Pokemon TCG Pocket (PTCGP)

Greninja and Weezing Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

Pokemon TGC Pocket - Greninja and Weezing Deck Deck Build and How to Play

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
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 089 GreninjaGreninja

Genetic Apex (A1)
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 177 WeezingWeezing

Genetic Apex (A1)
B Tier
Energy Type(s)
Water Darkness
F2P Friendly?
✔️
Deck Difficulty
★★★
Deck Strengths
Pokeball Icon Greninja can damage one of the opponent's Pokemon while it's on the bench.

Pokeball Icon Weezing can inflict Poison on the opponent's active Pokemon and can easily be swapped out with Koga.
Deck Weaknesses
Pokeball Icon Weak against aggro decks.

Pokeball Icon 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

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Greninja and Weezing Deck

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How to Play Greninja and Weezing Deck

How to Play Greninja and Weezing Deck



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Greninja and Weezing Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Main Attacker Bench Sniper Description
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 177 WeezingWeezing Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 089 GreninjaGreninja ・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
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Froakie(A1 087) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Frogadier(A1 088) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Koffing(A1 176) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Weezing(A1 177) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Professor

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.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Froakie(A1 087) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Koffing(A1 176) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Weezing(A1 177) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Koga(A1 222) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Professor

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

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Strategy 1: Poison and Snipe

A1 089 A1 177

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

A1 222

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
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Weezing(A1 177) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Potion(P-A 001) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Professor
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
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Greninja(A1 089)
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
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Koga(A1 222) Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Sabrina(A1 225)
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: Psychic

・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

Pikachu ex Decks
Type: Lightning

・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.

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Greninja and Weezing Deck Other Viable Options

Card Possible Cuts

Giovanni
Pokemon TCG Pocket-  Red Card(P-A 006)

・ 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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