Best Pokemon TCG Decks to Play

CentiVally is the newest deck on the block, and has initiated the biggest surge in play that Centiskorch has ever seen to date! This decklist was initially created by the Limitless team, and has been played all over the globe to many successes. The biggest strength that Centiskorch was lacking prior to the addition of Silvally GX was the resilience to draw out of a Reset Stamp to a low hand size. Now that you can refresh your hand back up to five cards, you can bounce back at really any point of the game and draw the cards that you need. Finding Welder can be an issue at times, but once you’ve setup your ideal board state, you can’t be stopped. Just make sure you get off a Volcanion Flare Starter attack going second, and you’ll be in good shape going into your matchups.

Ahhh, the tankiest deck in the format! I traditionally like LucMetal, but I feel as if Centiskorch has been preying on it lately due to that pesky Fire-type weakness that it has. Coating Metal Energy does solve a piece of that equation, however if the Centiskorch player is including a copy of Giratina in their decks, then they can respond to Coating Metal Energy on opposing Metal-type Pokemon. LucMetal is gaining popularity now that Eternatus is gaining some traction in the online world, mainly due to Zamazenta V having such a detrimental ability that puts all Eternatus VMAX decks in their place. This deck can perform amazingly if the field doesn’t have too much Fire-type Pokemon in it.

Eternatus seems to be the Pokemon that is up next in terms of the Pokemon online world. It’s been performing very well lately, but has been faulting to decks such as LucMetal, where it can’t penetrate through that Zamazenta V that we talked about above. I could see a world where people play heavier counts of Spiritomb in an effort to counter these Zamazentas, however that means dedicating a ton of spots for virtually a single matchup. I’m also undecided as to whether or not this variant is the best, or the one with poison-ability Pokemon such as Toxicroak and Slowbro V. While the poison damage is able to cut through things such as Metal Goggles, I find it less consistent in a deck that is already very reliant on hitting an energy + specific Basic Pokemon as early as the first turn. Perhaps it’s most optimal to just focus on consistently setting up an Eternatus as quick as possible? Who knows. As players explore this deck, it seems that maybe it’s not as much of a 1-trick pony as one would suggest, and is instead a colourful deck full of innovation and good ideas.

Mad Party is one of the fastest and most aggressive decks in the entire format, and is mostly known for being able to attack on the first turn of the game. This deck has done a great job of wailing on Pikarom, Mewtwo, and Baby Blacephalon in the modern online Pokemon world. This deck tends to whiff cards sporadically at times, and relies on drawing card in a sequential order in order to pull off unmatched combos. This deck gets put in its place sometimes by decks such as LucMetal, where they have a difficult time hitting the numbers to 2HKO a Zacian. Provided Mad Party hits the correct energy at times and doesn’t have to dump resources at awkward times, it usually comes out on top. The only arch nemesis this deck really has is against ADP – Altered Creation GX tends to be too much for Mad Party to handle, and usually our least favourite Tag Team deck will come out on top marginally. Sometimes though, you can win if you get a hit off onto an ADP in the first one or two turns.

Though I feel ADP has been beat to death by so many people, I wanted to talk about what a cookie-cutter deck list for this archetype looks like. People stray so far away from the simple concept that ADP is, and they tend to lose their sight on how to play the deck optimally. Including Crushing Hammer seems like a necessity in the current age, and ADP is no exception to that rule. Eldegoss V for Boss’s Orders is also necessary in order to turn Item cards such as Quick Ball into gust-outs. Three copies of Water is also a staple so that you don’t lose to prizing/Crushing Hammers form the opponent. That’s all on this one – just keep it consistent. The only tech I’d really consider in this deck is a Tool Scrapper or a Galarian Zigzagoon.

I’m sure you’re already running to your computer and loading up your PTCGO Codes as we speak, so I’ll let you hop to it. All of these decks would be a great choice for you, so just be sure when picking a deck that you opt for the one that you’re most comfortable with. There are a lot of options on this list so just be sure that you have enough PTCGO codes to build the appropriate decks. Have fun with it!