Charizard ex (TCG)

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Charizard ex
Charizard ex and Pidgeot ex Types used Major cards Charizard ex, Pidgeot ex, and Arven Era 2023-present

Charizard ex is a Pokémon Trading Card Game deck archetype that was mainly played in the 2023-2024 season.

Strategy

Arven

Key cards

Rare Candy

• Charizard ex
• Pidgeot ex
• Lumineon V
• Mew
• Manaphy and Jirachi
• Battle VIP Pass
• Rare Candy
• Ultra Ball
• Arven

Typical decklist

Ultra Ball

Azul Garcia Griego's decklist at the 2023 San Antonio Regional

Quantity	Card	Type	Rarity
3×	Charmander
1×	Charmander
1×	Charmeleon
3×	Charizard ex
2×	Pidgey
2×	Pidgeot ex
1×	Rotom V
1×	Lumineon V
1×	Mew
1×	Manaphy
1×	Jirachi
4×	Battle VIP Pass	I
4×	Ultra Ball	I
4×	Rare Candy	I
2×	Level Ball	I
2×	Lost Vacuum	I
2×	Counter Catcher	I
1×	Super Rod	I
1×	Artazon	St
1×	Collapsed Stadium	St
1×	Lost City	St
4×	Arven	Su
3×	Boss's Orders	Su
3×	Iono	Su
1×	Professor's Research	Su
1×	Forest Seal Stone	PT
1×	Justified Gloves	PT
1×	Vitality Band	PT
7×	Fire Energy	E

Possible tech cards

Radiant Charizard

The following cards can be used in Charizard ex decks in place of certain cards included in the above list.

• Radiant Charizard - A powerful late-game card that can OHKO many Pokémon V as a single-Prize card attacker for one Fire energy.
• Bibarel - A useful way to gain consistency against hand disruption cards such as Iono and Roxanne.
• Entei V - Can draw one extra card with its Fleet-Footed ability and can deal up to 220 damage with its attack if the opponent has five benched Pokémon.
• Delphox V - Can deal 120 damage to a benched Pokémon with its Mystical Fire attack.
• Minior - Counter to Snorlax Stall decks
• Nest Ball - Useful for placing Pokémon V and basic Pokémon directly onto the bench.
• Switch/Escape Rope - Common switching cards that can help counter the effects of disruption cards such as Boss's Orders and Counter Catcher.
• Professor Turo's Scenario - Can be used to return a damaged Pokemon ex to the hand without losing prize cards, and if used on Charizard ex can allow for another use of Infernal Reign.
• Defiance Band - Useful for increasing Charizard ex's damage by 30 when behind in prize cards.
• Technical Machine: Evolution - Can be used to accelerate the evolutions of Charmander, Pidgey, and Bidoof in the early-game.

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