Pokemon TCG Pocket: Best Articuno ex deck guide

Pokemon TCG Pocket players might benefit from the best Articuno ex deck guide since it is currently one of the efficient decks in the title. With a bit of luck, this deck can start dealing damage while destroying the opposing benched Pokemon as early as round two.

In this guide, we will discuss the strategies behind the best Articuno ex deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket that you can use to dominate your opponents.

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Articuno ex deck guide: Which cards should you use?

The following cards make the best Articuno ex deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket:

Card	Quantity
Articuno ex	2
Staryu	2
Starmie ex	2
Misty	2
Red	2
Poke Ball	2
Professor's Research	2
Cyrus	2
Irida	2
Leaf	2

This deck heavily relies on Support Cards to keep Articuno ex alive. Staryu and Starmie ex act as alternative choices if you do not get a High Roll with the coin tosses on Misty.

Alternatives:

This is one of the few decks that can work well with just two Articuno ex cards and 18 other Support Cards. As such, you can remove Staryu and Starmie ex and stack the deck with good utility support cards.

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Articuno ex deck guide: Strategy and how to play

All Articuno ex variants in the game (Image via The Pokemon Company)

The main strategy of this deck is to use Misty, get a High Roll (at least two heads), and attach the respective number of Water-energy on Articuno. Add that to the naturally generated energy, and you have three Water-energy to start spamming Blizzard.

Blizzard deals only 80 damage to your opponent's Active Pokemon card, however, it also deals 10 damage to each of your benched cards. Essentially, it hurts their backline and supporting Pokemon thereby rendering them helpless or waste resources to keep them alive.

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Pokemon TCG Pocket Articuno ex deck: Best starting hand

Best starting hand for Articuno ex deck (Image via TPC)

The best starting hand for this deck would be Articuno ex, Misty, and Professor's Research. Articuno ex automatically goes on the Active Slot, and you can use Misty to try and get a High Roll on the next round. Professor's Research can help draw the other supporting cards, and you can look to set up and start dealing damage immediately.

If you have Staryu or Starmie ex in your deck, you can put them in your bench. Then, you can swap them out with Leaf if Misty fails to get a High Roll on Articuno ex. Similarly, you can also swap them if the opponent has something like Exeggutor ex that can deal a lot of chip damage.

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How to play the Articuno ex deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket

The main strategy of an Articuno ex deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket is to get High Rolls with Misty and start dealing damage as early as possible. It's a strategy that is very simple to execute, although it greatly relies on luck.

Here is the flow that you should look to achieve with this Articuno ex deck for best results:

• Place Articuno ex in the Active Slot.
• Use Misty to try and get a High Roll, and attach all Water-energy generated to Articuno ex.
• Use Professor's Research to try and draw Misty if you do not have it.
• Start spamming Blizzard to deal 80 damage to your opponent's Active Pokemon and 10 damage to each benched Pokemon.
• If you do not get a High Roll with Misty, use Support Cards like Irida to keep Articuno ex alive.
• Use Cyrus to target a damaged bench Pokemon
• If you have Starmie ex in your deck, use it to stall while you build Articuno ex. You can also deal good damage with Starmie ex.
• Use Red to hammer the last nail in the coffin by dealing 100 damage to other ex Pokemon.

If you do not get at least two heads with the coin toss from Misty, the deck becomes slow and prone to counters from opponents. In such a case, your strategy automatically gets delayed and the match gets prolonged.

Otherwise, this deck is truly annoying and you should prepare to see a lot of concedes while playing this.

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Counters to Articuno ex decks in Pokemon TCG Pocket

Pikachu ex decks are the natural counters to Articuno ex decks (Image via TPC)

Strategically, the best counter to Articuno ex decks in Pokemon TCG Pocket are Lightning-types cards. Since Articuno ex is naturally vulnerable to Lightning-type, it will always take +20 damage from these cards. Below are the best counters to Articuno ex:

• Pikachu ex
• Pikachu ex (Shining Revelry)
• Zapdos ex
• Magnezone
• Luxray
• Pachirisu ex
• Oricorio (Pom-Pom)
• Alolan Raichu ex
• Raichu (Triumphant Light)

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