Official Flareon ex and Leafeon ex deck strategy revealed for Pokémon TCG Pocket

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Take a spin with Fire Spin—this triple threat of Eevee Evolutions work in tandem to set battles ablaze.

Mixing and matching versions of Eevee and its evolutions from Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket’s Eevee Grove expansion leads to interesting combinations of cards—such as a deck using three of Eevee’s Evolutions that only need one type of Energy to run. Using Leafeon and Leafeon ex from Space-Time Smackdown and Triumphant Light respectively, this deck powers itself up for a fiery closing blow.

Game plan: Ideally, Leafeon ex will lead the charge in the Active Spot, since its Forest Breath Ability works only when Leafeon ex is your Active Pokémon. Forest Breath allows you to take one  Energy from your Energy Zone and attach it to one of your  Pokémon—even when you’re running an Energy Zone with only  Energy. You’ll want to use it to power up Leafeon ex and Leafeon. While Leafeon won’t typically be your primary attacker, it’s a good Pokémon to use to bypass the Electric-type Oricorio’s Safeguard Ability, which protects it against attacks from Pokémon ex. Leafeon’s Leafy Cyclone attack can Knock Out an Oricorio holding a Giant Cape in one hit, clearing a path for Pokémon ex to attack.

Sylveon ex’s Happy Ribbon Ability allows you to draw two cards when you play it from your hand to evolve one of your Pokémon—you can use this Ability in tandem with a Support card such as Professor’s Research to draw even more cards for that turn. With no  Energy in the deck, Sylveon ex should stay safe on the Bench, and you can focus on powering up Flareon ex with Energy instead. Finally, make sure to attach at least one Energy to our closer, Flareon ex, on the turn before you plan on moving it to the Active Spot. Flareon ex should come into play after another one of your Pokémon retreats or is Knocked Out—this puts Energy into our discard pile, which we need for Flareon’s Combust Ability. Between Combust and your Energy Zone attachments, Flareon ex can do 130 damage using Fire Spin, with potential to do even more using Eevee Bag and Red.

This Eevee Evolution–themed deck strategy benefits from a flexible Item like Eevee Bag—you can use it to power up Flareon ex’s Fire Spin attack, and using two of them in one turn provides enough extra damage to Knock Out a Solgaleo ex that’s taken recoil damage from Sol Breaker or even a Buzzwole ex holding a Giant Cape. If you need an HP boost instead, Eevee Bag heals 20 damage from each of your Pokémon that evolves from Eevee.

Alternate cards: This deck strategy has quite a bit of flexibility. Flareon from Genetic Apex can swap in for Leafeon to handle Oricorio, and aside from Professor’s Research and Poké Ball, you can swap around Supporters to suit your play style. For example, exchange the Giant Cape and Dawn with a Red Card and Mars for more opportunities to disrupt your opponent’s hand.

Have fun building and battling, Trainers!

Source: The Pokémon Company

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