The Blaine Deck is a Stage 1 Aggro Deck featuring Blaine and Ninetales from Genetic Apex and Rapidash from the Mythical Island 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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Blaine Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Ninetales Genetic Apex (A1)			Rapidash Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						❌
						Deck Difficulty
						★
Deck Strengths
Quick and offensive Easy to set up
Deck Weaknesses
Weak to Water-type decks Proper damage calculation is necessary for success

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List of Cards

Blaine Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Vulpix ×2				Ninetales ×2				Ponyta ×2				Rapidash ×2
Magmar ×1
Trainer Cards
Blaine ×2				Potion ×2				X Speed ×2				Poke Ball ×2
Red Card ×1				Professor's Research ×2

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Blaine Deck

Pack	Featured Card

Mythical Island Updates

New Mythical Island Cards
Ponyta	・Mythical Island Ponyta is an upgrade from Genetic Apex Ponyta, which has the potential to deal as much as 40 damage on a lucky flip.
Rapidash	・Mythical Island Rapidash can deal up to 100 damage on a lucky flip, and can consistently deal at least 40. With a Blaine, Rapidash can hit for 130, knocking out Pokemon like Mew ex and Zapdos ex.

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

Mythical Island Card List

How to Play Blaine Deck

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

Blaine Deck Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Primary Attacker	Secondary Attacker	Description
Rapidash	Ninetales	・Rapidash can set up KOs for Ninetales or take KOs itself. ・Ninetales with multiple Energy on it can attack for 90 every turn.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

You can shape a gameplan based on which evolution you have onhand at the beginning of the game. However, starting with Vulpix and evolving into Ninetales means that you'll be attaching all your Energy to it, and using Flamethrower every turn.

Vulpix can be disruptive with Tail Whip, allowing it to survive a turn without taking any damage on a coin flip.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

Having Rapidash in hand allows you some flexibility, being able to hit for at least 40 with additional damage from a heads flip and a Blaine. Use Rapidash to soften ex Pokemon and put them in KO range for Ninetales.

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Blaine Deck Deck Strategies

Blaine Deck Deck Strategies
Early Rapidash Ninetales Finisher

Strategy 1: Early Rapidash

Early Rapidash

Rapidash's damage is difficult to ignore, doing 40 to 100 damage. It can score surprise KOs on unsuspecting opponents. Use it to put ex Pokemon in KO range for Ninetales!

Strategy 2: Ninetales Finisher

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

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Bench Vulpix and Ponyta and have them ready to evolve the following turn. Use Professor's Research to see more cards, having more options available to you later on.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Use Ninetales or Rapidash to deal damage and chip away at ex Pokemon.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1	Use Ninetales to finish off damaged Pokemon, or Magmar if you have Energy attachments to spare. Be sure to use Blaine to score KOs whenever necessary.

Blaine Deck Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Venusaur Decks	Type: ・Can trade damage favorably because of its type advantage over Grass. ・Can overrun defensive Grass decks with big consistent damage.

Worst Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Starmie ex Decks	Type: ・Starmie can set up just as fast and trade damage favorably against the deck.

Overall Consistency

Blaine decks are quick and consistent and relies on proper point management to succeed with. It has the advantage of consisting only of single-point non-ex attackers, while its disadvantage of not having enough damage is mitigated by the usage of the Blaine Supporter.

Blaine Deck F2P & Substitutes

Blaine Deck Card Substitutes

Card	Explanation
Magmar	・ An additional Magmar could improve the deck's matchup against Grass even further. However, this simply adds another non-ideal starter.

Pokemon TCG Pocket Meta Guide

Blaine Deck Other Viable Options

Card	Possible Cuts
Giovanni	・ Giovanni could help conserve your Blaines for if you only need a small push in damage instead of an extra 30.
Blue	・Blue can be used to keep Ninetales alive against Pikachu ex who will only do 80 damage to it.
Farfetch'd	・ Farfetch'd is a cost-effective starter which can immediately apply pressure while you attach valuable Energy to Ninetales on the Bench.

F2P Blaine Deck List

F2P Blaine Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Farfetch'd x2	Ponyta x2	Rapidash x2	Vulpix x2
Ninetales x2
Trainer Cards
Potion x2	X Speed x2	Poke Ball x2	Professor's Research x2
Blaine x2

The deck can be built easily by playing for free, and can be optimized pretty easily as well with few substitutions.

Pokemon TCG Pocket Beginner's Guide

Blaine Rental Deck

Blaine Rental Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Rapidash Genetic Apex (A1)			Arcanine Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★★
Deck Strengths
Powerful Stage 1 Pokemon Can boost damage with Blaine Consistent Evolution lines
Deck Weaknesses
Cannot keep up against a dedicated Water-type deck Needs to start attacking right away or else it will lose tempo

Blaine Rental Deck List

Blaine Rental Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Vulpix ×2				Ninetales ×2				Growlithe ×2				Arcanine ×2
Ponyta ×2				Rapidash ×2				Magmar ×2
Trainer Cards
Blaine ×1				Potion ×				Poke Ball ×2				Professor's Research ×2

The Blaine Rental Deck is a pre-made theme deck recipe featuring similar cards to the Meta Deck.

How to Unlock Blaine Rental Deck

Mission	Reward

The Blaine Rental Deck can be unlocked by completing the Deck Missions related to this Rental Deck.

Collecting the Highlight Card, Blaine, gives you 10 Uses of the Rental Deck, while collecting all the cards within the Deck gives you the Recipe, allowing you to use the Rental Deck at any time.

List of Deck Missions

Packs Required for Blaine Rental Deck

Pack	Featured Card
Any Pack

Pokemon TCG Pocket Related Guides

Deck Building Guide

All Deck Tier Lists

All Tier Lists
Best Cards Tier List	Best Meta Deck Tier List
Best Rental Deck Tier List	Best F2P Beginner Decks

Deck Articles

Deck Articles
How Rental Decks Work	Staple Cards for Decks
Aggro Decks Explained	Deck Matchup Statistics
Best 18 Trainers Decks	Best Misty Decks
Best Erika Decks	10 Match Tests vs Pikachu ex Deck - Statistics
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	Arcanine ex
Blaine	Pikachu ex and Raichu	Gyarados ex and Vaporeon
Pidgeot ex	Venusaur ex	Charizard ex
Aerodactyl ex and Primeape	Exeggutor ex	Articuno ex
Dragonite

Off Meta Decks

Dragonite and Weezing	Lapras ex	Greninja
Mewtwo ex and Weezing	Marowak ex	Primeape
Venusaur and Weezing	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

All Rental Decks
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

Starter Decks

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