The Persian and Mawile Deck is a Hand disruption and Control Deck featuring Persian and Mawile 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!

Persian and Mawile Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Persian Genetic Apex (A1)			Mawile Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★★★
Deck Strengths
Meowth can help with consistency. Persian and Mawile can limit your opponent's options considerably. Key Pokemon have different weaknesses.
Deck Weaknesses
Requires lots of skill to pilot successfully. Lacks damage output for decisive KOs.

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List of Cards

Persian and Mawile Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Mawile ×2				Spearow ×2				Fearow ×2				Meowth ×2
Persian ×2
Trainer Cards
Sabrina ×1				Potion ×2				X Speed ×2				Poke Ball ×2
Red Card ×1				Professor's Research ×2

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Persian and Mawile Deck

Pack	Featured Card

How to Play Persian and Mawile Deck

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

Persian and Mawile Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Disruption Pokemon 1	Disruption Pokemon 2	Description
Persian	Mawile	・Persian can disrupt your opponent's hand by discarding a card from it. ・Mawile can discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokemon..

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

Meowth and Persian are good to find in your opening hand, as well as useful Trainer Cards like Professor's Research, Poke Ball, or X Speed.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

Starting with Mawile is also good, as it can immediately start attacking and put your opponent behind on Energy.

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Persian and Mawile Deck Strategies

Persian and Mawile Deck Strategies
Persian's Shadow Claw Mawile's Crunch

Strategy 1: Persian's Shadow Claw

Persian can control the game by discarding cards from your opponent's hand. This is reliant on lucky flips however, making it risky and inconsistent.

Strategy 2: Mawile's Crunch

Crunch can put your opponents behind on Energy. This is also reliant on lucky flips however, making it risky and inconsistent.

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Send out one of your Basic Pokemon.
2	Use Professor's Research to dig for resources to use the following turn.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Evolve Meowth into Persian. Continue attacking with whichever attacker is already ready.
2	Use Red Card to further disrupt your opponents from setting up.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1	Continue your disruption with Mawile and Persian. Keep this up until you eventually achieve victory.
2	Use Sabrina to put your opponent in disadvantageous situations.

Persian and Mawile Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Dragonite Decks	Type: ・Persian and Mawile's disruption can severely hinder Dragonite's setup.

Worst Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Pikachu ex Decks	Type: ・Pikachu ex needs very few resources to be effective, being able to fight through the deck's disruption.

Overall Consistency

This deck can be consistent but difficult to pilot, resulting in inconsistent results. The reliance on lucky heads flips also makes it inconsistent and unreliable. Using Persian or Mawile to disrupt also takes up careful skill, luck, and point management.

Persian and Mawile Deck F2P & Substitutes

Persian and Mawile Deck Card Substitutes

Card	Explanation
Wigglytuff ex	・Wigglytuff is a tougher Pokemon that can result in more satisfactory results for its attack.

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Persian and Mawile Deck Other Viable Options

Card	Possible Cuts
Farfetch'd	・ Mawile can be resplaced by Farfetch'd, giving the deck more explosive early turns.

F2P Persian and Mawile Deck List

F2P Persian and Mawile Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Meowth x2	Persian x2	Farfetch'd x2	Mawile x2
Trainer Cards
Potion x2	X Speed x2	Poke Ball x2	Professor's Research x2
Giovanni x2	Sabrina x2

The list can be built on a F2P budget as it doesn't require any difficult to find cards.

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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

Rental Decks

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Venusaur ex Rental Deck	Charizard ex Rental Deck	Blastoise ex Rental Deck
Pikachu ex Rental Deck	Mewtwo ex Rental Deck	Machamp ex Rental Deck
Nidoking and Nidoqueen Rental Deck	Kanto Fossils Rental Deck	Koga Rental Deck
Brock Rental Deck	Blaine Rental Deck	Lt. Surge Rental Deck

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