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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!

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Best Naganadel Decks

Naganadel Deck Variants	Strengths and Weaknesses
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 [★ 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	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	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

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.
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)

Guzzlord ex and Naganadel Deck

Nihilego ×2	Guzzlord ex ×2	Poipole ×2	Naganadel ×2
Celesteela ×1	Cyrus ×1	Poison Barb ×2	Lusamine ×2
Copycat ×1	Poke Ball ×2	Red Card ×1	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

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	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	Copycat x 1 (Mega Gyarados Pack)
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Red Card x 1 (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

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.
Crimson Blaze	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

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.
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)

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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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
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Mega Altaria ex and Chingling Deck	Decidueye ex Deck	CB Magnezone and Darkrai ex Deck	-
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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	-	-
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Ditto and Rampardos Deck	Mega Altaria ex and Greninja Deck	Hitmonchan ex and Lucario Deck	-
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Mega Blastoise ex and Manaphy Deck	Mega Steelix ex Deck	Reuniclus and Chingling Deck	-
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Mega Venusaur ex and Leafeon ex Deck	Reuniclus and Gardevoir Deck	-	-

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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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Use Nihilego to Increase Poison Damage

Bring Pokemon Who Get Boosted Damage From Poison

How to Beat Naganadel Decks

Remove Your Poison Status

Use Attacks That Deal 100 or More Damage

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