After the release of Cosmic Eclipse, plenty of players were unsure on how the metagame would settle. The community talked highly of Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX [Unified Minds 156], that Pidgeotto [Team Up 123] would be broken with Bellelba & Brycen-Man [Cosmic Eclipse 186], and we all thought that Malamar [Forbidden Light 51] was a dead deck. Well, after the results of São Paulo, Daytona Beach, and San Diego, we learned a thing or two about Standard. This article will showcase the top five decks in Standard, a brief strategy for each deck, and my personal deck list for each deck. If you don’t own all of the cards for each of these decks on PTCGO, feel free to use code zlesage5 to save 5% on your order. Trust me, you will need these cards! That being said let’s jump into these decks.

5. Pidgeotto Control

This Pokemon TCG deck thrives on stopping your opponent from doing much in general. You might wondering “How?” and I’m here to tell ya. You have a bunch of strong control cards such as Power Plant, Bellelba & Brycen-Man, Jesse & James [Hidden Fates], and more! You can use these Pokemon cards each turn and you can sometimes double up with Lt. Surge’s Strategy to devastate your opponents plan. You can recycle these cards back with Oranguru [Ultra Prism] and draw back into them with Pidgeotto [Team Up]. You can complete this strategy each turn by selecting the cards that will best handle your opponent’s board and gathering them back each turn as well. Once you get your opponent to a position when they draw & pass immediately after, you can abuse Bellelba & Brycen-Man to discard the top three cards of their Pokemon TCG deck each turn. You don’t draw Prize Cards with this deck, but you can definitely deck your opponent out. If you want to wipe that smile off your opponents face, I highly recommend playing this control deck!
宠物小精灵 - 19
  • 4 奥兰古鲁 UPR 114
  • 4 比比鸟 TEU 123
  • 3 波波 TEU 122
  • 1 波波 TEU 121
  • 2 Articuno-GX CES 31
  • 3 基拉祈 PR-SM 161
  • 1 百变怪棱镜之星批次 154
  • 1 Girafarig LOT 94
训练师卡 - 37
  • 2 发电厂 UNB 183
  • 4 Professor Elm's Lecture LOT 188
  • 2 Bellelba & Brycen-Man CEC 186
  • 2 中尉 Surge 的策略 HIF 60
  • 2泰特与丽莎 CES 148
  • 1 Jesse & James HIF 58
  • 1 蚕豆地段 173
  • 1 Mars UPR 128
  • 4 粉碎锤 SUM 115
  • 4 pokégear 3.0 未安装 182
  • 4 越野自行车 CES 123
  • 3 定制捕手批次171
  • 2Chip-Chip 冰镐 UNB 165
  • 2 重置邮票 UNM 206
  • 2 Pal Pad UPR 132
  • 1 Escape Board UPR 122
能源 - 4
  • 3 水能
  • 1 回收能源 UNM 212

4. Reshiram & Charizard-GX Toolbox

If you like it hot, sometimes you need to dive right into the fire. Umm, well, this is a Fire-type Pokemon TCG deck so I guess my awful pun works. Moving on... this is one of those Welder [Unbroken Bonds] decks that thrives off attaching Energy! You have a full suite of cards to help you acquire Energy such as Giant Hearth, Fiery Flint [Dragon Majesty], and Fire Crystal to name a few. Welder is the perfect partner to all of these strong attackers because you can attack in a pinch with Mega Lopunny & Jigglypuff-GX [Cosmic Eclipse] or move all of your Energy to the Active with Heatran-GX [Unified Minds] in a pinch. Mix that up with Ninetales being able to bring up Pokémon whenever you want and you have a great deck on your hands! My favorite part about the deck is that it is super consistent with Jirachi and Dedenne-GX so you rarely ever have poor draws with this deck!
宠物小精灵 - 17
  • 4 基拉祈 PR-SM 161
  • 3 德登-GX UNB 57
  • 2 Ninetales TEU 16
  • 2 Vulpix TEU 15
  • 1 Mega Lopunny & Jigglypuff-GX CEC 226
  • 1 Reshiram & Charizard-GX PR-SM 201
  • 1 Victini Prism Star DRM 7
  • 1 Turtonator DRM 50
  • 1 heatran-gx unm 25
  • 1 阿布索尔 TEU 88
训练师卡 - 26
  • 2 巨型炉床 UNM 197
  • 1 Heat Factory Prism Star LOT 178
  • 4 焊工 UNB 189
  • 1 辛西娅和凯特琳 CEC 189
  • 4 神奇宝贝通信 TEU 152
  • 4 珍惜新墨西哥大学舞会 191
  • 4 Switch CES 147
  • 2 Escape Board UPR 122
  • 2 Fiery Flint DRM 60
  • 1 火结晶 UNB 173
  • 1 Pal Pad UPR 132
能源 - 17
  • 17 火能

3. Malamar / Giratina

If you have noticed a trend so far, you will notice that most top decks run off a Jirachi [Team Up] engine and they usually have an additional strategy going for them. Malamar [Forbidden Light] isn’t different because it is the only single Prize Card attacking deck on this list and it brings Energy acceleration with it too! The goal of this deck is to setup plenty of Inkay on your first turn, Evolve them into Malamar, and start swinging int your opponent’s Pokémon. It is a fairly easy strategy to do, but the deck has some technical plays that can make it a tough deck to pilot at times. You need to carefully choose your secondary attackers, decide when to utilize them, and this deck does have a decent bit of spread damage. Between Spell Tag and using Distortion Door with Giratina [Lost Thunder], this deck does have quite a bit of micro-decisions. That being said, it is a super powerful deck when it gets setup and it has a lot of answers to the top decks being played right now.
宠物小精灵 - 20
  • 4 基拉祈 PR-SM 161
  • 4 马拉马尔 FLI 51
  • 4 因凯 FLI 50
  • 2 Giratina PR-SM 151
  • 1 Garchomp & Giratina-GX PR-SM 193
  • 1 Trevenant & Dusknoir-GX PR-SM 217
  • 1 百变怪棱镜之星批次 154
  • 1 Blacephalon PR-SM 221
  • 1 Mimikyu CEC 97
  • 1 mew pr-sm 215
训练师卡 - 32
  • 2 常青森林 TEU 156
  • 4 辛西娅·普尔 119
  • 4 Lillie UPR 125
  • 1 蚕豆地段 173
  • 4 神秘宝藏 FLI 113
  • 4 越野自行车 CES 123
  • 3 神奇宝贝通信 TEU 152
  • 3 Spell Tag LOT 190
  • 2 Escape Board UPR 122
  • 2 伟大的捕手 CEC 192
  • 2 Switch CES 147
  • 1 Lana's Fishing Rod CEC 195
能源 - 8
  • 7 心灵能量
  • 1 战斗能量

2. Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX / Keldeo-GX

Have you ever wanted to draw extra Prize Cards? Well? Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX [Cosmic Eclipse] can totally allow you to do that and more. Between drawing extra Prize Cards, doing extra damage, and accelerating Energy, this deck has a strong foundation of a Pokemon TCG deck and it has a bunch of support Pokémon to make it better. Keldeo-GX [Unified Minds] is great at stopping GX Pokémon, Mimikyu [Team Up] can hurt Pokémon with a Fairy-type Weakness, and more! This deck is well nestled inside a consistent Jirachi shell and it even makes use of an underrated Support card, Rosa. When your Pokémon get Knocked Out, you can always jump back into a game by utilizing Rosa to grab whatever you need. Overall, this deck is leading the way in terms of the power creep and I really enjoy this deck. If you are looking to play a super powerful deck, this one is my top choice!
宠物小精灵 - 13
  • 4 基拉祈 PR-SM 161
  • 2 阿尔宙斯 & 帝牙卢卡 & 帕路奇犽-GX CEC 221
  • 2 凯路迪欧-GX UNM 47
  • 1 低温 UNM 46
  • 1 Girafarig LOT 94
  • 1 Mimikyu TEU 112
  • 1 Drampa CEC 159
  • 1 阿布索尔 TEU 88
训练师卡 - 34
  • 4 辛西娅·普尔 119
  • 2 马洛和拉娜 CEC 198
  • 2 辛西娅和凯特琳 CEC 189
  • 2 马洛和拉娜 CEC 198
  • 2 罗莎 CEC 204
  • 1 古兹玛与哈拉 CEC 193
  • 4 定制捕手批次171
  • 3 神奇宝贝通信 TEU 152
  • 3 标记呼叫 CEC 206
  • 3 Switch CES 147
  • 2 Escape Board UPR 122
  • 2 重置邮票 UNM 206
  • 1 伟大的捕手 CEC 192
  • 1 Counter Gain LOT 170
  • 1 珍惜新墨西哥大学舞会 191
能源 - 13
  • 6 水能
  • 5 Metal Energy
  • 2 Rainbow Energy CES 151

Mewtwo & Mew-GX Toolbox

And here we are, the best Pokemon TCG deck in our Standard format. Before anyone decides to comment a bout counters not this deck, I want to clarify something about this deck. It is the best deck, but it also has plenty of viable counters. Decks that didn’t make this list, such as Gardevoir & Sylveon-GX [Unbroken Bonds], can totally take wins off of Mewtwo & Mew-GX. The reason why this is the best deck is because it is the most versatile deck in the format. Perfection being able to copy any GX Pokemon makes it one of the most powerful Pokémon that have ever been printed. Wanna snipe? Use Naganadel-GX. Wanna accelerate Energy? Use Solgaleo-GX. Wanna search for some cards? Use Charizard & Braixen-GX! This deck has all of that and it runs off a consistent Welder / Jirachi engine! I highly recommend giving this Pokemon TCG deck a whirl if you want to test your skills as a Pokémon player.
宠物小精灵 - 21
  • 4 基拉祈 PR-SM 161
  • 3 Mewtwo & Mew-GX PR-SM 191
  • 3 德登-GX UNB 57
  • 1 Mega Lopunny & Jigglypuff-GX CEC 226
  • 1 Reshiram & Charizard-GX PR-SM 201
  • 1 Charizard & Braixen-GX CEC 22
  • 1 Espeon & Deoxys-GX UNM 72
  • 1 Naganadel-GX UNM 160
  • 1 Charizard-GX PR-SM 21
  • 1 Solgaleo-GX PR-SM 104
  • 1 玛莎多 UNB 81
  • 1 Turtonator DRM 50
  • 1 latios-gx unm 78
  • 1 超梦 PR-SM 214
训练师卡 - 27
  • 3 巨型炉床 UNM 197
  • 4 焊工 UNB 189
  • 1 马洛和拉娜 CEC 198
  • 1 古兹玛与哈拉 CEC 193
  • 1 蚕豆地段 173
  • 4 珍惜新墨西哥大学舞会 191
  • 2 神秘宝藏 FLI 113
  • 2 伟大的捕手 CEC 192
  • 2 Escape Board UPR 122
  • 2 重置邮票 UNM 206
  • 2 标记呼叫 CEC 206
  • 2 Switch CES 147
  • 1 隐秘兜帽 UNB 186
能源 - 12
  • 8 火能
  • 3 Rainbow Energy CES 151
  • 1 弱点防御能量 UNM 213
Even though I have said it a few times in this article, I will put it here one last time in case you missed it. All of the cards in this article, in various art styles, are available on PTCGO. If you don’t already own them, you can pick up code cards from here, on ptcgostore.com, to handpick the sets you want to open. Sometimes cards are available in special promo boxes and you will be able to handpick the cards you want to acquire. Don’t forget that my promo code for this site, zlesage5, is valid on all orders! Anyways, I hope this article has enlightened you on the top decks in our Standard format and that you are ready to tackle your next event. Whether you are playing at a League Cup or a Regional Championship somewhere around the globe, these decks are the absolute best of the best. And again, if you are missing any cards in your PTCGO collection, use code zlesage5 to save 5% off your order! Thanks so much and Happy Holidays!


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Zach Lesage 是 ptcgostore.com。作为多伦多本地人，他从 2005 年开始玩 Pokemon TCG，目前以游戏为全职。他拥有多个冠军头衔，例如 2019 Collinsville Regionals 和 2019 Mexico City Special Event，他对成功充满热情。游戏之外，他周游世界，喜欢高级时装 - 尤其是 Off-White。您可以在大多数大型活动中看到他，也可以在 Twitter 上关注他 @zlesagepokemon。