Mythical Island Pokemon TCG Pocket TIER LIST

[@spragelsPocket]

What do you think the best deck in the meta is?

[@DudefacemanMZ]

You're the best meta on youtube :)

[@OneZ_arolho]

I’m between gyarados and mewtwo, since both look equally dominant on my matches

[@JosephLoRe]

Gyrados EX/Starmie/Vaporeon

[@justinkassel4281]

We need more deck space to build decks we like and to try different things so we don't have to get rid of decks we might not want to

[@Doc_Sans]

@@spragelsPocket Arcanine mew beats almost every relevant deck except vaporeon gyarados

[@joek0620]

My main takeaway after the 1st week of weekend tournaments for Mythical Island is that the meta is pretty diverse and that is good for the game and competitive scene.

[@spragelsPocket]

Totally agree

[@robertmadden7427]

So glad mew counters mewtwo so well. Really nerfs mewtwo and makes it seems fair to play against

[@synthwav_]

yeah, it's so fun to be able to alternate decks! super glad it's like this

[@trashpanda003]

Ima flip a coin to see if I agree with this statement

[@akxx-bj8me]

celeby deck is bit op

[@BarberSwing]

Petition to call D tier the Dragonite Memorial Tier.

[@spragelsPocket]

Good idea

[@shaneski82]

I still run dragonite with pidgeot non ex and get a good win rate. Just constant spam of its ability in the early game plus building dragonite on the bench is a lot of fun. Pikachu kills it so quickly tho.

[@BuNnyDuDeDaRoO]

​@@shaneski82 stage 2 mons is like mid game...

[@ProfessionalCommentor]

I have seen a lot of drugg dragonite decks with a mew ex tech

[@shaneski82]

@@BuNnyDuDeDaRoO with some decent luck and oaks it can be done by turn three for only 2 energy to attack...

[@daniaaal]

Prof Oak and Pokeball remains staple in every deck

[@exgardevior]

Prof Oak is the true God Tier card

[@mattdragon1253]

@@daniaaal oak Is slightly worse pot of greed from yugioh in this game

[@hizio880]

@@mattdragon1253 but why both say draw 2 cards

[@mattdragon1253]

@@hizio880 you can play 2 pot of greed in a turn, you cant play 2 oaks

[@geo5106]

Yes. Everyone and their moms know that.

[@aceofaces0007]

Here's a fun fact about Pikachu EX: It hard counters most uses of Mew EX because Mew can't effectively copy Circle Circuit since it specifies that you need Electric Pokemon on your Bench to work.

[@uiucchemistry2664]

Only to die to every other EX lmfao and even the mewtwo decks that use it will just swap that into Mewtwo EX instead. Good try though. Pika is not really in thankfully.

[@nikunjkhangwal]

​@@uiucchemistry2664 This is the case since game released and it's the 2nd most used deck in tournament after m2. Every other deck require a lot of setup while Pikachu is insanely fast so it barely matter if he's weak to other EX's when he can weaken or delete them before they can move.

[@uiucchemistry2664]

@@nikunjkhangwal yeah it was the case since the beginning due to Charizard and mewtwo decks keeping pika in check let alone lucky Misty articuno combos killing pika lmfao. My point is now with more new ex mons being introduced and other cards making even off-meta decks relevant there may not be a hard counter to pika other than fighting type decks but other decks don’t struggle hard against it like in the past. Also, pika isn’t the only fast deck around as aggro Blaine easily counters with ninetales Blaine combo requiring little set up where as Pikachu needs a full bench which isn’t guaranteed for the pika players first or second turns not to mention Sabrina exists to make pika players waste an energy to swap pika back in or be lucky and have an x speed in hand to counter. Pikachu EX is strong but it’s low A tier or upper B tier and thankfully no longer S tier. Also Pika EX doesn’t really counter Mew EX lmao because you’re forgetting that they have a budding expeditionist in hand renders that 90 damage useless as Pika isn’t OHKOing it. It’s just that Mew EX can’t beat Pika but Pika can’t reliably kill Mew EX from full hp. Pika is a soft counter to Mew EX not hard counter.

[@zieltik]

​@@uiucchemistry2664 the best counter in the new golem with dugdraigon, jesus that combo majes pikachu deck suffer y you are not able to kill geodude or graveler on time.

[@roberto9270]

​"misty articuno combo" if you are lucky, misty articuno wins against any deck in the game, not only pika. ​@@uiucchemistry2664

[@notstampgoat]

Btw pro tip: To make it easier to find cards when looking at all your cards, sort it by Type instead of the default Dex# on the bottom right. Doing it by Type mixes both Sets and also sorts by type and pokemon. So it's much easier to find stuff

[@Alex-zr4zp]

We DESPERATELY need more metal support and love, and a Lance supporter card that summons or enables a dragon type card in your deck to give dragonite some love

[@filibertolugo2886]

I’m here for that lance supporter card!!

[@marcelohulse]

Problem with dragons are those shuffled energies

[@yojimbojack1350]

A perfect Lance supporter would be attaching a Dragon energy to a Dragon pokemon similar to what Brock does. That's just my hopes.

[@marcelohulse]

@@yojimbojack1350 maybe not allowing to use bench energy that turn. It would unlock dragon's atks on 1 energy decks, like nite on water decks and drud on fire. Would be really cool actually.

[@joshuadoring8050]

@Alex-zr4zp you can play Melmetal right now, it’s lowkey really good.

[@jeremymuir4332]

100% agree Drudd is the meta defining card, I like that it's a passive card though. It's possibly too strong given it's prevalence but you get to make choices around it.

[@marcelobulhoes6180]

Its cool, because it makes bench hitters good now

[@animalchin5082]

I do like what it does to the meta but I think I will get tired of super drawn out stall mirrors lol. So many decks just want to sit behind a wall right now

[@pjanderson4876]

I remember back in the early Unite days when you would mix up all the Mon at the end of the tier list to make the people that skipped to the end really scratch their heads. You should do that again, it was my favorite part haha

[@nathiebear]

I think the new Rapidash should also be talked about for Blaine decks, it's just a straight up improvement from Genetic Apex Rapidash and it's really strong

[@Alex-zr4zp]

@nathiebear not quite, as a main many prefer old rapidash because each are situational, the extra energy cost can hurt when your playing that fast paced. New rapidash is better when you get it set up on the field first and set up your ninetail on the bench after, but you can't set up the new rapidash when you already have a ninetails on the field eating an energy every turn

[@natehinxman9050]

i like the longer in-depth videos like this. thanks for the content, jake!

[@jitrinsakulpichetratana5983]

My two favourite decks are Dragonite-Drudd and Gyrados-Drudd atm. Dragonite is super RNG with the attack rolls but it's fun getting 3 points in one turn.

[@incrediblemarv]

I just want to give some love to you! I think you're doing a really great job, you're putting so much effort into your videos, especially with this community being so new and fresh. We're all having so much fun right now playing this new game and experimenting and stuff a you're contributing a lot to us having an even better experience. Thank you!

[@spragelsPocket]

Thank you so much!!

[@joriggs-h4j]

I like the new Salandit and Salazzle. Hope more cards in the future will have synergy with it.

[@_nefi]

I've been having great results with new Salandit and Salazzle as an addition to Blaine decks.

[@Kurobeau]

my best Salandit deck is a single copy with Scoli and Weezing list lol. an early Venoshock can really catch some slow deck starts and 50 plus poison dmg from a basic for 1 energy feels so powerful

[@joriggs-h4j]

@Kurobeau @_nefi Here's the Salazzle deck I've been using if anyone wants to try. 2 x Heatmor 2 x New Salandit 2 x New Salazzle 2 x New Magmar 2 x Blaine 2 x Poke Balls 2 x Professors Research 2 x Giovanni 1 x Sabrina 2 x X Speed 1 x Leaf Poison with Salazzle>>Switch out to hit with Salandit/Heatmor>>Switch out to Heatmor/Salandit>>Switch out to Salazzle to poison>>Repeat rotation since all their attacks and retreat cost 1 energy. Magmar charged up with 1 energy on the bench to one-shot with Blaine.

[@alchadylan4592]

Drudiggon is great but I don't think it would be able to perform anywhere near this level without Leaf, so I'd definitely give it to her

[@brennenrussell]

@@alchadylan4592 I would respectfully disagree. Leaf adds to Drudiggon but Drudiggon is no where near dependent on Leaf.

[@alchadylan4592]

@brennenrussell if you aren't running leaf, then your opponent gets to pick when you switch in. That's never good, especially with people running more and more backline targeters

[@gagolas2267]

@@brennenrussell Drudd is literally just a different variation of Snorlax without Leaf. His strength lies in the fact that he is a wall that does damage, only takes 2 slots in your deck AND requires no energy. You need Leaf to get the first hit into your oponent after you set up behind Drud. Otherwise you either have to spend energy to retreat it or let your oponent use your drud against you and set up themselves.

[@Pioxys]

I run a Melmetal steel deck, and I would say it's C at best. Melmetal is an amazing defensive wall. Offensive though, it takes way too much set up to get going. Meltan kind of helps with that, but you'll have to start with it going second. Otherwise, you're playing a game of chance. Sometimes by the time it's ready, Meltan took enough damage, and Melmetal don't have the tanky HP you wanted. On the other hand, Bisharp is a neat damage dealing mon. While Mawile is an okay way to prevent active mon set up (And if you can land heads). The pros are nice defensively, but offensively the cons sort of outweigh it. Doesn't help that there's no cards that helps out steel types.

[@joshuadoring8050]

I’ve been having a lot of success w melmetal. Just two meltan, two melmetal, and a chatot. And a bunch of trainer support. You basically either start with Melmetal and start ramping or you start with chatot and cycle your hand away to see your meltans and Melmetals. The deck is super good, and it lines up well into the meta right now.

[@gagolas2267]

I have been running a 2 Meltan 2 Mew EX deck with double expeditioner and double Gio. It's kind of good? Not the best deck but certainly the best meltan list i've played. You can set up Mew to threaten their EXs and lead the game to a stalemate and once you get your melmetal set up it's checkmate. Gio is really important so metal can OHKO Celebi and most importantly Mew EX. Also turn 2 meltan gets going really fast (like you said) and it's surprisingly strong against set up decks that use drud to stall.

[@Kurobeau]

feel like Scoli is being slept on here. Yes its a stage 2 but thats its form of build up, vs other decks needing energy etc. With poison from Whirlipede or Weezing. it ohkos Pika EX, Mewtwo EX, Mew EX, Celebi EX, and with a hit from Weezing it catches a lot more mons. and then running a single Salandit in the deck basically means u have a mini Basic Scoli, that often has the speed advantage to kill or buys time with the damage to shuffle Weezing around or find that evo to Scoli. and the deck doesnt run EX so opponents need 3 points against you. I dont know about anyone else running the list but i genuinely feel like im +80% win rate because the decks only rng is Whirlipede or Weezing draw misses. i got the 50 wins no problem in a few days of grinding after work. the low energy costs really feels like the decks most power point.

[@gagolas2267]

The list realtively popular. Salandit not so much since you need to use resources (Koga, Leaf, X speed or energy) for it to do only 50 damage. I would suggest just running farfetchd by that point since it actually does something when drawn turn 1 and it only does 10 less dmg when switched into a poisoned mon. The most popular list i think just runs a single Arbok line.

[@Xavast]

This is more of a card meta review than deck review. Good video regardless

[@elidiaz9980]

Would the new exeggutor deal extra damage based on energy doubled by surperior ? Cause if so it might counter celebi super hard

[@scuttledspatula8837]

@@elidiaz9980 It works with Alakazham in dealing extra damage because of doubled energy from Serp, so it would work with new Exegg.

[@Mastermind122288]

This is a God Tier youtuber for Tier Lists

[@Typi]

Small shout out to Petilil/Lilligant and Dhelmise for being really good support/setup cards for Serperior Decks. Both can stall fairly well in a grass deck while countering certain pokemon or giving a grass energy while also dealing good damage. (Mew gets HARD countered by Dhelmise)

[@YermanVelasco]

for me, the deck i brewed with this expansion is diabolical, i use mankey from the promo pack and OG Primeape to take damage and do a consistent 100 all the time, and, as they are a glass cannon, theres always a Marshadow back there... just staring... and i use Aerodactyl EX for their ability and the amber as coverture. all the decks are easily defeated with this combo, especially Celebi and Charizard... except mew... mew ex deck just kicks your ass every time... BUT THATS ONLY AGAINST MEW, I SWEAR!

[@FouCh-q2p]

I've tried Gyarados EX, several variants of Celebi, Golem (don't have Pidgeot EX yet), and I found the Golem deck to be shockingly consistent and adaptable with multiple win-conditions. If you pull multiple basics, you can choose who to start with by guessing your opponent's deck based on energy. Running 2 Leafs gives you the opportunity to make plays in the early / mid game, especially with Hitmonlee. There is space for a Giovanni to hit the 130 threshold for Celebi and several other EXes, and 150 if the opponent just hit / KO'd Druddigon. Not to mention that since it is an EX-less deck, you can even set up revenge plays with Marshadow.

[@3G00dboys41]

Yeah i love Golem deck as well

[@fth2780]

Everybody underrate Pidgeot EX deck

[@TheNorthwestgamings]

I found a great synergy with greninja, rapidash and druddigon and using the low energy rapidash makes you able to power up druddigon and people are afraid to attack it

[@tsunmaidpirates]

I'm using Serperior with new Exeggutor and it does well enough. Main problem is energy of course since you're not always guaranteed to get Serperior on your bench but the moment Exeggutor gets to attack, it can defeat most enemies. I also like having no EX on my deck. In regards to Venasaur EX, I think it goes MIA simply because of better grass pokemon choices like Celebi EX and Exeggutor (and maybe Dhelmise)

[@nighhigh6184]

The old egg ex is better more reliable

[@Modest_Player]

Marowak was my first deck (due to pulls) but it is currently dead due to how popular Celebi is. How can you counter a basic grass doing x70 twice at turn 2? and more every turn? Golem is the only viable option for rock type now.

[@horokai]

Gyarados EX is a monster, I got the event badge in a breeze with him, no too many players are using it , too many celebi decks tho

[@mambaASI]

gyarados ex is one of the most used decks right now lol. Celebi has fallen off because people are realizing its attack is not reliable enough and its hp is in range for easy KO by fire decks, gyarados ex, mewtwo ex...

[@justwantawholename]

I'm happy when I get Celebi as an opponent. It's just not that great of a deck. Even if they get 5 billion coin flips I can usually set up a good revenge kill

[@Pun116]

Gyarados EX is trash. It only looks good bc Misty is broken.

[@ZenCrypto-ov8zj]

@@Pun116 what?! it's so good even with flipping two misty tails. Gyarados _was_ not too popular. Now I see it every other match up

[@Pun116]

@@ZenCrypto-ov8zj Nah. It's only trending. That doesn't mean it's good.

[@Lily_Madison]

So early, that Gia Gunn hasn't opened the door yet.

[@ChocolateRain7272]

Never expected a drag race meme in a pocket video!

[@YourTamedLion]

The Nidos had a good matchup against the most popular deck and still do, against mewtu ex. Mythical island helped them with the dragon type tank and the Trainer Leaf because it gives them stall without losing tempo. Thanks to leaf even Nidorino and Nidoqueen can sit in the active spot tanking while you gather energy because Leaf covers their retreat cost. Nidoqueen with 130 darkness attack kills off alot of the meta. It's not a great deck because of weakness to fast (ramp )decks like Pikachu or Highrolling Misty/celebi decks. But it outvalues a lot of slower decks. Stalling opponents are good for the Monarchs because they can scale too and two of them beat any ex and give the same victory points.

[@the-damnation99]

Pidgeot EX has won me so many games, even against Celebi and Mewtwo decks. Love it

[@samuell24]

Same, it’s been my best non-meta deck in the game. Won 8 in a row with it the other night

[@deadlineuniverse3189]

Love how Drud was partially or totally underestimated by some people

[@Galiaverse]

Agreed with putting Druddigon on top. I do think Leaf deserves to stand alongside it however. Leaf really does enable soooo many possibilities by helping 2+ retreat pokemon, Druddigon included. Both cards are on course to being staples in many decks.

[@DAu-ru5uy]

(Sorry for long comment) Hey I just tested a custom Surge themed deck (Electabuzz (new) plus Electrode and raichu), so far finding it so fun to play Basic idea: 1. Electrode can dish out decent early damage to opponent pokemon (especially those not yet fully evolved) and forced them to retreat 2. And since (right now) no one expects it - you can retreat (at no cost), and quickly use surge to move the two energies to Electabuzz and kill the opponent's low hp pokemon he just retreated 3. Electabuzz can continue to weaken fat pokemon (like a powering up Gyarados) 4. Raichu for late game damage

[@michellequinn1940]

I was having a lot of fun with Muk before the expansion and Scolipede is just a straight up upgrade. Not sweaty optimal, but enough to be a fun ex-free spoiler. Fast enough to keep up with Pika decks. Still waiting for something to help my favorite Nidoking, or slow but fun Melmetal.

[@joeywarren60]

Something I wish is that double type decks could be viable. I wanna make a Fire Dark deck just so I can use Salazzle and either Muk or Scolipede in the same deck.

[@rjoye529]

I did one of the advanced solo Celebi battles with my own Celebi deck and I had 5 energy with Serperior vs Celebi with 3 energy and no Serperior. I flipped 2 heads vs their 3. I’m having a good time 😅

[@sandstorm7790]

Should've mentioned galvantula and the new rapidash. So far my non-surge pikachu EX deck has been performing consistently very well using galvantula over zebstrika. Both of them have situations where they're better but I really do feel like galvantula is comparably as strong as zebstrika for pikachu EX. Never was a hugeeee fan of electrode. 0 retreat cost is nice and all but when you're running 2 x speed and everything is 1 retreat cost it really doesn't come up that often, and it's 70 damage was good but pikachu has a problem with basically being unable to 1 shot anything so electrode putting things in 2 shot range was nice and all, but it didn't stop people from simply retreating their Pokémon after tanking a hit like zebstrika. Galvantula plays a very similar role in pika EX that zebstrika does, but trades off a bit of flexibility for more damage to help you pick up those 2 turn KOs on a far more EX cards than zebstrika will allow. Me personally, I find myself preferring galvantula over zebstrika rn but it could be because it's new and all. Not much needs to be said about the new rapidash and ponyta. They are simply direct upgrades over the ones we have currently and they allow Blaine to pump out even more explosive damages than before for still low energy cost. More consistent damage without Blaine too because the rapidash still does 40 damage base like the old one but gives you the option of doing 100, and the ponyta doing 10 instead of 20 basically makes 0 difference, but the difference between 20 and 40 is quite noticeable.

[@solidzack]

I feel like a lot of people are currently using Leaf with Druddigon to stall, but also Koga with Weezing, Budding Expeditioner with Mew-EX and Erika with grass decks and Golem decks like to use Brock as well. And depending on the retreat cost, some people even substituted X-Speed for Leaf completely. Before the new pack dropped, Gengar-EX mainly stopped Giovanni and Sabrina plays with the occasional Prof. Research, Misty and Koga denied. But with more supporter cards used, this card might actually see some usage, moreso because Mythical Slab can help out the deck as well

[@Packeralien86]

I run 1 Lapras EX, 1 Gyrados EX, 1 Starmie EX, and 2 Vaporeons. I got 45 wins fairly consistently. Lapras is great because the 20 healing helps it survive an extra hit or 2 while you charge up gyrados. By the time it’s ready to switch out, I have a leaf and vaporeon ready to go to easily transfer water energy. Lapras is one of my favorite Pokémon and I tried a lot of combos to make it work. This is the best so far. Articuno may be better, but that 20 healing for Lapras comes in handy way more often than you’d think

[@brycearmstrong7582]

I really hope they dont add battle/account stats, it wouldnt “change” anything fundamentally but i like not having to see or care about my W/L and using fun decks that dont always win

[@AleXand4life]

Florges Mew Ex is pretty good btw. It can pivot as a fast deck or stall with mew if youre bricking..

[@kuyagab4444]

Curious question: What is wong with Mewtwo?

[@sinningcieje]

Imma like the video even tho it didn't start with SLAB in god tier. ✊✊✊

[@spragelsPocket]

My bad

[@Lefteris_kerpelis]

Having 5 aerodactyls and 0 Celebies hits different after this video

[@Scott7789x]

Great list. Well articulated

[@axdambient]

ive been using Lapras EX/Starmie Ex/Frosmoth and that has been by far my most successful deck. while Lapras isnt deal big damage, it can heal off quite a bit and ive had success sleeping a pokemon then bringing a wounded Lapras EX in to heal damage. big with two Potions, and a decent Misty pull (even one extra energy is a big help). i tend to play really defensive anyway, and ive even played around with Blue here and there and it works. not the greatest, but it can be really successful i've also managed to stall out quite a few different decks with Wigglytuff EX/Fearow/Tauros. worked absurdly well on Charizard and Scolipede decks, and Tauros is there in case i get the pleasure to run into Mewtwo/Mew/Celebi EX. again, since i tend to play very defensive as a normal style, these work well for me. im actually toying with the idea of a Frostuff deck just for the hell of it. this deck isn't much of a world beater though, so im thinking of maybe going Drud instead and have it be a multicolor with Wiggly and Tauros. a lot of options. i think sleep has been somewhat underrated because its 50% chance they cant attack, but man, stalling a Charizard EX even one turn can be a huge help

[@rin9005]

Haven't seen enough people talking about non ex Articuno it pairs really well with the rest of the currently relevant water cards especially thanks to Vaporeon I use it for water decks instead of drudd and as a bonus I get to use x speed instead of leaf.

[@johnmichaelreyes4577]

Other cards or set that can OHKO new Golem was Alakazam or Psychic Exeggutor that all need to have Giovani. Dragonite can do it if it can land all meteors on Golem. Celebi can if over-stacked with grass-energies.

[@eriochromeblackt3021]

I've won 45 games with mostly Marowak wins. I think I'm the rare one here. He is great with Primape and Marshadow. Marowak will be your late game hitter since it is tankier and can hit hard than both Primape and Marshadow. Basically your goal is to have a quick tempo deck that will sweep before the enemy set up

[@Gorb-q4l]

so basically still the same boring aggro marowak ex deck with marshadoe added cause its more aggro? aggro players be the most boring of boring

[@reverserift3217]

I feel like you can't put drud in S tier without leaf because you need leaf to retreat

[@stefanopolitis2805]

Hey cowboy! Merry Christmas! Love ur content ! Do you play TCGP on pc and if so how u can I do it !?

[@Brandon-pi4hg]

Ive been running marowak primeape and absolutely wrecking most decks. My goal is setup marowak asap and deal as much damage as possible before they can setup

[@kyleking7718]

My thoughts about the meta/ some cards: Mythical slab great card with some major drawbacks for me and my Mewtwo decks. I often will run a porygon but only play it if I need to find new 2 or a stage of the gardivore line. Sometimes the card will just sit in your hand and never play it and that’s fine. Sucks if you have to open it though…. Also not a bad idea to run a meowth/ person or even a dreadgaw in your Mewtwo deck. We need a rare candy type card: for those who don’t play the actual card game, the rare candy card will accelerate and basically skip a stage in your evolution for your three stage evolution. Cards pocket is an extremely quick meta-and sometimes it’s way too slow to try to be evolving a three step. Having a card like this will greatly change the meta and allow for a lot more evolution decks Pigiotex/ love love love this card used it at lot when learning to play pocket. I often see it with mewtwo or mew ex decks it’s a really nice alternative wind strategy. Only issue is is that it’s really slow since you have to evolve twice. Hence another reason why the rare candy would be tremendous.

[@kyleking7718]

PS. Sorry of spelling is off. I’m using voice to text.

[@JudasBC]

I have been using Drudd, but I'm leaning back into Kanga, the early pressure is still there, the ability to one shot a whole host of base Pokémon which Drudd can't do. Sure it sucks when you lose the flip, but it only costs 1 energy, and you can retreat with Leaf the same.

[@hectorhenriquez5711]

Question cant greninja get around druddigon?

[@aaronturnbull6528]

I've been having a lot of fun with Dragonite thanks to the addition of Druddigon to act as a wall, but it could definitely use some love

[@RakanOTP]

Great vid!

[@nehushtant]

Agree with the ranking, celebi isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and mew ex is just absurd

[@-w0rdz-30]

Been playing a Weezing/Scolipede deck and it feels so much better than Arbok if you have to go first. Either Koffing or Venipede have the option to evolve turn 3 and do damage, which Ekans/Arbok just can’t do.

[@ZigzagoonGang]

Idk why everyone hates on Aerodactyle. I run it with Pidgeot and I have no issues playing it, especially into celebi it’s basically a free win. Electric decks are the only weakness and you can one shot a pikachu ex with Pidgeot ex so it’s actually not that bad.

[@SaltyGief1833]

I was lowkey waiting for the god rank cards to be "Pokeball and Professors research..... Again" as a joke 😂

[@carlosdiez1058]

Can you make a deck tier list? Showing the deck lists

[@TheMike0088]

Drinking game: take a shot every time spragles says "interesting". Try not to die.

[@spragelsPocket]

Lmk if you live

[@jwcrummett]

I've been running Venusaur/Shiinotic with moderate success recently.

[@iabaca]

The only deck i genuinely hate playing against is a venasaur deck. As soon as its up and all the heal supporters and item cards are up, its so hard to kill

[@theodorun9965]

Mew is just a really good tech card in any deck that can counter heavy hitting cards like Mewtwo and charizard and going forward any carda like them

[@escapoplano7089]

For the Aero EX, you can partner it up with the Fenneon or Volcarona since they can aim the backrow, pressuring your opponent to either let their bench be KOes or put it to active. I'm planning for this deck but don't have the core cards 😅

[@Quoriadelta]

I like the format here! Being able to see each card displayed and discussed is nice for this game in particular. Nicely done and keep up the good work! We see it and appreciate it.

[@mellifluoresce]

Hitmonlee definitely should be high up on the list. Great early pressure and helps set up a lot of unloseable game states late. Also pressures Magikarp benches and pressures through Druddigon. Such an efficient and unassuming card. I also ran into Blastoise while playing Golem Drudd and it was suprisingly scary!

[@samuell24]

It’s pretty useless if it comes out first IMO, especially if your opponent has a strong starting hand

[@lamarlatimore7802]

If Golem can succeed than venusaur can be relevant for the same reason the extra healing from Erica is ridiculous at times especially against it. 5:25

[@Sock1122]

How in God's name did Rapidash or Magmar not get mentioned? I was certain that Blane deck was getting the God tier position. It's wildly consistent and with magmar and rapidash dishing out huge damage it's hard to fend off against

[@marcviladotaguaron3306]

@@Sock1122 Magmar is just a worse Ninetales

[@virtualradiotower2229]

@@marcviladotaguaron3306 disagree, I'd say its as good, cause it's a Basic mon

[@HI-ho4bj]

I bullied so many celebis with the new exegggutor.. its so good

[@AlexanderFaciane]

I’m happy that Druddigon and Marshadow seem to be doing very well. I definitely underrated Druddigon when I first viewed the card but it’s able to perform very well as a well that needs to be beat. And Marshadow is one of my favs.

[@yoshiegg6537]

I'm using aerodactyl + primeape + marshadow, it can beat most decks in a few turns but struggles against mewtwo and Celebi

[@Hirokellz]

Tauros, Druddigon and Greninja deck running fire and water energy is shockingly consistent. Tauros is the main attacker, but this deck can use Druddigon as not only a wall, but also as an attacker if needed. Greninja can also attack if needed since it only needs one water and one colorless to attack. Greninja plus Druddigon passive damage makes Tauros one hit any EX. It only has problems against Golem.

[@elvenicon3635]

I use lapras ex,grey with vaporeon and it's a pretty decent deck to play with.

[@popskar]

I was so excited using druddigon since I love it so much I didn't expect it to be meta.... lol

[@baeleth7953]

I do wanna say that the new Weezing paired with Hypnos can be really fun

[@RafaelBanks69]

The deck that I've unironically been having the most success with is dragonite with drud + Mew and dual energy

[@mambaASI]

That sounds interesting. Might try that out

[@dbgt777]

Do you have a deck list? Would like to try it myself:) My most successful deck is a grass deck with Celebi, Caterpie, Serperior, and Egg. It’s like two decks in one, because I can hard focus Celebi if I can’t get egg online and vice versa. Have like 90% win rate with it right now.

[@RafaelBanks69]

@dbgt777 1 Mew Ex, 2 Druddigon, 2 copies of the dragonite evolution line, 1 potion, 2 X-speeds, 2 pokeballs, 2 professor's research, 1 budding expeditioner, 2 Leafs. The goal in most games is to use Mew and druddigon to frontline long enough for you to build up Dragonite and sweep. Energy is really important in this deck so you can't afford to allocate energy to swapping cards which is why you run 2 x speeds as well as 2 copies of leaf, you'll have games where the only basic pokemon in your hand is a dratini so you want to be able to it them out of the line of fire without wasting any energy. Mew can tank hits then fully heal by recalling it to your hand with budding expeditioner, this buys you more time to build up dragonite; mew also hard counter charizard and mew two which dragonite can sometimes have trouble dealing with, against those matchups you can power up your mew and one shot the enemy metro before it gets online because mew needs 1 less energy. The reason this deck works so well is because is not an EX pokemon dispite having power the late game power that rivals one, this means that even in games where your druddigon dies and the enemy manages to take out one of your dragonites, you can still have a mew waiting in the wings to clean up or even a second dragonite.

[@MDefender22]

I have actually found good success with Venusaur ex and Serperior. It beats mewtwo damage line nicely

[@Joey15811]

Celebi is alwaya at the bottom og my piles and refuses to come out when use pokeball. Need a 2nd one asap

[@blaketowe5446]

Love the video! Can someone please tell me how to find and enter tournaments?

[@RafikiafReKo]

Pigeot is the most underrated deck and I think it is the best one to pair with Weezing. I have been crushing most decks, Celeby still gives me trouble and I think it is wild to have it ay B-tier based on the few moments you get unlucky

[@victormontes7487]

Am using Aerodactyl marshodow Marowak Dugtrio kabutops build and it’s amazing build beating a lot of Celebi and mewtwo builds in tournament 🤔🤔

[@Ganking553]

The most ppl play Gengar with just 2x Ex gengar will put it low on the list, however with 2x baby gengar and 1 EX gengsr as Backup combined with siglyphs and mew aswell as tauros (because it’s a cheap deck) gengar actually fits really well in the meta, the problem is none used a variant like that in tournament so it’s officially not as good as it actually is

[@AkumaOfThunder]

ngl, Serperior is what makes Celebi meta. Celebi without Serperior, is just an average card- maybe above average.

[@nighhigh6184]

Not true

[@2Dnoxrqm]

A mew deck had me laughing on the floor 💀💀

[@fabianriffo23]

I have been playing the chatot + gyarados + fossils decks, It feels really good

[@Jose_Ruiz932]

I’m a little new so I apologize if I am wrong, but from what I’ve experienced, Druddigon isn’t that good enough to be in God tier. Rough skin only does damage if the active pokemon on the enemy side does damage, which is most likely their wall. The opponent could just choose not to attack and focus on building their bench. Drud has 100 hp, so the pokemon on the bench being built are likely to have really powerful attacks and one shot it. Sure, it likely puts one of the opponent’s good Pokemon in one shot range, but it comes at the cost of giving the opponent a point towards winning if your Drud faints. It’s move’s energy also comes from 2 different sources so it’s a little inconsistent, meaning it relies on a bit of luck to even start dealing damage to the opponent’s active Pokemon, and is made worse when the energy used on it could have either powered up your bench Pokemon or will get burnt on retreat. Again, maybe it’s cause I’m new and inexperienced, so I don’t see the value, but I don’t think it deserves to be in God tier. Still a good pokemon, just not God Tier

[@rin9005]

Time is its greatest value, people really don't want to put their pokemon in one shot range so early in the game and sabrina couldn't even counter it if you have 2 drudds down. Modern TCGs are fast paced especially current Yu-Gi-Oh and this game and drudd single handedly makes people play the game slower that and the fact that it lowers the one hit threshold for everything while making potions essentially useless most of the time is what makes it amazing. Trading 1 prize card for 2 is always a win or even 1 for 1 but you get to KO their already built up pokemon making them lose their energy investment.

[@rin9005]

drudds attack isn't really relevant 49 out of 50 games.

[@Jose_Ruiz932]

@@rin9005 But the way I see it, Drud makes the game slow for both sides, and in a game that is so heavy on bench building, both sides benefit. Imagine if both players had really good Pokémon in their benches and that they were built and ready, but one player has Drud in their active slot. Since Drud is being used defensively, you either hope your opponent is willing to drag out enough turns for you to invest and burn 2 energy for a switch, or you have Drud faint to put their active pokemon in 1 shot range for your switch in (where after you one shot their active Pokemon, they have another good one ready to fight back because of how long it’s been. Both players are +1 in the tally, but both you and your opponent likely have good Pokemon ready.). Tho I do see the benefit now. If the opponent relies HEAVILY on being fast, they are going to have no choice but to attack Drud early and start getting chipped. But from my experience, most people seem to take their time walling and building their bench anyways by putting a tanky Pokemon in the active slot.

[@JessOwnZ64]

Gengar deck ive been having a lot of success with: 2x gengar ex 1x gardevoir 2x sigilyph 2x mythical slab 2x pokeball 2x xspeed 2x professor research 1x sabrina You draw so many cards so fast its easy to get the stage 2s online and can easily rotate the gengars in and out to prevent supporters and do consistent damage.

[@makinnak3010]

Misty + vap is a menace. You can pick any water sweeper and Misty+vap will make it work better. It will be hard to replace the dou

[@makinnak3010]

Learned Mew Ex walls Mew Ex pretty well. Used it to stall as a got melmetal and piggiot on line.

[@ArthurBergeret]

I actually still use Wigglytuff EX. - I think it's great. However, that might be bias because it's my favourite evolution line.

[@smoklares9791]

What is the best fighting deck right now?

[@dark_rit]

The golem deck that won ursii's tournament last week.

[@javedfk3997]

Aerodactyl would have been great if they ability was for bench pokemon instead, so it would force you to switch in before evolving.

[@BigTnBigJTV]

The thing with old golem is if you put it any other deck you could be pulling fighting energy when you dont need it only works for colorless decks

[@smokelingers]

You can choose which energy types you want when you're building a deck. Just press on the energy and a list of the types will pop up. Do this as the last thing you do when you're editing your deck, because if you add a Pokémon with an attack cost of an energy type that isn't in your energy, it will automatically add that type again.

[@smokelingers]

And in case you're confused about how you're supposed to attack with old Golem when you don't have fighting energy in your energy zone, you get the 1 fighting energy it needs from Brock. Cards like Brock can get energy types from the energy zone that aren't actually in there.

[@theturnshavetabled2769]

weezing, mew, koga, and expeditioner works. it's a fun deck when u want to think too hard every game

[@ravensirony8415]

VenusaurEX has been working for me the same way GyaradosEX has u hide behind Druddigon until u are ready to go. Personally ive been maining Blaine the majority of the set.

[@MukEnjoyer]

I honestly think Articuno EX is super good in combination with Gyarados EX and Vaporeon, perfect synergy with Leaf and Misty, great wall too, that deck just works 9 out of 10 times and is pretty fun to play

[@captinfro4252]

I think scoli wheezing is A tier because no ex and is usually able to defeat every single deck with ease because of the amount of pivot you can make. Also if you add salandit it counters celi early

[@BenEstes55]

I'm having a great run with an Alakazam, Sigilyph, Mew Ex deck