high skill ceiling

Poison Trap

Pokemons

  • Ekans x2
  • Koffing x2
  • Arbok x2
  • Weezing x2

Trainers

  • Koga x2
  • Sabrina x2
  • Potion x2
  • X Speed x2
  • Poke Ball x2
  • Professor's Research x2

An aggressive choice for countering and stalling out high-energy meta decks. Use Sabrina to force opponents to switch out their backline Pokémon, then secure KOs with Arbok by denying their retreat. The goal is to score points on enemy Pokémon as quickly as possible and disrupt their strategy.

Weezing is great for getting chip damage in with Gas Leak, especially on main Pokémon with high HP. It also works with Koga as a stall Pokémon, as it can take some hits before being returned to your hand and switched out for Arbok's damage attack.

Arcanine/Moltres/Wigglytuff EX control deck

Pokemons

  • Growlithe x2
  • Arcanine ex x2
  • Moltres ex x1
  • Jigglypuff x2
  • Wigglytuff ex x2

Trainers

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

Hard to use deck that have a very high winrate against decks that primarily use pokemons with 120/130 hp. Very versatile as you can build both a Moltres/Arcanine ex combo, as well as a Wigglytuff ex to disrupt your opponent with sleep. The exception is decks that can reliably oneshot your Arcanine EX, where you NEED to build your Wigglytuff first. So meta and deck knowledge is needed.

Koga Alakazam

Pokemons

  • Abra x2
  • Kadabra x2
  • Alakazam x2
  • Koffing x2
  • Weezing x2

Trainers

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

Deck Source

 

Strategy is to use Weezing to stall and poison until Alakazam is ready, then use Koga for a "free" retreat. Energy is Dark/Psychic, each Pokemon only needs a single coloured pip to function. Weezing is mostly there to act as a meatshield and poison, but I have found the fail rate of "you only get Dark energy" low enough to be worth the extra attacker. 

 

Reforged Steel

Pokemons

  • Caterpie x2
  • Metapod x2
  • Butterfree x2
  • Meltan x2
  • Melmetal x2
  • Mawile x1

Trainers

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

This deck requires a bit of skill to use, but it’s proven powerful against many EX decks. The main strategy centers on building up both Melmetal and Butterfree to maximize their abilities. Melmetal’s "Hard Coat" ability automatically reduces incoming damage by 20, while Butterfree’s "Healing Powder" restores 20 HP each turn to both your active and benched Pokémon. Together, they effectively reduce 40 damage per turn.