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Pokemon TGC Pocket - Ninetales Best Deck Build and How to Play

This guide will show you how to build some of the strongest Ninetales Decks. We'll cover the best Ninetales Deck builds, how to use them, as well how to beat Ninetales Decks, and more!

The decks on this page reflect the meta around the Mega Rising Expansion.

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Best Ninetales Decks
Ninetales Deck Strategy Guide
How to Beat Ninetales Decks
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Best Ninetales Decks

Ninetales Deck Variants	Strengths and Weaknesses
Flareon ex and Ninetales [★ Best ★]	Strengths: • Flareon ex synergizes with Ninetales, being able to accelerate discarded Fire Energy with its Combust Ability. • Ninetales is a single point attacker that can deal a consistent 90 damage with Flamethrower. Weaknesses: • Flareon ex deals damage to itself whenever it accelerates Energy with its Combust Ability. • Pokemon in the deck are easy to KO because of their low HP or because they damage themselves.
Rapidash ex and Ninetales Deck [★ New ★]	Strengths: • Rapidash ex can deal a lot of damage and hit Pokemon on the opponent's Bench. • Since Rapidash can damage the Bench, you can use Cyrus to swap in a damaged Pokemon of your choice from the opposing Bench. Weaknesses: • You can't use Blaine on Rapidash ex.
Ninetales and Blaine Deck	Strengths: • Attackers in the deck need only few Energies to get set up. • No ex Pokemon in the deck, which means opponents must KO three Pokemon to win. • Positive matchup against Grass decks like Meowscarada. Weaknesses: • Pokemon in the deck have low HP, making them easy to KO.

Flareon ex and Ninetales Deck

Vulpix ×2	Ninetales ×2	Flareon ex ×2	Sylveon ex ×1
Eevee ×2	Eevee ex ×1	Blaine ×2	Sabrina ×1
Leaf ×1	Eevee Bag ×2	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Ninetales is an effective single-point attacker that can deal a good 90 damage at the cost of only 2 Energy with Flamethrower.

Flareon ex can then attach the discarded Energy from Flamethrower onto itself with its Combust Ability, setting itself up in the process.

A single copy of Sylveon ex can help you find necessary cards for important turns, such as Blaine or Eevee Bag.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Vulpix x 2 (Charizard Pack) Ninetales x 2 (Charizard Pack) Blaine x 2 (Charizard Pack) Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	Leaf x 1 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians	No cards needed from this expansion.
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	Flareon ex x 2 (Eevee Pack) Sylveon ex x 1 (Eevee Pack) Eevee x 2 (Eevee Pack) Eevee ex x 1 (Eevee Pack) Eevee Bag x 2 (Eevee Pack)
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Rapidash ex and Ninetales Deck

Vulpix ×2	Ninetales ×2	Ponyta ×2	Rapidash ×1
Rapidash ex ×2	Blaine ×2	Cyrus ×2	Flame Patch ×2
X Speed ×1	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Both Ninetales and Rapidash ex can be used as your attacker. Whichever you can set up quickly can be the one you use first.

Ninetales's damage output can be increased by using Blaine. This is useful in the late game when 90 damage isn't enough to knock out your opponent's Pokemon.

Rapidash ex has a greater damage output, and it can hit the opponent's Benched Pokemon. You can then use Cyrus to drag out a damaged Pokemon from your opponent's Bench and knock it out with an attack.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Vulpix x 2 (Charizard Pack) Ninetales x 2 (Charizard Pack) Blaine x 2 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	Ponyta x 2 (Mew Pack) Rapidash x 1 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Cyrus x 2 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians	No cards needed from this expansion.
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	Rapidash ex x 2 (Mega Blaziken Pack) Flame Patch x 2 (Mega Blaziken Pack)
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	X Speed x 1 (Promo-A Pack) Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Ninetales and Blaine Deck

Vulpix ×2	Ninetales ×2	Ponyta ×2	Rapidash ×2
Blaine ×2	Sabrina ×1	Giant Cape ×2	Cyrus ×1
X Speed ×2	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Rapidash functions as the early game attacker of the deck, putting Pokemon in KO range for Ninetales. With the assistance of Blaine, Ninetales can deal up to 120 damage upon being switched in.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Vulpix x 2 (Charizard Pack) Ninetales x 2 (Charizard Pack) Blaine x 2 (Charizard Pack) Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	Ponyta x 2 (Mew Pack) Rapidash x 2 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians	No cards needed from this expansion.
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	X Speed x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards	Possible Cuts
Rocky Helmet (A2 148)	→ • Multiple copies of Rocky Helmet instead of Giant Cape can help put ex Pokemon into Ninetales' KO range.
Rapidash (A1 043)	→ • Genetic Apex Rapidash has a cheaper Attack Cost than Mythical Island Rapidash, making it valuable for chipping down high-HP ex Pokemon.

Ninetales Deck Strategy Guide

Low-Cost Early Game Attackers

To put bulky Pokemon in an HP treshold for Ninetales to KO, it is ideal to damage it with an early game attacker that doesn't have a high Energy requirement. Mythical Island Rapidash is the best for this, as it can deal 100 damage on a successful coin flip.

Ninetales Finisher

Ninetales can hit for 90 or 120 with Blaine, also allowing it to get surprise KOs. Ninetales works as a one-two combo with your early game attacker, taking out exs and getting the better end of point trades.

Increase Your Pokemon's Damage Output

Cards that can increase Ninetales' damage are valuable to have. Red can help increase your damage by 20, while Giovanni can help you score more consistent KOs on Sprigatito and Exeggcute.

How to Beat Ninetales Decks

Single-Point Water Pokemon

The Pokemon in this deck do not have high HP, so it is easy to knock them out when hitting them with their weakness. It may be better to use non-ex Pokemon to prevent your opponent from gaining more points.

Have Healing Cards Ready

This deck's strategy relies on getting your Pokemon down to Ninetales' KO range. Using Trainer Cards to heal your Pokemon may get your Pokemon back to a safer HP range.

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Crimson Blaze Decks

CB Magnezone	Mega Lopunny ex	Mega Charizard Y ex	Mega Venusaur ex
CB Heliolisk	Ariados	CB Ditto	Mega Blastoise ex
Mega Steelix ex	Reuniclus	-	-

Top Decks in the Meta

Tier
Mega Lopunny ex and CB Magnezone Deck	Greninja ex and Suicune ex Deck	CB Magnezone and Pom-Pom Oricorio Deck	-
Tier
Mega Altaria ex and Chingling Deck	Mega Absol ex and Hydreigon Deck	Decidueye ex Deck	-
Tier
Mega Charizard Y ex and Moltres ex Deck	Mega Venusaur ex Deck	Ariados and Whimsicott ex	CB Heliolisk and CB Magnezone Deck
Mega Blaziken ex and Heatmor Deck	-	-	-
Tier
Ditto and Rampardos Deck	Mega Altaria ex and Greninja Deck	Hitmonchan ex and Lucario Deck	-
Tier
Mega Blastoise ex and Manaphy Deck	Mega Steelix ex Deck	Reuniclus and Chingling Deck	-
Tier
Mega Venusaur ex and Leafeon ex Deck	Reuniclus and Gardevoir Deck	-	-

List of All Decks

Core Expansion	Decks
(B1a)	・Ariados ・CB Ditto ・CB Heliolisk ・CB Magnezone ・Mega Blastoise ex ・Mega Charizard Y ex ・Mega Lopunny ex ・Mega Steelix ex ・Mega Venusaur ex ・Reuniclus
(B1)	・Aegislash ・Dragalge ex ・Greninja ex ・Golurk ・Goodra ・Hitmonchan ex ・Hydreigon ・Indeedee ex ・Jolteon ex ・Luxray ・Mega Absol ex ・Mega Altaria ex ・Mega Ampharos ex ・Mega Blaziken ex ・Mega Gyarados ex ・Mega Pidgeot ex ・Mega Pinsir ex ・Melmetal ex ・Rapidash ex ・Tauros ex ・Whimsicott ex
(A4a)	・Altaria ・Celebi ・Dugtrio ・Entei ex ・Galarian Cursola ・Jumpluff ex ・Latios ・Miltank ・Poliwrath ex ・Raikou ex ・Slowking ・SS Eelektross ・Suicune ex ・Zoroark
(A4)	・Crobat ex ・Donphan ex ・Espeon ex ・Ho-oh ex ・Kingdra ex ・Lanturn ex ・Lugia ex ・Magcargo ・Raikou ・Scizor ・Shuckle ex ・Skarmory ex ・Steelix ・Umbreon ex ・WSS Gyarados ・WSS Tyranitar ・Xatu
(A3b)	・Alcremie ・Dragonite ex ・Espeon ・Flareon ex ・Glaceon ・Jolteon ・Leafeon ・Primarina ex ・Slurpuff ・Snorlax ex ・Sylveon ex ・Umbreon ・Vaporeon
(A3a)	・Alolan Dugtrio ex ・Blacephalon ・Buzzwole ex ・Guzzlord ex ・Lycanroc ex ・Naganadel ・Nihilego ・Pheromosa ・Shiinotic ・Silvally ・Stoutland ・Tapu Koko ex ・Ultra Necrozma ex
(A3)	・Alolan Muk ex ・Alolan Ninetales ・Alolan Raichu ex ・Araquanid ・Banette ・Crabominable ex ・Decidueye ex ・Dhelmise ex ・Incineroar ex ・Kommo-o ・Lunala ex ・Mimikyu ・Passimian ex ・Pom-Pom Oricorio ・Rayquaza ex ・Solgaleo ex ・Tsareena ・Turtonator ・Vikavolt ・Wishiwashi ex
(A2b)	・Beedrill ex ・Bibarel ex ・Dondozo ・Gholdengo ・Giratina ex ・Lucario ex ・Meowscarada ・Paldean Clodsire ex ・Pawmot ・SR Charizard ex ・SR Pikachu ex ・Tinkaton ex ・Wugtrio ex
(A2a)	・Abomasnow ・Arceus ex ・Bronzong ・Carnivine ・Crobat ・Donphan ・Garchomp ex ・Gengar ・Glaceon ex ・Heatran ・Houndoom ・Leafeon ex ・Origin Forme Palkia ・Probopass ex ・Snorlax ・Staraptor ・TL Tyranitar
(A2)	・Bastiodon ・Darkrai ex ・Dialga ex ・Empoleon ・Gallade ex ・Garchomp ・Infernape ex ・Lickilicky ex ・Lucario ・Luxray ・Magnezone ・Mesprit ・Mismagius ex ・Pachirisu ex ・Palkia ex ・Porygon-Z ・Rampardos ・Rhyperior ・Togekiss ・Torterra ・Weavile ex ・Yanmega ex
(A1a)	・Aerodactyl ex ・Celebi ex ・Golem ・Gyarados ex ・Mew ex ・Pidgeot ex ・Scolipede
(A1)	・Aerodactyl ・Alakazam ・Arbok ・Arcanine ex ・Articuno ・Articuno ex ・Blastoise ・Blastoise ex ・Centiskorch ・Charizard ・Dragonite ・Exeggutor ex ・Frosmoth ・GA Charizard ex ・GA Gyarados ・GA Pikachu ex ・Gengar ex ・Greninja ・Kabutops ・Kingler ・Lapras ex ・Machamp ex ・Marowak ex ・Melmetal ・Mewtwo ex ・Moltres ex ・Ninetales ・Omastar ・Pidgeot ・Poliwrath ・Primeape ・Raichu ・Starmie ex ・Venusaur ・Venusaur ex ・Weezing ・Wigglytuff ex ・Zapdos ・Zapdos ex

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Comment

Anonymous 10 months

Is Giant Cape better than Rocky Helmet in this deck? Why?

Anonymous 10 months

I love the X speeds They help a lot because they save energy so you can build up ninetails quicker and safely retreat without running out of energy on ninetails I do agree with everything else. Use cape, GA rapidash, and get rid of magmar

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