Skittles (TCG)

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Skittles
Garchomp and Togekiss Types used Major cards Garchomp, Togekiss, Ho-Oh Era 2007-2008

Skittles is a deck archetype in the Pokémon Trading Card Game based around Garchomp and Togekiss, with Ho-Oh thrown in for good measure. It has been widely used in Pokémon Organized Play due to its effectiveness against most decks in the current format.

Cards

• Garchomp - The deck's main attacker. Its Poké-Body, Rainbow Scale, states that if the Defending Pokémon has a Weakness to any types of Energy attached to Garchomp, Garchomp's attacks do 40 more damage to the Defending Pokémon. If it has many different types of Energy attached to it, Garchomp will almost certainly be hitting the Defending Pokémon for large amounts of damage.
• Togekiss - Togekiss's Poké-Power, Serene Grace, is a perfect combination with Garchomp. When Togekiss is played from the player's hand to evolve a player's Pokémon, Serene Grace allows the player to look at the top 10 cards of their deck and attach as many basic Energy cards as they like to any of their Pokémon in play. If a player finds many different types of Energy there and attaches them to Garchomp, Garchomp will have a high chance of putting Rainbow Scale into effect.
• Ho-Oh - In the deck as a backup card in case the player cannot get a Garchomp in play quickly enough. Its Rainbow Wing attack can do massive damage if Ho-Oh has lots of types of basic Energy attached to it, which is once again possible with Togekiss's Poké-Power.

Typical deck list

The deck list appearing below is not official; it is meant to represent an average build of the archetype, not specifically constructed for any regional metagame. Being that this is merely an archetype, a player may wish to change any part of this deck when building his or her own version.

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
3×	Gible
2×	Gabite
3×	Garchomp
1×	Garchomp LV.X
3×	Togepi
1×	Togetic
3×	Togekiss
1×	Ho-Oh
4×	Pachirisu
4×	Rare Candy	T
1×	Master Ball	T
2×	Premier Ball	T
3×	Celio's Network	T [Su]
1×	Scott	T [Su]
1×	Crystal Beach	T [St]
2×	Castaway	T [Su]
3×	Roseanne's Research	Su
2×	PlusPower	T
2×	Strength Charm	T
3×	Fighting Energy	E	—
3×	Fire Energy	E	—
3×	Water Energy	E	—
3×	Psychic Energy	E	—
3×	Lightning Energy	E	—
3×	Grass Energy	E	—

Restriction

With many of the Supporter cards for this archetype originating from expansions released before Diamond & Pearl, it became unusable when both were rotated out with the beginning of the 2008-2009 season.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.