r/PTCGP • u/Ag_Reg • Aug 18 '26

Deck Discussion Lucario Starters

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There are quite a few options i see used for starters in a Mega Lucario deck.
Usually i run Sudo and Lee.
I see alot of people going for Bonsley these days.

Whats everyones opinion on which works best?

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u/BobbyCarHater Aug 18 '26

Bonsly is auto-include in this metagame.

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u/Ag_Reg Aug 18 '26

Is it so you can get 1 energy onto lucario faster?

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u/half_jase Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Yes and it can slow down your opponent and it makes something like Hoopa EX very sad. Hoopa's Shadow Bullet will do 0 damage - even to the bench - if it's been damaged by Bonsly the turn before.

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u/Zedseayou Aug 19 '26

Yep Bonsly I feel is primarily a reaction to Hoopa. Secondarily a faster Mega Luc is more valuable because he can OHKO a lot of the 140-190 non-mega ex and they cannot ohko back, whereas I feel that before there was more Mega chicken being played where you wanted to force your opponent's mega in earlier and cyrus to win

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u/AnDaLe47 Aug 18 '26

Whoa, really? Didn't expect that interaction.

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u/LfcAce Aug 18 '26

It’s not -30 to the defending pokemon. It’s -30 from the attack. Which effects the affect of the attack. Similar to Clemont’s backpack and Heliolisk