Pokemon TCG Pocket Tier List – Best Decks & Cards (November 2024)

The S Tier cards in Pokemon TCG Pocket are largely based on the value and utility they bring to the table. Let’s go over each one in this tier.

• Grimer: Mathematically speaking, Grimer is just the best Basic Pokemon in Pokemon TCG Pocket. The downside is that its retreat costs three Energy, but at 70HP and a strong one-Energy attack that also Poisons enemies, Grimer is great.
• Aerodactyl: Aerodactyl might not do damage, but its utility is pretty insane. Being able to just shuffle an active Pokemon on your opponent’s side of the field back into their deck can cause a lot of disruption and force them to build their resources back up again.
• Pidgeot: Pidgeot is a fantastic card that’s versatile, colorless, and can fit into any deck, assuming that you’re willing to invest in its evolution line. Its HP and damage baselines are great, making it just an all-around good card to play with.
• Venusaur Ex: Most of the Ex cards are good, but Venusaur Ex stands out as one of the best thanks to its HP values. There are only two other cards that can one-shot it, and every other Pokemon will have a hard time thanks to its healing ability.
• Charizard Ex: Speaking of things that can one-shot Venusaur Ex, Charizard Ex is one of those candidates. It has slightly less HP, but it comes with an attack that will basically instantly kill any Pokemon in the game.
• Pikachu Ex: I might be a little biased here, but I think Pikachu Ex is going to end up being one of the strongest meta cards in Pokemon TCG Pocket. As a Basic card, you don’t need much to get it going at all, and being able to deal additional damage based on the number of benched Electric Pokemon you have is huge. Pikachu Ex is a low investment, high damage card that can definitely end games quickly.
• Mewtwo Ex: Finally, we have Mewtwo Ex, who isn’t quite able to one-shot enemies like Charizard Ex can, but again, it’s important to keep in mind its investment cost. It packs a serious punch and it can synergize really well with Gardevoir to keep feeding it Energy.
• Sabrina: Easily the best tech card in Pokemon TCG Pocket, Sabrina allows you to force opponents to switch out their Active Pokemon for a Benched Pokemon. Just like Pidgeot, this can help to seriously disrupt your opponent’s playlines.

A Tier Cards

The A Tier cards in Pokemon TCG Pocket are great as well, and they’re just a little bit below the S Tier cards in terms of performance. For instance, Moltres Ex is key in helping Fire decks ramp up, but it’s not necessarily an overly powerful card on its own.

Other utility cards in this tier include Meowth, who lets you draw a card with its basic attacks, and Gardevoir, who will be key in Psychic decks and Pokemon that just need a constant source of Energy. I’ve also included Machop and Tynamo, who are easily the best Basic Pokemon that can give you a lot of early game value, as well as Abra, who can help you switch out Pokemon quickly without losing any Energy.

B and C Tier Cards

The B Tier cards are generally filler cards that you may need to fill out the rest of your deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket. They’re not bad per se, but you’ll likely be using them to ramp up towards getting out your more powerful cards or deck definers.

The C Tier cards, however, are just plain awful or have no place in the current meta. No, not even Snorlax can get itself out of C Tier.

Best Decks in Pokemon TCG Pocket

Knowing which cards are good is one thing, but deck-building is another matter entirely. For now, these are the best decks to build in Pokemon TCG Pocket.

Koga Poison

• Grimer x2
• Muk x2
• Koffing x2
• Weezing x2
• Doduo x2
• Dodrio x2
• Potion x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Koga x2
• Sabrina x2

The main idea is simple. Poison your enemies, then deal a devastating amount of damage to those poisoned enemies with Muk’s Venoshock. Your main play here is going to be to get Weezing online as quickly as possible, then use its ability to poison your foes. You can then use Koga to immediately switch out into Muk, who can use Venoshock to KO most poisoned enemies.

This deck works very well against Mewtwo Ex, which is easily the most popular deck list in the game right now.

Mewtwo Ex/Gardevoir Combo

• Gastly x2
• Haunter x2
• Gengar Ex x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Mewtwo Ex x2
• Gardevoir x2
• Ralts x2
• Kirlia x2
• Sabrina x2

Your main play here is going to be Mewtwo Ex getting backed up by Gardevoir. Your goal is to evolve Ralts and Kirlia as quickly as possible to get Gardevoir on the bench, then feed Mewtwo Ex all the Energy it needs to get Psydrive online. Alternatively, the Haunter to Gengar playline is great as well as a backup, just in case you don’t get the draws you need.

Colorless Pidgeot

• Pidgey x2
• Pidgeotto x2
• Pidgeot
• Poke Ball x2
• Professor’s Research x2
• Red Card
• Sabrina
• Potion x2
• Rattata x2
• Raticate x2
• Kangaskhan
• Farfetch’d x2

While this deck comprises of very basic Pokemon, they all give you a ton of value. Rattatas may be laughed at in the video games, but in Pokemon TCG Pocket, they offer good early game damage, and they become even more of a menace when evolved into Raticate.

The core of this deck is, of course, Pidgeot, who comes with a strong ability that forces your opponent to switch out their active Pokemon, which can cause some serious disruption.

Pikachu Ex

• Pikachu x2
• Pikachu Ex
• Raichu
• Voltorb x2
• Electrode x2
• Sabrina
• Lt Surge
• Professor’s Research x2
• Poke Ball x2
• Zapdos Ex
• Electabuzz
• Helioptile x2
• Heliolisk x2

With Pikachu Ex being one of the strongest cards in the game, it only makes sense that a deck built around it would be insanely powerful as well. The core of the deck are Pikachu Ex and Raichu, both of which serve rather different functions. With Pikachu Ex, your goal is to bench your Electric Pokemon as quickly as possible, and that’ll give you a 90 damage attack for just two Energy, which is insane value.

Raichu is mostly there as your backup play, just in case you don’t draw Pikachu Ex, or it gets defeated, which is unlikely. While Raichu does have to get rid of all its Energy after using Thunderbolt, the good news is that this move is usually used as a game-ender. However, you can also quickly recover if you have Lt Surge to put it back into play again.

And that does it for our Pokemon TCG Pocket tier list for now.