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Pokemon TCG Pocket’s “Best” Deck Falls Out Of Top Ten For The First Time As Meta Receives Huge Reset

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sam Woods

Published Jun 2, 2025

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Summary

Darkrai ex and Giratina ex no longer in top ten win rate in the Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket.
Top ten decks now include Magnezone, Tapu Koko ex, Solgaleo ex, Shiinotic, and more.
After Extradimensional Crisis release, new decks are dominating, potentially marking the end of the era of Darkrai ex and Giratina ex.

If you've taken part in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket's competitive battles over the lastꦇ few months, you'll know that a deck containing Giratina ex and Darkrai ex has been dominant. While its success has fluctuated, it's never been far away from the top of the game's win rate and usage charts, and the duo has been the bane of many battlers' existences.

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Last month, ahead of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Extradimensional Crisis' launch, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Darkrai ex and Giratina ဣex started to wobble, sparking hopes that the deck was beginning its downfall. Now, following the Themed Booster's release, it looks like the prophecy could be coming true, as the pair have now dropped out of the game's top ten for the firs🎀t time since it ros☂e to prominence.

The Era Of Darkrai ex And Giratina ex Could Be Coming To An End

The Giratina ex card, from Shining Revelry, and the Darkrai ex card, from Space-Time Smackdown in Pokemon TCG Pocket.

According to data from the tournaments that tracks, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Giratina ex and Darkrai ex's win rate is no longer in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket's top ten.ཧ Following the release of Extradimensional Crisis, the pair has a win rate of 51.61 percent, making it only the 12th most successful.

Interestingly, at least one component of most of the current top ten decks s🤡ince Extradimensional Crisis' release contains a Pokemon added as part of the set.

In first place, Magnezone and Tapu Koko ex are dominating proceedings. While the deck has a ve﷽ry low usage rate, around 0.32 percent, it has a win rate of 63.64 percent, placing it about seven points clear of second place.

In second is Solgaleo ex and Shiinoitic, a Pokemon 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:I predicted could change the meta. This deck has a 56.85 percent win rate. Silvally and Ramp꧂ardos are in third pla♈ce with a win rate of 56.73 percent. Decks containing Giratina ex and Arceus ex and Buzzwole ex and Pheramosa are in joint fourth place with a 55.69 percent win rate, and Buzzwole ex and Celesteela are next with a 54.84 percent win rate.

You ♑can see the full standi♎ngs below (correct as of 4 am ET, Monday, June 2):

Ranking	Deck	Win Rate (Percent)
1	Magnezone and Tapu Koko ex	63.64
2	Solgaleo ex and Shiinotic	56.85
3	Silvally and Rampardos	56.73
4	Giratina ex and Arceus ex	55.69
5	Buzzwole ex and Pheramosa	55.69
6	Buzzwole ex and Celesteela	54.84
7	Crabominable ex and Palkia ex	54.76
8	Charizard ex and Silvally	544.55
9	Guzzlord ex and Nagandel	54.48
10	Incineroar ex and Turtonator	52.7

Following a brief glimpse of Extradimensional Crisis, Pokemon TCG Pocket players predicted DeNA was "168澳洲幸运5开奖网:cooking something diabolical", and after just a few days of action,🥂 it looks like they might have been onꦇto something.