Pokemon TCG Pocket Tier List – Best Decks & Cards (December 2024)

Pokemon TCG Pocket is aiming to be a more casual and beginner-friendly version of the regular Trading Card Game, but you can bet there’s going to be a meta and cards that are just better than others. Here’s our Pokemon TCG Pocket tier list to help you determine the best cards to get.

Best Decks Tier List in Pokemon TCG Pocket

Knowing which cards are good is one thing, but deck-building is another matter entirely. For now, these are the best decks to build in Pokemon TCG Pocket.

S-Tier Decks

Pikachu Ex

• Pikachu Ex x2
• Zapdos Ex x2
• Blitzle x2
• Zebstrika x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Potion x2
• X Speed x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Sabrina x2
• Giovanni x2

This is far and away the best deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket right now. The Pikachu Ex deck is very fast and aggressive, and Pikachu Ex lets you consistently put out 90 damage for just two Energy, which is insanely efficient.

Personally, I enjoy throwing Voltorb and Electrode into the mix, just for more attack options. Electrode’s free retreat cost shouldn’t be overlooked, and can save you in a lot of situations if you don’t have an X Speed handy.

Raichu Surge

• Pikachu Ex x2
• Pikachu x2
• Raichu x2
• Zapdos Ex x2
• Potion x2
• X Speed x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Sabrina x2
• Lt. Surge x2

While it’s not quite as consistent as the main Pikachu Ex deck, Raichu and Lt. Surge can give you big bursts of surprise power as well. Zapdos Ex is a solid attacker on its own, but your main plays here are gonna be either Pikachu Ex or Raichu, depending on what your draws look like. Having to discard Energy from Raichu can sound like a pain, but Lt. Surge should be able to offset that easily. If all else fails, use X Speed for a quick retreat to put something else on the field.

A-Tier Decks

Celebi Ex and Serperior Combo

• Snivy x2
• Servine x2
• Serperior x2
• Celebi Ex x2
• Dhelmise x2
• Erika x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Poke Ball x2
• X Speed x2
• Potion x2
• Sabrina x2

With the release of the Mythical Island expansion, Grass decks are quickly making their way up the tier lists. Celebi Ex is the headlining card here, especially when paired with Serperior. Your goal is to get Snivy evolved up to Serperior as quickly as possible, and use its Jungle Totem ability to double the Energy counts on all of your Grass Pokemon.

When you pair this with Celebi Ex, you basically get double the coin flips, giving you insanely high damage potential. Dhelmise is also a solid attacker that can make use of Serperior’s ability, giving you a couple different options to play around with. The only drawback is that you’re very reliant on getting Serperior, and it’s very easy for Fire decks to shut this down early, especially with. Blaine/Rapidash/Ninetales combo.

Charizard Ex

• Charmander x2
• Charmeleon x2
• Charizard Ex x2
• Moltres Ex x2
• Potion x2
• X Speed x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Sabrina x2
• Giovanni x2

Charizard Ex is the premier big numbers deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket. With the titular Pokemon being capable of dealing the most damage in the game right now, you can be sure that you’ll absolutely decimate any other deck once you get set up. The trick here is to actually be able to get set up.

The one drawback to the Charizard Ex deck is that you do rely on a bit of luck in getting your ideal draws. You want to open with Moltres Ex and have Charmander in reserve, then use Inferno Dance to build up Energy quickly on Charmander while slowly evolving it up to Charizard Ex. At that point, you’ll be able to destroy basically any Pokemon your enemy can throw at you.

Koga Poison

• Grimer x2
• Muk x2
• Koffing x2
• Weezing x2
• Doduo x2
• Dodrio x2
• Potion x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Koga x2
• Sabrina x2

The main idea is simple. Poison your enemies, then deal a devastating amount of damage to those poisoned enemies with Muk’s Venoshock. Your main play here is going to be to get Weezing online as quickly as possible, then use its ability to poison your foes. You can then use Koga to immediately switch out into Muk, who can use Venoshock to KO most poisoned enemies.

This deck works very well against Mewtwo Ex, which is easily the most popular deck list in the game right now.

Mewtwo Ex/Gardevoir Combo

• Mewtwo Ex x2
• Ralts x2
• Kirlia x2
• Gardevoir x2
• Jynx x2
• Potion x2
• X Speed x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Sabrina x2
• Giovanni x2

Your main play here is going to be Mewtwo Ex getting backed up by Gardevoir. Your goal is to evolve Ralts and Kirlia as quickly as possible to get Gardevoir on the bench, then feed Mewtwo Ex all the Energy it needs to get Psydrive online. Jynx is really just there as a staller or early game attacker, and can help buy you time as you try to set up Gardevoir or wait for your Mewtwo Ex draws.

B-Tier Decks

Colorless Pidgeot

• Pidgey x2
• Pidgeotto x2
• Pidgeot
• Poke Ball x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Red Card
• Sabrina
• Potion x2
• Rattata x2
• Raticate x2
• Kangaskhan
• Farfetch’d x2

While this deck comprises of very basic Pokemon, they all give you a ton of value. Rattatas may be laughed at in the video games, but in Pokemon TCG Pocket, they offer good early game damage, and they become even more of a menace when evolved into Raticate.

The core of this deck is, of course, Pidgeot, who comes with a strong ability that forces your opponent to switch out their active Pokemon, which can cause some serious disruption.

And that does it for our Pokemon TCG Pocket tier list for now.

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