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Raichu ex Drop Event Guide: Best Decks to Counter
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The Raichu ex Drop Event in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (PTCG Pocket) ran from October 6, 2025 to October 16, 2025. Follow our guide to see the cards tied to Promo-A Vol. 13, which cards are best to get, and tips and strategies to complete the solo battles and their missions.
Raichu ex Drop Event Guide
Available from October 6, 2025 ~ October 16, 2025
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The Raichu ex Drop Event ran from October 6, 2025 to October 16, 2025.
This event allowed players to participate in solo AI battles featuring the Raichu ex card, along with receiving useful rewards by completing battle-related missions.
Use Event Stamina to Participate in the Event
To participate in solo battles, you will need to use Event Stamina. Event Stamina is consumed for each win, meaning that losing won’t affect your stamina in this mode.
Additionally, you can replenish Event Stamina with Event Hourglasses, which you can earn as rewards from the beginner and intermediate solo battles, or Poke Gold.
How to Get the Event Hourglass
Exclusive Raichu ex Drop Event Cards
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You can also get a Promo Raichu ex card along with other promo cards from Promo-A Vol. 13 as a Raichu ex Drop Event reward.
You have a chance to get this pack whenever you complete a match against the AI, but expert battles are guaranteed to reward you with this pack, so it is a good idea to farm these matches to collect all the cards!
Best Cards to Pull in Raichu ex Drop Event
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The highlight card, Raichu ex, is one of the best cards to pull from this set. If set up properly, it can do great damage with Volt Tackle.
Machamp is also a good card to pull. While it relies on luck to deal high damage, it is a completely new variant of Machamp with relatively high HP.
Additionally, there have not been any reruns of promo cards so far. There is a chance that these cards will no longer be available to get once the event period is over.
Open Promo Packs in Gift Menu
Whenever you receive a promo pack as a reward, you can open it in your gift list found in the upper right of the main menu.
A pack only contains one of the available promo cards, so try to get and open as many packs as you can!
Raichu ex Drop Event Strategy Guide
Raichu ex Drop Event Deck List
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In Event Solo Battles, you can battle against different decks that scale on difficulty. Once you have defeated a deck, the next deck will be unlocked containing harder cards than the last.
There are only 4 levels of Solo Battle: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert—with Expert giving you a guaranteed card pack pull from the event.
Use Non-ex Fighting Types
The Expert deck for this drop event contains a Pom-Pom Oricorio, which can wall your ex attackers. It is best to use powerful single-point Fighting types to counter the opposing deck.
Rampardos and Midnight Lycanroc are good options since they have low Attack Costs. This means that they can attack faster, which can counter the opponent's Energy acceleration from the Elemental Switch.
Force Magnemite and Magneton into the Active Spot
In addition to having Raichu ex as the deck's ace, the event battles also have Magnezone. This is a threatening Pokemon that can be used as an effective finisher.
Magnemite and Magneton typically would not want to be Active until they are ready as Magnezone. You can force them out with Sabrina or Cyrus.
You can also damage Magnemite on the Bench with Pokemon such as Hitmonlee.
Stay Out of KO Range
Healing cards can help keep your Pokemon out of Raichu ex's KO range. You may also use the Giant Cape to increase your Pokemon's HP. Keep your Pokemon healthy and try to win damage trades!
HP Recovery and Healing Cards List
Raichu ex Drop Event Best Decks and Counters
Silvally and Rampardos Deck
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Strengths: • Type: Null is guaranteed to be your first Basic Pokemon. • Several cards in the deck can help you quickly evolve Type:Null and the Skull Fossil to their fully evolved forms. • This deck does not require a lot of Energy. Weaknesses: • Silvally relies on using Supporter cards in order to do a lot of damage. • The Skull Fossil relies on the Rare Candy item in order to evolve into Rampardos, since this deck does not have Cranidos. |
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Silvally and Rampardos Deck Strategy Guide and Card List
Rampardos and Lucario Deck
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Strengths: • Rampardos's low-cost attack can OHKO most Pokemon and deal meaningful damage to Pokemon who can tank it. • Lucario can help Rampardos get important KOs. • Very energy-efficient with low-cost Attacks. Weaknesses: • Makes use of Stage 2 Pokemon, which may require multiple turns to set up. • Makes use of Fossil Pokemon, which are difficult to set up. |
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Rampardos and Lucario Deck Strategy Guide and Card List
Rampardos and Lycanroc Deck
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Strengths: • All the Pokemon in the deck are single point attackers. • Rockruff can consistently find Lycanroc from the deck using Signs of Evolution. • Benefits from Rare Candy, which speeds up its setup. Weaknesses: • All Pokemon in the deck share a Weakness to Grass. • You cannot find Skull Fossil with Poke Ball. |
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Rampardos and Lycanroc Deck Strategy Guide and Card List
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