The Dragonite Deck is a High Damage Deck featuring Dragonite from the Genetic Apex Set in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (PTCG Pocket). Read on for the complete list of cards in this deck, basic information on the deck, how to play the deck, and optimal matchups for it!

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Dragonite Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Dragonite Genetic Apex (A1)			Druddigon Mythical Island (A1a)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						❌
						Deck Difficulty
						★★★
Deck Strengths
Very powerful Draco Meteor can win games Lots of possible partners for Dragonite to help the strategy
Deck Weaknesses
Difficult to set up High Energy cost

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List of Cards

Dragonite Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Dratini ×2				Dragonair ×2				Dragonite ×2				Druddigon ×2
Jigglypuff ×1
Trainer Cards
Leaf ×2				Potion ×2				X Speed ×2				Poke Ball ×2
Red Card ×1				Professor's Research ×2

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Dragonite Deck

Pack	Featured Card

Mythical Island Updates

New Mythical Island Cards
Druddigon	・A strong starter that can deal damage with its Ability without the need for Energy attachments.
Leaf	・Helps with Druddigon and Dragonite's hefty Retreat Costs.

Mythical Island gives this deck a new Pokemon that can improve it even further. Above are the new cards that Pikachu ex and Raichu can use.

Mythical Island Card List

How to Get Promo Jigglypuff

The Jigglypuff Promo Card can be obtained from the Promo Pack A Series Vol. 2, which is a reward from the Venusaur Drop Event.
This is the debut of Promo Jigglypuff, which you can get from these packs.

Venusaur Drop Event Guide and Best Decks

How to Play Dragonite Deck

How to Play Dragonite Deck
Core Combos and Interactions Starting Hand Deck Strategies Game Phases

Dragonite Core Combos and Interactions

Early Game Tank	Finisher	Description
Druddigon	Dragonite	・Druddigon can deal good damage every time it takes a hit thanks to its Rough Skin Ability. ・Dragonite can finish games with a powerful Draco Meteor.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

You would always ideally start out with Dratini and a possible Dragonair inhand for next turn. Druddigon, if available should always go into the Active Spot first to deal passive damage and tank while Dratini sets up.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

Another ideal hand are basics with evolutions in hand. Professor's Research lets you go two cards deep into your deck to find cards like Potion or X Speed to help get Dratini out of the Active Spot for Promo Jigglypuff, using it to put opponents to Sleep.

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Dragonite Deck Strategies

Dragonite Deck Strategies
Druddigon Early Game Dragonite's Draco Meteor

Strategy 1: Druddigon Early Game

Druddigon Early Game

Druddigon is the best starter for this deck as it can deal passive damage with its Rough Skin Ability. Keep Druddigon active for as long as you need until Dratini is set up into Dragonite

Promo Jigglypuff is also a strong start, as it an immediately put opponents to Sleep. It only has 50 HP though so it is very easy to KO.

Strategy 2: Dragonite's Draco Meteor

Dragonite can win the game in one swing using its powerful Draco Meteor Attack. Focus on keeping Dratini and Dragonair safe until it has four Energy on it.

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Bench Dratini and keep it safe, allot all Energy attachments to it.
2	If Druddigon or Jigglypuff are available, attach an Energy to them while Dratini sets up on the Bench.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Evolve Dratini to Dragonair or get it to Dragonite quickly while playing defensively by retreating and using Sabrina when able.
2	Keep pressure with Druddigon and allow it to take damage for as long as it has to.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1	Use Sabrina to force out an unprepared Pokemon and deal damage to all of your opponent's Pokemon with Draco Meteor!

Dragonite Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Mewtwo ex Decks	Type: ・May struggle to create offense early into a game. ・Slow speed may give Dratini enough time to set up into Dragonite and win with a Draco Meteor.

Worst Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Blaine Decks	Type: ・Stage 1 decks like Blaine can overrun Dragonite decks with speed and damage.

Overall Consistency

This deck may struggle to find the correct Energy from the Energy Zone at times, leading to awkward turns where you have to attach an Energy to something other than Dratini. Its late game payoff is also difficult to achieve and requires a skilled pilot to succeed with.

Pokemon TCG Pocket Meta Guide

Dragonite Deck F2P & Substitutes

Dragonite Deck Card Substitutes

Card	Explanation
Red Card	・A second Red Card can be slotted in as a way to disrupt players and slow them down to Dragonite's pace.
Farfetch'd	・ Farfetch'd can be slotted into the deck and work as a 1-Energy Attacker which can deal damage while Dratini is in the bench setting up. However it does not have much HP and can easily give up a point.

Dragonite Deck Other Viable Options

Card	Possible Cuts
Weezing	・ A Weezing Line can replace the Druddigon and Red Card, but this would also necessitate the inclusion of Koga into the Deck.

F2P Dragonite Deck List

F2P Dragonite Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Dratini x2	Dragonair x2	Dragonite x1	Koffing x2
Weezing x2	Farfetch'd x1
Trainer Cards
Potion x2	X Speed x2	Professor's Research x2	Koga x2
Poke Ball x2

This list makes use of lower rarity cards, and more notably only one Dragonite. Farfetch'd makes an appearance in the deck as a low-energy attacker who can go on the offensive as soon while Dratini sets up on the bench.

This list also makes use of Weezing and Koga, where Weezing can Poison the opponent's Active Pokemon, while Koga gets Weezing out of the Active spot when Dragonite is ready.

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Deck Articles

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How Rental Decks Work	Staple Cards for Decks
Aggro Decks Explained	Deck Matchup Statistics
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List of Non-ex Decks

Meta Decks

Best Meta Decks
Mewtwo ex	Celebi ex and Serperior	Pikachu ex
Mew ex and Weezing	Vaporeon and Articuno ex	Volcarona and Arcanine ex
Scolipede and Weezing	Starmie ex	Venusaur ex
Charizard ex	Articuno ex	Raichu and Pikachu ex
Dragonite	Dragonite and Weezing	Lapras ex
Greninja	Mewtwo ex and Weezing	Gyarados ex and Vaporeon
Pidgeot ex	Arcanine ex	Blaine
Aerodactyl ex and Primeape	Exeggutor ex	Marowak ex
Primeape	Venusaur and Weezing	Greninja and Weezing

Off Meta Decks

Arbok Lock	Zapdos ex	Blastoise ex
Gengar ex	Machamp ex	Wigglytuff ex
Alakazam and Jynx	Melmetal	Koga
Omastar and Articuno ex	Kingler and Articuno ex	Frosmoth
Lapras ex and Butterfree	Poliwrath	Tentacruel and Greninja
Victreebel and Exeggutor ex	Gengar ex and Golbat	Persian and Mawile
Lickitung and Primeape	Exeggutor ex and Alakazam	Frosmoth and Articuno ex
Gyarados	Centiskorch and Moltres ex	Lt. Surge
Grapploct	Cinccino and Weezing	Brock
Kabutops	Aerodactyl and Dragonite	Eeveelutions and Ditto
Lickitung	Articuno	Zapdos
Moltres	Venusaur	Charizard
Blastoise

Rental Decks

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Venusaur ex Rental Deck	Charizard ex Rental Deck	Blastoise ex Rental Deck
Pikachu ex Rental Deck	Mewtwo ex Rental Deck	Machamp ex Rental Deck
Nidoking and Nidoqueen Rental Deck	Kanto Fossils Rental Deck	Koga Rental Deck
Brock Rental Deck	Blaine Rental Deck	Lt. Surge Rental Deck

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