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Mareep Drop Event Guide: Best Decks to Counter
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The Mareep Drop Event in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (PTCG Pocket) runs from January 1, 2025 to January 11, 2025. Follow our guide to see the cards tied to Promo-B Vol. 2, which cards are best to get, and tips and strategies to complete the solo battles and their missions.
Mareep Drop Event Guide
Available from January 1, 2026 ~ January 11, 2026
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The Mareep Drop Event will run from January 1, 2026 to January 11, 2026.
This event allows players to participate in solo AI battles featuring the Mareep 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
Clear Event Missions
| Mission | Reward |
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| Participate in 1 battle | Promo Pack B Series Vol. 2 |
| Participate in 3 battles | Promo Pack B Series Vol. 2 |
| Participate in 5 battles | Promo Pack B Series Vol. 2 |
| Participate in 10 battles | Promo Pack B Series Vol. 2 |
| Participate in 15 battles | Promo Pack B Series Vol. 2 |
| Participate in 10 battles | 
Promo Card Exchange Ticket x1 |
A new set of missions have been made available for this event. Completing event missions will reward you with Promo Packs and an Exchange Ticket. You may use the Exchange Ticket to obtain an event card from the Shop.
These event missions are only available for the duration of the event. You will no longer be able to complete them once the event ends on January 11, 2026.
Exclusive Mareep Drop Event Cards
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You can also get a Promo Mareep card along with other promo cards from Promo-B Vol. 2 as a Mareep Drop Event reward. In addition to this, you may get one card of your choosing from the Event Shop using the Exchange Ticket you get from completing event missions.
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!
List of Promo Pack B Series Vol. 2 Cards
Best Cards to Pull in Mareep Drop Event
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The Magikarp and Swablu from this pack do not have original counterparts from previous expansions. This means that they have different moves from cards that share their names, making them valuable to pull.
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!
Mareep Drop Event Strategy Guide
Mareep Drop Event Deck List
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Expert
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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 Strong and Fast Fighting-Types
This event's decks are all weak against Fighting-type Pokemon. You may use ones that are both strong and have low Attack Costs in order to KO opponents quickly.
Hand Disruption
Mega Ampharos ex needs its evolution cards and Rare Candy to set up. Because of this, decks that revolve around it typically want to draw more cards to find what 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 disrupt their strategy.
Discard the Opponent's Electrical Cord
Electrical Cord can accelerate Energy onto Mega Ampharos ex, which removes the need to manually attach Energy to it.
You may use Guzma to discard the attached Electrical Cord. This removes one avenue of Energy acceleration for the opponent, making Mega Ampharos ex's setup slower.
Mareep Drop Event Best Decks and Counters
Mega Lopunny ex and Rampardos Deck
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 Mega Lopunny ex and Rampardos Deck Deck Type:
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Strengths: • Mega Lopunny ex can OHKO most Pokemon with lucky flips, and Confuse those who can endure the attack. • Rampardos helps secure points with guaranteed hits. Weaknesses: • Reliant on lucky flips to score KOs, and risks not dealing damage at all if you don't flip heads. |
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Mega Lopunny ex and Rampardos Deck Strategy Guide and Card List
Silvally and Rampardos Deck
| Deck | Commentary |
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 Silvally and Rampardos Deck Types:
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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. |
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Silvally and Rampardos Deck Strategy Guide and Card List
Hitmonchan ex and Lucario Deck
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 Hitmonchan ex and Lucario Deck Deck Type:
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Strengths: • Quick and efficient Quick Straight Attack, and an inexpensive 1 Retreat Cost. • Can immediately apply offensive pressure, especially against low HP Pokemon. • Lucario can help Hitmonchan ex deal more damage. Weaknesses: • Cannot hit for Weakness. • Can only do 50 damage without damage modifiers. |
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Hitmonchan ex and Lucario Deck Strategy Guide and Card List
Pokemon TCG Pocket Related Links
All New and Upcoming Events Schedule
Active Events
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 Heliolisk and Buneary Wonder Pick Event
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Duration: Jan. 9 ~ Jan. 19 |
 Bonus Week Event
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Duration: Jan. 4 ~ Jan. 11 |
 Mareep Drop Event
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Duration: Jan. 1 ~ Jan. 11 |
Previous Events
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The weaknesses for the silvally and rampardos deck is incorrect, cranidos is in the deck?