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Before jumping right into the decks, it’s important to establish exactly how the Pokémon card game handles rotations. Every year or so, old sets of cards are ” rotated out of the format. ” This means they are no longer able to be used in competitive play. This rotation not only helps to keep the card game fresh but also demands that players pick up new strategies and deck id
Part of the Majestic Dawn expansion, Empoleon is a stage 2 Water-Type Pokémon Card, with 130 HP. Empoleon comes equipped with two extremely useful abilities, the first being Dual Splash, which requires one water and one colorless energy card to deal 30 damage to any two of the opponent’s poké
Since this card is Colorless, it can be inserted in almost any deck to offset a natural dominant weakness to anything except Fighting-type cards. It is especially effective in Colorless decks that are designed to search and play excessive amounts of energy cards so that Mega Kangaskhan EX can power up their sole move fas
The second ability is Surf Together, which requires two water and one colorless energy card and deals 50 damage, as well as 10 extra damage for every one of the player’s benched PokéMon Tcg Pocket 24 Hourglasses Distribution. Furthermore, after flipping a coin, if it lands on tails, there is an extra 10 damage to each of the player’s benched pokémon. All in all, it is a powerful attacker that works efficiently, and, therefore, has found its place in many successful decks on the world st
Scyther from the Jungle expansion is one of the best Generation 1 Pokémon that is a Basic Pokémon with 70 HP, something which was huge for a Basic Pokémon to have at the time of its release. While it might seem funny in the present, this card was uniquely powerful at the time of its rele
Released in the Flashfire expansion, this card harkens back to some non-mega Kangaskhan cards; some of the best Normal-types . There are a few versions of Kangaskhan in the TCG where the damage of their attacks is based on coin flips. This card takes this pattern and super-sizes
There are other butterfly-like Pokemon that have attacks like this as well. Vivillon from the Forbidden Light Expansion has Vivid Powder, an attack that makes the foe Poisoned and Asleep simultaneously while also doing 50 damage. Having a deck full of butterflies sounds cute but could be a deadly strat
Celebi Prime is a Basic Pokémon, which belongs to the Triumphant expansion and has an HP of 60. It comes equipped with Poké-Powers Forest Breath and Time Circle. Forest Breath allows the player to attach one Grass energy-card to any of their Pokémon before making an attack if Celebi happens to be the active Pokémon in p
Its primary attack, Dark Pulse, can deal an additional 20 damage for every Dark energy that has been attached to each of the player’s pokemon. If the player uses Max Elixir, the number of Dark energies in play can be as high as 8-9, allowing the player to deal 180 damage on the very first turn, which is borderline bro
A few in the Sword & Shield expansion have this ability, like Celebi V . A few more Pokemon in the player’s hand or Bench also gives them a bit of security in case the opponent has a trick up their sleeve. A great opening gambit, regardless of deck strat
The oldest deck on this list is the now infamously-titled ” Haymaker” deck. Haymaker was possibly the first truly meta defining deck to ever exist in the Pokémon Card Game . It reigned over the competition with its simple yet incredibly strong premise. The deck only ran Scyther, Electabuzz, and Hitmonchan. What these cards all had in common was decently high HP (for the time), small energy costs with high damage output, and, best of all, they were all basic Pokémon. Haymaker was feared because it applied pressure to the opponent almost right out of the gate, and it never let up until the sixth prize card was drawn. Undoubtedly a very simple deck, but one that many players dreaded fighting due to its ease of use and sp
This is another condition that does not go away by itself and can force a foe to hurt themselves on their own turn, combining insult and injury. Butterfree V from the Darkness Ablaze expansion turns foes on themselves easily with a low-cost Dizzying Poison, which also applies the Poisoned condition to t
Over the years of the **Pokémon Trading Card Game ** , different strategies and decks have risen to prominence. Even in the Base Set days, strong players were discovering new deck ideas to dominate competitive play . After two decades, the Pokémon Trading Card Game still __ has a thriving scene of smart and creative players always pushing the format forward. However, with over twenty years to look back on, what were some of the strongest decks in their respective form
Trading Card Games are hugely popular, with many of Yu-Gi-Oh’s common monster cards , as well as the strongest cards belonging to Dartz , being all the rage. However, the Pokémon TCG is no different, providing to players its own range of powerful ca
Part of the Majestic Dawn expansion, Empoleon is a stage 2 Water-Type Pokémon Card, with 130 HP. Empoleon comes equipped with two extremely useful abilities, the first being Dual Splash, which requires one water and one colorless energy card to deal 30 damage to any two of the opponent’s poké
Since this card is Colorless, it can be inserted in almost any deck to offset a natural dominant weakness to anything except Fighting-type cards. It is especially effective in Colorless decks that are designed to search and play excessive amounts of energy cards so that Mega Kangaskhan EX can power up their sole move fas
The second ability is Surf Together, which requires two water and one colorless energy card and deals 50 damage, as well as 10 extra damage for every one of the player’s benched PokéMon Tcg Pocket 24 Hourglasses Distribution. Furthermore, after flipping a coin, if it lands on tails, there is an extra 10 damage to each of the player’s benched pokémon. All in all, it is a powerful attacker that works efficiently, and, therefore, has found its place in many successful decks on the world st
Scyther from the Jungle expansion is one of the best Generation 1 Pokémon that is a Basic Pokémon with 70 HP, something which was huge for a Basic Pokémon to have at the time of its release. While it might seem funny in the present, this card was uniquely powerful at the time of its rele
Released in the Flashfire expansion, this card harkens back to some non-mega Kangaskhan cards; some of the best Normal-types . There are a few versions of Kangaskhan in the TCG where the damage of their attacks is based on coin flips. This card takes this pattern and super-sizes
There are other butterfly-like Pokemon that have attacks like this as well. Vivillon from the Forbidden Light Expansion has Vivid Powder, an attack that makes the foe Poisoned and Asleep simultaneously while also doing 50 damage. Having a deck full of butterflies sounds cute but could be a deadly strat
Celebi Prime is a Basic Pokémon, which belongs to the Triumphant expansion and has an HP of 60. It comes equipped with Poké-Powers Forest Breath and Time Circle. Forest Breath allows the player to attach one Grass energy-card to any of their Pokémon before making an attack if Celebi happens to be the active Pokémon in p
Its primary attack, Dark Pulse, can deal an additional 20 damage for every Dark energy that has been attached to each of the player’s pokemon. If the player uses Max Elixir, the number of Dark energies in play can be as high as 8-9, allowing the player to deal 180 damage on the very first turn, which is borderline bro
A few in the Sword & Shield expansion have this ability, like Celebi V . A few more Pokemon in the player’s hand or Bench also gives them a bit of security in case the opponent has a trick up their sleeve. A great opening gambit, regardless of deck strat
The oldest deck on this list is the now infamously-titled ” Haymaker” deck. Haymaker was possibly the first truly meta defining deck to ever exist in the Pokémon Card Game . It reigned over the competition with its simple yet incredibly strong premise. The deck only ran Scyther, Electabuzz, and Hitmonchan. What these cards all had in common was decently high HP (for the time), small energy costs with high damage output, and, best of all, they were all basic Pokémon. Haymaker was feared because it applied pressure to the opponent almost right out of the gate, and it never let up until the sixth prize card was drawn. Undoubtedly a very simple deck, but one that many players dreaded fighting due to its ease of use and sp
This is another condition that does not go away by itself and can force a foe to hurt themselves on their own turn, combining insult and injury. Butterfree V from the Darkness Ablaze expansion turns foes on themselves easily with a low-cost Dizzying Poison, which also applies the Poisoned condition to t
Over the years of the **Pokémon Trading Card Game ** , different strategies and decks have risen to prominence. Even in the Base Set days, strong players were discovering new deck ideas to dominate competitive play . After two decades, the Pokémon Trading Card Game still __ has a thriving scene of smart and creative players always pushing the format forward. However, with over twenty years to look back on, what were some of the strongest decks in their respective form
Trading Card Games are hugely popular, with many of Yu-Gi-Oh’s common monster cards , as well as the strongest cards belonging to Dartz , being all the rage. However, the Pokémon TCG is no different, providing to players its own range of powerful ca