Yveltal EX/Gallade BKT/Zoroark BKT ... Best Standard Deck?
Yveltal Gallade Zoroark (YGZ)? Where did this deck come from? Shouldn't Yveltal be dead? Darkrai and dark decks died when dark patch rotate so two rotations past that shouldn't this deck die already?False uneducated player from 2013. With the passing of dark patch and any hope of a reprint (rip), Dark decks in theory should have slown way down. Announcement in late 2014 when regionals day 2 would become expanded, Yveltal/Darkrai decks showed signs of new life. Dark patch was back in expanded but struggled a bit to keep up with the standard meta of constant Virizion Genesect Decks and Seismitoad Decks rising. Yveltal finally emerged strongest when Donphan/Dragons became the deck to beat in winter cities Yveltal would be reshape and breathe new life into a meta based on Donphan's hit-and-run versus Virizion Genesect's Cat and Mouse chase.
With the release of Primal Clash many saw success in day 1 standard in Florida proving it could tussle with the new cards in the set most notably Dylan Dryers list. Rolling into four weeks of states, Yveltal would dominate most along side Primal Groudon, Virizion Genesect, and Primal Kyogre.
Fastfowarding past US nationals where it saw minimal success, new standard became XY-Ancient Origins. In a format where standard was ignore all together Yveltal again saw high success in the expanded regionals with a Maxie's hidden ball trick engine and Archeops pairing thanks to the Sosa brothers.
TL;DR
PRESENT DAY: Rolling forward into an untested standard format now with Breakthrough available for use in tournaments... We are seeing this deck yet again standing the test of time. Most spectators and meta-gamers could see that standard's largest overlying problem is the lack of draw support. Decks are now forced play a combination of item search/draw support in the combo of Shaymin EX ROS + Ultra Ball + Trainer's Mail + VS + (optional) Battle Compressor. Lacking N & Colress slows the format where decks who play the slow game (setups taking two even three turns) can be viable (example Kyogre, M Sceptile, Fighting, Dragons Bronzong, etc). Expanded on the opposite side is about Turn 1/2 setups swings for 180 for virtually nothing and counters that beat it (Blastoise, Vespiquen, Yveltal/Archeops, Seismitoad Variants).
Why is YGZ so good then?
YGZ is amazing. It covers its worst matchup and its kryptonite M Manectric EX (vairants). Gallade operates similiarly to Yveltal Archeops with Maxie's hidden ball trick providing deck thinning, a new superior draw engine, a 150HP fighting Pokemon that can withstand M Manectric and provide extra consistency with Premonition ability to choose the order of the next 5 cards.
According to CharizardLounge.com, YGZ accounts for roughly 12% of the [weighted] winning standard meta as of this posting losing only by 10CP to Night March.
Night March [4020CP] & Yveltal [4010CP]
So I had to look into what makes this deck amazing...
Deck Profile
Also check out my match videos as well:
Match #1 Versus Manectric Water
Match #2 Versus Night March
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