Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket's latest expansion, Celestial Guardians, has undoubtedly given the game's meta its biggest shake-up to date. Rare Candy made Stage 2 evolutions viable again, Druddigon got competition as one of the game's best stallers, Oricorio made it a million times harder for 18 Trainer/two ex decks, and it introduced a Supporter Card that can KO your Pokemon. These changes have left players scrambling to adjust their decks to remain competitive.
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But while changes are afoot, it seems like one card has remained resilient throughout, with decks containing it continuing to hold down the top spot in the Pokemon TCG Pocket rankings.
Over the last couple of months, Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket's competitive scene has been dominated by one deck — Giratina ex and Darkrai ex.
The duo of Legendary/Mythical Pokemon has been one of the most used and successful decks in TCG Pocket's short history, with the two cards complementing each other perfectly. And while there were some great counters, they remained on top for a considerable amount of time.
Oricorio came in and made those decks much more challenging to maintain, but that's...
