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Arceus ex Dialga ex
Dialga ex is the ramp Pokemon in this deck, attaching 2 Metal Energy to one of your Benched Pokemon with its Metallic Turbo attack. You’ll attach the Metal Energy on Arceus ex or Mew ex, getting them ready to attack later in the game.
Arceus ex deals 130 damage if you have a full Bench, not too bad of damage, to secure knock outs. As for Mew ex, it also has Colorless Energy for an attack, so the Metal Energy will work in this scenario, letting you attack with Genome Hacking to copy your opponent’s Pokemon’s attack.
Rampadros Lucario
The Fighting type deck uses Stage 1 Lucario’s Life Coach to increase the damage of your Fighting type Pokemon, dealing 20 more damage with each attack. This is a single-point deck, so your opponent is forced to knock out 3 of your Pokemon to win the game.
Sudowoodo is an early attacker, potentially dealing 80 damage with its attack. Boosted by Lucario’s Life Coach, you could deal 100 damage for only 1 Fighting Energy.
Rampardos is the strongest Pokemon on this list, going for the Head Smash attack to deal 130 damage to the Active Pokemon. However, if you knock out a Pokemon with Head Smash, Rampardos will deal 50 damage to itself.
Gyarados ex
Explanation
We want Manaphy in the Active spot as early as possible, attaching Water Energy to two of our Benched Pokemon. Palkia is on the list to tank early hits as you work on evolving your Gyarados ex, but can also push damage with its Zone Smash attack.
Gyarados ex has a high-cost attack, so we need to use Misty to potentially, attach Water Energy on Gyarados ex. Rampaging Whirlpool deals 140 damage to the opponent’s Active Pokemon and will discard an Energy from a random Pokemon.
Articuno Ex
Articuno ex is a 140 HP Water type Pokemon, so we usually thrive against Fire-type decks but struggle against Lightning-type decks. Articuno ex has two attacks, Ice Wing and Blizzard.
Ice Wing activates for 2 Energy, dealing 40 damage to the opponent’s Active Pokemon. It’s not a lot of damage, but it’s good for the early game to put a Pokemon low enough for your upcoming Blizzard attack.
Blizzard requires 3 Energy to activate, dealing 80 damage to the opponent’s Active Pokemon and 10 damage to each of their Benched Pokemon. So if they have a low HP Pokemon on their Bench, you could knock it out. The 10 damage synergizes with Cyrus, allowing you to pull the damaged Pokemon to the Active spot and deal the direct 80 damage to it.
Palkia ex
Palkia ex is the main damage dealer, pushing 150 damage to the opponent’s Active Pokemon and 20 damage to each of their Benched Pokemon with Dimensional Storm. Activating Dimanseional Storm forces you to discard 3 Water Energy, so it’s Energy hungry, but this list is built to support Palkia ex.
The list has Manaphy and Misty as ramp cards, helping you get extra Water Energy to get your Palkia ex ready to attack.
Gallade ex Hitmonlee
Leafeon ex Celebi ex
Evolving Leafeon ex early lets us use Forest Breath to accelerate a Grass Energy each turn. Since Leafeon ex is a Grass-type, it can attach the Energy to itself, enabling Solar Beam (70 damage) by turn 2 while continuing to ramp Energy for later.
Celebi ex is our finisher, with Powerful Bloom dealing 50 damage per heads for each Energy attached. The more Energy we stack, the higher our damage ceiling—making Forest Breath crucial for setting up knockouts on high-HP Pokémon.
This list runs Water Energy, which can be attached to your Leafeon or Celebi ex to activate their attacks and protect them with Irida, preventing your opponent from easily knocking them out.
Exeggutor ex Celebi ex
Explanation
Exeggutor ex is great for the early game, only needing 1 Energy to start attacking and potentially dealing 80 damage per attack. It’s also quite tanky so it can buy you time until your Celebi ex has enough Energy to attack. The list has Erika, Potion, and Giant Cape to help keep your Pokemon in play for as long as possible, getting more attacks from them.
Celebi ex’s Powerful Bloom flips a coin for each Energy attached to Celebi ex, and for each heads you get, Powerful Bloom will deal 50 damage. So the more Energy you have on Celebi ex, the more coins you flip, and the higher the odds you deal more damage.
Some lists include Mew ex as an alternative finisher.
Charizard ex Moltres ex
Explanation
You want Moltres ex in the Active spot as you evolve Charmander to Charmeleon and get Charizard ex in play. Moltres ex’s Inferno Dance flips a coin 3 times and for every heads you can attach a Fire Energy to your Benched Pokemon. This gets more Fire Energy on Charizard ex, setting the stage for the Crismon Storm attack. Crimson Storm deals 200 damage, knocking out anything in its path. However, you have to discard two Fire Energy from Charizard ex, so you have to make sure you have more than 4 Energy on Charizard ex to ensure you can activate it twice in a row.
Darkrai ex Magnezone
This deck uses Darkness Energy only to activate Darkrai ex’s Nightmare Aura and deal 20 damage to the opponent’s Active Pokemon. Eventually, you can attack with Darkrai ex if need be, dealing 80 damage with its attack.
Druddigon is on the list to tank early hits, dealing 20 damage back to the opponent with its Rough Skin ability.
As for Magnezone, it acts as the heavy hitter, dealing 110 damage with Thunder Blast. However, you will need Lightning Energy to activate it, and this is where Magneton’s Volt Charge comes into use, ramping up Lightning Energy and ensuring you can activate Thunder Blast at least two times.
Darkrai Ex Greninja
The Darkrai Ex Greninja deck is picking up steam in Pokemon Pocket meta, using abilities that deal damage to your opponent’s Pokemon. Druddigon joins the Active spot early into the game, acting as a tank as you evolve into Greninja and deal passive damage with Darkrai Ex’s Nightmare Aura. When Druddigon is attacked, it’ll deal 20 damage to the opponent’s Attacker with Rough Skin.
To activate Dakrai Ex’s Nightmare Aura, you have to attach Darkness-type Energy to it, so we’re only running Darkness Energy in this deck. Dakrai Ex’s Nightmare Aura deals 20 damage to the opponent’s Active Pokemon, and once you have 3 Energy on Dakrai Ex, it can start attacking, acting as your only attacker in this deck.
Finally, Greninja is another source of damage, dealing 20 damage with Water Shuriken to one of your opponent’s Pokemon. You can target Benched, Pokemon, so nothing is safe on your opponent’s side of the board.
Arceus ex Crobat
Pachirisu ex
The solo Pachirisu Pokemon carries this deck on its own. Attaching a Tool to it will increase the damage of your Sparking Gadge attack, dealing 80 damage for just 2 Lightning Energy.
You’re trying to keep Pachirisu in play for as long as possible, using defensive cards like Blue, Potion, and Giant Cape to prevent your opponent from knocking it out easily.
Darkrai ex Weavile ex
The Darkness deck, Darkrai ex Weavile ex. Weavile ex’s Scratching Nails deals 30 damage, but it becomes a 70-damage attack if the opponent’s Active Pokemon is damaged. this is where Darkrai ex shines, damaging the opponent’s Active Pokemon for 20 using Nightmare Aura, which enables your Weavile ex’s Scratching Nails attack.
Magenzone Hitmonlee Marshadow
This deck uses Fighting-type Energy only to make sure you can attack with Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, and Marshadow as early as possible. The goal is to present early pressure as you evolve Magnemite and Magneton.
Magneton’s Volt Charge is a key ability for this deck to work, allowing you ramp Lightning Energy and make sure you can attack with Magnezone when it joins the battle. 110 damage can knock out a Pokemon, especially a damaged one, getting you closer to winning games.
Dialga ex Yanmega ex
This list has Yanmega ex and Mew ex as the damage dealers, both requiring Colorless Energy to attack, which makes Dialga ex’s Metalic Turbo ramp perfect here. You can attach 2 Metal Energy on Yanmega ex or Mew ex to get them closer to attack.
Yanmega ex’s Air Slash deals 120 damage, but forces you to discard an Energy from it. As for Mew ex’s Genome, it copies one of the opponent’s Active Pokemon’s attack, perfect if your opponent has an attack worth copying.
