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Best Beginner Decks
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This guide will show you the best decks for beginners and how to use them for Premium Pass players and free-to-play players. We'll cover the best beginner deck builds, how to use them, as well how to beat upgrade the decks, and more!
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Best Beginner Decks
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 Incineroar ex Deck
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Strengths:
• Incineroar ex can reliably and consistently deal damage with its Attacks. • Only uses six card slots for Litten's line, with the rest for Trainer cards. |
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 Solgaleo ex Deck
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Strengths:
• Solgaleo ex can easily switch itself into the Active Spot using its Rising Road Ability. • Sol Breaker does 120 damage for only two Energy. |
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 Tsareena Deck
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Strengths:
• Both Pokemon in this deck are Energy-efficient. • Has access to great Trainer Cards that increase survivability. |
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| Shining Revelry Decks | ||
 Beedrill ex Deck
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Strengths:
• Can disrupt opponents from setting up. • Is able to take advantage of Erika's healing because of its Grass typing. |
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 Clodsire ex Deck
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Strengths:
• Going second with this deck is highly advantageous because Paldean Wooper's Poison Jab can set up a KO for Clodsire ex the following turn. • Clodsire's Venoshock is capable of upwards of 120 damage for only two Energy. |
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| Space-Time Smackdown Decks | ||
 Lucario Deck
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Strengths:
• Can power up low-cost Fighting-type Attackers. • Pokemon in the deck are easy to acquire. • Rampardos can deal a sizeable 130 damage with Head Smash for only one Energy. |
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 Dialga ex Deck
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Strengths:
• Dialga ex is an amazing Energy Accelerator providing two energies while dishing out damage. • Dialga ex's partner, Yanmega ex can easily do 120 damage once set up. |
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We recommend that beginners eventually build stronger decks with meta-relevant Pokemon from the newest sets. Though ex Pokemon are harder to pull, it is recommended to build decks around your available ex Pokemon.
Best Decks Tier List (Updated for Celestial Guardians)
Incineroar ex Deck
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This deck takes full advantage of Incineroar ex alone, which can deal a reliable amount of damage once it is done being set up.
Incineroar ex has a hefty 180 HP and can deal up to 140 damage for only three Energy. It can also inflict Burn on an opposing Pokemon with its one Energy attack.
The deck is also structured to make use of Rare Candy to make Litten evolve directly to Incineroar ex, but it is also flexible if luck is not on your side and you need to go through Torracat first.
The deck also runs two Poke Ball despite having only two Basic Pokemon to increase the odds that you always find your second Litten.
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| Genetic Apex (A1) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Mythical Island (A1a) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Spacetime Smackdown (A2) | Pokemon Communication x 1 (Dialga Pack) Rocky Helmet x 2 (Palkia Pack) |
| Triumphant Light (A2a) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Shining Revelry (A2b) | Iono x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) |
| Celestial Guardians | Litten x 2 (Solgaleo Pack) Torracat x 1 (Solgaleo Pack) Incineroar ex x 2 (Solgaleo Pack) Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack) Lillie x 2 (Solgaleo Pack) |
| Extradimensional Crisis | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Eevee Grove | Hau 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. |
| Promo-A | Poke Ball x 1 (Promo-A Pack) Red Card x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack) |
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Best Incineroar ex Decks and Card List
Solgaleo ex Deck
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Solgaleo ex is a Stage 2 that benefits from Rare Candy, which greatly speeds up its setup, allowing it to immediately start attacking for only 2 Energy.
It also has a hefty HP of 180, and can do 120 damage with Sol Breaker at the cost of only 2 Energy. Solgaleo ex's Rising Road Ability allows it to switch into the Active Spot for free, giving you lots of flexibility in deck building, allowing you to cut cards like Leaf and X Speed.
This deck runs an Excadrill line, which can also be found in Celestial Guardians.
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Best Solgaleo ex Decks and Card List
Tsareena Deck
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Tsareena functions as the deck's primary attacker. It is able to attack quickly due to its efficient Attack Cost and can evolve into Stage 2 early with the Rare Candy.
The deck also runs Trainer cards with Grass synergy, such as Leaf Cape and Erika, as well as Mallow.
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Best Tsareena Decks and Card List
Beedrill ex Deck
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Beedrill ex is an effective teammate for Meowscarada as it can deal sizeable damage to non-ex Pokemon. Even a 1-1-1 line becomes consistent for this deck because of Sprigatito's Cry for Help Attack, as well as one copy of Pokemon Communication.
This deck makes use of Genetic Apex Weedle, instead of Shining Revelry Weedle because it can deal 20 damage with Sting. We also don't run Shining Revelry Weedle because we don't run any other Weedle in the deck for it to find with Multiply.
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Best Beedrill ex Decks and Card List
Clodsire ex Deck
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Clodsire ex is best played when it is going second, as Paldean Wooper can immediately inflict Poison on its first turn using Poison Jab. Opponents are forced to switch their Pokemon, heal up, or risk losing their Pokemon the following turn to a powerful Venoshock from Clodsire ex.
Grafaiai can help this gameplan by inflicting Poison whenever possible, making Clodsire ex's Venoshock even more consistent.
Red can increase Clodsire ex's damage output, while Iono can help you catch up when youre behind on points.
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Best Clodsire ex Decks and Card List
Lucario Deck
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It is important to bench Skull Fossil whenever you can and set up a Rampardos with Rare Candy. Rampardos can then be used to deal an explosive 130 damage Head Smash as early as turn 2.
Meanwhile, Lucario manly functions as support on the Bench, boosting the power of your Pokemon by 20. This boost can increase to 40 when there are two Lucarios in play.
The deck runs a single copy of Cranidos who has an inexpensive Attack, and also benefits from Lucario's damage buff.
Red is used for when your Lucario's Fighting Coach damage buff isn't enough.
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Best Lucario Decks and Card List
Dialga ex Deck
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Dialga ex is are joined by Yanmega ex, who is a powerful Grass-type Attacker introduced in Space-Time Smackdown. It notably has a Colorless Attack Cost, which means it can benefit from Dialga ex's Metallic Turbo.
120 damage is also a great damage benchmark to hit, as Yanmega ex can also OHKO most non-ex Basic Pokemon and 2HKO most ex Pokemon.
Deckbuilding for Beginners
Build Decks that are Easy to Use
Some of the decks we recommend may not be easy for beginners to build, but they have straight-forward and uncomplicated strategies.
Be Sure to Reroll and Collect Pack Hourglasses
When starting a new game, it would be beneficial to reroll for better pulls on your initial packs. Aim for multiple strong Pokemon to build decks around, and multiple Staples!
We also recommend that you use your Pack Hourglasses on the newest sets available, or from sets with lots of usable cards, such as Celestial Guardians, Shining Revelry, or Space-Time Smackdown.
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Why Celebi EX deck is used for p2w players?