Pikachu ex New Rotation

ThestralZVGC ThestralZVGC Standard 1,682 views Apr 16, 2025
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Standard Format: Illegal

This deck is not legal in Standard format:

  • Arven (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Bravery Charm (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Earthen Vessel (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Nest Ball (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
Deck Primer

So with Lost Box Pikachu ex being dead I wanted to see if the card could still work in a post rotation setting. Obviously it's still probably not very good and the meta right now is kind of against it but I like it and want to see it get some results.

So Pikachu ex (Surging Sparks), main goal is to sustain it's attacks and just obliterate everything in your way while also not dying. Losing Mirage Gate sucks, but we now have a new and possibly better option, Blaziken ex (Journey Together). Blaziken's

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So with Lost Box Pikachu ex being dead I wanted to see if the card could still work in a post rotation setting. Obviously it's still probably not very good and the meta right now is kind of against it but I like it and want to see it get some results.

So Pikachu ex (Surging Sparks), main goal is to sustain it's attacks and just obliterate everything in your way while also not dying. Losing Mirage Gate sucks, but we now have a new and possibly better option, Blaziken ex (Journey Together). Blaziken's abillity obviously plays very well in tandem with Pikachu (a lot like how Chien Pao and Baxcalibur play together) so your win condition in most cases is setting up 1-2 on your bench to then overwhelm your opponent. In situations where Pikachu goes down or you need to stall you have Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex (Twilight Masquerade) and Hop's Cramorant (Journey Together) with or without Hop's Choice Band (Journey Together) to help you get in cheap damage, especially if you have Blazikens up. Munkidori (Prismatic Evolutions) helps secure kills against 300+ hp opponents by using Pikachu's abillity to move damage off of it, as well as helping keep Pikachu at full health if people are taking pot-shots at it. Sparkling Crystal (Prismatic Evolutions) is integral to the deck and with the loss of Lost Vacuum it's much safer using it now, especially with Redeemable Ticket (Journey Together) letting you pull out of your prize cards mid-game. Rest of the deck is just what I've found to be helpful with accelerating stuff, if you want to change it feel free, especially Levincia (Journey Together), pretty much any stadium card works.

Enjoy!

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (17)
3 Blaziken ex sv9-24
$2.23 Fire 320
1 Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex sv6-141
$0.89 Colorless 260
1 Fezandipiti ex sv6pt5-38
$3.37 Darkness 210
1 Latias ex sv8-76
$6.38 Psychic 210
4 Pikachu ex sv8-57
$4.35 Lightning 200
1 Hop's Cramorant sv9-138
$0.07 Colorless 110
2 Munkidori sv8pt5-44
$0.27 Psychic 110
1 Combusken sv9-23
$0.16 Fire 90
3 Torchic sv9-22
$0.14 Fire 60
Trainer (32)
4 Arven sv1-166
$0.31
Trainer (32)
2 Bianca's Devotion sv5-142
$0.10
2 Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) sv2-172
$0.39
1 Bravery Charm sv2-173
$0.31
1 Brock's Scouting sv9-146
$0.24
2 Crispin sv8pt5-105
$0.23
2 Cyrano sv8-170
$0.24
1 Drayton sv8-174
$0.16
3 Earthen Vessel sv8pt5-106
$0.19
1 Hop's Choice Band sv9-148
$0.16
1 Levincia sv9-150
$0.15
Trainer (32)
4 Nest Ball sv4pt5-84
$0.31
2 Night Stretcher sv6pt5-61
$0.30
3 Rare Candy sv1-191
$0.24
1 Redeemable Ticket sv9-156
$0.23
1 Sparkling Crystal sv8pt5-129
$0.35
1 Switch sv1-194
$0.17
Energy (11)
2 Basic Darkness Energy sve-15
$0.19 Darkness
3 Basic Grass Energy sve-9
$0.13 Grass
3 Basic Lightning Energy sve-12
$0.07 Lightning
3 Basic Metal Energy sve-16
$1.59 Metal

Card Types

Trainer 32
Pokémon 17
Energy 11

Energy Types

Fire 7
Lightning 7
Darkness 3
Grass 3
Metal 3
Psychic 3
Colorless 2

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 1 attack
5.9% of attacks
2 Energy 9 attacks
9
52.9% of attacks
3 Energy 6 attacks
6
35.3% of attacks
5 Energy 1 attack
5.9% of attacks

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