Pokemon TCG Pocket: Best Lugia ex Deck

Various ace Pokemon and deck powerhouses continue to emerge with each new Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket expansion that is released. Every one of these expansion sets features strong ex cards, unique ace Pokemon, and strategic picks, Trainers/Supports, and Item cards. Whether you're taking on PvP matches or just looking to grind battles for event rewards, ensuring you have a solid deck composition is key.

Lugia ex is one of the new highlight cards released in the Wisdom of Sea and Sky set in July 2025. Lugia ex has a powerhouse move that makes it a very heavy-hitting card in the late-game, and it synergizes incredibly well with other cards released in the set. If you're looking to build a deck that utilizes Lugia ex in Pokemon TCG Pocket, everything you'll need to know has been outlined in the guide below.

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By Grace Black

Best Lugia ex Deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket, Explained

Lugia ex is a powerful new ace Pokemon introduced through the Wisdom of Sea and Sky expansion set. The main power of this card is the huge damage output that it can deal, requiring 3 Energy to dish out 180 damage, making it a huge threat in the late-game. However, the Energies are specifically a Water, Lightning, and Fire Type Energy, and will be discarded when the move is used. This makes Ho-Oh ex the perfect secondary ace to Lugia ex, as while it is in the Active Spot, it can use Phoenix Turbo to attach these three Energy to any Basic Pokemon on the bench — and Lugia ex counts as a Basic Pokemon.

For the early-mid game, Pichu and Raikou have been included. These Pokemon come in useful in the early game to help stall, and Pichu is useful as it can also attach Energy from the Energy Zone to Basic Benched Pokemon,. This means Pichu can also help to set up either Ho-Oh's Phoenix Turbo, or to slowly prepare Lugia's first Elemental Burst.

The remainder of the deck is completed with Support/Item cards to help this strategy run smoothly. You can be quite sneaky with Raikou use, sticking it on your bench and then using Phoenix Turbo to attach 3x energy to it too. Elemental Switch comes in handy for providing a second Energy trio for Lugia after the first lot has been discarded, enabling two back-to-back 180 damage hits, both of which have huge knockout potential. Sabrina and Guzma help to stall and allow time for equipping Energies. Leaf assists in switching your late-game aces into the Active Spot, and Giant Cape + Irida provide them with enhanced survivability once they are in this spot.

Lugia ex Deck Build

Card Name	Quantity	Set & Number
Lugia ex	2	Wisdom of Sea and Sky A4 149
Ho-Oh ex	2	Wisdom of Sea and Sky A4 034
Magby	1	Wisdom of Sea and Sku A4 032
Pichu	1	Wisdom of Sea and Sku A4 066
Raikou	1	Wisdom of Sea and Sku A4 071
Leaf	2	Mythical island A1a 068
Poke Ball	2	Shop Promo #5
Guzma	1	Celestial Guardians A3 151
Sabrina	1	Genetic Apex A1 225
Irida	1	Triumphant Light A2a 072
Giant Cape	2	Space-Time Smackdown A2 147
Eelemental Switch	2	Wisdom of Sea and Sku A4 151
Professor's Research	2	Shop Promo #7