BASIC STRATEGY

Evolve Wiglett into Wugtrio and Charcadet into Armarouge. Power up Wugtrio with a combination of manual attachments of Double Turbo Energy and the combination of attaching a Basic Fire Energy to Armarouge from your discard pile with Magma Basin and moving it to your active Wugtrio with Armarouge’s Fire Off Ability, which reads, “As often as you like during your turn, you may move a [R] Energy from 1 of your Benched Pokémon to your Active Pokémon.“ Attack with Wugtrio’s Sea Tunneling attack, which has you flip three coins and discard the top 3 cards of your opponent’s deck for each heads.

KEY CARDS

• Wugtrio SVI 153

• Armarouge SVI 41

• Magma Basin BRS 144

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BASIC STRATEGY

Going second, evolve benched Turtwig into Grotle with the help of Technical Machine: Evolution. On your following turn, Use Grotle’s Sun-Drenched Shell ability to search for Torterra and evolve Grotle into Torterra or, with the help of Rare Candy, Turtwig into Torterra. Evolve unevolved Pokémon as soon as possible to increase the damage of Torterra’s Evo Press attack, which does 50 damage for each of your Evolution Pokémon in play.

KEY CARDS

• Torterra BRS 8

• Grotle BRS 7

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BASIC STRATEGY

Using every discarding resource in the deck, put all or most of your “United Wings” attackers in the discard pile. Then, attach Energy to Ditto to use its Sudden Transformation Ability to copy the United Wings attack from your discarded “United Wings” attackers.

KEY CARDS

• United Wings attackers (Wattrel, Murkrow, Flamigo, Dartrix)

• Squawkabilly ex PAL 169

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BASIC STRATEGY

Play down and evolve Grookey and Applin into Thwackey and Dipplin, respectively. With the Festival Grounds stadium card in play, attack with Dipplin’s Do the Wave attack, which does 20 damage for each of your Benched Pokémon. Then, because of the effect of Dipplin’s Festival Lead Ability, attack once again before your opponent starts their turn. With Dipplin in the Active Spot, make use of Thwackey’s Boom Boom Groove Ability, which lets you search your deck for any 1 card if your Active Pokémon has the Festival Lead Ability.

KEY CARDS

• Dipplin TWM 18

• Thwackey TWM 15

• Festival Grounds

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BASIC STRATEGY

Using Mesagoza, Great Ball, and Ultra Ball, fish each of your Tatsugiri out of the deck. Discard the Tatsugiri with Professor’s Research, Serena, Ultra Ball, or Kirlia’s Refinement Ability. Use Double Turbo Energy or Mela to power up Dondozo’s Vent Wrath attack, which does 50 damage for each Tatsugiri in your discard pile.

KEY CARDS

• Dondozo SVI 61

• Tatsugiri TWM 131

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BASIC STRATEGY

Play down and evolve Ralts into Kirlia, or with Rare Candy, into Gardevoir ex. Use Gardevoir ex Psychic Embrace Ability to attach Psychic Energy from your discard pile to your Pokémon to prepare them to attack. Use Drifloon, Cresselia, Scream Tail, and even Gardevoir ex itself to take knockouts as needed.

KEY CARDS

• Kirlia Engine (Kirlia SIT 68, Gardevoir ex SVI 86)

Deck List

The list below reflects the cards contained in the sealed product.

Upgrades

• Scream Tail PAR 86

• Buddy-Buddy Poffin

• Unfair Aroma or Unfair Stamp

• Munkidori TWM 95 paired with two copies of Basic Darkness Energy

BASIC STRATEGY

With the help of Miraidon ex’s Tandem Unit Ability, get Regieleki V into play. Evolve Regieleki V into Regieleki VMAX so that Miraidon ex’s damage is boosted by Regieleki VMAX’s Transistor Ability, which adds 30 damage to the attacks of your Basic Lightning Pokémon.

KEY CARDS

• Miraidon ex SVI 81

• Electric Generator

Deck List

The list below reflects the cards contained in the sealed product.

Pokémon - 14
2 Bibarel BRS 121
2 Bidoof CRZ 111
2 Miraidon ex SVI 81
2 Regieleki ASR 51
2 Regieleki V SIT 57
2 Regieleki VMAX SIT 58
2 Zeraora SIT 56

Trainer Cards - 31
4 Arven OBF 186
4 Boss's Orders PAL 172
4 Professor's Research SVI 190
4 Electric Generator SVI 170
4 Ultra Ball SVI 196
3 Nest Ball SVI 181
2 Switch SVI 194
2 Vitality Band SVI 197
1 Forest Seal Stone SIT 156
1 Leafy Camo Poncho SIT 160
2 Beach Court SVI 167

Energy - 15
15 Basic Lightning Energy SVE 4

Upgrades

• Additional copies of Miraidon ex and 1-2 copies of Raikou V BRS 48.

BASIC STRATEGY

Using the deck’s various search cards and draw options, seek out and bench as many Pokémon as possible to boost the damage of Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR’s Subspace Swell attack which does 60 damage plus 20 more damage for each Benched Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s). Throughout the game, discard Water Energy via Ultra Ball and Radiant Greninja’s Concealed Cards ability. As needed, use Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR’s Star Portal ability to power up either another Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR or Radiant Greninja.

KEY CARDS

• Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR ASR 40

• Radiant Greninja ASR 46

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Upgrades

• An additional each of Origine Forme Palkia V and Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR.

• Prime Catcher as an Item-based gusting option that’s searchable via Irida.

BASIC STRATEGY

Play down and evolve Natu into Xatu, using Xatu’s Clairvoyant Sense Ability to attach a Psychic Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Benched Pokémon and draw two cards. Attack using Espathra ex’s Psy Ball attack, which does 30 damage plus 30 more damage for each Energy attached to both Active Pokémon, all while Espathra’s Ability, Dazzling Gaze, and Pokémon League Headquarters (against Basic Pokémon) make it cost [C] more each for their Pokémon to attack.

KEY CARDS

• Espathra ex PAF

• Xatu PAR 72

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Source: Carlos Román Cruz - 70th Place, Bologna Special Event

BASIC STRATEGY

Evolve Natu into Xatu. Power up Snorlax, Deoxys, or Mew ex with Xatu’s Clairevoyant Sense Ability, which states, “Once during your turn, you may attach a Basic [P] Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. If you attached Energy to a Pokémon in this way, draw 2 cards.” Attack with Snorlax’s Thumping Snore attack, which does 180 damage and leaves Snorlax Asleep. Alternatively, attack with Deoxys and its Genome Spiral which does 120 damage and has you move the Energy attached to Deoxys to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. As situationally advantageous, use Mew ex’s Genome Hacking to copy 1 of your opponent’s Active Pokémon’s attacks.

KEY CARDS

• Snorlax LOR 143

• Xatu PAR 72

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BASIC STRATEGY

Early on, slow your opponent’s setup with Flutter Mane’s Midnight Fluttering Ability. After building your discard pile up with a large number of Ancient cards, attack with Roaring Moon and its Vengeance Fletching attack, which does 70 damage plus 10 more damage for each Ancient card in your discard pile.

KEY CARDS

• Roaring Moon TEF 109

• Flutter Mane TEF 78

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Source: Andrew Kennett - 42nd Place, North America International Championships

BASIC STRATEGY

Evolve Chansey into Blissey and use Technical Machine: Turbo Energize to help power up Blissey ex’s Return attack, which does 180 damage and lets your draw until you have 6 cards in your hand. Use Munkidori’s Adrena-Brain Ability to move up to 3 damage counters off of Blissey ex and onto an opponent’s Pokémon to assist with knocking out your opponent’s Pokémon. Use Hero’s Cape and Cheren’s Care to make Blissey ex a real menace to knock out.

KEY CARDS

• Blissey ex TWM 134

• Munkidori TWM 95

• Cheren’s Care

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BASIC STRATEGY

Using the components of the Comfey engine, get first to seven and then later ten cards in the Lost Zone—use Comfey’s Flower Selecting Ability, with which you look at the top two cards of your deck and put one in your hand and the other into the Lost Zone. Use Mirage Gate and manual attachments to power up Hisuian Goodra VSTAR’s Iron Press attack, which does 200 damage and reduces the damage Hisuian Goodra VSTAR takes during your opponent’s next turn by 80.

KEY CARDS

• Hisuian Goodra VSTAR LOR 136

• Comfey Engine (Comfey LOR 79, Colress’s Experiment, Mirage Gate)

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BASIC STRATEGY

Attack with Klawf and its Unhinged Scissors attack, which does 30 damage plus 160 more damage if Klawf is affected by a Special Condition. Use Brute Bonnet’s Toxic Powder to inflict the Poisoned Special Condition on both Klawf and the opponent’s Active Pokémon. Boost the damage done by the Poisoned Special Condition with Radiant Hisuian Sneasler’s Poison Peak Ability, which reads, “During Pokémon Checkup, put 2 more damage counters on your opponent's Poisoned Pokémon.” Throughout the game, put cards into the Lost Zone with Colress’s Experiment and Lost Vacuum so that you can take advantage of Cramorant’s Lost Provisions Ability, which lets it attack for no Energy either with its Spit Innocently attack, which does 110 damage, or with the attack Crisis Punch from an attached Technical Machine: Crisis Punch, which does 280 damage if your opponent has only 1 Prize card remaining.

KEY CARDS

• Klawf PAR 105

• Brute Bonnet PAR 123

• Radiant Hisuian Sneasler LOR 123

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Source: Ezra Saenz - Top 8, North America International Championships (Junior Division)

BASIC STRATEGY

Using either Double Turbo Energy or Professor Sada’s Vitality and a manual attachment, use Great Tusk’s Land Collapse attack, which discards the top card of your opponent’s deck and, if you’ve played an Ancient Supporter card from your hand during your turn, discards 4 cards from their deck instead. Win by decking your opponent out of cards such that they are unable to draw a card at the start of their turn.

KEY CARDS

• Great Tusk TEF 97

• Professor Sada’s Vitality PAR 170

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BASIC STRATEGY

Evolve Gimmighoul up into Gholdengo and Ralts into Kirlia. Draw cards with Coin Bonus and Refinement, building your hand so that you have a stockpile of Basic Energy cards. Attack with Gholdengo ex’s Make it Rain, which does 50 damage for each Energy card your discard from your hand.

KEY CARDS

• Gholdengo ex PAR 139

• Superior Energy Retrieval

• Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR ASR 40

• Radiant Greninja ASR 46

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