Giratina Makes Gengar EX Deck So Much STRONGER! - Pokemon Pocket

This Giratina Deck in Pokemon Pocket is insanely strong. Throw in cards like Gengar EX and your Dawn. In Today's video we'll cover the Decklist, Showcase Gameplay, Discuss Tips and Strategies as well as step by step plays to pilot this deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket.
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[@Xatumi]

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[@DrKoala-]

It seems game sound is too loud relative to your mic volume. Over powers your voice, making it hard to hear. Just some feedback.

[@A7bull21]

How are you playing on pc I’d love to know

[@d.a.d.-ohgosh]

I love how people ain't giving up on the Gengar dream! 🤣

[@Xatumi]

NEVER

[@TheVikthorr]

Gengar has been always a menace and this game is not going to be an exception

[@johnchavez8386]

gengar is even better now that there are more support cards

[@RedVersion89KENT]

Oh trust me the Gengar Dream is ALIVE. The dream is called “No Support 4U” 2-Psyduck 2-Gastly 2-Haunter 2-Gengar Regular 1-Gengar-EX 1-Ralts,Kirlia,Gardevoir (Teleport Ralta) 1-MewTwo EX Trainers 2-Pokeball 1-Mystic Slab 2-Oak 1-Sabrina 1-Cyrus You need to shut off there support ASAP. That’s why on Psyduck is your preferred starter. And that 10 damage maybe small. But it can be a game changer with “Cyrus”. I would like to run RED CARD or that new support “Mars” for additional stall on resources so I may substitute “Sabrina” or possibly “Slab”. Would like to know your thoughts.

[@Profes24]

REALLL

[@brianwenzel912]

I'm from the future, in 2050 Xatumi is still cooking Gengar EX decks

[@WoML0101]

much better if you put energy on giratina on turn six the retreat to gengar so he can't use prof. research

[@shaxxshiraxx476]

Even if you lose a few times you still upload the game, that's cool 👍 Most other content creators only upload their victory and it makes the video much more predictable and boring. It allows us to see the strength and weakness of the deck you share so don't change anything 👌👌

[@sgomez8194]

totally agree! it's good to see the drawbacks of each deck

[@stevenleonmusic]

16:30 you basically witnessed the best-case scenario for a Lake Trio deck and they still couldn't pull it off properly. It honestly just has no realistic viability because their HP is too low. What they would have had to have done to beat you is use Azelf to target Gengar and then have a Cyrus in their hand to force it out when you tried to use Gastly as a shield. As you say, there's just too much going on and too much luck required to ever make use of those cards; the consistency is worse than Misty and Celebi EX decks-even bad ones.

[@killingkota]

Not really imo. their starting hand kinda sucked. If you can get uxie to start powering mesprit off rip, it's hard to stop so early on

[@Sephiko]

The game audio's louder than you. Dawn opens a lot of flexibility. Trying her in fire with Moltres ex.

[@zanethey]

The dream for Gengar Meta shall not die lol

[@SJCOFFIClAL]

Every set I try lol this has been the best set for it

[@Alex-vm6ef]

Love seeing people commit to any Pokemon in this way, always been a fun and inspiring part of any kind of playing Pokemon

[@Ganking553]

Don’t forget, gengar blocks supporter and right now I think decks run overall more supporter, Dawn and cyrus are very good cards that so many ppl run with leafs and professors. And blocking the cyrus with gengar is also huge for the lategame

[@jfreak888]

Awesome video! Love the creativity and commitment to the big round ghostly boi One note: your sound effects were WAY louder than your voice or the music in the video and it made it hard to listen to the video at a volume that felt good

[@azuredarkrim5514]

Personally, I'd use slab > pokeball > professor. Slab first because drawing pokemon out of pokeball and professors thins out the pokemon slab can hit. Pokeball and professor can go either way tbh but I mostly go pokeball first for thinning out the deck and draw my other cards; I go professor first only if I need a specific basic in the deck and I only have 1 or 2 basics in my hand or field, professor can narrow it down by drawing into other basics or stages, which gives me higher chance to get it via pokeball. P. S. I didn't really do tests or some kind of stuff, but it's just how it plays and make sense in my head so do take it with a grain of salt lul

[@marcocartaerainnocente7374]

nah slab always last, it's for emergencies

[@ChanWinnie-zv1fy]

I think it really depends on what cards you need and what cards are left in your deck

[@mac_sour]

​@@marcocartaerainnocente7374 there are reasons for slabbing first. nice to keep a pokeball handy to save that x-speed or sabrina you just sent to the bottom of the deck that you desperately need. not everything is black and white

[@vladventura1928]

I'm also with your thoughts on favoring Slab in these scenarios. That moment showed a good argument of why favor Slab first (at around 10:35) when you have other stuff to keep digging on your deck. Because he had Slab and Oak in hand, he could've Slab first and get a Giratina, his next card in deck (we know this because of his Oak on the video). Then Oak to draw Communication (from the video's Oak) and the Pokeball we see when he Slabs last. Here he has a guaranteed Gastly in hand with the Pokeball. Lastly, Communication the Giratina away - we saw that it resulted in a Gengar. He could've had a Gastly and maybe he might've drawn into either Haunter or a way to attempt to search for it.

[@Mooogoesmycow]

@@marcocartaerainnocente7374 slab shouldnt be always last, you want to use it first as using pokeball or oak first reduces the chances of slab hitting as the two latter ones are garanteed hits (except oak but u get 2 cards which is always good as its +1). I dont see a scenario where slab would be used after oak and pokeball so you're wrong. Order is mostly slab, pokeball, then oak. But i'm open to other thoughts !

[@koutaxenova4630]

I just built a variation of an Infernape & Moltres with Giratina... it's glorious, especially as both Giratina and Moltres have a colorless energy slot...I call it "Free Retreat Estate"!

[@mac_sour]

are you using just fire, or fire and psychic energy?

[@koutaxenova4630]

​@@mac_sourFire and Psychic

[@milanorajora]

I'll spill it. Here's the high winrate Gengar EX decklist. 2 - Mew 2 - Gengar EX 2 - Haunter 2 - Gastly 2 - Professor's Research 2 - Pokeball 2 - X-Speed 2 - Dawn 2 - Rocky Helmet 1 - Cyrus 1 - Pokemon Communication Core Gameplay: 1 energy Mew 1 energy Haunter Next turn Dawn to the preferred pokemon based on the situation. Use x-speed to not lose energy when switching then burst with Gengar EX/Mew at 3 energy. *Mew offers more flexibility than Giratina *Rocky Helmet makes up for low damage of mons

[@tajaikeaton6388]

Lmao you arent spilling anything this deck is horrible and too slow deck in the video miles better

[@jayybanez5521]

Appreciate your videos man, I love the calm commentation and analysis as you go with the match. I used to watch Godzly but sometimes he can come across as arrogant and usually plays off losses as "unlucky" and is biased towards wins. I like how you show your losses and admit that the build you made can have drawbacks. Keep up the amazing videos!

[@brianwenzel912]

godzly is an ahole and just insults his viewers.

[@danielemarinucci1161]

Gengar is a top tier menace for me not many people use it but it's this variant is very consistent

[@justwatchunlimitedbladewor777]

I think the video speaks more about Giratina's versatility. Giratina + Dawn is so splashable. On the other hand, Dawn basically accomplishes what X-Speed or Leaf would.

[@BaileyFunk-x2u]

Golem drudigon, and Marshadow has been super strong in my testing. No new Pokémon but with rocky helmet alone this deck got a huge upgrade.

[@AshKetchumAll1025]

Gotta Catch Em all Great Consistency on the uploads man

[@AldaEslo]

"Thank you for always upgrading the Gengar deck... I love you."

[@izdev9055]

*Just came to say he had a canon fight here the Lake Spirits vs. Giratina*

[@sorinnoctis652]

I've been pairing up dusknoir and 1 Giratina with gengar. It's less consistent but I learned that dusknoir can over heal his own hp. Example: Marowak got 2 heads on gengar taking it from 170-->10 hp. I put cape on gengar then used dusknoir ability. Dusknoir healed gengar to 190! (And died in the process giving my opponent a point). This is pretty cool because dusknoir only has 130hp. This combined with gengar ability basically locks the opponent since they can't use Cyrus. Not a high tier deck but if you want to meme a little bit maybe try it out.

[@stevenleonmusic]

I wonder if it will just always work like that or if it will be changed in a patch. Abilities like that have always existed in TCG, even the base set Alakazam had a power called Damage Swap that allowed you to move damage around however you liked but it explicitly stated you couldn't knock out your own pokemon with it and most variations of this power have similar wording (You basically can't take more damage than the HP you have).

[@samuelkurniawan1383]

You can heal more than it's hp? Woah this is new.

[@ttg_dav3418]

​@@stevenleonmusictbh it makes sense for how it's worded It says "take ALL THE DAMAGE of your active pokemon and put it on this pokemon" So yeah takes it all even if it's more than his hp

[@stevenleonmusic]

@ I guess the trade-off is that if you let your other pokemon get more than 120 damage you have no choice but to either KO your own Dusknoir or just not use the ability-you can't just partially heal them up to buy time. That seems a little more balanced since you just straight-up can't even use it if the opponent has 2 points and it would KO Dusknoir.

[@SurrealKeenan]

I feel like subbing drudd for gira and leaf for dawn just makes a better deck. It's basically the same except your opponent takes 20-40 damage each time they attack rather than 0-20

[@Falnky]

I see where you're coming from, but I disagree. I've played a lot of Gengar last set, and have been experimenting with Giratina in the new set. Consistency is really important in this deck, and Gira being a psychic mon for Slab is key. And Dawn acts as pseudo-ramp for Gengar, which is extremely powerful.

[@marcusviniciusmachado4826]

I just won against mewtwo-gardevoir with this deck and was one of the funniest battle I've had! Thank you so much, love your vids, bro!

[@TheSadadfsa]

That Giratina art is amazing.

[@ariesinfernal1310]

I love the Giratina + Rocky Helmet being the zero cost Druddigon for this deck 😄

[@lexib5487]

I pulled the Palkia EX animation card this morning and I was jumping all over my room lol

[@TheyZeeYuen666]

The upload speed is insane though, my notifications is filled with your vids

[@Pingvinicecream]

the game sounds are blasting in this one

[@alzathsweich]

Yeah👍

[@vectil6055]

Bro what are those godly hands at the start every time 😂

[@Xatumi]

streamer luck

[@eatencorpse]

how do you not have more views, genius shit rn

[@NeoZanther]

I'm loving all these new decks. Sadly my pull luck has been trash and I can't really do most of them yet.

[@marcocartaerainnocente7374]

I think gengar deck best variation is with just 2 sigilyph. with slab, research, pokeballs, sigilyph and communication, you should be able to get him on pretty quickly. I also use x speed and dawn to ramp energy faster and Cyrus because it's just a Brocken support and the main reason I'm running a gengar deck

[@Havok91]

I've been playing a Spiritomb Cyrus shell in an Alakazam deck. It's been hella fun having the ability to snag my opponent's Pokémon before it can threaten my Alakazam.

[@captaintoro4132]

If you want a kabutops deck with the new set, I got you. 2 kabutops line, 1 primeape line, 2 lucarios. and at least 1 giant cape. put that on kabutops with lucario on the bench, he is hitting for 70 or 90 if you got both Lucario's on line. and he heals the full 90 back with a total hp of 160 for only 1 energy. all Im saying is look into it and give me props lol. Love the videos and keep doing what your doing

[@senpaikush1]

been running this deck with 2 drud instead of primeape, kabutops is unkillable with 2 lucario they have to do more than 160 to win pretty much but then there’s the boosted lucario and second kabutops lol really fun deck especially the healing

[@captaintoro4132]

@@senpaikush1 I agree with interchanging with the drud, the primeape just allows for you to start attacking a bit faster if you brick the fossil line

[@senpaikush1]

@ True! Can be good also!

[@nick2sick442]

I'm old school. I've ripped off hundreds of wins using Hypno cheese to set up Gengar and steal turns. Nothing better than sleeping a Garados and killing it in 2 shots.

[@brandonebrecht868]

I made a deck with that trio, along with a Mew ex and a Regigigas. With some X Speeds and Dawns, you can get online quick. Took out Dialga decks before they even had a chance. High risk/reward without bulk

[@dbeardconqueror]

Pokedex is better now than ever before with mythical slab. You can also reshuffle your deck with pokeball if you don't like what you see from a Pokedex. I'd highly recommend finding a way to work that into this deck, that'd help tremendously with the draw.

[@skraftee]

Gengar is also my personal all time still fav pokemon! So if we can even get this guy in to B tier I would be happy! love the videos and build keep it up!!!

[@chris55404]

I love these new decks. The game was starting to get kinda boring until the new cards were released!

[@noahtan]

I believe slab should always be used first while there is a higher chance for the next card to be a Pokémon

[@wanderingaming5805]

I think you should pretty much always Mythical Slab first, then Pokeball, then professors, and finally Communication. That gives you the highest chance to find Pokémon you want.

[@Jay-ch8vz]

Been using Lucario + Aerodactyl/Marowak deck and it’s so good!! You can be hitting up to 180 with Marowak on your second turn (if you have good coin flips) and you can two shot any EX with Aerodactyl as well.

[@JazzReaper]

*except venasaur ex lmao

[@Jay-ch8vz]

@ forgot about him cause no one plays him 😭

[@JazzReaper]

@@Jay-ch8vz hes a sneaky countermeta rn, especially with serperior, pkmn comm, and dawn

[@Jay-ch8vz]

@@JazzReaper damn ill have to check that out then thanks man

[@JazzReaper]

@Jay-ch8vz np bro, js make sure not to brick lmao 👍

[@AngryMongol]

I have a deck list that's hilarious and somewhat dangerous. X2 of the following. Druddigan, darkrai, greninja line, pokeball, prof research, Cyrus, giant cape (for darkrai), rocky helmet ( for druddigan). I ran 7 games with it and only lost 2. It's wild how far ppl will go to avoid hitting a rocky helmet drudd lol

[@BigGuyLC]

Gengar is my favorite, so getting a deck for it would be outstanding

[@samuraijedi1669]

Mespirit dealing for 160 damage is scary and cool at the same time.

[@A1Blueru]

Gengar seems pretty good to counter these new OP trainer cards like Cyrus. Shame I still need a second Gengar EX.

[@DavoRockerroller]

Dawn and Gengar are perfect fit for Gengo

[@Peinfull87]

I once had my oponent leave my Gyarados at 20 hp in a single attack, dude had that much luck

[@VirandoaMesaBoardgames]

You should always go Mystical Slab before Pokéball, because there will be one more pokémon on the deck so the probability of hitting one is higher.

[@jojodelacroix]

You should Mythical Slab before pokeball since Pokeball is guarenteed to pull a pokemon out, it gives Mythical Slab a lower chance of being able to hit something. I'm not sure if you should Professor's Research or Mythical Slab first. I think if you have a lot of pokemon already, then Research would be more likely to hit non-mon, so you play it first. But in game 3, around the 9:25 mark, you only had one mon, so you should have used Slab first since there was, proportionally, a higher number of pokemon to non-pokemon in your deck.

[@Nimbone]

With the meta surrounding Cyrus at the moment this might just be a meta crusher deck

[@jaythompson9875]

Yoo I just pulled that 1 star. Giritina in a free pack yesterday so Ty for the video

[@jessieortiz1278]

Have to use slab before pokeball to better the odds of a psychic being in the deck that is if there’s still a basic Pokémon in deck pole all can pull

[@g_vo]

With all the new supporters I want gengar to work now more than ever. A lot of decks rely on them to win

[@javiermargo]

15:50 asweome play, didn’t even think of that (I was thinking of bringing out gengar)

[@takakatta00]

If only Gengar’s ability worked on the bench too. 😭😂 I’m holding out for a Mega Gengar card or something.

[@hyr1972]

i love Gengar too. He's my first 2 star card.

[@demonicgolfer819]

I'm also trying to get Gengar EX to work but this is pretty good, I only need 2 Dawn's and I can try this out

[@NewWave3313]

I’ve been trying this exact deck for the past hour in solo and pvp, and I’ve lost every single battle lmao. Either I have no draw cards at all or start with 1 basic and all support cards. There is no in between. What rotten luck 😢

[@urwrldluv]

Everyone sleeping on Lucario/golem combo.

[@AjBuds13]

The dreams of gengar mains will never die!! 😤

[@themenace7797]

I would put at least one cyrus and/or Sabrina in this deck because none of the Pokemon can really one shot

[@LordStraze]

I destroyed Celebi and Water Decks with this deck. Spooky Spellbind is such a lowkey OP

[@12N0ZERO10]

Man little personal advice, i think the game volume is too high compared to your mic. Other than that, ty for trying to make gengar playable

[@Xatumi]

thanks!

[@muhammadasyrafiamirhassan7309]

Dawn + giratina is staple for stall deck man I want to try it with Blastoise

[@AshKetchumAll1025]

Which Would u run with mewtwo this or cressila

[@P1kachewing]

I think its necessary to find your gastly before trying to dig with your search and tablet to improve consistency -

[@magnosantos7962]

Is Mismagius and Gengar viable?

[@hopefulkoronesuki5608]

I dont know why you like to lower the amount of slab targets by using pokeball first.

[@joshuaordonez1113]

Spread too thin across multiple decks to really play each optimally.

[@smurfaccount7101]

They really need to make a printables for the giratina

[@alwill1016]

Idk how you would rank this but a Darkrai EX, weezing, Druddigon and coupled with tools like helmet and cape so far is carrying me.

[@yokokot7466]

I think about combine Mismagius EX with Gengar EX. Mismagius for early dmg and low retreat cost and ramp Gengar on the bench. With 2x PokeBall, Professor Oak, Mythical Slab, Pokemon Communication and 1 Sabrina and X speed. Unfortunately i dont have any Mismagius to try it

[@ryancable1728]

and i'm over here still without a single gengar ex :(

[@james-bx4wr]

You know what's better? 2 basic gengar line with 2 giratinas and 2 mismagius ex. Then run with dawn as usual. Taking away the ability to use support cards is so much stronger now. No more mythical slabs and pokemon comm. Just flex.

[@samuelkurniawan1383]

Mythical slab and PC was item, not supporter. That's the downfall of gengar.

[@Chrono-qy4nm]

Pokémon comm is good but dont like running 2, the minus 1 can be rough sometimes but love the deck

[@AlphaEvan]

0:33 it’s not free it costs at least one. You lose the energy when you retreat so the way you wanted to use dawn wont work

[@TheOriginalMomo]

No you don’t. 😂

[@TheOriginalMomo]

Did you not watch the video?

[@samuelkurniawan1383]

Well some mons really want to pair dawn for example infernape ex.

[@iknowwhereyoulive618]

it does not cost at least 1.

[@silasdemmerle565]

You cant Reader?

[@coldwolf7014]

Try this deck. 2x Dialga Ex, 2x Yanma, 2x Yanmega Ex, 2x Heatran, 2x Skarmory, 2 cape, 2 helmet. 2x oak, 2x pokeball, 2x X speed

[@Pingvinicecream]

If you're gonna use both communications and slab on the same turn, you should probably use communications first so that the slabbed useless non-pokemon card doesn't get reshuffled.

[@TommasoFrausin]

If you use the communication first, you're decreasing the chances of drawing a pokemon with the slab

[@reneeseance5367]

@@TommasoFrausinno you’re not. You’re putting another slab target back in so it’s the same likelihood

[@TommasoFrausin]

@@reneeseance5367 you're right, it also reshuffles the deck

[@mac_sour]

sometimes you want it reshuffled though, what if you need it for later

[@Pharaohmolo]

One day we’ll get an Agatha trainer that buffs Gengar. Mark my words.

[@TommasoFrausin]

Mythical slab always goes first! If you use the pokeball before it you're decreasing the chances of drawing a Pokémon with the slab

[@brianwenzel912]

MS first only increases your chances of finding basic pokemon

[@death-thresh9548]

Would very much appreciate turning the game volume down a little and your voice volume up 🙏

[@flippin01]

1 Gengar EX, 1 Baby Gengar, 2 Mismagius, 1 Jinx

[@literalspaceglider]

cool video man, but you really need to either lower the game's volume or increase yours🙏

[@MatteoSilvestro]

What's the name of the song that starts at 3:51?

[@luisa.breuer7287]

Love the vids just wished you showed the whole deck in an jmage instead of scrolling on that little UI the app has

[@prostarufc]

Man I love the idea of this deck but I just went 1-4 using it lol. 2 losses were to bad hand draws and not being able to pull Gengar in time, one was to a palkia who got 4 heads on misty, and one was to darkrai which is our weakness anyways. Love the concept of the deck it’s just the meta is SO fast now that if you aren’t swinging big damage by your second turn you are hurting to catch up :/

[@prostarufc]

I’m like you though and want Gengar to work so bad lol

[@almost1real1vids]

Pulled a god pack before I got a normal dawn, rocky helmet, and Pokémon communication. Still waiting

[@siddharthsharma3291]

How do you run it on pc ?

[@mcschulle1786]

How can I get those Cynthia sleeves?

[@troyfreitag8996]

What is the name of that 🔥 song in the beeginning of the video?

[@jamalwalker2495]

As a tank.. use mew.. you can refresh it with BE plus more hp. If you want a starter use Sig draw your deck quick quick. Its faster but Gengar need a more energy faster

[@JerryReyes]

But it's an ex and not every deck has space for BE.

[@bruhhhmoment5130]

what does rocky helm does on drud? does he do 40 dmg? adding his ability and rocky helm effect?

[@TaigaYuukiCh.]

I think so

[@spiphieboi7079]

wait. why are they psychic and not dark

[@danielber2768]

The game sound effects is too loud and I can't hear you. Just a suggestion, love you videos.

[@chilly556]

subscribed for cooking with gengar

[@ipadbossbaby4558]

I feel like Gengar and Dragonite are the cards people will do anything to try and make viable lol myself included

[@i360hd4]

Game audio very loud in this video mate!

[@williamt8234]

I wonder if Cyrus will make Gengar more popular.

[@4dagger44]

I appreciate the Gengar love

[@jojodelacroix]

Game volume was a bit loud in this one.

[@pawner100]

Is Giratina really better than mew EX though? They are both tanks/walls to stall for building your bench but I think mew EX does the job better. They both can retreat for 1 cost (even if you can save the energy with Giratina I don't think it beats mew EX), but mew also has a card that can return it to hand too. In addition, mew EX has the better attacking ability with genome hacking allowing you to counter many meta EXs. Lastly, mew can start putting pressure on the opponent for 1 energy while I don't think you ever build Giratina to attack for a disappointing 70 damage.