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Palkia ex Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

Palkia ex Deck

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
Deck Icon Palkia ex and Vaporeon Deck
[★ Best ★]
• 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.
Deck Icon 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.
Deck Icon 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 Vaporeon

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
Water Icon

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.

Deck Building Guide

Packs Needed for Dialga ex and Melmetal Deck
Pokemon TCG Pocket - Promo-A Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Genetic Apex (A1) Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Genetic Apex (A1) Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Mythical Island (A1a) Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Space-Time Smackdown (A2) Dialga Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Space-Time Smackdown (A2) Palkia Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Space-Time Smackdown (A2) Pack

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Palkia ex and Starmie ex

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
Water Icon

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.

Packs Needed for Exeggutor ex and Celebi ex
Pokemon TCG Pocket - Promo-A Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Genetic Apex (A1) Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Mythical Island (A1a) Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Space-Time Smackdown (A2) Dialga Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Space-Time Smackdown (A2) Palkia Pack

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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
Water Icon

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.

Packs Needed for Exeggutor ex and Yanmega ex
Pokemon TCG Pocket - Promo-A Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Genetic Apex (A1) Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Mythical Island (A1a) Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Space-Time Smackdown (A2) Dialga Pack Pokemon TCG Pocket - Space-Time Smackdown (A2) Palkia Pack

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Palkia ex Guide

Ace Pokemon Tier Ranking
Palkia ex
Space-Time Smackdown (A2)
Manaphy
Space-Time Smackdown (A2)
A+ Tier
Energy Type(s)
Water
F2P Friendly?
Deck Difficulty
★★
Deck Strengths
Pokeball Icon Has access to Manaphy, which can set Palkia ex up for offense later in the game.

Pokeball Icon Palkia ex is still great in the early game because of its 30 damage Slash.

Pokeball Icon Has access to Misty, which may give it the capability to immediately attack after lucky flips.
Deck Weaknesses
Pokeball Icon May have difficulty taking on speedy Lightning decks.

Pokeball Icon A Water deck that is not solely reliant on Misty for acceleration.

Palkia ex Deck Strategies

Palkia ex Deck Strategies

Strategy 1: Manaphy's Oceanic Blessing

Start the game with Manaphy whenever possible and focus on getting as much Energy on the board as you can using Misty and Manaphy's Oceanic Blessing.

Strategy 2: Palkia ex Offense

Once there is enough Energy on your board, retreat Manaphy and transfer the Energy to your attacker of choice using Vaporeon's Wash Out. Articuno ex and Palkia ex are both great payoffs for this strategy.

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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Meta Decks

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Dialga ex and Lickilicky exDialga ex and Lickilicky ex Pachirisu exPachirisu ex Yanmega exYanmega ex
Infernape ex DeckInfernape ex Gallade exGallade ex Dialga ex and MelmetalDialga ex and Melmetal
Darkrai ex and WeezingDarkrai ex and Weezing LucarioLucario GarchompGarchomp
Porygon-ZPorygon-Z Togekiss NewTogekiss Dialga ex and BastiodonDialga ex and Bastiodon
RhyperiorRhyperior Mismagius exMismagius ex Mewtwo ex and GardevoirMewtwo ex and Gardevoir
Celebi ex and SerperiorCelebi ex and Serperior Pikachu ex and ZebstrikaPikachu ex and Zebstrika Gyarados ex and GreninjaGyarados ex and Greninja
Vaporeon and Articuno exVaporeon and Articuno ex Volcarona and Arcanine exVolcarona and Arcanine ex Scolipede and WeezingScolipede and Weezing
Starmie ex and Articuno exStarmie ex and Articuno ex Arcanine exArcanine ex BlaineBlaine
Pikachu ex and RaichuPikachu ex and Raichu Gyarados ex and VaporeonGyarados ex and Vaporeon Pidgeot exPidgeot ex
Charizard exCharizard ex Aerodactyl ex and PrimeapeAerodactyl ex and Primeape Exeggutor exExeggutor ex
GolemGolem Lt. SurgeLt. Surge -

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Empoleon DeckEmpoleon Volkner Deck IconVolkner Alakazam and JynxAlakazam and Jynx
Mew ex and WeezingMew ex and Weezing DragoniteDragonite Articuno exArticuno ex
Venusaur exVenusaur ex Dragonite and WeezingDragonite and Weezing Lapras exLapras ex
Greninja Greninja Mewtwo ex and Weezing Mewtwo ex and Weezing Marowak exMarowak ex
PrimeapePrimeape Venusaur and WeezingVenusaur and Weezing ArbokArbok Lock
Zapdos exZapdos ex Blastoise exBlastoise ex Gengar exGengar ex
Machamp exMachamp ex Wigglytuff exWigglytuff ex MelmetalMelmetal
KogaKoga Omastar and Articuno exOmastar and Articuno ex Kingler and Articuno exKingler and Articuno ex
FrosmothFrosmoth Lapras ex and ButterfreeLapras ex and Butterfree PoliwrathPoliwrath
Tentacruel and GreninjaTentacruel and Greninja Victreebel and Exeggutor exVictreebel and Exeggutor ex Gengar ex and GolbatGengar ex and Golbat
Persian and MawilePersian and Mawile Lickitung and PrimeapeLickitung and Primeape Gengar ex and GolbatExeggutor ex and Alakazam
Frosmoth and Articuno exFrosmoth and Articuno ex GyaradosGyarados CentiskorchCentiskorch and Moltres ex
Grapploct DeckGrapploct Cincinno and Weezing Cinccino and Weezing BrockBrock
KabutopsKabutops Aerodactyl and DragoniteAerodactyl and Dragonite Eeveelutions and DittoEeveelutions and Ditto
LickitungLickitung ArticunoArticuno ZapdosZapdos
MoltresMoltres VenusaurVenusaur CharizardCharizard
BlastoiseBlastoise - -

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