Pokemon TCG Pocket Tier List – Best Decks & Cards (December 2024)

This tier list ranks the best decks in Pokémon TCG Pocket, a more casual and beginner-friendly version of the main Trading Card Game. While beginner-friendly, a meta still exists, and certain cards prove superior.

Table of Contents

• S-Tier Decks
• A-Tier Decks
• B-Tier Decks

Best Decks in Pokémon TCG Pocket

Effective deck-building is crucial. Here are the top performing decks currently:

S-Tier Decks

Gyarados Ex/Greninja Combo

This deck utilizes a synergistic approach. The strategy centers around leveraging Druddigon's 100 HP and chip damage (without Energy investment) as a defensive wall. Simultaneously, Greninja inflicts additional chip damage and serves as a primary attacker when needed. Finally, Gyarados Ex acts as a powerful finisher, capitalizing on the accumulated chip damage to eliminate opponents.

• Froakie x2
• Frogadier x2
• Greninja x2
• Druddigon x2
• Magikarp x2
• Gyarados Ex x2
• Misty x2
• Leaf x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Poke Ball x2

Pikachu Ex

Currently the top deck, Pikachu Ex is known for its aggressive, high-speed gameplay. Pikachu Ex consistently delivers 90 damage with only two Energy, remarkable efficiency. Adding Voltorb and Electrode provides additional offensive options, with Electrode's free retreat proving invaluable.

• Pikachu Ex x2
• Zapdos Ex x2
• Blitzle x2
• Zebstrika x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Potion x2
• X Speed x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Sabrina x2
• Giovanni x2

Raichu Surge

While slightly less consistent than the primary Pikachu Ex deck, the Raichu Surge deck offers surprising bursts of power thanks to Raichu and Lt. Surge. Zapdos Ex provides solid independent attack capabilities, but the core strategy revolves around Pikachu Ex and Raichu, depending on card draws. Lt. Surge mitigates the Energy discard drawback of Raichu, and X Speed facilitates quick retreats.

• Pikachu Ex x2
• Pikachu x2
• Raichu x2
• Zapdos Ex x2
• Potion x2
• X Speed x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Sabrina x2
• Lt. Surge x2

A-Tier Decks

Celebi Ex and Serperior Combo

The Mythical Island expansion boosted Grass-type decks, with Celebi Ex and Serperior forming a powerful combination. The strategy focuses on rapidly evolving Snivy into Serperior, utilizing its Jungle Totem ability to double Grass Pokémon Energy counts. This, combined with Celebi Ex's coin flips, yields substantial damage potential. Dhelmise offers a secondary attack option. However, Fire-type decks, particularly Blaine/Rapidash/Ninetales, pose a significant counter.

• Snivy x2
• Servine x2
• Serperior x2
• Celebi Ex x2
• Dhelmise x2
• Erika x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Poke Ball x2
• X Speed x2
• Potion x2
• Sabrina x2

Koga Poison

This deck employs a poison strategy. Scolipede delivers massive damage to poisoned opponents, supported by Weezing and Whirlipede for poison application. Koga facilitates Weezing's deployment, while Leaf reduces retreat costs. Tauros serves as a powerful finisher against Ex decks, though setup time is a factor. This deck excels against Mewtwo Ex.

• Venipede x2
• Whirlipede x2
• Scolipede x2
• Koffing x2
• Weezing x2
• Tauros
• Poke Ball x2
• Koga x2
• Sabrina
• Leaf x2

Mewtwo Ex/Gardevoir Combo

This deck centers on Mewtwo Ex, supported by Gardevoir. The goal is to quickly evolve Ralts into Gardevoir to power up Mewtwo Ex's Psydrive attack. Jynx provides stalling or early-game offense.

• Mewtwo Ex x2
• Ralts x2
• Kirlia x2
• Gardevoir x2
• Jynx x2
• Potion x2
• X Speed x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Sabrina x2
• Giovanni x2

B-Tier Decks

Charizard Ex

Charizard Ex boasts high damage potential, but its reliance on specific card draws makes it less consistent. Moltres Ex assists in early Energy accumulation for Charizard Ex's evolution and powerful attacks.

• Charmander x2
• Charmeleon x2
• Charizard Ex x2
• Moltres Ex x2
• Potion x2
• X Speed x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Sabrina x2
• Giovanni x2

Colorless Pidgeot

This deck utilizes basic Pokémon for consistent value. Rattata and Raticate provide early-game damage, while Pidgeot's ability disrupts opponents by forcing active Pokémon switches.

• Pidgey x2
• Pidgeotto x2
• Pidgeot
• Poke Ball x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Red Card
• Sabrina
• Potion x2
• Rattata x2
• Raticate x2
• Kangaskhan
• Farfetch’d x2

This tier list reflects the current Pokémon TCG Pocket meta and is subject to change.