GLC Deck - Banette's Buddies

This is my interpretation on the deck known as "Dusk Buddies" originally created and popularized by Watto. The deck functions in a similar way to the original concept, you can loop Gengar with the "Netherworld Gate" ability to put 3 damage counters on the board and move them with Munkidori's ability "Adrena Brain". When Gengar is knocked out, you promote Chandelure and use it's ability "Cursed Shadow" to continuously spread damage. Gengar can be recovered by itself, which makes it easy to loop attacks while switching Chandelure into the active spot in-between knockouts. I like my food spicy, and I felt like something was missing, so the new inclusion that I've added to make this deck my own to some extent is the addition of "Red Eyes" Banette. This card has never seen much play in the competitive scene, but it has a strong ability that can boost the damage of Gengars attack by increasing your opponents bench size. Not only that, you can disrupt your opponent by locking them out of a bench spot and forcing them to recover a low HP pokemon that can easily be sniped with damage counters. Additionally, this can amplify the draw power of certain supporter cards such as Colress, Erika's Hospitality, Morty's Conviction, and Zinnia's Resolve, all of which allow you to draw more cards based on the number of Pokémon your opponent has in play. This ability has the same effect as Target Whistle and Echoing Horn which are both item cards, the advantage over playing these cards is that Banette can be easily searched for with the decks Supporter based draw engine, and Banette has a solid spread attack that is similar to Ultra Beast Blacephalon's "Fireworks Bomb".
Short List:

Bench Barrier Mew
Sigilyph
Wobbufet
Cleffa
Ultra Beast Blacephalon
Frillish
Air Balloon
Teammates
Counter Catcher

Creator: squidman5150

Created: 2025/3/25

Version: 22