Pokemon TCG Pocket (PTCGP)

Volkner Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

Pokemon TGC Pocket - Volkner Deck Deck Build and How to Play

The Volkner Deck is a Tanky Beatdown Deck featuring Luxray and Magnezone 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!

Volkner Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon Tier Ranking
Luxray
Space-Time Smackdown (A2)
Magnezone
Space-Time Smackdown (A2)
B Tier
Energy Type(s)
Lightning
F2P Friendly?
Deck Difficulty
★★
Deck Strengths
Pokeball Icon Magneton can build its own Energy in the Bench so you can focus all your turn-by-turn Energy on Shinx.

Pokeball Icon Magnezone can discard energy and then recycled with Volkner onto Luxray.

Pokeball Icon Luxray can snipe Pokemon in the Bench.
Deck Weaknesses
Pokeball Icon Struggles against decks that can quickly set-up like Exeggutor ex.

Pokeball Icon Can struggle against aggressive Fighting-type decks.

Pokeball Icon Extremely slow to set up

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List of Cards

Volkner Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Magnemite ×2 Magneton ×2 Druddigon ×1 Magnezone ×2
Shinx ×2 Luxio ×2 Luxray ×2
Trainer Cards
Pokemon Communication ×1 Rocky Helmet ×2 Volkner ×2 Professor's Research ×2

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Volkner Deck

Packs Needed for Volkner 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 Pokemon TCG Pocket - Space-Time Smackdown (A2) Pack

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How to Play Volkner Deck

How to Play Volkner Deck



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Volkner Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Combo Card 1 Combo Card 2 Description
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A2 060 LuxrayLuxray Pokemon TCG Pocket - A2 153 VolknerVolkner ・Magnezone and Luxray both discard Lightning Energy which Volkner can recycle.
・Attack with Magnezone and then pick off weakened opponents in the bench with Luxray.
Pokemon TCG Pocket - A1 098 MagnetonMagneton Pokemon TCG Pocket - A2 053 MagnezoneMagnezone ・Focus on building Magnezone in Bench while funneling your energy to Luxray.
・Strategy relies on Genetic Apex Magneton's Ability.

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

Start off the battle with Drudiggon with a Rocky Helmet up first and have Shinx and Magnemite in your Bench. If you're going second, you can opt for Shinx and hope the coin flips are in your favor.

On your next turn, evolve Magnemite into Magneton and start getting energy onto it while funneling all your turn-by-turn energy on Shinx.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

If you start off with no Magnemite, try to get more cards with either Professor's Research or Pokemon Communications. Try to stall out with either Drudiggon or Shinx if you're unlucky.

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Volkner Deck Strategies

Volkner Deck Deck Strategies


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Strategy 1: Drudiggon Stall

Drudiggon Stall Set-up

The main strategy of this deck is to stall out with Druddigon while you focus on building energy for your eventual Luxray and Magnezone. If your opponent plays Sabrina, you can also stall out with Shinx's Hide.

Strategy 2: Volt Charge Magneton

Genetic Apex's Magneton has the Ability Volt Charge which lets you generate more Lightning Energy for it. This synergizes well with Magnezone since it discards an Energy when it attacks.

Strategy 3: Volkner and Luxray

Luxray is the main focus of this deck as it can be used to attack weakened Pokemon on your opponent's bench. Luxray's steep Energy discard cost can be easily mitigated since Volkner can put two back onto Luxray.

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step Description
1 Stall out with Drudiggon while you wait to draw into Luxio and Magneton.
2 Focus your Energy on Shinx as Magneton can produce its own Energy.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step Description
1 Get Luxray out first while keeping Magneton in your Bench gathering Energy.
2 Luxray can switch out after attacking and Magnezone can take its place.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1 Use Volkner to recover two Energy from Discard Pile.
2 Luxray can take down any ex Pokemon in your opponent's bench that Magnezone managed to weaken.

Volkner Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Deck Commentary

Tanky Water Decks
Type: Water

・Magneton can help match the advantage Misty and Manaphy can generate.
・Can snipe weakened Pokemon in your opponent's Bench

Worst Matchups

Deck Commentary

Aerodactyl ex Decks
Type: Fighting

・Aerodactyl ex can slot in Cyrus or Sabrina to get your Magnemite or Shinx in your Active Zone, making it impossible to evolve them.

Overall Consistency

Although the deck has extremely high damage potential, the deck is very slow and relies on two Stage 2 Pokemon making it difficult to search for Key cards.

Moreover, even if the deck's attacks can OHKO a lot of regular Pokemon, the damage is not enough for meta ex cards like Gyarados ex or Palkia ex despite the type advantage.

Volkner Deck F2P & Substitutes

Volkner Deck Card Substitutes

Card Explanation

Electivire
・ Stage 1 Pokemon that can outpace Luxray.
・ Higher energy cost but can be offset with Magnezone and Space-Time Smackdown Electabuzz.

Dedenne
・ Has a cheaper retreat cost than Drudiggon letting you save points from your opponent.
・ Not as tanky as Drudiggon, but can prove to be just as effective if you're lucky.

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Volkner Deck Other Viable Options

Card Possible Cuts

Electivire Line

・ Can also slot in Leaf to retreat Drudiggon for no cost.
・ Higher energy cost than Luxray, but does not discard Energy.
・ Has to tank a few hits as Electabuzz, so it can use Charge to attack for more Energy.

Dedenne

・ Can lock your opponent from attacking and retreating their Active Pokemon.
・ Requires coin flips making it luck-reliant.

F2P Volkner Deck List

F2P Volkner Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Electivire x2 Electabuzz x2 Magnemite x2 Magneton x2
Magnezone x2 Druddigon x1
Trainer Cards
Pokemon Communication x1 Rocky Helmet x2 Volkner x2 Professor's Research x2
Leaf x2

This deck can be just as good as the Luxray variant, but can face some issues wiith managing the Retreat Cost of Drudiggon and Electivire.

While Leaf can alleviate some of its issues, it will lock you out of using Volkner for your turn. Electabuzz also needs to be able to tank a few hits since it needs to attack with Charge.
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