[Deck] New Altaria-Sylveon

Preface

Among the many Mega Altaria deck archetypes, Altaria-Sylveon has got to be one of the most underused one - which is a pity because it's my favourite archetype.

It's very consistent in terms of draw power and damage output, and it maxes out on the cute factor. Just look at Mega Altaria and the two Sylveons!

In fact, this isn't my first time building Altaria-Sylveon; here's a variant I shared a while back: Highlander

With the release of the new Sylveon, it's time for an upgrade.

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Deck list

• 2x Eevee (Boosted Evolution)
• 1x Sylveon (Soothing Ribbon)
• 1x Sylveon ex
• 2x Chingling
• 2x Swablu (Sing)
• 1x Mega Altaria ex
• 1x Rocky Helmet
• 1x Lucky Egg
• 1x Protective Poncho
• 1x Elegant Cape
• 1x Professor's Research
• 1x Sabrina
• 1x Cyrus
• 1x Copycat
• 2x Lisia
• 1x Training Area

Honestly, this deck isn't optimised. I'm still not completely certain which set of pokemon tools should go into the deck.

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Deck building rationale

Disclaimer: I'm just going assume that you are a veteran and skip obvious inclusions. (But feel free to ask about the deck in the comments!)

Soothing Ribbon Sylveon is the main upgrade to this deck. It is able to heal for 30 HP anywhere on your board, and gives up only 1 prize point if it gets knocked out! This is an immediate upgrade over Indeedee in Mega Altaria decks.

Furthermore, with Training Area in play, Sylveon can hit for 70 damage, allowing you to one-shot Oricorio.

The 4 pokemon tools all have their uses, which is why I am still undecided on their inclusion / exclusion. Rocky Helmet helps extend your reach, crucial in a deck with low damage output . Lucky Egg can provide crazy deck-thinning value. Protective Poncho helps protect your bench in a meta with so much bench-sniping. Elegant Cape buffs the 3 stage-1s in the deck by a whopping 30 HP.

What matters is that you run enough pokemon tools to draw into them consistently, to attach to Sylveon when its ability is required.

The sheer number of basic pokemons and tools also has the side effect of making Copycat more effective since it's so easy to dump all of them down on your board.

Only 1 Professor's Research is ran in this deck because 2 of Lisia is way more consistent at drawing into the basics. Incidentally, all basic pokemons in this deck have 50 HP or lower, so they are all searchable by Lisia.

Lastly, running both Sabrina and Cyrus is a must since there are no bench snipers in this deck.

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Weaknesses / Poor match-ups

This deck doesn't run Comfey / PCL / Big Malasada due to the limited deck space, so it does get countered by sleep scams quite significantly.

It also requires a built-up bench as with most Mega Altaria decks, making it food for Suicune.

One more deck it does poorly against is Zoroark. Zoroark is simply too fast and completely outpaces this deck before it has the chance to set up.

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Conclusion

It's cute and consistent. Give it a shot and may you have fun!