The Snorlax Stall Deck in the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon TCG has zero Energy cards. Let's repeat that: zero Energy cards. It's not just a 'Stall Deck' archetype. It's got nothing else going for it; there are no alternate plays, no strategies for unexpected turbulence. You win if your opponent runs out of cards in their deck 🧸before you do, and you survive🗹 via a combination of eight Pokemon and 52 Trainer cards.

Most efforts to build a Pokemon TCG deck in this fashion typically end in disaster, but the Snorlax Stall Deck has worked wonders. If you're looking to build your own, or you're simply curious to see what you might go up against in future matches on 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon TCG Live, read on.

Snorlax Stall Decklist

Snorlax Stall Deck Key Cards

The goal of the Snorlax Stall Deck is to deplete your opponent of all their cards before you suffer the same fate. As such, you must survive whatever onslaught awaits you; unless your opponent is also running a Stall Deck (hey, it happens), their intentional is probably to take ♓all six of their Prize Cards by knocking your buddies into submission.

The Snorlax Stall Deck handles this strategy through a process known as retreat locking; you want specific active Pokemon from your opponent, so you need to control their own field just as neatly as you do your own. The comically vast number of Supporter cards is here to seal the deal, turn after turn. The Tools are for buffing up your blockers. And, as you'll see, there's ample control meth🤡odology to keep things in c✱heck as your rival does everything in their power to knock down your wall.

Snorlax (Pokemon Go)

One look at Pokemon Go's Snorlax is all it should take anyone familiar with the Pokemon Trading Card Game's rules to see what it's there to do. The Block ability prevents the opponent's active Pokemon from being switched out. 💃It's as if Snorlax is covering the entirety of the perimeter, or - more aptly - preventin🦂g anyone from crossing over into another route in good ol' Kanto.

A few years ago, Snorlax's 150 HP would be questionable. This would still be doable, mind you (so long as you could somehow build a version of it with cards that existed at that time), but there'd be some serious concessions. With so many Pokemon VMAX no longer in the rotation, and most of the remainder presumably getting the boot later this year, 150 HP is more sufficient to handle situations, especially when boosted by 50 further HP via Bravery Charm.

So, really, you're always aiming to have a Snorlax on the field with 200 HP. From here, it's simply a matter of synergizing with the rest of your deck precisely as intended. Furthermore, if you have the Luxurious Cape handy, it's a 100 HP boost, all the way to 250 HP.

Mimikyu

Mimikyu is here as your Snorlax's wingman. Its Safeguard ability remains vital, since not only are there enough Pokemon V out there that you'll want something to prevent their attacks; more importantly, Pokemon ex are everywhere in the Scarlet & Violet era, so stopping them from w🐷reaking havoc is a very good tactic, indeed.

70 HP might not look like much, and, well, indeed it is not. We'd recommend saving your Luxurious Cape for Mimikyu whenever possible, since 170 HP is much more survivable. Even so, you might be surprised by just how few non-ex, non-V, Pokemon can take down Mimikyu in a single shot. Given that your intent is absolutely to continue juggling your opponent's Active Pokemon as you see fit onไ the following turn, avoiding a knockout blow is (more or less) all you need t𒆙o achieve here.

Pidgeot V

You can't simply assume you've got your bases covered in your bid to stall out your enemy. No matter how careful you are, there's going to be a chance for you to suffer the same fate. Pidgeot V's Vanishing Wings ability lets it return to your deck, as well as any cards attached to it, thus replen﷽ishing your deck slightly.

The condition here is that Pidgeot V must be on your Bench, but then, think about it - do you even want this Pokemon in the Active position? It's not doing what the Snorlax brigade is, nor what Mimikyu is. Once your opponent catches on to what's happening (presuming they don't recognize it right off the bat, for that matter), targeting Pidgeot V isn't a bad idea, and indeed, if your Mimikyu is on the field, they might do just that. Or... try to, in any case. Pidgeot's 210 HP is a pretty good buffer. But hey. If they do succeed? Hardly the end of the world overall♓.

Rotom V

Unsurprisingly, it's another ability that dictates the fairly rare inclusion of an actual Pokemon card in this Pokemon TCG deck. Rotom V fuels your odds of getting the hand you need via its Instant Charge,which lets you draw three cards, albeit at the cost of ending your�🐼� turn.

Or rather, most decks would consider this a cost. For players of the Snorlax Stall Deck, it's merely a side effect. How often will you actually be on the offensive in the conventional sense of the word? You don't have the Energy to attack. Your only real concern here is overdrawing to the point that you hand your opponent the very victory scenario you had intended to score, so keep close tabs on the number of cards in your deck, and only use this to build what you need.

Erika's Invitation

Erika's Invitation lets you spy on your foe's current hand, pluck a Basic Pokemon on to their Bench, and then replace their Active Pokemon with the one you just summoned to the stand. The advantages of this are somewhat akin to a card like Boss's Orders; dictating who your Snorlax army is blocking is crucial. But unlike Boss's Orders, Erika's Invitation can mess with the other player's future intentions, since that Basic Pokemon in their hand is presumably not yet on the Beꦯnch for a reason.

Echoing Horn

Consider your Echoing Horn as backup insurance. If your opponent has managed to discard a Basic Pokemon, which is plenty possible since there are all sorts of cards out there that require the player to discard from their hand, use the Echoing Horn to bring that Pokemon back to their Bench. The Snorlax Stall Deck is teeming with Supporter Cards (and even a few Item cards) that will pull that freshly-benched revived Pokemon🐼 out onto the field, contributing to the overall control strategy.

Pokegear 3.0

You can only rely on Rotom V so much, particularly true when you've only got one of them to rely upon in the first place. Your four Pokegear 3.0 cards will let you check out the top seven cards of your deck, drawing a Supporter Card before shuffling your deck. It's absolutely imperative that yo♔u never go without a control card of some sort, and your wellspring of Supporters frequently functions as such. While it's unlikely you'll ever be without at least one, strange๊r things have happened, and having several is all the better.

Arven

You can't do much with those Bravery Charms and the Luxurious Cape if you can't find them. The odds are slim that all five are Prize Cards, of course. Arven allows you to find a Tool, and add it to your hand. Immediately take that Tool and eqღuip it to one of your Snorlaxs, or yꦯour Mimikyu. You want as many Tools equipped as you possibly can.

Arven also lets you search for an Item Card while you're at it - a helpful perk.

Snorlax Stall Deck Strategy

It's all about getting a Snorlax on the field ASAP, bolstering its 150 HP to 200 or even 250, and spamming everything in your arsenal to maintain favorable conditions. Those favorable conditions will almost always be defined by controlling your opponent's Active Pokemon. You need something as non-threatening as possible. To that end, adding a couple of Technical Machine Devolutions isn't a bad idea, though we'd be hard-pressed to๊ tell♕ you precisely what to nix in return - the Ultra Ball, maybe?

Never pump the brakes on unraveling efforts to wipe out your Snorlax. It's entirely conceivable that one or two of them will get knocked out, but that's why you've got the draw power to grab them all, as well as the Mimikyu's Safeguard when it's on the field that will stop Pokemon ex and Pokem🦩on V from inflicting any damage.

Keep the pressure up. There are few Trainer cards in your deck that won't either contribute to control, HP gain, or draw power. One exception is the trio of Temple of Sinnoh, which locks both players out of any effects from Special Energy (save for their use as a single Colorless Energy rather than whatever they were in the first place). For you, this means nothing; you have no Energy cards, let alone Special Energy. For plenty of decks, like Inteleon VMAX, this means everything, since they rely on Rapid Strike Energy as a matter𝓰 of course.

Snorlax Stall Deck Common Threats

In general, Pokemon VSTAR are not your friends. They are, after all, neither Pokemon V nor Pokemon ex. They're also less prone to significant Energy costs than Pokemon VMAX. Thus, any deck that emphasizes its VSTAR Pokemon for attacks can cause a headache for you, and you'll need to keep your defenses steady and your wits about you every step of the way to ꦑstand a chance against skilled players.

Other Stall Decks can be an equal issue, since you're both competing for the same goal. If your opponent isn't gambling on attacking, and has access to a similar wellspring of control cards, you're both on borrowed time. When this happens, once again, your best bet is to stay sharp. Shave as many cards from their decks as possible with cards like Miss Fortune Sisters, which let you take a peek at the top ๊five cards of the enemy's de🍷ck and discard any Items. Granted, this is all the stuff you'd be doing in more favorable situations. It's simply a complete must in this one.

The last routine consideration revolves around decks with particularly strong no-frills Basic Pokemon in the rotation. That is to say, neither an ex nor a V, and not a VSTAR or VMAX for that matter. If you can't get Mimikyu back to safety on your Bench because its 70 HP has been depleted by one swift strike, you're clearly out your꧋ one and only Mimikyu, and inevitable efforts to carve through your bulkier buddies will have gotten a big boost, not so much from the single Prize Card, but from your inability to pull the Safeguard t🌼rick going forward.