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Last updated on: December 17, 2025 06:05 AM

Pokemon TGC Pocket - Gholdengo Best Deck Build and How to Play

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

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

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Best Gholdengo Decks
Gholdengo Deck Strategy Guide
How to Beat Gholdengo Decks
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Best Gholdengo Decks

Gholdengo Deck Variants	Strengths and Weaknesses
Gholdengo and Dialga ex Deck [★ Best ★]	Strengths: • Gholdengo can be loaded up with Energy by Dialga ex for a huge Scintillating Surfing Attack later on. • Gholdengo is a single-point attacker that makes for favorable point trades against ex Pokemon. Weaknesses: • Dependent on strong Dialga ex starts, or else it will need to use up resources to maneuver into ideal first turn setups. • Reliant on lucky flips, and can only be consistent if it has lots and lots of Energy attached, usually through the help of Dialga ex.

Gholdengo Deck Variants

Strengths and Weaknesses

Gholdengo and Dialga ex Deck
[★ Best ★]

Strengths:
• Gholdengo can be loaded up with Energy by Dialga ex for a huge Scintillating Surfing Attack later on.
• Gholdengo is a single-point attacker that makes for favorable point trades against ex Pokemon.

Weaknesses:
• Dependent on strong Dialga ex starts, or else it will need to use up resources to maneuver into ideal first turn setups.
• Reliant on lucky flips, and can only be consistent if it has lots and lots of Energy attached, usually through the help of Dialga ex.

Gholdengo and Dialga ex Deck

Mew ex ×1	Dialga ex ×2	Gimmighoul ×2	Gholdengo ×2
Sabrina ×1	Leaf ×2	Pokemon Communication ×1	Giant Cape ×2
Dawn ×2	Adaman ×1	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Gholdengo is a single-point attacker that can be paired with Dialga ex. Once loaded with lots of Energy, Gholdengo's Scinitllating Surfing will then be able to deal lots of damage dependent on lucky coin flips, similar to Celebi ex.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	Mew ex x 1 (Mew Pack) Leaf x 2 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Dialga ex x 2 (Dialga Pack) Pokemon Communication x 1 (Dialga Pack) Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack) Dawn x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	Adaman x 1 (Arceus Pack)
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Gimmighoul x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Gholdengo 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	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Gholdengo Deck Strategy Guide

Dialga ex Setup

Dialga ex is your ideal start, and you would always want a turn 1 Energy attachment into a turn 2 Metallic Turbo.

It can also pivot from an accelerator to an attacker with the use of Dawn, by transfering an Energy from a Benched Pokemon and a turn attachment of Energy, which meets the Energy requirement of Heavy Impact. It is also recommended you keep using Metallic Turbo until Gholdengo has accumulated an absurd amount of Energy so that it can attack for a big KO the following turn.

Gholdengo's Scintillating Surfing

Gholdengo works similarly to Celebi ex with its Scintillating Surfing Attack doing 50 for each Metal Energy attached. Once it's loaded up with lots of Energy, it can swing for big damage.

How to Beat Gholdengo Decks

Unlucky Flips

Gholdengo is largely dependent on an ideal Dialga ex setup and lucky heads flips. Even with lots of Energy attached, Gholdengo runs the chance of whiffing important KOs, making this a very inconsistent attacker unless it is loaded with an absurd amount of Energy.

Gholdengo also only has 120 HP, which is low compared to an ex. This makes it easy to KO.

Use Decks with Faster Setup

Decks that can deal damage to Dialga ex and take it out in a few hits are difficult for this deck to go up against. Beating it requires that you knock out one Gholdengo and one Dialga ex, so decks that can quickly take points have a distinct advantage against this deck.

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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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Anonymous 9 months

Yup might even be c tier deck. If you do not get dialga/dialga, or dialga/ gimmieghoul might as well concede

Anonymous 9 months

This is a B tier deck. I’ve had more success with rampardos and locario than this deck

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