Table of Contents
- Expansion: Crimson Blaze
- Updated: December 31, 2025
| Tier | Deck |
|---|---|
| S Tier | 🔵 Suicune ex Greninja 🔼 |
| S Tier | ⚫ Hydreigon Mega Absol ex |
| S Tier | 🟣 Mega Altaria ex Greninja 🆕 |
| S Tier | 🟡 Magnezone Oricorio 🔽 |
| A Tier | 🟣 Mega Altaria ex Furfrou 🆕 |
| A Tier | ⚫ Greninja Mega Absol ex 🆕 |
| A Tier | ⚫ Magnezone Mega Absol ex 🆕 |
| A Tier | 🟣 Mega Altaria ex Indeedee ex 🔼 |
| B Tier | 🔴 Mega Charizard ex Entei ex 🔼 |
| B Tier | 🟢 Decidueye ex Decidueye 🔼 |
| B Tier | 🟡 Jolteon ex Jolteon 🔽 |
| B Tier | 🟣 Mega Altaria ex Altaria 🔽 |
| B Tier | 🟤 Mega Lopunny ex Lucario 🔽 |
| B Tier | 🔴 Mega Blaziken ex Heatmor 🔽 |
S Tier
Suicune ex Greninja
Using only Water energy, the deck revolves around A4a-020's draw ability to rapidly evolve A1-087 into A1-089, creating a powerful engine that draws cards while dealing consistent damage. A4a-020 can also attack when needed. Greninja ex is an option to switch your Pokemon in case you need it. Indeedee is use to keep your Active be healthy.
Hydreigon Mega Absol ex
Evolve Deino into Hydreigon to be your main damage dealer. It's Ability lets it charge energy on its own letting you attack every turn. Mega Absol can serve as a backup damage dealer while waiting for Hydreigon. Use Indeedee to heal the damage you take from Hydreigon's ability.
Mega Altaria ex Greninja
Using only Psychic energy, evolve Swablu into Mega Altaria ex as your main win condition. Evolving Froakie into Greninja as your backup damage dealer. Chingling and Furfrou as chip damage while waiting to evolve your other Pokemon.
Magnezone Oricorio
Using only Lightning energy, you stall with Oricorio while you build Magnezone. Evolve Magnemite into Magneton to gain energy from its ability then evolve to Magnezone as a finisher. You dump your hand fast to make use of Copycat finding your cards faster.
A Tier
Mega Altaria ex Furfrou
Using only Psychic energy, evolve Swablu into Mega Altaria ex as your main win condition. Evolving Froakie into Greninja as your backup damage dealer. Chingling and Furfrou as chip damage while waiting to evolve your other Pokemon.
Magnezone Mega Absol ex
Using only Dark energy, evolve Magnemite into Magneton which can freely get Lightning energy and then evolve into Magnezone as your damage dealer later on. You manually put energy into either Darkrai or Mega Absol while waiting to for Magnezone to get online while Chingling as your delay while waiting for any attacker.
Greninja Mega Absol ex
Using only Dark energy, you ideally start with Chingling to delay your opponent from using Items while you build energy for Darkrai or Mega Absol. Evolve Froakie into Greninja using Rare Candy to deal damage through its ability.
Mega Altaria ex Indeedee ex
Evolve Swablu into Mega Altaria and serve as your damage dealer. Fill in your bench to increase Mega Altaria's damage. Jirachi can be used to soften up your enemies or knockout Baby Pokemon. Chingling to delay your opponents from using their Items while waiting for Mega Altaria. Indeedee ex can serve as a healer and also a damage dealer in case a high energy attacks. Sableeye or non-ex Altaria as your Oricorio killer.
B Tier
Mega Charizard ex Entei ex
Stall and draw with Entei until you can get your evolution pieces. Evolve Charmander into Charmander to make use of its ability to gain 1 Fire Energy into either your Entei letting it able to attack or through another Charizard you have on the board. Evolve Charmander into Mega Charizard and use its attack if you have sufficient energy. Flame Patch is needed to rush the energy needed or Charmeleon from another line.
Decidueye ex Decidueye
Set up chip damage sources with A3-010 while evolving into Decidueye ex or A3a-005 through A3-144 or A3-011.
Jolteon ex Jolteon
Evolve Eevee into Jolteon if you want burst damage or Jolteon ex to deal damage through its ability every time energy is put into your opponent.
Mega Altaria ex Altaria
Using only Psychic energy, Evolve Swablu into Altaria or Mega Altaria depending on the damage needed. You can use Pichu or Mantyke to easily access non-ex Altaria.
Mega Lopunny ex Lucario
Evolve Buneary to Mega Lopunny ex dealing 90 damage for each heads on coin flip and inflict Confused on enemy. Lucario can add additional damage and Hitmontop to weaken your enemies for easier knockouts.
Mega Blaziken ex Heatmor
Deal bench damage with Heatmore until you can get your evolution pieces. Evolve Torchic into Mega Blaziken to start taking knockouts.
Tier Explanation
To create this Meta Tier list, I used data from tournaments and my expertise and opinions of respected players. This tier list will hold meta-staple decks that you'll likely encounter in tournament play and will be updated as the meta changes up.
The decklists shared here have found success in tournament events but can be tweaked depending on meta shifts or players' preferences.
S Tier: The top performers and most represented decks in the meta. They have good matchups in the current meta and can adapt to different game scenarios. Expect to encounter these decks frequently in tournaments, with players strategizing specifically to counter them.
A Tier: Popular Meta decks that have solid matchup tables. Tier 2 decks can rival Tier 1 decks in performance, but may have weaknesses and less representation, holding them back from joining Tier 1.
B Tier: Comprising less popular decks or those experiencing a decline in performance, Tier 3 includes options that may still yield respectable results in tournaments. However, they often struggle against certain prevalent matchups. Additionally, this tier encompasses decks with limited data, making it challenging to accurately assess their placement in higher tiers.
C Tier: The less popular off-meta decks or have fallen out of the meta. They might still show up in tournament top cuts but are less likely to perform against the top meta decks.
