Koga Rental Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

The Koga Deck is a Poison focused Deck featuring Muk and Weezing 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!

All Weezing Decks
Koga and Weezing	Cinccino and Weezing	Mewtwo ex and Weezing
Venusaur ex and Weezing	Greninja and Weezing	Dragonite and Weezing

Koga Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Weezing Genetic Apex (A1)			Muk Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★★
Deck Strengths
Can protect Pokemon from getting KOd with Koga Darkness Pokemon in the deck don't have shared Weaknesses
Deck Weaknesses
Lacks damage output Relies on added effects from Attacks to get damage

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

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List of Cards

Koga Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Ekans ×2				Arbok ×1				Zubat ×2				Golbat ×1
Grimer ×2				Muk ×2				Koffing ×2				Weezing ×2
Trainer Cards
Koga ×1				X Speed ×1				Poke Ball ×2				Professor's Research ×2

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Koga Rental Deck

Pack	Featured Card
Any Pack

How to Play Koga Deck

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

Koga Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Combo Card 1	Combo Card 2	Description
Muk	Weezing	・Muk can OHKO most Pokemon once poisoned. ・Weezing's Ability can poison defenders even with no energy investment. ・Koga can protect Muk and Weezing from being Knocked Out without having to use energy to retreat.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

Starting out with your core carries and Koga allows you to quickly deal with your opponents Pokemon once you evolve into Muk and Weezing.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

Alternatively, you can start with an Ekans, while you bench a Grimer and Koffing to prepare evolving them to their evolved forms.

Professor's Research should also be used in hopes of getting their Evolved forms, and Koga.

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Koga Deck Strategies

Koga Deck Strategies
Poison Switch

Strategy 1: Poison Switch

Poison Switch

Playing Weezing while Muk is benched allows you to poison your enemy with Weezing's Ability, then use Koga to withdraw Weezing and switch into Muk to deal 120 Damage with Venoshock.

If played correctly, you can catch your opponent off guard, and make quick work of their Pokemon, earning yourself points, while also massively disrupting your opponent's strategy.

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Start with Koffing and bench Grimer.
2	Use Professor's Research to pull for Koga, Weezing, or Muk.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Keep Weezing healthy, and play around Ekans and Arbok if necessary to buy time.
2	Have both Weezing and Muk on your bench at least to prepare to shift into offense.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1	Have Weezing as your active Pokemon, and use Koga after you poison the defender with Weezing's Ability.
2	Attack with Muk to deal massive damage against the defending Pokemon.

Koga Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Mewtwo ex Decks	Type: ・Can trade damage favorably because of its type advantage over Psychic.

Worst Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Machamp ex Decks	Type: ・High damage can overpower Koga Deck with type advantage
Marowak ex Decks	Type: ・Low energy cost attacks can quickly eliminate your Basic Dark types.

Overall Consistency

The Koga deck is relatively easy to use, having one simple gimmick of poisoning the opponent and letting Muk clean up with Venoshock. Due to this, the strategy can be easily predicted, and worst case, countered by experienced opponents.

How to Unlock

Complete Koga Deck Mission

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

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

Collecting the Highlight Card, Koga, 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

Koga Rental Deck

Koga Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Weezing Genetic Apex (A1)			Muk Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★★
Deck Strengths
Can protect Pokemon from getting KOd with Koga. Weezing can inflict Poison on the opponent's active Pokemon without energy cost.
Deck Weaknesses
Lacks damage output Relies on added effects from Attacks to get damage

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Koga Deck List

Koga Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Grimer ×2				Muk ×2				Koffing ×2				Weezing ×2
Trainer Cards
Koga ×2				Sabrina ×2				Potion ×2				Poke Ball ×2
Red Card ×2				Professor's Research ×2

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Meta Decks

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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

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