The Dragonite and Weezing Deck is a High Damage and Poison Infliction Deck featuring Dragonite 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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Dragonite and Weezing Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Dragonite Genetic Apex (A1)			Weezing Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★★★
Deck Strengths
Very powerful Draco Meteor can win games 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. Difficult to set up. High Energy cost.

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List of Cards

Dragonite and Weezing Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Koffing ×2				Weezing ×2				Dratini ×2				Dragonair ×2
Dragonite ×2				Kangaskhan ×1
Trainer Cards
Koga ×2				Sabrina ×1				X Speed ×2				Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2

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How to Play Dragonite and Weezing Deck

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

Dragonite and Weezing Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Finisher	Status Inducer	Description
Dragonite	Weezing	・Dragonite can deal heavy scattered damage with Draco Meteor. ・Weezing can inflict Poison using its Gas Leak ability.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

An ideal starting hand would include Kangskhan, Koffing, and Dratini. Also a way to find it's evolutions like Professor's Research.

Be mindful of the Energy attachments for Dragonite, as it requires both Water and Lightning Energies. Since this deck doesn't use Dark Energy, you don't need to worry about Weezing's energy costs as its ability will be the key component of your strategy.

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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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Dragonite and Weezing Deck Strategies

Dragonite and Weezing Deck Strategies
Early Game Kangaskhan Dragonite's Draco Meteor

Strategy 1: Early Game Kangaskhan

Early Game Kangaskhan

Set up the board by having Kangaskhan be the Active Pokemon and deal damage to your opponent while Koffing and Dratini takes their time to evolve on the bench.

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: Dragonite's Draco Meteor

Once Dragonite and Weezing have evolved on the bench and Dragonite has enough energy to attack, the second strategy comes into play.

Start by making Weezing your Active Pokemon to inflict Poison on your opponent’s Pokemon with its Ability. Then, use Koga to scoop Weezing out for free and bring in Dragonite to deliver a massive scattered damage across the board.

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	First, set up your Kangaskhan to tank and deal damage while you get your Koffing and Dratini to evolve on the bench.
2	Use your Trainer cards like Poke Ball and Professor's Research to search for other essential cards you are missing.

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. Swap it with Kangaskan so it can use its ability. 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 Dratini should now be evolved as well into Dragonair..

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1	Once your Dragonair has evolved into Dragonite and has enough energy to use Draco Meteor, you can switch it up with Weezing and inflict heavy scattered damage across the board.
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.

Dragonite and Weezing Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck

Commentary

Charizard ex Decks

Type: ・ Charizard ex decks will struggle to take down Dragonite due to their slow setup. ・Additionally, the opponent will be pressured to constantly switch their Active Pokemon to remove the Poison Status. ・Dragonite's ability to deal random heavy damage to both the active and benched Pokemon makes it especially strong against this deck, which relies heavily on having multiple Pokémon on the bench

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.

Overall Consistency

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

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

Dragonite and Weezing Deck F2P & Substitutes

Dragonite 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. ・ Alternatively, you can swap out the entire Dragonite evolution line for a Muk evolution line, shifting the deck's focus to a Poison Lock strategy. ・ 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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Dragonite and Weezing Deck Other Viable Options

Card	Possible Cuts
Kangaskhan	・ You can swap out a Sabrina for another copy of Kangaskhan to add an aditional attacker that doesn't require evolution. ・Since switching Pokemon from Active to Benched removes the Poison status, Sabrina may become less effective during the late-game setup.

F2P Muk and Weezing Deck List

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

This deck replaces Dragonite's evolution line and incorporates Muk and Grimer for a pure Poison Lock strategy.

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

Best Meta Decks
Mewtwo ex	Celebi ex and Serperior	Pikachu ex
Gyarados ex and Greninja	Vaporeon and Articuno ex	Volcarona and Arcanine ex
Scolipede and Weezing	Starmie ex and Articuno ex	Arcanine ex
Blaine	Pikachu ex and Raichu	Gyarados ex and Vaporeon
Pidgeot ex	Charizard ex	Aerodactyl ex and Primeape
Exeggutor ex	Lt. Surge	Dragonite
Alakazam and Jynx	Mew ex and Weezing	Golem

Off Meta Decks

Articuno ex	Venusaur ex	Dragonite and Weezing
Lapras ex	Greninja	Mewtwo ex and Weezing
Marowak ex	Primeape	Venusaur and Weezing
Arbok Lock	Zapdos ex	Blastoise ex
Gengar ex	Machamp ex	Wigglytuff ex
Melmetal	Koga	Omastar and Articuno ex
Kingler and Articuno ex	Frosmoth	Lapras ex and Butterfree
Poliwrath	Tentacruel and Greninja	Victreebel and Exeggutor ex
Gengar ex and Golbat	Persian and Mawile	Lickitung and Primeape
Exeggutor ex and Alakazam	Frosmoth and Articuno ex	Gyarados
Centiskorch and Moltres ex	Grapploct	Cinccino and Weezing
Brock	Kabutops	Aerodactyl and Dragonite
Eeveelutions and Ditto	Lickitung	Articuno
Zapdos	Moltres	Venusaur
Charizard	Blastoise

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Brock Rental Deck	Blaine Rental Deck	Lt. Surge Rental Deck

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