The legendary Arceus Ex has made an early entrance into *Pokemon TCG Pocket*, enhancing the game with its powerful synergies. Here's a guide to the top Arceus Ex decks you can build in this digital card game.
Best Arceus Ex Decks in Pokemon TCG Pocket
Arceus Ex boasts an impressive ability, making it immune to debilitating status conditions such as Sleep and Confused. Its signature move, Ultimate Force, delivers a base damage of 70, with an additional 20 for each benched Pokemon, requiring just 3 Colorless energy. When fully powered, Arceus Ex can deal a formidable 130 damage.
The Triumphant Light expansion introduces eight Pokemon with unique "link" abilities that are activated in the presence of Arceus Ex or regular Arceus. These Pokemon include:
- Carnivine (Power Link)
- Heatran (Speed Link)
- Abomasnow (Vigor Link)
- Raichu (Resilience Link)
- Rotom (Speed Link)
- Tyranitar (Power Link)
- Crobat (Cunning Link)
- Magnezone (Resilience Link)
Among these, Crobat, Magnezone, and Heatran stand out as the most effective. Let's delve into specific Arceus Ex decks centered around these three.
Crobat (Dark Energy)
- 2x Arceus Ex
- 2x Zubat (Triumphant Light)
- 2x Golbat (Genetic Apex)
- 2x Crobat
- 1x Spiritomb
- 1x Farfetch’d
- 2x Professor’s Research
- 2x Dawn
- 2x Cyrus
- 2x Poke Ball
- 2x Pokemon Communication
This deck focuses on the synergy between Arceus Ex and Crobat. With Arceus Ex in play, Crobat can deal 30 damage to the opponent's Active Pokemon from the bench. Additionally, Crobat's attack only requires one Dark energy to hit for 50 damage, making it a potent partner for Arceus Ex, which you'll want to fully power up with three Colorless energy.
When Arceus Ex is benched and powered up, you can retreat Crobat into it for free due to its zero retreat cost, allowing you to hit for 130 damage with a full bench. Farfetch’d adds pressure, while Spiritomb spreads damage to the opponent’s bench, setting up knockouts with Cyrus.
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Dialga Ex/Magnezone (Metal Energy)
- 2x Arceus Ex
- 2x Dialga Ex
- 2x Magnemite (Triumphant Light)
- 2x Magneton (Genetic Apex)
- 1x Magnezone (Triumphant Light)
- 1x Magnezone (Genetic Apex)
- 1x Skarmory
- 2x Professor’s Research
- 2x Leaf
- 2x Giant’s Cape
- 1x Rocky Helmet
- 2x Poke Ball
In this deck, Arceus Ex serves as the main attacker, with both versions of Magnezone as support. The Triumphant Light Magnezone reduces damage taken by 30 when Arceus Ex is present, while the Genetic Apex version delivers 110 damage, contingent on using Magneton’s Volt Charge ability before evolving. Note that the Genetic Apex Magneton requires Electric energy, so timing your evolution is crucial.
To maximize Arceus Ex's damage output of 130 with a full bench, Skarmory is included along with Giant’s Cape and Rocky Helmet. These tools help Dialga Ex and Arceus Ex withstand heavy hits while powering up Skarmory.
Heatran (Fire Energy)
- 2x Arceus Ex
- 2x Heatran (Triumphant Light)
- 2x Ponyta (Mythical Island)
- 2x Rapidash (Genetic Apex)
- 1x Farfetch’d
- 2x Professor’s Research
- 1x Blaine
- 1x Cyrus
- 1x Dawn
- 2x Giant’s Cape
- 2x Poke Ball
- 2x X Speed
This deck offers a high-cost, aggressive Fire type strategy reminiscent of the classic Ninetails Blaine deck in *Pokemon TCG Pocket*. Early game pressure comes from Heatran, Rapidash, and Farfetch’d, which require minimal energy to become active, while Arceus Ex powers up on the bench. Giant’s Cape ensures Heatran's survival and boosts Arceus Ex above the critical 150 HP threshold.
With Arceus Ex in play, Heatran can retreat for free, allowing for flexible Pokemon rotations at a low energy cost. Heatran’s Ragin’ Fury attack hits for 80 damage with two Fire energy if it has been damaged; otherwise, it does 40, which can still be impactful early in matches.
As the meta evolves, new strategies with Arceus Ex will emerge, but for now, these are the top decks to leverage the legendary's power in *Pokemon TCG Pocket*.
*Pokemon TCG Pocket is available now on mobile devices.*
