You pulled Gengar ex in Pokémon TCG Pocket and want to build a deck with it? Then you will find all the information about the Gengar ex Deck here and whether it is worth it.
What kind of card is Gengar ex? Gengar ex is a Stage-2 Pokémon that evolves from Ghastly and Haunter.
It has 170 HP and uses Psychic-type energies. Its special ability is “Shadow Bind”. Thanks to this ability, your opponent cannot play any supporter cards from their hand as long as Gengar ex is in the active position.
Furthermore, Gengar ex has the attack Spook Shot, which deals 100 damage. However, you must have three Psychic energies on your Gengar ex to use it.
As a ghost classic from the first generation, Gengar is a popular Pokémon. But how do you build a deck around Gengar ex and is it worth it? We’ll take a closer look here.
Gengar ex Deck in Pokémon TCG Pocket – What does it have?
Which cards are essential for the deck? Since you want to evolve Gengar ex, you definitely need:
- 2x Ghastly
- 2x Haunter
- 2x Gengar ex
Which cards should go into the deck? A number of typical supporter and item cards should be included in the deck. So:
- 2x Poké Ball
- 2x Professor’s Research
- 2x Sabrina
- 2x X Initiative
Which cards can go into the deck? With the cards mentioned above, you have already used up 14 slots. Now there are several options:
- Potion (maybe 2 times)
- Giovanni (maybe 2 times)
- Leaf (maybe 2 times)
- Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot (maybe 2 times each)
- Smoggie & Smogul (maybe 2 times each)
- Koga (Only if you use Smoggie & Smogul)
- Traumato & Hypno (maybe 2 times each)
- Fossil card
What do you want to achieve with the deck? The great strength of a Gengar ex deck is controlling the opponent. You prevent the use of cards like Pyro, Koga, the strong Misty, Giovanni, or Sabrina with Gengar ex. Even the Professor’s Research no longer works. This way, you can simply shut down many strong combos as long as Gengar ex is in the active position.
Cards like the Pidgeot line, Hypno, or Smogul fit well with this. They inflict effects on your opponents like sleep (Hypno), poison (Smogul) or alter which Pokémon your opponent can have in the active position. The fossil card can also be used to buy you time until you have Gengar in play.
Once Gengar is in play, it will be hard for the opponent. With 170 HP, it is tough to beat, and its attack causes significant trouble with 100 damage.
The major weakness of the Gengar ex deck: You must get Gengar into play first, which is not so easy due to its Stage-2 evolution. So you’re playing for time while you evolve your Gengar and feed it energy.
This also means that you might not be able to stop some of your opponent’s supporter cards if they are activated early in the game. Especially Misty and Professor’s Research are candidates that are more likely to be played early.
Overall, Gengar ex decks do not perform very well in comparison either. It remains to be seen how this will look when more cards come into play. Even now, the deck can score if the strategy goes well. After all, opponents probably expect the least a Gengar deck. If you are looking for some other options anyway: Here you can find the current tier list of the best decks in Pokémon TCG Pocket.
