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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!
List of Contents
| 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. |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |

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.


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.




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.


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.

Best Naganadel Decks and Card List



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