Regidrago is a popular deck in Pokemon TCG’s Stellar Crown meta. It has lost some of its popularity compared to the Shrouded Fale meta, but it still remains one of the best meta decks to play. This deck uses Ragidrago Vstar as its main damage dealer, synergizing with the multiple Dragon Pokemon we have access to.
Decklist
Pokémon: 19
3 Regidrago V SIT 135
3 Regidrago VSTAR SIT 136
3 Teal Mask Ogerpon ex TWM 25
2 Dragapult ex TWM 130
1 Kyurem SFA 47
1 Squawkabilly ex PAL 169
1 Mew ex MEW 151
1 Fezandipiti ex SFA 38
1 Radiant Charizard CRZ 20
1 Hawlucha SVI 118
1 Cleffa OBF 80
1 Giratina VSTAR LOR 131
Trainer: 31
4 Professor's Research SVI 189
3 Iono PAL 185
2 Boss's Orders PAL 172
4 Nest Ball SVI 181
4 Ultra Ball SVI 196
4 Earthen Vessel PAR 163
4 Energy Switch SVI 173
2 Super Rod PAL 188
1 Prime Catcher TEF 157
1 Switch SVI 194
1 Temple of Sinnoh ASR 155
1 Jamming Tower TWM 153
Energy: 10
7 Grass Energy SVE 9
3 Fire Energy SVE 10How 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.
Dragons
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.
Draw Engines
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.
Lastly, Fezandipti ex can sit on the bench and watch over your Active Pokémon, ready to use its Flip the Script ability when one of your Pokémon is knocked out, allowing you to draw three cards. Fezandipti ex doesn’t need to be on the bench when the knockout happens—you can play it from your hand afterward and still activate Flip the Script to draw cards.
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 Damage Dealers
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.
Other Cards to Include
Once you evolve Noctow’s from Hoothoot, you can activate Jewel Seeker to search your deck for 2 Trainer cards. So we’ll mostly use it for the draw effect to find the cards we need. Speed Wing can be an option do deal 60 damage, but you won’t find yourself relying on it too much.