Great Tusk Mill had a top finish at a major sanctioned tournament in Japan and already it’s seeing a lot of play and success at online tournaments. In this Great Tusk Mill deck list and guide we’ll be looking at that deck and going into some of the strategy behind how you can use this deck to succeed at your own competitive Pokemon TCG events.

Pokémon (8)
4 Great Tusk TEF 97
1 Comfey LOR 79
1 Radiant Greninja ASR 46
1 Mimikyu PAF 37
1 Pidgeot V LOR 137
Trainer (42)
4 Professor Sada's Vitality PAR 170
4 Explorer's Guidance TEF 147
1 Eri TEF 146
4 Pokégear 3.0 SVI 186
4 Nest Ball PAF 84
4 Earthen Vessel PAR 163
3 Trekking Shoes CRZ 145
3 Counter Catcher PAR 160
2 Pal Pad SVI 182
2 Super Rod PAL 188
1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146
3 Bravery Charm PAL 173
2 Rescue Board TEF 159
1 Ancient Booster Energy Capsule PAR 159
1 Hero's Cape TEF 152
3 Artazon PAF 76
Energy (10)
4 Double Turbo Energy BRS 151
4 Fighting Energy 6
2 Psychic Energy 5

Great Tusk’s attack is your main mill strategy

Part of Great Tusk’s strategy is to stall your opponent. But you also have a really strong mill strategy while stalling in the form of Great Tusk.

While Great Tusk actually does possess a fairly strong attack called Giant Tusk, its Land Collapse is what makes this tricky Pokemon relaly stand out. As long as you’ve played an Ancient supporter this turn like Sada’s Vitality or Explorer’s Guidance, you can mill the top three cards of your opponent’s deck.

Great Tusk already has decent HP for a one prize Pokemon, but its HP gets a whole lot stronger when you combine it with the powerful Hero’s Cape ACE SPEC card.

Apart from Hero’s Cape, you also have Brave Charm to keep your basics beefed up while stalling your opponent to decking out.

Stall with Pidgeot V and Mimikyu

Pidgeot V has proven itself to be a very versatile card in stall decks, mill decks and even in the super popular Lost Zone Box deck. Its gotten a lot stronger, however, thanks to Hero’s Cape. You can attach Hero’s Cape to your Pidgeot V instead of your Great Tusk and power up Pidgeot V to a crazy 310 HP. This should force your opponent to swing into it a few times. Afterwards, you can shuffle Pidgeot V into your deck along with the Hero’s Cape and use it all over again.

Meanwhile, Mimikyu is a very effective stall Pokemon as it can’t be taken out by opposing Pokemon V or ex. Given most competitive Pokemon decks right now are either Pokemon V or ex centered, this is a powerful capability to defend and stall your opponent.

Use Eri to slow your opponent down

Mill decks have a powerful new ally in the form of Eri. Eri lets you actually look at your opponent’s hand and discard any items they have in their hand. While you wouldn’t be likely to use this too often in a game, it certainly can be a crippling tactic to use to gain the advantage in a host of scenarios, like discarding several Mirage Gates against a Lost Zone deck or maybe even taking out an ACE SPEC card.

Use Poke Gear to find the supporters you need

Pokegear is beint used in a lot of decks right now thanks to how helpful it can be in finding powerful supporters when you need them most. Ancient Decks tend to be very dependent on their supporters, so it makes sense you would include four copies of this powerful item in your deck. Use Pokegear to find those Ancient Supporters as frequently as luck will allow and achieve that three card mill with Great Tusk’s Land Collapse attack.

It’s clear that Great Tusk is the new gold standard in mill decks. It will be interesting to see just how successful this deck can be in a Pokemon TCG meta that’s been good for stall decks.

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