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

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

Best Naganadel Decks

Naganadel Deck Variants Strengths and Weaknesses
Tyranitar and Nihilego Deck Icon Tyranitar and Nihilego Deck
[★ New ★]
Strengths:
• Tyranitar synergizes with Ultra Beasts and Lusamine with Energy Plunder giving it the Energy it requires to use Buster Tail for 130.
• Nihilego provides good additional damage with its More Poison Ability.
• The deck consists of single point attackers, requiring opponents to take three KOs.
Weaknesses:
• Tyranitar takes multiple turns to set up outside of its Lusamine and Energy Plunder turn.
Guzzlord ex and Naganadel Deck Icon Guzzlord ex and Naganadel Deck
[★ Best ★]
Strengths:
• Guzzlord ex can be very disruptive with Grindcore which has the chance of discarding an Energy from the Defending Pokemon.
• Naganadel can inflict Poison with Electro House.
• Nihilego is able to increase Poison's effectiveness with its Ability, More Poison.
Weaknesses:
• May struggle since the deck has a low damage output.
• Feature Pokemon in the deck have low HP.
Nihilego and Naganadel Deck Icon Nihilego and Naganadel Deck Strengths:
• Nihilego is able to increase Poison's effectiveness with its Ability, More Poison.
• Naganadel can inflict Poison with Electro House.
• Both Nihilego and Naganadel have low-cost moves that are quick to set up.
Weaknesses:
• May struggle since the Pokemon in the deck have a low damage output.
• Feature Pokemon in the deck have low HP.
Clodsire ex and Naganadel Icon Clodsire ex and Naganadel Strengths:
• Naganadel can inflict Poison with Electro House.
• Clodsire's Venoshock is capable of upwards of 120 damage for only two Energy.
Weaknesses:
• Pokemon in the deck have a shared Weakness to Fighting.

Tyranitar and Nihilego Deck

Nihilego ×2 Poipole ×2 Naganadel ×2 Larvitar ×2
Pupitar ×1 Tyranitar ×2 Rare Candy ×2 Lusamine ×2
Lyra ×1 Poke Ball ×2 Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used
Darkness Icon

Nihilego and Naganadel can go on the offensive in the early game and can be loaded up with Energy.

Use Lusamine after either Pokemon have been knocked out, then evolve Pupitar into Tyranitar, which can use its Energy Plunder Ability to take all the Darkness Energy on your board and swing for 130 with Buster Tail.

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) No cards needed from this expansion.
Triumphant Light (A2a) No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b) No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis Nihilego x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Poipole x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Naganadel x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Lusamine x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Eevee Grove No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea Larvitar x 2 (Ho-Oh Pack)
Pupitar x 1 (Ho-Oh Pack)
Tyranitar x 2 (Ho-Oh Pack)
Lyra x 1 (Lugia Pack)
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)

Guzzlord ex and Naganadel Deck

Nihilego ×2 Guzzlord ex ×2 Poipole ×2 Naganadel ×2
Celesteela ×1 Cyrus ×1 Poison Barb ×2 Lusamine ×2
Will ×1 Silver ×1 Poke Ball ×2 Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used
Darkness Icon

This deck utilizes the three best Dark-type Ultra Beasts, Guzzlord ex, Nihilego , and Naganadel. It also features Celesteela to give your Ultra Beasts mobility from free switches.

Lusamine is used as a quick way to set up a backup attacker after one of your Ultra Beasts have been knocked out.

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) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a) No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b) No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians Poison Barb x 2 (Lunala Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis Nihilego x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Guzzlord ex x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Poipole x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Naganadel x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Celesteela x 1 (Buzzwole Pack)
Lusamine x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Eevee Grove No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea Will x 1 (Lugia Pack)
Silver x 1 (Ho-Oh Pack)
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)

Nihilego and Naganadel Deck

Darkrai ex ×1 Nihilego ×2 Poipole ×2 Naganadel ×2
Sabrina ×1 Pokemon Communication ×1 Cyrus ×1 Pokemon Center Lady ×2
Guzma ×1 X Speed ×2 Poke Ball ×2 Red Card ×1
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used
Darkness Icon

Nihilego works together with Naganadel to maximize on incremental damage throughout the battle.

It only costs 1 Darkness energy to use Naganadel's attack, which can immediately inflict Poison on the opponent's defending Pokemon. Nihilego's ability can then boost the Poison damage by +10.

If you have more than one Nihilego in play, the effect can stack and you can deal 30 damage per turn through Poison.

Darkrai ex contributes to the chip damage through its own ability, which deals +20 damage to the opponent's Active Pokemon every time an energy is placed on the card. Since Nihilego and Naganadel's attacks don't do a lot of damage, Darkrai ex can also serve as an attacker who can deal with tankier Pokemon.

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) Darkrai ex x 1 (Dialga Pack)
Pokemon Communication x 1 (Dialga Pack)
Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a) No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b) Pokemon Center Lady x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians Guzma x 1 (Lunala Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis Nihilego x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Poipole x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Naganadel 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 X Speed x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Red Card x 1 (Promo-A Pack)
Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Clodsire ex and Naganadel Deck

Paldean Wooper ×2 Paldean Clodsire ex ×2 Poipole ×2 Naganadel ×2
Sabrina ×1 Pokemon Communication ×1 Cyrus ×1 Mars ×1
Iono ×1 Red ×1 Poison Barb ×2 Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used
Darkness Icon

Naganadel and Poison Barb can reliably poison opposing Pokemon, and enable Clodsire ex to get KOs with Venoshock's boosted damage to Poisoned Pokemon.

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)
Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Mars x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a) No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b) Paldean Wooper x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Paldean Clodsire ex x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Iono x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians Poison Barb x 2 (Lunala Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis Poipole x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Naganadel 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)

Naganadel Deck Strategy Guide

Use Nihilego to Increase Poison Damage

Nihilego's ability can boost the damage inflicted from Poison. This effect also stacks, so if you can get 2 Nihilegos on the board, you can potentially deal 30 Poison damage per turn.

Bring Pokemon Who Get Boosted Damage From Poison

Nihilego and Poison work well with Pokemon that are able to inflict boosted damage to an opposing Pokemon afflicted with Poison. Absol and Clodsire ex are great options because of their attacks that get boosted when an opposing Pokemon has a Status Condition.

How to Beat Naganadel Decks

Remove Your Poison Status

You can remove status conditions like Poison using Trainer cards like Pokemon Center Lady, and Big Malasada.

Switching a Pokemon out of the Active Spot will also heal it from status. Pokemon like Solgaleo ex can immediately switch in using Rising Road, healing a Poisoned Active Pokemon of the status condition.

Celesteela will also let you switch out an Ultra Beast and cure it of status conditions.

Use Attacks That Deal 100 or More Damage

Although its Poison effect can add pressure to the game, Naganadel has a low 100 HP. It can easily be OHKO'd or 2HKO'd by most other Pokemon. A good counter card to have is Arceus ex, who can not only deal more than 100 damage if you meet its conditions, but it is also immune to Status Conditions, immediately putting Naganadel at a big disadvantage.

Decidueye ex is also good to have if you want to snipe Naganadel. If you could get Naganadel damaged, Decidueye ex can easily use Pierce the Pain to KO Naganadel in the Bench.

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Mega Rising Decks

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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