Best Pikachu Ex Deck Pokemon Pocket

Pikachu EX Best Deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket

If you want to build the best deck around the Pikachu EX card, here’s a complete breakdown of the cards that you need to have: The reason this deck has only 4 four Pokemon is to help you rotate quicker to your core card (Pikachu EX) and set up the necessary bench cards like Zapdos and Voltorb.

Best Budget Cards

In case you don’t have all the cards for the ideal Pikachu EX deck, here are some alternative cards for your deck that you can use as a replacement until you find the rest of the cards.

Best Trainer cards

This deck needs to have 20 cards but to support your four main Pokemon cards, you’ll need 12 trainer cards in your deck. To help you make the best decision, here are the best trainer cards to choose for this deck:

How to play the Pikachu EX Deck

Like every other deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket, your deck alone won’t be enough to help you win matches. You’ll have to set them up correctly all the way from your starting hand to your late-game setup. So, here’s all you need to know about that.

Starting Hand

This deck relies on early-game dominance, which means you’ll have to be aggressive from the get-go. So, when getting your first five starting cards, these are the ones you should try to get:

Pikachu EX (important) Zapdos EX (recommended) Voltorb

As for trainer cards, most of them can be useful but you should try to have at least one Potion card to avoid letting your floater faint early and an X Speed for switching out your Active slot when your setup is ready.

Early Game Setup

When you start a matchup in the first few rounds (one to five) try to set up one of your core cards, either Pikachu EX or Zapdos EX on the active slot with the other electric types on the bench slots. This lets you create early-game pressure as either of your core cards can take care of most early-game Pokemon that your opponent might play.

Late Game Setup

Regardless of what setup your opponent is trying to play, your main focus should be to get rid of whatever Active slot floater your opponent plays within the first five rounds. Pikachu EX as well as Zapdos, are great at burst damage in the early rounds, so they can effectively disrupt most enemy setups before they can even reach their full potential.

Best and Worst Matchups

While using this deck, you’ll be up against other kinds of deck. Among all the decks against which I’ve used the Pikachu EX deck, here are the best and worst matchups:

Fighting-type Decks: Fighting-type decks are by far the worst matchup against this deck. Since this deck is primarily based around Electric-type Pokemon, Fighting types like Marowak and Machamp deal additional damage and take reduced damage because of their type advantage. If you’re up against this type of deck, try to set up Pikachu EX as far as possible and keep switching your Pokemon to not get fainted. Water-type Decks: Electric types have an inherent type advantage against water-type Pokemon. Because of this, the Pikachu EX deck is exceptionally strong against water-type decks, especially against meta picks like Articuno EX and Blastoise. Other-type Decks: This deck fares well against the above two deck types. Because of its strong early damage attack potential, dealing with other deck types is relatively easy.

Pikachu EX Deck Weaknesses and Counters

Not any deck is unbeatable in Pokemon TCG Pocket, which includes this Pikachu EX deck which has a few weaknesses and can be somewhat countered if you take proper precautions. Here are all the ones you need to know: For more on Pokemon TCG Pocket, check out Best Mewtwo EX Deck – Pokemon TCG Pocket on Pro Game Guides!