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Pokemon TGC Pocket - Tinkaton ex Best Deck Build and How to Play

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

The decks on this page reflect the meta around the Celestial Guardians Expansion.

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Best Tinkaton ex Decks
Tinkaton ex Deck Strategy Guide
How to Beat Tinkaton ex Decks
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Best Tinkaton ex Decks

Tinkaton ex Deck Variants	Strengths and Weaknesses
Tinkaton ex and Skarmory Deck [★ Best ★]	Strengths: • Tinkaton ex can potentially deal 160 damage with lucky Terrific Thumping flips. • Skarmory gives the deck early-game offensive pressure, being able to deal 50 for only 1 Energy if it has a Tool attached. Weaknesses: • Pokemon in the deck have high Attack Costs. • May initially struggle because of its low damage output early in the game. • Takes time to set up.
Tinkaton ex and Dialga ex [★ New ★]	Strengths: • Dialga ex is used to gather Energy for Tinkaton ex. • Can output 160 damage if you are lucky. Weaknesses: • Relies on coin flips to deal massive damage.

Tinkaton ex and Skarmory Deck

Skarmory ×2	Tinkatink ×2	Tinkatuff ×1	Tinkaton ex ×2
Pokemon Communication ×1	Giant Cape ×2	Rocky Helmet ×2	Iono ×1
Red ×1	Rare Candy ×2	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

This deck has Skarmory as an early-game, low-cost attacker. It can deal 50 damage with a Tool attached while Tinkaton ex sets up in the Bench. Rare Candy will allow Tinkaton ex to set-up faster, and switched in to use Terrific Thumping.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Skarmory x 2 (Any Pack) Pokemon Communication x 1 (Dialga Pack) Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack) Rocky Helmet x 2 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Tinkatink x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Tinkatuff x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Tinkaton ex x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Iono x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
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
Lillie (A3 155)	→ ・Good sustain option in exchange for a bit of draw power.

Tinkaton ex and Dialga ex Deck

Dialga ex ×2	Tinkatink ×2	Tinkatuff ×1	Tinkaton ex ×2
Magearna ×1	Pokemon Communication ×1	Giant Cape ×1	Rocky Helmet ×2
Rare Candy ×2	Lillie ×2	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

This deck uses Dialga ex as the Energy generator for Tinkaton ex. It can attack while you are building Tinkaton ex in your Bench.

Magearna is also added in the deck in case you are facing Pom-Pom Oricorio which counters your ex Pokemon, and is capable of dealing some damage on its own.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Dialga ex x 2 (Dialga Pack) Pokemon Communication x 1 (Dialga Pack) Giant Cape x 1 (Dialga Pack) Rocky Helmet x 2 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Tinkatink x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Tinkatuff x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Tinkaton ex x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Magearna x 1 (Solgaleo Pack) Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack) Lillie x 2 (Solgaleo Pack)
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)	or → ・Makes this deck more aggressive with increased damage from Red.
Giant Cape (A2 147)	→ ・Giant Cape can make Dialga ex be tankier, which is useful against offensive decks.

Tinkaton ex Deck Strategy Guide

Use an Early Game Attacker

Since Tinkaton ex is a Stage 2 Pokemon, it can take a while to set up. It is ideal to evolve it in the Bench as another Pokemon is in the Active Spot.

Skarmory is ideal for this, as it has a low Attack Cost, only needing one Energy. It can also deal 50 damage when it has a Tool attached, with 20 additional damage upon being attacked if it has the Rocky Helmet equipped.

Utilize Tinkaton ex's Massive Damage Output

Tinkaton ex can deal 160 damage if you are lucky enough to get the coin flip needed whenever you attack.

With this, Tinkaton ex can be a serious threat to your opponent if you can set it up early with the help of Dialga ex.

Use Giant Cape and Lillie

Using both Giant Cape and Lillie can help Tinkaton ex withstand more attacks with increased HP and some healing. Tinkaton ex already has some hefty HP, so it can be useful to extend its survivability during the match.

How to Beat Tinkaton ex Decks

Knock out Tinkatink and Tinkatuff

Since Tinkaton ex takes time to set up, you can take advantage of this by knocking out its pre-evolutions. Sabrina and Cyrus can draw them out to the Active Spot, but you can also use cards that can damage Benched Pokemon such as Genetic Apex Hitmonlee.

Use Strong Fire-Types

You may also take advantage of Tinkaton ex's weakness to Fire-types. Both Genetic Apex Charizard ex and Shining Revelry Charizard ex can knock it out in one hit.

For cards that cannot OHKO Tinkaton ex due to its considerable bulk, they may rely on the additional damage from Red or the Rocky Helmet.

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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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