The Space-Time Smackdown expansion forPokémon TCG Pockethas seen strong new cards emerge, including Darkrai ex, who pairs well with Greninja for a deck performing well in the game’s meta. This deck racks up passive damage to snipe enemy cards down without spending excess Energy. With the right cards to support its strategy, you may run an aggressive control scheme that’s hard to beat.
Similar to thePalkia ex deck inPokémon TCG Pocket, the Darkrai ex meta deck with Greninja relies on the inherent strength of Water-types to support its titular Pokémon. However, the Darkrai ex deck alsohas fewer Pokémon in exchange for more Support, Tool, and Item cards. This does reduce flexibility, but it does allow you to focus more on the deck’s core strategy.
Darkrai ex & Greninja Cards List
Get The Cards You Need Fast
Many of the cards in the Darkrai ex and Greninja deck are designed tomake you draw cards from your deck fast. This is to ensure you get set up with either Darkrai ex or Greninja quickly to start enforcing their passive abilities onto your opponent. Other Pokémon in the deck are included to help you stall against whatever an opponent throws at you until you’re able to have your strongest pieces placed.
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Among some of thenew Space-Time Smackdown cards, here’s everything you’ll need to form a meta Darkrai ex with Greninja inPokémon TCG Pocket:
(2x) Darkrai ex
Dark-type Pokémon
Nightmare Aura- Whenever you attack a Dark Energy from your Energy Zone to this Pokémon, do 20 damage to your opponent’s active Pokémon.
(2x) Froakie
(2x) Frogadier
(2x) Greninja
Water-type Pokémon
Water Shuriken- Once during your turn, you may do 20 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon.
(2x) Druddigon
Dragon-type Pokémon
Rough Skin- If this Pokémon is in the Active Spot and is damaged by an attack from your opponent’s Pokémon, do 20 damage to the Attacking Pokémon.
(1 Fire, 1 Water, & 1 Normal Energy)Dragon Claw- 90 Damage Attack
Having a Druddigon in your deck is better than other bulky stall Pokémon cards like Kangaskhan, as they help go against Grass-types who exploit the only weakness of Darkrai ex.
(2x) Leaf
Supporter
During this turn, the Retreat Cost of your Active Pokémon is 2 less.
(1x) Pokémon Communication
Item
Choose a Pokémon in your hand and switch it with a random Pokémon in your deck.
(2x) Cyrus
Switch in 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon that has damage on it to the Active Spot.
(2x) Poké Ball
Put 1 random Basic Pokémon from your deck into your hand.
Draw 2 cards.
Druddigon is your stall card used to keep the game going until you are able to get Darkrai ex or Greninja. Through the extra cards drawn by Professor’s Research, Poké Balls, and Pokémon Communication, you’llhave more chances to place your strongest cards in your hand soonerduring a match. Once you do obtain the cards you want, though, you have to follow certain strategies to win often.
Best Strategy To Win With a Darkrai ex & Greninja Deck
Make Stronger Pokémon Easier To Take Down With Passive Abilities
The best strategy around a Darkrai ex and Greninja deck is todeal passive damage to enemy Pokémon to make them easy to snipewith other attacks. Abilities like Nightmare Aura and Water Shuriken synergize well together, allowing you to ramp up damage for little to no Energy cost. Unlike theDialga ex and Yanmega archetypethat relies on high Energy, high damage, this deck relies on small damage done more often for little Energy.
An example combo with this deck would be to use Nightmare Aura and Water Shuriken to reduce a Pokémon’s HP by 40, then using Druddigon in the Active Spot to attack using Dragon Claw to deal 90 damage to its remaining health.
When you use Pokémon like Druddigon to stall and set up Darkrai ex and Greninja, you’re able to put significant damage on an opponent’s Pokémon for as little cost as 1 Dark Energy. With Leaf making retreating cost less, you are barely spending Energy with this deck to deal great damage. Dark Prism, Dragon Claw, and Mist Slash attacks canwipe out Pokémon who have been made weakerthrough the passive damage you’ve been inflicting.
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Furthermore, if opponents attempt to have a Pokémon weakened by Darkrai ex and Greninja’s passives retreat, you can just use aCyrus inPokémon TCG Pocketto bring that injured foe back to the Active Spot. Your goal should always be to follow these simple steps:
This deck’s plan is simple and effective, especially against other cards that have fragile HP values. Only really bulky decks can go against a Darkrai ex and Greninja deck that sets itself up successfully inPokémon TCG Pocket, but even then, this combination is hard to stop in the game’s current meta.
