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I finally got Melmetal, it's good, it gets lots of wins but it's the most complicated Pocket deck I have played. The Basics are so fragile and their positioning is key. It's the first time I ever used the "reset" feature to reposition my active Pokemon. You have to play your opponent's deck, know if Meltan will survive an attack, know if you need to sac a Pawniard to stall, know when to evolve them, know how many turns you can stall before Melmetal comes online, etc.., All this is true for every deck you play but this deck has less margin for error. Melmetal is great when he comes online but 4 energy is a lot so it ends up being your only Pokemon seeing action, you have to keep it healthy and protected. It's begging for more healing, maybe a partner Butterfree. Sometimes Bisharp can get the job done on their own but often times since you're investing so much into Melmetal you're not doing any damage until it comes online. I realize the reason this deck is such a challenge for me is because it has two modes: If they let you set up, Melmetal can come online early and outspeed them, if you don't have a chance to set up you have to go aggro with Bisharp. Figuring it out early or taking the gamble determines the outcome. I'm often deciding on the best course of action up to literally the last second. There are too many variables early on for me to say which decks it's good against, I have won against them all except I have yet to run into any fire decks. It all comes down to which Pokemon they put on active. This is the deck where people concede the earliest against.
tldr: I'm going to keep playing it until it doesn't work but the deck might require a better pilot.
