The combination of the Darkness-type Yveltal and Darkrai, as well as the resourceful Sableye and Dark Patch cards, have made this a consistently winning deck.

Pyroar and its Intimidating Mane Ability is a potent counter to all the powerful Basic Pokémon roaming around Nationals.

Virizion and Genesect both have important roles, but the G-Booster ACE SPEC card is the real start of this creative deck.

Here's a deck that performs in two acts—Flygon's Sand Slammer Ability scatters damage all over the opposing Pokémon. Then Dusknoir comes in with its Sinister Hand Ability to focus that damage on one Pokémon.

Team Plasma was all the rage at the 2013 National Championships. Even after a year of preparation, this deck of heavy hitters still holds its own.

Miltank is a Basic Pokémon that does 80 damage for 1 Energy. That's amazing. Add in the power of Dusknoir and Empoleon and you have a recipe for success against all kinds of decks.