ANTI META GENGAR! | Pokemon TCG Pocket

[@AlmightySaruman]

After saying use normal gengar on streams for 3 days without mog seeing, my pain finally end... Love u mog

[@Pi11ow]

Haha. I had left my first comment to play a normal Gengar deck on yesterday's vid. When I saw the vid today was regular Gengar today- I was a bit giddy.

[@demontferrat]

That first deck, who they run 2 Moltres, a full Charizard line, Eve and Flareon, Growlith and Arcanine and still have space for Taurus and trainers!

[@MiloThatch420]

Yeah there’s a bit too much going on in that deck? Yet they drew all of it.

[@Jeijard]

This deck is one of the few creative no ex decks that I can actually see becoming at least B+ tier. good job, this deck is fun to play.

[@RafaRB0]

Alakazam is actually playable too

[@Jeijard]

@@RafaRB0 Yeah but it is not creative at all

[@juliplay236]

There's an interesting deck I came up with as I could not, for the life of me, build any of your shared decks unfortunately. I call it the "Energy Discard Deck" and consists of running mawile and spearow (both who have a condition of removing energy, either random or of the active pokemon), with a combination of a high attack basic pokemon, or no longer than stage 1, though, heavily recommend the basic over the latter. I know it heavily depends on luck for a 50/50 on whether one energy will be removed, but due to most of the meta consisting of reaching high value attacks or moves that remove energy at the cost of high attack, I thought it would be interesting to try it out. Plus, it helps if they're trying to retreat their pokemon. First time through and won against an Articuno EX deck! Hopefully anyone checks it out or does a more efficient/consistent variation: Mawile - 2 Spearow - 2 Fearow - 2 Lickitung - 2 Pokeball - 2 X Speed - 2 Geovanni - 2 Sabrina - 2 Prof. Oak - 2 Red Card - 1 Potion - 1 Edit: The biggest weakness is the lack of high HP Pokemon. Lickitung isn't exactly bad but building him up takes time, time that the opponent can use to lower him down to the point you can only use him once. If anyone has a suggestion for a strong basic or stage 1 that can work, please be sure to chime in!

[@deglanjies696]

Naaahh that one comment from the live chat 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 "i want head from misty... Wait what" 😭💀💀

[@Muhizzy]

💀💀💀

[@VxHokage007]

ayo....but what if...

[@Jude-yk9uc]

Classic cunny 😭😭😭😭

[@MrRiverJude]

Nothing more satisfying than clapping hands in sync with mog

[@Ganking553]

Problem is 95% of ppl try to make double gengar EX work, when 1-2 normal Gengar is just way more consistent + only 1 EX as an option. That’s the strength of gengar Ex, that it can be a normal gengar too and surprise the opponent.

[@TaigaYuukiCh.]

Yup this is how i build my gengar deck, 1 normal gengar + 1 ex gengar and because i don't have tauros i use khang instead + jynx

[@N00BSYBORG]

They did my boy so dirty after giving him the coolest art on his EX card. Three psychic energy to do 100 damage makes Gengar EX so damn rigid and underwhelming. If we had a basic or stage 1 Pokémon with abilities similar to Greninja or Butterfree, he could at least be a good control card.

[@solidzack]

It doesn't help that it's pre-evolutions are horrible as well. If Haunter atleast had a good 2 energy attack I would be fine with it

[@catto3924]

>love gengar >reroll acc to get gengar ex >get 2 gengar ex >looking how to build gengar ex deck >found out vanilla gengar deck is more viable instead

[@ch1dd]

You could play it with enough healing or pidgeot for disrupting I think. Not having good pivot means you have to win the card race every time though.

[@thegoat9219]

It's so funny how much Gengar ex doesn't make any difference triple the energy for double the damage and the exact same effect because, why wouldn't you attack on your turn?

[@ch1dd]

The difference is two-shotting things when you manage to attack. As average damage as it is, it's a bruteforce sacrificial-type card you just keep on active spot and trade because you have supporters and the enemy doesn't.

[@MjTaboret]

Oh damn, just stumbled upon you channel after so many years! I still remember you from your Nilfgaard years :D

[@Keepcalm-lovesports]

I never left but my first video of Mog was with Tibor as a finisher when he was still played outside of mill ❤. Cool to see another gwent enjoyer.

[@CheriTheBery]

Same haha. Watched when the riot card game came out, now suddenly after starting this game I got mogwai on my feed again. Big nostalgia hit!

[@furymonger5395]

Dang wish I found his channel when I was big into gwent I was nifleguard main then

[@Keepcalm-lovesports]

@@furymonger5395 It was his favorite faction. I am pretty sad they changed the game so much from the three row system. I actually played on PlayStation cross play which is also not possible anymore, so I stopped playing altogether after they changed the game so much.

[@martintyrmer5484]

that one guy in chat saying that he's gonna end himself will haunt me tonight

[@osoperezoso2608]

Thanks to Mogwai, whenever my wife asks me what we should eat for dinner, I now know how to say "you decide. My life is so much better now. Ty, Mogwai!

[@abesmith115]

Lol, the absolute contrast kf twitch and youtube chat at 17:30 "Can we get some o7?" KZbin: o7 Twitch: Concede

[@wanderingaming5805]

Been watching you since the ooooold Duelyst 1 days. I always appreciate the energy you put into your videos and hope you continue to do well!

[@KingInferno3]

I wish the two star rainbow art was for regular Gengar instead of Gengar ex, it looks so good

[@Frecheszinho]

Best art EVER! LOVE IT!

[@Frecheszinho]

I was so happy when I got it!

[@dawnbell4674]

Been running a water/electric deck since the beginning for dragonite with jolteon/vaporeon. Swept entire teams with jolteon alone and ranged attacks with zebstrika. Haven't seen anything like it yet so it catches people off guard lol

[@ch3ckm8]

dragonite is op

[@TheElectricalPulse]

Can you drop your deck list? I run a very similar deck but without zebstrika.

[@ryandavis8658]

My guy! I miss your MTG Arena videos. But good to see you on TCG. 😎

[@julianmarceloimperiale1456]

Not the mogwai videos being more ASMR than more ASMR videos. He is literally talking inside the mic

[@brandonvargas2790]

Omg how exciting seeing you run a similar deck I've been running so far! I was going to run it with Gengar EX but I found it so much better with basic Gengar so I can beef up mewtwo EX in the back while also shutting down their supporter cards. So good

[@lantern214]

Thank you for giving my two favorite Pokémon, Gengar, and Vileplume some love.

[@shaggy5033]

No Meowth? My brother in Christ, you are made of tougher stuff than I

[@naser3000x]

the deck is as much a jynx deck as it is a gengar deck, its not very piece dependent like other decks

[@racoonrobin116]

Thanks for that deck man! Gengar and Jynx are like my favorite Pokémon! Gonna try that with Mr Mime instead of Tauros just because I like him more will see how that works 👻

[@augustinelim1985]

Would love to see how you'd update this deck with Mythical Island support!

[@Triple87]

This deck is top tier.

[@MrSlizzard]

would love to see you design around Dodrio, I feel like the 0 retreat is good but I dont know what it would be useful in, if at all. THANKS! Also we collabed once (on a different channel than the one im logged into now) on Duelyst back in the day, found you again due to Pocket, glad to see you made it!! Love the content broski.

[@dyrroth9296]

'Lickma' *clears throat* Lickma? Why do i feel like i've heard of that?

[@JemmC89]

It's the disease Ninja came down with, poor fella.

[@ShadowEnigmaTV]

​@@JemmC89that was ligma

[@solidzack]

Who the hell is Ninja?

[@neri1220]

Have you played Seadra in the deck? I would like to see this pokemon work and be crucial to the victory. It has potential but that 3 energy cost is cruel.

[@sircaveman]

Deck idea running eevee deck with fire/electric enegry and misty for water.

[@alexiscarvajal4304]

Finally someone names right te meta, antimeta and offmeta categories

[@apricot8301]

We love seeing Tauros. Been trying to make him work. What's the reason behind using him here or in other decks?

[@marcussousa1308]

He expains it at the beginning: Tauros has a lower retreat cost when compared to Kangaskhan

[@darkskyxgames]

Kangaskhan is usually better. There are not many good tanks in the game and Tauros is worse because it needs 2 energy to work. But since it requires less energy cost too, it is viable in a few decks that requires a little more reliable damage and doesn't waste many energy.

[@reymarkasedillo5657]

If only I have the cards to build these decks. Mogwai's deck seems fun to play.

[@Wuddigot]

Gengar ex will be more and more valuable as more sets (and more supporter cards) are introduced

[@wowzers94]

This is some truly mad cookery

[@calebowman9782]

I switched out tauros for lickitung. Heavy hitter, and if nothing else is on theme with gengar

[@darkskyxgames]

Tauros is there for the retreat cost and reliable damage

[@jasonhackett6785]

Great video and nice deck will definitely try it keep up the great work

[@Sopaipa1212]

GENGAAR 🥳🥳🥳

[@nachoortega2033]

Hey mogwai i have seen a lot of your decks with niche and cheap cards. I started to play a few days ago and i Wonder if you could make an eelektross deck, i have been trying to make it work but i dont get much result. Hope you can do it and thx for your videos and ideas ❤

[@itsmorbingtime]

Same but I feel like eelektross paralyzed should be guaranteed just like the sleep is guaranteed on some mons

[@itsmorbingtime]

Because omastar does the same thing but better honestly and his is guaranteed

[@solidzack]

​@@itsmorbingtimewhat?! Sleep is guaranteed because the opponent can wake up on the same turn. Against Omastar your opponent still had the option to switch out. Guaranteed paralysis means your opponent literally cannot do anything because with the current card pool theres no cure to Paralysis other than evolving. Guaranteed paralysis would be completely ridiculous.

[@ryanosborne362]

Have you tried adding a Hypno to this deck? I've been using him as a support mon to sit on the bench and just add sleep pressure every turn..

[@bologaming7]

My Goat❤

[@RoblesVS]

Probs the new Haunter card Will help this deck too, It has an effect on it

[@galveotr791]

Frosmoth is a weird one cause the approach is similar to Greninja Vileplume, and there is the Nite Fross deck, but I think that frossmoth could have some useful non-misty deck

[@choppa3358]

omgg i love that dimple plush

[@dman6261]

Beautiful deck. Also would be nice the see the record of the deck (not sure if all the games go to these videos)

[@jacobogomez1907]

Wouldn't regular Mewtwo be better than Tauros? 120hp same retreat cost, plus it's on theme for corner cases

[@mateoparrado7668]

With tauros u can hit, base Mewtwo needs more energy to do so. Tauros damage is relevant.

[@TheNicokapo]

Gengar is like Slayer from Guilty Gear... _Sometimes, you have to play supportive roles_ *BUT WHAT MATTERS IS THAT YOUR EYES SHINE~...* _In the moment_

[@geetanshupreti4625]

In this game what is advantage of going first that game prevents from using power at first turn? Going seacond is always good imo

[@0taku912]

The new Haunter promo card could be worth testing when it comes out. It deals 50 (if heads) for 1 energy.

[@Ganking553]

New promo haunter has the chance to end the game early before the opponent csn even play their evolutions. Like it csn oneshot staryu and there goes your starmie and your 1 energy.

[@ksteinberg7087]

u got the spice ^^

[@stanley3384]

Mogwai, are you going to try the community created no ex game mode and do you have plans to release no ex decks?

[@Aeroreido]

after trying out gengar ex for 15 games, Gengars HP pool is really nice, it tanks anything that isnt a slow fire deck with a potion at least 2 times, while disabeling supporter cards, which is kind of a big deal, my only problem is his energy cost, either let it be 2 with 80-90 damage or give us a haunter with a good two energy attack. My best deck(went 7-2, with 5 of those being against mewtwo, of which I won 4) was unironicly with two Zubat and two Golbat as counter for mewtwo, which it usually handled alone most of the time. Gardevoir feels really excessive for a pokemon that doesnt discard energy on attack and is kinda unreliable. With the current Haunter I believe normal Gengar is the way to go, just keeping gengar as a tanky cheap disrupter.

[@darkskyxgames]

Gengar needs at least 110 damage to be good in the current meta

[@Mugiwara-ya-ic9jb]

So a jynx deck with gengar supports

[@relic-kun8582]

A Jynx deck tribute to ending of Arcane 🫡

[@piotrkowalczyk9608]

A noob question: Isn't Mewtwo tabkoer than taurus with same retreat cost? Why is the bull played instead?

[@assortmentofpillsbutneverb3756]

Damage. With this kind of strat your not likely to get 4 energy on one mon

[@blazekip3207]

I've been running weezing/Greninja. Would love to see you try that if you haven't already.

[@denisst-amour9512]

Tried this deck a few times and have not won a battle yet. By the time you are ready to deal decent damage you are on life support and barely hanging on.

[@adamantevovo5701]

Is Alakazam can compete in this meta? It's my favorite pokemon. Any best idea about Alakazam deck?

[@joshuatilghman9103]

Alakazam works like the jinx attack shown here, but it is much more powerful. It destroys anyone that uses 3 or 4 energy and is still a threat to most low energy cards. It also has the bennifet of not being an ex or requiring gardevior. It's only weakness is needing 3 cards to summon

[@JoseGasset]

Try running kabutops deck. Ive seen a few matches against them and theyre pretty good tbh

[@Maskert_Fabre]

Very good deck actually, realizing that tauros would work better than kangaskan or farfecht is key

[@matchstick926]

If I may suggest a grabblpus deck it is really fun

[@joasht.4821]

Hey Mogwai, I just noticed; do you have a biting fixation?

[@White-Wing]

Can you do a DITTO deck?

[@3G00dboys41]

Just made this deck! I like it

[@spalthebeast]

I made a deck with ex and clefable solid enough and flexible since clefable do descent dmg descent hp and 1 cost retreat, plus it has no weakness on darkness Pokémon. The normal gengar decks seems so nice too unlikely i cant play it yet cause gengar normal is one one the 2 pokemon missing rofl

[@octavioouvrard4767]

love this deck

[@NickfolesSBMVP]

Mog can you do tentacruel?? I’ve been using him and having some good games!

[@matthew.OS.9]

We need a "pivot" counter in these videos 😂

[@WilliamHungVEVO]

This deck is actually stupidly good lol

[@supervisedchaos]

2:00 gotta try tentacruel frosmoth 1 reg Articuno and 1 farfetch'd... Need x speed and whatever else you want I'm 10/0 with this deck.. it's lacking health and games get close but the status is everything

[@var8492]

Hmmmmmm drop full deck

[@luisg3369]

Anti anti meta

[@mrfurusho]

Jeez chat going absolute ooga booga on that last game. 'jynx is 70 damage dude' 'why didnt he pivot into jynx' like bro do you guys even math

[@grimlovesbans5068]

I love gengar. I play both versions with random mewtwo to tank lol

[@Kira-np1df]

Mog, do you already know about the NOEX in the private matches!? Maybe you can showcase more offmeta decks there :D

[@MrKami123456]

How good is Gyarados?

[@kchan1322]

Replacing Tauros with Mewtwo ex is a potential option, giving more late game potential. But regular Gengar is just a worse version of Kabutops, whereas the ex is a worse version of Machamp

[@NikoCat11]

@MegaMogwai I need you bro to test a deck for me, I think I cooked, but haven't got the cards yet! Grass Energy Deck - 2 sets of Golem - 2 sets of Exeggutor (non Ex I think) - 2 BROCK - 2 Prof - 2 Pokeball - 2 Xspeed - 1 Erika - 1 Sabrina I guess that's it. Please test it to me, no one I know has 2 sets of Golem yet 😢 Perhaps there's some other pokemon that goes harder with Golem Brock, if you can come up with something!

[@gaborielh6363]

An Elektross deck next would be awesome!

[@kaitogami23]

i have a deck suggestion that you can do.. i don't know if it good or not bz so far I used and it has 50% on both loss and win.. you should try arbok plus wigglytuff ex deck.. seems like it an ass of a buildup but it actually pretty fun to use deck

[@gringosaiyan6084]

Only have 1 non ex gengar ☠️ but imma try this with one of each(just spent all but 50 points for greninja line)

[@booster0005]

I want an energy drainer deck that enables them to attack.

[@marekfoguel8601]

At 8:00 if he added an energy to Charizard and used Crimson, he would of had a better chance. He wouldn’t get one shotted next turn

[@marcoruiz7618]

But can the mog make golurk work?

[@MrSnowCG]

Despite being the weakest EX pokemon Gengar will always be my fav pokemon to play :)

[@panmaanszdionysoz133]

I have lot or fun with Alakazam 😘👌🏻💎 with the ember 😅

[@abuanjasperbrylled]

Try the golurk deck💪💪💪

[@germangiordano2071]

This was a fun one. No lies!

[@sleepytofu1]

isnt MewTwo EX better than taurus? 150 hp, and has the same energy cost in attack and retreat.

[@Yourmom-cx8fw]

you lose 2 point which is bad

[@Wesley_Julio_FX]

This deck should be "LIGMA"😂😂😂

[@92Simon]

MABOI TAUROS, GLAD YOURE LISTENING!!! THANK YOU CHEFF!!! Ahora uno con Seadra porfi

[@lucifer-ygo9793]

The Problem with this Deck is that anything in it does way to less damage

[@TurtleSage-h3s]

Yo lets see a three color legendary birds deck

[@spacesalmon]

amadeus

[@AllySzat]

I wonder how viable is a Victreebel Pigeot deck 😃 Because both can swap enemy pokemons around.

[@JemmC89]

why need both ?

[@ROB15044]

try golurk he is basically psychic marowak

[@sal_8]

woow, looks amaizing. I'll try

[@RickC69]

Este deck lo tengo guardado como “Lenguetaso”

[@profbfc]

I think we need more non-ex decks like this! Ex pokemon are a liability and this stream proves that!

[@gammaamin]

Facts

[@gammaamin]

@@profbfc I have build one with nidoking deck, and another one with Alakazam

[@thereegstah]

You can't play Gengar EX like a high damage deck. It has to be completely disruptive. I use red card into Persian for a chance to completely ruin peoples decks while I build Gengar EX to finish up. Its not the most consistent deck, but it wins pretty frequently.

[@victoralmeida3344]

VASCO

[@Pterrordon12]

I've been wanting to build a gengar deck...