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Pokemon TGC Pocket - Origin Forme Palkia Best Deck Build and How to Play

This guide will show you how to build some of the strongest Origin Forme Palkia Decks. We'll cover the best Origin Forme Palkia Deck builds, how to use them, as well how to beat Origin Forme Palkia Decks, and more!

The decks on this page reflect the meta around the Shining Revelry Expansion.

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Best Origin Forme Palkia Decks
Other Origin Forme Palkia Decks
Origin Forme Palkia Deck Strategy Guide
How to Beat Origin Forme Palkia Decks
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Best Origin Forme Palkia Decks

Origin Forme Palkia Deck Variants	Strengths and Weaknesses
Gyarados ex and Origin Forme Palkia Deck [★ Best ★]	Strengths: • Gyarados ex has a hefty 180 HP which is pushed to 200 with Giant Cape. • Rampaging Whirlpool can do a devastating 140 damage, KOing most ex Pokemon. • Gyarados ex is a Stage 1, making it a little less difficult to set up than a Stage 2. Weaknesses: • Magikarp is very easy to KO. • Needs multiple turns to set up Gyarados ex.

Gyarados ex and Origin Forme Palkia Deck

Magikarp ×2	Gyarados ex ×2	Manaphy ×2	Origin Forme Palkia ×1
Misty ×2	Sabrina ×1	Leaf ×1	Giant Cape ×2
Irida ×2	Red ×1	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Manaphy can set up its teammates and punish opponents for passive turns. Once Gyarados ex and Origin Forme Palkia are set up, Manaphy can easily retreat while its teammates go on the offensive.

Matchups against Fighting decks that have Genetic Apex Hitmonlee are tough because they threaten to KO Magikarp with Stretch Kick. In these matchups, it is important to scope out if Hitmonlee is on the field, or safely bench Magikarp only if you can evolve the following turn. You may also opt to equip Magikarp with a Giant Cape if possible.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Misty x 2 (Pikachu Pack) Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	Magikarp x 2 (Mew Pack) Gyarados ex x 2 (Mew Pack) Leaf x 1 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Manaphy x 2 (Palkia Pack) Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	Origin Forme Palkia x 1 (Arceus Pack) Irida x 2 (Arceus Pack)
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	No cards needed from this expansion.
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards	Possible Cuts
Rocky Helmet (A2 148)	→ • Cutting Giant Cape in favor of Rocky Helmet can reduce your Pokemon's survivability, but can help put the Defending Pokemon into KO range. • Rocky Helmet is especially useful for KOing high-HP Pokemon like Giratina ex or ex Pokemon with Giant Cape without the use of Red.

Other Origin Forme Palkia Decks

Other Origin Forme Palkia Decks
Origin Forme Palkia and Palkia ex	Bibarel ex and Origin Forme Palkia	-

Origin Forme Palkia and Palkia ex 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.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Misty x 2 (Pikachu Pack) Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	Leaf x 2 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Palkia ex x 2 (Palkia Pack) Manaphy x 2 (Palkia Pack) Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	Origin Forme Palkia x 2 (Arceus Pack) Irida x 2 (Arceus Pack)
Shining Revelry (A2b)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians	No cards needed from this expansion.
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards	Possible Cuts
Red (A2b 071)	→ • A copy of Red can help Origin Forme Palkia KO 140 HP Pokemon like Darkrai ex or Arceus ex after a lucky flip.

Bibarel ex and Origin Forme Palkia Deck

Manaphy ×2	Origin Forme Palkia ×2	Bidoof ×2	Bibarel ex ×2
Sabrina ×1	Leaf ×1	Giant Cape ×2	Irida ×2
Potion ×2	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

This deck uses Manaphy as an Energy accelerator, setting up Origin Forme Palkia and Bibarel as the deck's main attackers. If Manaphy has been knocked out or is not available in your hand, you may also opt to use Origin Forme Palkia as a wall as Bibarel sets up.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	Leaf x 1 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Manaphy x 2 (Palkia Pack) Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	Origin Forme Palkia x 2 (Arceus Pack) Irida x 2 (Arceus Pack)
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Bidoof x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Bibarel ex x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	No cards needed from this expansion.
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Potion x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards	Possible Cuts
Cyrus (A2 150)	→ • A copy of Cyrus can help you be more precise with your KOs, being able to draw out a damaged Pokemon from your opponent's Bench.

Origin Forme Palkia Deck Strategy Guide

Accelerate Energy with Manaphy or Misty

It is ideal to 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.

Use Origin Forme Palkia for Early and Mid-Game Offense

Origin Forme Palkia is an effective single-point attacker that can do 120 damage on a lucky heads flip. Having it active early on allows you to safely set up your ex cards, which can be brought in as finishers once they are ready.

How to Beat Origin Forme Palkia Decks

Drawing Out or Attacking Unprepared Benched Pokemon

Origin Forme Palkia decks typically rely on using it as a wall so its late-game attackers can set up. Sabrina and Cyrus can draw these attackers out to the Active Spot while still unprepared, but you can also use cards that can damage Benched Pokemon such as Genetic Apex Hitmonlee.

Fast Lightning-Type Decks

Lightning-type decks that do not require much setup can be effective in dealing with Origin Forme Palkia decks. In addition to the type advantage, they can also attack much quicker due to a lower Attack Cost, which may allow them to secure KOs.

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Crimson Blaze Decks

CB Magnezone	Mega Lopunny ex	Mega Charizard Y ex	Mega Venusaur ex
CB Heliolisk	Ariados	CB Ditto	Mega Blastoise ex
Mega Steelix ex	Reuniclus	-	-

Top Decks in the Meta

Tier
Mega Lopunny ex and CB Magnezone Deck	Greninja ex and Suicune ex Deck	CB Magnezone and Pom-Pom Oricorio Deck	Mega Absol ex and Hydreigon Deck
Tier
Mega Altaria ex and Chingling Deck	Decidueye ex Deck	CB Magnezone and Darkrai ex Deck	-
Tier
Jolteon ex and Jolteon Deck	Mega Charizard Y ex and Entei ex Deck	Mega Venusaur ex Deck	Ariados and Whimsicott ex
CB Heliolisk and CB Magnezone Deck	Mega Blaziken ex and Heatmor Deck	-	-
Tier
Ditto and Rampardos Deck	Mega Altaria ex and Greninja Deck	Hitmonchan ex and Lucario Deck	-
Tier
Mega Blastoise ex and Manaphy Deck	Mega Steelix ex Deck	Reuniclus and Chingling Deck	-
Tier
Mega Venusaur ex and Leafeon ex Deck	Reuniclus and Gardevoir Deck	-	-

List of All Decks

Core Expansion	Decks
(B1a)	・Ariados ・CB Ditto ・CB Heliolisk ・CB Magnezone ・Mega Blastoise ex ・Mega Charizard Y ex ・Mega Lopunny ex ・Mega Steelix ex ・Mega Venusaur ex ・Reuniclus
(B1)	・Aegislash ・Dragalge ex ・Greninja ex ・Golurk ・Goodra ・Hitmonchan ex ・Hydreigon ・Indeedee ex ・Jolteon ex ・Luxray ・Mega Absol ex ・Mega Altaria ex ・Mega Ampharos ex ・Mega Blaziken ex ・Mega Gyarados ex ・Mega Pidgeot ex ・Mega Pinsir ex ・Melmetal ex ・Rapidash ex ・Tauros ex ・Whimsicott ex
(A4a)	・Altaria ・Celebi ・Dugtrio ・Entei ex ・Galarian Cursola ・Jumpluff ex ・Latios ・Miltank ・Poliwrath ex ・Raikou ex ・Slowking ・SS Eelektross ・Suicune ex ・Zoroark
(A4)	・Crobat ex ・Donphan ex ・Espeon ex ・Ho-oh ex ・Kingdra ex ・Lanturn ex ・Lugia ex ・Magcargo ・Raikou ・Scizor ・Shuckle ex ・Skarmory ex ・Steelix ・Umbreon ex ・WSS Gyarados ・WSS Tyranitar ・Xatu
(A3b)	・Alcremie ・Dragonite ex ・Espeon ・Flareon ex ・Glaceon ・Jolteon ・Leafeon ・Primarina ex ・Slurpuff ・Snorlax ex ・Sylveon ex ・Umbreon ・Vaporeon
(A3a)	・Alolan Dugtrio ex ・Blacephalon ・Buzzwole ex ・Guzzlord ex ・Lycanroc ex ・Naganadel ・Nihilego ・Pheromosa ・Shiinotic ・Silvally ・Stoutland ・Tapu Koko ex ・Ultra Necrozma ex
(A3)	・Alolan Muk ex ・Alolan Ninetales ・Alolan Raichu ex ・Araquanid ・Banette ・Crabominable ex ・Decidueye ex ・Dhelmise ex ・Incineroar ex ・Kommo-o ・Lunala ex ・Mimikyu ・Passimian ex ・Pom-Pom Oricorio ・Rayquaza ex ・Solgaleo ex ・Tsareena ・Turtonator ・Vikavolt ・Wishiwashi ex
(A2b)	・Beedrill ex ・Bibarel ex ・Dondozo ・Gholdengo ・Giratina ex ・Lucario ex ・Meowscarada ・Paldean Clodsire ex ・Pawmot ・SR Charizard ex ・SR Pikachu ex ・Tinkaton ex ・Wugtrio ex
(A2a)	・Abomasnow ・Arceus ex ・Bronzong ・Carnivine ・Crobat ・Donphan ・Garchomp ex ・Gengar ・Glaceon ex ・Heatran ・Houndoom ・Leafeon ex ・Origin Forme Palkia ・Probopass ex ・Snorlax ・Staraptor ・TL Tyranitar
(A2)	・Bastiodon ・Darkrai ex ・Dialga ex ・Empoleon ・Gallade ex ・Garchomp ・Infernape ex ・Lickilicky ex ・Lucario ・Luxray ・Magnezone ・Mesprit ・Mismagius ex ・Pachirisu ex ・Palkia ex ・Porygon-Z ・Rampardos ・Rhyperior ・Togekiss ・Torterra ・Weavile ex ・Yanmega ex
(A1a)	・Aerodactyl ex ・Celebi ex ・Golem ・Gyarados ex ・Mew ex ・Pidgeot ex ・Scolipede
(A1)	・Aerodactyl ・Alakazam ・Arbok ・Arcanine ex ・Articuno ・Articuno ex ・Blastoise ・Blastoise ex ・Centiskorch ・Charizard ・Dragonite ・Exeggutor ex ・Frosmoth ・GA Charizard ex ・GA Gyarados ・GA Pikachu ex ・Gengar ex ・Greninja ・Kabutops ・Kingler ・Lapras ex ・Machamp ex ・Marowak ex ・Melmetal ・Mewtwo ex ・Moltres ex ・Ninetales ・Omastar ・Pidgeot ・Poliwrath ・Primeape ・Raichu ・Starmie ex ・Venusaur ・Venusaur ex ・Weezing ・Wigglytuff ex ・Zapdos ・Zapdos ex

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