12/15/2024
A guide to building a competitive Sceptile EX deck.
Sceptile EX Energy Acceleration Deck








Pokémon Cards (12)
- Sceptile ex (x3): Primary attacker, uses Grass-type energy to deal substantial damage with its “Jungle Rage” attack, increasing in damage with the number of Grass energy attached to it.
- Grovyle (x3): Essential for evolving into Sceptile EX, accelerates Grass energy by allowing you to search your deck for Grass Energy and attach it to a Pokémon.
- Tangrowth (x2): Secondary attacker, boosts Grass-type energy and provides a way to control energy flow, ensuring that you can keep fueling Sceptile EX's attacks.
- Shuckle (x2): Supports energy acceleration with its “Energy Storage” ability, allowing you to quickly power up your Sceptile EX.
- Trubbish (x2): Provides synergy with its “Garbage Collection” ability to draw cards, helping you maintain consistency in the deck.
Supporter Cards (8)
- Professor's Research (x3): Discards and draws seven cards, providing the resources needed to evolve into Sceptile EX and access vital energy cards quickly.
- Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent's hand and reshuffles your own, keeping you one step ahead while limiting your opponent's options.
- Boss’s Orders (x2): Target specific Pokémon for knockouts, especially key threats that could disrupt your energy acceleration or prevent your setup.
- Raihan (x1): Accelerates energy from your discard pile when a Pokémon is knocked out, ensuring your Sceptile EX stays powered up.
Explanation
- Sceptile EX serves as the primary attacker, its damage scaling with the number of Grass energy attached to it.
- Grovyle accelerates energy, helping you quickly evolve into Sceptile EX while preparing for future turns.
- Tangrowth works as a secondary attacker that can spread energy to multiple Pokémon while providing synergy.
- Shuckle accelerates energy, allowing you to build up energy on your Sceptile EX faster than usual.
- Trubbish helps with consistency by providing card draw and helping maintain energy flow throughout the game.
Synergy and Strategy
- Grovyle and Shuckle help accelerate energy to fuel Sceptile EX, while Tangrowth can serve as a backup attacker or a supporter of energy flow.
- Use Professor’s Research and Marnie to disrupt your opponent and cycle through your deck efficiently.
- Raihan ensures that if a key Pokémon is knocked out, you can still accelerate energy, preventing your setup from stalling.
- Boss’s Orders lets you target important Pokémon on your opponent's Bench, helping to secure knockouts and maintain board control.
Sceptile EX Aggro Deck








Pokémon Cards (12)
- Sceptile ex (x3): The main attacker of the deck, dealing massive damage with its Grass-type moves.
- Grovyle (x3): Evolves into Sceptile EX and helps to accelerate Grass energy quickly.
- Exeggutor (x2): Secondary attacker that provides additional Grass synergy and can also be used to manage energy flow.
- Celebi (x2): Helps accelerate Grass energy and adds additional support to the deck’s strategy of powering up attackers quickly.
- Tropius (x2): Provides healing support, helping to keep Sceptile EX in play for longer periods.
Supporter Cards (8)
- Professor's Research (x3): Draws cards to keep your hand full, providing the resources needed for Sceptile EX’s evolution and setup.
- Marnie (x2): Forces both players to shuffle and draw new hands, disrupting the opponent's strategy while refreshing your own.
- Boss‘s Orders (x2): Lets you target specific Pokémon for strategic knockouts, especially those that threaten your attackers.
- Raihan (x1): Provides energy acceleration from the discard pile after a knockout, ensuring Sceptile EX can continue attacking at full force.
Explanation
- Sceptile EX is the main attacker, delivering powerful damage with Grass energy.
- Grovyle accelerates energy and helps you evolve into Sceptile EX.
- Exeggutor and Celebi provide additional energy acceleration and synergy for rapid attacking.
- Tropius serves as a defensive Pokémon, offering healing support to prolong the survival of your key attackers.
Synergy and Strategy
- The goal of the deck is to quickly build up Sceptile EX as your primary attacker, using Grovyle and Exeggutor to speed up energy acceleration.
- Professor’s Research and Marnie help you cycle through your deck and disrupt your opponent’s hand while maintaining energy flow.
- Use Boss’s Orders to target key Pokémon and remove potential threats to your setup.
- Raihan helps you accelerate energy when needed, while Tropius ensures you can heal and keep your attackers alive longer.
Sceptile EX Energy Ramp & Control Deck









Pokémon Cards (12)
- Sceptile ex (x3): The primary attacker, utilizing Grass energy-based attacks to deal significant damage and maintain board control.
- Grovyle (x3): Essential for evolving into Sceptile EX and accelerating Grass energy quickly to power up attacks.
- Shuckle (x2): Provides energy acceleration with its “Energy Storage” ability, ensuring a consistent energy supply for Sceptile EX’s attacks.
- Tropius (x2): Offers healing support, keeping Sceptile EX and other key Pokémon in play longer by removing damage counters.
- Roserade (x2): Uses its "Poisonous" ability to inflict status conditions, forcing the opponent to deal with poison damage over time.
Supporter Cards (8)
- Professor's Research (x3): Allows you to draw cards and set up your deck, ensuring access to Sceptile EX and energy acceleration cards.
- Marnie (x2): Disrupts your opponent's hand and refreshes your own, limiting their options while keeping your deck in control.
- Boss's Orders (x2): Lets you target key Pokémon on the opponent’s bench and remove them from play, putting pressure on your opponent’s strategy.
- Raihan (x1): Provides energy acceleration when a Pokémon is knocked out, ensuring that Sceptile EX can continue to attack and build momentum.
Explanation
- Sceptile EX serves as the deck's primary attacker, dealing significant damage using its Grass-type moves and keeping the board under control with status effects.
- Grovyle is critical for evolution and accelerating Grass energy to power up Sceptile EX quickly.
- Shuckle ensures energy consistency, helping to ramp up Sceptile EX’s damage potential.
- Tropius offers healing, allowing you to sustain Sceptile EX and other key attackers longer in battle.
- Roserade provides ongoing pressure by inflicting poison, dealing additional damage over time.
Synergy and Strategy
- Sceptile EX is the primary focus, with Shuckle and Grovyle speeding up energy acceleration to make sure it can attack quickly.
- Tropius acts as a defensive support to heal damage and prolong the effectiveness of your attackers.
- Roserade’s poison ability forces the opponent to deal with a constant threat while you build up for big attacks.
- Marnie and Boss's Orders provide strategic disruption, helping you control the game and target key threats.
- Raihan ensures quick recovery by accelerating energy after a knockout, helping you keep the pressure on your opponent.