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Best Turtonator Decks and Card List

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

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

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

Best Turtonator Decks

Turtonator Deck Variants Strengths and Weaknesses
Turtonator and SR Charizard ex Deck Icon Turtonator and SR Charizard ex Deck
[★ Best ★]
Strengths:
• Shining Revelry Charizard can set itself up if it has to using Stoke.
• Steam Artillery deals a sizeable 150 damage, which is enough to KO most ex Pokemon.
• Good going first deck as Kiawe can quickly get all Turtonator's energy by Turn 2.
Weaknesses:
• Steam Artillery requires 5 Energy to use.
• May not be able to OHKO high-HP ex Pokemon with Giant Cape.
Flareon ex and Turtonator Deck Icon Flareon ex and Turtonator Deck
[★ New ★]
Strengths:
• Flareon ex synergizes with Turtonator, being able to accelerate discarded Fire Energy with its Combust Ability.
• Good going first deck as Kiawe can quickly set up Turtonator with Energy by Turn 2.
Weaknesses:
• Most of the Pokemon in the deck share a Weakness to Water.
• Turtonator is difficult to retreat if it isn't able to Attack.
Blacephalon and Turtonator Deck Icon Blacephalon and Turtonator Deck Strengths:
• Blacephalon can easily set up and sweep in the late game with the help of Lusamine and the Beastite tool.
• Turtonator is a strong Basic Pokemon with decent bulk that can handle itself in the early game.
Weaknesses:
• Blacephalon takes a large amount of damage whenever it attacks.
• Turtonator requires a constant supply of Energy in order to attack.

Flareon ex and Turtonator Deck

Turtonator ×2 Flareon ex ×2 Eevee ×2 Sabrina ×1
Pokemon Communication ×1 Giant Cape ×2 Cyrus ×1 Red ×1
Kiawe ×2 Eevee Bag ×2 Poke Ball ×2 Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used
Fire Icon

Turtonator is typically used as an early to mid-game attacker. Kiawe can accelerate its Energy, enabling it to attack early.

Once Flareon ex is set up and in the Active Spot, it can be used as the primary attacker or finisher. With its Combust Ability, it can make use of the Energy that Turtonator has discarded, allowing it to consistently attack with Fire Spin.

Expansions Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1) Sabrina x 1 (Charizard 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)
Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a) No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b) Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians Turtonator x 2 (Lunala Pack)
Kiawe x 2 (Lunala Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove Flareon ex x 2 (Eevee Pack)
Eevee x 2 (Eevee Pack)
Eevee Bag 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)

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards Possible Cuts

Eevee ex
(A3b 056)

・Eevee ex has higher HP, making it harder to KO.
・The opponent will score 2 points if it is knocked out before evolving, which is not ideal.

Giovanni
(A1 223)

・Can be used against single-point attackers such as Rampardos.

Shining Revelry Charizard and Turtonator Deck

Charmander ×2 Charmeleon ×1 Charizard ex ×2 Turtonator ×2
Pokemon Communication ×1 Rare Candy ×2 Kiawe ×2 Guzma ×2
Lillie ×2 Poke Ball ×2 Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used
Fire Icon

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)
Triumphant Light (A2a) No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b) Charmander x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Charmeleon x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Charizard ex x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians Turtonator x 2 (Lunala Pack)
Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Kiawe x 2 (Lunala Pack)
Guzma x 2 (Lunala 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.
Promo-A Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

This deck combines the speed of Turtonator while also being able to hit hard with SR Charizard ex's Steam Artillery. By incorporating Turtonator and Kiawe, it is possible to play aggresively while also having an answer for Pom-Pom Oricorio.

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards Possible Cuts

Sabrina
(A1 225)

・Pull your opponent's Benched Pokemon to the front to disrupt their plays in exchange for survivability.

Blacephalon and Turtonator Deck

Turtonator ×2 Blacephalon ×2 Giovanni ×1 Leaf ×2
Iono ×1 Red ×1 Kiawe ×2 Guzma ×1
Repel ×1 Beastite ×1 Lusamine ×2 Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used
Fire Icon

It's best to use Turtonator in the early game to knock out at least one Pokemon. You can help set up Turtonator using Kiawe.

Once you've gotten one or two points, you can let Turtonator go down and use Lusamine to set up Blacephalon with the fainted Turtonator's Energy. It is recommended to have the Beastite Pokemon Tool attached to Blacephalon to boost its damage output even further.

Expansions Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1) Giovanni x 1 (Mewtwo Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a) Leaf x 2 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2) No cards needed from this expansion.
Triumphant Light (A2a) No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b) Iono x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians Turtonator x 2 (Lunala Pack)
Kiawe x 2 (Lunala Pack)
Guzma x 1 (Lunala Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis Blacephalon x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Repel x 1 (Buzzwole Pack)
Beastite x 1 (Buzzwole Pack)
Lusamine x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
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)

Other Turtonator Decks

Other Turtonator Decks
Turtonator and Magnezone Deck Icon Turtonator and Magnezone - -

Turtonator and Magnezone Deck

Magneton ×2 Magnemite ×2 Magnezone ×2 Turtonator ×2
Giant Cape ×2 Cyrus ×2 Dawn ×2 Kiawe ×2
Poke Ball ×2 Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used
Fire Icon

Expansions Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1) Magneton x 2 (Pikachu Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a) No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2) Magnemite x 2 (Any Pack)
Magnezone x 2 (Any Pack)
Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Cyrus x 2 (Palkia Pack)
Dawn x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a) No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b) No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians Turtonator x 2 (Lunala Pack)
Kiawe x 2 (Lunala 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)

This is a good going first deck that focuses on accelerating energy with Kiawe, and attacks from the early game with Turtonator and Magnezon. If you have Kiawe and Turtonator in your opening hand, you can hit for 90 damage on your second turn, making this a very aggressive deck.

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards Possible Cuts

Alolan Marowak
(A3 027)
~ ~

・Building the deck with a focus on Kiawe, but does end up bricking if you don't draw into him.

Team Rocket Grunt
(A2b 072)

・Can disrupt your opponent's set up if anything goes wrong.

Turtonator Deck Strategy Guide

Hit for 90 Damage on Turn 2!

First, use Kiawe to attach energy to Turtonator. If you can use it on the first turn, you can get 90 damage the turn after, so it's recommended that you put Turtonator onto the field on your first turn.

Attack with Turtonator and Start Setting up Your Benched Pokemon

Once you have started up Turtonator, start setting up a Magneton in the Bench in case Turtonator is KOd. If you use Kiawe, your turn will end, so if you have a Magneton, make sure to use its Ability first.

Once Turtonator is KOd, follow up with Magnezone.

If your opponent knocks out your Turtonator, send out Magnezone from bench to pick them off. Neither cards are ex, so it's slower for your opponents to get points, and you'll have the advantage by attacking with three of them.

How to Beat Turtonator Decks

Susceptible to Hand Disruption

This deck heavily relies on having Kiawe as your starting hand. Being disrupted by a Red Card or just not drawing into it can snowball quickly if you have no way of getting him.

Low HP and Damage Making it Easy for ex Pokemon to KO

Both Turtonator and Magnezone have pretty low HP compared to ex cards which makes it dangerous if your opponent can quickly set their board up and OHKO both.

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Mega Altaria ex Deck IconMega Altaria ex Indeedee ex Deck Icon Indeedee ex Greninja ex Deck IconGreninja ex Mega Blaziken ex Deck IconMega Blaziken ex
Mega Absol ex Deck IconMega Absol ex Mega Gyarados ex Deck IconMega Gyarados ex Hydreigon Deck IconHydreigon Jolteon ex Deck Icon Jolteon ex
Mega Ampharos ex Deck IconMega Ampharos ex Melmetal ex Deck IconMelmetal ex Luxray Deck Icon Luxray Goodra Deck IconGoodra
Mega Pinsir ex Deck IconMega Pinsir ex Hitmonchan ex Deck IconHitmonchan ex Dragalge ex Deck IconDragalge ex Whimsicott ex Deck Icon Whimsicott ex
Rapidash ex Deck IconRapidash ex Tauros ex Deck IconTauros ex Golurk Deck IconGolurk Mega Pidgeot ex Deck IconMega Pidgeot ex

Top Decks in the Meta

S Tier Tier
Mega Altaria ex and Chingling DeckMega Altaria ex and Chingling Deck Greninja ex and Suicune ex DeckGreninja ex and Suicune ex Deck Mega Absol ex and Hydreigon DeckMega Absol ex and Hydreigon Deck -
A+ Tier Tier
Mega Blaziken ex and Heatmor DeckMega Blaziken ex and Heatmor Deck Pom-Pom Oricorio and Magnezone DeckPom-Pom Oricorio and Magnezone Deck Decidueye ex DeckDecidueye ex Deck -
A Tier Tier
Mega Absol ex and Pom-Pom Oricorio DeckMega Absol ex and Pom-Pom Oricorio Deck Mega Absol ex and Weezing DeckMega Absol ex and Weezing Deck Hydreigon DeckHydreigon Deck Espeon ex and Indeedee ex DeckEspeon ex and Indeedee ex Deck
B Tier Tier
Mega Blaziken ex and Entei ex DeckMega Blaziken ex and Entei ex Deck Mega Gyarados ex and Milotic DeckMega Gyarados ex and Milotic Deck Indeedee ex and Giratina ex DeckIndeedee ex and Giratina ex Deck Luxray DeckLuxray Deck
Pom-Pom Oricorio and Greninja DeckPom-Pom Oricorio and Greninja Deck Giratina ex and Darkrai ex DeckGiratina ex and Darkrai ex Deck Guzzlord ex and Naganadel DeckGuzzlord ex and Naganadel Deck -
C Tier Tier
Mega Pinsir ex and Leafeon ex DeckMega Pinsir ex and Leafeon ex Deck Mega Ampharos ex and Raikou ex DeckMega Ampharos ex and Raikou ex Deck Hitmonchan ex and Lucario DeckHitmonchan ex and Lucario Deck Jolteon ex and Jolteon DeckJolteon ex and Jolteon Deck
Tapu Koko ex and Pom-Pom Oricorio DeckTapu Koko ex and Pom-Pom Oricorio Deck SR Pikachu ex and Pom-Pom Oricorio DeckSR Pikachu ex and Pom-Pom Oricorio Deck Crobat and Arceus ex DeckCrobat and Arceus ex Deck Goodra and Indeedee ex DeckGoodra and Indeedee ex Deck
D Tier Tier
Rapidash ex and Ninetales DeckRapidash ex and Ninetales Deck Tauros ex and Hydreigon DeckTauros ex and Hydreigon Deck Whimsicott ex and Meowscarada DeckWhimsicott ex and Meowscarada Deck Dragalge ex and Nihilego DeckDragalge ex and Nihilego Deck
Golurk DeckGolurk Deck Aegislash and Togedemaru DeckAegislash and Togedemaru Deck Mega Pidgeot ex and Raikou ex DeckMega Pidgeot ex and Raikou ex Deck -

List of All Decks

Core Expansion Decks
Mega Rising Logo
(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
Secluded Springs Logo
(A4a)
Altaria
Celebi
Dugtrio
Entei ex
Galarian Cursola
Jumpluff ex
Latios
Miltank
Poliwrath ex
Raikou ex
Slowking
SS Eelektross
Suicune ex
Zoroark
Wisdom of Sea and Sky Logo
(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
Eevee Grove Logo
(A3b)
Alcremie
Dragonite ex
Espeon
Flareon ex
Glaceon
Jolteon
Leafeon
Primarina ex
Slurpuff
Snorlax ex
Sylveon ex
Umbreon
Vaporeon
Extradimensional Crisis Logo
(A3a)
Alolan Dugtrio ex
Blacephalon
Buzzwole ex
Guzzlord ex
Lycanroc ex
Naganadel
Nihilego
Pheromosa
Shiinotic
Silvally
Stoutland
Tapu Koko ex
Ultra Necrozma ex
Celestial Guardians Logo
(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
Shining Revelry Logo
(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
Triumphant Light Logo
(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
Space-Time Smackdown Logo
(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
Mythical Island Logo
(A1a)
Aerodactyl ex
Celebi ex
Golem
Gyarados ex
Mew ex
Pidgeot ex
Scolipede
Genetic Apex Logo
(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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