high skill ceiling

Pick a gengar

Pokémon

  • Gengar x1
  • Gengar ex x1
  • Gengar x1
  • Gastly x2
  • Haunter x1
  • Morelull x1
  • Shiinotic x1

Trainers

  • Lillie x1
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Iono x1
  • Celestic Town Elder x1
  • Giant Cape x1
  • Mars x1
  • Cyrus x1
  • Rare Candy x2

try opening with gastly, and use all three variants of gengar in the best way possible

Incineroar ex Infernape ex

Pokémon

  • Litten x2
  • Torracat x1
  • Incineroar ex x2
  • Chimchar x1
  • Monferno x1
  • Infernape ex x1

Trainers

  • Rare Candy x2
  • Lillie x1
  • Pokémon Center Lady x1
  • Red x1
  • Pokémon Communication x1
  • Rocky Helmet x1
  • Sabrina x1
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

Giratina-ex & Darkrai-ex

Pokémon

  • Darkrai ex x2
  • Giratina ex x2

Trainers

  • Potion x2
  • Giant Cape x2
  • Pokémon Center Lady x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • X Speed x1
  • Sabrina x1
  • Leaf x1
  • Cyrus x1
  • Red x2

Carnivine/Arceus EX

Pokémon

  • Arceus ex x2
  • Carnivine x2
  • Sprigatito x2
  • Floragato x2
  • Meowscarada x2

Trainers

  • Poké Ball x2
  • Pokémon Communication x1
  • Giant Cape x1
  • Rocky Helmet x1
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Red x1
  • Erika x2

Start may vary depending on luck of cards initially drawn.

 

Ideal Start:

Angry Mean Gods

Pokémon

  • Skarmory x2
  • Dialga ex x2
  • Arceus ex x2

Trainers

  • Poké Ball x2
  • Giant Cape x2
  • Rocky Helmet x2
  • Professor's Research x2
  • Giovanni x1
  • Sabrina x2
  • Leaf x2
  • Cyrus x1

Main Ideas

  • Arceus ex is capable of 130 damage with a full bench and Dialga ex can quickly provide energy to Arceus ex while acting as a wall in the active slot.
  • Skarmory is capable of 50 damage when equipped with a Pokemon Tool. 50 damage is enough to knock out many basic non-ex Pokemon and can also push Pokemon with higher HP below critical breakpoints while only risking 1 point for yourself.
  • Chip away with Skarmory until you can use Dialga ex to generate energy for Arceus ex.

Pure Evil

Pokémon

  • Drowzee x2
  • Hypno x2
  • Koffing x2
  • Weezing x2
  • Darkrai ex x2

Trainers

  • Rocky Helmet x2
  • Red Card x2
  • Koga x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

¡Only Dark Energy!

The strat is simple: 

  1. Get Hypno on the Bench and Weezing (with 1 dark energy) on the Active Spot.
  2. Use Hypno's ability and attack with Weezing.
  3. Let Darkrai EX accumulate energies on the Bench and/or give Weezing a Rocky Helmet for extra chip damage.
  4. Enjoy dealing 50-90 damage per turn plus having a 62.5%-75% chance to avoid damage on your turn, every turn (once set up).

 

Extra tips:

Dialga STS full metal

Pokémon

  • Meltan x2
  • Melmetal x2
  • Dialga ex x2

Trainers

  • Professor's Research x2
  • Dawn x1
  • Leaf x1
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Potion x2
  • X Speed x2
  • Rocky Helmet x2
  • Giant Cape x2

Deck more reliable and less tied to counterpart luck with LickilickyEX. More defensive.

Dialga in front, 2 energy as soon as possible, Giant Cape to help tank the first 3/4 turns.
Give the energies to whoever is on the bench, possibly Meltan -> Melmetal.
Melmetal should be managed with RockyHelmet and keeping potions for him.
Blows of 120+RockyHelmet are enough to knock down just about anything.

Palkia STS

Pokémon

  • Eevee x2
  • Vaporeon x2
  • Manaphy x2
  • Palkia ex x2

Trainers

  • Professor's Research x2
  • Misty x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Potion x2
  • X Speed x2
  • Giant Cape x2

Very simple and fast deck. 
If you can get Manaphy and Vaporeon turn 2 you can already attack with Palkia for 150 damage.
You tend to turn 3 almost always attack with Palkia.

Dragonite - Druddigon DP Update

Pokémon

  • Dragonite x2
  • Dratini x2
  • Dragonair x2
  • Druddigon x2

Trainers

  • Professor's Research x2
  • Poké Ball x2
  • Potion x2
  • X Speed x2
  • Rocky Helmet x2
  • Pokémon Communication x1
  • Dawn x1

Plain and simple.
Druddigon in front with helmet to stall. 
Only water and lightning energies. 
A Dawn to make unexpected comebacks.
A Pokemon Communication to help that once in a while.

Very balanced deck that requires you to always believe in it. With Dragonite you could be down 0-2 and come back to 3-2 in 1 turn. It is much quicker to build up than it looks.