1/19/2025
A guide to building a competitive Ampharos EX deck.
Ampharos EX Energy Accelerator Deck









Pokémon Cards (12)
- Ampharos ex (x3): Main attacker of the deck. It provides strong electric-type damage with its powerful attack, which can become stronger with energy acceleration.
- Flaaffy (x3): Evolves from Mareep to Ampharos EX, essential for setting up the energy acceleration needed for fast attacks. Flaaffy’s “Dynomotor” ability is key to powering up Ampharos EX and other Pokémon.
- Mareep (x2): Basic form needed for evolution, and also can be used to set up Flaaffy and Ampharos EX faster.
- Zeraora V (x2): Backup attacker that synergizes with energy acceleration, capable of quickly building momentum and providing flexibility in offensive options.
- Manaphy (x2): Protects your bench from being targeted by opponent's attacks, ensuring your key Pokémon are kept safe while you build up energy on the field.
Supporter Cards (8)
- Professor's Research (x3): Provides strong draw power to keep your hand full and cycle through important cards like energy and evolution pieces quickly.
- Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent’s hand, preventing them from setting up their strategy while replenishing your own hand.
- Boss's Orders (x2): Helps target key opposing Pokémon, allowing you to knock out threats and reduce the opponent’s options on the bench.
- Raihan (x1): Speeds up energy acceleration after a knockout, enabling you to quickly power up Ampharos EX or Zeraora V.
Explanation
- Ampharos ex is your primary attacker, leveraging strong Electric-type attacks that become even more potent with energy acceleration.
- Flaaffy plays a crucial role by accelerating energy to the active Pokémon, making sure Ampharos EX can continuously attack.
- Zeraora V provides additional offensive power and synergy with energy acceleration, adding flexibility to your attacks.
- Manaphy protects your bench from damage, which is important for keeping your evolution setup safe.
- Professor's Research and Marnie keep the deck's flow smooth by ensuring you always have the right cards, while Boss’s Orders targets high-priority threats for quick knockouts.
Synergy and Strategy
- Flaaffy’s “Dynomotor” ability accelerates energy, allowing you to quickly power up Ampharos ex for strong attacks.
- Raihan is essential for accelerating energy in key moments after knocking out a Pokémon, keeping the momentum going.
- Use Professor's Research to ensure you have quick access to your energy and evolution cards.
- Boss's Orders allows you to dictate the flow of the game by targeting important threats on the opponent’s bench.
- Manaphy ensures that your Pokémon aren’t easily targeted by bench-sniping tactics, which is crucial for keeping your setup safe.
Ampharos EX Stall & Control Deck










Pokémon Cards (12)
- Ampharos ex (x3): The primary attacker, dealing consistent Electric-type damage with high energy costs.
- Flaaffy (x3): Essential for energy acceleration. Flaaffy’s ability helps set up the powerful Ampharos EX quickly.
- Mareep (x2): Needed to evolve into Flaaffy and eventually into Ampharos EX. Helps cycle through the evolution chain.
- Togekiss V (x2): Provides secondary energy acceleration and control options with its “Magical Shot” and “Rainbow Burst” attacks.
- Manaphy (x2): Protects the bench, ensuring your Pokémon stay safe and allowing you to focus on evolving Ampharos EX.
- Snorlax (x1): A tanky Pokémon that can stall while your setup gets ready. It also gives you time to get Ampharos EX into play.
Supporter Cards (8)
- Professor's Research (x3): Helps with drawing through your deck quickly to find necessary resources like energy or evolution cards.
- Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent’s hand while replenishing yours, helping to slow down aggressive strategies from your opponent.
- Boss's Orders (x2): Allows you to target the opponent’s benched Pokémon, removing threats before they can attack or set up.
- Raihan (x1): Speeds up energy attachment after a knockout, perfect for quick transitions to stronger attackers like Ampharos EX.
Explanation
- Ampharos ex is the main offensive threat, using its powerful attacks to deal big damage while also utilizing energy acceleration from Flaaffy.
- Flaaffy and Mareep form the core of the energy acceleration combo, powering up Ampharos EX quickly.
- Togekiss V provides more energy acceleration and an additional attacker with high versatility.
- Snorlax is a tanky Pokémon that can absorb damage and stall for time while you set up Ampharos EX.
- Manaphy prevents your Pokémon from being easily knocked out by bench damage, ensuring a safe evolution process.
Synergy and Strategy
- Flaaffy enables Ampharos ex to deal heavy damage without worrying too much about energy costs.
- Snorlax helps to buy time by absorbing damage while you work to accelerate energy and evolve into Ampharos EX.
- Togekiss V can help further power up your attackers, especially if you are facing a more aggressive opponent.
- Raihan allows you to accelerate energy in critical moments, enabling you to quickly power up Ampharos EX or Togekiss V.
- Professor's Research and Marnie work together to ensure your hand is constantly refreshed, while Boss’s Orders lets you focus on disrupting your opponent's game plan by knocking out high-priority targets.
Ampharos EX Speed & Aggression Deck










Pokémon Cards (12)
- Ampharos ex (x3): Key attacker, using powerful Electric-type attacks to quickly deal damage.
- Flaaffy (x3): Provides the energy acceleration needed to speed up Ampharos EX’s attacks, helping you build momentum quickly.
- Mareep (x2): The basic form for evolution into Flaaffy and eventually Ampharos EX.
- Zeraora V (x2): Secondary attacker with strong synergy with energy acceleration, capable of taking the fight to the opponent with speed.
- Manaphy (x2): Bench protector, ensuring your Pokémon stay safe from damage.
- Raikou V (x1): Another fast Electric-type attacker that can support Ampharos EX with powerful attacks.
Supporter Cards (8)
- Professor's Research (x3): Helps cycle through the deck and ensures you can get to your key cards quickly.
- Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent’s hand while refreshing your own, slowing down their setup and keeping you ahead.
- Boss's Orders (x2): Allows you to target specific Pokémon for knockouts, disrupting the opponent’s strategy.
- Raihan (x1): Enables energy acceleration, giving you the ability to quickly set up for big attacks after a knockout.
Explanation
- Ampharos ex is the deck’s primary attacker. Thanks to Flaaffy, it can attack frequently and hit hard.
- Zeraora V and Raikou V offer additional Electric-type offensive power, allowing you to switch between attackers and keep up the pressure.
- Manaphy ensures that your bench is safe from sniping, which is important for maintaining your setup.
- Flaaffy plays a key role in accelerating energy, allowing Ampharos ex to attack frequently with less energy commitment.
- Professor's Research and Marnie ensure that your deck runs smoothly, while Raihan accelerates energy when a Pokémon is knocked out, keeping you ahead.
Synergy and Strategy
- Ampharos ex is designed to be fast and aggressive, leveraging Flaaffy to accelerate energy quickly.
- Use Zeraora V and Raikou V as backup attackers to pressure the opponent while you set up Ampharos EX for heavier hits.
- Manaphy ensures that your bench stays safe while Marnie keeps your opponent from gaining an advantage.
- Raihan ensures that if a knockout happens, you can immediately follow up with a charged-up Pokémon, keeping the offensive momentum.
These are three well-balanced Ampharos ex decks, each offering a unique approach depending on your playstyle—whether you prefer energy acceleration, control, or speed and aggression. Let me know if you'd like to tweak any details!