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Skittles (TCG)

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Skittles
Types used Colorless-attack.pngFighting-attack.pngPsychic-attack.pngFire-attack.pngGrass-attack.pngLightning-attack.pngWater-attack.png
Major cards Garchomp, Togekiss, Ho-Oh

Skittles is a Pokémon TCG deck archetype based around Garchomp and Togekiss, with Ho-Oh thrown in for good measure. It has been widely used in Pokémon Organized Play due to its effectiveness against most decks in the current format.

Cards

  • Garchomp is the main attacker for the deck. Its Poké-BODY, Rainbow Scale, states that if the Defending Pokémon has a weakness to any types of Energy attached to Garchomp, Garchomp's attacks do 40 more damage to the Defending Pokémon. If it has many different types of Energy attached to it, Garchomp will almost certainly be hitting the Defending Pokémon for large amounts of damage.
  • Togekiss's Poké-POWER, Serene Grace, is a perfect combination with Garchomp. When Togekiss is played from the player's hand to evolve a player's Pokémon, Serene Grace allows the player to look at the top 10 cards of their deck and attach as many basic Energy cards as they like to any of their Pokémon in play. If a player finds many different types of Energy there and attaches them to Garchomp, Garchomp will have a high chance of putting Rainbow Scale into effect.
  • Ho-Oh is in the deck as a backup card in case the player cannot get a Garchomp in play quickly enough. Its attack, Rainbow Wing can do massive damage if Ho-Oh has lots of types of basic Energy attached to it, which is once again possible with Togekiss's Poké-POWER.

Typical Decklist

The decklist appearing below is not official, and being that this is merely a deck archetype, any player may wish to change any part of this deck when building their own version.

Quantity Card Name Type Rarity
3x Gible Colorless-attack.png Common
2x Gabite Colorless-attack.png Uncommon
3x Garchomp Colorless-attack.png RareH
1x Garchomp Lv.X Colorless-attack.png RareH
3x Togepi Colorless-attack.png Common
1x Togetic Colorless-attack.png Uncommon
3x Togekiss Colorless-attack.png RareH
1x Ho-Oh Fire-attack.png RareH
4x Pachirisu Lightning-attack.png RareH
4x Rare Candy T Uncommon
1x Master Ball T Uncommon
2x Premier Ball T Uncommon
3x Celio's Network T Uncommon
1x Scott T Uncommon
1x Crystal Beach T Uncommon
2x Castaway T Uncommon
3x Roseanne's Research T Uncommon
2x PlusPower T Uncommon
2x Strength Charm T Uncommon
3x Fighting Energy E RareH
3x Fire Energy E RareH
3x Water Energy E RareH
3x Psychic Energy E RareH
3x Lightning Energy E RareH
3x Grass Energy E RareH

Restriction

In the 2010-2011 format, the sets that are tournament legal are Majestic Dawn on. So, the sets Secret Wonders and Mysterious Treasures are out of the format. That means that all the major cards in this deck are not legal in tournaments. The only cards that are legal in tournaments in this deck are Rare Candy, the basic energy, and PlusPower. Everything else is not usable.

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