Pokémon TCG Pocket's First Huge Tournament-Winning Deck Can Decimate Opponents

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A powerful deck flexed its muscles with a major tournament win. The new digital card game has quickly become popular both with veterans and newcomers. offers both an outlet for collectors and a new streamlined version of the card game that focuses on quick matches and smaller decks. Several dominant decks have emerged in, with signature cards that either hit opponents before they can get their Pokémon ready or overpower opponents with one-hit knockouts.

On November 9th, popular streamer Ursiiday organized a 1,100 person tournament via Limitless TCG (via Wargamer). The winner, who went by the username Saitama, won with a variation of the powerful Pikachu ex deck that has quickly become a mainstay in competitive play. While variations of the Pikachu ex deck accounted for nearly a third of entrants in the digital tournament, Saitama emerged victorious thanks to a couple of key cards and clutch gameplay.

Pikachu ex forms the foundation of this powerful deck. As a Basic Pokémon, Pikachu ex can enter play on round 1 and only requires two energy to unleash a devastating 90 HP damage attack. To maximize Pikachu ex's potential, players need to load up their bench with other Pokémon. Providing secondary support is Zapdos ex, another powerful Basic Pokémon that can hit hard. Zapdos's main attack, Thundering Hurricane, can deal up to 200 damage depending on coin flips and averages 100 HP of damage per attack.

As a Basic Pokémon, Pikachu ex can enter play on round 1 and only requires two energy to unleash a devastating 90 HP damage attack.

Saitama supplemented their deck with two other Pokémon. The first is Zebstrika, a Stage 1 Lightning-type Pokémon that deals out 30 damage to any one of an opponent's Pokémon. Zebstrika is one of the few Pokémon in that can target benched Pokémon, meaning that a player can't retreat their Pokémon to pull them out of harm's way.

Saitama also used Pincurchin to paralyze opponents and prevent them from attacking or escaping on their turn. Pincurch