12/15/2024
A guide to building a competitive Latias EX deck.
Latias EX Dragon Control Deck










Pokémon Cards (12)
- Latias ex (x3): Primary attacker, using Dragon Wave for energy-efficient damage and Energy Assist to accelerate energy from the discard pile.
- Deoxys ex (x2): Supports by providing additional attack options and helps with energy acceleration via its Energy Drive attack.
- Rayquaza (x2): Acts as an energy accelerator and secondary attacker, synergizing well with Latias EX’s Dragon-type abilities.
- Jirachi (x2): Helps search for essential cards, ensuring consistency and quick setup.
- Voltorb (x1): Can evolve into Electrode for extra energy acceleration and to speed up Latias EX’s attack capabilities.
- Manaphy (x2): Protects your bench from damage, keeping Latias EX and other key attackers safe.
Supporter Cards (8)
- Professor's Research (x3): Essential for card draw, ensuring access to necessary resources.
- Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent’s hand while refreshing your own, helping you maintain card advantage and slow your opponent’s progress.
- Boss's Orders (x2): Targets specific Pokémon on your opponent’s bench for knockouts, allowing strategic disruption.
- Raihan (x1): Provides energy acceleration, allowing you to quickly set up Latias EX after a knockout.
Explanation
- Latias EX is the main attacker, with Dragon Wave providing efficient damage and Energy Assist ensuring you can re-accelerate energy.
- Deoxys EX provides synergy with Latias EX by adding more versatility in attacking and energy management.
- Rayquaza accelerates energy, helping Latias EX attack faster and more consistently.
- Jirachi ensures that you can find the right cards at the right time to set up Latias EX’s attacks.
- Manaphy prevents damage to your bench, keeping your main attackers safe.
- Professor's Research and Marnie offer great card-drawing and hand disruption to keep you ahead of the game.
- Raihan accelerates energy, ensuring Latias EX stays powered up for more attacks.
Synergy and Strategy
- Use Latias EX as your primary attacker, with Rayquaza and Deoxys EX adding extra offensive power and energy management.
- Jirachi helps you find key cards to maintain consistency, while Manaphy protects your bench.
- Raihan accelerates energy, and Professor's Research and Marnie help you control your deck and disrupt your opponent’s strategy.
- Boss’s Orders is used to pick off key threats, ensuring you can control the tempo of the game.
Latias EX Energy Surge Deck










Pokémon Cards (12)
- Latias ex (x3): Core attacker, using Dragon Wave and Energy Assist to deal consistent damage and accelerate energy.
- Zekrom (x2): Acts as a secondary attacker with Bolt Strike, providing extra offensive power and energy acceleration.
- Volcarona (x2): Provides additional energy acceleration with its Fire Dance attack, helping you power up Latias EX faster.
- Electrode (x2): Evolved from Voltorb, it accelerates energy to keep the tempo fast and provides additional support for Latias EX.
- Jirachi (x1): Helps search for cards to set up Latias EX or other necessary pieces for your strategy.
- Manaphy (x2): Protects your bench from damage, ensuring that your energy resources and attackers are safe.
Supporter Cards (8)
- Professor's Research (x3): Ensures card draw and deck consistency, helping you find the right pieces for your setup.
- Marnie (x2): Refreshes both your and your opponent's hands, helping you control the game and keep your opponent off balance.
- Boss's Orders (x2): Allows you to target key threats on your opponent’s bench, setting up for knockouts.
- Raihan (x1): Accelerates energy when a Pokémon is knocked out, keeping the energy flow consistent.
Explanation
- Latias EX is the main attacker, dealing high damage with Dragon Wave and Energy Assist to recycle energy quickly.
- Zekrom provides additional attacking power and energy acceleration with its Bolt Strike, allowing for faster setups.
- Volcarona and Electrode work together to accelerate energy onto Latias EX, enabling faster attacks and keeping the tempo high.
- Jirachi helps you search for key cards, ensuring you stay consistent in executing your strategy.
- Manaphy protects your bench, ensuring that you can keep important Pokémon safe.
- Professor's Research and Marnie provide card draw and disruption, helping you stay ahead of the game.
- Boss’s Orders lets you target specific Pokémon for knockouts, while Raihan accelerates energy and keeps Latias EX ready to attack.
Synergy and Strategy
- Use Volcarona and Electrode to accelerate energy onto Latias EX, enabling faster attacks.
- Zekrom serves as a secondary attacker while helping with energy acceleration.
- Jirachi and Professor's Research ensure that you can consistently find the cards you need.
- Marnie and Boss’s Orders provide deck disruption and control, allowing you to dictate the pace of the game.
- Raihan helps keep the energy acceleration going after knockouts, ensuring that Latias EX stays powered up.
Latias EX Speed Aggression Deck










Pokémon Cards (12)
- Latias ex (x3): Primary attacker with Dragon Wave, providing consistent damage with energy assist.
- Zekrom (x2): Provides additional attacking power and synergy with energy acceleration through its Bolt Strike attack.
- Pikachu (x2): A support Pokémon that evolves into Raichu, helping to accelerate energy to Latias EX.
- Raichu (x2): Accelerates energy quickly to Latias EX, ensuring faster setups and more consistent attacks.
- Jirachi (x2): Provides consistency by searching for necessary cards and ensuring smoother deck flow.
- Manaphy (x1): Protects your bench, making sure your core attackers are not disrupted by bench snipes.
Supporter Cards (8)
- Professor's Research (x3): Helps you draw into the necessary cards, keeping your strategy flowing smoothly.
- Cynthia (x2): Refreshes your hand, providing more options and ensuring that you’re drawing the right cards.
- Boss's Orders (x2): Targets and disrupts your opponent’s bench, setting up knockouts and forcing decisions.
- Raihan (x1): Provides energy acceleration, enabling Latias EX to continue attacking after a knockout.
Explanation
- Latias EX is the main attacker, dealing damage with Dragon Wave and recycling energy with Energy Assist.
- Zekrom serves as a backup attacker and helps with energy acceleration, making Latias EX’s attacks quicker.
- Pikachu and Raichu provide energy acceleration, ensuring that Latias EX can attack faster and more consistently.
- Jirachi helps you search for the right cards, keeping your deck flow smooth.
- Manaphy protects the bench, ensuring that key Pokémon are safe and able to continue their roles.
- Professor's Research and Cynthia provide card-drawing consistency, while Marnie helps disrupt your opponent’s strategy.
- Boss’s Orders allows you to target threats and pick off vulnerable Pokémon on the bench.
Synergy and Strategy
- Raichu and Zekrom help accelerate energy, enabling Latias EX to deal damage faster.
- Jirachi helps with consistency and ensures you’re drawing the right cards for quick setups.
- Manaphy protects the bench from damage, keeping your attackers safe.
- Professor's Research and Cynthia help you draw the cards you need for energy and Pokémon setup.
- Boss’s Orders and Raihan allow you to target key threats and maintain momentum after knockouts.