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Building the best deck you can inPokemon Pocketprimarily depends on what cards you have available to you. Whilecreating a Mewtwo ex deckis the trendy meta option, you can find immense success with off-meta decks, like this unusual combination of Lapras and Vileplume.
If you’re looking for a way to control the battle and turn it into more than a race for energy, this deck will offer nuanced strategies to keep things interesting. The biggest caveat to creating this deck is the Lapras ex requirement, as this promo card was only available for a limited-time Lapras ex event.
What Cards Do You Need For A Lapras ex And Vileplume Deck?
The key to this strategy isLapras ex, which is the only limited cardthat could sink your hopes of building this deck if you weren’t lucky during the Lapras ex drop event.
If you have Lapras ex, then the biggest hurdle is already behind you in compiling the following decklist:
Oddish x2
Gloom x 2
Vileplume x2
Lapras ex x2
Misty x2
Erika x2
Professor’s Research x2
Sabrina x2
If you need to add theVileplumeevolutionary line,SabrinaorErikato your deck, you can find copies of them inGenetic Apex Charizard packs.
Mistyis located inthe Genetic Apex Pikachu packs,while the remaining Trainer cards can be purchased from the Shop for two shop tickets each.
If you only have one Lapras ex,you canadd a Petilil and Lilligantto your deck and remove one copy of Sabrina. This will help enable Vileplume to set up faster.
How Do You Play A Lapras ex And Vileplume Deck?
This deck is fairly straightforward to play, as your ultimate goal is to have Lapras on the Bench while Vileplume sits in the Active slot, keeping the opposing Pokemon asleep.
Be sure to select bothGrassandWaterenergy in your deck construction.
However, you should reverse the roles if your opponent is weak against Water-type Pokemon or will require several hits to take down, asLapras has a better chance of survival if you’re unlucky with Sleep coin flips.
Erikais an important card to decide who goes in which slot because having Erika in your hand makes it less risky to put Vileplume in the Active slot.
If you have a Misty in your hand, but no Erika,then Lapras should be in the Active slot, as it will likely be ready to attack and heal itself quickly.
Your strategy with this deck is to continue healing your Pokemon as you slowly win the battle of attrition against your opponent.
However, youmight win battles quickly if you can get Lapras set up with a Misty,as it’s hard for your opponent to out-damage Lapras' healing unless they have a strong Pokemon set up.
If you’ve been struggling against Mewtwo ex or other meta decks,this setup can help you stop dangerous attacks in their tracks.
