The Greninja and Weezing Deck is a Ability-focused passive damage Deck featuring Greninja 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!

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Greninja and Weezing Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Greninja Genetic Apex (A1)			Weezing Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★★★
Deck Strengths
Greninja can damage any of the opponent's Pokemon with Water Shuriken. Weezing can inflict Poison on the opponent's active Pokemon and can easily be swapped out with Koga.
Deck Weaknesses
Weak against aggro decks. Takes time to set up.

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List of Cards

Greninja and Weezing Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Froakie ×2				Frogadier ×2				Greninja ×2				Koffing ×2
Weezing ×2
Trainer Cards
Koga ×2				Sabrina ×2				Potion ×1				Poke Ball ×2
Red Card ×1				Professor's Research ×2

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How to Play Greninja and Weezing Deck

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

Greninja and Weezing Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Main Attacker	Bench Sniper	Description
Weezing	Greninja	・Weezing can inflict Poison to the opponent's Active Pokemon. ・Greninja can damage one of the opponent's Pokemon while it's on the bench using its Water Shuriken Ability.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

Ideally, you'd want to have Weezing's evolution line and at least Froakie and Frogadier right away to get an early setup. Professor's Research can speed things up should you manage to obtain Greninja with it.

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Recommended Starting Hand

As long as you have Weezing's evolution line and Froakie right away, you can still get an early setup should you manage to get at least Frogadier using Professor's Research.

Koga can keep your active Weezing safe and allow you to replace it with another Pokemon while setting up Greninja.

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Greninja and Weezing Deck Strategies

Greninja and Weezing Deck Strategies
Poison and Snipe Koga Save

Strategy 1: Poison and Snipe

Once you have Greninja on your bench and Weezing as your active Pokemon, you can just apply constant pressure on your opponent simply by inflicting their active Pokemon with poison using Weezing's Gas Leak Ability and dealing damage to one of their Pokemon using Greninja's Water Shuriken Ability.

Strategy 2: Koga Scoop

In the event that Weezing's HP becomes critically low, instead of making the Pokemon retreat and spend energy, use Koga to scoop the Pokemon out of the Active Spot to your hand then play Koffing back onto your Bench for Weezing to return the following turn.

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Evolve into Weezing as soon as possible to start inflicting poison on your opponent's active Pokemon.
2	Use Potion to keep Weezing healthy when needed.
3	Use Professor's Research to hasten your Greninja setup.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	At this point, you should have Greninja ready on your bench to start applying more pressure on your opponent using the Pokemon's Water Shuriken Ability.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1	Always be ready to use Koga to scoop your Weezing when its HP becomes low, or Sabrina to prevent Weezing from facing an unfavorable matchup.

Greninja and Weezing Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Jynx Decks	Type: ・Jynx won't last long against a Greninja and Weezing combo, even with just Weezing's poison alone. ・Jynx's Psychic will only do minimal damage to Weezing since Weezing only needs one energy attached to it to attack. ・Psychic-type Pokemon are more vulnerable against Dark-type Pokemon.

Worst Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Fighting Decks	Type: ・Since Weezing will be your tank and will be your Active Pokemon in the early game, Fighting-type decks can put you at a disadvantage due to their type advantage.
Pikachu ex Decks	Type: ・Pikachu ex can easily put early pressure against the deck, making it hard to set up Weezing and Greninja.

Overall Consistency

Considering that the deck has Stage 1 and Stage 2 evolutions, it will be difficult to set them up consistently as there presently no ways to find evolution cards from the deck besides drawing into them manually or with Professor's Research. This makes Red Card a powerful tool against this deck as it can completely alter the Weezing and Greninja's lines of play.

The deck also lacks the damage output necessary to score consistent KOs and relies on passive damage from Abilities to deal damage.

Greninja and Weezing Deck F2P & Substitutes

Greninja and Weezing Deck Card Substitutes

Card	Explanation
Tentacruel	・Tentacruel has the same HP and can also poison the opponent's Pokemon just like Weezing but has better damage.
Bruxish	・Bruxish is able to take advantage of Weezing and Greninja's incremental damage, which all buff Bruxish's Second Strike.

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Greninja and Weezing Deck Other Viable Options

Card	Possible Cuts
Giovanni	・ Exchanging Red Card for Giovanni boosts the deck's damage potential and is a favorable trade off.

Greninja, Weezing, and Farfetch'd Deck List

Greninja, Weezing, and Farfetch'd Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Froakie x2	Frogadier x2	Greninja x2	Koffing x2
Weezing x2	Farfetch'd x2
Trainer Cards
Koga x2	Potion x2	Poke Ball x2	Professor's Research x2

Farfetch'd is a Basic 1-Energy Pokemon that can give the deck a better chance against aggro decks like Pikachu ex, giving more room for Greninja and Weezing to set up properly.

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Meta Decks

S Tier Decks
Arceus ex
A+ Tier Decks
Carnivine	Rampardos	Crobat
Magnezone and Skarmory	Exeggutor ex	Heatran
Charizard ex	Palkia ex	Darkrai ex
Weavile ex	Yanmega ex	Origin Forme Palkia
A Tier Decks
Leafeon ex	Garchomp ex	Probopass ex
Infernape ex	Pachirisu ex	Gyarados ex and Greninja
Pikachu ex	Dialga ex	Articuno ex
Gallade ex	Abomasnow	Celebi ex
B Tier Decks
Glaceon ex	Bronzong	Tyranitar
Staraptor	Donphan	Starmie ex and Articuno ex
Mewtwo ex and Gardevoir	Golem	Pidgeot ex
Scolipede and Weezing	Garchomp	Porygon-Z
Arcanine ex	Dialga ex and Bastiodon	-
C Tier Decks
・Houndoom Deck ・Snorlax Deck ・Lucario Deck ・Pikachu ex and Raichu Deck ・Venusaur ex Deck ・Volkner Deck ・Togekiss Deck ・Aerodactyl ex Deck ・Alakazam and Jynx Deck ・Dragonite Deck ・Machamp ex Deck ・Blastoise ex Deck ・Marowak ex Deck ・Torterra Deck ・Empoleon Deck ・Mismagius ex Deck ・Volcarona and Arcanine ex Deck ・Wigglytuff ex Deck ・Gengar ex Deck

Off Meta Decks

(A2)
・Dialga ex and Lickilicky ex Deck ・Lake Trio Deck ・Rhyperior Deck ・Togekiss Deck
(A1)	(A1a)
・Arbok Lock Deck ・Brock Deck ・Cinccino Deck ・Frosmoth Deck ・Kingler and Articuno ex Deck ・Lt. Surge Deck ・Melmetal Deck ・Mewtwo ex and Weezing Deck ・Primeape Deck ・Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck ・Victreebel and Exeggutor ex Deck	・Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck ・Mew ex and Weezing Deck ・Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck

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