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Brock Rental Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

Pokemon TGC Pocket - Brock Rental Deck Deck Build and How to Play

The Brock Deck is a Fighting focused Deck featuring Dugtrio and Golem 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!

Brock Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon Tier Ranking
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 140 DugtrioDugtrio

Genetic Apex (A1)
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 149 GolemGolem

Genetic Apex (A1)
B Tier
Energy Type(s)
Fighting
F2P Friendly?
✔️
Deck Difficulty
★★★
Deck Strengths
Pokeball Icon Good Evolution Pokemon

Pokeball Icon Pokemon in the deck have high Retreat Costs
Deck Weaknesses
Pokeball Icon Pokemon's Attack costs are high

Pokeball Icon May be inconsistent

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

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List of Cards

Brock Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Diglett ×2 Dugtrio ×2 Geodude ×2 Graveler ×2
Golem ×2 Onix ×2 Hitmonlee ×1 Hitmonchan ×1
Trainer Cards
Brock ×1 Potion ×1 Poke Ball ×2 Professor's Research ×2

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Brock Rental Deck

Pack Featured Card
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Pokemon TCG Pocket  Genetic Apex (Mewtwo) Image
Pokemon TCG Pocket  Genetic Apex (Pikachu) Image
Pokemon TCG Pocket  Genetic Apex (Charizard) Image

How to Play Brock Deck

How to Play Brock Deck



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Brock Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Tank Dealer Description
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 140 DugtrioDugtrio Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 149 GolemGolem ・Dugtrio can effectively stall if lucky with Coin Flips.
・Golem's high damage can finish off defenders and secure points easily.
・Speed up energy stacking on Golem with Brock.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Diglett(A1 139) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Dugtrio(A1 140) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Geodude(A1 147) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Graveler(A1 148) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Brock(A1 224)

Starting out with your core carries would be optimal, giving you the least amount of time to set up Dugtrio, and start dealing damage and walling with Dig immediately.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Diglett(A1 139) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Dugtrio(A1 140) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Geodude(A1 147) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Hitmonlee(A1 154) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Poke Ball(P-A 005)

Alternatively, you can start with Hitmonlee, and attack your opponent's Bench to prevent setups and evolutions while you build Dugtrio and Golem.

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Brock Deck Strategies

Brock Deck Strategies

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Strategy 1: Dig Wall

Dig Wall
A1 140
A1 149 P-A 001

Playing Dugtrio while Golem is benched allows you to deal damage and effectively defend with Dig, while you stack energy on Golem.

Dugtrio will constantly hold out and receive no damage as long as you are lucky with Coin Flips, hopefully until you manage to stack enough energy on Golem.

Strategy 2: Double Edge Sweep

Double Edge Sweep
A1 149

With 4 energy, Double Edge can OHKO most Pokemon, but also damaging itself in the process.

Ideally, you should buy enough time and deal enough damage with Dugtrio early on, while Golem nukes the defender to score the last 1 or 2 points for your team!

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Diglett(A1 139) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Dugtrio(A1 140) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Geodude(A1 147)
Step Description
1 Start with Diglett and bench Geodude.
2 Evolve into Dugtrio ASAP, and stack energy on Geodude when possible.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Dugtrio(A1 140) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Graveler(A1 148) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Golem(A1 149)
Step Description
1 Keep Dugtrio healthy, and continue evolving and stacking energy on Geodude.
2 Buy as much time as possible with Dugtrio.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Golem(A1 149) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Brock(A1 224) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Potion(P-A 001)
1 Have Golem as your active Pokemon, and start to go on the offense.
2 Use Potion to keep Golem healthy. Use Brock on Golem to give yourself additional energy if you need to bench Golem.

Brock Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck Commentary

Pikachu ex Decks
Type: Lightning

・Golem and Dugtrio are at a type advantage against Pikachu ex decks.
・Favorable point trades.

Worst Matchups

Deck Commentary

Mewtwo ex Decks
Type: Psychic

・Hard to wall with Dugtrio against Psychic types.
・Mewtwo ex can easily OHKO Diglett with Psychic Sphere

Overall Consistency

The Brock deck relies heavily on Coin Flip luck, to deal the most damage and stall as much as possible for Dugtrio.

Double Edge can be detrimental if forced to use early, since it also takes a good chunk of HP from Golem, potentially leaving you in a tough spot with no carries if forced out early.

How to Unlock

Complete Brock Deck Mission

Mission Reward
Collect the highlight card for Brock Deck (Genetic Apex) Pokemon TCG Pocket  Brock Rental Deck Image Brock Rental Deck
(10x Uses)
Collect the cards for Brock Deck (Genetic Apex) Pokemon TCG Pocket  Brock Rental Deck Image Brock Rental Deck

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

Collecting the Highlight Card, Brock, 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

Brock Rental Deck

Brock Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon Tier Ranking
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 149 GolemGolem

Genetic Apex (A1)
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 150 OnixOnix

Genetic Apex (A1)
D Tier
Energy Type(s)
Fighting
F2P Friendly?
✔️
Deck Difficulty
Deck Strengths
Pokeball Icon Can deal high damage.

Pokeball Icon Onix and Golem are durable Pokemon.
Deck Weaknesses
Pokeball Icon Heavily relies on Brock to provide energy.

Pokeball Icon Golem also does 50 damage to itself when it attacks.

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Brock Deck List

Brock Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Geodude ×2 Graveler ×2 Golem ×2 Onix ×2
Trainer Cards
Brock ×2 Sabrina ×2 Potion ×2 X Speed ×2
Poke Ball ×2 Professor's Research ×2

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