beginner friendly

Muscles

Pokémon

  • Machop x2
  • Machoke x2
  • Machamp x2
  • Hitmonlee x1
  • Hitmonchan x1
  • Clobbopus x2
  • Grapploct x1

Trainers

  • Potion x2
  • X Speed x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Sabrina x1

Solid deck for any challenges involving no EX cards or for solo challenges with nothing higher rarity than 3 diamonds. Grapploct is a great disruptor to inflict heavy damage and make it harder for your opponent to get anything set up, while Machamp just hits hard. Hitmonchan can be replaced for a second Hitmonlee, but they work well for putting out damage while setting up your heavy hitters, especially with Hitmonlee focusing down the bench so anything they set up isn't as dangerous.

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Pokémon

  • Bruxish x1
  • Grimer x2
  • Muk x2
  • Koffing x1
  • Weezing x2
  • Salandit x2
  • Koffing x1

Trainers

  • Koga x2
  • Sabrina x1
  • Blue x1
  • Leaf x1
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

The basic concept behind this deck is to take advantage of venoshock as much as you possibly can

 

Salandit from MI is an easy throw-in because it requires a single neutral energy for its Venoshock, essentially a free additional type into a Celebi heavy meta, as well as a one energy 50 damage attack (70 on grass, one shots poisoned Snivy/Servile) from a basic pokémon

 

F Pikachu

Pokémon

  • Geodude x1
  • Graveler x1
  • Golem x1
  • Onix x2
  • Geodude x1
  • Graveler x1
  • Golem x1
  • Marshadow x2

Trainers

  • Brock x2
  • Sabrina x2
  • Leaf x1
  • X Speed x1
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

(Title allowed? Skull emoji)

 

I hate the Pikachu Ex deck. Like, I really, REALLY hate it.

 

So this deck is just, middle finger to Pikachu Ex.

 

I don't think there is a lot to discuss here, one of my rare non-control decks. I put half and half of the Golem line from GA and MI just to give options while fighting. The deck beat a Celebi deck after I built it so surely it can't be terrible, right? And I didn't even have to use Marshadow to do it HAHA

 

(The guy ragequit lmao)

Catch These Z's

Pokémon

  • Drowzee x2
  • Hypno x2
  • Jynx x2
  • Flabébé x2
  • Floette x2
  • Florges x2

Trainers

  • Sabrina x2
  • Leaf x1
  • X Speed x1
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

I am beginning to realize that in PTGCP, I am a control player. I think it's a result of the crazy number of options for ramping that Ex decks have available to them, plus the fact that most control cards will only give up one point when you kill them. So I stall for time while I set up to murder your Ex and win with 2 KO's while I make you fish for 3. Does it always work? No. Does it feel leaps and bounds better than losing because your opponent killed your Charizard Ex and leapfrogged from 1-2 to 3-2? Yes. Yes it does.

 

Team Rocket Blasts Off (Real)

Pokémon

  • Ekans x2
  • Arbok x2
  • Koffing x1
  • Koffing x1
  • Weezing x2
  • Meowth x2

Trainers

  • Koga x2
  • Sabrina x2
  • X Speed x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

Okay, I have NO CLUE what that other Team Rocket deck is on about. Muk??? Yeah right like Team Rocket EVER used Muk. Here's the REAL Team Rocket Blasts Off.

 

Very simple: Get Weezing up, use ability to poison enemy active pokémon. Use Koga to get Weezing out, put Arbok in, trap enemy pokémon. Repeat until win. If, for any reason, you are dead drawing and you have a Meowth, put it in as a card draw engine to get things moving, it's okay if it dies. This deck absolutely slaps Mewtwo/Mew/Gardevoir decks silly and is competitive with most other meta decks.

 

Blaine - Mythical Island Meta

Pokémon

  • Ponyta x2
  • Rapidash x1
  • Rapidash x1
  • Vulpix x2
  • Ninetales x2
  • Mew ex x1

Trainers

  • Blaine x2
  • Giovanni x2
  • Sabrina x1
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • X Speed x2

Very consistent and low-luck based deck. I hit 45 wins in the Emblem 2 event with this deck due to the huge amount of decks playing Celebi. This deck eats Celebi decks for breakfast.

 

Ideally Ponyta out front first, with one energy to start dealing damage asap. A second energy if beneficial to evolve to A1a Rapidash, or just do A1 Rapidash for speed while giving energy to Vulpix on bench. Mew is here as a counter to some meta mons and also as a tank in a pinch.

 

Ninetales + Blaine can one-hit KO any Celebi even if a Blue is played

Meta Mew2

Pokémon

  • Mewtwo ex x2
  • Ralts x2
  • Kirlia x2
  • Gardevoir x2
  • Mew ex x1

Trainers

  • Sabrina x1
  • Potion x2
  • X Speed x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Giovanni x2

Start off with mew or mewtwo and keep upgrading gard then cycle through mewtwo and if necessary use mew to start and copy abilities 

Celebi Ex X Serperior

Pokémon

  • Celebi ex x2
  • Snivy x2
  • Servine x2
  • Serperior x2
  • Dhelmise x1

Trainers

  • Erika x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Giovanni x1
  • Sabrina x1
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Potion x1
  • X Speed x1
  • Red Card x1

Start (if possible) with Dhelmise if first playing or Celebi if second

Build Serperior to double energies

If Dhelmise is active put 1 energy at the start. The other energies are preferably for Celebi

Dark Deck

Pokémon

  • Ekans x2
  • Koffing x2
  • Venipede x1
  • Whirlipede x1
  • Arbok x2
  • Scolipede x1
  • Weezing x2
  • Tauros x1

Trainers

  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Koga x2
  • Sabrina x2

Celebi EX & Serperior

Pokémon

  • Celebi ex x2
  • Exeggcute x2
  • Exeggutor x2
  • Snivy x2
  • Servine x2
  • Serperior x2

Trainers

  • Erika x2
  • Sabrina x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

Get out your exeggcute or Celebi to start. Then, try to evolve a Serperior on your bench to double your energy. Finally sweep your opponent with either your op exeggutor or Celebi.

Optionally swap out the Sabrina’s for leafs or X-speeds if you want.