Mienshao, Heliolisk I Run a Deck that has Electrode, Mienshao and Golbat Electric+Fighting > All Normal Types Electric > uno, duo, tres Birds, + Water Types Fighting > Electric + Dark Types And Golbat for Mewtwo Enjoyers
Really? You must be getting very lucky then, because i don't often like decks with less than 3 pokemon, so when the new Mankey came out i wanted a "filler" mon to play alongside and Marowak. So, I naturally used Golbat because i thought it would help me beat psychic decks, but instead i never drew the right pokem at the right time and the deck felt very brick-y and luck based. The deck felt so bad that i ended up cutting Golbat and going with just Primape and Marowak even when i'm against "2 pokemon lines only" decks.
As a LoR fan of this channel in which the game is currently regressing, this is much better content with a better intro and seeing that Mogwai is happier.
For those wondering there are two more lines that can do very similar things as golbat, mienshao and specifically skiddo not its evolution gogoat. For fighting and grass damage respectively.
Froakie and frogadier can also provide water damage. While magneton can provide electric, and whimsicott can be a more consistent form of grass damage over skiddo
The Whimsicott and Butterfree lines also are mostly colorless. Only Butterfree needs grass energy, and a single one at that (alongside 2 colorless energy), but Butterfree's healing ability can be used from the bench anyway.
I swear every deck that I see that actually works for this event I am missing just one of two cards from. I swear not starting the game with the free Marowack is killing me
I like how you started with worst case scenarios it makes it a lot more interesting as that's what people immediately think of when a deck is described to them
Your first couple games reminded me of a game I had playing Greninja. I opened Froakie, Frogadier, and Greninja, and the hand was just solid all around. My opponent blind red carded me, and BOTH of my Frogadiers were literally the last 2 cards in my deck.
@@nx115 Let's just say Alice and my minions were investigating a portal near the Abyss and here i am. Without anyone familiar nearby. How did I have access to the internet? With some "polite actions".
wanted to really thank you! this deck got me all the way to gold. I subbed for the future since your deck and playtime commentary are really fun. Looking forward to seeing more!
Ive been playing with a Arboc, Muc, Pigeot deck trapping them with poison and Arboc unable to flee and choosing who to fight against with sabrinas and a one off Pigeot has been soo fun playing against these meta decks.
Ye true, I mainly use muc for a sponge and to start poison, so I can get my 2 arbocs ready for the take downs. Using yoga to return him so they can't get the point. Pigeon has pulled his weight too with his damage too.
This does seem pretty cool. Never even considered it, until you made me realize both of them used colorless, not dark energy. Still having good success with my Blaine deck, though, Ninetales slays. But this could be fun too.
Hell yeah, pokemon that only use colorless energy while being some other type are so nice in this format. I liked putting mienfoo and mienshao in some decks to counter the lightning decks
Another great thing about this lineup is that all three different lines have different weaknesses, giving it a lot of flexibility. If you don't have Primeape yet (like me😢) I highly suggest Sandslash, it's got an excellent 70 power at 2 energy. Two-turns Pikachu EX going second with Sandshrew lead (and Sandshrew is the goodest boy).
I followed you since MtG Arena days and I gotta say, you're my kind of dude. You are usually positively enthusiastic, although you can see when you don't enjoy something, or if you have a bad day. And that's cool. Everybody has those. You like changing the decks, including gimmicky decks - and tcg should always be like this. Keep what you're doing and I hope you won't lose that spark. Btw. what about such a simplified MtG variation, do you think it could be possible?
Hey Mogwai! I've been around since back when you were playing Duelyst! (Yeah, I know, long time ago). Just dropping by to wish you a great day, man! Great content, as usual.
I've been running Mienshao in my Mewtwo EX deck. It's basically the fighting equivalent of Golbat and it covers the dark type weakness pretty well if I can manage to pull it
Came back to this video to report that i got my 45 wins with this deck. The only changes i made are replacing the cubone/marowak line with amber/aerodactyl. This greatly improved the starting hand consistency while still offering the deck a cheap way to bounce back big threats or walls. Retreating and revenge kills are your two best friends with this style of deck!
There are four evolution lines that only need colorless energy: Cottonee, Ducklett, Mienfoo, and Zubat. I'm experimenting with a super effective fishing deck that uses all of them, plus the voltorb line and either Persian or Aerodactyl for disruption. I am picking up some wins but it's inconsistent and lacks power vs EX decks that get set up early. Maybe focusing on the current meta and using mostly fighting mons would work best.
Another evolution I wanted to add is greninja. His stage 1 is completely colorless then once you evolve him to greninja, you can retire him to the bench for constant 20 dmg to anyone every turn
was really hoping to copy this deck but unfortunately I started too late and dont have the Promo Mankey. not sure if it makes much of a difference but that self damage is huge for activating Primeape than just hoping the opponent doesnt just one shot him lol
I just started recently too, I’ve heard some people guessing he’ll show up in the next mini set… if he doesn’t, then we can at least get him thru trading. Whenever that comes out.
I’m using an Alakazam Control deck with x1 hypno x1 gardevoir, 2 alakazams and the meowth promo to draw. Abra is an easy retreat and switch and you can one shot most EX cards on a switch like charizard/mewtwo/pikachu/lapras/moltres
The idea of the deck is great, I tried it and found that instead of a deck I had a brick. Zubat/golbat appear every single time I don't need them and against mew2 they dissapear
@@chrisessick7192 For what its worth, I feel like I haven’t seen a starmie team this entire time. Maybe its just me getting too familiar with m2 ratio’ing me 😮💨
Love it! I was just telling my girlfriend this golbat being a different type but have a white energy cost too is so clutch could get plugged into decks even trying out mienshao too
After watching this, I added Golbat to my Machamp EX deck. It's proven a pain against Mewtwo and alongside Dugtrio which is my stall mon with Dig, I can get Machamp off the bench and Knuckle Sandwich whatever is out. Also been effective against other Meta decks. Dugtrio mainly the MVP helping stall
Deck seems dope, excited to try it. Kind of wish there was an option besides Marowak line for a hard hitting fighting type (in addition to Mankey), as Bonemarang just feels so inconsistent and I prefer single point off meta strategies personally for the extra wiggle room.
If you wanted to reverse it and have a fighting type with neutral energy for a dark deck then Mienshao is great! I think a Nidoking/Mienshao deck would be decent. It's easy to fit mienfoo and Mienshao into any deck just like Golbat in my opinion :)
I have been playing it with Exeggutor Ex and it has been indeed super fun to play. Exeggutor functions as a tank while dealing solid damage, leaving you time to build Victreebell, which can clutch up some wins by bringing in a basic 60hp Pokémon or a damaged Ex.
My water deck with no Articuno, Blastoise, Lapras, Gyarados or Greninja, ran trough both M2 and Pika like a hot knife in butter. Despite the electric weakness.
Yoo finally some Golbats decks! İ have been cooking with Golbat for a while, before the Mankey release İ was playing Mienfoo, Golbat and Zapdos EX. With the release of the new Mankey i dropped the Zapdos and Mienfoo and build something similar to this.
I hate that everyone uses the same strategy with Mewtwo and Gardevoir,but it is super satisfying when luck and a better strategy or at least just less predictable, wins.
Hey mogwai absolutely loving the content from down under, any chance we can get a moltres ex deck (I've been using it with the Blain budget core where I got rid of rapidash line and added potions aswell too make it more midgame and one high roll then send in ninetails with Blain support with 3 or 4 energy)
So excited to try this deck and then I realised i’m missing 1 zubat. I swear this game has a very clever sytem which makes sure you’re missing just 1 card from any evolution line to try and force you to spend money on packs. I’m missing 1 zubat, 1 machoke, 1 primeape, 1 bellsprout. Cant play any of those decks because of it
@ the problem is that I am still planning to open those packs because I am missing a few EX pokemon. So its a waste of resources to spend pack points on those cards now when I am likely to open them later in the packs.
@JP-wm1qz You: "The game is conspiring against me being able to play certain decks by ensuring I'm missing certain cards!" Me: "The game actually has a system in place where you can craft any cards you need to complete your decks!" You: "No." Can you see how dumb you are being?
I hadn't taken notice of golbat's colourless energy cost, this game is revealing itself to be a little more deep that I first thought
Makes me wonder if those who designed it actually tested things out, which would be a welcome thing in the space
Me either
Mienshao, Heliolisk
I Run a Deck that has
Electrode, Mienshao and Golbat
Electric+Fighting > All Normal Types
Electric > uno, duo, tres Birds, + Water Types
Fighting > Electric + Dark Types
And Golbat for Mewtwo Enjoyers
I have this feeling each day! love it!
Is this your first time playing TCG?
I saw your tweet and I havent lost a single game after making this deck. You cooked HARD
Really? You must be getting very lucky then, because i don't often like decks with less than 3 pokemon, so when the new Mankey came out i wanted a "filler" mon to play alongside and Marowak. So, I naturally used Golbat because i thought it would help me beat psychic decks, but instead i never drew the right pokem at the right time and the deck felt very brick-y and luck based. The deck felt so bad that i ended up cutting Golbat and going with just Primape and Marowak even when i'm against "2 pokemon lines only" decks.
This deck is bricking a lot for me. I'm struggling to win once.
Everyone is literally using the same shit. He definitely didn’t make it himself
Ppl can watch mogwai too you know?
Or have the same idea
Lost my first match with it
As a LoR fan of this channel in which the game is currently regressing, this is much better content with a better intro and seeing that Mogwai is happier.
ik rit?
His happiness is like the happiness that I once saw in LoR golden age. Good times.
For those wondering there are two more lines that can do very similar things as golbat, mienshao and specifically skiddo not its evolution gogoat. For fighting and grass damage respectively.
Heliolisk is solid here too for electricity, only weakness being helioptile needs electric energy
Froakie and frogadier can also provide water damage. While magneton can provide electric, and whimsicott can be a more consistent form of grass damage over skiddo
The Whimsicott and Butterfree lines also are mostly colorless. Only Butterfree needs grass energy, and a single one at that (alongside 2 colorless energy), but Butterfree's healing ability can be used from the bench anyway.
@@dayindayoutgaming greninja can sit in the bench and chip as well
Those first three games felt like a fever dream
I swear every deck that I see that actually works for this event I am missing just one of two cards from. I swear not starting the game with the free Marowack is killing me
I like how you started with worst case scenarios it makes it a lot more interesting as that's what people immediately think of when a deck is described to them
Your first couple games reminded me of a game I had playing Greninja. I opened Froakie, Frogadier, and Greninja, and the hand was just solid all around. My opponent blind red carded me, and BOTH of my Frogadiers were literally the last 2 cards in my deck.
Mogwai at this point isn't cooking decks, he's cooking straight FIRE and serving them HOT!
Dyroth what are you doing here
dyrroth shouldn't you be in the abyss
@@nx115 Let's just say Alice and my minions were investigating a portal near the Abyss and here i am. Without anyone familiar nearby. How did I have access to the internet? With some "polite actions".
Mogwai is playing POKEMANS again?! Can't believe what I'm seeing.
So good to see you back into Pokemon bro! You were goated in oras
Thanks for making other content. I initially going for Mavel snapped but haven't played it for a while and now this game got me hooked.
wanted to really thank you! this deck got me all the way to gold. I subbed for the future since your deck and playtime commentary are really fun. Looking forward to seeing more!
Mogwai likes to yap and brew decks--and he's all out of yap.
Love this!!! Earned a like and subscribe with your ingenious deck tech and great delivery!
Clicked on the video and it was a mogwai video! Remind me of my pandemic time adicted to LoR! Good luck with the new content! Love from Brazil ❤
I was already slotting in Jynx and Zubat/Golbat into my Mewtwo decks, so glad to see someone else thought the bat was good as well!
Appreciate the opening 2 minutes being super information dense. Going to let the rest of this vid play.
I missed you mogwai, never thought I'd see the day youd appear on my feed after the Runeterra era
Ive been playing with a Arboc, Muc, Pigeot deck trapping them with poison and Arboc unable to flee and choosing who to fight against with sabrinas and a one off Pigeot has been soo fun playing against these meta decks.
Can you share the list?
I've been doing just arbok and pidgeot. 2 lines of each works well bc pidgeot can still put up good damage at 70 for 2 energy
Ye true, I mainly use muc for a sponge and to start poison, so I can get my 2 arbocs ready for the take downs. Using yoga to return him so they can't get the point. Pigeon has pulled his weight too with his damage too.
11:27 "who the fuck runs red card" I thought, LMAOO HOW i swear u spoke it into existence
Glad I stumbled on your channel again! I used to watch all your Gwent videos!!
Mogwai is THE BEST TCG POCKET YTBER🔥
This does seem pretty cool. Never even considered it, until you made me realize both of them used colorless, not dark energy. Still having good success with my Blaine deck, though, Ninetales slays. But this could be fun too.
Mogway literally defines meta with every video. Love that.
Hell yeah, pokemon that only use colorless energy while being some other type are so nice in this format. I liked putting mienfoo and mienshao in some decks to counter the lightning decks
Golbat has the best artwork in the game by far, it feels good to play with it
It is SUCH a silly goober
Woah this is crazy smart I didn’t realize the zubat was colorless
Thanks for this. It was satisfying to take down a fighter deck who probably thought they would have an easy win when i had to put a Zubat out first
Another great thing about this lineup is that all three different lines have different weaknesses, giving it a lot of flexibility.
If you don't have Primeape yet (like me😢) I highly suggest Sandslash, it's got an excellent 70 power at 2 energy. Two-turns Pikachu EX going second with Sandshrew lead (and Sandshrew is the goodest boy).
YUP! I just made the deck for my wife and she doesn't have Primeape so I added Sandslash instead, GREAT alternative!
@ nice!
Dang, I haven’t seen Mogwai in forever. You make me miss the good days of Runeterra.
I watch u since LoR days.
Now i watch u on my Pokemon TCGP days
I followed you since MtG Arena days and I gotta say, you're my kind of dude. You are usually positively enthusiastic, although you can see when you don't enjoy something, or if you have a bad day. And that's cool. Everybody has those. You like changing the decks, including gimmicky decks - and tcg should always be like this. Keep what you're doing and I hope you won't lose that spark.
Btw. what about such a simplified MtG variation, do you think it could be possible?
Bro is mad creepy but in a friendly way
Let's go~! I got two of those. I'm definitely adding Golbat into my thunder deck against darkness.
Everytime this guy's says "darkness" I feel a knife going through my stomach.
I've been running this deck for a while and it's so good , got 5 wins in a row last night , 2 games against Mewtwo and 1 against pikachu
Rare time when I can play the whole deck without substituting cards. thanks for the deck
So this guy is responsible for goldat infestation 😂
I love this tech idea, I gotta try it. And dope gameplay 🔥
Late to starting this game and seeing this vid, but I can’t figure out at all where to get the mankey that he uses
Well done Mogwai, this deck is a piece of art.
Hey Mogwai! I've been around since back when you were playing Duelyst! (Yeah, I know, long time ago).
Just dropping by to wish you a great day, man! Great content, as usual.
Started with Runetera back for Pokemon! Good to see your face again :D
Mogwai ! I had lost you since you quitted LoR, so cool to see you back !
I've been running Mienshao in my Mewtwo EX deck. It's basically the fighting equivalent of Golbat and it covers the dark type weakness pretty well if I can manage to pull it
I really like your intros(!!!) and videos man. Keep it up
Subbed! I love this vid!
Thank you for making this video! I have made an anti meta build as well and it’s nice to see others fighting back too.
Been using a Exeggutor+Machamp hybrid and been highly successful in countering the various metas in this event
You're so I made this a few minutes ago and already seeing great wins. Thanks
I actually run Golbat/Primeape as well with the same idea behind it just without Marowak..gonna try that !
Came back to this video to report that i got my 45 wins with this deck. The only changes i made are replacing the cubone/marowak line with amber/aerodactyl. This greatly improved the starting hand consistency while still offering the deck a cheap way to bounce back big threats or walls. Retreating and revenge kills are your two best friends with this style of deck!
There are four evolution lines that only need colorless energy: Cottonee, Ducklett, Mienfoo, and Zubat. I'm experimenting with a super effective fishing deck that uses all of them, plus the voltorb line and either Persian or Aerodactyl for disruption. I am picking up some wins but it's inconsistent and lacks power vs EX decks that get set up early. Maybe focusing on the current meta and using mostly fighting mons would work best.
Another evolution I wanted to add is greninja. His stage 1 is completely colorless then once you evolve him to greninja, you can retire him to the bench for constant 20 dmg to anyone every turn
was really hoping to copy this deck but unfortunately I started too late and dont have the Promo Mankey. not sure if it makes much of a difference but that self damage is huge for activating Primeape than just hoping the opponent doesnt just one shot him lol
I just started recently too, I’ve heard some people guessing he’ll show up in the next mini set… if he doesn’t, then we can at least get him thru trading. Whenever that comes out.
You know mogwai, the last time I saw your content was Lor, after that I saw you again in POKEMON TCG POCKET.. YOU WILL SHINE AGAIN BROTHER! 🙏🙏
I can totally understand your frustration... sometimes this game mess up your patience... don't know why, but it seems that HE KNOWS 😂
there is another deck, that counter both charizard and starmie ex decks?
I’ve been using golbat too! You can run golbat with any color!
I’m using an Alakazam Control deck with x1 hypno x1 gardevoir, 2 alakazams and the meowth promo to draw.
Abra is an easy retreat and switch and you can one shot most EX cards on a switch like charizard/mewtwo/pikachu/lapras/moltres
Got the alt art Golbat and Marowax EX early in game, might try this deck later
At 22:55 would it have been worth it to sabrina and ko the Kirlia in the back? (Bit late to the video)
Been using Weezing and Arbok deck for Mewtwo. Poisoned, can't retreat, Koga on Weezing to save a point then KO. Works most of the time 🤷♂
Great deck. Tons of fun. Ran the last 20 or so to the 45 win medal with it. Easy money!
The idea of the deck is great, I tried it and found that instead of a deck I had a brick. Zubat/golbat appear every single time I don't need them and against mew2 they dissapear
Yup
Just run Arbok Weezing. Out of the big 3 decks (Mewtwo/Pikachu/Starmie) it has favorable matchup into 2.
@@chrisessick7192 For what its worth, I feel like I haven’t seen a starmie team this entire time. Maybe its just me getting too familiar with m2 ratio’ing me 😮💨
@@____________________00F water decks are not popular in the event
Charizard EX/Moltres EX is all I play against, and this deck is trash for that, especially when they always open with Moltres EX.
Love it! I was just telling my girlfriend this golbat being a different type but have a white energy cost too is so clutch could get plugged into decks even trying out mienshao too
I'm so sorry about that red card man. That was so bad it was funny
no wonder I started seeing a lot of Golbat decks lol but most people don't know how to play them and I still haven't lost to these decks so far
Nice, I always wonder what use can the non ex Marowak have in meta decks, now i know!
After watching this, I added Golbat to my Machamp EX deck. It's proven a pain against Mewtwo and alongside Dugtrio which is my stall mon with Dig, I can get Machamp off the bench and Knuckle Sandwich whatever is out.
Also been effective against other Meta decks. Dugtrio mainly the MVP helping stall
Deck seems dope, excited to try it. Kind of wish there was an option besides Marowak line for a hard hitting fighting type (in addition to Mankey), as Bonemarang just feels so inconsistent and I prefer single point off meta strategies personally for the extra wiggle room.
Sandslash is an option I suppose. Still gets the 2HKO on Pikachu. Doesn’t hit some sweet spots that Marowak can though.
I beat double mewtwo EX's by pressuing with golbat, excellent chefing sir
That second Mewtwo would have won if he just stayed in against Zubat. I’ve never seen someone choke that hard.
THAT SECOND GAME RED CARD sheesh
i feel for you
I've been loving Blaine with rapidash and ninetales with 1 copy of heatmor during the event. Absolute speed!
So far I have been using a colorless stall deck featuring Wigglytuff EX. Not the best but super fun when it works!
25:06 bro could've ended the battle by using sabrina to bring out Gardeviore but he wanted those two Mewtwo record haha
Mogwai! I wanna see what kind of shell you'll put Weezing in. It's super versatile, and I'd like to see your creative juices flow.
is the promo mankey required for this deck or could i js use regular mankey
Hey Mogwai!! Have you tried out the full Pokémon TCG it’s definitely more complex and has more deckbuilding / ranked
that stare and smile scares me
If you wanted to reverse it and have a fighting type with neutral energy for a dark deck then Mienshao is great! I think a Nidoking/Mienshao deck would be decent. It's easy to fit mienfoo and Mienshao into any deck just like Golbat in my opinion :)
what program it is for capture and use whit the mouse ?
Awesome deck ! Have you cooked something with Victreebell ? It looks super fun to play
I have been playing it with Exeggutor Ex and it has been indeed super fun to play. Exeggutor functions as a tank while dealing solid damage, leaving you time to build Victreebell, which can clutch up some wins by bringing in a basic 60hp Pokémon or a damaged Ex.
I don’t have a primape. Is sandslash a good substitute? Or should I run something else?
My water deck with no Articuno, Blastoise, Lapras, Gyarados or Greninja, ran trough both M2 and Pika like a hot knife in butter. Despite the electric weakness.
so far playing this for a couple of days i feel there's a bit of game in your RNG
anything going on with that mumetal pokemon? the -20 damage ability seems nice.. but i dunno what to pair it with? butterfree? lol
Pairs well with onix and brock too thanks!
What is the deck list for this?
I don't have the prime ape or a second gold at yet.
Yoo finally some Golbats decks! İ have been cooking with Golbat for a while, before the Mankey release İ was playing Mienfoo, Golbat and Zapdos EX. With the release of the new Mankey i dropped the Zapdos and Mienfoo and build something similar to this.
I've been running a 2x Nidoking and 2x Nidoqueen deck, it's not consistent but it absolutely destroys Mewtwo EX decks when RNGesus is kind to me
wasn't sure if you'd win against the dragonite hypno deck but they got so many unlucky rolls lol great games
I hate that everyone uses the same strategy with Mewtwo and Gardevoir,but it is super satisfying when luck and a better strategy or at least just less predictable, wins.
oh youre that duelyst guy
Please use tentacruel
pokemon tcgp: coin flip simulator
Damn I remember you from your E7 content
Hey mogwai absolutely loving the content from down under, any chance we can get a moltres ex deck (I've been using it with the Blain budget core where I got rid of rapidash line and added potions aswell too make it more midgame and one high roll then send in ninetails with Blain support with 3 or 4 energy)
So excited to try this deck and then I realised i’m missing 1 zubat. I swear this game has a very clever sytem which makes sure you’re missing just 1 card from any evolution line to try and force you to spend money on packs. I’m missing 1 zubat, 1 machoke, 1 primeape, 1 bellsprout. Cant play any of those decks because of it
You can easily craft them with your Packet Points
@ the problem is that I am still planning to open those packs because I am missing a few EX pokemon. So its a waste of resources to spend pack points on those cards now when I am likely to open them later in the packs.
@JP-wm1qz You: "The game is conspiring against me being able to play certain decks by ensuring I'm missing certain cards!"
Me: "The game actually has a system in place where you can craft any cards you need to complete your decks!"
You: "No."
Can you see how dumb you are being?
@@ryanrichards4901 why you getting upset haha