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{{ArchetypeInfobox
|title=Durant Mill
|image=DurantNobleVictories83.jpg
|image2=PichuHeartGoldSoulSilver28.jpg
|caption={{TCG ID|Noble Victories|Durant|83}} and {{TCG ID|HeartGold & SoulSilver|Pichu|28}}
||cards={{TCG ID|Noble Victories|Durant|83}}, {{TCG ID|HeartGold & SoulSilver|Pichu|28}}, and {{TCG ID|Undaunted|Rotom|20}}
|types={{e|Metal}} {{e|Lightning}}
|era=2011-2012
}}

'''Durant Mill''', also known simply as '''Durant''', was a competitive {{TCG|deck archetype}} in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]]. Unlike most decks, it focuses on using {{TCG ID|Noble Victories|Durant|83}}'s ''Devour'' attack to cause the opponent to be [[Pokémon Trading Card Game#How to play|unable to draw any more cards]], causing him or her to lose. Although a heavily modified version of the deck was created for the 2012-2013 Organized Play season, the loss of critical cards such as Pichu and Twins to format rotation kept it from seeing much success.

== Strategy ==
The strategy of this deck is to cause the opponent lose by "decking out", or running out of cards to draw. The deck's favored starter is {{TCG ID|HeartGold & SoulSilver|Pichu|28}}, whose ''Playground'' attack permits both players to fill their benches with any basic Pokémon from their decks. This allows the player to immediately put all four {{TCG ID|Noble Victories|Durant|83}} into play. Because Durant's ''Devour'' attack discards the top card of the opponent's deck for each Durant in play, this maximizes the number of cards discarded each turn. The final Pokémon, {{TCG ID|Undaunted|Rotom|20}}, allows the player to retrieve any Durant which are in the Prize Cards, which can be checked using {{TCG ID|Triumphant|Alph Lithograph|FOUR}}.

Once set up, the Durant Mill player would attempt to slow the opponent using various Trainer cards in order to prevent him or her from taking all six prize cards before running out of cards.

== Cards ==
=== Pokémon ===
*{{TCG ID|Noble Victories|Durant|83}} depletes the opponent's deck by using its ''Devour'' attack. Four Durant in play are used for a decent amount of the opponent's cards to be discarded each turn.
*{{TCG ID|HeartGold & SoulSilver|Pichu|28}} lets the Durant Mill player set up the necessary Basic Pokémon using its ''Playground'' attack.
*{{TCG ID|Undaunted|Rotom|20}} is used to let the player swap a face-down Prize Card with the first card in the player's deck, using its ''Mischievous Trick'' [[Pokémon Power|Poké-Power]], in case a Durant card is one of the Prize Cards.

=== Trainers ===
*{{TCG ID|Base Set|Revive|89}} moves a Basic Pokémon from the discard pile to the bench. This allows any Durant which are knocked-out to be quickly put back into play.
*{{TCG ID|Triumphant|Alph Lithograph|FOUR}} allows the player to look at all of his or her face-down Prize Cards, and helps the player utilize Rotom effectively.
*{{TCG ID|Triumphant|Junk Arm|87}} lets the player search his or her discard pile for a Trainer card (besides Junk Arm) at the cost of discarding two cards. This enables the player to reuse discarded Revives, Lost Removers, Pokémon Catchers, and Crushing Hammers.
*{{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Lost Remover|80}} moves a Special Energy card from one of the opponent's Pokémon to the {{DL|Appendix:Glossary (TCG)|Lost Zone}}, eliminating the Energy card from play. This slows down the rate at which the opponent can power up attackers.
*{{TCG ID|Emerging Powers|Pokémon Catcher|95}} replaces the opponent's Active Pokémon with a Benched Pokémon. This could be used to stall by trapping Pokémon with high retreat costs.
*{{TCG ID|Emerging Powers|Crushing Hammer|92}} has a 50% chance of discarding one of the opponent's Pokémon's Energy.
*{{TCG ID|Noble Victories|Eviolite|91}} reduces damage taken by the Basic Pokémon that the Eviolite card is attached to. It is used to make Durant more difficult to knock out.
*{{TCG ID|Triumphant|Twins|89}} allows the player to search for any two cards and put them into the player's hand, provided he or she has more prize cards remaining than his or her opponent. Because Durant Mill isn't focused on knocking out Pokémon, the Durant Mill Player will almost always be able to play Twins.

== Typical decklist ==
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{{decklist/header}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Noble Victories|Durant|83}}|Metal||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Undaunted|Rotom|20}}|Lightning||Rare}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|HeartGold & SoulSilver|Pichu|28}}|Lightning||Rare}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Revive|89}}|Item||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Triumphant|Alph Lithograph|FOUR}}|Trainer||Rare Holo}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Triumphant|Junk Arm|87}}|Trainer||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG ID|Call of Legends|Lost Remover|80}}|Trainer||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Emerging Powers|Pokémon Catcher|95}}|Item||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Emerging Powers|Crushing Hammer|92}}|Item||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Noble Victories|Eviolite|91}}|Item||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Triumphant|Twins|89}}|Supporter||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|HeartGold & SoulSilver|Pokémon Collector|97}}|Supporter||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Undaunted|Flower Shop Lady|74}}|Supporter||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|HeartGold & SoulSilver|Professor Oak's New Theory|101}}|Supporter||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Noble Victories|N|92}}|Supporter||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|4|[[Metal Energy (Special)|Metal Energy]]|Energy|Metal|Rare}}
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG ID|Triumphant|Rescue Energy|90}}|Energy|Colorless|Uncommon}}
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