This is the Best Meta Decks Tier List in Pokemon TCG Pocket (PTCGP). See the strongest & best decks in format (BDIF), recommended decklist and build in Pokemon TCGP.
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Best Deck Tier List
Meta Decks Tier List
The top-tier decks in Pokemon TCG Pocket are the Mewtwo ex Deck, the Darkrai ex & Magnezone Deck, the Weavile ex & Darkrai ex Deck, the Palkia ex Deck, and the Gyarados ex Deck. The release of the new pack, Mythical Island, has significantly shifted the metagame.
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Gyarados ex
This deck focuses on stalling with Druddigon while setting up Gyarados ex and Greninja on the bench. Against opponents that Gyarados cannot one-hit KO, the strategy involves using Rough Skin or Water Shuriken to chip away at their HP, reducing it below 140 for a decisive follow-up attack.
Gyarados ex Deck Card ListDarkrai ex & Magnezone
The Darkrai ex & Magnezone deck uses Druddigon as a wall to prepare Magnezone. Use Darkrai ex & Druddigon to reduce the opponent's HP and then Magnezone's 110 damage attack to finish them.
Darkrai ex & Magnezone Deck Card ListPalkia ex
This deck utilizes Manaphy to accelerate powerful attackers like Palkia ex. Manaphy and Misty's Energy Acceleration helps compensate for Palkia ex's Energy Discard effect, making it a strong strategy.
Palkia ex Deck Card ListBest Deck Details
Tier 1: Top Tier Decks (BDIF)
- - Gyarados ex's 140-damage attack is effective across matchups
- Misty's coin flip effects can lead to high-impact plays
- The set-up is heavily luck based and may take time - - Combination of Darkrai ex & Magnezone is powerful
- Magnezone can produce its own Lightning Energy
- Requirement of Stage 2 Evolution may cause bad hands - - Palkia ex's high damage is powerful.
- Manaphy's Energy Acceleration is excellent.
- Easy to achieve a knockout with Bench Attack + Cyrus.
Tier 2: High Tier Decks
- - The Darkrai + Weavile combo is powerful.
- It can function with minimal Energy, reducing the chances of drawing bad hands.
- The deck is somewhat lacking in high-damage attackers. - - Can attack with Exeggutor ex in the early stages and Yanmega ex in the middle and later stages.
- Hard to be defeated because you can recover with Erika.
- Rockey Helmet helps with damage output. - - Charizard ex's high damage attack is very strong
- Moltres ex's Energy Acceleration is helpful
- Prone to bad hands typical of Stage 2 attackers like Charizard - - Rampardos's 1 Energy for 130 damage is immense.
- Use a Draw Engine to cycle through your deck.
- Bad hands preventing evolving is likely to occur. - - Repeated 90 damage from Pikachu ex is powerful
- Easy to overwhelm the opponent with multiple Pokemon ex
- Raichu can also deliver high damage - - A highly stable deck centered around Mewtwo ex
- The repeated use of Psydrive from mid to late game is powerful
- It’s crucial to evolve Ralts into Gardevoir - - Highly consistent deck centered on Celebi ex
- The attack, Powerful Bloom, can provide powerful and consistent damage
- Serperior boosts Celebi ex's overwhelming damage potential - - Dialga ex's Energy Acceleration is strong.
- Requires another card capable of dealing with strong attackers.
- The downside is that it can't act until it has two energies attached.
Tier 3: Middle Tier Decks
- - Pachirisu ex's 2 Energy and 80 damage multi-attacks are a strong combination.
- Can work regardless of whether you’re going to attack first or second.
- Energy management can be a bit challenging. - - Powerful ability to cause damage.
- Good compatibility with Cyrus.
- Weezing can cause damage easily for Darkrai ex to finish off. - - Always +20 damage with Lucario's ability.
- Aggro-type moves can be made with minimal energy cost.
- Marshadow's attack is excellent. - - Starmie ex is Energy efficient
- Misty's Energy Acceleration is powerful
- Weak against fast-paced decks like Lightning decks - - Infernape ex's 2 Energy with 140 damage is powerful.
- Move Energy with Dawn and repeatedly attack with Infernape ex.
- The synergy between Giratina, Dawn, and Infernape ex is excellent. - - Forces opponent to KO two Pokemon ex cards
- Powerful Energy Acceleration from Misty
- High dependency on Misty - - Aerodactyl ex serves as a strong attacker
- Reliable evolution from Mankey to Primeape
- Struggles against high-HP attackers / long battles - - 120 damage Bench Attack is powerful.
- You can get 2 Energy Acceleration at once with Volkner.
- It is important to effectively reduce the opponent's HP.
Tier 4: Secondary Decks
- - Cost-effective attacks are good for going aggresive in early-game
- Blaine's damage-boosting effect is strong
- Overall HP is low and durability is poor - - Melmetal boasts impressive durability.
- Bisharp excels as a solid backup attacker.
- This deck struggles against fast-pace decks. - - With Cynthia, Garchomp can deal 150 damage.
- Garchomp’s ability makes Cynthia easy to draw.
- Energy attachments may be uneven or hard to manage. - - Fighting-type Pokemon with powerful, fast-attacking moves.
- There are plenty of potential sub-attacker alternatives.
- It's important to deal damage in advance for Gallade ex. - - Golem's survivability is quite high
- Strong against opponents who can't deal more than 100 damage
- Higher chance of having bad hands because you need 2 evolutions - - Uses highly durable Pokemon
- Key to winning is evolving to Machamp ex
- Primarily focuses on battling without retreating - - Strong Attack from Arcanine ex
- Energy Acceleration is possible with Moltres ex
- Arcanine ex's disadvantage is that it also takes self-damage - - Blastoise ex can be the main attacker for its high durability and attack power
- A Water deck that doesn’t overly rely on Misty
- Other Pokemon besides Blastoise can be easily defeated - - Pidgeot ex boasts high maximum damage output
- Flexible evolutions from Pidgeotto based on opponent's strategy
- Colorless Pokemon allows for diverse deck-building options
Tier 5: Low Tier Decks
- - Maximize damage output with Lickilicky ex.
- Easy to use the same strategy every time with small number of Pokemon.
- Lickilicky ex’s damage can vary. - - Poison and Scolipede combo is powerful
- You can collect Weezing with Koga
- It will be tough if Poisoned is cured by Evolving - - Togekiss deals up to 170 damage with Cynthia
- Mythical Slab can be used.
- Additional attack damage will be reset when you return to the bench. - - Evolve deck that's easy to play with good pacing
- Deals an impressive 160 damage with just 2 Energy
- Highly reliant on coin flips, which can be a drawback - - Electivire's 4 energy 120 damage is powerful.
- You can benefit from both Lt. Surge and Volkner.
- Simple to set up but slightly lacking firepower. - - Can stall and fight persistently with Mismagius ex's Confusion.
- Can attack at a good pace.
- Needs to rely on Confusion to make up for lack of damage output. - - Wigglytuff ex and Frosmoth’s sleep effect is powerful
- Misty’s Energy Acceleration allows for an aggressive early game
- Coin flip result plays a major role - - Mesprit will deal 160 damage if the conditions are met.
- Attack conditions and disadvantages cannot be ignored.
- Being able to use Mythical Slab is an advantage. - - Venusaur ex's high durability is appealing
- Lots of HP recovery options, like Erika
- Prone to bad hands when unable to draw evolution cards for Venusaur ex - - A deck that can block opponent's Supporter cards
- Evolving to Gengar can be challenging
- Low damage output can be a disadvantage - - You have a chance of winning against any deck
- Can sustain long battles using only Single-Prize Pokemon
- Slow setup due to Dragonite being Stage 2 and requiring a 4 Energy attack - - Withstand attacks & buy time with Cresselia ex
- Recover more HP with Gardevoir
- Damage output is low, difficult against strong Pokemon - - Torterra's consistent 150 damage makes for a strong deck.
- It’s important to include a partner that can take action in the early game.
- Torterra is hard to use effectively in the late game.
Strongest Deck Criteria
Summary of Rating Criteria
| SS Tier (Tier 1) | Top Decks in the Meta - High win rate and popularity - Low chance of drawing bad hands, making it stable |
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| S Tier (Tier 2) | Upper-Meta Decks - Second highest win rate, right after SS Tier - Second highest usage rate, also close to SS Tier |
| A Tier (Tier 3) | Mid-Meta Decks - Can compete with top-tier decks depending on matchups - Not as widely used |
| B Tier (Tier 4) | Low Usage Decks in the Meta - Low usage rate - Win rate isn't particularly high either |
| C Tier (Tier 5) | Difficult to Succeed with Decks - Low win rate and low usage - Struggles to perform in the current meta |
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