At the start of your Pokémon TCG Pocket journey, you will mostly be focused on getting as many decent cards in your collection as possible. Once you’ve finally battled some friends and crafted some cards, you’ll be able to make a great deck.
Unfortunately, even a good deck can’t rival some of the best decks anyone can create in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Players have finally cracked down on the game’s meta, so if you want to compete in the big leagues against others online, you should create some of the best decks listed below.
Weavile ex/Darkrai ex deck
- x2 Sneasel
- x2 Weavile ex
- x2 Darkrai ex
- x2 Spiritomb
- x2 Poké Ball
- x2 Professor’s Research
- x2 Cyrus
- x2 Dawn
- x2 Rocky Helmet
- x1 Leaf
- x1 Pokémon Communication
The Space-Time Smackdown packs have a slew of new cards, and this Weavile ex and Darkrai ex deck is the best to come from it. The magic of this deck comes from its ability to deal a ton of extra damage to the opponent’s Active Pokémon if it already has damage on it. Weavile ex does 40 more damage if the enemy’s Active Pokémon has damage, and Darkrai ex’s Nightmare Aura ability allows it to deal 20 damage to their Pokémon whenever you attach a Darl energy to the Darkrai. You also have Spiritomb which can spread out damage to all your opponent’s Pokémon, and the Rocky Helmet tool that deals damage to the attacking Pokémon when attached to your cards.
Giratina ex/Darkrai ex deck
- x2 Giratina ex
- x2 Darkrai ex
- x2 Druddigon
- x2 Poké Ball
- x2 Rocky Helmet
- x2 Red
- x2 Professor’s Research
- x2 Leaf
- x1 Giant Cape
- x1 Sabrina
- x1 Team Rocket Grunt
- x1 Cyrus
With the new Shining Revelry booster pack out, players have quickly realized just how powerful this Giratina ex deck can be. Pair this with Darkrai ex, and you get an unstoppable duo. You do this by using Darkrai ex’s Nightmare Aura ability that can deal 20 damage to the opponent’s Active Pokémon whenever you attach Dark Energy to it. That will slowly chip away at the enemy’s health, and eventually, you can use Giratina ex’s 130 damage move. To do this quickly, you can use its ability Broken-Space Bellow which has you take a Psychic Energy from the Energy Zone while simultaneously ending your turn.
Dialga ex deck
- x2 Dialga ex
- x2 Meltan
- x2 Melmetal
- x1 Mew ex
- x1 Skarmory
- x2 Poké Ball
- x2 Professor’s Research
- x2 Leaf
- x2 Rocky Helmet
- x2 Giant Cape
- x1 Cyrus
- x1 Budding Expeditioner
- x1 Dawn
There are a few different versions of the Dialga ex deck from Space-Time Smackdown, but this one serves as one of the best Steel decks in the game. All of these Pokémon have high HP and can dish out heavy damage, such as Dialga ex. Putting this out first is your best chance at winning since it can help put extra Steel energy onto your Benched Pokémon. Once they’re done, bring out Melmetal who takes 20 less damage from attacks and can deal 120 damage with four Steel energy.
Arceus ex/ Dialga ex deck
- x2 Arceus ex
- x2 Dialga ex
- x2 Shaymin
- x2 Poké Ball
- x2 Professor’s Research
- x2 Leaf
- x2 Red
- x2 Rocky Helmet
- x2 Giant Cape
- x1 Cyrus
- x1 Potion
If you’ve collected some Arceus ex cards from the Triumphant Light booster packs, this is one of the better decks to create with them. A great Pokémon to pair Arceus ex with is Dialga ex since it can help power up your benched Arceus. If Dialga ex uses Metallic Turbo, it dishes out 30 damage while also giving two Steel Energy to a Benched Pokémon. In just two turns, you can use Arceus ex’s damage move, Ultimate Force, dealing 70 base damage and 20 extra damage per Benched Pokémon. Shaymin is also good to have on the bench, and it can heal 10 damage from each of your Pokémon with its ability.
Dragonite deck
- x2 Dratini
- x2 Dragonair
- x2 Dragonite
- x2 Koffing
- x2 Weezing
- x2 Potion
- x2 Poké Ball
- x2 Professor’s Research
- x2 Koga
- x1 Sabrina
- x1 X Speed
This is the only non-ex deck on this list, but it’s still just as powerful as the rest. It’s important to ensure you only allow Water and Lightning energy for this deck and not Dark because you won’t be using it for Koffing and Weezing. They’ll act as decoys to tank hits while you start building up to a Dragonite, but can still do damage in the meantime with Weezing’s ability to poison your opponent. Then use Koga to immediately put Weezing into your hand and replace it with your Dragonite. If you don’t have Koffing and Weezing, you can swap them out for any other Pokémon with a good chunk of health to withstand hits.
Palkia ex deck
- x2 Palkia ex
- x2 Manaphy
- x2 Eevee
- x2 Vaporeon
- x2 Poké Ball
- x2 Professor’s Research
- x2 Misty
- x2 Cyrus
- x2 Leaf
- x1 Giant Cape
- x1 Pokémon Communication
Another big new deck from the Space-Time Smackdown update is the Palkia ex deck. Without Manaphy and Vaporeon in this deck, it wouldn’t work. Palkia ex’s most powerful move requires four Energy and deals 150 damage to the Active opponent and 20 damage to the Benched Pokémon, but it discards three Water energy to do so. Luckily, Manaphy has the ability to take Energy from the Energy Zone and give it to two Benched Pokémon during its turn. Then there’s Vaporeon which has a passive that allows it to move Water energy between your cards as often as you’d like during your turn.
Gallade ex deck
- x2 Gallade ex
- x2 Hitmonlee
- x2 Ralts
- x2 Kirlia
- x1 Marshadow
- x2 Poké Ball
- x2 Professor’s Research
- x2 Rocky Helmet
- x2 Cyrus
- x2 Pokémon Communication
- x1 Mars
Gallade ex quickly became one of the strongest decks in the meta, and it still is even after Space-Time Smackdown has been out for weeks. Essentially, this deck punishes the opponent in different ways. If they have a lot of Energy attached to their Pokémon, Gallade deals an extra 20 damage for each Energy on that Pokémon with a base damage of 70. Not only that, but Hitmonlee can hit Benched Pokémon, which is great for picking on low-HP Pokémon hiding in the back row. It’s also smart to have Ralts since they can use Teleport to switch with your stronger Benched Pokémon.
Celebi ex deck
- x2 Celebi ex
- x1 Dhelmise
- x2 Snivy
- x2 Servine
- x2 Serperior
- x2 Poké Ball
- x1 Potion
- x2 Erika
- x2 Professor’s Research
- x2 Sabrina
- x2 X Speed
From the Mythical Island pack comes the incredible Celebi ex deck that’s aided by Serperior and Dhelmise. Celebi ex can deal an extra 50 damage for every time it flips a coin and gets heads. The cool thing about it though is that it’ll flip a coin for every Energy attached, which becomes even more powerful when combined with Serperior’s passive ability. Jungle Totem makes it so every Grass energy attached to Grass Pokémon serves as two Energy instead of one. So if you have two Grass energy on Celebi, you’ll actually flip four coins, heightening the odds in your favor.
Charizard ex deck
- x2 Charmander
- x2 Charmeleon
- x2 Charizard ex
- x2 Moltres ex
- x2 Potion
- x2 Poké Ball
- x2 Professor’s Research
- x2 X Speed
- x2 Red Card
- x2 Sabrina
The Charizard ex deck relies on the Moltres ex’s Inferno Dance ability that can give your benched Charizard cards extra Fire energy depending on your coin flips. It has 140 HP to tank hits until you’ve finally built up to a Charizard ex, and with four energy it can deal a whopping 200 damage (although it consumes two energy). Since this deck is already so powerful, you won’t need a Giovanni with you.
