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This is Game8's tier list of Water type decks and cards in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (PTCG Pocket). Keep reading to learn more about these staples and see what makes them the best cards in the game!
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Deck | Explanation |
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Starmie and Articuno Deck |
・ Starmie has an inexpensive and strong Attack and has free Retreat ・ Articuno is also a great sweeper especially if set up quickly ・ Articuno ex is a strong offensive Basic Pokemon |
Deck | Explanation |
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Articuno ex Deck |
・Can sweep through teams after a successful Misty. ・Has access to all the best Trainer cards. |
Greninja Deck |
・Can deal damage to benched Pokemon via Articuno ex's Blizzard and Greninja's Water Shuriken. ・Articuno ex can be played right away. |
Lapras ex Deck |
・Can keep itself healthy with its Bubble Drain Attack. ・Has a hefty 140 HP, making it difficult to KO. ・Can deal a sizeable 80 damage, allowing it to 2HKO most ex Pokemon, or OHKO most Basic non-exs. |
Deck | Explanation |
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Greninja and Weezing Deck |
・Greninja can damage one of the opponent's Pokemon while it's on the bench. ・Weezing can inflict Poison on the opponent's active Pokemon and can easily be swapped out with Koga. |
Deck | Explanation |
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Blastoise ex Deck |
・Can be powered up with lucky Misty flips. ・Difficult to KO Blastoise ex with its high HP. |
Frosmoth and Articuno ex Deck |
・Can be very disruptive with Frosmoth's Sleep. ・Can be powered up with lucky Misty flips. ・ Articuno ex is one of the best ex Pokemon. |
Omastar and Articuno ex Deck |
・Can sweep through teams after a successful Misty. ・Can lock oppponents out of attacking with Omastar's disruptive Ancient Whirlpool. |
Kingler and Articuno ex Deck |
・Can do 160 damage if Kingler flips heads twice. ・Can sweep through teams after a successful Misty. |
Frosmoth Deck |
・Frosmoth can disrupt enemy team with Sleep ・Tentacruel's Poison can deal continous damage or force a switch |
Lapras ex and Butterfree Deck |
・Difficult to KO thanks to Lapras ex's active healing. ・Butterfree can provide passive healing with Powder Heal. ・Can make use of Misty to accelerate Energy. |
Poliwrath Deck |
・Utilizes single point attackers for favorable point trades. ・Can trade points favorably against ex decks. ・Water deck that does not need Misty. |
Gyarados Deck |
・Disrupts the opponent's set up with Gyarados being able to discard the opponent's Energy. ・Can be powered up with lucky Misty flips. ・Frosmoth is used to stall by putting opponents to Sleep. |
Eeveelutions and Ditto Deck |
・Has access to multiple types of Energy. ・An Eeveelution can be played for different situations. |
Articuno Deck |
・Can make use of Misty to accelerate Energy. ・Has access to all the best Trainer cards. ・Has a chance to paralyze on a lucky heads flip. |
Blastoise Deck | ・Can be powered up with lucky Misty flips. |
Best Water Type Decks and Cards | |
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Best Water Type Decks | Best Water Type Cards |
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Card | Explanation |
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Starmie ex |
・Hydro Splash is good value for 2 Water Energy, dealing 90 damage. ・ Free retreat cost. ・ Easy to set up because it is a Stage 1. |
Articuno ex |
・Can sweep through unprepared teams with a successful Misty. ・ Blizzard deals damage to Benched Pokemon. ・ Blizzard can 2HKO most ex Pokemon. |
Card | Explanation |
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Blastoise ex |
・Can sweep through teams if loaded with enough energy. ・ High 180 HP. |
Lapras ex |
・Sustains itself with Heals from Bubble Drain Attack. ・Has a hefty 140 HP, making it difficult to KO. ・Can deal a sizeable 80 damage, allowing it to 2HKO most ex Pokemon, or OHKO most Basic non-exs. |
Greninja |
・Can deal damage to benched Pokemon. ・Hard to take down due to high HP. |
Golduck |
・Deals decent damage and has decent HP. ・Good unit for early game setup. |
Frosmoth | ・Easily puts opponents to Sleep. ・Requires one evolution. |
Articuno |
・Non-ex Articuno gives the deck a non-ex option. ・Although determined by a coin flip, Ice Beam's paralyzing effect is a valuable asset to have in the deck. |
Tentacruel |
・Can cast Poison. ・Deals 70 damage overall when used on one enemy. |
Cloyster |
・Decreases damage taken by shielding itself. ・Requires energy build-up before dealing decent damage. |
Kingler |
・High HP and requires one evolution. ・Extremely high damage, but also very risky due to its requirements. |
Omastar |
・Prevents from Opponents from Attacking next turn. ・Good for setting up and delaying enemies. |
Card | Explanation |
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Poliwrath |
・Can counter-attack. ・Worth building up due to its HP and damage. |
Dewgong |
・Has high HP but requires energy build to deal damage. ・Can tank slightly heavy hits due to its HP. |
Gyarados |
・Requires energy build up and utilizing Misty's Trainer Card to be viable in battle. ・Can OHKO most enemies when built successfully. ・Can tank heavy hits. |
Vaporeon |
・Has high HP and can tank hits. ・Bubble Drain heals 30 HP which is great sustain. ・Deals enough damage to get most mons to low health. |
Bruxish |
・This card benefits more as an alternative to switch with due to the +60 damage on damaged Pokemon. ・Good card for starting out. |
Card | Explanation |
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Seaking |
・Risky due to coin flip, but can tank most hits with its High HP. ・Really good damage if coin flips are successful. |
Seadra |
・Can target benched Pokemon. ・Good for sabotaging build-ups. |
Starmie | ・Deals 40 damage which gets weaker cards to low health easily. |
Lapras |
・Tanky starter that deals early damage with one water energy. ・Can knock out weaker cards easily after getting 4 Water Energy. |
Swanna |
・Only requires one evolution. ・Can dish out 70 damage. |
Pyukumuku |
・Deals 30 damage immediately. ・Good damage for starting out battles. |
A common theme for Water Type Cards is that they focus on getting more resources on the field and denying opponents to build their board. Some cards also have healing, which helps in prolonging battles.
The best strategy is to utilize Misty's Trainer Card which gives a ton of Water Energy or Gyarados to remove energy from opponents!
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