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

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

The decks on this page reflect the meta around the Eevee Grove Expansion.

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Best Crabominable ex Decks
Other Crabominable ex Decks
Crabominable ex Deck Strategy Guide
How to Beat Crabominable ex Decks
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Best Crabominable ex Decks

Crabominable ex Deck Variants	Strengths and Weaknesses
Crabominable ex and Palkia ex [★ Best ★]	Strengths: • Crabominable ex can dish out damage early on. • Palkia ex can be prepared in the Bench and can act as second attacker. Weaknesses: • Relies on Crabominable ex being built early, else it is not as effective. • High Retreat Costs will hinder switching up your active card.
Primarina ex and Crabominable ex Deck [★ New ★]	Strengths: • Primarina ex's attacks are all useful for however many Energy it has. • Sparkling Aria and Irida increase Primarina ex's survivability. • Crabominable ex can deal good chunks of damage while you set up Primarina ex. Weaknesses: • Primarina ex lacks burst damage without Hau. • Primarina ex is weak against Energy Denial.

Crabominable ex and Palkia ex Deck

Palkia ex ×1	Crabominable ex ×2	Crabrawler ×2	Misty ×2
Sabrina ×1	Leaf ×1	Pokemon Communication ×1	Giant Cape ×2
Cyrus ×1	Irida ×2	Red ×1	Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

This deck combines the aggressiveness of Crabominable ex in the early game and finish it off with Palkia ex. In the early stages, Crabominable ex can deal steady damage with its attack while Palkia ex is being set up to meet its Energy requirements on your Bench.

Both Misty and Red are meant to support Palkia ex, and can be brought out to the Active Spot to deal with tougher ex Pokemon on your opponent's side.

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 1 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Palkia ex x 1 (Palkia Pack) Pokemon Communication x 1 (Dialga Pack) Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	Irida x 2 (Arceus Pack)
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Crabominable ex x 2 (Solgaleo Pack) Crabrawler 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.
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)	→ ・Rocky Helmet can be used against aggressive decks that rely on chipping away Crabominable ex' health. ・Can be used to counter decks that rely on Rare Candy to quickly set up their Stage 2 attackers.

Primarina ex and Crabominable ex Deck

Popplio ×2	Crabominable ex ×2	Crabrawler ×2	Primarina ex ×2
Pokemon Communication ×1	Cyrus ×1	Irida ×2	Rare Candy ×2
Hau ×2	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Crabominable ex can provide early game pressure while you set up Primarina ex on your Bench.

Primarina ex can also do damage every turn with each of its Attacks being usable at any point in the game.

Hydro Pump can be used for 40-80 damage, while Sparkling Aria can deal a good 100 damage while healing 20 from Primarina ex.

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)	Pokemon Communication x 1 (Dialga Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	Irida x 2 (Arceus Pack)
Shining Revelry (A2b)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians	Popplio x 2 (Solgaleo Pack) Crabominable ex x 2 (Solgaleo Pack) Crabrawler x 2 (Solgaleo Pack) Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	Primarina ex x 2 (Eevee Pack) Hau x 2 (Eevee Pack)
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.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Other Crabominable ex Decks

Other Crabominable ex Decks
Blastoise ex and Crabominable ex	-	-

Blastoise ex and Crabominable ex Deck

Squirtle ×2	Wartortle ×1	Blastoise ex ×2	Crabominable ex ×1
Crabrawler ×1	Misty ×1	Pokemon Communication ×1	Giant Cape ×2
Irida ×2	Red ×1	Rare Candy ×2	Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Crabrawler and Crabominable ex may be used as early to mid-game attacker, being able to damage their opponents for only 1 Energy. Blastoise ex can be set up in the Bench until it has 5 Energy. Once it does, it can switch in to the Active Spot and deal 160 damage per turn.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Squirtle x 2 (Pikachu Pack) Wartortle x 1 (Pikachu Pack) Blastoise ex x 2 (Pikachu Pack) Misty x 1 (Pikachu Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Pokemon Communication x 1 (Dialga Pack) Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	Irida x 2 (Arceus Pack)
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Crabominable ex x 1 (Solgaleo Pack) Crabrawler x 1 (Solgaleo Pack) 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.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Crabominable ex Deck Strategy Guide\

Dominate Early with Crabominable ex

Crabomimable ex' Insatiable Striking deals 80 damage after using it initially, and it only costs one Water Energy, which makes it a very strong early game Pokemon against most decks.

As an added bonus, you can keep up the pressure while building up Palkia ex on your Bench.

You can quickly evolve Crabrawler into Crabominable ex if you can find it with Pokemon Communication. If you're lucky, you can be ready to attack with Crabominable ex in a few turns!

Fight ex Pokemon with Palkia ex

Crabominable ex will be less effective once your opponent has set up their own ex Pokemon, as these will be able to withstand Crabominable ex' attack.

This is why Palkia ex should be built as you go through the game in order to prepare to finish off any opposing ex Pokemon with its 150 attack. You can also use Red to increase its damage to 170 and Cyrus to finish off damaged cards.

Attack Early with Misty

If you can manage to draw Palkia ex and Misty early on, you can skip all the set up and immediately go on the offensive by setting these two up in your Active Spot. Do note that this purely relies on coin flips, so you cannot rely on this strategy all the time.

How to Beat Crabominable ex Decks

Force Palkia ex into Active Spot

The Crabominable ex and Palkia ex deck relies on the latter to finish off the match, so it can be useful to force Palkia ex out into hiding and chip away its health.

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Mega Altaria ex and Chingling Deck	Greninja ex and Suicune ex Deck	Mega Absol ex and Hydreigon Deck	-
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Mega Blaziken ex and Heatmor Deck	Pom-Pom Oricorio and Magnezone Deck	Decidueye ex Deck	-
Tier
Mega Absol ex and Pom-Pom Oricorio Deck	Mega Absol ex and Weezing Deck	Hydreigon Deck	Espeon ex and Indeedee ex Deck
Tier
Mega Blaziken ex and Entei ex Deck	Mega Gyarados ex and Milotic Deck	Indeedee ex and Giratina ex Deck	Luxray Deck
Pom-Pom Oricorio and Greninja Deck	Giratina ex and Darkrai ex Deck	Guzzlord ex and Naganadel Deck	-
Tier
Mega Pinsir ex and Leafeon ex Deck	Mega Ampharos ex and Raikou ex Deck	Hitmonchan ex and Lucario Deck	Jolteon ex and Jolteon Deck
Tapu Koko ex and Pom-Pom Oricorio Deck	SR Pikachu ex and Pom-Pom Oricorio Deck	Crobat and Arceus ex Deck	Goodra and Indeedee ex Deck
Tier
Rapidash ex and Ninetales Deck	Tauros ex and Hydreigon Deck	Whimsicott ex and Meowscarada Deck	Dragalge ex and Nihilego Deck
Golurk Deck	Aegislash and Togedemaru Deck	Mega Pidgeot ex and Raikou ex Deck	-

List of All Decks

Core Expansion	Decks
(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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