One card you should be sure not to overlook during your testing for States is Regice LA. It has been thought that this card was only useful in Gyarados for the sole purpose of discarding Magikarps, but “Regi Move” serves as a potent Pokémon Power that can swing the game in any deck’s favor.
Yes, Regice is a terrible starter if you have the misfortune drawing it as the only basic in your opening seven cards. It takes 3 Energy to both attack and retreat, meaning you will be giving away a few turns unless you are running some type of switching, like Switch, Warp Point, or Warp Energy. You will probably be running at least one of those aforementioned cards in most decks anyway, or maybe even an Unown Q MD so that you aren’t put in too bad of a bind if you open with it.
Where Regi Move really shines is in any quick hitting deck, save for SP variants. I am talking about blitzkrieg decks like Shuppet Donk, Jumpluff, Gyarados, and Machamp. These kinds of decks want to be taking a prize every single turn, if possible. They are not decks that like to slug it out; they would like to win by turn 6 if it’s possible. Regice aids these decks greatly by shewing away out gimmicky cards that your opponent may try to stall with like Mr. Mime MT, Spiritomb AR, Shuckle SW, and Shedinja SV. This set of cards tries to punish aggressive cards for the attribute that make them what they are.
You could just Warp Point or Cyclone those cards away (except for Spiritomb AR which prevents you from playing Warp Point), but the advantage Regice provides is that it is easily searchable. Roseanne’s Research, Pokémon Collector, Luxury Ball, Pokémon Communication, and Bebe’s Search are all popular trainers that all decks play and can search our instrumental ice cube.
Regi Move can be used throughout the whole game, which is another big plus. Once it’s in play, you opponent won’t be able to stall unless they are playing multiple copies of those bothersome basics in their deck.
Other than having the ability to force away stalling basics, Regice is able to coerce all Pokémon SP to the bench, too. This is super important because often times you may not be able to KO the active SP, but you will be able to KO any of their bench. Like I mentioned earlier, quick decks want to draw a prize every turn if possible, and each of your turns that end without a Knock Out, it is more likely that you will fall short in the match.
An example of where this instance might occur is if you are using Machamp SF and your opponent is playing SP, but has an Unown G attached to their active. As far as I can tell, most SP’s have been cutting down to 1 Unown G, which means Machamp will be able to Knock anything Out on your opponent’s bench for 1 Energy, except for Claydol. This makes getting Regice in play a priority, as it almost ensures a prize a turn unless your opponent plays multiple Unown G. Regice can also benefit Jumpluff against SP, as and they might Expert Belt an active making it too hard for you to Knock Out in one shot, but their bench will be prime pickings.
The two card discard Regi Move requires can be an annoyance, but it can be beneficial at times, too. Gyarados thrives on this discard. Other decks can use the discard to lower their hand in order to draw more cards with Claydol’s “Cosmic Power”. It is really not too big of an issue.
In closing, give Regice a try if you are not already using it and see if it can sway any matchups in your favor. I know it has made a big difference in my testing results.
This really is a great card. But like you said, I believe that the risk of starting with this Pokemon is just so risky. As such, around 2 Switches/Warp Points just have to be included. It Shuppet decks, this card works wonders as it can discard useless cards (like Roseanne’s, etc after one has been used) and allow more room for “Set Up”. And of course, switching your opponent’s card out. Although, Dunsparce/Cyclone is probably still superior.
Luckily, this fatty can now retreat with 1 Unown Q and 1 DCE so it isn’t as bad to get it out of active. (Does waste a precious DCE though)
I’ve also recently teched in this card in my Infernape Lv. X (Not SP), Ninetales HS deck. Using Ninetales power twice discard 2 fire energies. Infernape Lv. X’s power can normally discard 1 or 2. Add that with Regice and I’m discarding quite a bit of energies in preparation for “Flare Up” doing 150 damage for 2 fire energies.
Nice strategy with Infernape, good thinking there.
What’s a really good strategy with Infernape is using the PL one with Typhlosion MT/Prime to get your Energy back into play, and discard them repeatedly with Rushing Flames to flip for 80 apiece. Then, you can just Flare Up once 8 get into the discard, and you can start the process over. Ninetales HS also works here. I guess you could tech Regice, too.
I use one Regice in my Octillery-Dialga Deck as another way to discard Energies (you get them back to the top of your deck with Dialga).
I use one Regice in my Octillery-Dialga Deck as another way to discard Energies (you get them back to the top of your deck with Dialga).
Wow, that was a great article!I’m using a Jumpluff and a Beedrill deck, so I’m definitly going to put a regice in my deck!
Wow, that was a great article!I’m using a Jumpluff and a Beedrill deck, so I’m definitly going to put a regice in my deck!
Regice is just sick. I never understood why people preferred registeel for gyarados.
Regice is just sick. I never understood why people preferred registeel for gyarados.
Thanks for the comments everyone. :)
Yeah I don’t know why know you’d want Registeel over Regice…there is only going to be like 1 time out of 10 that you’d rather have the Registeel.
This really is a great card. But like you said, I believe that the risk of starting with this Pokemon is just so risky. As such, around 2 Switches/Warp Points just have to be included. It Shuppet decks, this card works wonders as it can discard useless cards (like Roseanne’s, etc after one has been used) and allow more room for “Set Up”. And of course, switching your opponent’s card out. Although, Dunsparce/Cyclone is probably still superior.
Luckily, this fatty can now retreat with 1 Unown Q and 1 DCE so it isn’t as bad to get it out of active. (Does waste a precious DCE though)
I’ve also recently teched in this card in my Infernape Lv. X (Not SP), Ninetales HS deck. Using Ninetales power twice discard 2 fire energies. Infernape Lv. X’s power can normally discard 1 or 2. Add that with Regice and I’m discarding quite a bit of energies in preparation for “Flare Up” doing 150 damage for 2 fire energies.
Nice strategy with Infernape, good thinking there.
What’s a really good strategy with Infernape is using the PL one with Typhlosion MT/Prime to get your Energy back into play, and discard them repeatedly with Rushing Flames to flip for 80 apiece. Then, you can just Flare Up once 8 get into the discard, and you can start the process over. Ninetales HS also works here. I guess you could tech Regice, too.
What’s a really good strategy with Infernape is using the PL one with Typhlosion MT/Prime to get your Energy back into play, and discard them repeatedly with Rushing Flames to flip for 80 apiece. Then, you can just Flare Up once 8 get into the discard, and you can start the process over. Ninetales HS also works here. I guess you could tech Regice, too.
Thanks for the comments everyone. :)
Yeah I don’t know why know you’d want Registeel over Regice…there is only going to be like 1 time out of 10 that you’d rather have the Registeel.
Some people believe that registeel does not warp out a pokemon they want to kill. its situational.
Some people believe that registeel does not warp out a pokemon they want to kill. its situational.
lol gallade!
i think this is better than registeel as it’ll fit into a lot of deck catagories
thanks for awesome post adam! really changedmy view or regice
lol gallade!
i think this is better than registeel as it’ll fit into a lot of deck catagories
thanks for awesome post adam! really changedmy view or regice
I have it in my Shuppet deck and it has been great for moving Spiritomb AR back to the bench! I also have 1 Dunsparce and 1 cyclone energy in my deck as well
I have it in my Shuppet deck and it has been great for moving Spiritomb AR back to the bench! I also have 1 Dunsparce and 1 cyclone energy in my deck as well
Do you think 1 Cyclone is enough?
i quickly removed cyclone from my deck as most decks running spiritomb as an intergral part rather than a one off tech are usually resistant to colorless(gengar/dusknoir/etc.) or weak to psychic(gg) so i don't want ot be attacking with dunsparce. I can two hit, or hit once then double flash bite for the ko and not lose too much ground. I'm fine getting through 2 spiritomb early game, but its when they run three or rescue 1 I have trouble. Also in order to get around mime I'd rather play a warp point, reversal, or blowers. That way i see what I'm attacking before I commit to an attacker. Also I don't think you can run enough cyclone energy in such a tight list to have a high enough probability of drawing into one when you need it. SW bannette also does a good job of Koing a non guarded mime or tomb.
I think that Regice is a great choice if you are not using Palkia, but if you do,(which I do), Registeel is a better choice, just because w/ Palkia, you are switching w/ him, you don't want to have them switch by Regice.
I think that Regice is a great choice if you are not using Palkia, but if you do,(which I do), Registeel is a better choice, just because w/ Palkia, you are switching w/ him, you don't want to have them switch by Regice.
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