Crazy Punch (TCG)

Crazy Punch
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Crazy Punch is the name of the deck used by Michikazu Tsuda, who was third in the Masters Division in the 2014 World Championships. It is one of the four 2014 World Championships Decks, released in November 2014, and is based on the Fairy Box archetype. Each Deck comes with a Worlds 2014 themed Deckbox, a booklet about the championships, a non-tournament-legal print of the sixty card deck, and the 2014 World Championships Pin. The cards included in the deck aren't the prints actually used in the decks, but are the most recent printing of the lowest rarity of the cards.

Description

Packaging

Michikazu Tsuda's Crazy Punch deck is clever and adaptable, able to react to almost any situation. Rather than hammering in with a strong attack strategy, it takes immediate advantage of any opponent's weakness. Crazy Punch relies on five different Pokémon, depending on the matchup: Mega Kangaskhan-EX, Mewtwo-EX, Xerneas-EX, Keldeo-EX, and Xerneas. The deck also uses Aromatisse's Ability to make Max Potion even better: moving all the Fairy Energy off a Pokémon before healing it with Max Potion, then putting all that Energy back. No more damage, plus no downside—yes please!

Booklet

Michikazu tried to think of a new way to excel in the competition. "First of all, my main idea was to think of a deck concept that other people don't use. I built many different decks, and the end result was that I settled on Kangaskhan." He put his Kangaskhan deck through its paces, too: "I tested it out with the strong players around me and at independent tournaments. As I battle more and more, I was able to brush up the deck. I had Mega Kangaskhan-EX, Aromatisse, and Max Potion to steamroll my opponents with a high-HP Pokémon. Also, I figured it would be a competition to play Stadium cards, so I included four."

Pokémon.com

Michikazu uses the burly Mega Kangaskhan-EX to deal the bulk of the damage for this team. With 230 HP, this Pokémon can withstand a lot of damage. The Aromatisse allows Michikazu to remove all the Energy from Mega Kangaskhan-EX and then use Max Potion to heal the Pokémon without penalty.

Deck list

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
2×	Aromatisse
3×	Spritzee
2×	Kangaskhan
2×	Kangaskhan
1×	Keldeo
2×	Mewtwo
1×	Suicune
1×	Xerneas
1×	Xerneas
1×	Bianca	Su
3×	Colress	Su
1×	Dowsing Machine	I
4×	Fairy Garden	St
1×	Heavy Ball	I
2×	Level Ball	I
2×	Lysandre	Su
3×	Max Potion	I
3×	Muscle Band	I
4×	N	Su
3×	Professor Sycamore	Su
1×	Shauna	Su
1×	Startling Megaphone	I
1×	Super Rod	I
2×	Tool Scrapper	I
2×	Ultra Ball	I
2×	Double Colorless Energy	E
7×	Fairy Energy	E	—
1×	Rainbow Energy	E
1×	Water Energy	E	—

Trivia

• The deck includes the Emerging Powers print of Max Potion, while the decklist in the 2014 World Championships Booklet lists the deck as having the Plasma Freeze print instead, which is the print Michikazu Tsuda used in the tournament. Although it is typical that the decks include the lowest possible rarity of the specific cards, the decklist is in error as they usually reflect this modification.
• One of the cards in this deck also introduced an error that was not present on the original card. Aromatisse is from the XY expansion, however the World Championships Deck print erroneously has the Flashfire expansion symbol present instead, even though no error print of the regular version of the card exists. This error was not corrected.

Pokémon World Championships Pokémon Trading Card Game only 2004-2008; TCG and Video Games 2009-on 2004: Blaziken Tech • Magma Spirit • Rocky Beach • Team Rushdown 2005: Bright Aura • Dark Tyranitar • King of the West • Queendom 2006: B-L-S • Eeveelutions • Mewtrick • Suns & Moons 2007: Flyvees • Legendary Ascent • Rambolt • Swift Empoleon 2008: Bliss Control • Empotech • Intimidation • Psychic Lock 2009: Stallgon • Crowned Tiger • Queengar • Luxdrill 2010: LuxChomp of the Spirit • Happy Luck • Power Cottonweed • Boltevoir 2011: Megazone • Reshiphlosion • The Truth • Twinboar 2012: Pesadelo Prism • Terraki-Mewtwo • Eeltwo • CMT 2013: Anguille Sous Roche • American Gothic • Darkrai • Ultimate Team Plasma 2014: Plasma Power • Trevgor • Emerald King • Crazy Punch 2015: The Flying Hammer • Punches 'n' Bites • HonorStoise • Primal Groudon 2016: Black Dragon • Bebe Deck • Magical Symphony • Ninja Blitz 2017: Infinite Force • Golisodor • Ice Path FTW • Samurai Sniper 2018: Victory Map • Dragones y Sombras • Garbanette • Buzzroc 2019: Pikarom Judge • Fire Box • Mind Blown • Perfection 2022: ADP • The Shape of Mew • Cheryl Again • Ice Rider Palkia 2023: Mew's Revenge • Psychic Elegance • Colorless Lugia • Lost Box Kyogre 2024: Champions Jason Klaczynski • Jun Hasebe • Ray Rizzo

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