I Looked at Every Dragapult ex Deck and Learned This

[@DeinoInATophat]

James's ability to explain everything so well and too make it entertaining make him a top tier PTCG youtuber

[@MeowscaradaDAGOAT]

Your ability to use the right "to" is not entertaining and it nearly gave me a top tier brain aneurysm

[@tagrodgers655]

Sparkling crystal has really helped the deck ive been running pidgeot with rad alakazam and hawlucha to distribute damge to bench using boss the swap out and go a 3/prize then devolution against the zard ex deck

[@ahxrnl]

Honestly glad to have found this video as someone trying to perfect a build, did a great job listing the pro and cons of all the techs!

[@JetfireQuasar]

11:00 You've completely misunderstood Rad Zards utility in this deck. It's a Mid/Late sweeper knocking out pretty much anything that's been set up by Dragapult, it's not just there for Ogapon

[@valdamaer]

The other option in Mahone’s list would be to play Roseanne’s Backup instead of Cyllene. Coin flips feel bad lol, and you can just quick search the neo upper if you don’t have to use quick search to find roseanne (which is more likely with bibarel engine down)

[@breloominonion]

The best ptcg content on KZbin

[@JohnSmith-bp5jq]

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[@PhirewallX]

Definitely agree with your final decision after playing the three minus the zard ex builds for hours and hours, the final decision just feels good and fun to play.

[@The_gogo_guy]

James, ur truly my fav ptcg player of all time ur def the best ptcg content creator because of ur amazing competetive content, i love ur vids soo much and hope to see u hit that wc title!!!

[@traill2]

Maybe I haven't played it enough, but I haven't had any more consistency issues with LZ Pult than with other decks. I brick openings or dead draw with Lugia and Raging Bolt more often. I've been experimenting with Rotom V instead of Sableye in LZ Pult for faster Pult set up. If you set up Pult T2 or T3 at the latest, you are doing a Lost Mine to the bench every other turn plus 400 to whatever is in the active much earlier than you could ever set up a Sableye. It also lets you see more cards in the early game when you just have comfeys and crams on the board but without losing resources to the lost zone pushing for 10. With Rotom, you just want to get 7 into the LZ to activate Mirage Gate. Downside to Rotom is obviously two prize boss KO risk. Trying to work in a Penny.

[@xcyphs]

This was great. Dragapult Vmax got me hooked on ptcgo when that was meta

[@imjustsaiyan86]

Couldn’t agree more. I run a for-fun bard and pult deck, but use drag-pidgeot competitively

[@thearrivalalex450]

In my experience the lost zone build has been the most fun and consistent so far. It's true that it isn't as easy to put Dragapult into play but in the meantime you're doing Lost Zone stuff so it's usually fine. There are some pretty disgusting combos that get you 3 prize cards , such as Cramorant into a gust + Pult attack or Pult + Sableye on the next turn

[@Nickknows00]

Would be nice to see a few matches at the end of the

[@mr.loafers4282]

I looked at every dragapult deck i noticed something in common... they all run dragapult and was perplexed futher research is needed to confirm these studies

[@enhidri160]

No way.. this is groundbreaking. This’ll surely define the meta!

[@mr.loafers4282]

@@enhidri160 after hours of research i have concluded it wasnt dragapult.... it was fire energy ever top deck has fire energy

[@CopaTCG]

New video from the absolute goat of ptcg content creation LFG

[@joaovitordesa8291]

Sir, I need you to sign my playmat, totally goated

[@ohmyitscook]

yeah ive watched this multiple times and still have no clue what to put in my deck

[@justinjenkins4301]

Imma have to try the pidgeot version of dragapult .I played the xatu version and definitely has consistency issues.I really been on lugia lately but pault seems strong .Great video man

[@smwoSun]

i kept the serena and i added a third mist energy because i am facing so many dragapults in the ladder and I just like those cards in that matchup

[@valdamaer]

I feel like Hawlucha is actually really good against decks like OgerBolt as well. You could bench damage with Hawlucha then boss Oger up take two and spread damage to set up for next turn, or do the same thing over two turns (at risk of the damage being healed by switch cart). I think it’s actually pretty based

[@Manley410]

Charizard ex / dragapult ex funnily enough has the highest win rates in the dragapult ex mirror. Logically it does make sense to want to attack with dragapult ex as fast as possible to snipe the bench but I just find the charizard ex version sets up a bit faster. It transitions better. Most dragapult lists look for turn 3 curve but charizard ex can maybe hit a turn 2 curve. Also, once a charizard ex takes a shot from dragapult ex, it still has 130hp and you can switch it with a dragapult ex on that turn 3 and the dragapult player that you're playing against in the mirror has to decide to spend resources to ko that charizard on your bench or let your dragapult ex get off an extra attack. I just feel like the stronger turn 2 on average and the ability to switch out that charizard and the fact it could hit the board later in the game and one shot the opponents dragapult ex is a huge reason the charizard list is the best in the mirror despite intuitively, it seeming the worst. Also, I do feel like max belt is being slept on currently. Dragapult ex OHKOing for 250 against a raging bolt, then putting 1 damage counter on 2 ogerpons and 4 damages counters on 1 raging bolt on the bench can auto win ogerpon matches. It can bump up the win rates against roaring moon ex, chien pao ex, miraidon, and a lot of other mus significantly

[@sungming2008]

nowadays dragapult hv to well response to both raging bolt and lugia. Against grady, zard, giritina are behind them.

[@Slime-fz9ml]

Which list would you recommend for a newer player:

[@bigbadrobbo]

So what was the best deck in the end?

[@emmetmcgarrigle3219]

What about dragpult dusknoir

[@ohmyitscook]

so which deck list would you say is the best for ladder climbing?

[@Hugo_PTCG]

Nice content James, great vid

[@wolfe84au]

I’m running a dragazard ex and hve been experimenting with alakazam

[@vincentbono2682]

isnt there another version where dragapult gets sent to discard pile then another dragon copies its atk ? i got whooped by that this weekend

[@jamesctcg]

This video was from before that was really properly considered a “dragapult” type of deck but yeah that’s Regidrago VSTAR

[@TheJaminator]

Lzb dragapult is pretty much carried by the drakloak and rad zard in 90% of my games. I never have much impact in any matchup with the ex except for maybe one attack early game that sets up damage for the rest of my attackers. Dragapult ex just isn’t really working for me, personally I don’t think it’s a good card.

[@1117Jrod]

I demolished this exact deck at 6:20 earlier with my own Dragapult deck. Lezgo

[@relevantrasslinplays9424]

Deck list?

[@natestreo]

Great video!

[@NinjaAbiJ]

Question: i have been having issues in the Dragopult vs Charizard matchup each time in go in frontin prize, but in the long run Charizard just ko me till it catches up. what would be the strategy vs this deck in your opinion?

[@Christian-hi3yj]

The goal is to stay slightly behind on prizes and take extra at the end to win or if you play tm devo slowly exhaust resources without taking prizes and devo when they can't build another zard up

[@ARY824]

I’m seeing a lot of decks separating the xatu and pidgeot. So from my experience. It’s best to play both. TM Evo is also extremely strong to use. Imo best deck to utilize the tm evo.

[@Tummy92]

Thank you for the very good analysis!

[@GVS2001]

Tysm for this video!

[@JohnnyZ3710]

The best Dragapult list is Regidrago VStar.

[@gamesequence9338]

Why are people comparing drakloak to kirlia its completely different mechanics. If anything compare it to comfey. They do the exact same thing the only difference is one goes back into the deck. Im not hating or anything I just get slightly triggered when people compare completely different things like this bleh

[@thundyty]

"i'll tell you why dragapult is good" that's where you went wrong /j

[@tman695695]

timestamps please!!!

[@michaeljones1045]

Dude I have a problem with what you say generally but you just said when running a Charizard ex/Dragapault ex you attack with Charizard first and I've been running that deck (not the variation you have) since Dragapault has been legal and let me tell you that you are way wrong about that obviously Charizard gets powered up with the more prizes your opponent has so u definitely attack with Dragapault while the Charizard waits on the bench and even powers up other attackers with burning darkness

[@michaeljones1045]

Bro said "Don't bother with prime catcher just run counter catcher cuz your going to be losing most the time anyway" 😅.....I don't wanna be playing any variation of dragapault if I'm going to be losing most of the time

[@Manley410]

I mean garde was the best deck two sets ago but was behind on prizes most of the game. A lot of these stage 2 decks just play from behind a lot

[@noname-702]

maybe not losing but behind on prizes is better wording, as a evolving deck ur usually not taking the first ko but have potential of big multi prize turn, I've pulled of wins 6 to 1 prize cards in two turns

[@1117Jrod]

I’ve defeated every dragapult deck on this video with my own dragapult deck

[@CaptainIr3land]

Oh yeah? care to share your decklist fam?

[@1117Jrod]

@@CaptainIr3land hah I wanna keep it close to the chest for a little bit at least until it either becomes popular or starts losing. Basically, the two secrets are sort of a different way to accelerate energy and an ace spec I don’t normally see people use with this deck. No cleffa, no radiants, no pidgeot, no rotom

[@1117Jrod]

@@CaptainIr3land well cats out of the bag I suppose. I just saw someone release a video. I basically use charizard with dragapult. But still holding my supporters and ace spec close to the chest. I also don’t use the rotom and Manaphy etc. like they do. My supporters are somewhat unique and unorthodox but it works.

[@Palolo2343]

All dragons have 1 weakness I fixes this crap deck Man i left yugino bcz the stupid decks with almost zero weakness and then i see this crap in pokemon tcg

[@Gambit87-rh3vn]

James you literally never won any event but thnx for your tips 😄😬

[@affinitymusicproduction9698]

Fine example of a backhanded compliment there

[@wingsof5stack390]

Whats the point of saying that? He is still a really good player

[@aS__Spencer]

I'd love to see you win a regional event or higher. It's not that easy bud.

[@JTesoro21]

People that say stuff like this are usually more disappointed in themselves than the one they're insulting.

[@aS__Spencer]

@JTesoro21 true. It's insecurity/jealously