Pokemon TCG Pocket Players Are Sharing Their Counters To Mewtwo And Pikachu Ex

Pokemon TCG Pocket Players Are Sharing Their Counters To Mewtwo And Pikachu Ex

From TheGamer (Written by Sam Woods) on | OpenCritic

If you've played Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket's battle mode, especially during the recent event, you'll have noticed a couple of specific decks popping up over and over—Mewtwo ex and Pikachu ex.

These decks quickly became the meta following the game's launch due to the fact that players can play an incredibly formidable ex card, complete with huge HP and powerful attacks on turn one.

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It's caused frustration among TCG Pocket's community. However, while frustrated, many have shared what they use to combat these decks.

The most popular counters to Pikachu ex decks focus on Marowak ex.

Naturally, Ground-type Pokemon are the number one pick here, exploiting Pikachu's weakness and hitting it for an extra 20 damage, and Marowak is king here as, with a little luck, it can hit Pikachu ex for 200 damage off just two energy.

Plenty of posts have popped up on TCG Pocket's subreddit with people swearing by their Marowak decks, which often also include Dugtrio and Sandslash, and it certainly seems a solid counter.

In a similar vein to using Marowak as a Counter to Pikachu, players are using Weezing and Arbok to counter Mewtwo....

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