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Pokemon TCG Pocket - Best Water Type Decks and Cards

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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Best Water Type Decks
Best Water Type Cards
Deck Strategy
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Best Water Type Decks Tier List

Deck Tier List Criteria

	The best decks are in the S tier, which are decks that have amazing consistency on top of being easy to build and function with minimal difficulty.
	A Tier Decks are also powerful, and can also function at a high level, but may not be as easy to pilot as the S Tiers.
	B Tier Decks are decent, but would require more skill to achieve success with.
	C Tier consists of the game's Rogue Decks. These are great for countering specific threats but required skilled pilots to succeed with.

Deck Tier List Explanations

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S Tier

Deck	Explanation
Gyarados ex Deck	・ Manaphy can set up its teammates and punish opponents for passive turns. ・ Gyarados ex is quick to evolve with only 1 stage. ・Huge 180 HP Pokemon that can do 140 damage with Rampaging Whirlpool.

A Tier

Deck	Explanation
Wugtrio ex and Palkia ex Deck	・Two viable attackers that can be easily charged by Manaphy. ・Misty can speed up energy generation.
Palkia ex Deck	・Palkia ex is still great in the early game because of its 30 damage Slash. ・Can sweep with Dimensional Storm's 150 attack . ・Has access to Misty, which may give it the capability to immediately attack after lucky flips.
Starmie ex and Articuno ex Deck	・ Starmie has an inexpensive, 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.
Articuno ex Deck	・Can sweep through teams after a successful Misty. ・Has access to all the best Trainer cards.

B Tier

Deck	Explanation
Origin Forme Palkia Deck	・ Has Manaphy to set up the deck's attackers. ・ Origin Forme Palkia is available as a single-point attacker that doesn't require you to discard Energy. ・ Palkia ex for big KOs in the late-game.
Gyarados ex and Greninja Deck	・ Gyarados ex is hard to KO with its high HP. ・ Rampaging Whirlpool can discard Energy from the opponent’s Pokemon. ・ Greninja can damage any of the opposing Pokemon with Water Shuriken even when benched.

C Tier

Deck	Explanation
Empoleon Deck	・Poth Empoleon and Palkia ex can damage Benched Pokemon as well as the Active Pokemon. ・Palkia ex is great in the early game because of its 30 damage Slash.
Abomasnow Deck	・Abomasnow can be set up quicker as long as Arceus is on the field. ・ Both Palkia and Arceus can deal an immense amount of damage once set up.
Bibarel ex Deck	・ Bibarel ex has a relatively high damage. ・Tanky and able to heal when attacking ・Key Pokemon have different weaknesses.
Dondozo Deck	・Uses Giratina ex as a battery and transfer the accumulated energy with Dawn. ・Dondozo can retreat for free with Tatsugiri's Ability.
Glaceon ex Deck	・ Glaceon's Snowy Terrain Ability works similar to Poison, dealing damage between turns. ・ A Water-type that doesn't share a weakness with other notable Water-types.

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Tier	Card

Card Tier List Criteria

	The best cards are in the S tier, which are cards that will always be impactful whenever they are played. These are cards that must always be answered or else they will take over a game.
	A Tier cards are cards that are also powerful but do not necessarily centralize a game when they are on the field.
	B Tier cards are less impactful but are still worth using in a deck.
	C Tier cards are good but may have better alternatives available.