The Best Deck of the Year: Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX

[@lakeadora]

Shout out to the time he put Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX at like 7 on his Battle Styles initial tier list

[@mr.fluffypantz4150]

Weren’t Corviknight and Cheryl the top 2? Kek

[@persecuted.]

@@mr.fluffypantz4150 🐸 ☕️

[@lukestange]

@@mr.fluffypantz4150 honestly that deck still seems bonkers and i can't believe it hasn't taken off much

[@nebs9798]

@@lukestange to be fair when it came out fire was dominating in the meta and now it’s too slow against urshifu/shadow rider/mew/etern. It’s just too slow of a deck and bronzong dies to rapid flow making it an easy target to gimmick and kill to prevent the healing

[@alistairsheehyhutton4201]

Rapid Strike Urshifu in a world with bench barrier Mew and without is a very different card.

[@cooolth3547]

Can’t believe Andrew misspelled chandelure two years in a row

[@ClintonMatos]

"The 3 turn game, that's how you know we're playing optimal Pokémon" can Santa deliver us less power creep for 2022?

[@pikal6143]

Hopefully v stars with un-powercreep the game but it will take a while. We will have vmaxes in standard until midway through gen 9.

[@nebs9798]

@@pikal6143 v stars are just gx Pokémon before tagteams and I’m all for it since it’s a calmer meta. Just hope no additional prize card attacks or effects get printed again😅

[@confusedqueenmin]

Eiscue will remember that

[@tydmnd]

This was the funniest shit I ever heard he snapped commentating this

[@tydmnd]

Three turns. Barely enough time to think just enough time to get your cards on the table aaaand GG

[@willpoissant]

Thanks to you I've gotten back into the TCG, love the content and keep up the good work!

[@heromedley]

this deck has been carrying me in ptcgo for a while now. its so fun to play.

[@victormai5182]

Thank you for brightening up my year ❤️

[@tydmnd]

I’ve been vouching the melony + urshifu forever how could it not be the most consistent version of the deck

[@KP-uz3nk]

Is it better than the version Alex used to win the players cup? I'm trying to figure out which one to run.

[@nathanielcarson8425]

Quality Content brother! Thank you for all you do for the pokemon community! Keep up the great work! Merry Christmas!

[@mohammadadnan7319]

I remember 2020's deck of the year was Pikachu and Zekrom GX. Can't believe it's been an year, wooooh

[@maximhromov3192]

It was ADP-Z, not PikaRom

[@mohammadadnan7319]

@@maximhromov3192 oh I confused it with the other video titled, "Formats change, but PikaRom is forever". Thanks for the heads up though!

[@homermalaluan8680]

Got my own deck like this. But instead of inteleon shady dealing, I got 2 vaporeon v, 2 lumineon v and cinccino/minccino. Thank you for this. Now, unti my second deck.

[@samoto6943]

I ended up making the deck fully myself after I pulled 1 Urshifu V and 2 VMaxes, one of them being a rainbow rare

[@heavyarms55]

I used to dislike Rainbow Rare cards because they look pretty bad online. But once I finally pulled a couple IRL, then I realized they can be really pretty.

[@zachcarmichael699]

Anyone else notice the video blur/ghosting when Andrew moves around a lot? Must be a setting on his camera

[@EmerDCP]

Really digging the mood whiplash in that intro lmao

[@mohammadadnan7319]

Happy holidays though!

[@chessplayer6632]

The intro is a little too relatable…

[@leeslegacy5865]

I’m just starting the v max collection

[@thegreatcheese4806]

I was just wondering if there was a way to retrieve your rapid strike energy from your discard pile?? Thanks a bunch!

[@Hunni125]

urn of vitality?

[@sparklysilvally1944]

Love the intro lmao

[@La.rizzla]

is it the single strike? Because if it is i have it

[@chenhodeda1227]

Congrats urshi! But I didn't see bench barrier mew in the crowd...

[@Sarmachus]

Good choice for deck of the year. I thought it could’ve been beedrill though. Guess that was a good deck of the month instead!

[@worldwithcuriosity148]

which beedrill ?

[@Sarmachus]

@@worldwithcuriosity148 Single strike! You can knock out any Pokémon if it has a special energy attached.

[@worldwithcuriosity148]

@@Sarmachus I ment, how will you make a whole deck focused on beedrill Since the tittle is best deck and not best card

[@Sarmachus]

@@worldwithcuriosity148 Oh, that’s a good point. I suppose I put it that way bc the deck of the year was about Rapid Strike Urshifu, but the rest of the cards aren’t required to be 100% the same. Maybe for Beedrill, it would be the Jolteon version, but you could argue it still works better with other things.

[@danielwan2410]

I thought the theory with beedrill is that it is a tech special energy punisher

[@JRTITAN23_yt]

can you add a link that is the deck list

[@sparx6766]

im a bit confused, duraludon prevents attacks from special energy, yet you only play rapid energy and water energy, how would you accompany for the fighting energy if they get the vmax off?

[@Xan1011]

You don't with this deck. This deck and it's other variants are really good at being aggressive. With how little Duraludon is played you just gotta take your losses against this deck. I personally prefer to run Vaporeon Vmax for the Mew Matchups.

[@frankvanderwielen6876]

You don’t have to account for every single matchup and duraludon has not been as popular the last few tournaments

[@erbertsantiagojr.6462]

How long is the new year sale going on for?

[@MEATBOY_613]

I get crushed by Mew/Genesect when I use Rapid Strike Urshifu. Can you post that match-up or is it pretty much an auto loss?

[@KP-uz3nk]

Can Jirachi GX still be played to stop the weakness?

[@curlytcg9812]

@@KP-uz3nk not anymore at least on standard

[@timeaxis1]

i just pulled this card in my tcg pack opening tonight... im speechlessly shocked!

[@Ghibli44]

Biggest Weakness from this Decklist is that you can only attack 4 times with G-Max Rapid Flow. Is there any change to get back the Rapid Strike Energy from discard pile?

[@Hunni125]

urn of vitaltiy I think>

[@Ghibli44]

@@Hunni125 Urn of Vitality only works on Single Strike Energy, but not with Rapid Strike. Anyway thanks bro 😉

[@Hunni125]

@@Ghibli44 oh yeah I knew it was one of the two

[@taylormiller7913]

As a mew vmax player, this deck can kill IF mew draws bad. If mew gets everything going as it needs it’s a very, very tough matchup for urshi

[@kettenschlosd]

weakness working as intended. a decent deck can keep the bdif in check by the game defs declaring double damage. i get what the reason for this is but its just incredibly lazy. duraladon v actually has a matchup vs urshifu. single strike can oneshot without cheese. mew just wins for reasons. i also hate the matchups urshi autowins like lightning. dracozolt should be an urshi counter, but alas its countered by it again because of this jank mechanic. i love this game in 60% of the time but 40% of the games are weakness induced autolosses and autowins (you can upset these matchups but only if the advantaged party brick turn after turn which really doesnt say anything). i could just bring an energy card of a type, we compare and then note down the winner. fuuuun

[@alessandror2034]

Played this today first match up was against shadow rider, they used shadow mist on me till they built their board then I got smoked. Any suggestions for counters?

[@austinwthompson45]

Not sure. I use a SingleStrike version of this deck, so I use Houndoom to hit for weakness.

[@DiesMemoria]

How is this in comparison to Urshifu+Umbreon Vmax deck?

[@KP-uz3nk]

What does the Umbreon version look like?

[@Xan1011]

The Moist Bear is great! I personally prefer the Urshi/Vaporeon version but this deck rocks

[@JoelDino]

Can I get the deck list?

[@REfan001]

Those are some good sale prices but damn $11 shipping😬

[@Nuclei_Breaddo4]

I got one for chistmas and i had double of all the cards

[@coltoncollects290]

Nice Video! 👍

[@christinetran4114]

Hey Mahone! Love the video/channel like always! Keep it up stay safe hope you reach 85K subscribers and have an amazing night! 😁👍

[@heavyarms55]

But what does this deck do against Mew/Genesect?

[@maxgreen6081]

Ko a benched mew v if they leave one and soften up a Genesect with the first rapid flow. Then finish the Genesect (s) with quick shooting & yoga loop from if possible. You can even echoing horn a mew v back into play if necessary

[@jacobgerhard4279]

Amazing vid

[@dimitriskontoleon6787]

Well we have tone of good decks. Is no overpower, is just barely playable but I really love vunion decks... Mewto vmax is good, intelion is really good now...

[@Tundra0128]

I tried to play Urshifu Vmax but I just suck it playing this deck

[@spewda]

I got this card first try when I was gonna start pokemon cards. Its not fake it's legit

[@terrigarcia7624]

Got this card!! So cool

[@michaelqueen9269]

When will you do more tabletop games?

[@waterguardiangamingYT]

I got rapid strike ursifu in first Pokémon pakage of Rs20 is is good

[@michaelallenyarbrough9503]

I just realized that Urshifu has to be a triple portmanteau on Latin ursus for bear, shifu for a Japanese master, and kung-fu!!

[@coconutcoconut7365]

my friend has this deck and he literally SWIPED ME OFF THE GAME (he killed me in 5 moves) ;)

[@skapenguin]

I played this deck 4 time, won 3, then stopped playing it cauaw it's too broken, no fun to play at all.

[@ryanakers3678]

Want to piss off people with the urshifu deck? Shadow Rider Calyrex V. That is all.

[@Ghostxvii]

Am I the only one who didn’t know you could “keep calling” for other Pokémon besides sobble?

[@boxkid759]

Yes. A wise man once told me that reading a card. Tells you what the card does. 😜

[@GresikComedyClub]

I add 1 inteleon vmax rapid strike to make more damage

[@andrewwu6196]

No, no point

[@andrewwu6196]

Only 3 water energy, not enough bench space, too much effort for not much payoff

[@La.rizzla]

oh nope its not the single strike

[@timmeh006]

Well, i build a deck that has an auto-win against this deck. So i'm excited to see this deck a lot more on the ladder!

[@defectivesteve]

What deck? Curious!

[@cooolth3547]

Wdym more on the ladder? Just because Andrew made a vid on it doesn’t mean it’s increasing in popularity it’s already very well known rs urshi is insane

[@timmeh006]

@@defectivesteve Its a dragapult Vmax deck with dusknoir. It counters pretty much all counters to dragapult V except for things like moltres. The mew match-up is also quite tricky but hammers help.

[@timmeh006]

@@cooolth3547 Decks being covered in video's do get a bit of a bumb on the ladder. People going back to it or trying it out, stuff like that.

[@VeckerG]

Not even a change against duraludon. I prefer the regular one with fighting energy

[@PredatorTheStealth]

Duraludon isn't a real deck, come on

[@VeckerG]

@@PredatorTheStealth it is super popular now. Not only in the ladder but also on tournaments

[@PredatorTheStealth]

@@VeckerG I know exactly what you're talking about, but that version of the deck is straight up garbage. Grant Manley managed to win one small sized tournament because the deck was not expected and the meta was extremely predictable and limited. I don't think I have ever lost once against that deck while playing a plethora of meta decks that Duraludon is supposed to "autowin": Leafeon Vmax, Mew Vmax, Urshifu RS and SS.. That deck is an inconsistent mess and it amazes me how easily can people get brainwashed by Limitless.

[@VeckerG]

​@@PredatorTheStealth Yes, it is maybe at its not fullest of course but I think it has potential. Reminds me to "LucMetal" with zamazenta and zacian last Standard format which Urshifu RS straggled with a lot. So maybe it will develop stronger and a well defensive deck like that one. Thats why I said that. Urshifu can even have a chance because it only takes to put one Duraludon Vmax in play and thats it

[@TreYay83]

I kinda wish they had left out the minccino engine out of the rapid rapid strike deck that they just released. And put a 4 4 octillarys. The single strike got four hound dooms in it

[@jarrettplaysviolin5992]

Houndoom can stack, Octillery can’t. Makes a lot more sense to include an ability you can use more than once per turn

[@zacherndon9521]

This has been my favorite deck to play with. Most times guys just forfeit by the 2nd or 3rd turn which sucks. But hey, I'd be pissed too if my stacked V deck was getting recked on and off the bench by turn 2.

[@valentingigena6058]

Same bro

[@Ponera86]

Pretty sure mew Vmax/genesect is the strongest deck of the year and that it isn't close.

[@lukestange]

true, but RS urshi has been at the top of the meta for much longer, while fusion mew is brand new

[@shannonkreutzer6458]

I have a rapid strike urshifu vmax in real life

[@timeaxis1]

i just pulled it on.my channel tonight... on my very first battle styles TCG pack opening... what are the odds of that?

[@Sstrand1363]

Lol bench barrier coming back

[@RahulReddy]

Absolutely broken busted deck

[@Parelily]

Congrats not single strike

[@iamalex4life]

Definitely a notable deck. I think the best deck of the year might go to zacian/adp

[@Knight34766]

That was 2020, adp got a big nerf in june of this year because of chilling reign and battle styles making vmax pokemon and 1 prize engines more popular meaning it couldnt get 2 ohkos and win the game and then it rotated in september