![]() If you'd like to continue reading, consider purchasing a PokeBeach premium membership! If you're not completely satisfied with your membership, you can request a full refund within 30 days.Įach week we post high-quality content from some of the game's top players. This concludes the public portion of this article. While Stonjourner is a bit more inconsistent than Giratina, you get the advantages of higher damage output and better typing.) Being able to attack for three Energy is perfect for a deck like this, and the consistent damage with no drawback is what allows this deck to thrive against the big VMAX Pokémon. (This allows the deck to function similarly to Malamar / Giratina, where you would attack with a new Giratina every turn. When combined with Single Strike Energy, Houndoom, and Urn of Vitality, Stonjourner is hitting a consistent 160-180 damage every turn. While there are other viable options such as Primeape, Stonjourner is more consistent, and does exactly what we want it to do anyway. The reason Stonjourner is the attacker of choice is because it’s a Single Strike Pokémon. ![]() It doesn’t do a ton of damage without buffs, and its attacks are pretty lackluster. Trainers (34)4x Professor's Research ( SWSH1 #178)4x Bruno ( SWSH5 #121)2x Boss's Orders ( SWSH2 #154)4x Quick Ball ( SWSH1 #179)4x Great Ball ( EPO #93)4x Urn of Vitality ( SWSH5 #139)3x Pokémon Communication ( TEU #152)2x Reset Stamp ( UNM #206)1x Great Catcher ( COE #192)1x Ordinary Rod ( SWSH1 #171)3x Air Balloon ( SWSH1 #156)2x Power Plant ( UNB #183)Įnergy (9)4x Single Strike Energy ( SWSH5 #141)5x Fighting Energy ( RS #105)Īs far as single-Prize attackers go, Stonjourner isn’t amazing. Pokemon (17)4x Stonjourner ( SWSH5 #84)4x Houndoom ( SWSH5 #96)4x Houndour ( SWSH5 #95)1x Single Strike Urshifu V ( SWSH5 #85)1x Tepig ( SWSH5 #23)1x Mew ( PRSM #SM215)1x Phione ( COE #57)1x Crobat V ( SWSH3 #104) The majority of decks simply can’t outpace a single-Prize Pokémon that can two-shot anything in the game. With a consistent engine and these favorable matchups, I believe Stonjourner is the best deck in the format. ![]() Bruno is almost always going to be a stronger Supporter for this deck than Marnie because you expect your Pokémon to get Knocked Out every turn. Another nice bonus with this deck is that it naturally beats Decidueye - while Decidueye isn’t a very popular deck nor is it the best deck, it does see play and Stonjourner naturally beats it.Īnother upside that comes with being a single-Prize Pokémon is the ability to take full advantage of Bruno. Now Stonjourner has a favorable matchup against Pikachu and Zekrom-GX, Eternatus VMAX, ADP Zacian, and Centiskorch VMAX, as well as having naturally solid matchups against Mad Party and Blacephalon because they are more reliant on two-Prize Pokémon than Stonjourner is. Having Power Plant as the main Stadium in this deck also gives it a better matchup against the decks it isn’t specifically built to counter - those decks being Centiskorch VMAX and ADP / Zacian V, which both rely heavily on Dedenne-GX to get set up quickly. In most games, you’ll have a couple turns where they’re low on Prizes to use Reset Stamp to full effect, and since they have to burn through so many resources getting through your early-game attackers, it’s that much harder to find a way out of the Power Plant lock. Lowering your opponent’s hand size and then locking some of the usual ways to get out of it is a potent enough combo for any deck, but for a single-Prize deck, it’s even better. Firstly, you don’t need to draw many cards once you’re set up, which allows the deck to cut down on the two-Prize draw Pokémon (think Dedenne-GX, Crobat V) to make space for my favorite combo in the game: Reset Stamp and Power Plant. What Makes Stonjourner GoodĪside from Stonjourner’s typing and the fact that it only gives up a single Prize, this deck also comes with some major upsides that give it an edge against most of the meta. In a format dominated by three-Prize Pokémon and Fighting-weak Pokémon, this single-Prize Stonjourner deck has the potential to be the best deck in the format. Along with the ability to two-shot, Stonjourner has great typing in this format due to the prominence of Pikachu and Zekrom-GX and Eternatus VMAX. The idea with Stonjourner is that it’s a single-Prize Pokémon that can two-shot any Pokémon in the game. ![]() ![]() To my surprise, I was wrong! In this article I will be going over my Stonjourner Single Strike deck. When I first looked at the set, I thought Houndoom was the only viable Single Strike Pokémon, so I thought the archetype would be lackluster until more sets were released. Hello PokeBeach readers! After my past two articles exploring Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX, I’m finally trying out some Single Strike cards. ![]()
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