阿尔宙斯和杜拉鲁顿变得更好！

What’s poppin’ PTCGO Store readers? Our newest Pokemon TCG Online set, Silver Tempest, has been released, and the metagame has certainly been shaken up. There are new decks, like Lugia VSTAR [Silver Tempest], that are winning online events, and some older decks, like Mew VMAX [Fusion Strike], have recently gotten a lot stronger! You might be asking, “why is Zach talking about decks that aren’t 杜拉鲁顿 VMAX?” Well, lemme jump into that. Lugia VSTAR is all about Special Energy, Mew VMAX is all about Special Energy, and Duraludon VMAX is all about blocking damage from Pokemon with Special Energy attached to them with its Skyscraper Ability! While those decks might have some answers to Skyscraper, most aren’t properly equipped to deal with it! And that's why I am showcasing 阿尔宙斯 VSTAR / 杜拉鲁顿 VMAX in this article today! Stay tuned for the strategy, my list, and more! If you need any cards to build this tanky Pokemon TCG deck, be sure to use code zlesage5 to save 5% at ptcgostore.com! With super fast email delivery and a large selection of PTCGO codes, PTCGO Store has you covered for all of your Pokemon TCG Online and PTCG Live needs. Let’s jump into the strategy!

The goal of this deck is pretty similar to most other Arceus VSTAR decks - you want to use either 阿尔宙斯五世 or 阿尔宙斯 VSTAR to power up your Duraludon V [Champions Path] or 杜拉鲁顿 VMAX. In most cases, you will use Duraludon VMAX to tank against attacks from Pokemon with Special Energy attached to them and use Boss’s Orders [Rebel Clash] / 塞雷娜 [Silver Tempest] to gust easy KOs on opposing Pokemon V. This deck has a strong healing element to it with cards like Hyper Potion [Champions Path], Crystal Cave [Evolving Skies], and Big Charm [Sword and Shield] allowing you to hang on for just one more turn. It isn’t the most exciting deck in the game, but boring doesn’t mean ineffective. When you hit the right matchups, which many of the top decks are, this deck absolutely dominates!

Something that I haven’t mentioned so far is that the new Supporter Serena breathes new life into this deck because it gives the deck an additional 4 gusting cards but can sometimes help with minor inconsistency issues by drawing cards instead. In most cases, you’ll want to try and take as many easy Prize Cards as possible. In most of my games, I capitalize on gusting up unevolved Pokemon V and taking easy Prize Cards. If I OHKO unevolved Pokemon V and their “main” attackers 2HKO my Duraludon VMAX, I am always going to stay above the Prize trade. It isn’t always that easy, though - there are definitely some cards in the metagame that cause this archetype issue, like Amazing Rare Yveltal [Shining Fates]. Since Amazing Destruction says the Defending Pokemon is Knocked Out, it doesn’t get stopped from Skyscraper because it isn’t damaged - it is an effect of an attack. That is why there is a copy of Big Parasol [Darkness Ablaze], but sometimes Lugia VSTAR lists are running Lost Vacuum [Lost Origin] to get around it. That is why the following list might need to play an additional copy of Big Parasol to try and get around the Yveltal OHKO attack that goes through Skyscraper, but otherwise, it is working just fine. It still might need a little work in this metagame, but let’s check out this list:

4 阿尔宙斯五世 PR-SW 204

2 阿尔宙斯 VSTAR BRS 184

2 duraludon vmax 坐姿 236

2 杜拉鲁顿 V CPA 47

4 Marnie PR-SW 121

1 大阳伞 DAA 199

2 进化香 SSH 163

3 超级药水 SSH 166

2 大魅力 RCL 206

3 水晶洞穴 EVS 230

1 开关总和 160

1 逃生绳索巴士 163

4 瑟琳娜·席特 193

4 超级球 BRS 186

4 教授研究 PR-SW 152

4 快速球 SSH 216

2 老板的命令 LOR 241

1 普通杆 SSH 215

1 训练场 FST 282

6 金属能量 EVS 237

4 双涡轮增压能量 ASR 216

3 对抗能源 CRE 233

After explaining why 阿尔宙斯 VSTAR / 杜拉鲁顿 VMAX is relevant again, I hope you find yourself wanting to jump into this updated archetype. I hope my findings will guide you on your Pokemon TCG journey as I try my best to help our community understand our Silver Tempest metagame. 杜拉鲁顿 VMAX is a particularly strong Pokemon online deck in this format and should have answers to almost all decks in the format (as long as they have Special Energy). It’s certainly a deck that I want to test around with more, and I hope it continues to be one of the best Pokemon online decks in the format! If you’re missing any cards for this deck or any other deck, feel free to pick up some Pokemon TCG Online codes right here at the PTCGO store and use code zlesage5 to save 5%. Super quick PTCGO code card email delivery with every purchase, and it helps support the articles written here. Best of luck testing this deck, and have a great day!

Zach Lesage 是 PTCGO 商店的特约撰稿人。作为多伦多本地人，他从 2005 开始玩 Pokemon 集换式卡牌游戏，并将 Pokemon 内容创作作为自己的全职工作。凭借在游戏中取得的多项显赫成就，例如 2020 玩家杯 2 冠军和 2020 大洋洲国际锦标赛决赛入围者，他已经证明了自己在游戏中的成功。在游戏之外，他周游世界，享受设计师街头服饰文化，并且是一名受过专业训练的厨师。您可以在大多数 Pokemon 活动中看到他，并在 Twitter 上关注他 @ZachLesagePTCG。