Card and Deck analysis: Dragonite

Hey guys! With all the hype of the next set (Plasma Freeze) coming out, I will be talking about cards that caught my attention.  A friendly dragon named, Dragonite

Dragonite

What this card does?

Dragonite – Dragon – HP150
Stage 2 – Evolves from Dragonair
[C][C][C] Pierce: 60 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, your opponent cannot play any Item cards from his or her hand.
[G][L][C][C] Heal Wing: 90 damage. Heal 30 damage from this Pokemon.

Weakness: Dragon (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 3

Pros and cons

Pros Bulky pokemon with 150HP Item locking your opponent is always good           Cost for item lock attack is CCC. Can be easily used with DCE  Second attack being able to 2hko anything in format (dat cost) Just being Dragonite is a pro I guess?

Cons         Being a stage 2 is always a con especially being in the same format as plasma/fast big basics           It’s difficult to stream stage 2 attackers           The cost of its second attack

What can Dragonite be paired with?

Option 1: pair it with Zebstrika, to ensure a t2 lock the whole game

Option 2: Eelektrik +other attackers. There is access to energy acceleration and makes maxpotion playable

Option 3: play it with a garbodor tech.  We’ve already seen the success of Zebstrika/Garbodor. So we’ll see how it goes from there. We can also put in the new ace spec Rock Guard in here ^^

  

Skeleton Decklist

15 Pokemon

1 Emolga
4-2-4 Dragonite
2 Mewtwo EX

2 Tornadus EX

31 Trainers
3 heavy ball

2 Ultra ball

4 Switch
4 catcher
4 rare candy
4 Professor Juniper

4 N

3 Skyla

2 Colress

1 Scramble switch

12 Energy 
4 Lightning

4 Grass
4 DCE

This is just a regular build. Not the 3 I mentioned above. 

1.       Zebstrika built will be similar but will have emphasis on setting up the t2 Zebra

2.       Have built similar to DCEels. Except with a stage 2 attacker

3.       Have a 2-2 techs garbodor and about 6 tools

I personally feel and know this will not be a tier 1-2 deck, but it’s definitely a fun deck to try and play it in league sessions or small competitions. I will definitely be giving this deck a try myself. Ok so that’s all for this week’s updates. Till next week and thanks for reading!