Choose a deck with evidence, then adapt it with a clear plan. These guides explain card roles and trade-offs alongside the recorded tournament results.
These are interpretations of sourced card rules and recorded results, not claims of personal playtesting. Statistics below use their displayed analysis window; the review date applies to the written guide.
Dedenne ex needs two Lightning Energy for Dede-Circuit, which deals 40 damage for each Pokémon Tool attached to all of your Pokémon. Count attached Tools across your board, not Tools remaining in your hand. Indeedee ex can heal 20 damage from your Active Pokémon once during your turn, supporting Dedenne without needing to attack itself.
Read the guide →Hoopa ex can start attacking with one Darkness Energy: Shadow Bullet deals 30 damage to the Active Pokémon and 20 to one Benched Pokémon. Prepare Mega Absol ex with two Darkness Energy while choosing which damaged target you may finish later. Darkness Claw deals 80 and lets you inspect the opposing hand and discard a Supporter.
Read the guide →Mega Blaziken ex uses two Fire Energy for Mega Burning: 120 damage, one Fire Energy discarded, and Burn on the opposing Active Pokémon. The attack’s printed cost is not its whole resource cost: plan another Fire attachment for the following turn. Torchic begins the evolution line; getting an attacker into play is the first task.
Read the guide →Mega Altaria ex adds 30 damage for each of your Benched Pokémon and needs two Psychic Energy to attack. Happiny B4a-63 has a zero-Energy attack for 10 damage that makes your attacks deal 20 more to the opposing Active Pokémon during your next turn. That lets you attack while attaching Energy elsewhere.
Read the guide →Suicune ex’s Crystal Waltz costs two Water Energy and deals 20 damage for each Benched Pokémon on both sides. Its Legendary Pulse draws a card at the end of your turn if Suicune is Active. Baxcalibur’s Ice Maker supplies a Water Energy from the Energy Zone to your Active Water Pokémon once during your turn.
Read the guide →Vespiquen ex evolves from Combee. Chase Order costs two Grass Energy for 70 damage; you may discard a Basic Grass Pokémon from your Bench for 70 more. Shuckle ex is a Basic Pokémon whose Solid Shell reduces attack damage taken by 20. It can buy setup time while you develop Vespiquen.
Read the guide →Mega Altaria ex gains 30 damage for each of your Benched Pokémon. Develop your Bench while preparing its two Psychic Energy attack. Espeon B3a-20 can attack with one Psychic Energy and put the opposing Active Pokémon to sleep.
Read the guide →Mega Lucario ex attacks for two Fighting Energy; one extra Fighting Energy adds 50 damage. Lucario A2-92 boosts attacks from your Fighting Pokémon against the opposing Active Pokémon by 20. Plan which Riolu evolves into your attacker and which becomes support.
Read the guide →Mega Sceptile ex deals 130 damage for two Grass Energy, discards one Grass Energy and poisons the opposing Active Pokémon. Butterfree B3b-3 offers a one-Grass-Energy attack that heals 20 damage from itself. Budget the next Energy attachment before attacking with Sceptile.
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