Gengar has finally secured a spot among the top decks in a major Pokemon TCG Pocket tournament. The Pokemon has struggled since Pokemon TCG Pocket's first expansion, Genetic Apex, and has rarely been a viable build-around card in PvP or competitive play.
Even after Pokemon TCG Pocket's Triumphant Light introduced a new Gengar variant, the Pokemon saw little play in the metagame. Most players dismissed Gengar A2a 033 as a "fringe" card due to its Stage 2 status and modest 70 damage output. However, a recent tournament result has proven that this variant has the potential to become an archetype-defining card.
Pokemon TCG Pocket's meta is ever changing, and two older cards suddenly find themselves at the top thanks to new Celestial Guardians strategies.
A player named HydraPika recently piloted a Gengar deck to a fourth-place finish in the Swiss rounds of a $10,000 tournament with over 2,800 participants. While the deck was later eliminated, Gengar's non-ex form has never achieved this level of success, drawing attention from across the community. Some players on Reddit analyzed HydraPika's deck, noting that Pokemon TCG Pocket's Asleep condition inflicted by Gengar A2a 033 could be the key to its...
