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Fantastical Parade has plenty of new best decks to watch out for in Pokemon TCG Pocket, and we’ve assembled a couple of the top highlights to try to play during your ranked grind.
Pokemon TCG Pocket brought mega evolutions into the game earlier this year, and things have never been the same for competitive players. With more coming every set, they seem to be standouts in battle despite their high risk. And Fantastical Parade comes with even more megas to try and pull.
More than just megas, Fantastical Parade brings new types of trainer cards and tools to the game. All of these combined make up some of the best decks to try out.
Fantastical Parade best decks to try out
The new Fantastical Parade has 155 unique cards, not including art rares, with plenty of ex and non-ex cards alike to watch out for.
Pokemon TCG Pocket developers seem to have paid extra attention to the game’s current meta. Between the Pokemon themselves, stadium cards, and some new tools, things look to be shaking up competitively.
Mega Kangaskhan ex/Electric
Mega Kanghaskhan ex may be one of the best pull cards from Fantastical Parade, so it follows it would make up one of the best decks. It deals two attacks for the cost of one: one worth 80, and then one worth 40. The second attack notably still hits even the opponent switches in another card.
With Red, who boosts each attack by 20 against an active ex Pokemon, Mega Kangaskhan could deal 160 damage in one turn.
Additionally, it makes Ilima from Shining Revelry relevant again. It puts a colorless Pokemon with damage into a player’s hand, completely clearing it of damage and any conditions. While it does remove energy, it’s a big deal for mega cards since if they get knocked out, the game ends.
There are a number of possible decks Mega Kangaskhan ex could fit into, but an electric-type deck allows for both ramping and ex protection.
Pichu in the active spot freely grants an electric energy to any Pokemon. Starting Plain helps by boosting it up to 50 HP. This greatly helps Mega Kangaskan ex’s three-energy attack to ramp up quickly. Pom-Pom Oricorio, meanwhile, is always a good card to have as a mega counter.
Another important card from Fantastical Parade is the Protective Poncho tool card. It prevents all damage and effects done to a Pokemon on the bench, making it a buff against sniping cards like Greninja ex and Absol.
As Greninja ex is one of the most successful cards in the meta, this could be huge.
- Mega Kangaskhan ex x2
- Pichu x2
- Pom-Pom Oricorio x2
- Starting Plain
- Red x2
- Ilima
- Leaf x2
- Heavy Helmet x2
- Protective Poncho x2
- Professor’s Research x2
- Pokeball x2
Mega Mawile ex/19T
Having a deck with just one Pokemon card in it is always a risk, but it could pay off big with Mega Mawile ex. It does 60 damage for two energy and stacks 30 more damage for each and every attack.
This means that after just a few turns, Mega Mawile ex could be one-shotting most cards before they have a chance to even get going with energy.
Having only one playable Pokemon in the deck means that an opponent can’t force it to switch out, removing any stacked damage. However, it does mean that the player has to rely heavily on the right trainers, items, and tools to keep their active Pokemon card from being defeated.
There are several new cards to aid in this effort. Metal Core Barrier offers a one-time 50 damage reduction before being discarded. Over the course of the battle, then, players can attach two Metal Core Barriers and then a third tool for the remainder.
Lucky Ice Pop will also feature heavily in the best decks from Fantastical Parade, including this one. Functioning like a potion, it also can remain in play so long as a head comes up on the coin.
Some older trainer and tool cards also have a utility with Mega Mawile ex. Adaman reduces damage taken by 20, and Sabrina and Cyrus are good ways to pull up any built up cards and knock them out. A Pokemon Center Lady also heals by 30. The name of the game with this deck is keep the active Pokemon alive at any cost.
Mega Mawile ex does have a number of counters, including Mega Charizard Y ex and Mega Blaziken ex from Mega Rising, as well as Porygon-Z. Still, it does only require one really good pull to kick off and could be a fun try.
- Mega Mawile ex
- Starting Plain
- Metal Core Barrier x2
- Rocky Helmet
- Adaman x2
- Sabrina x2
- Cyrus x2
- Guzma
- Pokemon Center Lady x2
- Lucky Ice Pop x2
- Potions x2
- Professor’s Research x2
Other standout cards from Fantastical Parade include Mega Gardevoir ex with Peculiar Plaza, who may make Genetic Apex’s Mewtwo ex relevant again, and Alolan Ninetales to counter high energy cost Pokemon. Suicine ex/Greninja ex players should plan to put Guzma in their decks to remove Protective Ponchos from the playing field.
With an exceptionally large number of cards for one pack, players can expect to spend a fair amount of time trying to get their desired Pokemon. And since Pokemon TCG Pocket is adding more solo battles but with fewer hourglasses, their time on the app may go up more than anticipated.
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