The Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck is a Water-type Beatdown Deck featuring Gyarados ex and Vaporeon from the Mythical Island 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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Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Gyarados ex Mythical Island (A1a)			Vaporeon Mythical Island (A1a)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						❌
						Deck Difficulty
						★★
Deck Strengths
Gyarados ex's 180 HP can withstand heavy hits. Vaporeon and Leaf combo can keep the deck Energy-efficient, especially wtih Misty's acceleration. Gyarados ex's Rampaging Whirlpool can discard Energy from the opponent's pokemon.
Deck Weaknesses
Gyarados ex uses a lot of Energy for its Attack. Rampaging Whirlpool can discard energy from your own Pokemon. Magikarp can get KOd easily because of its low HP.

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List of Cards

Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Articuno ex ×2				Magikarp ×2				Gyarados ex ×2				Vaporeon ×2
Eevee ×2
Trainer Cards
Misty ×2				Leaf ×2				X Speed ×2				Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2

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How to Play Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck

How to Play Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck
Core Combos and Interactions Starting Hand Deck Strategies Game Phases

Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Primary Attacker	Support	Best Supporter
Gyarados ex	Vaporeon	Leaf
Description
・Use Leaf to reduce Retreat Cost and retreat Pokemon to Bench ・Use Vaporeon to transfer energy from Bench Pokemon to Gyarados ex.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

Starting with Magikarp is not always bad. Attach an Energy and use Leap Out to get it out of the Active Spot. This allows you to safely move Magikarp to the Bench while also attaching an Energy to it for the turn while you send out a different Active Pokemon.

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Recommended Starting Hand

A turn 2 Gyarados ex is also strong, but that would mean Magikarp would need to survive a turn. Use Poke Ball to find a Benched Pokemon so that you don't get donked, and use Misty only when Gyarados ex is in play, that way you don't end up losing Energy if Magikarp is KOd.

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Deck Strategies

Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck Strategies
T1 Misty Vaporeon's Wash Out Gyarados ex Offense

Strategy 1: T1 Misty

T1 Misty

A successful T1 Misty can often spell victory for Articuno ex decks, creating an advantage that's difficult to catch up to. Use Misty and turn attachments to power up Articuno ex as quick as possible.

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Vaporeon's Wash Out

Vaporeon and Leaf can be used in tandem to be more efficient with your attached Energy and also for paying for Gyarados ex's high energy cost.

Use Leaf to reduce the Retreat Cost of your active pokemon and bring them to the Bench. Afterwards, you can use Vaporeon's Wash Out Ability to take the energy of your Benched Pokemon and transfer them to Gyarados ex.

Gyarados ex Offense

Gyarados ex's Rampaging Whirlpool can randomly discard energy from any pokemon. This move can be very advantageous if it could discard energy from your opponent's pokemon, but keep in mind that it can also take energy from your own pokemon.

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Place Articuno ex in the Active Spot while building your pokemon in bench.
2	Use Misty to generate additional energy for Articuno ex if needed.

Mid Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Evolve Magikarp into Gyarados ex while Benched.
2	Evolve Eevee into Vaporeon while Benched.
3	Focus on building Gyarados ex using your additional Energy attachments.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Use Leaf to reduce the cost of Articuno ex's Retreat Cost.
2	Retreat Articuno ex and send Gyarados ex out into the Active Spot.
3	Use Vaporeon's Wash Out to move Energy to Gyarados ex so that it can meet its expensive Attack cost.

Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Fire Decks	Type: ・Water Decks naturally match up favorably against Fire decks.

Worst Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Pikachu ex Decks	Type: ・ Pokemon in the deck are all weak to Lightning with the exception of Eevee. ・ Variants with Zebstrika and Mythical Island Electabuzz can pick off our Magikarp.

Overall Consistency

The deck may struggle in the early game but can win in the mid to late game thanks to Gyarados ex's damage, disruption, and survivability. While Misty can help mitigate the deck's early-game weakness, starting with Magikarp and its low HP can prove to be detrimental to the deck's success. Be sure to bench Magikarp only if you have Gyarados ex ready for the following turn.

Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck F2P & Substitutes

Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck Card Substitutes

Card	Explanation
Chatot	・Chatot can boost the deck's consistency by allowing you to refresh your hand and draw evolution cards

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Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck Other Viable Options

Card	Possible Cuts
Magikarp	・ Genetic Apex Magikarp can replace Mythical Island Magikarp, which gives you an option of dealing 10 damage at the cost of Mythical Island Magikarp's evasion.

F2P Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck List

F2P Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Magikarp x2	Gyarados x2	Eevee x2	Vaporeon x2
Articuno x2
Trainer Cards
Misty x2	Leaf x2	Professor's Research x2	X Speed x2
Poke Ball x2

Genetic Apex Gyarados can function as a stand-in for if you don't have Gyarados ex yet. It also has a massive payoff for its Hyper Beam attack. The deck's strategy remains the same with Vaporeon, Misty, and Leaf letting you be efficient with your Energy.

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Meta Decks

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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

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