I have always found Kabuto to be a very interesting card having the only "lifesteal" like ability tied into its attack. The only thing that was really holding me back on building this deck before was that it was only dealing 50 damage. With the release of the first wave of Lucario giving out a +20 damage buff to fighting type pokemon, this 50 damage goes to 70 which is half the base HP of Kabuto! Already a good start and with the meta leaning into pokemon like Darkarai EX and Giratina EX where small poke into big hits is the play, having a lifesteal type attack is pretty crazy! Boosting Kabutos HP to 160 with the giants cape makes it even harder to remove with a single hit due to its ability to not be one shot by most things with certain exceptions.

When playing, you want to look to add the giants cape to the fossil or Riolu for the added protection against early aggression. Were then just searching for the stage 1 and 2 of Kabuto and getting into at least one Lucario, stall using Marshadow or Riolu. Sense most decks are stalling as well early besides the occasional fighting deck, this works out in this decks favor.