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The Starmie ex and Articuno exPokemon TCG Pocketdeck is a high-risk, high-reward deck that relies on the Misty Trainer card to quickly apply Water Energy to Starmie or Articuno ex, which then lets you sweep through the enemy team with ease.
This deck is fairly expensive to construct, and takes some good luck to win consistently with, but is incredibly satisfying when you pull off a high Misty roll. Below, we’ll take a look at how to build this deck, how to pilot it, and some strategies for various matchups.
Starmie And Articuno ex Decklist
The stars of this deck areStarmie exandArticuno ex; every other card is to support them, especially the Trainer cardMisty. Professor’s Research and Poke Ball are used to draw these two Pokemon, whileGiovanniandSabrinaare good cards that are included in almost every other deck.
Starmie ex/Articuno ex
Staryu x2
Starmie ex x2
Articuno ex x2
Misty x2
Giovanni x2
Sabrina x2
Potion x2
Red Card x2
Professor’s Research x2
This deck requires you to pull fromall three Genetic Apex packs, making it difficult to completely assemble. While Starmie ex is absolutely necessary, you cansub Articuno ex for Lapras ex, which isobtainable for freefrom its related event.
Deck Strategy
Due to the relatively small deck size and ability to draw Basic Cards, strategies in Pokemon TCG Pocket are fairly consistent. However, this doesn’t end up being the case with this deck, as there is aslight reliance on high Misty rollsto ramp up your offense. Failing Misty rolls will leave you behind, and could end up costing you the match.
Starmie ex isone of the strongest cards in the game, with a90-damage attack for only two Energy, no retreat cost, and decent HP. Your goal with this deck is toget out Starmie ex as quickly as possible, use Misty to attach at least two Energy to Starmie, then blast through the enemy team with Hydro Splash.
Even without Misty, Starmie is very strong, and outpaces most other Pokemon in the game in terms of energy-to-damage ratio.
Articuno ex can also be used when you don’t draw Starmie, especially since, as a Basic Pokemon, you canplay it on the first turnand immediatelystack Energy with Misty.
Articuno’s Blizzard costs three Energy instead of Starmie’s two, and it does ten less damage, but it alsohits the opponent’s benched Pokemonfor ten damage each. This lets you take out a low-health Pokemon that the opponent has retreated, or weaken Pokemon before they enter battle.
Deck Matchups
Both Starmie ex and Articuno ex areweak to Electric, which makes this deal extremelyunfavorable against the popular Pikachu ex Decks. Even with optimal play, winning against a Pikachu ex deck is very unlikely, unless you happen to get lucky with an early Misty and manage to sweep through their team.
On the other hand, this deck is veryfavorable against Charizard ex decks, and Fire-type decks in general due to type advantage bonuses.
Overall, outside of Pikachu or similar Electric-type decks, this deckperforms well against high-tier deckslike Mewtwo ex or Venusaur ex, mainly due to Starmie’s inherent strength.
