The New Testing Zone
“Welcome!”
Players that have visited here, old and new alike, will probably know how The Testing Zone works, but I have changed it a little bit so listen up. Before, the library of decks was in A-Z order, but as new deck were added and the metagame shifted, there was only so many times I could update every deck and the best ones weren’t at the top because of the A-Z nature of the page. So now, I have changed it into tiers and the rules are as follows for each tier:
Tier One: Decks performing well and taking tournaments everywhere. Will be updated every new set.
Tier Two: Deck that can do well, but not as consistently as Tier 1. Will be updated with every new set.
Playable Rogue: Rogues that rarely do well, but can still compete. Will be updated with new additions to the deck.
The Drop Zone: Decks that cannot perform in the competitive environment, but may have been in a past format. These lists may not have been updated for a while so may be outdated!
Zekrom/Eelektrik: Arguably the best deck in the format, taking many 1st places in all countries
Celebi/Mewtwo/Tornadus: Second to the BDIF title which focuses on hard hitting from turn one
Durant: This deck does have a bad reputation, but is cheap to build and highly competitive
Terrakion: Taking advantage of all those Lightning decks out there and it performs well against the rest too
Reshiram/Typhlosion: Still here from when HGSS-On began and can still compete with the big guns
Mew/Vanilluxe/Unfeazant/Vileplume: The new-age Vanilluxe can stall you into a victory and lock your opponent into submission
Magnezone/Eelektrik: The daddy of Zekrom/Eelektrik showed dominance at one point, but can still hit hard one those new EXs so this one isn’t out of competition yet.
Chandelure/Vileplume: EXs hitting for over that 130HP limit limits this decks success in this format
Cobalion/Kyurem/Electrode: Giving up free prizes and milling yourself isn’t too strong in this speedy format
Donphan/Machamp: Golden-oldie of the format. Donphan still isn’t bad but Machamp is too threatened by Mewtwo
Gothitelle/Reuniclus: Once reigning champ of the format is destroyed by Mewtwo EX
Kingdra/Yanmega: Way too much Lightning for this to succeed anymore
Magnezone/Emboar: Two Stage 2s? Isn’t going to happen too often without trainer lock
Reshiram/Emboar: Typhlosion is a much better and more flexible choice for this meta
Six Corners: Not enough corners to go round and they will get KO’d by the new EXs
Vileplume/Reuniclus/Dragons/Donphan: The 130HP barrier has been broken by the new EXs
Your Comments:
These pages can only expand with your help. Comment below which decks you would like to see added to the list and make sure you explore the library to add your piece of knowledge.
