If you’re playing Pokemon Pocket competitively and trying to rank up to the Master Ball rank, well, you’ve come to the right place! The Pokemon TCG Pocket meta keeps evolving as new cards are released and players figure out the best competitive decks out there.
Here you’ll find the best decks with the highest win rates to increase your chances of winning and climbing fast to Master Ball rank!
Giratina ex Mewtwo ex
Giratina ex Mewtwo ex quickly rose in popularity, becoming one of the best choices among players in tournaments. What makes this deck a good choice to pick up is its consistency. You’re relying on two Basic Pokemon as win conditions, so you’re not too worried about evolutions.
Giratina ex is the early damage dealer, dealing 130 damage with its Chaotic Impact. It will, though, deal 20 damage to itself, so being a 130 HP Pokemon, your opponent will only need 110 damage to knock it out. Giratina ex’s Broken-Space Bellow speeds up our game plan, ramping 1 Psychic Energy. This lets us attack with Giratina ex’s two turns earlier and makes it easier to attach Psychic Energy to Mewtwo ex.
As for the Mewtwo ex, it’s our heavy hitter, capable of dealing 50 damage with Psychic Sphere, but going for a 150 damage attack with Psydrive, perfect for one-shotting high HP Pokemon.
Gyarados Manaphy
The Water-type deck uses Manaphy as an early ramp Pokemon, giving two of your Benched Pokemon a Water Energy with its Oceanic Gift attack. It can take an early hit for us as we evolve Magikarp into Gyarados ex and attach the 4 Energy onto it.
Gyarados ex then acts as the carry Pokemon, dealing 140 damage with its Rampaging Pool attack, enough to knock out any Pokemon, especially with Red card in the list. Gyarados ex being a 180 HP Pokemon makes it a tough tank to remove, and with Irida in the list, your opponents won’t be getting those 2 Match Points that easily.
Meowscarada Beedrill ex
Meowscarada Beedrill ex has been somewhat of an underdog in Pokemon Pocket, but it remains a good consideration to play on the ranked ladder, especially if you’re seeing a lot of ex type decks.
Meowscarada and Beedrill ex are Stage 2 Pokemon, so you want to have all the pieces ready to get them in play quickly. Once Meowscarada is in play, you can start attacking with its Fighting Claws attack, dealing 60 damage to no ex Pokemon, but pushing 130 damage to an ex. With a Red card, you can deal 150 damage to one-shot an opponent’s ex Pokemon.
Beedrill ex deals less damage, but is a better option against a non-EX Pokemon, damaging it for 80 with its Crushing Spear attack. Beedrill ex’s 170 HP makes it a tanky target to knock out, and your opponent will be forced to go for multiple attacks to get the job done.
Gallade ex Hitmonlee
If you’re a fan of Fighting-type decks, then Gallade ex Htimonlee is one of the best choices out there. This deck uses Hitmonlee and Marshadow as early damage dealers while you evolve Ralts and Kirilia to get Gallade ex into play. Hitmonlee’s Stetch Kick targets the opponent’s Bench, dealing 30 damage with each attack. You can target a low HP Pokemon and knock it out with two attacks, ruining the opponent’s strategy or even interrupting an evolution.
Marshadow can join in when Hitmonlee is knocked out, increasing its Revenge damage by 60 to deal 100 damage.
Gallade ex can carry the late game, dealing a base 70 damage with its Energized Blade, but gaining 20 damage for each Energy attach to your opponent’s Active Pokemon.
Giratina ex Darkrai ex
Giratina ex Darkrai ex is one of the popular choices to play. Using Darkness Energy, you can attach them to Darkrai ex to activate Nightmare Aura, dealing 20 passive damage without passing the turn. This weakens an opponent’s Active Pokemon, enabling you to knock it out easier with your attacks. Darkrai ex can later attack with Dark Prism to deal 80 damage to the opponent’s Active Pokemon.
Giratina ex can ramp through Broken-Space Bellow, getting access to Psychic Energy and eventually becoming capable of attacking. Since it can use 1 Colorless Energy, you can attach a Darkness Energy to Giratina ex to attack a turn earlier with it.
Darkrai ex Weavile ex
The Darkness deck uses Weavile ex as the early damage dealer, pushing 30 damage with scratching nail. However, if the opponent’s Active Pokemon is damaged, Scratching Nail will deal 70 damage instead. This is where Darkrai ex’s Nightmare Aura comes to use, dealing 20 damage through the passive damage and enabling the additional 40 damage from Weavile ex’s Scratching Nail.
