Suicune ex and Greninja Deck Guide in Pokémon TCG Pocket

This is an all-Water deck that pairs passive ability damage with a late scaling attacker. Regular Greninja chips the opponent's board for free every turn while you load น้ำ onto Greninja ex and Suicune ex. The win condition is to grind two-point threats down with Water Shuriken until either Greninja ex swings for big numbers or Suicune ex's Crystal Waltz scales high enough to take a clean knockout.

The decklist

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องค์ประกอบเด็ค

โปเกมอน8

พื้นฐาน4

วิวัฒนาการ4

เทรนเนอร์12

ไอเทม6

ผู้สนับสนุน4

เครื่องมือ2

รวม20

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Suicune ex A4A #20

62.28%

37.72%

Froakie B1 #71

62.28%

37.72%

How it works

Regular Greninja is the engine that makes this deck function. Its Water Shuriken ability lets you do 20 damage to one of your opponent's Pokémon once during your turn, with no energy attached and no need to be in the Active Spot. Sitting on the Bench, it softens up evolving Basics before they can get going and helps you set up knockout ranges from the back row. Its Mist Slash attack costs น้ำ, ไร้สี for 60 damage if you ever need it to attack, but its real value is the recurring free chip every single turn.

Greninja ex is the primary attacker with 170 HP. Its Aqua Edge attack costs น้ำ for 100 damage, which trades evenly with most two-point attackers in the format. Just as important is its Shifting Stream ability, which once during your turn lets you switch your Active Water Pokémon with one of your Benched Pokémon for free. That free pivot dodges retreat costs, repositions a fresh attacker into the Active Spot, and lets you pull a damaged Pokémon to safety without spending energy.

Suicune ex is the scaling closer with 140 HP. Its Crystal Waltz attack costs น้ำ and does 20 damage for each Benched Pokémon, counting both your Bench and your opponent's. With three of your own benched and three of theirs, that is 20 times six for 120 damage, enough to knock out most non-ex attackers in one swing. While it is Active, its Legendary Pulse ability draws you an extra card at the end of your turn, so it doubles as a draw engine while it sits up front gathering value.

Froakie is the Basic that the whole line is built on, and you run two copies. It has 60 HP and a Water Drip attack that costs น้ำ for 20 damage, but you almost never attack with it. Its job is to survive one turn so you can drop Rare Candy and evolve straight into a Greninja, skipping Frogadier entirely. Because both Greninja and Greninja ex evolve from Frogadier, a single Froakie can become either one depending on what the matchup needs.

Matchups

Tech options and swaps

The flex slots are the single Tool copies and the lone Item techs. Inflatable Boat reduces a retreat cost so a stranded attacker can pivot without leaning on Shifting Stream, while Giant Cape adds bulk to Greninja ex or Suicune ex to push them out of two-shot range. Potion and the Poke Ball are the easiest cards to reconsider if you want more consistency; another draw Supporter would find Froakie faster. Irida, on the other hand, earns both of its slots: it heals 40 damage from each of your Pokémon that has น้ำ attached, and in an all-Water deck that can undo multiple attacks at once and keep Greninja ex or Suicune ex out of knockout range. If your local meta is slower, trimming the Potion for an extra consistency card is reasonable, but keep both Rare Candy and both Pokémon Communication, since they are what let you assemble the Stage 2 lines on time.

How to pilot it

1. Opening: your starting hand always includes a Basic, which here means Froakie or Suicune ex. Get a Froakie benched as early as possible, and try to find the second one so a knockout does not end your setup.
2. Turn one: get Froakie down and start digging with Poke Ball and Pokémon Communication. Hold Professor's Research until you genuinely need the refill, since you only run two.
3. Energy sequencing: attach น้ำ to whichever Froakie will become your first attacker. You want น้ำ ready for Aqua Edge or Crystal Waltz by the turn you evolve.
4. Evolving: use Rare Candy on Froakie to jump straight to a Greninja. Bench a regular Greninja first if you can, so Water Shuriken starts chipping immediately, then bring up Greninja ex as your attacker.
5. Mid game: fire Water Shuriken every turn for 20 free damage at the most useful target, usually setting up a knockout for Aqua Edge's 100. Use Shifting Stream to rotate a damaged attacker to the Bench and a fresh one up front.
6. Closing: when both Benches are full, swing Crystal Waltz for the scaled number, and let Suicune ex's Legendary Pulse draw you extra cards while it holds the Active Spot.
7. Common misplays: do not attack with Froakie or evolve to the wrong Greninja, do not forget the free Water Shuriken each turn, and do not overextend your Bench into a snipe deck.

Deck strengths

• Free recurring damage from Water Shuriken every turn with no energy cost.
• Flexible Stage 2 line where one Froakie can become either Greninja or Greninja ex.
• Shifting Stream gives free pivots that dodge retreat and reposition attackers.
• Crystal Waltz scales up to 120 on a full board for heavy single-attack damage.
• Legendary Pulse turns Suicune ex into a draw engine while it is Active.

Deck weaknesses

• Every Pokémon shares a Lightning weakness, so one type counters the whole deck.
• Relies on Stage 2 evolutions, which makes it slow and vulnerable to early aggression.
• Only one evolution line, so an early knockout on Froakie can be crippling.
• Bench-snipe control dismantles the regular Greninja engine the deck depends on.
• Crystal Waltz is weak early when few Pokémon are benched.

Is it worth building?

This deck asks for a meaningful investment: two ex cards plus a Stage 2 line and the Rare Candy to support it. The payoff is a controlling Water shell with constant free chip and a flexible attacker package, but it is fragile to Lightning and to anything fast enough to punish its slow setup. It suits players who enjoy methodical, board-state-driven games and have the cards already, rather than anyone looking for a quick aggressive ladder climb. If you like outvaluing opponents with Water Shuriken and timing a big Crystal Waltz, it rewards careful piloting.