Rowan Stavenow took top honors in the Pokémon TCG Junior Division with a deck he calls The Flying Hammer, in which Landorus-EX, Hawlucha, and the ever-popular Golbat and Crobat team up to unleash serious damage. This deck runs lots of "scoop up" effects so you can keep reusing the great Abilities from Shaymin-EX and the two Bat Pokémon—and it also includes plenty of ways to boost the power of the star Fighting-type Pokémon. Bring the hammer down on your opponents!
Rowan cruised through most of the event "pumped and excited to win" after taking down his first opponents and didn't get really nervous until he was in the Top 4 on Sunday. After he "found the idea online" for a deck that combined Landorus-EX with Golbat and Crobat, he began tweaking it specifically to take down the popular Seismitoad-EX deck. "I was furiously testing with Toad Bats," he says. "My most exciting moment was in Top 4 because I was really excited to play against Jackson Davies because he is a great player and used Toad Bats." All that furious testing certainly paid off!
| Quantity | Card | Type | Rarity |
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| 2× | Landorus |
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| 3× | Crobat | ||
| 3× | Golbat | ||
| 4× | Zubat | ||
| 4× | Hawlucha | ||
| 1× | Shaymin |
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| 1× | Lucario |
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| 4× | Professor Sycamore | Su | |
| 2× | Colress | Su | |
| 2× | Korrina | Su | |
| 2× | Lysandre | Su | |
| 2× | N | Su | |
| 1× | AZ | Su | |
| 4× | Muscle Band | I | |
| 4× | Super Scoop Up | I | |
| 4× | Ultra Ball | I | |
| 2× | VS Seeker | I | |
| 1× | Scoop Up Cyclone | I | |
| 3× | Fighting Stadium | St | |
| 2× | Silent Lab | St | |
| 5× | Fighting Energy | ||
| 4× | Strong Energy | ||