How To Play The Dragonite And Palkia ex Deck In Pokemon TCG Pocket

Palkia ex is one of the strongest cards in Pokemon TCG Pocket, and can fit into a variety of decks alongside other powerful cards like Vaporeon, Articuno ex, and even Dragonite, which we’ll be looking at today.

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Dragonite’s Draco Meteor has the potential to instantly win you the game with the right damage rolls, and getting it up and running is easier than ever thanks to Manaphy. Draco Meteor can also be combined with the devastating effect of Dimensional Slash to blow through your opponent’s team. Below, you can find a sample decklist, some tips for using it, and some match ups to be wary of.

Sample Decklist

Dragonite and Palkia ex Deck
Manaphy x2	Palkia ex x2	Dratini x2	Dragonair x2
Dragonite x2	Poke Ball x2	Pokemon Communication x1	Giant Cape x2
Professor’s Research x2	Misty x1	Leaf x1	Irida x1

Alternative Cards

There are quite a few variations you can make to this deck. In a lot of cases, having two copies of Palkia ex may be overkill, so you can swap one out for several different cards, like Dawn, a second Misty, or a second Pokemon Communication.

If you swap out a Palkia ex, you can also swap out one Giant Cape for one of the aforementioned cards. Because Draco Meteor and Dimensional Slash can hit Benched cards, you don’t really need to run Cyrus or Sabrina in this deck.

Deck Strategy

The core of this deck revolves around using Manaphy and Misty to generate Water energy for Palkia ex and Dragonite, attaching an Electric energy from the pool at any point along the way.

Once Dragonite has the required energy, you can immediately swap it in and stand blasting with Draco Meteor. This attack has the potential to instantly knock out the opponent’s Active Pokemon, or any of their Benched Pokemon.

On the other hand, Dimensional Slash deals massive damage to the opponent’s Active Pokemon, and 20 to each of their Benched Pokemon, but randomly discards three energy from Palkia. This can make it next to impossible to use back-to-back, unless you have a lot of setup time.

Because of this, you’ll want to save Dimensional Slash for when it will either win you the game, or when its downside can be minimized. If you have Dragonite ready to go, you can safely fire off Dimensional Slash before swapping in Dragonite.

Your Giant Capes should be used on Dragonite and Palkia ex, but you can also put one on Manaphy to let it survive another hit early on if needed. For the most part, Manaphy is just there to generate energy for your Benched Pokemon, so it’s okay if it gets knocked out. If Manaphy is able to generate at least four total Energy, it will have done its job. Any more than that is a bonus.

Deck Matchups And Counters

The main downside to this deck is the RNG that comes with energy generated in the pool each turn. In some cases, you may have Manaphy waiting in the Active spot, but only Electric energy generating each turn. Because of this, this deck has a slow overall set up time, and can buckle against faster-paced decks like Lucario.

Another matchup to be mindful of is against stall decks like Darkrai and Magnezone, especially if they’re also using Druddigon. If any Pokemon, Active or Benched, has a Rocky Helmet equipped, Draco Meteor has the potential to return several hits of damage back onto Dragonite.

That said, this deck is mostly favorable against stall decks, as Draco Meteor can potentially ignore the opponent’s tank, and Dimensional Slash can one-shot most Pokemon to begin with. Again, just make sure you don’t knock out your own Pokemon with damage from Rocky Helmets or Druddigon’s ability.

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