The Rapidash Starter Deck is a High Damage Deck featuring 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!

Rapidash Starter Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Rapidash Genetic Apex (A1)			Magmar Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★
Deck Strengths
Rapidash can deal 40 damage with only 1 Energy. Use Magmar to inflict damage when Rapidash is not available.
Deck Weaknesses
Weak to Water-type decks Needs additional cards to improve the deck's performance.

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List of Cards

Rapidash Starter Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Growlithe ×2				Ponyta ×2				Rapidash ×1				Magmar ×1
Heatmor ×1				Sizzlipede ×2				Centiskorch ×1				Pidgey ×1
Rattata ×2				Raticate ×1				Jigglypuff ×1				Farfetch'd ×1
Trainer Cards
Poke Ball ×2				Professor's Research ×2

Deck Building Guide

How to Play Rapidash Starter Deck

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

Rapidash Starter Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Stage 1 Attacker	Basic Attacker	Description
Rapidash	Magmar	・Rapidash can deal a clean 40 damage hit with using only one energy. . ・Magmar can deal 50 damage at the cost of 2 energies, but it does not require evolution.

Alternative Combo for Custom Deck

Combo Card 1	Combo Card 2	Description
Moltres ex x1	Centiskorch x1	・ Centiskorch is the strongest card in this starter deck and can deal a whopping 130 damage with Fire Blast at the cost of one energy. ・Moltres ex can help Centiskorch build energy by having Moltres ex as the active Pokemon and tanking damage while feeding energy to Centiskorch

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

A good hand would be to have Ponyta, Rapidash, and Magmar. These are the three essential cards for this deck.

Drawing them faster would help in setting up your board early.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

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 Ponyta or a Magmar, then with the other Trainer card, you should eventually draw another Pokemon you can use.

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Rapidash Starter Deck Strategies

Rapidash Starter Deck Strategies
Rapidash and Magmar Moltres ex to the Rescue

Strategy 1: Rapidash and Magmar

Rapidash and Magmar

The strategy is basically to have either Rapidash or Magmar take on the active Pokemon role to dish out damage.

Use a Poke ball Trainer card to search for either Ponyta or Magmar, then have Professor's Research land you a Rapidash.

Strategy 2: Moltres ex to the Rescue

This alternative strategy uses both Moltres ex and Centiskorch as the main damagers for the deck.

Use Moltres ex to feed Centiskorch enough energy to perform its 130 damager attack, then have them switch places so that Centiskorch can attack with high damage.

Game Phases

Strategy 1: Early Game to End Game Strategy

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Initially, you want to set up a board with either a Rapidash or a Magmar in your hand. You can have whichever Pokemon you have in hand to put in the Active zone.
2	Use trainer cards to eventually draw the essential cards you need for this combo.

Strategy 2: Early Game to End Game Strategy

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Have Moltres ex as your Active Pokemon while you build up Sizzlipede at the back, eventually evolving it into Centiskorch while at the same time having Moltres ex feed it with energy per turn.
2	Use trainer cards to eventually draw the essential cards you need for this combo.

Rapidash Starter Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Pinsir Decks	Type: ・Rapidash and Magmar are both strong against Grass types, making them gain additional 20 attack points during battle.

Worst Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Articuno ex Decks	Type: ・Articuno and other Water-Type Pokemon are strong against Fire type and this deck will be in a disadvantage during matchup. ・Articuno ex has an HP of 160 and cannot be taken down in one turn by either Centiskorch or Rapidash

Overall Consistency

This starter deck is not really that good since the Pokemon cards included mostly require to evolve in order to attack.

Additionally, 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 Moltres ex in the roster.

Best Pokemon Substitutes

Card	Possible Cuts
Moltres ex	・ Moltres ex adds value and consistency to any Fire deck that it's in thanks to the ramp that Inferno Dance provides.
Blaine	・Blaine can be used to buff the damage of Rapidash by 30
Centiskorch	・Adding an additional Centiskorch can add to the deck's consistency
Ninetales	・A Ninetales line can also improve the deck's damage output. Ninetales's damage can also be buffed by the usage of Blaine. ・Consider modifying this starter deck to be a dedicated Blaine deck instead!

Blaine Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

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Aggro Decks Explained	Deck Matchup Statistics
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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	Lt. Surge
Dragonite	Articuno ex	Alakazam and Jynx

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	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	Grapploct
Cinccino and Weezing	Brock	Kabutops
Aerodactyl and Dragonite	Eeveelutions and Ditto	Lickitung
Articuno	Zapdos	Moltres
Venusaur	Charizard	Blastoise

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

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