The best rental decks in Pokemon TCG Pocket

Key points

• New Pokemon TCG Pocket players can borrow rental decks to compete by building stronger custom decks.
• Rental decks like Nidoqueen/Nidoking offer simple strategies for devastating attacks against opponents.
• Decks like Blastoise Ex use key cards like Misty for energy acceleration, allowing for high-powered attacks like Hydro Bazooka.

New players joining Pokémon TCG Pocket may not yet have a strong deck to compete in battles against other players or solo. To help with this, the game offers players the option to borrow Rental decks.

They may not be as powerful as custom decks made from scratch, but they have a consistent structure and strong cards. Until you have access to better cards to build your own deck, using rental decks is a great way to understand how the game works and how cards interact with each other.

10 Nidoqueen/Nidoking

The power of love can destroy adversaries

• Ranking by levels: C
• Energy type: dark

The Nidoqueen and Nidoking rental deck has a simple strategy: place both Pokemon on the field to unleash devastating attacks on opponents. While Nidoking has a great attack that deals 90 damage and leaves the opponent's Active Pokemon poisoned, the star of the strategy is Nidoqueen with her Lovestrike.

This attack deals 80 damage plus an additional 50 damage for each Nidoking on the bench, potentially hitting up to 180 in one move. Once set up, this deck becomes a powerful tool for crushing opponents, although it has difficulty setting up consistently since both are Phase 2 Pokemon.

9 Blaine

Increases the damage of Fire Pokemon

• Ranking by levels: C
• Energy type: fire

The rental bridge Blaine in Pokémon TCG Pocket focuses on powerful Phase 1 Pokemon that deal constant damage with minimal energy. Ninetales and Rapidash ensure that the deck rarely loses a turn without an attack option, maintaining constant offensive pressure.

A key strategy involves using the Blaine card, which boosts Ninetales, Rapidash, or Magmar's attacks by an additional +30 damage that turn. This buff allows the deck to reach higher damage thresholds needed to take down opponents with significant HP, making it a reliable choice for players aiming for a balance between efficiency and power.

8 Venusaur e.g

An almost indestructible deck after the initial setup

• Ranking by levels: C
• Energy Type: Grass

Venusaur ex is a powerful card, standing strong on its own with an attack that deals 100 damage to opponents while restoring 30 HP each turn. This deck supports Venusaur ex with Stage 1 Grass Pokemon, such as Exeggutor and Gogoat, allowing for faster attacks while Venusaur ex increases bench strength.

Once fully set up, Venusaur ex becomes almost unstoppable, especially when paired with Potion, which adds another 20 HP in healing, and Erika, a Supporter card that restores an additional 50 HP to Grass Pokemon.

7 Kanto fossils

The power of fossil-type Pokemon in TCG Pocket

• Ranking by levels: C
• Energy type: Fighting/Water

Fossil Pokemon from Kanto are a fan favorite, making for a deck for hire Pokémon TCG Pocket he dedicated a huge draw for new players to them. This deck focuses on two Phase 2 Fossil Pokemon, supported by some Colorless Pokemon to buy time to prepare the attackers.

Kabutops has a similar attack to Venusaur ex, healing itself while dealing damage to opponents, while Omastar wields the Ancient Whirlpool attack, dealing 70 damage and preventing the opponent's Pokemon from attacking on the next turn, forcing them to retreat for a new attacker.

6 Blastoise e.g

Hydro Bazooka and Misty are a powerful combination

• Ranking by levels: C
• Energy type: Fighting/Water

The Blastoise ex deck focuses on Blastoise ex and Misty's card support effects. Early on, low-energy Water Pokemon like Lapras and Golduck handle the attacks, keeping the pressure on while Blastoise ramps up the power on the bench.

Misty plays a key role in this setup by assisting with energy acceleration; each successful coin toss result allows an additional attachment of Water Energy to a Pokemon. This increase in energy speeds up Blastoise's preparation, allowing him to come into play ready to unleash high-powered attacks.

5 Charizard e.g

Crimson Storm can KO any Pokemon

• Ranking by level: B
• Energy type: fire

Former Rental Deck Charizard offers a simple but effective strategy, focusing on setting up Charizard while attacking with Rapidash and Salazzle. Once the main attacker is ready on the bench, players can use Speed

Since this attack discards two Fire Energy and there is no other way to accelerate the energy beyond turn attachment, players will typically aim to use Charizard ex as a finishing move to ensure victory.

4 Lieutenant Surge

Powerful Phase 1 allies

• Ranking by level: B
• Energy type: Lightning

As is typical for Electric-type Pokemon, the Lt. Surge rental deck is fast and consistent. Focusing on Phase 1 Pokemon like Raichu, Magneton, and Electrode, the deck can deal significant damage.

The deck uses a simple strategy that revolves around using the Lt. Surge card, which moves all Energy from Benched Pokemon to the Active Pokemon. This works great with Magneton's ability, which accelerates the attachment of energy to himself, and with Raichu's attack, which deals 140 damage but discards all attached energy.

3 Koga

Protect Dark-type Pokemon with Koga

• Ranking by level: B
• Energy type: dark

The Koga rental deck is a Dark-type Pokemon deck that may not deal much damage but is very consistent and strong defensively. With powerful Phase 1 Pokemon requiring minimal energy to attack, you can quickly disrupt your opponent's setup.

Additionally, by having Weezing and Muk in the active spot, the player can use Koga's Trainer card to return Weezing or Muk to their hand, preventing them from being eliminated if their HP is low.

2 Mewtwo e.g

A powerful Psychic-type deck to defeat your opponents

• Ranking by levels: A
• Type of energy: psychic

Mewtwo ex is one of the most formidable cards around Pokémon TCG Pocketwith its powerful Psycho Drive attack making any deck that includes it a strong contender for the best rental deck in the game.

In addition to Mewtwo ex, the deck features strong allies such as Gengar, who can deal 50 damage and prevent the opponent from using Support cards, upsetting his strategy. Clefable provides solid support with high HP and decent damage for only 1 energy, while Slowbro deals 80 damage, capable of taking out several of the opponent's Pokemon.

1 Pikachu e.g

Fast, direct and very powerful

• Ranking by levels: A
• Energy type: Lightning

Just like with Mewtwo ex, the rental deck is on the way Pokémon TCG Pocket of Pikachu ex works simply because Pikachu ex is a great card in its own right and doesn't need any other mechanics to work properly. With its Circular Circuit attack, it deals 30 damage per the number of Electric-type Pokemon on the bench, and since all the Pokemon in this rental deck are Electric-type, this card will almost always deal 90 damage with 2 energy.

The rest of the deck is filled with excellent Electric-type attackers that deal considerable damage with little energy, making it one of the the best rental decks to use Pokémon TCG Pocket.