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Flygon

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Pokémon (21) Trainers (35) Energy (4)
4x Trapinch
1x Vibrava
4x Flygon
3x Shelmet
2x Accelgor
2x Mew-EX
1x Duskull
1x Dusknoir
1x Munna
1x Musharna
1x Keldeo-EX
1x Computer Search
4x Tropical Beach
4x N
4x Skyla
2x Professor Juniper
2x Colress
4x Rare Candy
3x Ultra Ball
3x Level Ball
3x Float Stone
2x Pokémon Catcher
1x Pokémon Communication
1x Silver Bangle
1x Tool Scrapper
4x Double Colorless Energy

After attacking with Accelgor’s Deck & Cover, you’ll promote Flygon, using its Sand Slammer Ability to spread damage across your opponent’s board. As you repeat this attack, the damage will build, allowing you to eventually use Dusknoir’s Sinister Hand to pile the damage on to your opponent’s best Pokémon for knockouts.

Garchomp

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Pokémon (19) Trainers (29) Energy (12)
4x Gible
3x Gabite
4x Garchomp
4x Swablu
4x Altaria
1x Scoop Up Cyclone
2x Tropical Beach
4x N
3x Skyla
3x Colress
2x Professor Juniper
4x Level Ball
2x Pokémon Catcher
2x Super Rod
2x Silver Bangle
2x Rare Candy
1x Switch
1x Tool Scrapper
7x Fighting Energy
2x Water Energy
3x Blend Energy WLFM

Level Ball gives you easy access to Gible and Swablu. From there, all you’ll need is a single Gabite for things to fall into place. Dragon Call allows you to easily evolve your Swablu to Altaria, pumping up Garchomp’s attacks. With multiple Altaria on your Bench, Garchomp’s Dragonblade can one-hit KO even the highest HP Pokemon-EX.

Tip: Dragon Call for a second Gabite, giving yourself multiple Dragon Calls on the following turn.

Klinklang

🤹‍♂️ Difficult to Play

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Pokémon (17) Trainers (31) Energy (12)
4x Klink
2x Klang
2x Klinklang
2x Klinklang
2x Darkrai-EX
1x Cobalion-EX
1x Registeel-EX
1x Jirachi-EX
1x Keldeo-EX
1x Sableye
1x Computer Search
3x Tropical Beach
4x Skyla
4x N
2x Professor Juniper
2x Colress
4x Ultra Ball
3x Rare Candy
2x Pokémon Catcher
2x Heavy Ball
2x Max Potion
1x Tool Scrapper
1x Super Rod
8x Metal Energy
4x Prism Energy

Klinklang’s Plasma Steel protects your Metal-type Pokémon from Pokémon-EX, forcing your opponent to attack with regular Pokémon, which generally deal less damage. You can then take advantage of your opponent’s low-damage output by evolving to Black & White Klinklang, using its Shift Gears Ability to preserve your Energy cards when healing with Max Potion. Pokémon Catcher allows you to target your opponent’s regular Pokémon, helping you rid their board of Pokémon that can damage yours!

Tip: Avoid benching too many non-Metal-type Pokémon, which aren’t protected by Klinklang’s Plasma Steel.

Landorus-EX/Mewtwo-EX /Garbodor

🐣 Suitable for Beginners

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Pokémon (12) Trainers (36) Energy (12)
4x Landorus-EX
2x Mewtwo-EX
1x Bouffalant
2x Trubbish
2x Garbodor
1x Jirachi-EX
1x Gold Potion
3x Virbank City Gym
4x Professor Juniper
4x N
4x Skyla
4x Hypnotoxic Laser
4x Pokémon Catcher
4x Ultra Ball
3x Float Stone
2x Giant Cape
1x Tool Scrapper
1x PlusPower
1x Max Potion
8x Fighting Energy
4x Double Colorless Energy

Simple and straight-forward, this deck aims to apply quick pressure by leading with Landorus-EX’s Hammerhead. To deal with your opponent’s strongest Pokémon, you can power up either Landorus’s Land’s Judgment or Mewtwo-EX’s X-Ball. Pokémon Catcher & Hypnotoxic Laser help you score fast knockouts, while Giant Cape & Max Potion (as well as Garbodor’s Garbotoxin) make drawing prizes difficult for your opponent.

Lugia-EX

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Pokémon (10) Trainers (38) Energy (12)
4x Deoxys-EX
3x Thundurus-EX
2x Lugia-EX
1x Absol
1x Computer Search
2x Frozen City
4x Professor Juniper
3x Bianca
2x Colress
1x Iris
1x Shadow Triad
4x Ultra Ball
4x Colress Machine
4x Pokémon Catcher
3x Switch
2x Team Plasma Ball
2x Reversal Trigger
2x Bicycle
1x Escape Rope
1x Tool Scrapper
1x PlusPower
1x Lightning Energy
4x Prism Energy
4x Plasma Energy
3x Double Colorless Energy

This turbo variant of the Plasma deck is focused entirely on Lugia-EX’s Plasma Gale attack. Thundurus EX’s Raiden Knuckle and Colress Machine help you power up Lugia-EX, while the damage from Raiden Knuckle and Frozen City help ensure its Plasma Gale attack lands a KO. When you target Pokémon-EX, you can win the game with as little as two knockouts!

Round (Seismitoad/Meloetta-EX)

🐣 Suitable for Beginners

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Pokémon (14) Trainers (39) Energy (7)
4x Tympole
2x Palipitoad
4x Seismitoad
4x Meloetta-EX
1x Master Ball
4x Tropical Beach
4x N
4x Colress
3x Skyla
2x Professor Juniper
4x Ultra Ball
4x Rare Candy
3x Pokémon Catcher
3x Silver Bangle
3x Level Ball
2x Switch
2x Super Rod
3x Water Energy
4x Double Colorless Energy

It couldn’t be simpler: fill your Bench with Meloetta-EX, Palpitoad and Seismitoad, then deliver huge Round attacks from Seismitoad.

Stoutland

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Pokémon (14) Trainers (39) Energy (7)
4x Lillipup
1x Herdier
4x Stoutland
2x Palkia-EX
1x Deoxys-EX
1x Keldeo-EX
1x Jirachi-EX
1x Computer Search
3x Tropical Beach
2x Aspertia City Gym
4x Ghetsis
3x Skyla
2x Professor Juniper
2x N
4x Rare Candy
3x Ultra Ball
3x Pokémon Catcher
3x Float Stone
2x Max Potion
1x Level Ball
1x Heavy Ball
1x Team Plasma Ball
1x Tool Scrapper
1x Super Rod
1x Silver Mirror
1x Enhanced Hammer
2x Grass Energy
1x Water Energy
4x Double Colorless Energy

Tropical Beach and Rare Candy give you the best chance at a Turn 2 Stoutland, whose Sentinel Ability will leave your opponent struggling to set up. Palkia-EX’s Strafe allows you to end each turn with Stoutland Active, while keeping your Energy safe on the Bench. The only thing you’ll need to worry about is Pokémon Catcher, but if you can hit your opponent with a Ghetsis before they have a chance to play it, they’ll struggle to re-draw it without the use of Supporter cards.

Tip: Take out your own Tropical Beach with Aspertia City Gym once you’ve gotten your opponent in a bad spot.

Tool Drop (Trubbish/Sigilyph)

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Pokémon (12) Trainers (38) Energy (10)
4x Trubbish
4x Sigilyph
1x Voltorb
1x Electrode
1x Surskit
1x Masquerain
1x Dowsing Machine
4x Professor Juniper
4x N
2x Colress
1x Elesa
4x Level Ball
4x Pokémon Catcher
4x Float Stone
4x Exp. Share
3x Silver Bangle
3x Eviolite
2x Silver Mirror
2x Super Rod
10x Psychic Energy

Sigilyph’s Toolbox Ability allows you to flood your board with Pokémon Tools, boosting Trubbish’s Tool Drop attack. Reaching huge amounts of damage, Tool Drop will be the only attack you’ll need to mow through your opponent’s Pokémon. Exp. Share ensures you can keep up as your 70-HP Trubbishes are defeated, while Masquerain’s Tool Reversal allows you to always have the right Pokémon Tool for the right moment.

Victini-EX/Terrakion-EX

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Pokémon (15) Trainers (29) Energy (16)
3x Victini-EX
3x Terrakion-EX
2x Drifloon
2x Drifblim
2x Trubbish
2x Garbodor
1x Jirachi-EX
1x Victory Piece
4x Professor Juniper
4x N
2x Skyla
2x Colress
4x Float Stone
4x Pokémon Catcher
4x Ultra Ball
2x Enhanced Hammer
1x Tool Scrapper
1x Energy Retrieval
9x Fighting Energy
7x Fire Energy

Victini-EX’s Turbo Energize allows you to prepare a Terrakion-EX on the first turn, while an abundance of Energy help you build additional attackers with Terrakion’s Pump-up Smash. With Drifblim & Enhanced Hammer for Plasma decks and Pokémon that can hit the Weaknesses of both Darkrai-EX and Genesect-EX, this deck has answers for just about everything.

Zebstrika

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Pokémon (12) Trainers (34) Energy (14)
4x Blitzle
4x Zebstrika
1x Trubbish
2x Garbodor
1x Jirachi-EX
1x Rock Guard
3x Virbank City Gym
4x Professor Juniper
4x N
1x Ghetsis
1x Elesa
4x Level Ball
4x Hypnotoxic Laser
2x Pokémon Catcher
2x Silver Bangle
1x Float Stone
1x Exp. Share
1x Giant Cape
1x Silver Mirror
1x Ultra Ball
1x Enhanced Hammer
1x Tool Scrapper
1x Super Rod
10x Lightning Energy
4x Prism Energy

Zebstrika’s Disconnect can put your opponent in a tough spot, especially if it beats a key Item card like Rare Candy. Under Disconnect, Garbodor’s Garbotoxin becomes even stronger, as your opponent is left unable to play Tool Scrapper to re-activate their Abilities. With help from Hypnotoxic Laser and a variety of Pokémon Tools, all you’ll need to do to win is repeat Zebstrika’s Disconnect attack until you’ve drawn six prizes.

Tip: Since Zebstrika is an Evolved Pokémon, Prism Energy is not discarded when it uses its Lightning Crash attack.

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