Landorus/Crobat (TCG)

Landorus/Crobat
Landorus-EX and Crobat Types used Major cards Landorus-EX, Crobat and Super Scoop Up Era 2014–2015

Landorus/Crobat was a Pokémon Trading Card Game deck archetype mainly played during the 2014-2015 season. The deck's strategy revolved around dealing as much damage to opposing Pokémon per turn, using Pokémon's cheap Attacks and multiple Golbat/Crobat's Abilities to increase the damage counter aggression. Though this deck had a bad match-up against Seismitoad EX variants and lists with Garbodor, Landorus/Crobat players took 1st, 4th and 7th place in the Junior Division at the 2015 Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships. Junior Champion Rowan Stavenow's version was printed as a promotional World Championships deck, The Flying Hammer.

Strategy

Landorus/Crobat had an aggressive play-style by using Pokémon that could deal a decent amount of damage for one energy: Landorus-EX, Lucario-EX and Hawlucha, each attacker being benefited by the support from the Furious Fists expansion and also having different Weaknesses to better deal against type disadvantage match-ups. This deck used the Phantom Forces Golbat and Crobat to place additional damage counters on opposing Pokémon when evolving, even damaging benched Pokémon when most appropriate for the player. To reuse these Pokémon's Abilities, scooping cards such as Super Scoop Up were part of the deck and could even be played on badly damaged attackers to prevent knockouts.

Key cards

Super Scoop Up

• Landorus-EX - Landorus-EX's Hammerhead Attack dealt 30 damage plus 30 to a benched Pokémon. With 3 energies, it could also use Land's Judgment for up to 150 damage, easily knocking out most Pokémon with other modifiers.
• Lucario-EX - Though its attacks did not seem as strong as Landorus-EX, Lucario-EX was one of the few Pokémon in the format with 3 attacks, dealing more pressure than Landorus-EX at certain moments, besides its different Weakness to . Its Corkscrew Smash Attack could damage the defending Pokémon while drawing cards.
• Hawlucha - A non-EX Pokémon that, for one energy card, could consistently deal 100 damage against Pokémon-EX with the right support.
• Golbat and Crobat - Respectively put 2 and 3 damage counters on an opposing Pokémon when being played on the field. Their attacks were low damaging but, as cost only one energy to use, could help with certain knockouts.
• Super Scoop Up - Played to put Golbat and Crobat back into the player's hand and later reuse their abilities, sometimes being also useful at returning damaged Pokémon from the field. As it needed a coinflip to work, other scooping cards were used along with this Item.
• Muscle Band - When attached, Muscle Band increased the damage against defending active Pokémon by 20.
• Fighting Stadium - Increased the damage of Pokémon against Pokémon-EX.
• Korrina - Searched the deck for Pokémon and Item cards, being a common staple in the list.
• Strong Energy - Each energy increased the damage of Pokémon by 20.

Typical decklist

Hawlucha

Igor Costa's decklist at the 2017 - Regional Championship Hartford, CT, USA

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
2×	Landorus
1×	Lucario
4×	Hawlucha
3×	Crobat
3×	Golbat
4×	Zubat
1×	Shaymin
1×	Scoop Up Cyclone	I
4×	Super Scoop Up	I
4×	Ultra Ball	I
2×	VS Seeker	I
4×	Muscle Band	I
3×	Fighting Stadium	St
2×	Silent Lab	St
1×	AZ	Su
2×	Colress	Su
2×	Korrina	Su
2×	Lysandre	Su
2×	N	Su
4×	Professor Juniper	Su
5×	Fighting Energy	E
4×	Strong Energy	E

Possible tech cards

Focus Sash

The following cards were often used in Landorus/Crobat in place of certain cards included in the above lists.

• Focus Sash - Focus Sash prevented non-damaged Pokémon from being knocked out, though oposing Crobat variants and Hypnotoxic Laser halted the effectiveness of this Tool.
• Leafeon - Used by Top 8 Junior Division player Keita Saubaigne at the 2015 Worlds Championship, replacing the Crobat line for a counter to and energy-heavy decks.

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