Regidrago is the most popular deck in the Shrouded Fable Pokemon meta and has proven a consistent deck in the World Championship. Although it didn’t win first place, Regidrago had the highest number of players in the top 64.
The list in this article made the top 4 in the Pokemon TCG World Championship.
Decklist
Pokémon: 18
4 Teal Mask Ogerpon ex TWM 25
3 Regidrago V SIT 135
3 Regidrago VSTAR SIT 136
2 Dragapult ex TWM 130
1 Giratina VSTAR LOR 131
1 Hisuian Goodra VSTAR LOR 136
1 Kyurem SFA 47
1 Mew ex MEW 151
1 Squawkabilly ex PAL 169
1 Cleffa OBF 80
Trainer: 32
4 Professor's Research SVI 189
3 Iono PAL 185
2 Boss's Orders PAL 172
4 Ultra Ball SVI 196
4 Nest Ball SVI 181
4 Earthen Vessel PAR 163
4 Energy Switch SVI 173
2 Superior Energy Retrieval PAL 189
1 Prime Catcher TEF 157
1 Switch SVI 194
1 Night Stretcher SFA 61
1 Canceling Cologne ASR 136
1 Temple of Sinnoh ASR 155
Energy: 10
8 Grass Energy SVE 1
2 Fire Energy SVE 2How to Play
This is one of the strongest decks in the current meta, relying on Regidrago VStar’s Apex Dragon attack. The deck runs multiple Dragon Pokemon which you’ll want to discard, Apex Dragon can then copy the attack of one of those Dragon’s attacks. Depending on the opponent’s Pokemon, you’ll choose the appropriate attack that yields the most value.
We have a couple of cards in the deck that allow you to discard those Dragon Pokemon, setting you up for the combo play.
Many attacks in this deck target the opponent’s Bench. Kyurem’s Trifrost and Dragapult ex’s Phantom Dive can damage the opponent’s Benched Pokemon, giving you additional Prize Cards when targeting lower health Pokemon.
You’ll need 2 Grass Energy and 1 Fire Energy to activate Regidrago’s attack. Regidrago V’s Dragon Laser can deal 130 damage and 30 damage to one of the opponent’s Benched Pokemon. So even if we don’t immediately evolve it to Regidrago VStar, we can deal damage to the opponent’s Pokemon and potentially knock them out.
Regidrago VStar is where things kick off, it’s Apex Dragon lets you copy one of the Dragon Pokemon’s attacks. Those Dragon Pokemon needs to be in the Discard Pile for Regidrago VStar to copy.
Additionally, Regidrago VStar’s Legacy Star Ability lets you discard the top 7 cards of your deck and put 2 cards from your discard pile into your hand. This is useful for two things: gaining draw value that you can control and potentially placing a Dragon Pokemon in the Discard Pile.
Giratina VStar’s Lost Impact is your strongest attack, dealing 280 damage to the opponent’s Pokemon.
Kyurem’s Trifrost can deal 110 damage to the opponent’s Benched Pokemon. If you want to deal damage to Benched Pokemon while maximizing your attack on the opponent’s Active Pokemon, then Dragapult ex’s Phantom Dive works best. Phantom Dive deals 200 damage to the Active Pokemon and lets you put 6 damage Counter on your opponent’s Benched Pokemon in any way you like.
Since we’re discarding cards, we might find ourselves with a low number of cards in our hand. So Mew ex’s Restart ability will draw us cards until we have 3 cards in our hand. Perfect draw value as Mew ex chills on the Bench. Now Mew ex could end up becoming an attacker if it’s in the Active Spot, capable of copying the opponent’s Active Pokekon’s attack with Genome Hacking.
Since we have a lot of Basic Grass Energy in the deck, Teal Mask Ogerpon ex makes sense in this deck, allowing you to attach a Basic Grass Energy to it with Teal Dance and draws you a card. We can later use those Grass Energy Cards to our advantage by moving them from Teal Mask Ogerpon ex and attaching them to Regidrago.
Earthen Vessel draws 2 Basic Energy Cards from the deck, but you’ll have to Discard a card to activate it. The Discard mechanic synergizes with your deck, letting you put a Dragon Pokemon in the Discard Pile.
Another card with the discard ability is Superior Energy Retrieval, letting you put 4 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand.
Night Stretcher is more of a versatile Item, allowing you to choose between putting a Pokemon or a Basic Energy card from your discard pile into your hand.
Energy Switch is a crucial part of our game plan, allowing us to move Basic Grass Energy from Teal Mask Ogerpon to Regidrago.
Professor’s Research and Iono can refill our hand with resources. We’re discarding a lot of cards, so we need draw engines to keep our strategy going and find the needed Basic Energy to activate our attacks.
Squawkabilly’s Squawk and Seize is great for the early game, discarding our hand (which could discard Dragon Pokemon) and draws 6 cards.
Cleffa is another value Pokemon to draw cards. You need to empty your hand before you activate Grasping Draw to keep drawing until you have 7 cards in hand.
Other Cards to Include
- Fezandipiti ex is a popular inclusion in the Regidrago deck. With Flip the Script ability, Fezandipiti ex can draw you 3 cards whenever one of your Pokemon is knocked out.
- Hawlucha can put 1 damage counter on two of the opponent’s Benched Pokemon, helping you Knock Out Pokemon with Kyurem’s Trifrost or Dragapult ex’s Phantom Dive.
- Radiant Charizard is another method to deal damage with Combust Blast. If you’re low on Prize Cards, Combustion Blast will require less Basic Energy, making it easier for you to use it as a finisher play.