This guide will show you how to build a Giratina ex Deck, one of the most powerful and reliable deck archetypes since the release of the Shining Revelry Expansion of Pokemon TCG Pocket. We'll cover the best Giratina ex Deck builds, how to use them, as well how to beat Giratina ex Decks, and more!

Best Giratina ex Decks

Best Giratina ex Deck Variants
Giratina ex Deck [★ Best ★]	• Rewards passive turns with Giratina ex and Darkrai ex's Abilities. • Can choose when to go for KOs on decisive turns.
Giratina ex and Mew ex Deck	• Mew ex can tank hits for Giratina ex while also deal high damage. • You can use Budding Expeditioner to withdraw Mew ex and send in Giratina ex.
Giratina ex and Arceus ex Deck	• With Dawn, you can deal 130 damage with Arceus ex as early as your second turn. • Manage Giratina ex's self-damaging effect with Shaymin's Ability.
Giratina ex and Mismagius ex Deck	• With Giratina ex's Ability and Dawn, you can deal 70 damage with Mismagius ex on your second turn even if you go first. • The Confuse condition can ruin your opponent's strategy.
Dondozo Deck	• Uses Giratina ex as a battery and transfer the accumulated energy with Dawn. • Dondozo can retreat for free with Tatsugiri's Ability.

Giratina ex Deck

Druddigon ×2				Darkrai ex ×2				Giratina ex ×2				Sabrina ×1
Leaf ×2				Rocky Helmet ×2				Cyrus ×1				Red ×2
Potion ×2				Poke Ball ×2				Professor's Research ×2

Energy Used

Darkrai ex pairs nicely with Giratina ex, being Pokemon who reward you simply by being on the field.

You can simply play out your turns by attaching Energy to Darkrai ex and ending your turn with Giratina ex's Broken-Space Bellow. Darkrai ex's Nightmare Aura can put opposing Pokemon into KO range for Giratina ex's Chaotic Impact.

Additionally, Rocky Helmet on Druddigon can deal a total of 40 damage putting nearly all Pokemon into Giratina ex's KO range.

Once Giratina ex or Darkrai ex are ready to attack, switch out your Active Pokemon with Leaf. Use Red to reach important HP benchmarks like Dialga ex's 150 when Darkrai ex's incremental damage isn't enough.

Deck Building Guide

Giratina ex and Mew ex Deck

Mew ex ×2

Giratina ex ×2

Sabrina ×1

Budding Expeditioner ×2

Giant Cape ×2

Rocky Helmet ×2

Cyrus ×1

Red ×2

Potion ×2

Poke Ball ×2

Professor's Research ×2

Energy Used

This deck uses Mew ex to take hits for the first few turns as well as an attacker whenever it can, which becomes more effective when facing Pokemon with high-damage Attacks, while Giratina ex generates energy on the Bench.

Once Giratina ex is ready, Mew ex can be scooped back up to your hand with Budding Expeditioner, allowing you to send in Giratina ex without spending on retreat costs while also keeping Mew ex from getting KOd.

Deck Building Guide

Giratina ex and Arceus ex Deck

Shaymin ×2

Arceus ex ×2

Giratina ex ×2

Sabrina ×1

Leaf ×2

Giant Cape ×2

Cyrus ×1

Dawn ×2

Red ×2

Poke Ball ×2

Professor's Research ×2

Energy Used

This Giratina ex deck enables Arceus ex to deal 130 damage as early as your second turn (or third if you went first) through the Giratina ex's Ability and Dawn. Shaymin's role is to fill the bench to increase Arceus ex's damage and heal Giratina ex from the damage inflicted by Chaotic Impact to itself.

Deck Building Guide

Giratina ex and Mismagius ex Deck

Mismagius ex ×2

Giratina ex ×2

Misdreavus ×2

Sabrina ×1

Leaf ×2

Giant Cape ×1

Cyrus ×1

Dawn ×2

Red ×1

Potion ×2

Poke Ball ×2

Professor's Research ×2

Energy Used

This version of the Giratina ex deck allows you to attack on your second turn, even if you went first, with Mismagius ex.

On your first turn, place Misdreavus on the active spot and have Giratina ex use its Ability. If you have Mismagius ex on your hand next turn, you can evolve Misdreavus and have Dawn transfer Giratina ex's one energy to Mismagius ex to immediately attack.

Deck Building Guide

Giratina ex and Dondozo Deck

Dondozo ×2

Tatsugiri ×2

Giratina ex ×2

Misty ×2

Leaf ×2

Cyrus ×2

Dawn ×2

Irida ×2

Poke Ball ×2

Professor's Research ×2

Energy Used

Giratina ex's main role in this deck is to generate energy with Borken-Space Bellow and transfer it to Dondozo using Dawn to fulfill the two Colorless energy requirement of Ocean Cyclone.

With the right cards, Dondozo can use its attack and deal damage to the other half of the board as early as your third turn.

Dondozo Deck Strategy Guide and Card List

Giratina ex Deck Guide

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Giratina ex Shining Revelry (A2b)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★
Deck Strengths
Rewards passive turns with Energy acceleration. Can be partnered with Darkrai ex for passive damage on the Defending Pokemon using Nightmare Aura.
Deck Weaknesses
Weak to Dark-type decks Chaotic Impact also damages Giratina ex.

Giratina ex Deck Strategies

Use Its Giratina ex as a Battery

Giratina ex's main role in most of these decks is to generate energy through its Ability.

Although using Broken-Space Bellow immediately ends your turn, this allows you to use a powerful 3-energy attack early, like Arceus ex's Ultimate Force and Mew ex's Genome Hacking, by moving an energy from Giratina ex using Dawn.

Have Healing Cards Ready

Giratina ex's Chaotic Impact also deals 20 damage to its user. You'd want to keep Giratina ex healthy by having healing cards like Potion and Pokemon Center Lady ready.

How to Beat Giratina ex Decks

Energy Denial

One of the ways to stop a Giratina ex deck is to stop it from generating extra energy. You can use the Team Rocket Grunt card and get lucky on the coin flips to drain Giratina ex once it steps on the Active Spot. Beedrill ex can also deny it of Energy using its Crushing Spear Attack.

Attack Giratina ex for Weakness

Giratina ex is notably weak to a common offensive type in Dark, especially with new Pokemon like Clodsire ex around. Giratina ex's recoil damage works against itself by having Weavile ex's Scratching Claws immediately boosted. The ever-present Darkrai ex can also prove to be a difficult Pokemon to go up against.

Best Clodsire ex Decks and Card List

Pokemon TCG Pocket Related Guides

Best Meta Decks Tier List

Deck-Building Guides and Lists

Lists of Decks by Type
Best F2P Beginner Decks	Best Non-ex Decks
Which ex Starter Deck Should You Get?	List of Rental Decks
Best Misty Decks	Best Erika Decks
Best 18 Trainers Decks	Best Trainerless Decks for Solo Battle Missions
List of Meme or Troll Decks	-
Deck-Building Guides
Deck Building Guide	How Rental Decks Work
Staple Cards for Decks	Aggro Decks Explained
Deck Analyses
Deck Matchup Statistics	10 Match Tests vs Pikachu ex Deck - Statistics

Meta Decks

S Tier Decks
Arceus ex	Giratina ex	-
A+ Tier Decks
Clodsire ex	Shining Revelry Charizard ex	Gholdengo and Dialga ex
Carnivine	Rampardos	Crobat
Magnezone and Skarmory	Exeggutor ex	Heatran
Charizard ex	Palkia ex	Darkrai ex
Weavile ex	Yanmega ex	Origin Forme Palkia
A Tier Decks
Lucario ex	Shining Revelry Pikachu ex	Beedrill ex
Leafeon ex	Garchomp ex	Probopass ex
Infernape ex	Pachirisu ex	Gyarados ex and Greninja
Pikachu ex	Dialga ex	Articuno ex
Gallade ex	Abomasnow	Celebi ex
B Tier Decks
Tinkaton ex	Pawmot	Glaceon ex
Bronzong	Tyranitar	Staraptor
Donphan	Starmie ex and Articuno ex	Dondozo
Wugtrio ex and Palkia ex	Mewtwo ex and Gardevoir	Golem
Pidgeot ex	Scolipede and Weezing	Garchomp
Porygon-Z	Arcanine ex	Dialga ex and Bastiodon
Meowscarada	-	-
C Tier Decks
・Blaine Deck ・Houndoom Deck ・Snorlax Deck ・Lucario Deck ・Pikachu ex and Raichu Deck ・Bibarel ex Deck ・Venusaur ex Deck ・Volkner Deck ・Togekiss Deck ・Aerodactyl ex Deck ・Alakazam and Jynx Deck ・Dragonite Deck ・Machamp ex Deck ・Blastoise ex Deck ・Marowak ex Deck ・Torterra Deck ・Empoleon Deck ・Mismagius ex Deck ・Volcarona and Arcanine ex Deck ・Wigglytuff ex Deck ・Gengar ex Deck ・Magnezone and Marshadow Deck

Off Meta Decks

Core Expansion	Decks
(A2)	・Darkrai ex and Weezing Deck ・Dialga ex and Lickilicky ex Deck ・Magnezone Deck ・Lake Trio Deck ・Rhyperior Deck
(A1a)	・Gyarados ex and Vaporeon Deck ・Mew ex and Weezing Deck ・Vaporeon and Articuno ex Deck
(A1)	・Aerodactyl and Dragonite Deck ・Articuno Deck ・Arbok Lock Deck ・Blastoise Deck ・Brock Deck ・Centiskorch and Moltres ex Deck ・Charizard Deck ・Cinccino Deck ・Dragonite and Weezing Deck ・Eeveelutions and Ditto Deck ・Exeggutor and Alakazam Deck ・Frosmoth Deck ・Gengar ex and Golbat Deck ・Grapploct and Pidgeot Deck ・Greninja 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 ・Melmetal Deck ・Mewtwo ex and Weezing Deck ・Moltres Deck ・Omastar and Articuno ex Deck ・Persian and Mawile Deck ・Poliwrath Deck ・Primeape Deck ・Tentacruel and Greninja Deck ・Venusaur Deck ・Venusaur ex and Weezing Deck ・Victreebel and Exeggutor ex Deck ・Zapdos Deck ・Zapdos ex Deck

Premade Decks

Core Expansion	Decks
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

Best Rental Deck Tier List