This guide will show you how to build a Palkia ex Deck, one of the most powerful and reliable deck archetypes since the release of the Space-Time Smackdown Expansion of Pokemon TCG Pocket. We'll cover the best Palkia ex Deck builds, how to use them, as well how to beat Palkia ex Decks, and more!

Best Palkia ex Decks

Best Palkia ex Deck Variants
Palkia ex and 18 Trainers Deck [★ New ★]	• Focuses primarily on Palkia ex with 18 Trainer Cards. • Has 18 cards worth of support options. • Requires opponents to take two ex KOs.
Origin Forme Palkia Deck [★ New ★]	• Has access to Origin Forme Palkia, a single-point attacker that doesn't use up resources. • All Pokemon in the deck can get powered up by Manaphy.
Palkia ex and Vaporeon Deck	• Is very energy-efficientand flexible with Vaporeon and Leaf. • Has powerful attackers in Palkia ex and Articuno ex, who are also Misty payoffs. • Giant Cape makes the Pokemon in the deck difficult to OHKO.
Palkia ex and Starmie ex	• Has a powerful backip attacker in Starmie ex, who can 2HKO most exs, or OHKO most low HP Basics. • Cannot fully rely on multiple Palkia ex attacks. • Has access to Dawn, which can move an Energy to your Active when necessary.
Palkia ex and Yanmega ex	• Has Yanmega ex as a backup attacker, who has a cheaper Attack Cost than Palkia ex, and can OHKO Darkrai ex if it doesn't have Giant Cape. • Cannot fully rely on multiple Palkia ex attacks. • Has access to Dawn, which can move an Energy to your Active when necessary.

Palkia ex and 18 Trainers Deck

Palkia ex ×2

Misty ×2

Giovanni ×1

Sabrina ×2

Giant Cape ×2

Rocky Helmet ×1

Cyrus ×1

Mars ×1

Irida ×2

Potion ×2

Poke Ball ×2

Professor's Research ×2

Energy Used

This deck focuses solely on Palkia ex, attacking and winning with it. Everything else in the deck is geared towards supporting Palkia ex and Palkia ex alone.

Deck Building Guide

Origin Forme Palkia Deck

Palkia ex ×2				Manaphy ×2				Origin Forme Palkia ×2				Misty ×2
Sabrina ×1				Leaf ×2				Giant Cape ×2				Cyrus ×1
Irida ×2				Poke Ball ×2				Professor's Research ×2

Energy Used

Origin Forme Palkia is an effective single-point attacker that can do 120 damage on a lucky heads flip. It also doesn't require you to commit to discarding 3 Energy the way that Palkia ex does.

Having Origin Forme Palkia as an attacker frees up your Palkia ex for the late-game, making for impactful Dimensional Storms, and less frequent uneventful turns afterwards.

Palkia ex and Vaporeon Deck

Articuno ex ×1

Vaporeon ×2

Eevee ×1

Palkia ex ×2

Manaphy ×2

Misty ×2

Sabrina ×1

Leaf ×2

Giant Cape ×2

Cyrus ×1

Poke Ball ×2

Professor's Research ×2

Energy Used

Palkia ex and Vaporeon is possibly the best Palkia ex deck, because it has the option to use Dimensional Storm consecutively if it has enough Energy. Manaphy is a huge factor to this strategy, getting lots of Energy on the board. It synergizes with Vaporeon, who can then Wash Out the Energy onto your Active attacker.

Besides the flexibility given by Vaporeon, it also has mobility from Leaf, which allows you to retreat for 2 less Energy.

Palkia ex and Starmie ex Deck

Staryu ×2

Starmie ex ×2

Articuno ex ×1

Palkia ex ×2

Manaphy ×2

Misty ×2

Sabrina ×1

Leaf ×2

Cyrus ×1

Dawn ×1

Poke Ball ×2

Professor's Research ×2

Energy Used

Starmie ex is a solid backup attacker that can 2HKO most exs and OHKO low HP Basics. It also has a free Retreat Cost, which is very useful for when it has to get out of trouble.

Palkia ex and Articuno ex are your targets for Misty, as they can take better advantage of it than Staryu or Starmie ex can, both of which only need few Energy to attack.

Palkia ex and Yanmega ex

Yanma ×2

Yanmega ex ×2

Palkia ex ×2

Manaphy ×2

Misty ×2

Leaf ×1

Cyrus ×1

Dawn ×2

Mars ×1

X Speed ×1

Poke Ball ×2

Professor's Research ×2

Energy Used

The secondary attacker of choice in this deck list is Yanmega ex. It can reliably OHKO Darkrai ex and Weavile ex, while being out of range of getting KOd by other Yanmega ex itself. Yanma and Yanmega ex unfortunately share a weakness with Palkia ex and Manaphy.

Palkia ex and Manaphy are in this deck list too, to enact their respective gameplans as attacker and support.

Palkia ex Deck Guide

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Palkia ex Space-Time Smackdown (A2)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						❌
						Deck Difficulty
						★★
Deck Strengths
Usually has access to Manaphy, which can set Palkia ex up for offense later in the game. Palkia ex is still great in the early game because of its 30 damage Slash. Has access to Misty, which may give it the capability to immediately attack after lucky flips.
Deck Weaknesses
May have difficulty taking on speedy Lightning decks. A Water deck that is not solely reliant on Misty for acceleration.

Palkia ex Deck Strategies

Palkia ex Deck Strategies
Accelerate Energy to Palkia ex Palkia ex Offense

Strategy 1: Accelerate Energy to Palkia ex

Start the game with Manaphy whenever possible and focus on getting as much Energy on the board as you can. You can alternatively use Misty and hope for good flips.

Strategy 2: Palkia ex Offense

Once there is enough Water Energy on your board, start attacking with Palkia ex or any of your other Pokemon ex!

How to Beat Palkia ex Decks

Attack it for Weakness

Dedicated Lightning decks can threaten quick damage on our Pokemon, forcing unfavorable damage trades. Decks can also slot in a Rotom, which can consistently OHKO Manaphy, even if it has a Giant Cape.

Magnezone can also notably deal lots of damage to our Pokemon, while being a single point attacker itself, making prize and damage trades very unfavorable.

In matchups versus type disadvantage, getting lucky on Misty flips is important, otherwise we risk not being able to catch up to our opponent's momentum.

Pachirisu ex Deck

Bad Misty Flips

Palkia ex decks, like other Misty decks, run the chance of flipping poorly on Misty turns. While lucky heads flips can often mean a large momentum swing in our favor, an unlucky tails flip means an unproductive supporter was used for our turn.

While we do play Misty, it is important to be mindful with our Energy attachments and aim to have productive turns.

Best Misty Decks

Palkia ex Tournament Results

Palkia ex Tournament Results
Ursiiday's Pocket Weekly #15 3rd	Victory Road - February Challenge 2nd, 3rd	FrogEX Space-Time Smackdown 4th

Since its introduction in Space-Time Smackdown, Palkia ex would have sporadic appearances in top 4s, but frequent appearances in top 8s. Its failure to capture consistent first place finishes could likely be attributed to Misty's luck based nature, whereas more consistent decks who are not reliant on coin flips get to enjoy more success.

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Best Meta Decks Tier List

Meta Decks

S Tier Decks
Arceus ex
A+ Tier Decks
Carnivine	Rampardos	Crobat
Magnezone and Skarmory	Exeggutor ex	Heatran
Charizard ex	Palkia ex	Darkrai ex
Weavile ex	Yanmega ex	Origin Forme Palkia
A Tier Decks
Leafeon ex	Garchomp ex	Probopass ex
Infernape ex	Pachirisu ex	Gyarados ex and Greninja
Pikachu ex	Dialga ex	Articuno ex
Gallade ex	Abomasnow	Celebi ex
B Tier Decks
Glaceon ex	Bronzong	Tyranitar
Staraptor	Donphan	Starmie ex and Articuno ex
Mewtwo ex and Gardevoir	Golem	Pidgeot ex
Scolipede and Weezing	Garchomp	Porygon-Z
Arcanine ex	Dialga ex and Bastiodon	-
C Tier Decks
・Houndoom Deck ・Snorlax Deck ・Lucario Deck ・Pikachu ex and Raichu Deck ・Venusaur ex Deck ・Volkner Deck ・Togekiss Deck ・Aerodactyl ex Deck ・Alakazam and Jynx Deck ・Dragonite Deck ・Machamp ex Deck ・Blastoise ex Deck ・Marowak ex Deck ・Torterra Deck ・Empoleon Deck ・Mismagius ex Deck ・Volcarona and Arcanine ex Deck ・Wigglytuff ex Deck ・Gengar ex Deck

Off Meta Decks

(A2)
・Dialga ex and Lickilicky ex Deck ・Lake Trio Deck ・Rhyperior Deck ・Togekiss Deck
(A1)	(A1a)
・Arbok Lock Deck ・Brock Deck ・Cinccino Deck ・Frosmoth Deck ・Kingler and Articuno ex Deck ・Lt. Surge Deck ・Melmetal Deck ・Mewtwo ex and Weezing Deck ・Primeape Deck ・Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck ・Victreebel and Exeggutor ex Deck	・Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck ・Mew ex and Weezing Deck ・Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck

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