The Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck is a Poison and Active Healing Deck featuring Venusaur ex 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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Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Venusaur ex Genetic Apex (A1)			Weezing Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						❌
						Deck Difficulty
						★★
Deck Strengths
Venusaur ex can deal 100 damage and heal 30 HP with one attack. Weezing can inflict Poison on the opponent's active Pokemon and can easily be scooped out with Koga.
Deck Weaknesses
Weak to Fighting-type decks. Weak to Fire-type decks. Set up takes time.

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List of Cards

Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Bulbasaur ×2				Ivysaur ×2				Venusaur ex ×2				Koffing ×2
Weezing ×2
Trainer Cards
Erika ×2				Koga ×2				Potion ×2				Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2

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How to Play Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck

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

Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Primary Attacker	Status Inducer	Description
Venusaur ex	Weezing	・Venusaur ex can deal significant damage with Giant Bloom while also healing itself per attack. ・Weezing can inflict Poison using Gas Leak while attacking with Tackle.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

Having both Bulbasaur and Koffing in your starting hand can increase your chances of winning early.

Have Koffing, which will eventually evolve into Weezing, as your active Pokemon and provide energy for Bulbasaur at the bench and evolve it to Venusaur ex.

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Recommended Starting Hand

Should you end up having less essential cards at hand, make use of your Trainer Cards such as Poke Ball or Professor's Research to draw into one.

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Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck Strategies

Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck Strategies
Weezing's Gas Leak Venusaur ex's Giant Bloom

Strategy 1: Weezing's Gas Leak

Weezing's Gas Leak

The first strategy is to have Weezing tank damage while continually attacking and dealing Poison damage with its Gas Leak ability. Bulbasaur will be on the bench for now, evolving into Venusaur ex and building up enough energy until it's able to be switched as your active Pokemon.

You can use Trainer Cards such as Professor's Research and Poke Ball if you are missing a few essential cards for your strategy.

Strategy 2: Venusaur ex's Giant Bloom

The second phase of the strategy is to switch out Venusaur ex to Weezing and become the new Active Pokemon.

You can do this easily with the help of Koga. By doing this, Weezing will not only recover HP, but you can also have it set up once more on the field. You can use Erika to heal damage off Venusaur ex to keep it in battle for longer.

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Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Set up the board by having Koffing be the Active Pokemon, while Bulbasaur evolves into Venusaur ex and builds up enough energy at the bench.
2	You can use Trainer Cards such as Professor's Research and Poke Ball if you are missing a few essential cards for your strategy.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Koffing now evolves into Weezing, allowing it to activate its Gas Leak ability to inflict Poison on your opponent’s Active Pokémon. This pressures the opponent to switch or spend energy to retreat in order to remove the Poison status.
2	Heal your Weezing with Potion if necessary since it might have received some damage from tanking.
3	At the same time, your Bulbasaur should now be evolved as well into Ivysaur.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1	Once your Ivysaur has evolved into Venusaur ex and has enough energy to use Giant Bloom, you can switch it up with Weezing and inflict even more lethal damage.
2	Use Koga to scoop Weezing back into your hand. If your opponent's Active Pokemon is newly switched in, be sure to activate Weezing's Gas Leak ability before retrieving it.

Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Pikachu ex Decks	Type: ・Pikachu ex will struggle to take KOs on Venusaur ex and will have to rely heavily on its setup speed. ・ Venusaur ex trades damage favorably.

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.
Blaine Decks	Type: ・Pokemon like Rapidash and Ninetales from Blaine decks can be used in tandem with each other to score 2HKOs or OHKOs on our Pokemon. ・Unfavorable point trades.

Overall Consistency

This deck functions by pressuring your opponent to frequently switch their Active Pokemon to remove the Poison status.

Meanwhile, you build up Venusaur ex in the bench and provide it's energy until it can unleash lethal damage, setting up for a powerful knockout.

Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck F2P & Substitutes

Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck Card Substitutes

Card	Explanation
Muk	・ You can replace the entire Weezing evolution line with a Muk evolution line. It has more HP, to stay on the field longer. ・ Grimer can inflict Poison status immediately without the need to evolve. ・ Muk can deal an additional 50 damage to a Poisoned Pokemon. ・ Can also be scooped up by Koga.

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Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck Other Viable Options

Card	Possible Cuts
Farfetch'd	・ You can swap out a Sabrina for a Farfetch'd to add an aditional attacker that doesn't require evolution. ・ Can immediately exert pressure at minimal cost while Venusaur ex sets up on the Bench. ・Since switching Pokemon from Active to Benched removes the Poison status, Sabrina may become less effective during the late-game setup.

F2P Venusaur ex and Muk Deck List

F2P Venusaur ex and Muk Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Bulbasaur x2	Ivysaur x2	Venusaur x2	Grimer x2
Muk x2
Trainer Cards
Potion x2	Erika x2	Poke Ball x2	Professor's Research x2
Koga x2

This deck replaces Weezing's evolution line and incorporates Muk and Grimer for an enhanced Poison control consistency.

The overall strategy remains the same: pressuring opponents to switch their Active Pokemon to remove the Poison status while setting up Venusaur ex for powerful attacks.

F2P Muk and Weezing Deck List

F2P Muk ex and Weezing Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Koffing x2	Weezing x2	Farfetch'd x2	Grimer x2
Muk x2
Trainer Cards
Potion x2	Giovanni x2	Poke Ball x2	Professor's Research x2
Koga x2

This deck replaces Venusaur ex's evolution line and incorporates Muk and Grimer for pure Poison Lock.

The overall strategy becomes different wherein your main focus is to deal fast attacks with less energy requirement, and inflicting Poison at the same time, pressuring your opponent to continuously switch out their Actvie Pokemon to remove the status effect.

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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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