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!

Related Decks

All Weezing Decks
Koga and Weezing	Cinccino and Weezing	Mewtwo ex and Weezing
Venusaur ex and Weezing	Greninja and Weezing	Dragonite and Weezing

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

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Koga Deck

Packs Needed for Koga Deck

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
Fighting Decks	Type: ・Fighting decks can hit all of our Pokemon for super-effective damage.
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.

Pokemon TCG Pocket Meta Guide

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.

Pokemon TCG Pocket Beginner's Guide

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

Pokemon TCG Pocket Related Guides

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Deck-Building Guides and Lists

Lists of Decks by Type
Best F2P Beginner Decks	Best Non-ex Decks
Which ex Starter Deck Should You Get?	List of Rental Decks
Best Misty Decks	Best Erika Decks
Best 18 Trainers Decks	Best Trainerless Decks for Solo Battle Missions
List of Meme or Troll Decks	-
Deck-Building Guides
Deck Building Guide	How Rental Decks Work
Staple Cards for Decks	Aggro Decks Explained
Deck Analyses
Deck Matchup Statistics	10 Match Tests vs Pikachu ex Deck - Statistics

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
・Blaine Deck ・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 ・Magnezone and Marshadow Deck

Off Meta Decks

Core Expansion	Decks
(A2)	・Darkrai ex and Weezing Deck ・Dialga ex and Lickilicky ex Deck ・Magnezone Deck ・Lake Trio Deck ・Rhyperior Deck
(A1a)	・Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck ・Mew ex and Weezing Deck ・Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck
(A1)	・Aerodactyl and Dragonite Deck ・Articuno Deck ・Arbok Lock Deck ・Blastoise Deck ・Brock Deck ・Centiskorch and Moltres ex Deck ・Charizard Deck ・Cinccino Deck ・Dragonite and Weezing Deck ・Eeveelutions and Ditto Deck ・Exeggutor and Alakazam Deck ・Frosmoth Deck ・Gengar ex and Golbat Deck ・Grapploct and Pidgeot Deck ・Greninja Deck ・Greninja and Weezing Deck ・Gyarados Deck ・Kabutops Deck ・Kingler and Articuno ex Deck ・Koga Deck ・Lapras ex and Butterfree Deck ・Lapras ex Deck ・Lickitung and Primeape Deck ・Lickitung Deck ・Lt. Surge Deck ・Melmetal Deck ・Mewtwo ex and Weezing Deck ・Moltres Deck ・Omastar and Articuno ex Deck ・Persian and Mawile Deck ・Poliwrath Deck ・Primeape Deck ・Tentacruel and Greninja Deck ・Venusaur Deck ・Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck ・Victreebel and Exeggutor ex Deck ・Zapdos Deck ・Zapdos ex Deck

Premade Decks

Core Expansion	Decks
Starter Decks	・Pinsir Starter Deck ・Rapidash Starter Deck ・Sandslash Starter Deck
Genetic Apex Rental and Theme Decks	・Koga Rental Deck ・Brock Rental Deck ・Kanto Fossils Rental Deck ・Nidoking and Nidoqueen Rental Deck

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