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{{ | {{ArchetypeInfobox | ||
|title=Infercatty | |title=Infercatty | ||
|image=DelcattyexEXCrystalGuardians91.jpg | |||
|image2=InfernapeDiamondPearl5.jpg | |||
|caption={{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Delcatty ex|91}} and {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape|5}} | |||
|types={{e|Fire}}{{e|Colorless}}{{e|Grass}} | |types={{e|Fire}}{{e|Colorless}}{{e|Grass}} | ||
|cards={{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Delcatty ex|91}}, {{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Delcatty|8}}, {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape|5}} | |cards={{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Delcatty ex|91}}, {{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Delcatty|8}}, {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape|5}} | ||
|era=2007-2008 | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Infercatty''' is a | '''Infercatty''' is a {{TCG|deck archetype}} in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] based around the cards {{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Delcatty ex|91}}, {{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Delcatty|8}}, and {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape|5}}. It saw widespread use in [[Play! Pokémon]] due to its ability to get Infernape onto the field quickly, and then continuously lay heavy damage on an opposing Pokémon each turn. Delcatty provided drawing support, while Delcatty ex recycled Infernape's discarded Energy and minimized both players' hand size. | ||
==History== | |||
After the release of the {{TCG|Diamond & Pearl}} expansion, the deck rose in popularity when it saw great success during the 2007 Spring Battle Road season. However, the deck saw a sharp decline in use after the 2007 National Championships, when that year's National Champion, Chris Fulop, dealt several top-ranked Infercatty players major defeats, including John Kettler, a major deck theorist behind Infercatty's success. The reason behind the deck's decline is due to the increased number of counters in the National Championship and World Championship metagames, including {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Empoleon|4}}, {{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Cessation Crystal|74}}, {{TCG ID|EX Legend Maker|Cursed Stone|72}}, and the {{TCG ID|EX Legend Maker|Lunatone|20}}/{{TCG ID|EX Legend Maker|Solrock|25}} combo from {{TCG|EX Legend Maker}}. | |||
==Strategy== | |||
To maximize {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Budew|43}}'s potential, it is the ideal starter. Then, a player can be setting up the rest of their strategy by searching out any crucial {{TCG|Trainer card}}s, such as {{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Castaway|72}} while your opponent is attaching Energy to attack Budew. Budew's ''Errand-Running'' attack is free, so a player may use it immediately. Using Castaway, a player would want to search out a {{TCG|Fire Energy}}, another Castaway, and a {{TCG ID|EX Dragon Frontiers|Strength Charm|81}}. When the player is on their last Castaway, {{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Scott|81}} should be searched. From then on, Trainers and {{TCG|Supporter card|Supporters}} should be used as a player sees fit. It is good to get {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Chimchar|76}} and {{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Skitty|62}} onto the Bench as soon as possible and evolve them into their final forms. {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape|5}} or {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape LV.X|121}} should be used for most of the deck's attacking, but, if needed, {{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Delcatty ex|91}} could take a Prize card or two. This is only effective if there are many Energy cards in the discard pile. Ideally, {{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Delcatty|8}} should only be used to provide drawing support from the Bench for as long as possible. | |||
==Cards== | ==Cards== | ||
===Key cards=== | ===Key cards=== | ||
*{{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Delcatty|8}} | [[File:DelcattyEXPowerKeepers8.jpg|thumb|right|200px|{{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Delcatty|8}}]] | ||
*{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Delcatty ex|91}} | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Delcatty|8}}''' - In the deck to sit on the Bench and provide drawing support with its ''Energy Draw'' {{TCG|Pokémon Power|Poké-Power}}. | ||
*{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape|5}} is the deck's main attacker, being able to attack quickly for large amounts of damage with | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Delcatty ex|91}}''' - A dual-purpose addition to the deck. First of all, its ''Constrain'' Poké-Power can be used to put Energy in the discard pile for Infernape LV.X's ''Flare Up'' attack, and it can recycle Energy back into the deck that Infernape loses with its ''Flare Blitz'' attack. | ||
*'''{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape|5}}''' - Infernape is the deck's main attacker, being able to attack quickly for large amounts of damage with ''Meteor Punch,'' and then dealing a lot of damage with ''Flare Blitz''. | |||
*'''{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape LV.X|121}}''' - Infernape LV.X is the deck's big finisher, dealing 150 damage for only two Energy. The downside is that it only works if a player has eight {{TCG|Fire Energy}} in their discard pile, and then they are shuffled back into the deck. It also recycles Energy lost with ''Flare Blitz'' and ''Energy Draw''. | |||
===Other Pokémon=== | ===Other Pokémon=== | ||
*{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Chimchar|76}} | *'''{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Chimchar|76}}''' - Only in the deck for the purpose of evolving into Infernape. | ||
*{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Monferno|56}} | *'''{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Monferno|56}}''' - Despite possessing cheap, fast attacks, is in the deck for the same purpose as {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Chimchar|76}}. | ||
*{{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Skitty|62}} cannot hold its own in battle and is only useful to evolve into either | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Skitty|62}}''' - Skitty cannot hold its own in battle and is only useful to evolve into either Delcatty ex or Delcatty. | ||
*{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Budew|43}} | *'''{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Budew|43}}''' - Quickly searches any needed Trainer card out of the deck. It is the deck's consistency crutch, and is primarily meant to fetch out key Trainers, such as Holon Transceiver, Rare Candy, or Windstorm (in order to counter then-metagame threats Cursed Stone and Cessation Crystal). | ||
===Other | ===Other Trainer cards=== | ||
*{{TCG ID|EX Holon Phantoms|Rare Candy|90}} | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Holon Phantoms|Rare Candy|90}}''' - Used to skip the {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Monferno|56}} evolution in the {{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape|5}} line, speeding up the deck. | ||
*{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Celio's Network|73}} | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Celio's Network|73}}''' - Can search out any Pokémon in the deck except {{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Delcatty ex|91}}. | ||
*{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|PlusPower|109}} | *'''{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|PlusPower|109}}''' and '''{{TCG ID|EX Dragon Frontiers|Strength Charm|81}}''' - Both cards add 10 extra damage to any attack, which can be just enough for a crucial Knock Out. | ||
*{{TCG ID|EX Delta Species|Holon Transceiver|98}} | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Delta Species|Holon Transceiver|98}}''' - The backbone behind the deck's consistency, being able to search out all of your crucial Holon Supporter cards. | ||
*{{TCG ID|EX Dragon Frontiers|Holon Mentor|75}} | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Dragon Frontiers|Holon Mentor|75}}''' - Used to search out any three Basic Pokémon in the deck. | ||
*Holon Scientist and Holon Adventurer | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Delta Species|Holon Scientist|97}}''' and '''{{TCG ID|EX Holon Phantoms|Holon Adventurer|85}}''' - Used as the primary Supporter card draw power. | ||
*Holon Lass | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Delta Species|Holon Lass|92}}''' - Used to draw several Fire Energy cards from the top of your deck, so as to subsequently discard them for either Delcatty's ''Energy Draw'' or Delcatty ex's ''Constrain''. | ||
*{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Windstorm|85}} | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Windstorm|85}}''' - Kept in the deck to discard cards like {{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Cessation Crystal|74}}, which can make this deck slow and hard to use. | ||
*{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Warp Point|84}} | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Warp Point|84}}''' - Used to retreat a Pokémon with a {{TCG|Special Condition}}, because most Pokémon in the deck have free retreat costs. | ||
*{{TCG ID|EX Dragon Frontiers|Professor Elm's Training Method|79}} | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Dragon Frontiers|Professor Elm's Training Method|79}}''' - Primarily used to search for Delcatty ex, due to the inability of Celio's Network to search for {{TCG|Pokémon-ex}}. | ||
===Energy cards=== | ===Energy cards=== | ||
*{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Double Rainbow Energy|88}} | *'''{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Double Rainbow Energy|88}}''' - For quickly attaching two Energy of any type to a Pokémon; however, damage done by that Pokémon is reduced by 10. This card is critical to Infernape's ability to deal quick Knock Outs. | ||
*{{TCG|Fire Energy}} | *'''{{TCG|Fire Energy}}''' - Crucial to the deck's success. In fact, a lot of the deck revolves around discarding Fire Energy. | ||
==Typical | ==Typical deck list== | ||
{{DeckArchetype}} | {{DeckArchetype}} | ||
{ | {{decklist/header}} | ||
| | {{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Chimchar|76}}|Fire||Common}} | ||
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Monferno|56}}|Fire||Uncommon}} | |||
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape|5}}|Fire||Rare Holo}} | |||
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Infernape LV.X|121}}|Fire||Rare Holo LV.X}} | |||
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Skitty|62}}|Colorless||Common}} | |||
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG ID|EX Power Keepers|Delcatty|8}}|Colorless||Rare Holo}} | |||
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Delcatty ex|91}}|Colorless||Rare Holo ex}} | |||
| | {{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|Budew|43}}|Grass||Uncommon}} | ||
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|EX Holon Phantoms|Rare Candy|90}}|Trainer||Uncommon}} | |||
| | {{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Celio's Network|73}}|Trainer|Supporter|Uncommon}} | ||
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Diamond & Pearl|PlusPower|109}}|Trainer||Uncommon}} | |||
| | {{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|EX Delta Species|Holon Transceiver|98}}|Trainer||Uncommon}} | ||
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|EX Dragon Frontiers|Holon Mentor|75}}|Trainer|Supporter|Uncommon}} | |||
| | {{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|EX Delta Species|Holon Scientist|97}}|Trainer|Supporter|Uncommon}} | ||
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|EX Delta Species|Holon Lass|92}}|Trainer|Supporter|Uncommon}} | |||
| | {{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|EX Holon Phantoms|Holon Adventurer|85}}|Trainer|Supporter|Uncommon}} | ||
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Windstorm|85}}|Trainer||Uncommon}} | |||
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Warp Point|84}}|Trainer||Uncommon}} | |||
| | {{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|EX Dragon Frontiers|Professor Elm's Training Method|79}}|Trainer|Supporter|Uncommon}} | ||
| | {{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|EX Dragon Frontiers|Strength Charm|81}}|Trainer|Pokémon Tool|Uncommon}} | ||
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|EX Crystal Guardians|Double Rainbow Energy|88}}|Energy|Rainbow|Rare}} | |||
| | {{decklist/entry|12|{{TCG|Fire Energy}}|Energy|Fire|None}} | ||
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===Restriction=== | ===Restriction=== | ||
Infercatty was restricted due to the {{TCG|rotation}} of all pre-{{TCG|Diamond & Pearl}} cards from the | Infercatty was restricted due to the {{TCG|rotation}} of all pre-{{TCG|Diamond & Pearl}} cards from the {{TCG|2008-10 Modified format}}. | ||
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