★ Mega Rising (B1) introduces the Mega Evolutions!
☆ New Decks: Mega Blaziken ex | Mega Gyarados ex
Mega Altaria ex | Mega Absol ex | Greninja ex
★ Events: Wonder Pick | Anniversary Celebration
☆ Trading Board: A4b and B1 Available for Trading!

This guide will show you how to build some of the strongest Suicune ex Decks. We'll cover the best Suicune ex Deck builds, how to use them, as well how to beat Suicune ex Decks, and more!
List of Contents
| Suicune ex Deck Variants | Strengths and Weaknesses |
|---|---|
Suicune ex and Greninja Deck
[★ Best ★] |
Strengths:
• Suicune ex's Ability can allow you to evolve Greninja early. • Giratina ex can act as a finisher if needed. Weaknesses: • Suicune ex deals low damage if the opponent doesn't have Benched Pokemon. |
Greninja ex and Suicune ex Deck
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Strengths:
• Greninja ex's Shifting Stream Ability gives your Water-types flexibility when moving to and from the Bench. • Inexpensive Attack in Aqua Edge, which can 2HKO most ex Pokemon. • Can trade points and damage favorably against Mega ex Pokemon. Weaknesses: • Greninja ex is a Stage 2, which requires some effort and resources to set up. |
Suicune ex and Primarina Deck
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Strengths:
• Suicune ex's Ability can allow you to draw necessary cards for your setup. • Primarina can keep your Pokemon healthy with its Melodious Healing Ability which heals 30 from each of your Water Pokemon. Weaknesses: • Suicune ex deals low damage if the opponent doesn't have Benched Pokemon. |
Suicune ex and Wugtrio ex Deck
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Strengths:
• Suicune ex incentivizes the opponent to keep their Bench clear, which is good for focusing Wugtrio ex's attack on one card. • Mantyke can accelerate Energy for your other Pokemon. Weaknesses: • Lacks necessary damage output to KO higher HP threats. • Wugtrio ex can rely heavily on luck. |
Suicune ex and Gyarados Deck
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Strengths:
• Gyarados' Wild Swing can discard Suicune ex, preventing opponents from getting 2 points. • Mantyke can accelerate Energy for Suicune ex. • Suicune ex's Ability can allow you to find cards quickly. Weaknesses: • Magikarp can get KO'd easily due to its low HP. |
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Suicune ex's Ability allows the player to draw a card at the end of the turn. This can allow Greninja to evolve quickly and do additional damage in the early game. Since Suicune ex deals low damage if the opponent's Bench isn't filled out, Greninja can act as a useful support.
Suicune ex may not have enough damage in the late game. Giratina ex may act as a finisher once it is set up being able to deal consistent, high damage.
| Expansions | Cards to Get and Packs to Open |
|---|---|
| Genetic Apex (A1) | Froakie x 2 (Charizard Pack) Greninja x 2 (Charizard Pack) |
| Mythical Island (A1a) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Spacetime Smackdown (A2) | Pokemon Communication x 1 (Dialga Pack) Giant Cape x 1 (Dialga Pack) Cyrus x 2 (Palkia Pack) Mars x 1 (Palkia Pack) |
| Triumphant Light (A2a) | Irida x 2 (Arceus Pack) |
| Shining Revelry (A2b) | Giratina ex x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) |
| Celestial Guardians | Rare Candy x 2 (Any 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 | Suicune ex x 2 (Suicune Pack) |
| 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 Cards | Possible Cuts |
|---|---|
![]() Red Card (P-A 006) |
![]() ![]() ・Red Card is helpful against opponents that do not fill out their Bench to counter Suicune. |
![]() Mantyke (A4a 023) |
![]() ![]() ・Mantyke can help accelerate Suicune ex's Energy on the first turn. |
![]() Oricorio (A3 066) |
![]() ![]() ・Oricorio can wall damage from ex Pokemon as Suicune heals its HP on the Bench. |
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Greninja ex is used as a secondary attacker to Suicune ex.
While Suicune ex is in the Active Spot, you will be able to draw an extra card per turn. This ability will help you fill up your bench and evolve Pokemon faster, while also powering up Suicune ex's Crystal Waltz, which increases by 20 damage for each Pokemon in the Bench on both your and your opponent's side.
Because of Suicune ex's card advantage, it is recommended to have Genetic Apex Greninja in your deck since its ability to snipe Pokemon from the Bench. You can also set up Giratina ex in the Bench, who can aid Suicune ex by taking out tankier Pokemon.
However, if Suicune ex is in danger and Giratina ex is unable to be placed in the Active Spot, Greninja ex, the highest HP Pokemon in the deck, can be switched in. Greninja ex's Ability, Shifting Stream can let you switch in Greninja ex, or any Water Pokemon, into the Active Spot without having to retreat Aqua Edge also only costs 2 Water Energy to be used, and can deal a solid 100 damage against opposing Pokemon.
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Suicune ex can help set up your Primarinas with Legendary Pulse's card draw, while Primarina helps keep your Pokemon healthy.
A single copy of Primarina ex is included in the deck as an alternate win condition that's difficult to KO.
| 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) | Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack) Mars x 1 (Palkia Pack) |
| Triumphant Light (A2a) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Shining Revelry (A2b) | Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) |
| Celestial Guardians | Popplio x 2 (Lunala Pack) Primarina x 2 (Lunala Pack) Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack) |
| Extradimensional Crisis | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Eevee Grove | Primarina ex x 1 (Eevee Pack) |
| Wisdom of Sky and Sea | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Secluded Springs | Suicune ex x 2 (Suicune Pack) |
| Mega Rising | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Promo-A | X Speed x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack) |
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| Energy Used | |||||||||||||||
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Mantyke functions as the deck's Energy accelerator, helping set up its teammates faster. Suicune ex works as a great early-game attacker while Wugtrio ex can sweep in the late game.
The deck's primary attackers synergize well because of how their attacks work. Suicune ex incentivizes the opponent to keep their Bench empty, which is good for focusing Wugtrio ex's attack on one Pokemon. On the other hand, Wugtrio ex incentivizes the opponent to fill out their Bench, which then increases Suicune ex's damage.
| Expansions | Cards to Get and Packs to Open |
|---|---|
| Genetic Apex (A1) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Mythical Island (A1a) | Leaf x 1 (Mew Pack) |
| Spacetime Smackdown (A2) | Giant Cape x 1 (Dialga Pack) Cyrus x 2 (Palkia Pack) |
| Triumphant Light (A2a) | Irida x 1 (Arceus Pack) |
| Shining Revelry (A2b) | Wiglett x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Wugtrio ex x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack) |
| Celestial Guardians | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Extradimensional Crisis | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Eevee Grove | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Wisdom of Sky and Sea | Elemental Switch x 2 (Lugia Pack) |
| Secluded Springs | Suicune ex x 2 (Suicune Pack) Mantyke x 2 (Suicune Pack) Inflatable Boat x 1 (Suicune Pack) |
| 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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| Energy Used | |||||||||||||||
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Mantyke is used to accelerate Energy for Suicune ex in the early game. Once Suicune ex is set up, it can be used as an early-game attacker and wall.
Gyarados functions as the late-game attacker. The player can discard Benched Pokemon to increase its attacking power. It can discard Suicune ex, preventing opponents from scoring 2 points with a KO.
Gyarados ex can be a good option for a finisher if the player's Bench is not filled out. Since it has a high Attack Cost, you may accelerate its Energy with Misty.
| Expansions | Cards to Get and Packs to Open |
|---|---|
| Genetic Apex (A1) | Misty x 1 (Pikachu Pack) |
| Mythical Island (A1a) | Magikarp x 2 (Mew Pack) Gyarados ex x 1 (Mew Pack) Leaf x 2 (Mew Pack) |
| Spacetime Smackdown (A2) | Mars x 1 (Palkia Pack) |
| Triumphant Light (A2a) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Shining Revelry (A2b) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Celestial Guardians | Fishing Net 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 | Gyarados x 2 (Lugia Pack) Fisher x 1 (Lugia Pack) |
| Secluded Springs | Suicune ex x 2 (Suicune Pack) Mantyke x 2 (Suicune Pack) |
| 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 Cards | Possible Cuts |
|---|---|
![]() Pokemon Communication (A2 146) |
![]() ![]() ・Can help you search for the Pokemon Cards that you need. |


Suicune ex is best used as a fast early-game attacker. Using cards that accelerate Water Energy such as Misty and Mantyke can allow Suicune ex to set up faster.

Suicune ex deals more damage if there are more Benched Pokemon in play. Its Ability, Legendary Pulse, allows the player to draw more cards if it is in the Active Spot. Use this Ability to draw more Pokemon to put in the Bench.


Players who use Suicune ex decks tend to have many cards in their hand due to Legendary Pulse. This can allow them to quickly search for the cards that they need.
You may use Red Card or Mars to disrupt the opponent. These cards can reduce the number of cards in their hand, which can throw off their strategy.
Suicune ex deals more damage if there are more Benched Pokemon in play. You may keep its attacking power low by not having any Benched Pokemon in play.

Best Suicune ex Decks and Card List



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