Lightning and electricity is generally focused on speed and striking early, often with low health pools, making a lot of these decks into "Glass Cannon" options. One of the two S-tier options of the Pokemon TCG Pocket best decks is a lightning deck, with cards reflected in the list below.

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If you want to counter that deck, your best bet will be using a deck centered around Pikachu, everyone's favorite Pokémon. This means having many lightning-type Pokémon on the bench to activate our Pikachu EX. The key to this deck is to evolve your Pokémon as fast as possible, as the base health of most of these cards isn't that high.

Right now the best decks in the Pokemon TCG Meta are: S-tier Mewtwo ex (Psychic): This deck focuses on Mewtwo ex up front and having Gardevoir on the bench, using the latter to rapidly power up the former to do massive damage. Pikachu ex (Lightning): A high-speed deck designed to do rapid damage before the opponent can set up their own play.

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Marowak ex has been rising through the Pokémon TCG Pocket rankings as of late to counteract the biggest meta decks from Genetic Apex.

Pokémon TCG Pocket has introduced a decent amount of cards through its Genetic Apex expansion. And even though all of its many currencies and systems can make for a confusing impression, it didn’t take long for players to figure out metas.

TCG Pocket is a free-to-play mobile game where players assemble a digital collection of Pokémon cards. The game launched with a line of booster packs called Genetic Apex and at time of publication, there are 226 cards in the app’s rolodex.

Abilities are crucial in Pokemon TCG Pocket for strategy & victory. Cloyster's Shell Armor ability boosts resilience against attacks. Hypno's Sleep Pendulum disrupts opponents' strategy by putting them to sleep.

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