Blastoise ex Hits Hard and is Even Harder to KO! - (Pokemon TCG Deck List + Matches)

Blastoise ex continues to be a massive Pokemon that hits hard and can tank almost any hit. But it actually gets a bit better in the current meta!
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Pokémon: 6
3 Squirtle MEW 7
3 Blastoise ex MEW 9
1 Manaphy CRZ-GG 6
2 Origin Forme Palkia V ASR 39
2 Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR ASR 40
1 Radiant Greninja ASR 46
Trainer: 22
4 Ultra Ball SVI 196
1 Switch SVI 194
1 Irida ASR 186
3 Irida ASR 147
2 Rare Candy SVI 191
1 Escape Rope BST 125
3 Earthen Vessel PAR 163
1 Rare Candy PLB 105
1 Lost Vacuum LOR 162
1 Energy Retrieval SVI 171
1 Counter Catcher PAR 160
4 Battle VIP Pass FST 225
1 Iono PAL 185
1 Letter of Encouragement OBF 189
1 Melony CRE 146
3 PokéStop PGO 68
3 Superior Energy Retrieval PAL 189
1 Super Rod PAL 188
1 Pokégear 3.0 SVI 186
2 Nest Ball SVI 181
1 Raihan EVS 152 PH
1 Boss's Orders PAL 172
Energy: 1
10 Basic {W} Energy SVE 3 PH
Total Cards: 60

[@peterstrianus1790]

Best KZbinr on the subject. Calmly talking l, clear explanation, entertaining and informative. Well done! As for Blastoise faced it actually this morning. It was wild.

[@manglo87]

Thanks for this! Love my Blastoise deck and wish there was more content on it. It’s not the best deck, but it’s still fun to play and has its competitive moments!

[@joshijo53]

I’ve been playing since 2 days (I replaced Melony with Lady to speed up energy gathering). I’m impressed, I’m in love. I was using pokestop + chien pao but i hate how much energy I have to discard with Chien Pao…but here we have the perfect balance with blastoise, my favorite pokemon since I was a kid.

[@itzcrytek1455]

I play this deck since 4 months as Main deck. Its pretty good and i did ok resultus on local tournements. I have good chances against chairzard (i Was brick handed) i defeat goldengho and ironhands lost zone deck.

[@ehfins2871]

So fun to play, one of my favorite pokemon of all time, but I could build a 4 bedroom home with the bricks

[@TJMead]

Yea I put this deck together and took it to the ladder, people just struggle with it. Consistently hits for 280, and the option to only discard one energy for 140 damage is huge against single prizers to conserve energy. You have the Palkia+Greninja engine for quick two prizes if opponent is still setting up. Started 7-1 with this deck and since have still seen success more than failures. P.S. Watching people use Pokestop in a deck that is not built around it is baffling at times. Game 1 for example, putting that reversal in the bin was huge. Like moths to flame, people just can’t help it sometimes.

[@marsdavis6152]

In the last game against chien pao, at around 26:54 you preemptively used the switch into the palkia. You could have instead knowing they likely play baxcaliber saved the switch for next turn knowing they can’t attack turn 1. Then on your next turn if your opponent doesn’t play manaphy which in this game they didn’t, you could’ve used greninja to ko two frigibax and cripple their setup and take a prize advantage. And if they did play manaphy you could’ve still made the play you made. Just don’t play the switch too early because greninja has a very good attack you shouldn’t forget about.

[@TheDildaddy]

Do you think you could make a video for trainer cards to use? Maybe like “staple cards you should have” video. Please 🙏🏽

[@InThirdPerson]

I did a video like that a long time ago. Not a bad idea to make a new one, especially post-rotation!

[@netnetofc]

Thank you so much for this Blastoise deck… I think not only me but a lot of people love Blastoise and enjoy watching it playing. I would love to test this list but are you sure bibarel and lumineon can’t help it?

[@InThirdPerson]

I have no problem with squeezing Bibarel in there. Lumineon can be handy but it gives your opponent an easy 2-prize target to bypass Blastoise.

[@rusty_718]

Can you do a updated version of this deck please ??

[@ZeroUH]

Using Blastoise, I'm X-0 against Lost Tina and doing really well against other meta decks. There are 2 problems: Miraidon and Roaring Moon

[@itzcrytek1455]

Yep als my expirence. But both deck get weaker after rotiation. Espacially roaring moon.

[@curlyhairdude535]

Mind making an updated vid or if possible just give out suggestions for things to replace the "E" cards? Just started playing like a day ago and I wanted to try this deck out but it seems I can't use a few things you have mentioned in this video. I'm also not experienced enough to know what other cards to use instead. Thanks in advance.

[@InThirdPerson]

Here are some post-rotation examples from Japan! pokecabook.com/archives/53017

[@curlyhairdude535]

Thanks again@@InThirdPerson

[@TheWyzman69]

So, you inspired me to play Palkia/Rider, Chien-Pao/Bax, and now this... between the decks, which is better positioned for now, and which one post-rotation?

[@InThirdPerson]

Ice Rider is rotating very soon, so that’s out of the question. The answer to both is Chien-Pao, though Palkia can also serve as a support Pokemon in many decks, such as Gholdengo, Walking Wake, and even Chien-Pao.

[@braydenfuller3511]

i don't suppose you could make an updated version of the deck now that the card rotation is active?

[@InThirdPerson]

While I certainly will cover Blastoise again, it’s very low on my priority list due to how recent this one was. In the meantime, here are a bunch of post-rotation top 16 Blastoise deck lists from Japan! pokecabook.com/archives/53017

[@braydenfuller3511]

@@InThirdPerson you sir are a giga chad tysm

[@markschumacher3157]

Wanted to do a blastoise deck too , tried to make it work , like you kind of showed off in the video , its just really clunky

[@DogginsFroggins]

bit of a loaded question but do you think this deck has potential after rotation?

[@nickalater]

For a locals it does. If its attack was one energy or if it had an energy acceleration effect, it would be WAY better. Might be tricky since Miraidon/Iron hand decks will be heavily in the format. Charizard will still be a pain and Roaring moon can insta KO. Other than those few decks, you'll have competitive matchups.

[@burgerboi9926]

You can pair with bacxcalibur with its super cold ability maybe but both are a stage 2 Pokémon it might just take a min to setup

[@itzcrytek1455]

​@@burgerboi9926 i also thought on baxcalibur but 2 stage 2 pokemon are heavy

[@ZeroUH]

The huge problem is... No VIP. It's gonna be hard to get Palkia and Greninja. You need both to speed up your game. Ditto could help? Yes. I'm also thinking about Basculin. If you don't start, you will be able to pick more 2 basic with Basculin's attack. I love Blastoise, I'll really try to make it viable. With that +50 atk, it's gonna hit 330. I need to find a way.

[@itzcrytek1455]

@@ZeroUH bro im also working on blastoise. I also gonna do that maximum belt in the deck cause i can finnaly one shot nearly evey pokemon. But i think blastoise can survive the Rotation of vip.

[@johnbaumgart8706]

would you agree now to rather take buddy buddy poffin instead of the VIP thing ?

[@InThirdPerson]

Yes replace VIP Pass with Buddy Buddy Poffin

[@DjW324]

A 1/1 or even 2/2 no barely like is very good in this

[@MS-cs4pw]

Wut?

[@hthytrgh]

Fuck yeah I have been trying to work out a good Stoise deck!!!!

[@TheStormRogue]

Thoughts on Pidgeot ex in this? I tend to run my Blastoise deck like a zard deck.

[@InThirdPerson]

I understand the logic of styling it after a Charizard deck. No qualms from me there. Just keep in mind that post-rotation, Bibarel is projecting to be the go-to draw engine for Charizard. This variant is currently crushing Japan and it’s likely to carry over over outside of Japan too.

[@TheStormRogue]

Interesting. So Blastoise EX bibarel could be good too yeah? Right now Zard Pidgeot is better in pre rotation format right? Also what is changing that makes bib zard better?@@InThirdPerson

[@InThirdPerson]

I think Bibarel in Blastoise is totally fine. And yes, Pidgeot is currently the best way to play Charizard pre-rotation. Post-rotation, the Bibarel version has become the #1 way to play Charizard. Here’s the latest tier-list from OmniPoke based on recent tournament results from Japan. x.com/omni_joe/status/1765378102933270562?s=46&t=WvvseieK6nMMQ6rerZFlFw Some factors that could have launched Bibarel to the top: - Bibarel is easier to set up - Bidoof can’t be bench sniped by Greninja or anything that does bench damage (can still get hit by damage counters) - Bibarel won’t get destroyed by Devolution, which has become a very popular tech against Charizard - Bibarel only drops 1 prize, vs. Pidgeot potentially being a 2-prize liability - the new card Ciphermaniac’s Codebreaking lets you stack the deck with any 2 cards of your choice, which you can then draw with Bibarel All that said, Charizard Pidgeot is no slouch as the 3rd best deck. And to Joe’s point in the tweet, some players are trying to mash Bibarel and Pidgeot into the deck. Tord did just that (and much more) in his binder drop Charizard deck from this past weekend’s major tournament and he finished 4th. limitlesstcg.com/decks/list/10361

[@TheStormRogue]

Thank you!!!@@InThirdPerson

[@zm0rc]

@23:07 why couldnt you have used your blastoise with 2 energy to kill the enemy?

[@InThirdPerson]

Blastoise needs to discard energy from hand in order to attack. All 10 of my energy was accounted for (2 on Blastoise and 8 in the discard pile), which means I had no way to attack until I could get energy back in my hand.

[@gnvtwhp1218]

I still have little desire to go back to playing ptcg live. The app button is collecting dust after switching over. Not a lot of variety of ways to play, fun ways and be creative with these boring special energy, item and supporter cards with scarlet and violet sets. My old 1 energy Poison Shout telescopic sight Toxtricity (with radiant sneasler), jolteon vmwx and Big Sparkling raichu snipe deck was a k!ller😭 good times The math was usually in my favor. Gotta take out 4 toxtricity and a vmax jolteon. But the spread and snipe damages were TOO GOOD. And for mew bench barrier. Easy solution. Boss order + poison shout+ radiant sneasler= gone mew. The math was still in my favor.

[@EZPEO]

Naaa Miraidon destroys this guy hahaha x2

[@sirvaniss]

That is indeed how typing works lol.

[@kiefferwebb142]

“This deck has a weakness, no good” 😂😂😂

[@EZPEO]

@@kiefferwebb142yall mad 🤣🤣

[@sirvaniss]

@@EZPEO nah lol we're laughing at you

[@EZPEO]

@@sirvanissstay mad guy Miraidon still hitting for x2 regardless🤣