How to Beat the Celebi EX & Serperior Expert Solo Challenge in Pokémon TCG Pocket

Struggling to conquer the Celebi EX & Serperior expert solo challenge? These tips and tricks will help you overcome this tough opponent.

The latest update to Pokemon TCG Pocket brings a slew of exciting new solo challenges. Each challenge is a unique opportunity to experience and master the incredible abilities of the game’s newest cards.

These solo challenges are designed to put your skills to the test and help you learn how to use the strengths of each deck to overcome even the toughest opponents.

If you're struggling to conquer the Celebi EX & Serperior expert solo challenge, these tips and tricks will help you overcome this tough opponent.

Celebi EX & Serperior decklist

The cards featured in this expert solo challenge deck include:

Celebi EX x2

Serperior

Exeggutor

Celebi x2

Exeggcute x2

Ferroseed x2

Foongus x2

Lombre x2

Petilil x2

Sunkern x2

Turtwig x2

Venusaur

Bouffalant

How the Celebi EX & Serperior deck works and how to beat it

This Grass-type deck, centered around Celebi EX and Serperior, can feel like a complete utter gamble at times. Celebi and Exeggutor rely on getting lucky with coin flips to deal significant damage.

With Serperior’s ability, this deck can quickly snowball out of control if left unchecked. The Jungle Totem Ability doubles the power of all Grass Energy attached to Grass-type Pokemon, regardless of whether Serperior is active or on the bench.

With that in mind, here are several tips to beat this deck:

There are two ways to approach this deck. One method is to sniff out and remove Serperior from the equation all together. Alternatively, you can try to outpace this deck and cripple Celebi and Exeggutor before Jungle Totem kicks in.

If you own Sabrina, utilize this Supporter card to target and eliminate key Pokemon. This strategic move can significantly disrupt the tempo for this particular deck, especially with how reliant this deck is with the Jungle Totem Ability.

In the case that the snake is untouchable, you’ll need to turn up the heat and threaten the main attackers instead. To do so, you’ll need a deck that features cheap Fire-types to lead with, and have some heavy hitters in the back ready to blow either Celebi or Exeggutor up when they appear.

Some good cheap lead options include Ponyta, Heatmor, and Salandit. While your leads hold the fort, consider building Ninetales, Arcanine, Flareon, or Charizard on the bench to land the finishing blows.

If you need some extra help putting a solid Fire-type deck together, check out some of these Fire-type decklists!

Celebi EX & Serperior battle tasks and rewards

After defeating this solo challenge for the first time and acquiring the first-time reward, make sure to complete the listed battle tasks to earn additional Shop Tickets!