Kingambit-GengarCuck Cycle

SadNess SadNess Standard 1,436 views May 14, 2023 Updated Jun 23, 2025
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Standard Format: Illegal

This deck is not legal in Standard format:

  • Bisharp (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Cleffa (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Kingambit (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Mimikyu (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Pawniard (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Arven (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Big Air Balloon (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Calamitous Snowy Mountain (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Counter Catcher (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.
  • Iono (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.
  • Technical Machine: Evolution (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Vengeful Punch (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
Deck Primer

W.I.P.

many tools at your disposal, depending on the enemy

Early game youre going to want to get gengar out on the field as soon as possible, I opted to pass up on Janine and focus on simply getting GT out as soon as possible without sacrificing too much flexability.

Use cleffa to draw early game, good opportunity to make use of vengeful punch early game.

In cases where gengar either isnt out or opponent has a low energy deck - mimikyu and the dusk line come in, to get the damage counters out.

once kingambit

...

W.I.P.

many tools at your disposal, depending on the enemy

Early game youre going to want to get gengar out on the field as soon as possible, I opted to pass up on Janine and focus on simply getting GT out as soon as possible without sacrificing too much flexability.

Use cleffa to draw early game, good opportunity to make use of vengeful punch early game.

In cases where gengar either isnt out or opponent has a low energy deck - mimikyu and the dusk line come in, to get the damage counters out.

once kingambit is out simply continue knocking out opponents stuffs.


Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (23)
2 Gengar ex sv5-104
$6.57 Darkness 310
1 Fezandipiti ex sv6pt5-38
$3.37 Darkness 210
3 Kingambit sv3-150
$0.16 Metal 180
1 Dusknoir sv8pt5-37
$0.26 Psychic 160
2 Bisharp sv3-149
$0.11 Metal 110
1 Munkidori sv6-95
$0.28 Psychic 110
2 Dusclops sv8pt5-36
$0.18 Psychic 90
2 Haunter sv5-103
$0.24 Darkness 90
1 Mimikyu sv4pt5-37
$0.31 Psychic 70
3 Pawniard sv3-148
$0.08 Metal 70
2 Duskull sv8pt5-35
$0.19 Psychic 60
2 Gastly sv5-102
$0.21 Darkness 60
1 Cleffa sv3-80
$0.33 Psychic 30
Trainer (28)
4 Arven sv1-166
$0.31
1 Big Air Balloon sv3pt5-155
$0.20
1 Boxed Order sv5-143
$0.14
2 Buddy-Buddy Poffin sv5-144
$0.28
1 Calamitous Snowy Mountain sv2-174
$0.18
2 Colress's Tenacity sv6pt5-57
$0.30
2 Counter Catcher sv4-160
$0.26
2 Earthen Vessel sv8pt5-106
$0.19
1 Grand Tree sv7-136
$0.57
2 Iono sv2-185
$0.25
2 Nest Ball sv4pt5-84
$0.31
Trainer (28)
2 Pokégear 3.0 sv1-186
$0.36
2 Rare Candy sv4pt5-89
$0.24
1 Redeemable Ticket sv9-156
$0.23
1 Rescue Board sv8pt5-126
$0.04
1 Technical Machine: Evolution sv4-178
$0.23
1 Vengeful Punch sv3-197
$0.18
Energy (9)
4 Basic Darkness Energy sve-7
$0.11 Darkness
4 Basic Metal Energy sve-8
$0.14 Metal
1 Luminous Energy sv2-191
$0.30

Card Types

Trainer 28
Pokémon 23
Energy 9

Energy Types

Metal 8
Psychic 8
Darkness 7

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 12 attacks
12
38.7% of attacks
2 Energy 14 attacks
14
45.2% of attacks
3 Energy 5 attacks
5
16.1% of attacks

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Comments

Doolan avatar
Doolan

Hi, I like the look of this deck. I'm about to test it out on tcg live, but I was wondering if Lillie's determination would make a good addition instead of Iono, or if Mega Kanghaskan would make for a good damage sponge? Thanks for building this deck, I love kingambit and gengar 

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