Blaine Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

The Blaine Deck is a Stage 1 Aggro Deck featuring Blaine, Ninetales, and Rapidash 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!

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
Any Pack

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. ・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 40, or a surprise 70 with 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 can hit for 40 or 70 with Blaine, allowing it to 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.

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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.
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.

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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

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Deck Building Guide

All Deck Tier Lists

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

Deck Articles

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Aggro Decks Explained	Deck Matchup Statistics
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Meta Decks

Best Meta Decks
Starmie ex Deck	Mewtwo ex Deck	Dragonite Deck
Articuno ex Deck	Arbok Lock Deck	Venusaur ex Deck
Blaine Deck	Pikachu ex Deck	Marowak ex Deck
Charizard ex Deck	Machamp ex Deck	Blastoise ex Deck
Frosmoth Deck	Exeggutor ex Deck	Centiskorch and Moltres ex Deck
Arcanine ex Deck	Gengar ex Deck	Gyarados Deck
Wigglytuff ex Deck	Melmetal Deck	Lt. Surge Deck
Alakazam and Jynx Deck	Zapdos ex Deck	Greninja Deck
Primeape Deck	Grapploct Deck	Cinccino and Weezing
Raichu and Pikachu ex Deck	Mewtwo ex and Weezing	Greninja and Weezing Deck
Venusaur ex and Weezing	Lapras ex Deck	Brock Deck
Dragonite and Weezing	Kabutops	Aerodactyl and Dragonite
Omastar and Articuno ex	Eeveelutions and Ditto	Kingler and Articuno ex
Lickitung	Articuno	Zapdos
Moltres	Venusaur	Charizard
Blastoise	Lapras ex and Butterfree	Poliwrath
Tentacruel and Greninja

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

Starter Decks

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Pinsir Starter Deck	Rapidash Starter Deck	Sandslash Starter Deck