Pokémon TCG Pocket's Deadliest New Combo Comes From Two Unexpected Pokémon

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A new dominant deck has emerged in . The game recently released , its first-ever expansion that adds over 60 new cards (not including alternate art cards) to use in decks. While 60 cards isn't enough to create a ton of new deck archetypes, the set did create a new deck that has dominated in early competitive play. The new deck featuring Celebi and Serperior is the first Grass-type deck to emerge as a potentially meta-defining deck.

Not only is the new Celebi ex deck incredibly powerful, it sets a new bar for dealing out damage thanks to a couple of key synergies. If players are able to set the deck up right and get the right coin flips, Celebi ex can easily one-shot every single Pokémon in the game, including cards it would otherwise be at a disadvantage against. This new deck sets the new standard within, with the meta already shifting to find ways to counter this impressive deck.

Celebi ex appears to be an energy-dependent and swingy card. The card's «Powerful Bloom» attack allows a player to flip a coin for every Energy attached to the Pokémon and deal out 50 damage per head to an opponent's Active Pokémon. Under normal circumstances, players would have to attach 4 energy to Celebi to deal an average of 100 damage, which feels like too high of an energy cost compared to Mewtwo ex's Psybolt or Charizard ex's Crimson Storm. However, when paired with Serperior, Celebi becomes an absolute terror.

Serperior's «Jungle Totem» causes all Grass Energy attached to a Grass-type Pokémon to count as two energy. This is a powerful energy accelerator on par with Gardevoir, but is even more useful as Celebi ex (and other prominent Grass-type Pokémon) doesn't have an energy discard requirement. With Serperior on the bench, Celebi ex with four energy attached averages 200 damage per turn. What's more, Celebi ex can deal up to 400 damage per turn if a player pulls off a statistically improbable series of coin flips.

Players quickly caught onto the possibilities of Celebi ex and