Standard Arcanine Deck

Welcome back! Today, I will be going over my favorite Standard deck, Arcanine!

Decklist

Note: I haven't updated the deck since May, so don't fill the comments with "yOu ferGOT reSEt STamP"
4 Arcanine (UNB 22)
4 Growlithe (UNB 21)
12 Fire Energy (SM 165)
1 Brock's Grit (TEU 135)
4 Judge Whistle (TEU 146)
1 Judge (LOT 209)
4 Green’s Exploration (UNB 175)
2 Pal Pad (UPR 132)
2 Fiery Flint (DRM 60)
4 Pokégear 3.0 (UNB 182)
4 Welder (UNB 189)
1 Heat Factory Prism Star (LOT 178)
1 Adventure Bag (LOT 167)
4 Acro Bike (CLS 123)
2 Buff Padding (TEU 136)
4 Custom Catcher (LOT 171)
2 Fire Crystal (UNB 173)
1 Power Plant (UNB 183)
2 Red's Challenge (UNB 184)
1 Choice Helmet (LOT 169)

This deck honestly isn't the greatest. In the current Standard format, there is no way to search out Growlithes or Arcanines, asides from Red's Challenge (interferes with Welder) and Pokemon Communication (doesn't work well in a deck with only 8 Pokemon). If only they reprinted Ultra Ball and Nest Ball...

The game plan is simple. Try to go first. Draw through your deck with cards like Acro Bike, Judge's Whistle, Welder and Heat Factory Prism Star. By the time you draw an Arcanine from the deck, you should have a Growlithe that's either powered up with Fire Energy or about to be powered up. Use Choice Helmet or Buff Padding to make Arcanine even tougher and use a Grand Flame to power up a new Arcanine or Heat Tackle for big attacks. Fire Energy and important cards can be searched with Fiery Flint (Energy), Red's Challenge (anything), and Green's Exploration (Trainers). You can also recover Energy using Fire Crystal.

Conclusion

This deck is the one I've had the most fun playing, but it's also not that great. If you want a simple deck, this is for you to play. You can also add Reset Stamp. Great Catcher recently came out, and that is a good replacement to Custom Catcher.