The Psychic Giratina ex Mewtwo ex has been holding its own in Pokemon Pocket tournaments, slowly rising to the top of the meta as it beats the best decks in the game. This deck uses Giratina ex and Mewtwo ex as its damage dealers, going for high-damage attacks to one-shot opponents’ Pokemon before they get a chance to retaliate.
Giratina ex Mewtwo ex
How to Play
Early Giratina ex
Giratina ex is out early attacker, using Broken-Space Below to ramp by attaching Psychic Energy to itself. However, activating this ability will end your turn, so you can’t attack with Pokemon and activate Broken-Space Below. Make sure to make all your plays before activating Broken-Space Below.
Giratina ex‘s Chaotic Impact requires 3 Psychic Energy and 1 Colorless Energy, so you can attach Energy manually to speed up Giratina ex‘s attack. Chaotic Impact deals 130 damage to the opponent’s Active Pokemon, but will self-damage Giratina ex in the process. You’ll rely on this attack in the early game to knock out Pokemon before they get a chance to attack you.
Mewtwo ex Carry
Since Giratina ex‘s Broken-Space Below is speeding up our Energy attachment, we can afford to attach Energy later on Mewtwo ex, getting it ready to be our late-game attacker to carry the game.
Psychic Sphere is our first attack, requiring one Psychic Energy and one Colorless Energy to start pushing 50 damage. 50 damage isn’t much, but two attacks from Mewtwo ex should knock out most of the Basic Pokemon you’re facing.
However, the second attack, Psydrive, is where Mewtwo’s true strength lies, allowing us to deal 150 damage to an opponent’s Pokemon, which means we’ll knock out almost anything we go up against with just one attack. Getting to activate it can be a bit sweaty as it requires 4 Energy, and each time you activate it, you’re forced to discard two Psychic Energy from Mewtwo ex. So, if you have 4 Energy on Mewtwo ex, you can’t activate Psydrive two times in a row unless you have Dawn to move a Psychic Energy.
So we often will need Mewtwo ex‘s Psydrive once in the game to knock out a high HP Pokemon and close out the game.
Draw Cards
Poke Ball can draw Giratina ex or Mewtwo ex. You can increase the odds of having Giratina ex in play as early as possible to start activating its ramp ability.
Professor’s Research is a Supporter card to draw 2 cards. Since it’s a Supporter card, you want to play it early into the game since you’ll want to play your other Supporters in the late game.
Tools
Giant Cape gives +20 HP to your Pokemon, which can be attached to Mewtwo ex or Giratina ex, making it harder for the opponent to knock them out.
Rocky Helmet adds passive damage, pushing 20 damage to the opponent’s attacker, making it even harder for them to attack if they’re not one-shotting your Pokemon.
Battle Cards
Red adds to the damage of your attacks, boosting them by 20 damage if you’re targeting an ex Pokemon. Giratina ex‘s Chaotic Impact becomes a 150 damage attack, whereas Mewtwo ex‘s Psychic Sphere can deal 70 damage and Psydrive 170 damage to one-shot tanks.
Sabrina forces opponents to switch out their Active Pokemon with one of their Benched Pokemon. This can allow you to knock out a more valuable Pokemon or slow opponent’s strategy and force them to retreat and discard Energy to get their plan back on track.
On the other hand, Cyrus gives you more control on which Pokemon moves to the Active spot. If the opponent’s Pokemon is damaged, you can move it to the Active spot for your attacker to finish off.
All of our Pokemon have a retreat cost of 2 Energy, so including Leaf makes sense. It allows us to easily retreat Giratina ex or Mewtwo ex when they’re damaged, preventing the opposing player from getting a knockout and having an attacker take its place.
Dawn moves an Energy from a Benched Pokemon to your Active Pokemon. You’ll often use it to move a Psychic Energy from Giratina ex to Mewtwo ex to attack with it a turn earlier or two times in a row.
Healing Cards
Potion heals one of your Pokemon for 20 damage, keeping them safe from the opponent’s upcoming attack. As for Pokemon Center Lady, it heals your Pokemon for 30 damage but also removes all Special Conditions from your Pokemon, which can be a game-changer if they have Paralyze to stall you out.
