Kanto Fossils Rental Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

The Kanto Fossils Deck is a low energy cost Deck featuring Kabutops, Omastar, and Aerodactyl 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!

Kanto Fossils Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Kabutops Genetic Apex (A1)			Omastar Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★★★
Deck Strengths
Stage 2 Fossil Pokemon and Basic Colorless Pokemon in the deck are powerful Difficult to stop once set up
Deck Weaknesses
May be hard to consistently set up Fossils in battle Fossils do not do anything until they evolve

Note: Tier Rating is ranked based only on available Rental Decks

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List of Cards

Kanto Fossils Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Omanyte ×2				Omastar ×1				Kabuto ×2				Kabutops ×1
Chansey ×1				Kangaskhan ×1				Tauros ×1				Aerodactyl ×1
Trainer Cards
Helix Fossil ×2				Dome Fossil ×2				Old Amber ×2				X Speed ×1
Pokedex ×1				Poke Ball ×2

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Kanto Fossils Rental Deck

Pack	Featured Card

How to Play Kanto Fossils Deck

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

Kanto Fossils Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Disruption	Win Condition	Description
Omastar	Kabutops	・Omastar can stun lock defenders, forcing a retreat. ・Leech Life allows Kabutops to effectively stall while you set up for Omastar. ・Very effective in disrupting enemy setups.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

Having Chansey early on along with the Dome Fossil allows you to evolve into Kabutops sooner, while Chansey serves as your early game staller, since the Dome Fossil cannot attack until evolved.

Having an X Speed also allows you to retreat Chansey once Kabutops is fielded, preventing your opponent from scoring.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

Starting with the fossils along with Poke Balls is not bad either, giving you more options to decide which fossil to evolve.

Aerodactyl is also effective at disrupting setups, but requires a little bit of luck in order to send the defending Pokemon back to your opponent's Deck.

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Kanto Fossils Deck Strategies

Kanto Fossils Deck Strategies
Chansey Stall Omastar Stun Lock Kabutops Wincon

Strategy 1: Kangaskhan Stall

Chansey Stall

Starting with Chansey gives you enough time to stall while you stack energy and evolve your Fossils. Use X Speed to recall Chansey after setting up, and field either Kabutops or Omastar to start earning points!

Strategy 2: Omastar Stun Lock

Omastar Stun Lock

Once Kanto Fossils are set up, retreat Chansey (or allow it to be defeated) and attack with Omastar to block your opponent's offense, basically forcing them to retreat and waste energy.

If Omastar's HP falls dangerously low, you can have it retreat and use Kabutops to deal damage with Leech Life instead.

Strategy 2: Kabutops Wincon

Kabutops in the end game can be frustratingly hard to take out and can often take over games. Be sure quickly remove Pokemon that can OHKO Kabutops like Mewtwo ex with its Psydrive!

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Start with Chansey to stall for time.
2	Bench the fossils, and start stacking energy and building up towards evolving them.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Evolve your fossils, while stacking energy into Omanyte.
2	Use Poke Balls to search for more Fossils.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1	Retreat Chansey with the help of an X Speed, and switch with Kabutops or Omastar.
2	Ramp up your offense with either Omastar or Kabutops, switching between them depending on their condition and type matchups.

Kanto Fossils Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Charizard ex Decks	Type: ・Can disrupt energy building from Moltres if Omastar is fielded early.

Worst Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Pikachu ex Decks	Type: ・High damage and low energy costs can force you to field fossils early and become helpless.
Venusaur ex Decks	Type: ・Venusaur ex can outdamage and outheal both Omastar and Kabutops. ・Exeggutor ex can make quick work of fossils if allowed to set up during early game

Overall Consistency

The Kanto Fossils deck is relatively easy to use, with the only caveat being that you need to be lucky with draws to get the required evolutions. Once Kabutops and Omastar are set up, they are effectively point-and-click every turn, until you whittle down your opponents!

How to Unlock Kanto Fossils Rental Deck

Complete Kanto Fossils Mission

Mission	Reward
Collect the highlight cards for Kanto Fossils Deck (Genetic Apex)	Kanto Fossils Rental Deck (10x Uses)
Collect the cards for Kanto Fossils Deck Deck (Genetic Apex)	Kanto Fossils Rental Deck

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

Collecting the Highlight Cards, Omastar, Kabutops, and Aerodactyl 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.

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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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Pikachu ex Rental Deck	Mewtwo ex Rental Deck	Machamp ex Rental Deck
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