Pokémon TCG Deck Archetypes

Charizard ex / Pidgeot ex

The premier consistency pairing of Scarlet & Violet era.

$320 – $480

Raging Bolt ex

Energy-accelerated hitter with explosive turn-two plays.

$280 – $420

Gardevoir ex

Psychic toolbox with flexible bench-damage calculations.

$260 – $400

Dragapult ex

Spread-damage Stage 2 that breaks the board turn after turn.

$300 – $460

Tier 2

Snorlax Stall

Lock, stall, and deck-out your opponent without attacking.

$180 – $280

Miraidon ex

Lightning toolbox with turn-one acceleration and tech flexibility.

$220 – $340

Pikachu ex

Budget-friendly Lightning aggro with strong one-prize trades.

$90 – $140

Iron Thorns ex

Ability-lock hammer that cripples setup decks.

$200 – $320

Chien-Pao ex / Baxcalibur

Water-type explosive combo with turn-one OHKO potential.

$190 – $300

Ancient Roaring Moon ex

Dark-type aggro with single-prize Galarian Moltres backup.

$200 – $310

Terapagos ex

Bench-driven Colorless deck with Hero's Cape HP walls.

$180 – $290

Archaludon ex

Metal-type spread attacker with Dudunsparce consistency.

$170 – $280

Gouging Fire ex

Ancient Fire aggro with turn-two OHKO potential.

$200 – $310

Walking Wake ex

Ancient Water attacker with turn-two acceleration.

$170 – $260

Gholdengo ex

Metal-type Item-lock attacker that scales with your discard pile.

$160 – $250

Ting-Lu ex (Hex Maniac)

Dark/Fighting toolbox with bench-damage walls and Hex disruption.

$140 – $220

Great Tusk Mill

Fighting-type mill deck that knocks out your opponent by decking them.

$180 – $280

Feraligatr Control

Stage 2 Water control with Energy-acceleration lock.

$150 – $230

Banette ex Spread

Psychic spread attacker that punishes bench-heavy opponents.

$130 – $210

Toedscruel ex

Grass Energy toolbox with bench-disruption hammers.

$120 – $190

Pidgeot Control

Pure Pidgeot ex consistency control — win by decking out.

$220 – $340

Ogerpon ex Toolbox

Four-mask Ogerpon ex variants in a type-flex toolbox.

$180 – $280

Expanded

Expanded Current

Lost Box (Comfey)

The Lost Zone toolbox that's dominated multiple formats.

$240 – $380

Legacy

Arceus VSTAR

The iconic flexible toolbox that ruled 2022-2023.

$150 – $220

Mew VMAX

Meloetta + Fusion Strike Genesect for turn-two OHKOs.

$140 – $210

Lugia VSTAR (Archeops)

Archeops-accelerated Special Energy toolbox.

$170 – $260

Entei V (Lost Box)

Lost Box variant with Entei V as Fire-type hammer.

$130 – $190

Palkia VSTAR (Inteleon)

Water VSTAR with Inteleon consistency package.

$140 – $210

Blacephalon / Naganadel (UB)

Ultra Beast Fire aggro — a 2019 meta-breaker.

$80 – $130

Zoroark GX

The most flexible toolbox of the Sun & Moon era.

$100 – $160

Rayquaza GX

Energy-scaling dragon with Vikavolt acceleration.

$110 – $170

Buzzwole GX

Fighting aggro with Beast Ring late-game comebacks.

$60 – $100

Pikachu & Zekrom GX (Pikarom)

Tag-team Lightning beast with turn-one OHKO potential.

$90 – $150

Night March

XY-era single-prize swarm that scales with your discard pile.

$70 – $120

Vespiquen / Vileplume

XY-era Item-lock swarm with Vespiquen Bee Revenge damage.

$50 – $90

Seismitoad EX / Garbodor

Item-lock + ability-lock combo that shut down 2014-2015 metas.

$60 – $100

Trevenant / Dusknoir

Item-lock ghost duo with Sinister Reflection damage.

$50 – $90

Haymaker

Base-era aggro with Hitmonchan and Electabuzz — the original beatdown.

$200 – $400 (vintage singles)

Blastoise Rain Dance

Unlimited Water acceleration with Blastoise — the first combo deck.

$200 – $450 (vintage singles)

Damage Swap (Alakazam)

Move damage to Chansey walls and heal back — Base Set control.

$220 – $400 (vintage singles)

Turbo Dark (Darkrai VSTAR)

Darkrai VSTAR with maximum Dark Patch acceleration.

$120 – $180