Pokemon TCG Pocket (PTCGP)

Pinsir Starter Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

Pokemon TGC Pocket - Pinsir Starter Deck Deck Build and How to Play

The Pinsir Starter Deck is a High Damage Deck featuring Pinsir 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!

Pinsir Starter Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon Tier Ranking
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 026 PinsirPinsir

Genetic Apex (A1)
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 015 ParasectParasect

Genetic Apex (A1)
C Tier
Energy Type(s)
Grass
F2P Friendly?
✔️
Deck Difficulty
Deck Strengths
Pokeball Icon Pinsir can easily be summoned without the need of evolving.

Pokeball Icon Parasect is a good damager with 80 damage using 2 energies.
Deck Weaknesses
Pokeball Icon Weak to Fire-type decks.

Pokeball Icon Not really competitive, there are only a few useful cards in this pack

Pokeball Icon A set starter deck with pre determined cards, you will need to manually add Exeggutor ex for extra power.

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List of Cards

Pinsir Starter Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Paras ×2 Parasect ×1 Exeggcute ×2 Scyther ×1
Pinsir ×1 Cottonee ×2 Whimsicott ×1 Pidgey ×1
Rattata ×2 Raticate ×1 Jigglypuff ×1 Farfetch'd ×1
Trainer Cards
Poke Ball ×2 Professor's Research ×2
Best Replacements
To Remove To Add
Jigglypuff.png Jigglypuff x1 Pidgey.png Pidgey x1 Pokemon TCG Pocket - Exeggutor ex Exeggutor ex x1 Pokemon TCG Pocket - Exeggutor.png Exeggutor x1

Deck Building Guide

How to Play Pinsir Starter Deck

How to Play Pinsir Starter Deck



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Pinsir Starter Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Combo Card 1 Combo Card 2 Description
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 026 PinsirPinsir Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 015 ParasectParasect ・Pinsir can deal twice the damage with Double Horn if you land on Heads twice during the coin toss.
・Parasect can deal the same damage without the risk of a coin toss. It can deal double the damage with Tropical Swing if the coin toss landed on heads.

Alternative Combo for Custom Deck

Combo Card 1 Combo Card 2 Description
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 022 ExeggutorExeggutor Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 023 Exeggutor exExeggutor ex ・Exeggutor can function like Pinsir and it does not have a risk of doing no damage at all. It can deal a maximum amount of 60 damage
・Exeggutor ex is a stronger version of Exeggutor, and can deal up to 80 damage in one turn.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Paras(A1 014) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Parasect(A1 015) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Pinsir(A1 026) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Farfetch Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Professor

The best starting hand is to have Pinsir and Paras drawn as early as possible, so you can set up your board for the end game quickly.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Parasect(A1 015) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Pinsir(A1 026) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Farfetch Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Poke Ball(P-A 005) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Professor

If in case you have drawn a bad hand but at least have many drawing cards such as Professor's Research or Poke Ball in your hand, this can still be an advantage.

Use your Poke Ball trainer card first to hopefully draw a Pinsir or a Paras, then with the other Trainer card, you should eventually draw another Pokemon you can use.

Pinsir Starter Deck Strategies

Pinsir Starter Deck Strategies

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Strategy 1: Pinsir Offense

Pinsir Offense
A1 026
A1 014 P-A 007 P-A 005

The strategy is basically to have Pinsir tank the damage until Parasect can be summoned and brought to the Active zone.

Use a Poke ball Trainer card to search for either Paras or Pinsir, then have Professor's Research land you a Parasect.

Strategy 2: Exeggutor ex to the Rescue

A1 023

This alternative strategy basically uses the same strategy as the first but having either Exeggutor or Exeggutor ex take Parasect's place.

Once Exeggutor ex is out and ready to play, switch your Pinsir and have Exeggutor ex be your active Pokemon. Exeggutor ex does not have a chance to land a 0 damage attack and is much safer to use than Pinsir.

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Paras(A1 014) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Pinsir(A1 026) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Professor
Step Description
1 First things first is to set up a board with either a Pinsir or an Paras in your hand. Prioritize placing Pinsir as your active Pokemon, but if Pinsir is not in your starting hand, you can use Paras or another Pokemon as substitute.
2 Use trainer cards to eventually draw the essential cards you need for this combo.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Paras(A1 014) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Parasect(A1 015) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Pinsir(A1 026)
Step Description
1 While your Pinsir tanks the attacks and deals damage to enemies, you must evolve your Paras to become Parasect in the bench area, giving it energy as well for use when you switch it to the active zone.
2 Use you Pinsir's energy to retreat and switch it with Parasect, which should have been fed at least one energy in the bench area before the switch.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Parasect(A1 015)
1 With Paras' power, you can have the enemy taken down eventually.

Pinsir Starter Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck Commentary

Articuno ex Decks
Type: Water

・Pinsir and Exeggutor ex are both strong against Water types, making them gain additional 20 attack points during battle

Worst Matchups

Deck Commentary

Charizard ex Decks
Type: Fire

・Charizard and other Fire Type Pokemon are strong against Grass type and this deck will be in a disadvantage during matchup.
・Charizard ex has a lot of HP and cannot be taken down in one turn by either Pinsir or Exeggutor ex

Overall Consistency

This deck is the best deck among the three starter decks available in the game, since it has Pinsir in its main deck list, which can deal severe damage and only needs 1 energy to attack.

However, the other cards in this deck are not really useful and may need to be tweaked on to actually be of any use, such as adding Exeggutor ex in the roster.

Best Pokemon Substitutes

Exeggutor and Exeggutor ex

Including Exeggutor or Exeggutor ex is essential for making this deck competitive. To do this, you’ll need to manually add them to your starterdeck, as it’s not included in the Pinsir Starter Deck.

Fortunately, you can get Exeggutor ex for free if you chose the Charizard Pack at the start, and Exeggutor is a common draw from the Charizard pack as well.

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