12/15/2024

A guide to building a competitive Celebi ex deck.

Celebi EX Energy Ramp & Synergy Deck

Celebi ex
Grovyle
Shuckle
Tropius
Roserade
Professor's Research
Marnie
Boss's Orders
Raihan

Pokémon Cards (12)

  • Celebi ex (x3): The primary attacker, using its energy manipulation abilities to deal consistent damage with Grass energy.
  • Grovyle (x3): Essential for evolving into Celebi EX, while also accelerating Grass energy to support quick attacks.
  • Shuckle (x2): Provides energy acceleration through its “Energy Storage” ability, ensuring a steady supply of Grass energy for Celebi EX.
  • Tropius (x2): Offers healing support, keeping Celebi EX and other attackers in play longer by removing damage counters.
  • Roserade (x2): Forces the opponent to deal with poison status, dealing ongoing damage and providing utility alongside Celebi EX.

Supporter Cards (8)

  • Professor's Research (x3): Draws cards, allowing you to quickly find key cards for energy acceleration and setup.
  • Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent's hand and refreshes yours, preventing your opponent from setting up easily.
  • Boss's Orders (x2): Allows you to target specific Pokémon on the opponent's bench for knockouts, applying strategic pressure.
  • Raihan (x1): Provides energy acceleration after a knockout, ensuring continuous setup for Celebi EX.

Explanation

  1. Celebi EX is the primary attacker in this deck, taking advantage of its Grass energy synergy and ramp-up potential.
  2. Grovyle and Shuckle provide the core energy acceleration, ensuring that Celebi EX can attack early and consistently.
  3. Tropius offers healing support, keeping your Pokémon in play longer.
  4. Roserade applies poison damage, forcing your opponent to deal with ongoing threats while providing additional synergy with Grass energy.

Synergy and Strategy

  1. Use Grovyle to evolve into Celebi EX and accelerate Grass energy onto your Pokémon.
  2. Shuckle ensures a continuous supply of energy, while Raihan accelerates energy when a knockout occurs.
  3. Use Professor's Research and Marnie to control the hand and deck, ensuring you have the cards needed for setup.
  4. Boss’s Orders allows you to target specific threats on the opponent’s bench, applying strategic pressure.
  5. Roserade inflicts poison, adding additional pressure and forcing your opponent to deal with the damage over time.

Celebi EX Speed Attack Deck

Celebi ex
Sunkern
Exeggutor
Manaphy
Zygarde
Professor's Research
Marnie
Boss's Orders
Raihan

Pokémon Cards (12)

  • Celebi ex (x3): Primary attacker, utilizing quick and efficient Grass energy attacks.
  • Sunkern (x3): Provides early setup and evolves into Celebi EX for rapid energy acceleration.
  • Exeggutor (x2): Offers additional Grass synergy and can deal solid damage to wear down opponents quickly.
  • Manaphy (x2): Protects your Bench from snipe damage, keeping Celebi EX safe and active in the battle.
  • Zygarde (x2): Provides a secondary attacker and helps accelerate energy while dealing significant damage with Land’s Pulse.

Supporter Cards (8)

  • Professor's Research (x3): Allows you to draw cards and maintain consistency, ensuring that you always have access to Celebi EX and key energy cards.
  • Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent’s hand while refreshing your own, limiting your opponent’s setup options.
  • Boss's Orders (x2): Helps target and remove key threats on the opponent’s bench, improving board control.
  • Raihan (x1): Helps accelerate Grass energy when a Pokémon is knocked out, ensuring that Celebi EX continues its attack sequence.

Explanation

  1. Celebi EX is the primary attacker, dealing solid damage with its Grass energy-based attacks.
  2. Sunkern is essential for evolving into Celebi EX, providing early-game consistency and setup.
  3. Exeggutor serves as a secondary attacker, helping to take advantage of additional Grass-type synergy.
  4. Manaphy ensures protection for your bench, critical for ensuring Celebi EX remains safe.
  5. Zygarde offers a secondary attacker with energy acceleration abilities, giving you additional options for attacking.

Synergy and Strategy

  1. Evolve Sunkern into Celebi EX to gain a powerful attacker quickly.
  2. Use Exeggutor and Zygarde to support Celebi EX, offering backup attacks and energy acceleration.
  3. Use Professor's Research and Marnie to maintain hand control and maximize setup speed.
  4. Boss’s Orders allows you to pick off vulnerable Pokémon on the opponent’s Bench, disrupting their strategy.
  5. Raihan helps accelerate Grass energy after knockouts, ensuring your attackers stay charged and ready.

Celebi EX Control Deck

Celebi ex
Grovyle
Shuckle
Roserade
Jirachi
Professor's Research
Marnie
Boss's Orders
Raihan

Pokémon Cards (12)

  • Celebi ex (x3): Primary attacker, controlling the field with strong Grass energy attacks and manipulation.
  • Grovyle (x3): Accelerates Grass energy while evolving into Celebi EX, providing early game consistency.
  • Shuckle (x2): Provides consistent energy acceleration, crucial for keeping the deck's tempo high.
  • Roserade (x2): Forces status conditions on your opponent, adding pressure with poison damage.
  • Jirachi (x2): Provides consistent searching for Supporter cards, helping maintain the flow of the game.

Supporter Cards (8)

  • Professor's Research (x3): Draws cards to set up Celebi EX and keep your hand full of useful resources.
  • Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent’s hand and refreshes your own, forcing them to work with fewer resources.
  • Boss's Orders (x2): Targets key Pokémon on the opponent’s Bench for strategic knockouts.
  • Raihan (x1): Accelerates energy onto Celebi EX after a knockout, keeping the tempo of your game intact.

Explanation

  1. Celebi EX is the main attacker, using its ability to manipulate Grass energy and deal large amounts of damage.
  2. Grovyle and Shuckle provide necessary acceleration, ensuring that Celebi EX can attack quickly.
  3. Roserade deals poison damage, forcing your opponent to address multiple threats while applying additional pressure.
  4. Jirachi provides an easy way to search for key Supporter cards to maintain the flow of the game.

Synergy and Strategy

  1. Evolve Grovyle into Celebi EX to set up your main attacker quickly.
  2. Shuckle accelerates energy, ensuring you don’t run out of resources.
  3. Roserade applies poison damage, forcing your opponent to either heal or face continual damage.
  4. Use Jirachi to help find critical Supporters like Professor's Research, Marnie, and Boss’s Orders, keeping your hand full and ensuring key plays.
  5. Marnie and Boss’s Orders help disrupt your opponent’s game plan while ensuring you can target key threats.