Pokemon TCG Pocket (PTCGP)

Darkrai ex and Weezing Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

Pokemon TGC Pocket - Darkrai ex and Weezing Deck Deck Build and How to Play

The Darkrai ex and Weezing Deck is a Dark-type Offense Deck featuring Darkrai ex from the Space-Time Smackdown 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!

Darkrai ex Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon Tier Ranking
Darkrai ex
Space-Time Smackdown (A2)
Weezing
Genetic Apex (A1)
A+ Tier
Energy Type(s)
Darkness
F2P Friendly?
Deck Difficulty
★★
Deck Strengths
Pokeball Icon Can deal damage simply by attaching Energy.

Pokeball Icon Synergizes with Weezing, which also deals incremental damage with its Gas Leak Ability.

Pokeball Icon Does not share the same weakness to Weezing.
Deck Weaknesses
Pokeball Icon May struggle against Grass-types with low costing Attacks like Exeggutor ex.

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List of Cards

Darkrai ex Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Weezing ×2 Koffing ×2 Spiritomb ×1 Darkrai ex ×2
Trainer Cards
Koga ×2 Leaf ×2 Giant Cape ×2 Cyrus ×2
Potion ×1 Poke Ball ×2 Professor's Research ×2

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Darkrai ex and Weezing Deck

Packs Needed for Darkrai ex and Weezing Deck
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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How to Play Darkrai ex Deck

How to Play Darkrai ex Deck



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Darkrai ex Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Combo Card 1 Combo Card 2 Description
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A2 110 Darkrai exDarkrai ex Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 177 WeezingWeezing ・Build Darkrai in the Bench while dishing out chip damage with its Ability.
・You can focus on providing Darkrai Energy since most of your damage is from Abilities
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 177 WeezingWeezing Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 222 KogaKoga ・Force opponents to shuffle their board around to prevent chip damage from Poison.
・Scoop up Weezing with Koga to prevent your opponent from getting points.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

You can start off by filling your field with Koffings to get your Weezings up early so you can scoop them up with Koga when they get enough damage. Meanwhile, Darkrai ex can just sit in your bench getting energy while dealing chip damage to your opponent.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

Spiritomb is a decent low-cost attacker and can punish decks that like to have a lot of Pokemon on their Bench like Mewtwo ex and Pikachu ex. You can use it to stall out for a bit while trying to get your key cards out.

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Darkrai ex Deck Strategies

Darkrai ex Deck Deck Strategies

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Strategy 1: Gas Leak and Nightmare Aura

Gas Leak and Nightmare Aura

Weezing's Gas Leak and Darkrai ex's Nightmare Aura can deal significant chip damage on your opponent while also pressuring them to switch out. While Darkrai builds Energy, Weezing with the Giant Cape can be used to tank damage.

If you notice that your Weezing is getting low, you can scoop it back up to your hand with Koga. Do note that the Giant Cape will be discarded if you do so.

Strategy 2: Cyrus and Spiritomb

By dealing damage to all your opponent's Pokemon, Spiritomb can set up for Darkrai ex to finish off enemies by swapping out your opponent's low HP Pokemon.

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step Description
1 Prepare to build your board with Koffing and Weezing. Use the Poke Ball or Professor's Research to get Koffing if you don't have it your hand.
2 Leave Darkrai in your bench so you can deal chip damage while buiulding up its Energy.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step Description
1 Make sure your opponents have some form of damage on them while pressuring them to swap their Pokemon around due to Poison.
2 You can tank more damage if you equip Weezing with the Giant Cape.
3 Once you see the perfect chance to pick your opponents off, swap Darkrai ex in by retreating weezing with Leaf or scooping it up with Koga.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1 Once you see your opponent's Pokemon weakened, you can finish them off with Darkrai ex.
2 You can pull back damaged Pokemon with Cyrus if they decide to switch out.

Darkrai ex Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck Commentary

Mewtwo ex Decks
Type: Psychic

・Can disrupt Gardevoirs by forcibly swapping them out.
・Can outpace damage dealt once Psy Shadow is removed.

Worst Matchups

Deck Commentary

Low Energy Cost Decks
Type: Grass

・Grass decks can easily exploit Darkrai ex's weakness and heal off damage with Erika.
・Having low cost attacks means they can easily break your set-up.

Heal Decks
Type: Grass Water Psychic

・Cards like Butterfree, Shaymin, and Florges can quickly heal off chip damage.
While these are rogue decks, these can easily throw you off tempo if you're not prepared.

Overall Consistency

Darkrai ex and Weezing can pressure your opponent into switching out. Setting up with Spiritomb and following up with Cyrus is great synergy for picking off opponents. While not as great as the Weavile ex version, these cards can still work well together, but can be countered by decks that focus on healing.

How to Beat

Darkrai ex and the other cards in the deck can have trouble taking down an Exeggutor ex that can consistently attack for 60 to 100 damage for only one Energy. If you're not using a Grass deck, you can attempt to outpace it and hope you go second so that you do not fall behind on Energy attachments.

Darkrai ex Deck F2P & Substitutes

Darkrai ex Deck Card Substitutes

Card Explanation

Koffing
・ More offensive option than Mythical Island Koffing, but can brick if you're unlucky with Professor's Research and Poke Ball.

Rocky Helmet
・ Additional Chip damage when Weezing gets attacked.
・ Can pressure your opponents into switching out giving Darkrai ex another target for its ability.

Shaymin
・ Can be easily splashed in place of Spiritomb for survivability.
・ Only here just for healing, which doesn't really advance the game state

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Darkrai ex Deck Other Viable Options

Card Possible Cuts

Arbok Line

・Prevent your opponent from switching out making them more susceptible to Darkrai.

Rocky Helmet

・ More offensive option.
・ Additional Chip damage when Weezing gets attacked.
・ Can pressure your opponents into switching out giving Darkrai ex another target for its ability.

Sabrina

・ While Cyrus is preferred, you can swap Sabrina in if you're still trying to pull for him.

Shaymin

・Can be splashed in for more survivability, especially if you're using the Rocky Helmet.

F2P Darkrai ex Deck List

F2P Darkrai ex Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Ekans x2 Arbok x2 Koffing x2 Weezing x2
Darkrai ex x2
Trainer Cards
Poke Ball x2 Koga x2 Sabrina x2 Professor's Research x2
Leaf x2

This deck focuses more on dealing chip damage with Darkrai ex and Weezing and having Arbok be your main attacker. Corner can trap your opponent and succumb to Nightmare Aura and Poison.

This deck is cheaper as you can get most of it in Genetic Apex (Mewtwo). Leaf can also be replaced with X Speed for a more budget option.

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