Darkrai/Sableye Deck

Today I bring to the table a fairly well known deck whose essence and presence in tournament and online play is too prominent to overlook before the dreaded September rotation comes, its the overlooked, underdogged, Sableye/Darkrai deck. Now I know what you're thinking.."Why do I care? It's being rotated soon anyway." And you are right. Sadly in September Dark Explorers will no longer be with us, bringin with it the legacy of the beloved Sableye as well as Dark Claws/Patches. But does this mean Dark decks are absolutely hopeless? I think not. With the passing of the Dark Patch comes the rising of Yveltal (XY 78). Yveltal not only re-obtains discarded energy, but can also deal 30 damage in the process! The only downside is the fact that prize cards can be drawn off of Yveltal, unlike a Dark Patch. Below is an image of the Yveltal.

And compared to dark patch,

As can be seen, there are some obvious similarities. But which is better? That, my fellow Pokèmon loving friends is the exact nature of this article. At my weekly PTCG league, it is widely believed that Dark will just wither out when September comes. But on my part, I think the overall ingenuity of this deck can be restored! So let's jump right in with the original Darkrai/Sableye decklist itself!
Without further ado, the deck!
~The Pokèmon
-3 DEX Sableye
-3 DEX Darkrai
-2 PF Absol
-1 Mr. Mime
~The Items
-4 Dark Patch
-4 Dark Claw
-4 Ultra Ball
-4 Hypnotoxic Laser
-4 Virbank City Gym
-1 Computer Search
~The Supporters
-4 N
-4 Professor Juniper
-4 Bianca
~The Energy
-14 Darkness Energy

 The Strategy: The strategy of this deck is quite unique, and if you have seen, understand, or run this deck, feel free to skip this segment. Basically the objective of the deck is that of any other deck, KO the defending Pokemon as fast as possible. However, one thing unique to the deck is getting more than 1 energy on Darkrai per turn. If your active Pokemon is Sableye, then feel free to do energy discarding moves such as Ultra Ball or Professor Juniper. You can then use a Dark Patch (if you have it in your hand) to get those discarded energies on to your benched Darkrai. Sableye can then Junk Hunt to grab the aforementioned Dark Patchs. Below is a picture of the Sableye.

It's first attack, Confuse Ray, is to be used sparingly, as the main focus of this Sableye is the Junk Hunt attack. After you have a pumped Darkrai and an active Sableye, use Darkrai's Dark Cloak to retreat for free (if Sableye has a Darkness Energy attached).

The Absol's in this deck are solely Last Resorts. NEVER pump up an Absol unless you have a fully pumped Darkrai and Sableye. The Mr. Mime is there for bench protection.

So there it was. The mother of all dark decks. A variation of this deck was actually run by the 2013 WORLD champion, Jason Klaczynski! But can this ingenius idea prevail through the September rotation? Let's find out. A 1, a 2, a 3...

So let's go through the first decklist and list what is being rotated! Well, first off, the sad and ugly truth. No more Sableye. It is such a tough card to replace with the current cards in rotation. The only thing that begins to do what he does is the Ace Spec, Dowsing Machine.

But who knows, Game Freak could surprise us! When Sableye is gone, my advise to you is to use Trainers sparingly. Sableye can only grab Items back, so when he is gone people that run this deck are going to have to be very careful and sure about every item that they place. And personally, I ONLY used Sableye to get back Dark Patches, which happens to be the subject of the next paragraph in this article.

I briefly mentioned this as an intro to this article, but I feel it necessarily to mention this. As many were and still are, I was a doubter of this Deck's future. However, my look on this took a turn for the better when I beheld Yveltal (XY 78). In my entirely honest opinion, I do think Dark Patch was a faster, more efficient way to get energies back, however, Yveltal is going to have to do. Perhaps use Rescue Scarves to ensure his presence throughout the entire battle, because when he's gone, he's gone.

The other key item in this deck that is being rotated away is the ever helpful Dark Claw. However, there is really no need to worry now that XY released the ever popular Muscle Band, which does essentially the same thing. So no worries in reguard of replacing Dark Claw.

Now that we have addressed the replacements as a whole, I believe it is time to release the decklist. I have included some surprises within that may take a little explaining.

~The Pokemon
-2 Yveltal
-3 Yveltal EX
-3 Darkrai EX
2-2 Garbodor Evolution
~The Items
-4 Ultra Ball
-4 Hypnotoxic Lasers
-2 Pokemon Catcher
-2 Muscle Band
-2 Virbank City Gym
-2 Max Potion
-2 Rescue Scarf
-2 Switch
-2 Energy Retrieval
-1 Dowsing Machine
~The Supporters
-4 N
-4 Professor Juniper
-3 Skyla
-2 Elesa
~The Energy
-10 Darkness Energy
-2 Double Colorless Energy

First thing that probably popped out to you was the Garbodor Evolution. I believe that this is completely necessary, and with Abilities becoming more prominent in the Pokemon Card world, they need to be SHUT DOWN. The Elesa's are to help pull tools to put on Garbodor. Otherwise I feel that the rest of the deck has already been extensively explained. I hope this helps and/or entertains and wish all of you the best of luck, and I'll see you tomorrow!