Primeape Deck Card List - Strategy and Counters

Last Updated: January 21, 2025 2:40 AM

The card list for Primeape Deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket (Pokemon Card App). Learn strategy, card breakdown, and counters to refine your build for Pokemon TCGP!

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Table of Contents

Decklist and Card Breakdown
Pros and Cons
Deck Strategy
Other Decklist
Alternative Cards

Primeape Deck - Decklist and Card Breakdown

Primeape Deck

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Primeape Deck - Tier and Summary

Tier	- Aim for a quick evolution from Mankey (Promo). - Strong against the commonly encountered types of Lightning and Colorless. - There is a significant difference in strength between going first and second.

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Swiftness
Damage
Durability
Consistency

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Primeape Deck - Pros / Cons

Can Deal Heavy Damage with Primeape
Possible To Strike Quickly By Exploiting Weakness
There Is A Significant Difference In Strength Between Going First And Second

Can Deal Heavy Damage With Primeape

Mankey will take 10 damage from using its Attack, but by evolving into Primeape, it can use an Attack that has an incredible efficiency of 100 damage for 2 Energy. If used consecutively from Mankey, it can knock out Pokemon with up to 130 HP.

Possible To Strike Quickly By Exploiting Weakness

There are relatively many Pokemon with the Fighting type as weakness, including Electric Type, Normal Type, and Dark Type Pokemon. By using Giovanni, it is possible to one-hit KO many Basic Pokemon that have a Fighting type weakness.

There Is a Significant Difference In Strength Between Going First And Second

Since the Promo version of Mankey only has 50 HP, if going first, using an Attack often leads to being knocked out on the return turn. If going second, it is usually fine to send Mankey out, but if going first, it’s better to try to put another Pokemon in the Active Spot.

Primeape Deck Strategy

Start with Mankey as your active Pokemon
Earn Damage Early with Primeape
Use Golem to take down large Pokemon

Start with Mankey as Your Active Pokemon

Try to start with Mankey as your active Pokemon. Geodude has a retreat cost of 2 Energy, making it difficult to retreat back to the bench and safely evolve.

Be Cautious with Mankey

If you attack with Mankey on the first turn going second, your remaining HP will drop to 40, which significantly increases the risk of being knocked out by a return attack. Be careful not to get knocked out before evolving into Primeape.

Deal Early Damage with Primeape

If Mankey attacks or takes damage, Primeape can then deal 100 damage with just 2 Energy. Focus on this aggressive playstyle for early pressure.

Use Golem to Take Down Large Pokemon

When facing Pokemon ex or other large threats that Primeape can't handle, switch to Golem. Grow Geodude on your bench, and once evolved, use Brock for Energy Acceleration to deal 150 damage.

Alternative Cards

Card	Explanation
	Hitmonchan - Additional Basic Pokemon slot - Can use Attack with 1 Energy and has stronger attack power than Mankey
	Hitmonlee - Additional Basic Pokemon slot - Targets Pokemon that Primeape couldn’t finish off with its Bench Attack
	Farfetch'd - Additional Basic Pokemon slot - Can use Attack with 1 Energy, dealing more damage than Hitmonchan or Hitmonlee
	Potion - Heals 20 HP - Useful for recovering self-damage from Mankey or Golem
	Red Card - Reduces opponent's hand to 3 cards - Useful for stalling until Golem is ready

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Marowak ex	Weezing	Koga	Alakazam
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Low Tier Deck
Centiskorch	Misty	Primeape	Lt. Surge
Arcanine ex	Arbok	Machamp ex	Melmetal
Gengar ex	Wigglytuff ex	Lapras ex	Eelektross
Gyarados	Omastar	Brock	Kabutops
Nidoqueen & Nidoking	Cinccino