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

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

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Espeon Deck Strategy Guide
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Best Espeon Decks

Espeon Deck Variants	Strengths and Weaknesses
Sylveon ex and Shiinotic Deck	Strengths: • Sylveon ex's Ability increases the deck's consistency in finding necessary evolution cards and Trainer cards. • Shiinotic makes the deck much more consistent with its Illuminate Ability. • Has lots of evolution cards to power up Sylveon's Evoharmony. Weaknesses: • May lack offensive power in the early to mid game. • Sylveon ex's low HP makes it an easy target to Cyrus and KO. • Pokemon in the deck have low HP, making them easy to KO.
Espeon and Stoutland Deck [★ Best ★]	Strengths: • Espeon punishes your opponent for their Energy attachments with Energy Crush, which does 20 for each Energy attached to all of your opponent's Pokemon. • Stoutland forces opponents to commit more Energy to their Pokemon to be able to attack. Weaknesses: • May lack offensive power in the early to mid game. • Stoutland requires some setup, which makes the strategy difficult to enforce on speedier decks.
Espeon ex Deck [★ New ★]	Strengths: • Espeon ex can deal a solid 80 damage for only two Psychic Energy. • Espeon ex's Psychic Healing Ability can keep your Pokemon healthy for longer. Weaknesses: • Espeon ex's Psychic Healing will not matter against Pokemon who are able to OHKO your Pokemon. • Espeon ex's low HP makes it an easy target to Cyrus and KO.

Sylveon ex and Shiinotic Deck

Morelull ×2	Shiinotic ×2	Espeon ×1	Sylveon ×2
Sylveon ex ×1	Eevee ×2	Eevee ex ×1	Sabrina ×1
Cyrus ×1	Eevee Bag ×2	X Speed ×1	Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

This deck offers plenty of draw and search options, letting you have all of your cards in-hand for you to use when you need them.

Shiinotic can find you important evolution cards after you have used up your Poke Balls, while your single copy of Sylveon ex can immediately draw you two cards as soon as you evolve into it.

You will have to rely on the low HP non-ex Sylveon for your damage however, so it is important to get your Bench filled with evolved Pokemon as quickly as possible. Espeon can punish Energy-heavy Pokemon.

Your Energy attachments must always be carefully thought when playing this deck, as you must always have a Pokemon ready to attack, especially after one has been KOd.

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)	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	No cards needed from this expansion.
Extradimensional Crisis	Morelull x 2 (Buzzwole Pack) Shiinotic x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Eevee Grove	Espeon x 1 (Eevee Pack) Sylveon x 2 (Eevee Pack) Sylveon ex x 1 (Eevee Pack) Eevee x 2 (Eevee Pack) Eevee ex x 1 (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.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	X Speed x 1 (Promo-A Pack) Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Espeon and Stoutland Deck

Eevee ×2	Giratina ex ×1	Lillipup ×2	Herdier ×1
Stoutland ×2	Espeon ×2	Sabrina ×1	Cyrus ×1
Mars ×1	Iono ×1	Rare Candy ×2	Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Stoutland pairs well with Espeon, since Stoutland requires the opponent to attach more Energy than they would usually need in order to attack with their Pokemon. Espeon can then use this against them, since all Energy on the opposing side will contribute to its damage output.

It is recommended to evolve Stoutland as quickly as possible. This deck has both Herdier and the Rare Candy item to help you get Lillipup to its final evolution.

This deck also runs Giratina ex as a late-game finisher and an alternative source of damage if Espeon does not have enough damage output.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Eevee x 2 (Charizard Pack) Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack) Mars x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Giratina ex x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Iono x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	Lillipup x 2 (Buzzwole Pack) Herdier x 1 (Buzzwole Pack) Stoutland x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Eevee Grove	Espeon 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.
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)

Espeon ex Deck

Sylveon ×1	Sylveon ex ×2	Eevee ex ×2	Espeon ex ×2
Eevee ×2	Giant Cape ×2	Cyrus ×1	Eevee Bag ×2
Silver ×1	Poke Ball ×2	Red Card ×1	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Espeon ex's healing ability is a good counter against aggressive decks. It can be switched to the Active Spot to heal critical Pokemon when their HP is low and saves you space on healing items. At most, you may only need items like the Eevee Bag to keep your Espeon ex's HP from falling too low.

The ideal strategy is that you use Sylveon ex to draw more cards, then evolve Eevee to Espeon ex to immediately have healing. If you are facing against opponents with high HP cards, you can opt to use Espeon to deal heavy damage.

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)	Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack) 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	No cards needed from this expansion.
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	Sylveon x 1 (Eevee Pack) Sylveon ex x 2 (Eevee Pack) Eevee ex x 2 (Eevee Pack) Eevee Bag x 2 (Eevee Pack)
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	Espeon ex x 2 (Lugia Pack) Eevee x 2 (Any Pack) Silver x 1 (Ho-Oh 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) Red Card x 1 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)

Espeon Deck Strategy Guide

Force Opponents to Attach More Energy

Have Pokemon such as Stoutland pressure your opponent into using more Energy on their Pokemon. Once Espeon comes in, it can deal more damage to opposing Pokemon.

Punishes Energy-Accelerating Decks

Espeon is best used against Pokemon that have moves requiring a lot of Energy. Moves with high Energy requirements usually deal a lot of damage, but with Espeon, you can counter them easily as long as they don't set up too quickly.

Since Espeon takes into account the Energy of all Pokemon on the opposing side instead of just the one in the Active Spot, its damage output is very difficult to reduce. Sending Pokemon with a lot of attached Energy onto the bench will not reduce Espeon's damage output.

Use Espeon in the Late Game

Espeon is best used in the late game once your opponent has a good amount of Energy distributed among their Pokemon, ideally once they have four or more Energy in total on the field.

How to Beat Espeon Decks

Knock Out Espeon Quickly

If Espeon is in play, it is recommended to knock it out in the early game before you can attach too much Energy to your Pokemon. It's not too threatening when you have less than four Energy on your side of the field.

However, if you have amassed a lot of Energy already, use Pokemon that can knock it out in one hit before it can retaliate. Darkness Pokemon and Pokemon that can consistently deal 100 damage such as Silvally are the best to use against Espeon.

Use Attacks That Discard Energy

Pokemon with moves that discard Energy after attacking, such as Infernape ex or Magnezone, are good to use against Espeon decks. They allow you to deal a good amount of damage to your opponent without allowing them to use your power against you.

Only Attach Energy When Required

When facing against an Espeon deck, you may want to attach Energy only to Pokemon that need it for their moves. Once your Pokemon has enough Energy to power all its moves, you do not have to attach any more Energy even if the game warns you that Energy is available as you end your turn.

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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	-
Tier
Mega Blastoise ex and Manaphy Deck	Mega Steelix ex Deck	Reuniclus and Chingling Deck	-
Tier
Mega Venusaur ex and Leafeon ex Deck	Reuniclus and Gardevoir Deck	-	-

List of All Decks

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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