Ice Rider Calyrex Two Ways!

 

The strategy of Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX is first and foremost to get an Ice Rider Calyrex V (Chilling Reign) in play with an Energy attached to it! This allows you to attach an Energy on your second turn and start threatening your opponent's Pokemon with either Ride of the High King or Max Lance. You can hit with Ride of the High King for two reasons - your opponent has a large Bench, or it is part of a 2HKO attacking plan. Max Lance is usually more powerful, but it does come at the cost of discarding some Energy from Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX. Whether you use Cinccino (Sword and Shield) or Drizzile (Shining Fates) to get setup, mainly everything else about this archetype remains the same. You draw or search for what you need and try to keep on hitting hard with Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX. And let's not forget that playing Path to the Peak (Chilling Reign) can slow down your opponent since they won’t have access to their Abilities on Rule Box Pokemon. It isn’t the most strategic concept ever, but hitting for a lot of damage quickly under Ability lock is certainly powerful!

This version of the Pokemon Online deck focuses on using Drizzile to search out a variety of Trainer Cards for whatever situation you find yourself in. Maybe you need to search out an Energy, and you can nab a Capacious Bucket (Rebel Clash) with Shady Dealings. Maybe you need an Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX, so you fetch out an Evolution Incense (Sword and Shield), which means you have access to your attackers at your fingertips. The best part is that you can Evolve Drizzile into Inteleon (Chilling Reign) to start sniping your opponent’s Pokemon for 20 damage with its Quick Shooting Ability! This allows you to hit for those sneaky planned Knock Outs with Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX after using big attacks like Max Lance. Let’s check out this deck!

The Cinccino version of this Pokemon Online deck plays out extremely similar to the Inteleon version but gives up the direct one-time search of Shady Dealings for drawing cards each turn with Make Do. You might not necessarily get the cards you want, but you can use the Ability each turn, and Stage One Pokemon take up less space than Stage Two Pokemon in the deck by nature. Other notable differences include using that extra space to run Scoop Up Net (Rebel Clash) to utilize your Abilities in play again, such as Galarian Zigzagoon (Shining Fates), and offer mobility as a pseudo-Switch effect when your opponent plays Boss’s Orders (Rebel Clash). I personally like how this deck has room to run Phoebe (Battle Styles) and Mewtwo (Unbroken Bonds), so it has answers against decks like Decidueye (Darkness Ablaze) and Altaria (Champions Path). Let’s check out this deck!

Whether you’re trying to become the next Chill TCG champion or play fun games on the Versus ladder, these Ice Rider Calyrex VMAX Pokemon online decks are a great place to explore for everyone! I’m stoked to continuously test these decks and learn more about the metagame myself! If you need any PTCGO codes for your own testing or collection, PoTown Store is one of the best places to pick up PTCGO codes. Happy testing!

Zach Lesage is a contributing writer for PoTown Store. As a Toronto local, he has been playing the Pokemon Trading Card Game since 2005 and creates Pokemon content as his full time career. He creates YouTube content, coaches players to become better in-game, and provides hot takes on his Twitter. With multiple prestigious accomplishments in the game, such as the 2020 Players Cup 2 Champion and the 2020 Oceania International Championships Finalist, he has proven his success in the game. Outside of the game, he travels the world, enjoys the culture of designer streetwear, and is a professionally trained chef. You can catch him at most Pokemon events and follow him on Twitter @ZachLesagePTCG.