Tirtouga control

KingCarracosta KingCarracosta Standard 2,580 views Jul 23, 2025 Updated Jul 26, 2025
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Standard Format: Illegal

This deck is not legal in Standard format:

  • Dunsparce (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.
  • Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) (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.
  • Jet Energy (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
  • Reversal Energy (Regulation Mark: G) is not legal in Standard format. Legal marks: H, I, J.
Deck Primer

Force your opponent to use items in the early game by attacking their pokemon with Fan Rotom, Wellspring Mask Ogerpon EX, Maractus and Dudunsparce EX, and using Eri and Xerosics to reduce their hand and further discard items. Then, in the mid-late game attack with tirtouga and use carracosta to trap the active or wall a pokemon with special energy attached. You should plays behind in prize cards and use counter catchers to knock out pokemon on the bench if the active is too large. You then usually

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Force your opponent to use items in the early game by attacking their pokemon with Fan Rotom, Wellspring Mask Ogerpon EX, Maractus and Dudunsparce EX, and using Eri and Xerosics to reduce their hand and further discard items. Then, in the mid-late game attack with tirtouga and use carracosta to trap the active or wall a pokemon with special energy attached. You should plays behind in prize cards and use counter catchers to knock out pokemon on the bench if the active is too large. You then usually finish the game with Blood Moon Ursaluna EX.

This deck isn't perfect and has some issues with early game, so any feedback would be appreciated!

Main Deck (60 cards)

Pokémon (17)
1 Dudunsparce ex sv9-121
$0.87 Colorless 270
1 Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex sv6-141
$0.89 Colorless 260
1 Fezandipiti ex sv6pt5-38
$3.37 Darkness 210
1 Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex sv6-64
$0.98 Water 210
1 Carracosta zsv10pt5-23
$0.20 Water 180
2 Dudunsparce sv5-129
$0.87 Colorless 140
1 Genesect sv6pt5-40
$0.15 Metal 110
1 Maractus sv9-8
$0.09 Grass 110
4 Tirtouga zsv10pt5-22
$0.16 Water 100
3 Dunsparce sv2-156
$0.22 Colorless 70
1 Fan Rotom sv7-118
$0.16 Colorless 70
Trainer (34)
4 Antique Cover Fossil zsv10pt5-80
$0.14
4 Arven sv3-186
$0.34
2 Boss’s Orders (Ghetsis) sv2-172
$0.39
2 Counter Catcher sv4-160
$0.26
1 Earthen Vessel sv4-163
$0.22
1 Eri sv5-146
$0.14
2 Handheld Fan sv6-150
$0.31
3 Iono sv2-185
$0.25
2 Jamming Tower sv6-153
$0.19
2 Nest Ball sv1-181
$0.22
1 Night Stretcher sv6pt5-61
$0.30
Trainer (34)
2 Pokégear 3.0 sv1-186
$0.36
1 Switch sv1-194
$0.17
1 Technical Machine: Evolution sv4-178
$0.23
4 Ultra Ball sv1-196
$0.19
1 Unfair Stamp sv6-165
$15.24
1 Xerosic's Machinations sv6pt5-64
$0.24
Energy (9)
6 Basic Water Energy sve-3
$0.10 Water
2 Jet Energy sv2-190
$0.31 Colorless
1 Reversal Energy sv2-192
$0.27

Card Types

Trainer 34
Pokémon 17
Energy 9

Energy Types

Colorless 10
Water 6
Darkness 1
Grass 1
Metal 1

Energy Curve

Distribution of attack energy costs in your deck

1 Energy 11 attacks
11
42.3% of attacks
3 Energy 14 attacks
14
53.8% of attacks
5 Energy 1 attack
3.8% of attacks

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Comments

LimeLemon avatar
LimeLemon

KingCarracosta You should probably add in a 2nd Boss's Orders along with Erika's Invitation for more Control and Lana's Aid for good recovery. Furthermore, your Arven count should be increased to 4 as it is quite nessecary to find the cards you need. You could probably add in 2 Professor's Researches in as well as getting more cards in hand can help thin your deck further to find the cards that you need. Maractus could be another good Pokémon to add in as well as the Corner Stall it has is quite helpful in the Early Game, and can make your Opponent take 60 Damage when KOing it, you should also add in 2 Rare Candies to be able to evolve into Carracosta much more efficiently along with 1 Relicanth in order to get Tirtouga's Ancient Seaweed Attack on Carracosta. 1-2 Jet Energies would also be quite helpful in this deck due to your Pokémon having High Retreat Costs. For cards you could cut, 1 Pokégear, Shaymin, 2 Water Energy, and probably 1 Iono (That's all I can come up with). Hope this can help!

KingCarracosta avatar
KingCarracosta

LimeLemon Thanks for helping! I tested out your suggestions on PTCG Live and this is the list I found to work the best. Your advice was great and the deck works much better in the early game due to maractus and the Jet Energies.

Now this deck is good enough to play for my next league cup. Have a great day!

KingCarracosta avatar
KingCarracosta

I went 1-2-1 in the League Cup so sadly no points :( . I won against a Gholdengo, lost against a Dragapult and tied with a Silveon control deck and a Tyranitar ex. It was short because there weren't many participants. (Sorry for late comment I was on holiday)

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