A Deck Stencil

Standard Format

Decks produced through the use of a deck stencil won’t been as well tuned to their attackers as decks built specifically with the attacker in mind, but using a deck stencil is a quick and easy way to get a reasonably consistent deck list ready for a friendly game. At the least, a deck crafted using a deck stencil is a starting point for honing in on what can make your favorite attacker a proper menace on the battlefield. To make use of the deck stencil, start by adding all of the cards from the deck stencil to your deck list. Then, follow the three steps below.

The Deck Stencil

Standard Format

Pokémon - 6
  • 2 Bidoof CRZ 111
  • 2 Bibarel BRS 121
  • 1 Lumineon V BRS 40
  • 1 Radiant Greninja ASR 46
Trainer Cards - 24
  • 4 Iono PAL 185
  • 3 Boss's Orders PAL 172
  • 3 Professor's Research SVI 190
  • 4 Nest Ball SVI 181
  • 4 Ultra Ball SVI 196
  • 2 Super Rod PAL 188
  • 2 Switch SVI 194
  • 1 Hisuian Heavy Ball ASR 146
  • 1 Choice Belt PAL 176
Energy - 0
  • None
Total Cards - 30

Step 1 - Add Your Attacker

First, we’ll need a main attacker for the deck. Use the tables below to gauge how many of each card in each stage of your main attacker’s evolution line to add into your deck. If, for an example, your attacker is a Stage 1 Pokémon like Gogoat, you would look at the part of the table for Stage 1 Pokémon. In such a case, you would add 4 copies of Skiddo, the Basic Pokémon, and 4 copies of Gogoat, the Stage 1 Pokémon. Once you’ve added all of the cards that make up your attacker’s evolution line, we can move to the next step.

Basic Pokémon

  • 4 copies of the Basic Pokémon

Stage 1 Pokémon

  • 4 copies of the Basic Pokémon

  • 4 copies of the Stage 1 Pokémon

VMAX or VSTAR Pokémon

  • 4 copies of the Basic Pokémon

  • 3 copies of the VMAX or VSTAR Pokémon

Stage 2 Pokémon

  • 4 copies of the Basic Pokémon

  • 1 copy of the Stage 1 Pokémon

  • 4 copies of the Stage 2 Pokémon

  • 4 copies of Rare Candy

Step 2 - Add Your Energies

Your main attacker’s attack cost will determine the energies we add to the deck. Add in the type of energy most appropriate for your main attacker’s attacks. If its attack requires Water Energy, for example, add Water Energy to the deck.

In most cases, these energies will be Basic Energy cards. We’ll add 10 copies of the Basic Energy and move on to the final step.

Step 3 - Add Supporting Cards

Next, we need to total up the number of cards in our deck, including the cards from the deck stencil, the cards from our main attacker, and the energies we added. With any remaining card slots available to us, we can add any secondary attackers, Items, Supporters, and Stadium cards that we feel may be beneficial to our main attacker’s success.

And that’s it! We’ve now created a simple deck using the deck stencil. As our confidence in our deck building skill grows and our knowledge of the card pool increases, we can make tweaks to our initial deck list to make the deck we’ve made even better.