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Budget and beginner decks

20 decks in the Deluxe Pack: Mega meta win at least half their games. These cost the fewest pack points to build and need the fewest ex cards.

Cost is what crafting every card of the usual list would take in pack points, using the cheapest print of each card. You earn 5 pack points per pack you open. Shop promos like Professor's Research are bought in the shop and not counted.

Best decks to start with

  1. 1,640 pack points

    1 ex card
    Most expensive card: Mega Rayquaza ex

    Plan it with your cards

  2. 1,650 pack points

    1 ex card
    Most expensive card: Mega Altaria ex

    Plan it with your cards

  3. 1,650 pack points

    1 ex card
    Most expensive card: Mega Altaria ex

    Plan it with your cards

Every deck by cost

All 29 ranked decks, cheapest first. Decks that win less than half their games are greyed out: cheap, but they lose more than they win.

Deck Cost ex cards Win rate Tier
Mega Mawile ex 1,620 1 46.0% Tier C
Dragonair Mega Rayquaza ex 1,640 1 53.9% Tier S
Mega Altaria ex Espeon 1,650 1 52.0% Tier S
Mega Altaria ex Greninja 1,650 1 52.1% Tier B
Hydreigon Mega Absol ex 1,720 1 50.3% Tier B
Butterfree Mega Sceptile ex 1,745 1 49.4% Tier B
Mega Blaziken ex 1,840 2 54.7% Tier A
Mega Sceptile ex Greninja 1,850 2 52.5% Tier B
Mega Manectric ex Heliolisk 1,875 2 53.8% Tier B
Mega Blaziken ex Greninja 1,885 2 51.7% Tier B
Magnezone Miraidon ex 1,960 1 54.1% Tier A
Mega Lucario ex Lucario 1,965 2 50.7% Tier A
Flygon ex 1,980 2 52.5% Tier C
Mega Diancie ex Carbink 1,980 2 50.4% Tier C
Rotom ex Oricorio 2,070 2 50.9% Tier C
Dedenne ex Pichu 2,220 2 48.1% Tier C
Greninja Mega Absol ex 2,230 2 58.8% Tier A
Mega Lucario ex Teal Mask Ogerpon ex 2,280 3 43.2% Tier C
Magnezone ex Magnezone 2,310 2 48.4% Tier C
Miraidon ex Magnezone 2,310 2 47.2% Tier C
Mega Charizard Y ex Entei ex 2,420 3 51.4% Tier B
Mega Gardevoir ex Mega Diancie ex 2,490 3 47.8% Tier C
Suicune ex Baxcalibur 2,500 3 52.3% Tier A
Meowscarada ex Meowscarada 2,525 3 48.6% Tier C
Mega Sharpedo ex Gyarados 2,555 3 55.2% Tier B
Hoopa ex Mega Absol ex 2,770 4 54.5% Tier S
Zoroark ex Mega Absol ex 2,850 4 49.2% Tier C
Dedenne ex Indeedee ex 3,000 4 53.6% Tier A
Vespiquen ex Shuckle ex 3,200 5 50.7% Tier B

Questions

What is the best deck for beginners? Dragonair Mega Rayquaza ex. It is tier S, wins 53.9% of its games and costs 1,640 pack points, the least of any deck that wins at least half its games.

How do I get the cards? Open the pack the pack advisor suggests for your deck, then craft the last missing cards with pack points.