RAMBO (TCG)

RAMBO
Blaziken and Team Aqua's Manectric Types used Major cards Blaziken, Blaziken ex, Team Aqua's Manectric, Rayquaza ex, Delcatty, and Dunsparce Era 2004

RAMBO was a Pokémon Trading Card Game deck archetype that saw success during the 2003-2004 season. Its name is derived from important components of the deck (Rayquaza ex, Team Aqua's Manectric, Blaziken) and its strategy (One-hit Knock Out). Prior to the release of EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua in March of 2004, the deck was known as BAR. The deck functioned identically, but with Ampharos from Expedition serving the function of the not-yet released Team Aqua's Manectric, and a higher Rayquaza ex count compensating for the lack of Blaziken ex. BAR stood for Blaziken Ampharos Rayquaza. Though Rambo saw less play toward the end of the season due to the release of Gorebyss, Walrein, and others in the EX Hidden Legends expansion, Chris Fulop piloted a variant of RAMBO (which he called Blaziken Tech) to the finals of the 2004 World Championships.

Strategy

Delcatty

Key cards

• Blaziken -
• Delcatty -
• Team Aqua's Manectric -
• Blaziken ex -
• Rayquaza ex -
• Dunsparce - Because the deck was reliant on a number of different Evolution lines, Dunsparce's Strike and Run attack was critical to get the necessary Basic Pokémon in play early in the game.
• Oracle -

Typical decklist

The deck list appearing below is not official; it is meant to represent an average build of the archetype, not specifically constructed for any regional metagame. Being that this is merely an archetype, a player may wish to change any part of this deck when building his or her own version. The list shown assumes an Expedition through EX Hidden Legends format. Potential later additions may be listed in the Possible tech cards section.

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
3×	Blaziken
2×	Blaziken ex
3×	Seedot
4×	Seedot
2×	Delcatty
2×	Skitty
2×	Furret
2×	Sentret
4×	Dunsparce
4×	Desert Shaman	Su
3×	Steven's Advice	Su
3×	Copycat	Su
3×	Oracle	Su
3×	Rare Candy	T
1×	Switch	T
1×	Ancient Technical Machine [Rock]	T
3×	Desert Ruins	St
4×	Special Darkness Energy	E
3×	Double Rainbow Energy	E
3×	Boost Energy	E
6×	Grass Energy	E	—

Possible tech cards

The following cards were often used in RAMBO in place of certain cards included in the above list.

See also

• 2004 World Championships (TCG)

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.