Koga Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

The Koga Deck is a Poison Control Deck featuring Muk 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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Koga Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Weezing Genetic Apex (A1)			Muk Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★★
Deck Strengths
Can protect Pokemon from getting KOd with Koga. Weezing can inflict Poison on the opponent's active Pokemon without energy cost.
Deck Weaknesses
Lacks damage output Relies on added effects from Attacks to get damage

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List of Cards

Koga Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Grimer ×2				Muk ×2				Koffing ×2				Weezing ×2
Trainer Cards
Koga ×2				Sabrina ×2				Potion ×2				Poke Ball ×2
Red Card ×2				Professor's Research ×2

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Packs Required for Koga Deck

Pack	Featured Card

How to Play Koga Deck

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

Koga Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Status Inducer	Finisher	Description
Weezing	Muk	・Weezing tanks damage and does not require Energy. ・Muk can deal lots of damage to Poisoned Pokemon.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

A good hand would consist of Grimer and Koffing as well as Professor's Research to dig for evolutions. Poke Ball is also great in early turns as it can thin the deck for better Professor's Research draws.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

On the event of a Grimer start, use Poke Ball and Professor's Research to dig for a Koffing. Using Poison Gas is also an okay choice because of Poison's incremental damage. Use Koga to get your Pokemon out of danger.

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Koga Deck Strategies

Koga Deck Strategies
Poison Switch

Strategy 1: Poison Switch

Poison Switch

Playing Weezing while Muk is benched allows you to poison your enemy with Weezing's Ability, then use Koga to withdraw Weezing and switch into Muk to deal 120 Damage with Venoshock.

If played correctly, you can catch your opponent off guard, and make quick work of their Pokemon, earning yourself points, while also massively disrupting your opponent's strategy.

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Start with Koffing and bench Grimer.
2	Use Professor's Research to pull for Koga, Weezing, or Muk.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Evolve your Pokemon and attach Energy to Muk while Weezing tanks damage.
2	Use Koga to scoop your Pokemon out of KO range and play them onto your Bench.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1	Attack with Muk and score KOs.
2	Use Sabrina to gust out vulnerable Pokemon from your opponent's Bench.

Koga Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Mewtwo ex Decks	Type: ・Can trade damage favorably because of its type advantage over Psychic.

Worst Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Machamp ex Decks	Type: ・High damage can overpower Koga Deck with type advantage
Marowak ex Decks	Type: ・Low energy cost attacks can quickly eliminate your Basic Dark types.

Overall Consistency

The Koga deck is relatively easy to use, having one simple gimmick of poisoning the opponent and letting Muk clean up with Venoshock. Due to this, the strategy can be easily predicted, and worst case, countered by experienced opponents.

Koga Deck F2P & Substitutes

Koga Deck Card Substitutes

Card	Explanation
Farfetch'd	・Farfetch'd can function as a primary attacker that can deal efficient damage at the cost of only 1 Energy.

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Koga Deck Other Viable Options

Card	Possible Cuts
Giovanni	・Giovanni can help score KOs earlier, especially on Poisoned ex Pokemon. This can lessen the amount of turns to knock them out.

Koga Rental Deck

Koga Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Ekans ×2				Arbok ×1				Zubat ×2				Golbat ×1
Grimer ×2				Muk ×2				Koffing ×2				Weezing ×2
Trainer Cards
Koga ×1				X Speed ×1				Poke Ball ×2				Professor's Research ×2

The Koga Rental Deck is free to play but requires that you unlock it first by completing the deck missions.

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Complete Koga Deck Mission

Mission	Reward
Collect the highlight card for Koga Deck (Genetic Apex)	Koga Rental Deck (10x Uses)
Collect the cards for Koga Deck (Genetic Apex)	Koga Rental Deck

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

Collecting the Highlight Card, Koga, 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

Koga Rental Deck

Koga Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Weezing Genetic Apex (A1)			Muk Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★★
Deck Strengths
Can protect Pokemon from getting KOd with Koga Darkness Pokemon in the deck don't have shared Weaknesses
Deck Weaknesses
Lacks damage output Relies on added effects from Attacks to get damage

Koga Rental Deck Guide

Koga Deck List

Koga Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Ekans ×2				Arbok ×1				Zubat ×2				Golbat ×1
Grimer ×2				Muk ×2				Koffing ×2				Weezing ×2
Trainer Cards
Koga ×1				X Speed ×1				Poke Ball ×2				Professor's Research ×2

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Meta Decks

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Starmie ex Deck	Mewtwo ex Deck	Dragonite Deck
Articuno ex Deck	Arbok Lock Deck	Venusaur ex Deck
Blaine Deck	Pikachu ex Deck	Marowak ex Deck
Charizard ex Deck	Machamp ex Deck	Blastoise ex Deck
Frosmoth Deck	Exeggutor ex Deck	Arcanine ex Deck
Gengar ex Deck	Wigglytuff ex Deck	Melmetal Deck
Alakazam and Jynx Deck	Zapdos ex Deck	Greninja Deck
Primeape Deck	Raichu and Pikachu ex Deck	Mewtwo ex and Weezing
Raichu and Pikachu ex Deck	Mewtwo ex and Weezing	Greninja and Weezing Deck
Venusaur ex and Weezing	Lapras ex Deck	Dragonite and Weezing

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Omastar and Articuno ex	Kingler and Articuno ex	Lapras ex and Butterfree
Poliwrath	Tentacruel and Greninja	Victreebel and Exeggutor ex
Frosmoth and Articuno ex Deck	Gyarados Deck	Centiskorch and Moltres ex Deck
Lt. Surge Deck	Grapploct Deck	Cinccino and Weezing
Brock Deck	Kabutops	Aerodactyl and Dragonite
Eeveelutions and Ditto	Lickitung	Articuno
Zapdos	Moltres	Venusaur
Charizard	Blastoise	Persian and Mawile
Lickitung and Primeape	Gengar ex and Golbat

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