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Dialga ex and Bastiodon Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

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Pokemon TGC Pocket - Dialga ex and Bastiodon Deck Deck Build and How to Play

The Dialga ex and Bastiodon Deck is a Tanky Beatdown Deck featuring Dialga 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, and how to play it!

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Dialga ex and Bastiodon Deck Card List and Tier
How to Play
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Dialga ex and Bastiodon Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon		Tier Ranking
Dialga ex Space-Time Smackdown (A2)	Bastiodon Space-Time Smackdown (A2)
		Energy Type(s)

		F2P Friendly?
		❌
		Deck Difficulty
		★
Deck Strengths
Dialga ex can effectively power up Pokemon with Colorless or Metal Attack costs. Can be partnered with lots of different Metal or Colorless Pokemon, making it very versatile. Bastiodon becomes immensely difficult to KO once it is set up.
Deck Weaknesses
Needs two Energy attachments, making it so going first is even more disadvantageous. May have difficulty against speedy Fire decks.

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List of Cards

Mew ex ×1	Shieldon ×2	Bastiodon ×2	Dialga ex ×2
Leaf ×2	Armor Fossil ×2	Pokemon Communication ×1	Giant Cape ×2
Dawn ×2	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Dialga ex and Bastiodon Deck

Packs Needed for Dialga ex and Bastiodon Deck

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How to Play Dialga ex and Bastiodon Deck

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

Dialga ex is the deck's ideal starter, but Mew ex is okay as well because of its one Retreat Cost. If you happen to start with Mew ex with no Dialga ex in play, try to find it with Poke Ball and don't hesitate to use Leaf to retreat into it.

It is important to never miss your Energy attachments because Dialga ex's Metallic Turbo costs two.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

Bench your Armor Fossil every chance you can so that you can evolve it the following turn into Sheildon. Attach Giant Cape to Dialga ex to keep it in the game longer, as you power up your benched Shieldon.

Use resources like Professor's Research to find Bastiodon and evolve it immediately.

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Dialga ex and Bastiodon Deck Strategies

Attention!	The strategy guide for this deck is a work in progress. Check back soon!

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S Tier Decks
Giratina ex
A+ Tier Decks
Arceus ex	Gyarados ex	Weavile ex
Gallade ex	Articuno ex	Charizard ex
Meowscarada	-	-
A Tier Decks
Palkia ex	Rampardos	Clodsire ex
Charizard ex	Wugtrio ex	Dialga ex
Darkrai ex	Magnezone	Carnivine
Starmie ex	Origin Forme Palkia	-
B Tier Decks
Pikachu ex	Lucario ex	Beedrill ex
Gholdengo	Exeggutor ex	Pachirisu ex
Celebi ex	Yanmega ex	Leafeon ex
Garchomp ex	Probopass ex	Crobat
Donphan	Heatran	Infernape
C Tier Decks
・Tinkaton ex Deck ・Bibarel ex Deck ・Dondozo Deck ・Pawmot Deck ・Mewtwo ex Deck ・Blaine Deck ・Genetic Apex Pikachu ex Deck ・Pidgeot ex Deck ・Scolipede and Weezing Deck ・Golem Deck ・Dialga ex and Bastiodon Deck ・Lucario Deck ・Garchomp Deck ・Togekiss Deck ・Porygon-Z Deck ・Volkner Deck ・Rhyperior Deck ・Magnezone Deck ・Empoleon Deck ・Torterra Deck ・Lake Trio Deck ・Glaceon ex Deck ・Bronzong Deck ・Abomasnow Deck ・Staraptor Deck ・Tyranitar Deck ・Snorlax Deck ・Houndoom Deck

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(A2)	・Darkrai ex and Weezing Deck ・Dialga ex and Lickilicky ex Deck ・Magnezone and Marshadow Deck ・Magnezone Deck ・Lake Trio Deck ・Rhyperior Deck
(A1a)	・Aerodactyl ex Deck ・Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck ・Mew ex and Weezing Deck ・Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck ・Volcarona and Arcanine ex Deck
(A1)	・Aerodactyl and Dragonite Deck ・Alakazam and Jynx Deck ・Arbok Lock Deck ・Articuno Deck ・Blastoise Deck ・Blastoise ex Deck ・Brock Deck ・Centiskorch and Moltres ex Deck ・Charizard Deck ・Cinccino and Weezing Deck ・Dragonite Deck ・Dragonite and Weezing Deck ・Eeveelutions and Ditto Deck ・Exeggutor and Alakazam Deck ・Frosmoth Deck ・Gengar ex and Golbat Deck ・Gengar ex Deck ・Grapploct and Pidgeot Deck ・Greninja and Articuno ex Deck ・Greninja and Weezing Deck ・Gyarados Deck ・Kabutops Deck ・Kingler and Articuno ex Deck ・Koga Deck ・Lapras ex and Butterfree Deck ・Lapras ex Deck ・Lickitung and Primeape Deck ・Lickitung Deck ・Lt. Surge Deck ・Machamp ex Deck ・Melmetal Deck ・Mewtwo ex and Weezing Deck ・Moltres Deck ・Omastar and Articuno ex Deck ・Persian and Mawile Deck ・Pikachu ex and Raichu Deck ・Poliwrath Deck ・Primeape Deck ・Tentacruel and Greninja Deck ・Venusaur Deck ・Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck ・Venusaur ex Deck ・Victreebel and Exeggutor ex Deck ・Zapdos Deck ・Zapdos ex Deck

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Starter Decks	・Pinsir Starter Deck ・Rapidash Starter Deck ・Sandslash Starter Deck
Genetic Apex Rental and Theme Decks	・Koga Rental Deck ・Brock Rental Deck ・Kanto Fossils Rental Deck ・Nidoking and Nidoqueen Rental Deck

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