The Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck is a Flexible Water Deck featuring 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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Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Vaporeon Mythical Island (A1a)			Articuno ex Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						❌
						Deck Difficulty
						★★
Deck Strengths
Vaporeon and Leaf combo can keep the deck Energy-efficient, especially wtih Misty's acceleration. Articuno ex can be powered up quickly with minimal effort with lucky Misty flips.
Deck Weaknesses
Weak to Lightning-type Pokemon. Low damage output

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List of Cards

Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Articuno ×1				Articuno ex ×2				Vaporeon ×2				Eevee ×2
Trainer Cards
Misty ×2				Sabrina ×1				Leaf ×2				Potion ×2
X Speed ×2				Poke Ball ×2				Professor's Research ×2

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Packs Required for Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck

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How to Play Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck

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

Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck Core Combos and Interactions

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

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

Starting with Eevee is decent enough and can knock out a ton of early-game Pokemon if you're lucky. You can then use Professor Oak to look for your other important pieces like Articuno ex, Leaf, and Misty.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

Another solid starting hand is Articuno ex with Poke Ball or another Basic Pokemon. Misty is always a strong turn 1 play. Use Professor's Research to dig for your next Misty or other resources that you can use the following turn.

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Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck Strategies

Articuno ex and Vaporeon Deck Strategies
T1 Misty Vaporeon's Wash Out

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 Articuno or Articuno 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 Articuno or Articuno ex.

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 Eevee into Vaporeon while Benched.
2	Focus on building Articuno or Articuno ex using your additional Energy attachments.

Late Game

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

Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Charizard ex Decks	Type: ・Water Decks naturally match up favorably against Fire decks. ・Articuno ex will have to outpace their Moltres ex.

Worst Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Pikachu ex Decks	Type: ・ Pokemon in the deck are all weak to Lightning. ・ Difficult counterplay to disadvantageous damage trades.

Overall Consistency

Just like any Articuno ex deck, this features a Pokemon that can snowball if you're lucky with Misty. With Vaporeon and Leaf giving you extra protection if your Articuno ex reaches a low HP Treshold.

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Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck F2P & Substitutes

Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck Card Substitutes

Card	Explanation
Gyarados ex Mythical Island (A1a)	・ Gyarados ex's Rampaging Whirlpool can discard Energy from the opponent's pokemon. ・ Gyarados ex's 180 HP can withstand heavy hits compared to Articuno
Blastoise ex Genetic Apex (A1)	・ Vaporeon can help with Blastoise's extra damage with Hydro Bazooka. ・ Struggles with a slow set up with Blastoise being a Stage 2 Pokemon.

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Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck Other Viable Options

Card	Possible Cuts
Gyarados ex Mythical Island (A1a)	・ Gyarados ex's Rampaging Whirlpool can discard Energy from the opponent's pokemon. ・ Gyarados ex's 180 HP can withstand heavy hits compared to Articuno. ▶︎ Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck
Starmie ex Genetic Apex (A1)	・ Does not have a Retreat Cost, so you can skip getting Leaf onto your deck ・ Cheap Energy cost which can help you build your standard Articuno faster

F2P Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck List

F2P Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Articuno x1	Staryu x2	Starmie ex x2	Eevee x2
Vaporeon x2
Trainer Cards
Misty x2	Sabrina x1	Potion x2	X Speed x2
Poke Ball x2	Professor's Research x2

This deck ditches the Leaf and Articuno ex cards for Starmie ex as it has no Retreat cost on top of its cheap energy attack. You can then shuffle around your Energy with Vaporeon so you can swap to Articuno for a chance to Paralyze your opponent.

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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

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