1/19/2025

A guide to building a competitive Raichu EX deck.

Raichu EX Aggro Energy Deck

Raichu ex
Pikachu
Zeraora V
Manaphy
Mareep
Flaaffy
Professor's Research
Marnie
Boss's Orders
Raihan

Pokémon Cards (12)

  • Raichu ex (x3): Primary attacker with a powerful Electric-type attack that hits hard once energy is accelerated.
  • Pikachu (x2): Basic form that evolves into Raichu EX, giving you consistent access to Raichu EX when needed.
  • Zeraora V (x2): Offers an additional attacker with strong synergy with Raichu EX, providing speed and energy acceleration.
  • Manaphy (x2): Protects your bench Pokémon from damage, keeping your setup safe while you focus on attacking.
  • Mareep (x2): Needed to evolve into Flaaffy, which will further accelerate energy and power up Raichu EX quickly.
  • Flaaffy (x1): Accelerates energy onto Raichu EX, ensuring it has the energy needed to deal powerful attacks.

Supporter Cards (8)

  • Professor's Research (x3): Offers strong card draw to help you quickly access the pieces you need, such as energy and evolutions.
  • Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent’s hand and refreshes yours, preventing them from setting up their strategy while keeping yours intact.
  • Boss's Orders (x2): Allows you to target specific Pokémon on your opponent’s bench, enabling key knockouts.
  • Raihan (x1): Speeds up energy acceleration after knocking out an opponent’s Pokémon, providing momentum.

Explanation

  1. Raichu EX serves as the deck's main attacker, and it needs energy acceleration to be effective.
  2. Zeraora V synergizes with Raichu EX by providing additional speed and attacking power.
  3. Manaphy ensures that your bench stays safe from damage, while Mareep and Flaaffy handle the energy acceleration.
  4. Professor's Research and Marnie ensure that you stay ahead in terms of resources and can disrupt the opponent’s strategy.
  5. Boss’s Orders allows you to target key Pokémon for knockouts, dictating the flow of the match.

Synergy and Strategy

  • Raichu ex benefits greatly from the energy acceleration of Flaaffy and Zeraora V, allowing it to hit hard quickly.
  • Manaphy prevents bench-sniping attacks, which is vital for keeping your setup intact.
  • Raihan is crucial for accelerating energy in critical moments, helping you stay aggressive throughout the game.
  • Professor’s Research and Marnie help maintain consistency and control the tempo of the game, ensuring you always have the right cards when you need them.
  • Boss's Orders lets you remove problematic threats from your opponent’s bench, allowing for strategic knockouts.

Raichu EX Control Deck

Raichu ex
Pikachu
Manaphy
Zeraora V
Togekiss V
Flaaffy
Professor's Research
Marnie
Boss's Orders
Raihan

Pokémon Cards (12)

  • Raichu ex (x3): The main offensive attacker, capable of powerful Electric-type attacks with enough energy acceleration.
  • Pikachu (x2): Evolves into Raichu EX, ensuring a consistent flow of attacks.
  • Manaphy (x2): Protects your bench, preventing your opponents from targeting key Pokémon on the bench.
  • Zeraora V (x2): Provides a fast secondary attacker with synergy for energy acceleration and helps maintain board pressure.
  • Togekiss V (x1): Offers additional energy acceleration with its “Magical Shot” attack, keeping the game flowing in your favor.
  • Flaaffy (x2): Essential for accelerating energy, enabling Raichu EX to quickly get powered up.

Supporter Cards (8)

  • Professor's Research (x3): Allows you to draw through your deck quickly, ensuring you have access to key resources like energy and evolution pieces.
  • Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent's strategy by shuffling their hand and forcing them to draw a new hand, while refreshing your own.
  • Boss's Orders (x2): Targets your opponent's weaker or key Pokémon for knockouts, helping you control the flow of the game.
  • Raihan (x1): Accelerates energy when a Pokémon is knocked out, ensuring you can keep up the pressure and set up your next attacker.

Explanation

  1. Raichu EX is the main attacker, and Zeraora V offers additional attacking power with synergy in energy acceleration.
  2. Flaaffy accelerates energy to Raichu EX, allowing it to use powerful attacks more frequently.
  3. Manaphy is vital for protecting your bench, especially against opponents who try to target weaker Pokémon.
  4. Togekiss V provides further energy acceleration, supporting Raichu EX by charging it up even faster.
  5. Professor's Research and Marnie help maintain card advantage and disrupt your opponent’s hand, putting pressure on them.
  6. Raihan accelerates energy in crucial moments, ensuring that you stay aggressive even after a knockout.

Synergy and Strategy

  • Flaaffy and Raihan work together to quickly power up Raichu EX, ensuring it can consistently deal damage.
  • Manaphy ensures that your strategy is not disrupted by bench damage, which is especially important when trying to keep energy acceleration uninterrupted.
  • Zeraora V helps to apply constant pressure on the opponent, giving you options while you set up Raichu EX for big hits.
  • Togekiss V provides extra support for accelerating energy, allowing Raichu EX to attack quickly.
  • Marnie and Boss’s Orders provide you with control over the game, letting you disrupt your opponent’s hand while ensuring you can target key Pokémon for knockouts.

Raichu EX Aggressive Speed Deck

Raichu ex
Pikachu
Zeraora V
Zekrom
Manaphy
Flaaffy
Professor's Research
Marnie
Boss's Orders
Raihan

Pokémon Cards (12)

  • Raichu ex (x3): The primary attacker, with strong Electric-type attacks that benefit from quick energy acceleration.
  • Pikachu (x2): Evolves into Raichu EX and helps maintain a consistent flow of attacking.
  • Zeraora V (x2): Provides speed and energy acceleration, making it a great complement to Raichu EX.
  • Zekrom (x2): A backup attacker with energy acceleration capabilities, adding extra offensive pressure to the deck.
  • Manaphy (x2): Protects the bench, making it harder for your opponent to disrupt your setup.
  • Flaaffy (x1): Accelerates energy from the discard pile, ensuring that Raichu EX can attack more often.

Supporter Cards (8)

  • Professor's Research (x3): Provides fast card draw to help you get through your deck and access key resources like energy and evolutions.
  • Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent’s hand while refreshing yours, putting your opponent at a disadvantage while you continue to build momentum.
  • Boss's Orders (x2): Targets key opposing Pokémon for knockouts, helping you control the game’s flow.
  • Raihan (x1): Speeds up energy acceleration when a Pokémon is knocked out, giving you the ability to quickly power up Raichu EX or another attacker.

Explanation

  1. Raichu EX serves as the deck's primary attacker, with fast and powerful Electric-type attacks made possible by energy acceleration.
  2. Zeraora V and Zekrom are secondary attackers that bring versatility and speed, complementing Raichu EX.
  3. Manaphy protects your bench from damage, ensuring that your setup remains intact.
  4. Flaaffy accelerates energy to Raichu EX, helping it attack quickly with high-damage output.
  5. Professor's Research and Marnie maintain card advantage and disrupt your opponent’s hand, giving you control over the match.
  6. Boss’s Orders targets the opponent’s key Pokémon for knockouts, dictating the flow of the game.

Synergy and Strategy

  • Raichu ex benefits greatly from energy acceleration provided by Flaaffy, Zeraora V, and Raihan, allowing it to quickly deal significant damage.
  • Zeraora V and Zekrom offer additional offensive power and help apply pressure on your opponent, giving you options when you need them.
  • Manaphy ensures that your bench stays safe while you focus on attacking with your primary attacker.
  • Use Professor's Research and Marnie to cycle through your deck quickly and disrupt your opponent’s strategy.
  • Boss’s Orders gives you the ability to knock out specific threats, allowing you to control the pace of the game and pick off key targets.

These three Raichu EX decks each offer different playstyles—whether you're looking for speed, control, or energy acceleration. Let me know if you need further adjustments!