Pokemon (22):
4 Totodile
4 Dark Croc
3 Dark G8r
4 Hoothoot
4 Noctowl
3 Cleffa

Trainers (28):
4 Elm
3 POR
3 Pokemon Trader
2 Boss's Way
4 Double Gust
2 Switch
2 Town Volunteers
3 Rocket's Hideout
3 Focus Band
2 Pokemon Fan Club

Energy (10):
10 Water

Bullados Says:
The basic strategy here is similar to that of the original Dark G8r deck: get out as many Noctowl as possible ASAP and prevent any and all trainers from getting into the opponent's hand.  Dark G8r allows for more freedom here because it also stops babies from attacking, basically meaning that the opponent has no card drawing whatsoever.

Many of my trainer choises need to be explained in greater detail.  I opted for Oak's Research instead of Copycat because, with  the way the deck is designed, the opponent's hand will rarely be above 5 cards, if it even has that much.  Also, I plan to use Pokemon Trader and Boss's Way in tandem in order to get out those Noctowl fast.  What I do is, if I don't have a usable Pokemon in my hand (i.e. Totodile, Noctowl, Hoothoot, are all usable to me in most situations) I play Boss's Way and then trade the thing back into the deck for a Noctowl.  By this method, I usually have 3 or 4 Noctowl out by the
end of the 2nd turn, if I play my trainers right.  Double Gust is Maxed out because usually it will just be a regular GOW.  In the rare instance that I have something with a retreat cost on the bench when I use Double Gust, I pack some Switch for more free retreating fun..

I know that 10 Water energy seems like a little low, considering that everything requires at least 2 NRGs to attack with decent authority (Dk Croc included, I enjoy the Agility-like effect and the no-retreating part...).  However, I will rarely have more than 2 big guns fully powered at any one time, making a total of only 6 energies required in order to have an unstoppable army.  Usually, I will only have 4 energies in play, due to the Cleffas.

With the perfect setup, I hope to get at least 3 Hoothoot on the bench, with a Totodile and Cleffa, by the end of the first turn.  If I'm lucky (I have at least 1 Noctowl in my hand, with at least 1 Trader or draw card) I'll attach the Water to Totodile, which is sitting on the bench.  From here until I get G8r out, I stall as long as possible with Cleffas and free retreaters.

The only problem with this deck is the extreme lack of health that these Pokemon have.  The only way that I could think to deal with that was to put in as many Focus Bands as I could, and hope for some heads to go my way.

Thank you for reviewing this, and good luck!!!

Gloom Said:
Ahh, looks like a pretty top notch deck.  Nothing much more than a tweak for this one, but, it will help quite a bit.  For your Pokemon, I’m going to drop one of the Dark Crocs.  With the amount of searching you’ve got in the deck, you can manage it easily.

Trainerwise, I’m going to drop a double gust and a switch.  A bit too much board control, running six pieces when you say that usually the Double Gust is just a GOW.  In fact, if you can manage it, drop the switch for another Double Gust.  I bumped your Research count up to four, as well as your Traders, ditching a rocket’s hideout, and a town volunteers.  I bumped up Boss’ Way by one as well, and kicked in a Pokemon Centre – trust me, with the Nocs against a Pichu, you’ll be happy for it.

I bumped up the energy by one.  Try it that way, or run it at ten and add in another trainer – up to your style, I personally would only use a single.

Dark NocLoc v 0.1 – Gloom’s Tweak

Pokemon (21):
4 Totodile
3 Dark Croc
3 Dark G8r
4 Hoothoot
4 Noctowl
3 Cleffa

Trainers (24):
4 Elm
4 POR
4 Pokemon Trader
3 Boss's Way
3 Double Gust
1 Switch
1 Pokemon Center
1 Town Volunteers
2 Rocket's Hideout
3 Focus Band
2 Pokemon Fan Club

Energy (10):
11 Water

There we go!  It’s skewed a bit more now towards drawing, and I think with this deck, deck control is what you’re really exploiting in the early game.  Do it well, and, as I’m sure you’ve discovered, the denial and hand disruption that results goes a long, long way.

Thanks for sending it in!

-Gloom