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Crobat

🌠 Iconic Deck

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Pokémon (18) Trainers (25) Energy (17)
4x Zubat
4x Golbat
3x Crobat
3x Cleffa
3x Pichu
1x Magby
3x Chaos Gym
4x Focus Band
4x Professor Elm
4x Double Gust
4x Rocket’s Sneak Attack
3x Pokémon Trader
2x Imposter Oak’s Revenge
1x Nightly Garbage Run
14x Grass Energy
2x Full Heal Energy
1x Recycle Energy

The first truly anti-Feraligatr deck, Crobat’s Cross Attack not only hits Feraligatr for Weakness (sometimes scoring a one-hit KO), but also confuses the many high-retreat-cost Evolved Pokémon that make up the format. Composed entirely of free retreaters, Crobat decks easily disrupt the opponent with Double Gust, and with no Pokémon Powers, Pichu is a perfect fit to punish opponents that rely on them.

Tip: Use Zubat’s Poison Spray against Steelix to help overcome its high HP and Grass Resistance.

Dark Weezing

😃 Fun to Play

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Pokémon (15) Trainers (30) Energy (15)
4x Koffing
4x Dark Weezing
3x Cleffa
2x Brock’s Vulpix
2x Brock’s Ninetales
2x Rocket’s Hideout
2x EXP.ALL
1x Gold Berry
4x Professor Elm
4x Good Manners
4x Erika’s Kindness
3x The Boss’s Way
3x Nightly Garbage Run
2x Transparent Walls
2x Double Gust
2x Brock’s Training Method
1x Here Comes Team Rocket!
9x Grass Energy
4x Metal Energy
2x Darkness Energy

With Brock’s Ninetales’s Shapeshift, you can bring your total of Koffings & Weezings in play to as many as six, allowing Dark Weezing’s Mass Explosion to land one-hit KOs for only two Energy. With a variety of tricks to negate the damage Dark Weezing deals to your own Pokémon, you’re able to keep these attacks coming until you’ve drawn all six of your prize cards.

Tip: A Metal Energy attached to a Dark Weezing will reduce the damage its Mass Explosion deals to your own benched Koffings and Dark Weezings from 20 to 10, while also reducing damage the it deals to itself to 0!

Eeveelutions

😃 Fun to Play  💰 Expensive to Build

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Pokémon (21) Trainers (23) Energy (16)
4x Cleffa
4x Eevee
2x Espeon
2x Umbreon
1x Flareon
3x Porygon
2x Porygon2
2x Dark Porygon2
1x Mew
2x Chaos Gym
2x Energy Stadium
3x EXP.ALL
1x Gold Berry
1x Focus Band
4x Professor Elm
3x Rocket’s Sneak Attack
2x Pokémon Trader
2x Good Manners
2x Double Gust
1x Nightly Garbage Run
5x Psychic Energy
3x Fire Energy
4x Darkness Energy
4x Rainbow Energy

Able to hit a variety of Weaknesses, though not Grass (there was no Leafeon yet), Chaos Gym gives the deck a chance at beating Feraligatr, while Porygon2 ensures each Eeveelution has the right Energy to attack.

Tip: Use Dark Porygon2’s Spatial Distortion to switch from Chaos Gym to Energy Stadium, allowing yourself to freely play Trainers. Then, end your turn after restoring Chaos Gym to play, never giving your opponent the same opportunity.

Forretress

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Pokémon (19) Trainers (25) Energy (16)
4x Cleffa
4x Pineco
4x Forretress
2x Psyduck
2x Light Golduck
2x Mew
1x Elekid
3x Chaos Gym
3x Focus Band
3x Gold Berry
2x Balloon Berry
4x Professor Elm
3x Pokémon Trader
3x Good Manners
2x Warp Point
1x Double Gust
1x Imposter Oak’s Revenge
5x Psychic Energy
4x Metal Energy
4x Recycle Energy
2x Full Heal Energy
1x Potion Energy

The great thing about Forretress’s Spikes Pokémon Power is that it stacks, meaning if you’re lucky enough to get three in play, your opponent can’t even promote a Baby Pokémon during their turn without it being immediately knocked out. (Even playing Double Gust would allow you to deal Spikes damage!) Playing around Spikes can be particularly difficult considering that Forretress’s Rapid Spin forces both players to switch their Active Pokémon. This means Forretress can hide on the Bench, with Chaos Gym helping protect it from Double Gust, while your opponent has to deal with trying to knock out Mew or a Focus Band-equipped Baby Pokémon.

Tip: Rely on Light Golduck’s Core Blast to KO otherwise difficult Pokémon, like Steelix.

Kingdra

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Pokémon (19) Trainers (28) Energy (13)
4x Horsea
4x Seadra
4x Kingdra
3x Cleffa
3x Pichu
1x Magby
2x Narrow Gym
4x Focus Band
4x Professor Elm
4x Pokémon Trader
4x Rocket’s Sneak Attack
3x Pokémon Center
3x Double Gust
2x Imposter Oak’s Revenge
2x Nightly Garbage Run
7x Water Energy
4x Recycle Energy
2x Full Heal Energy

Needing only a single Colorless Energy to attack, Kingdra forms a great pair with both Pokémon Center & Focus Band, while Pichu & Magby offer a way to deal with Pokémon Powers.

Tip: Use Twister to strip Metal Energy off of your opponent’s Pokémon, allowing the low damage of Mud Splash to overwhelm your opponent.

Consider adding: Muk (Legendary Collection) to replace Pichu & Magby

Sabrina’s Haunter

😃 Fun to Play 🤑 Cheap to Build

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Pokémon (16) Trainers (30) Energy (14)
4x Sabrina’s Gastly
4x Sabrina’s Haunter
1x Sabrina’s Gengar
3x Cleffa
2x Brock’s Vulpix
2x Brock’s Ninetales
1x Resistance Gym
4x Focus Band
4x Professor Elm
4x Good Manners
4x Master Ball
4x Double Gust
3x Sabrina’s ESP
3x Nightly Garbage Run
2x Brock’s Training Method
1x Here Comes Team Rocket!
14x Psychic Energy

Using Shapeshift to turn Brock’s Ninetales into a Sabrina’s Haunter (or Gengar), you can give yourself as many as six flips on Haunter’s Night Spirits attack. Factor in Sabrina’s ESP allowing you to re-flip some unlucky coin flips and you’re all but guaranteed to deliver some huge damage.

Tip: Sabrina’s ESP is not considered a Pokémon Tool and can be attached alongside a Focus Band.

Shapeshift (Brock’s Ninetales/Porygon2)

😃 Fun to Play

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Pokémon (23) Trainers (21) Energy (16)
4x Cleffa
4x Brock’s Vulpix
4x Brock’s Ninetales
3x Porygon
2x Porygon2
1x Dark Porygon2
2x Crobat
1x Vileplume
1x Dark Gengar
1x Arcanine
1x Energy Stadium
1x Chaos Gym
3x EXP.ALL
1x Gold Berry
4x Professor Elm
4x Pokémon Trader
3x Rocket’s Sneak Attack
3x Nightly Garbage Run
1x Double Gust
5x Psychic Energy
4x Grass Energy
3x Fire Energy
4x Rainbow Energy

With its unique ability to Shapeshift into any Evolution, Brock’s Ninetales can attack the Defending Pokémon’s Weakness, while Porygon2’s Energy Converter ensures you have the right type of Energy to attack.

Tip: Use Dark Gengar’s Pull In to knock out Magby any chance you get or its Sputter will eventually deplete your deck of the Evolved Pokémon you need to attack.

Consider adding: +1 Light Golduck

Steelix/Alakazam

💰 Expensive to Build

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Pokémon (20) Trainers (27) Energy (13)
4x Cleffa
3x Onix
3x Steelix
3x Abra
3x Kadabra
3x Alakazam
1x Tentacool
2x Ecogym
3x Balloon Berry
2x Focus Band
1x Gold Berry
4x Professor Elm
4x Pokémon Trader
3x Energy Charge
2x Pokémon Center
2x Warp Point
2x Recall
2x Good Manners
4x Rainbow Energy
4x Metal Energy
3x Recycle Energy
2x Full Heal Energy

Using Alakazam’s Damage Swap to heal Steelix of damage, you can keep using Tail Crush, turn after turn. If your opponent does manage to find a way to one-hit KO Steelix, Focus Band can save the day. Meanwhile, Recall permits Steelix to catch your opponent off-guard with Onix’s Rage attack, hitting for as much as 110 damage.

Tip: Attach a Gold Berry to Steelix the same turn you play Recall to use Onix’s Rage, healing enough damage from Steelix to prevent your opponent from scoring a KO with an attack like Magby’s Sputter.

Typhlosion/Blaine’s Arcanine

🌠 Iconic Deck 😃 Fun to Play 💰 Expensive to Build

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Pokémon (23) Trainers (20) Energy (17)
4x Cleffa
4x Cyndaquil
4x Quilava
4x Typhlosion
4x Blaine’s Growlithe
3x Blaine’s Arcanine
3x Chaos Gym
2x Gold Berry
1x Focus Band
4x Professor Elm
4x Pokémon Trader
3x Misty’s Wrath
2x Nightly Garbage Run
1x Double Gust
15x Fire Energy
2x Metal Energy

Seeing more play in the earliest phase of the Rocket–On format, this deck relies on Typhlosion’s Firestarter to fuel Arcanine’s massive Firestorm attack, which can one-hit KO virtually anything in the format. Metal Energy can protect Typhlosion & Arcanine from their self-damaging attacks, while Chaos Gym gives you a chance against the Trainer-heavy Feraligatr deck.

Tip: If you plan to attach Focus Band to Blaine’s Arcanine, also aim to attach a Metal Energy. Without one, your Arcanine may end up knocking itself out with Heat Tackle.

Consider adding: +1 Blaine (Gym Challenge)

Venusaur

😃 Fun to Play

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Pokémon (20) Trainers (23) Energy (17)
4x Cleffa
4x Bulbasaur
4x Ivysaur
3x Venusaur
1x Venusaur
1x Scyther
1x Mewtwo
1x Growlithe
1x Arcanine
3x Energy Stadium
4x Focus Band
4x Professor Elm
4x Pokémon Trader
3x Pokémon Center
3x Double Gust
1x Warp Point
1x Nightly Garbage Run
13x Grass Energy
4x Rainbow Energy

Benefitting from being able to one-hit KO Feraligatr, Venusaur and its Energy Trans Pokémon Power allow you to use Pokémon Center to heal without losing any Energy Cards, while Arcanine offers the deck a chance against the Grass-Resistant Steelix.

Tip: Keep your promo Venusaur in hand to save your Pokémon from Dark Gengar’s Deep Sleep.

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