Porydonk

This article will attempt to provide a few various deck lists, possible techs, and overall strategies for a common deck archetype called Porydonk. As I said in the Donk Decks Overview article, the strategy of Porydonk is to combine Porygon2's ability with Seeker to force your opponent to pick up all of the Pokemon from their bench. After this, the deck uses Drifblim, Pidgeot, Shiftry, etc. to remove the opponent's active Pokemon - giving you the win. It aims to do all of this in the first turn. It may be noted I found some of these lists elsewhere on the Internet.

This first deck list is pre-Rules Change so it uses Drifblim. This is what I personally use.

2-2 Porygon2 GE
1-1 Drifblim UD
4 Uxie LA
1 Regice LA
4 Sableye SF
1 Azelf LA
1 Rotom UD
Total Pokemon: 17

4 PokedexHandy910is
4 Pokedrawer+
4 Erika
4 Item Finder
4 Seeker
4 First Ticket
4 Scoop Up
1 Luxury Ball
1 Swoop! Teleporter
2 Broken Time Space
1 Computer Search
1 Oracle
1 Pokemon Collector
1 Windstorm
3 Professor Oak
2 Junk Arm
1 VS Seeker
Total Trainers: 42

1 Boost Energy
Total Energy: 1

This second deck list is post - Rules Change so it uses Shiftry.

2-2-2 Shiftry ND
2-2 Porygon2 GE
2 Uxie LA
4 Sableye SF
Total Pokemon: 16

4 Seeker
2 Oracle
4 Erika
4 Scoop Up
4 Pokedrawer+
2 Professor Oak
1 Luxury Ball
4 Level Ball
4 Item Finder
2 Junk Arm
4 Devolution Spray
2 VS Seeker
2 Broken Time Space
1 Pokemon Retriever
3 PokedexHandy910is
1 Computer Search
Total Trainers: 44

Total Energy: 0

This third list is, once again, pre-Rules Change.

1-1 Drifblim UD
2-2 Porygon2 GE
3 Uxie LA
2 Azelf LA
4 Sableye SF
4 Unown R LA
1 Rotom UD
1 Celebi ex P2
Total Pokemon: 21

3 Professor Oak
4 Erika
1 Computer Search
4 Pokedrawer+
3 Pokemon Communication
3 Level Ball
2 Junk Arm
1 Luxury Ball
4 Item Finder
4 Scoop Up
1 Pokemon Retriever
1 VS Seeker
1 Warp Point/Escape Rope
3 Seeker
2 Broken Time Space
Total Trainers: 37

2 Boost Energy
Total Energy: 2

The fourth list is pre - Rules Change.

4 Sableye SF
3 Uxie LA
2-2 Porygon2
1-1 Drifblim
4 Unown R LA
1 Regice LA
1 Rotom UD
Total Pokemon: 19

2 Broken Time Space
4 Seeker
1 Oracle
1 Pokemon Collector
4 Pokedrawer+
2 Scoop Up
4 Item Finder
2 Junk Arm
1 VS Seeker
1 Computer Search
1 Windstorm
1 Pokemon Retriever
4 Erika
4 Level Ball
2 PokedexHandy910is
4 First Ticket
1 Alph Lithograph (FOUR)
Total Trainers: 37

2 Boost Energy
Total Energy: 2

This fifth and final deck list has a lot of variety in it and is pretty interesting. It is pre - Rules Change.

2-2 Porygon2 GE
1-1 Drifblim UD
4 Sableye SF
4 Unown R LA
3 Uxie LA
1 Azelf LA
1 Rotom UD
1 Ditto FL
1 Crobat G PT
1 Regice LA
1 Celebi ex P2
Total Pokemon: 23

4 Erika
4 Pokedrawer+
4 Scoop Up
4 Item Finder
4 Seeker
3 Professor Oak
2 Oracle
2 Broken Time Space
2 Swoop! Teleporter
1 Luxury Ball
1 Computer Search
1 Pokemon Retriever
1 VS Seeker
1 Mr. Fuji
1 Windstorm
Total Trainers: 35

1 Special Darkness Energy
1 Boost Energy
Total Energy: 2

Now I will give a brief overview of the various cards listed above and their roles in this deck.

Porygon2: This is necessary for the deck's strategy.
Drifblim: This is necessary for the deck's strategy. (Pre-Rules Change)
Shiftry: This is necessary for the deck's strategy. (Post-Rules Change)
Sableye: Used for going first.
Uxie: Draw.
Regice: Used as a tech against Spiritomb AR.
Azelf: Used to retrieve Pokemon from your prize cards.
Rotom: Used to retrieve other cards from your prize cards.
Unown R: Draw.
Celebi ex: Set up for draw / Discard pile retrieval.
Ditto: Pokemon in discard pile retrieval.
Crobat G: Used for light damage if that is all that is necessary.

Erika: Draw.
Pokedrawer+: Draw.
PokeHandy910is: Draw.
Professor Oak: Draw.
Computer Search: Draw.
Broken Time Space: This is necessary for the deck's strategy.
Scoop Up: Used to reuse Uxie/Azelf/Rotom/Crobat G...
Mr. Fuji: Used to reuse Uxie/Azelf/Rotom/Crobat G...
Item Finder: Used to reuse various trainers.
Junk Arm: Used to reuse items.
Oracle: Used to combo with draw cards.
Pokemon Retriever: Pokemon in discard pile retrieval.
VS Seeker: Used to reuse Seeker/Retrieve supporters.
Windstorm: Used as a tech against Cessation Crystal, etc.
Swoop! Teleporter: Used to get Drifblim/Shiftry active.
Luxury Ball: Draw.
Level Ball: Draw.
First Ticket: Used for going first.
Alph Lithograph: Used to help with Rotom.
Pokemon Collector: Helpful for getting Pokemon like Uxie/Porygon. Also combined with Regice for tech against Spiritomb AR.
Pokemon Communication: Used to get more useful Pokemon.
Warp Point/Escape Rope: Used to help get Drifblim/Shiftry active.
Devolution Spray: Used to improve consistency with Shifty.
Seeker: This is necessary for the deck's strategy.

Boost Energy: Used with Drifblim for win. (pre-Rules Change)
Special Darkness Energy: Used with Sableye for light damage if necessary. (pre-Rules Change)

Hopefully this article helped anyone who read it out if they're building a Porydonk deck. As you can see, there are many creative and effective approaches that you can take. In order to find the best deck for you, I would recommend testing it multiple times. As always, thanks for reading!

-TRANG