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Đã cập nhật 9 tháng 6, 2026Mega Venusaur ex Deck Guide in Pokémon TCG Pocket
Bloom your way to victory with a tanky Grass wall that poisons and naps the opponent's Active every single turn.
Mega Venusaur ex is a slow, grindy Grass deck built around a single 240 HP wall that hits for 120 with Critical Bloom while leaving the opponent's Active Poisoned and Asleep every turn. The win condition is attrition: you outlast the table with raw bulk, stack passive Poison damage, and lock attackers down with Sleep so they rarely swing back cleanly. Lilligant accelerates Grass energy onto the bench so your Stage 2 line is charged by the time the big body lands.
The decklist
How it works
Mega Venusaur ex is the entire game plan. It is a Stage 2 with a massive 240
HP, and its Critical Bloom attack costs
Cỏ, Vô Sắc for 120 damage. The
crucial rider is that after the attack the opponent's Active Pokémon is now
Poisoned and Asleep. Poison ticks 10 between turns, and Sleep means the
defender must flip heads to wake up before it can attack at all, so a string
of tails effectively reads as free turns for you. The downside is a brutal
retreat cost of 4
Vô Sắc, which means
once Venusaur is Active you are committing to it for the long haul.
Lilligant is your energy engine and the reason the deck can keep pace with
faster builds. It evolves from Petilil and has 100 HP, and its Leaf Supply
attack costs Cỏ for 50 damage. On top of that
damage, Leaf Supply lets you take a Cỏ Energy from your
Energy Zone and attach it to one of your Benched Grass Pokémon. That is the
bridge that lets a developing Bulbasaur or Ivysaur on the bench arrive
pre-loaded, so the moment Mega Venusaur ex evolves it is one manual attachment
away from a live Critical Bloom instead of three turns away.
Rare Candy is what makes a Stage 2 line viable in a fast format. It lets a Bulbasaur on the bench evolve straight into Mega Venusaur ex, skipping the Ivysaur step entirely and saving a full turn of setup. With two copies you can realistically have your wall online a turn earlier than the printed evolution path allows. You still run Ivysaur as a backup so that draws without Rare Candy are not dead, but the dream curve is Bulbasaur, then Rare Candy into Mega Venusaur ex.
Petilil is the small Basic that seeds your acceleration line, and it has a
quiet utility role too. It has 60 HP and its Blot attack costs a single
Cỏ for 10 damage, healing 10 damage from itself in the
process. You will rarely lead with Petilil as an attacker, but it is a cheap
body that can chip and self-sustain in the early turns while you assemble the
Venusaur line, and it evolves into the Lilligant that powers your whole energy
plan.
Matchups
| Matchup | Favorability | How to play it |
|---|---|---|
| Single-point Lightning aggro | Favored | Your 240 HP wall shrugs off chip damage that would KO a smaller attacker, and Sleep locks their fragile bodies out of the trade. Keep Venusaur Active, let Poison and Sleep grind them down, and do not panic-retreat into the 4-energy cost. |
| Decks reliant on one fragile main attacker | Favored | Poison plus Sleep is a soft lock against a deck with no backup. Land Critical Bloom, let the Poison tick for 10 each turn, and use Guzma to discard the Tools they hide behind if they try to wall up. |
| Stage 2 ex mirror or other slow control | Even | This becomes a setup race decided by Lilligant acceleration and Rare Candy. Prioritize getting Mega Venusaur ex online a turn faster than they do, and use Professor's Research to refuel after a draw-down. |
| Fire-type attackers | Unfavored | Fire is Venusaur's weakness, so a charged Fire attacker can punch through the 240 HP far faster than it should. Try to Sleep-lock them with Critical Bloom and use Erika to top off your HP and outlast the swings. |
| Fast high-damage ex hitters | Unfavored | Anything that two-shots a 240 HP body before you stabilize forces you onto the back foot, since your retreat cost of 4 traps you. Set up entirely on the bench and only evolve into Venusaur when you can attack the same or next turn. |
| Hit-and-run mill or bench-snipe control | Heavily unfavored | Your slow single-attacker plan struggles when the opponent refuses to engage the Active or picks off your developing bench. Commit to the bench early, hold Pokémon Communication to rebuild, and accept you must apply pressure before they stabilize. |
Tech options and swaps
The two copies of Erika are your flexible support slots. Erika heals 50 damage from one of your Grass Pokémon, which rewards the deck's healing-and-stall identity by keeping the 240 HP wall out of knockout range, while Professor's Research provides the refueling when you have drawn through your resources. Guzma is the highest-leverage flex card because discarding every Tool on the opponent's board strips the HP buffers and counterattack Tools that break your Poison math, but it can sit dead when the opponent runs few Tools. The cuts to consider first are the situational Guzma and one copy of Ivysaur if you trust your Rare Candy draws.
How to pilot it
- Opening priorities: you want a Bulbasaur in play above all else, with a Petilil close behind to start the Lilligant chain. A hand with Bulbasaur plus Professor's Research or Poké Ball is ideal.
- Turns one and two: get Bulbasaur and Petilil onto the bench, evolve Petilil into Lilligant as soon as possible, and start attacking with Leaf Supply (Cỏ) so you both deal 50 and accelerate a Cỏ onto your benched Bulbasaur.
- Evolving the wall: use Rare Candy on a benched, energy-seeded Bulbasaur to jump straight to Mega Venusaur ex, or take the natural Ivysaur step if Rare Candy is not available. Aim to evolve only when you can attack the same or following turn, because the retreat cost of 4 makes a stranded Venusaur a liability.
- Energy sequencing: prioritize manual attachments onto whichever body will be your next Venusaur, and let Lilligant's Leaf Supply top off the bench. You need Cỏ, Vô Sắc for Critical Bloom, so colorless slots can be filled by any energy.
- The grind: once Venusaur is Active, attack every turn for 120, reapply Poison and Sleep, and use Guzma to discard any Tools a passive defender is relying on. Use Erika to heal 50 from Mega Venusaur ex and Professor's Research to restock your hand as the game goes long.
- Common misplays: do not evolve into Venusaur with no energy and no Lilligant support, do not retreat the 4-cost wall unless absolutely forced, and do not burn Professor's Research early if you already have your line assembled.
Deck strengths
- A 240 HP Active is one of the bulkiest single bodies in the format and survives hits that KO most attackers.
- Critical Bloom applies Poison and Sleep every turn, generating free passive damage and stalling out fragile attackers.
- Lilligant's Leaf Supply gives genuine energy acceleration, letting a Stage 2 line keep pace with faster decks.
- Rare Candy compresses the evolution curve, so the wall can come online a turn earlier than expected.
- Double Erika provides 50 damage of healing at a time, keeping the wall healthy across long games.
Deck weaknesses
- Fire weakness means dedicated Fire attackers tear through the 240 HP far faster than its bulk suggests.
- The retreat cost of 4 traps Venusaur in the Active spot, making pivots almost impossible.
- It is a slow Stage 2 deck, so a clunky opening can leave you walled before your engine starts.
- Critical Bloom's 120 damage is modest for the energy investment, so you rely on Poison and Sleep rather than raw output.
- Heavy reliance on a single attacker leaves you exposed if Venusaur is removed before a backup is ready.
Is it worth building?
Mega Venusaur ex is a fair-but-fun control wall, not a top-end meta crusher. The build asks for two copies of a Stage 2 ex plus two Rare Candy, and the Fire weakness combined with the retreat cost of 4 caps how high it can climb. That said, if you enjoy grindy attrition games where you tank hits, drip Poison damage, and Sleep-lock the opponent into doing nothing, this deck delivers reliably. It suits patient players who like outlasting an opponent rather than racing them.
