Standard Deck Guide: Rogue, Anti Meta Slowking (Japanese Tournament)

In today's article, we'll discuss this Stellar Crown Slowking strategy. You can use its attack to copy the attacks of any "baby" Pokémon you discarded from the top of your deck for just two energies, (P)(C). This deck stood out against several meta decks, like Charizard ex, Raging Bolt ex, Lugia VStar, Lost Box, Dragapult ex, and many others, and got 11th place at the Osaka City League, in Japan.

Let's understand how it works!

Decklist

Deck Structure

Slowking: The Main Attacker

This Pokémon's main attack is Seek Inspiration, which discards one card from the top of your deck. If this discarded card is a Pokémon without any Rule Box, Slowking can copy any of its attacks for just two energies, (P)(C).

Pokémon You Can Copy

Conkeldurr TWM 105's attack, Gutsy Swing, deals 250 damage, so it's useful against decks that use special conditions, like the ones centered around Hisuian Electrode V PR-SW SWSH294.

Regigigas PRE 86 deals 330 damage, and, as such, is perfect against enemy Tera Pokémon ex.

Kyurem SFA 47 is perfect if you need to deal "sniper" damage, particularly against Colress cards, like Colress's Tenacity SFA 57 or Colress's Experiment LOR 155.

Recursive Pokémon

Budew PRE 4 is a control Pokémon, as it prevents your opponent from playing "items" next turn.

Tatsugiri TWM 131 lets you look for a Supporter among the top six cards in your deck and add it to your hand.

Fezandipiti ex SFA 38 draws three cards whenever one of your Pokémon is knocked out by an enemy attack.

Squawkabilly ex PR-SV 160 is useful on the first turn, as it discards your hand and draws six new cards.

Latias ex SSP 76 lets you retreat any basic Pokémon for free.

Trainers

Card Draw Supporters

Card Draw and "Switch" Supporter

Supporter to Recycle Pokémon without any Rule Box

Supporter to Get Special Energies and Stadiums

Supporter to Get one Basic Pokémon in Play and Add it to Your Hand

Items to Get Pokémon

Item to Recycle Pokémon or Basic Energies

Stadium

This Stadium lets you put one card in your hand on the top of your deck every turn, so, with it, using Slowking's attack effect will be easy.

Special Energy: ACE SPEC

This energy draws four cards when you attach it to a Pokémon.

Special Energy

This card lets you move a benched Pokémon into the active spot.

Pros

This deck is strong against many Tera Pokémon ex, like Charizard ex, Dragapult ex, and Raging Bolt ex. It is also efficient against Lost Box decks.

Furthermore, Colress's Tenacity SFA 57 is great with it, as it activates Kyurem SFA 47's effect and lets you attack for just one colorless energy.

Cons

This deck struggles against Hydreigon ex SSP 119 because of its "mill" mechanic, as well as Pikachu ex SSP 57, which can survive K.O.s and stay in play with 10 HP.

Decks with Terapagos ex PRE 92, which can use Fan Rotom SCR 118 as a fast, aggressive answer, are also favored against Slowking.

This deck is efficient and accessible. It can be a nice surprise for many players who still don't know what to do to beat the main decks in the meta.

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