Deck Profiles

Luxio Item Lock

Name: Item Lock
Difficulty: Easy
Consistency: High
Summary: Locking your opponent’s ability to play Item cards!

Deck Overview: Item Lock has a powerful presence in the Pauper format because item cards are extremely important for setting up most pauper decks. Thanks to Luxio’s attack “Disconnect” you’ll be dealing 30 damage and item locking your opponent! Most of the time this will sap your opponent of all momentum. The best part is you may be able to set this up on turn one or two! When going second Shinx’s ability “Evolutionary Advantage” allows to evolve into Luxio on your first turn of the game! Since the main focus of the deck is to lock your opponent’s use of items and win slowly through chip damage, healing and stalling are important to help keep Luxio’s alive. In this category Hammers can slow your opponent down, while Hard Charm softens the blow from attacks. If your Luxio is in danger of getting knocked out, you can run Max Potion to heal off the damage. The deck has access to other cards that can further its game plan depending on how you want to build it. You can use things like Hypnotoxic Laser, and Parallel City to disrupt your opponent, and Puzzle of Time to help you get back key cards!

The deck is very cheap to build and has a powerful spot in the current metagame. Here are some lists:

Apollo’s Control Version

** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List **

##Pokémon – 8

* 4 Shinx UPR 45
* 4 Luxio UPR 47

##Trainer Cards – 45

* 4 Puzzle of Time BKP 109
* 1 Rescue Stretcher BUS 165
* 3 N FCO 105
* 2 Parallel City BKT 145
* 1 Karen PR-XY XY177a
* 4 Crushing Hammer LTR 111
* 2 Lysandre FLF 90
* 2 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
* 4 Hypnotoxic Laser PLS 123
* 3 Hard Charm XY 119
* 2 Nest Ball SUM 158
* 4 Cynthia UPR 148
* 2 Field Blower GRI 163
* 2 Enhanced Hammer GRI 162
* 2 VS Seeker PHF 109
* 3 Level Ball NXD 89
* 4 Max Potion GRI 128

##Energy – 7

* 7 Lightning Energy 4

Total Cards – 60

** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO **

Medina’s Luxio Bat’s Version

****** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ******

##Pokémon – 18

* 2 Stufful GRI 112
* 2 Bewear GRI 113
* 4 Shinx UPR 45
* 4 Luxio UPR 47
* 3 Zubat PLS 53
* 3 Golbat PHF 32

##Trainer Cards – 36

* 2 VS Seeker PHF 109
* 4 Hypnotoxic Laser PLS 123
* 1 Karen PR-XY XY177a
* 1 Pokémon Ranger STS 113
* 4 Professor Sycamore BKP 107
* 1 Chaos Tower FCO 94
* 1 Professor’s Letter BKT 146
* 1 Guzma BUS 115
* 4 Level Ball AOR 76
* 2 Lost Remover CL 80
* 1 Float Stone BKT 137
* 2 Crushing Hammer SUM 115
* 4 Cynthia UPR 119
* 1 Devolution Spray EVO 76
* 2 Field Blower GRI 125
* 2 Junk Arm TM 87
* 3 Muscle Band XY 121

##Energy – 6

* 4 Lightning Energy 4
* 2 Counter Energy CIN 100

Total Cards – 60

****** Deck List Generated by the Pokémon TCG Online www.pokemon.com/TCGO ******

Apollo is the best

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