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Pokemon TGC Pocket - Tauros ex Best Deck Build and How to Play

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

The decks on this page reflect the meta around the Mega Rising Expansion.

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Best Tauros ex Decks
Tauros ex Deck Strategy Guide
How to Beat Tauros ex Decks
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Best Tauros ex Decks

Tauros ex Deck Variants	Strengths and Weaknesses
Tauros ex and Hydreigon Deck [★ Best ★]	Strengths: • Tauros ex can dominate in the early game, since it's very easy to set up. • Hydreigon can make up for Tauros ex's middling damage output in the late game. Weaknesses: • Tauros ex and Hydreigon can both damage themselves. • Hydreigon can make up for Tauros ex's middling damage output in the late game.

Tauros ex and Hydreigon Deck

Darkrai ex ×1	Deino ×2	Zweilous ×1	Hydreigon ×2
Tauros ex ×2	Sabrina ×1	Cyrus ×1	Mars ×1
Rare Candy ×2	Will ×2	May ×1	Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

It's ideal to have Tauros ex in your Active Spot as soon as possible in order to quickly knock out your opponent's Pokemon before they can set up. Darkrai ex is best used to support it from the Bench, and Hydreigon can be set up on the Bench to come in and clean up in the late game.

Once Tauros ex is all set up, it's best to attach your Energy onto Darkrai, and use Hydreigon's Ability to generate Energy for itself. However, this can make it vulnerable to being switched into the Active Spot with an opposing Cyrus, so it's recommended to only use its Ability when you're ready to swap it in yourself.

To prevent your Tauros ex from inflicting damage on itself, you can use Will to make sure the coin flip is in your favor.

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) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack) 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	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	Will x 2 (Lugia Pack)
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	Deino x 2 (Mega Gyarados Pack) Zweilous x 1 (Mega Gyarados Pack) Hydreigon x 2 (Mega Gyarados Pack) Tauros ex x 2 (Mega Altaria Pack) May x 1 (Mega Blaziken Pack)
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)

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards	Possible Cuts
Rocky Helmet (A2 148)	→ ・You can swap Will with a Rocky Helmet if you're willing to trade potential chip damage on Tauros ex for more damage onto the opponent.

Tauros ex Deck Strategy Guide

Use Tauros ex in the Early Game

Tauros ex is best used in the early game, since you only need 2 Energy in order for it to deal 90 damage immediately. This allows you to easily knock out most Basic Pokemon before they can set up.

However, Tauros ex may struggle in the late game if it gets damaged from its ability and has to face Pokemon with high HP.

Pair with Strong Pokemon

It's best to have more attackers in your deck that can deal a lot of damage to high HP Pokemon in the late game. These can be set up on the Bench while Tauros ex attacks from the Active Spot.

How to Beat Tauros ex Decks

Use Pokemon That Are Easy to Set Up

It's ideal to use Pokemon that are easy to set up yet are bulky enough to take attacks from Tauros ex such as Donphan ex, which only needs one Energy and one evolution. Mega Evolution Pokemon, such as Mega Pinsir ex, are also good to use since these have very high HP.

Wall Tauros ex with Pom-Pom Oricorio

If you have Pom-Pom Oricorio in your deck, you can have it out in your Active Spot while you set up your big hitters on the Bench. This should prevent Tauros ex from overwhelming you in the early game.

Swap It In and Out of the Active Spot

Prevent Tauros ex from quickly going through your team by swapping it out of the Active Spot using either Sabrina or Cyrus. If the opponent is also using Hydreigon, you might even be able to swap in a Hydreigon damaged from its Ability and finish it off before it can attack.

Since Tauros ex has a chance of hurting itself, it's also easy to bring in a damaged Tauros ex to the Active Spot using Cyrus if the opponent tries to move it to 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
Tier
Mega Altaria ex and Chingling Deck	Decidueye ex Deck	CB Magnezone and Darkrai ex Deck	-
Tier
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	-	-
Tier
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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