Modified Archetypes

Feraligatr Riptide
This is the most popular deck in the whole game of Pokemon right now.  It uses a truck load of TeCH and baby pokemon.  It might have Suicune, Pichu, Magby, Elekid...  It's main goal is to get many water Energies in the discard to power up Riptide and to keep consistently doing lots of damage.  In modified decks 4 most have cards are Cleffa, Professor Elm, Misty's Wrath, and Focus Band.  Wrathing 4 times on the first turn won't screw you like other decks.  Gator feeds off of it.  Then uses Trash Exchange to get the Water Energy back in the discard pile.  Here is a sample Gator deck.

Deck List:
4 Totodile
4 Croconaw
3 Feraligatr
2 Magby
1 Elekid
1 Pichu

4 Professor Elm
4 Misty's Wrath
4 Double Gust
3 Secret Mission
3 Trash Exchange
3 Focus Band
1 Time Capsule
1 The Rocket's Training Gym
1 Narrow Gym

18 Water Energy


Typhlosion
Another strong card.  It is either played with Magcargo or Blaine's Arcanine.  It uses Fire Recharge to put lots of energy on the Pokemon then unleases their powerful attacks!  Then they repeat.  That is basically it.

Here is a sample Typhosion deck:
4x Cyndaquil (Fireworks)
3x Quilava (Char)
3x Typhlosion (Fire Recharge)
4x Slugma
3x Magcargo
3x Cleffa
1x Elekid
4x Professor Elm
4x Misty's Wrath
4x Double Gust
4x Focus Band
2x Time Capsule
3x Chaos Gym
18x Fire Energy

Crobat
My favorite deck in Modified.  This deck is amazing.  It beats anything with lots of energy attachment.  It beats powers.  It locks babies.  It makes even Feraligatr resign!  It is very strong.  It uses Murkrow and Pichu to lock babies and hurt decks that rely on Pokemon Powers.
 

Deck List:
Pokemon 20
4 Zubat
4 Golbat
3 Crobat
4 Cleffa
2 Pichu
2 Murkrow
1  Sneasel

Trainers 23
4 Professor Elm
4 Misty's Wrath
4 Focus Band
4 Double Gust
2 Gold Berry
2 Nightly Garbage Run
2 Master Ball
1 Rocket's Sneak Attack

Energy 17
13 Grass
4  Darkness

Who knows maybe Neo Destiny will unleash some new Archetypes.  Here are some cards I think will do well

Dark Gengar
Power makes people asleep have to flip two coins!
It's attack costs two Psychic and 1 colors.  [Sorry about the spelling I'm in a rush].  You choose one of your opponents pokemon and switch it with the active.  Does thirty damage to the new pokemon and puts it asleep.

Dark Ampharos
Pokemon Power does ten damage whenever someone attaches an energy to their pokemon!  It stops working though when more than one D. Ampharos is out

Attack 50 damage LCC
Discard all LIGHTNING energy attached to Ampharos.  Use it with Dark Energy and you'll do 70 and discard only one Lightning!  Hope you liked my report

Nicholas Foster