likely not be teched against, and how it can easily fight Pyroar decks. Here is a quick list of what I would do for a Yveltal/Garbodor deck.

24/7 Evil Ballin'
24/7 Evil Ballin’

POKEMON-13
3 Yveltal EX (XY)
4 Yveltal (XY)
2 Darkrai
2 Trubbish (PLS)
2 Garbodor (LTR)

Trainers-40

DRAW/SUPPORTERS- 22
4 Professor Juniper
4 N
3 Colress
2 Lysandre
2 Skyla
2 Pokemon Fan Club
3 Bicycle
2 Roller Skates
ITEMS/STADIUMS- 18
2 Pokemon Catcher
3 Ultra Ball
2 Virbank City Gym
3 Hypnotoxic Laser
1 Sacred Ash
2 Muscle Band
2 Startling Megaphone
1 Dowsing Machine
2 Float Stone
ENERGY-7
7 Darkness
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The Revival of Empoleon

empoleonHi guys! Today I would like to go look over Empoleon variants.

Before that, I would like to say thanks to Plus Four, Alex, and Jeff C. Because I do not know how to respond to things using this account,(Hit me with your best shot technology lovers.) I would like to respond to your comments here.

Jeff C:
Thanks for the thumbs up on the VGC comment! Also, I forgot to add catchers.Whoops. Four catchers are good catchers!

Alex:
I forgot rare candies too. Oh well. We all make mistakes.

Plus Four:
Thank you very much! I will try to make this and other articles as long as possible, Also, Ed decides who writes on what date. If Tyler, Ed, Owen, and Mike could write again, that would be amazing! Right now, as I write this on Thursday, I am the only active writer. It’s much harder than your think for a seniors player to do this.

Now we return to your regularly scheduled article.

Empoleon Thoughts

I believe Empoleon is a very good deck. It can abuse Max Potion, has amazing draw power, benefits from the new rules, and can make your opponent struggle bench wise. Here is my first deck list for Straight Empoleon. Read More

Pokemon Analysis: Blastoise

BlastoiseHello guys! Today I have a nice little article for you guys! This article will cover both competitive sides of Pokemon. However, I need to go over something pretty important to the future of this website.

I do understand that we have gotten a shout out from both the Deck Out and SixPrizes. I believe we can scratch off the Deck Out off the list, unfortunately. It looks like Esa took down the domain. I believe we can “replace” the Deck Out as your #2 source for Pokemon tcg. (SixPrizes for the win!)

If we want to succeed as a fanbase of pokemon, then we need your help. As it said in Balasar’s article, ever since Pikkadogs left, we were left in the dust. We need you guys to comment on our articles, even if you are not logged in, tell your friends, and keep reading, no matter how stupid our articles are.

Although some of our writers are new, still tell your friends about this website! I cannot force you, only beg. Now anyways, moving on…

FOR NOOBIES ONLY

TCG

Blastoise, the energy machine. Surprisingly, most Blastoise cards have to do with a fat retreat cost, and energy. If you guys are new, then this deck is used in the very popular Blastoise/Keldeo/Black Kyrem. Let’s take a good ‘ol look at this amazing deck.

Pokemon-13
3 Keldeo EX
3 Squirtle
1 Wartortle
3 Blastoise
3 Black Kyrem EX BRC

Trainers-29
4 Professor Juniper
3 N
4 Skyla
11 Supporters

4 Superior Energy Retrieval
4 Pokemon Catcher
4 Ultra Ball
3 Heavy Ball
1 Dowsing Machine/Computer Search/Scramble Switch
15 Items

3 Tropical Beach/Pokemon Center

Energy
10 Water
6 Electric

This deck is very good and cheap, so I believe the average noob should start with this deck.

When maneuvering this deck, you need to make sure to load up Keldeo with Blastoise and sweep with Black Kyrem. Only use Blastoise in an emergency.

FOR VGC PLAYERS ONLY

VGC

Blastoise is a big boss. I believe it should be trained as an attacking wall. Max out the Special Attack and Special Defense stat and put the rest on the Special Defense.

The moves should be Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Dig, and Rain Dance. Let’s get on with the why part.

Hydro Pump

This is the most obvious choice for Blastoise. It is extremely powerful, especially with Rain Dance.

Rain Dance

This guy gets the team set up. Always start with a Rain Dance or Hydro Pump.

Dig and Ice Beam

These guys are the type counters. Whenever a Zapados comes, Ice Beam can stop it. When any electric type comes, Dig stops it. It’s nothing but common sense.

This isn’t the only way! Here are some suggestions:
Hydro Cannon
Toxic
Split attack and special attack EVs
Withdraw

Alright, that was the article! My question to you guys is, what do you think about my new idea to add VGC tips, too? Remember to tell your friends and league about this website! Peace!

A Piggyback Ride! Suicune/Terrakion Deck Workshop

Hello once again One Hit KO community! If you saw the last article, there was a pretty interesting deck idea. However, all that Mike did was giving the decklist. So here you are reading this article, while you lazy bums are just waiting to decknet.
Anyways, here is the decklist, as shown in Mike’s mini-article:

7 Pokemon
4 Suicune PLB
3 Terrakion NVI
39 TSS
4 Professor Juniper
4 N
4 Skyla
2 Bianca
2 Tropical Beach
4 Pokemon Catcher
4 Switch
4 Silver Mirror
4 Evolite
2 Ultra Ball
2 Energy Search
1 Super rod
1 Tool Scrapper
1 Dowsing Machine
14 Energies
5 Water Energy
5 Fighting Energy
4 Double Colorless Energy

Alright guys, let’s take a look at the strategy!
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Some Old Deck We All Used to Know: Emboar/Reshiram

emboar113-reshiramHello One Hit Ko community!

My name is Eric, and I am a new writer for One Hit KO. I write every Sunday, so expect an article on that day!

Here is my article, and please add suggestions in the comment section below.

This article is supposed to be about an old deck that pretty much everyone forgot about. That’s right, ReshiBoar.

Today on this fine Sunday, I will show you Reshiboar, the deck most of us hate. Let’s get started, shall we?


15 Pokemon
3 Tepig BCR
1 Pignite BCR
3 Emboar NXD
4 Reshiram NXD
4 Virizion PLB
14 Supporters/Stadiums
4 Juniper
3 N
4 Skyla
3 Virbank
20 Items
3 Catcher
4 Rare Candy
1 Ace Spec Card
2 Silver Mirror
4 Energy Retreival
3 Hypnotoxic Laser
4 Superior Energy Retreival
10 Energy
4 Grass
6 Fire


As you see, this deck is a little out of place, especially Hypnotoxic Laser. Let’s review, shall we? Read More