Searching Standard: Mega Abomasnow ex

Hello and welcome to another episode of Searching Standard, where each and every week I look for new, innovative decks for you to play in Standard. This week, I'm looking at a deck that was recently featured on the YouTube channel of LittleDarkFury. It features Mega Abomasnow ex MEG 36, who can deal up to 600 damage from a single attack with a bit of luck. Let's get started by taking a look at the deck list.

Mega Abomasnow ex Deck
LittleDarkFury
Pokemon
  1 Kyogre 34
  3 Mega Abomasnow ex 36
  4 Snover 35
Trainers
  1 Artazon 171
  4 Arven 186
  3 Boss’s Orders 172
  3 Cyrano 170
  1 Nest Ball 181
  1 Night Stretcher 61
  4 Pokégear 3.0 84
  1 Secret Box 163
  3 Surfing Beach 129
  2 Technical Machine: Turbo Energize 179
Energy
  29 Basic Water Energy

Mega Abomasnow ex MEG 36 is the main attacker for this deck. By using its Hammer-lanche attack, you'll discard the top 6 cards of your deck, dealing 100 damage for each Basic Water Energy discarded. While this might be a risky attack, there are 29 Basic Water Energy cards in this deck, helping to mitigate some of that randomness.

A lone copy of Kyogre MEG 34 is included in this deck as an additional attacker. Its Riptide attack only requires 1 Energy to use, and it will deal 20 damage for each Basic Water Energy card in your discard pile. Then, you'll shuffle all of those Basic Water Energy cards back into your deck. You'll be able to deal a bunch of damage with Kyogre MEG 34 and then set up future attacks by Mega Abomasnow ex MEG 36.

Surfing Beach MEG 129 offers you an easy way of switching between your attackers. While having this Stadium might also help your opponent, the benefits it brings to you are worth the downside. Secret Box TWM 163 is the ACE SPEC for this deck, and it offers you an easy way of searching for exactly what you need.

In order to find the Pokemon you need, this deck runs a pretty trimmed down search package. Single copies of Artazon PAL 171 and Nest Ball SVI 181 can help you find the Basic Pokemon you need, while Cyrano SSP 170 offers you the means of finding your Mega Abomasnow ex MEG 36 with ease.

While this deck might not have as many Items and Pokemon Tools for Arven OBF 186 to find, he's still one of the best Supporter cards in Standard and you'll often find playing him to be quite useful. He offers an easy way of finding Night Stretcher SFA 61, which can be very useful if you need to return a Mega Abomasnow ex MEG 36 from your discard pile to your hand. Technical Machine: Turbo Energize PAR 179 offers you a quick way of powering up a Benched Mega Abomasnow ex MEG 36, bringing its Hammer-lanche attack online immediately.

Boss’s Orders PAL 172 is a key card for this deck. It allows you the choice of which opposing Pokemon you will attack. This can be vital, as you can often Knock Out an opposing Pokemon with a single attack. By choosing a Pokemon that will provide you with multiple Prize cards, you'll put more pressure on your opponent right away. Pokégear 3.0 BLK 84 is the final card in this deck, and playing it not only helps find a Supporter you might need, but it also helps thin your deck a little so you'll be more likely to discard more Basic Water Energy cards when you attack with Mega Abomasnow ex MEG 36.

Wrapping Up

Dealing One-Hit Knock Outs can be a lot of fun. This deck certainly packs a lot of punch, making it a good choice of decks for you to play when you simply want to win games quickly.

What do you think of this deck? Do you have any suggestions for improvements? Let me know by leaving a comment below. And be sure to join me here again next week as I continue my search for innovative decks in the Pokemon TCG. I'll see you then!

- Mike Likes