Pokemon Pocket Tier List -10/30

Pokémon Pocket’s full launch is here and thousands of players have already been hard at work breaking the meta and finding the best decks. Here is our first tier list of the best decks in Pokémon Pocket! We've also got sample decklists for all of the S, A, and B-tier decks!

Tiers Breakdown

S-Tier

These are the best performing decks and are a cut above the rest. These are established decks that are able to beat any deck they face and have no clear weaknesses.

A-Tier

These are very powerful decks that are able to win consistently.

B-Tier

These decks are competitive and can win, but are a bit below the best decks in the format.

C-Tier

These decks are playable, but struggle against the best decks. Generally missing something—some of these may just be a card or two or a few points away from being ranked much higher.

Experimental tier

These cards don't fit into the above criteria—they are separate from it. This section is for emerging decks, card packages that aren't fully fleshed out, or decks that have an interesting interaction or two, but need additional help to become fully decks. This section will be used to highlight new trends and undercurrents in the metagame.

S-Tier

Mewtwo/Gardevoir, Misty, Circle Circuit

Mewtwo/Gardevoir

Base Gardy/Mewtwo

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Misty

Misty 1

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Circle Circuit

Circle Circuit

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A-Tier

Charizard/Moltres, Marowak, Venusaur, Greninja

Charizard/Moltres

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Marowak

Marowak EX

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Venusaur

Venusaur EX

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Greninja

Greninja

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B-Tier

Exeggutor/Butterfree, Blastoise, Ninetales/Rapidash, Articuno/Fossil

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Blastoise

Stoise

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Ninetales/Rapidash

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Articuno/Fossil

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C-Tier

Koga, Dragonite/Spread, Kabutops, Alakazam, Gengar control, Melmetal, Surge/Magneton

Koga

The Koga deck plays Weezing to poison and Muk to hit hard, while avoiding KOs and moving via Koga.

Dragonite

Dragonite aims to spray damage all around the board. Often partnered with Zebstrika, Articuno, Greninja, Weezing or disruptive bench sitters.

Kabutops

Kabutops is tanky enough that it can take multiple hits and heal with trainers and it's inexpensive attack.

Alakazam

Alakazam punishes decks that put too much energy on their attackers.

Gengar

Gengar and Gengar EX try to squeeze the opponent out of the game by denying them access to supporter cards.

Melmetal

Melmetal is another deck that tries to tank multiple hits with its big one-prize Pokémon.

Surge/Magneton

Magneton allows extra energy attachments per turn that can be moved onto attackers like Raichu with Lt. Surge.

Experimental Tier

There are a variety of strong control Pokémon that have a strong impact on the game and can be combined with a variety of partners. Don't be surprised to see these packages pop up in existing decks or really take off when new cards are printed.

Hypno control

Hypno can have a strangling effect on your opponent and can be combined not only with Psychic partners like Mewtwo EX, Alakazam, and Gengar, but also with Big Basics, Wigglytuff EX, or any fast, powerful attacker.

Arbok control

Arbok can be used with the Koga package to trap a poisoned Pokemon in the active or paired with Pidgeot to fully control which Pokemon your opponent has active.

Pidgeot control

As mentioned above, Pidgeot works with Arbok, but can also be added as a thin line in any deck for which it is crucial to target its KOs.

Frosmoth control

Like Hypno, Frosmoth can lead to some blowout wins with some lucky flipping, but has the added advantage of being able to combine with fellow Water-types that can benefit from Misty.

Thanks for checking out this tier list. I'm sure things will change once the game fully launches and we get some new cards into the game!

Let me know your thoughts on the tier list in the comments? Which decks do you think are rising and which are falling?