Celebi ex Deck Guide - Pokemon TCG Pocket

The new Mythical Island Themed Booster Set has just launched in Pokemon TCG Pocket, adding over 80 new cards for Trainers to collect and battle with.

The Pokemon TCG Pocket is expanding once again with the Mythical Island update, adding over 80 new cards for Trainers to collect and use in battle. Some of the most exciting new cards for deck building are five new ex Pokemon, each of which is special in some way. Whether it’s Mew ex’s ability to copy the moves of opposing Pokemon, Gyarados ex’s massive health pool and damage output, or Aerodactyl ex’s unique Ability to shut down evolution in the Active, there’s a ton of new options with the introduction of Mythical Island. Perhaps the strongest and most interesting card in the entire set is another ex Pokemon, Celebi ex.

Celebi ex is the core of a new mono-Grass deck which is looking to shake up the meta. While luck and landing coin flips are key cornerstones of this deck, Celebi ex also relies on the strength of several new Pokemon from Mythical Island to create a fast, fierce and efficient deck which can stand toe-to-toe with some of the strongest Pokemon in the format like Mewtwo ex and Pikachu ex. If you’d like to try a new type of Grass deck which isn’t about stalling out your opponent and is instead about dominating them with some of the highest damage in the game, Celebi ex is the deck for you.

Here’s how to make the Celebi ex deck from the new Mythical Island expansion in Pokemon TCG Pocket.

If you’d like some other Pokemon TCG Pocket articles, including deck guides for Pikachu ex and Mewtwo ex, you can find more here on KeenGamer:

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Pokemon TCG Pocket Celebi ex Deck List

The Celebi ex deck is a mono-Grass deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket and it plays unlike any other Grass deck we’ve seen before. Instead of a slow stall playstyle built around lots of healing and high HP Pokemon, the Celebi ex deck can hit as hard as Mewtwo ex and just as fast as Pikachu ex. Thanks to Celebi ex’s strong and cheap main attack (which has some of the highest potential damage in the whole game) as well as some incredibly powerful supporter Pokemon, this deck is amazing but it is far more luck-reliant than most of the top-tier decks currently being played. However, thanks to the sheer power of the new Pokemon in this deck, many already fear that Celebi ex will completely take over the meta.

First and foremost, here is the list of essential cards you’ll need to build the Celebi ex deck effectively in Pokemon TCG Pocket. This deck contains a lot of Pokemon from the new Mythical Island set and, while you can substitute some of them for older Genetic Apex cards, the deck won’t work quite the same way so keep that in mind when building.

Celebi ex Essential Cards

Now that you have the core essential part of the deck built, you can begin adding the last few non-essential cards. In general, these cards won’t change the way the deck is played but they will augment it by either adding new Pokemon who will synergise well with Celebi ex or by adding specialist Supporters who may help in certain niche scenarios.

Celebi ex Non-Essential Cards

Card Breakdown

Celebi ex

The star of this deck, and perhaps of the entire Mythical Island expansion, is Celebi ex. This is the first Johto Pokemon to make it to Pokemon TCG Pocket and, as a Mythical Pokemon, it certainly hasn’t disappointed. Celebi ex has quickly become one of the strongest offensive Pokemon for both Grass type and the game in general thanks to its low level of commitment, excellent synergy with fellow Grass types, and an easy-to-understand effect which relies much more on luck than it does on pure mechanic or technical skill.

Celebi ex is a Basic ex Grass Pokemon with 130 HP, making it one of the weakest ex Pokemon in PTCGP behind Pikachu ex. Its only move is Powerful Blossom, a two Energy cost attack which has you flip a coin for each Energy attached to this Pokemon. For every head you get, Celebi ex does 50 damage to the opponent’s Active Pokemon. So, for example, if Celebi ex had three Energy attached to it, you would flip three coins and deal 50 damage for each head.

While some players may not want to rely so much on luck and coin flips for their big damage, Celebi ex has easily the highest damage potential in the game, especially when you combine it with Serperior, the other standout Grass-type from Mythical Island. When these Pokemon are on the field together, Celebi can suddenly start hitting insane numbers, as each Grass Energy attached to it will count as two Energy thanks to Serperior’s Jungle Totem. This allows it to flip double the coins and potentially get double the damage each turn, making Celebi ex cheaper and faster to build than a powerhouse deck like Mewtwo ex while retaining