The Pokémon TCG Pocket Shiinotic Solgaleo deck has increased its popularity in the ranks and tournaments. This steel-psychic duo has one of the fastest setup speeds in the game and currently holds a win rate of about 54%. The deck setup focuses on the 2 main Pokemons, the Solgaleo Ex and the Shiinotic, with Solgaleo being the main damage dealer in the lineup.
The setup might seem to follow a simple strategy but for beginners, it might be hard to grasp the game plan without enough experience. To assist you in adapting to the current meta, here is a breakdown by LDShop of the insanely strong Shiinotic Solgaleo ex Deck.
What We Have
The Shiinotic Solgaleo ex Deck
The general idea of the deck is to use Shiinotic as a support Pokemon to set up the Solgaleo card pretty early and easily. Then, the 2 charged Solgaleo will act as the main damage dealer of the deck to win the match.
Solgaleo Ex
The primary attacker of the deck, Solgaleo is a Stage 2 metal-type Pokemon. It has a base of 180HP and a special ability called ‘Rising Road’ that allows the user to switch this Pokemon as an active Pokemon if on the bench. The card requires 2 metal energies to charge the skill attack - Sol Breaker that deals 120 damage on the enemy while dealing an amount of 10 to itself.
Shiinotic
This is a Stage 1 Psychic type Pokemon. It has a base of 90HP which is not that bad. The ability ‘Illuminate’ lets you bring out a random Pokemon from your deck right into your hands. This ability plays a crucial role in the fast paced-setup of the deck and gives you the build-up advantage in the early game. The card also deals a 40 damage and what’s about it is the fact that despite being a psychic type, the card only requires 2 colorless energies.
Deck Setup
For this meta-strategy, you will need the following cards in your deck:
Pokemon cards:
- 2 (Solgaleo ex) - The primary attacker of our lineup, the Solgaleo ex will be our utmost important card. In case you don't have one, do Pokemon TCG Pocket top up to buy one. The best platform to make the top-up is LDShop, it lets players top up for less and it is a great way to save money.
- 2 (Cosmog) - Cosmog is the pre-evolution of Solgaleo before Cosmeom. This will be further evolved into the Solgaleo ex.
- 1 (Cosmeom) - Cosmeom is the pre-evolution of Solgaleo. Just like Cosmog, it can be further evolved into Solgaleo ex. But, you can also keep him idle on the bench for attacks.
- 2 (Shiinotic) - The metal-type Pokemon is very helpful in drawing out the Solgaleo card in case you don't have it in your hands.
- 2 (Morelull) - Morelull is the pre-evolution of the Shiinotic. It has a 60HP as a base and with one colorless energy can deal 10 damage with stampede.
Support/Trainers Cards:
- 2 (Professor’s Research) - The Professor’s Research is a great support to draw quickly which also helps you in setting up fast. It allows you to draw 2 cards during your turn.
- 2 (Poke Ball) - Poke Ball will help in summoning Pokemon from your deck.
- 1 (Lilie) - Lillie will help you regain 60HP from one of your Stage 2 Pokemon.
- 2 (Rare Candy) - Rare Candy is an important asset to evolving the cosmog and cosmeom.
- 2 (Repel) - Repel Cards are very impactful in the game. In case you are facing an Oricorio lineup you can just send the Oricorio to the back lines and deal with the rest of the Pokemon with your Solgaleo.
- 1 (Cyrus) - Cyrus is also for switching between the bench and the active Pokemon of your opponents.
- 1 (Giant Cape) / (Red Card) - You can either go for the Giant cape for more HP or the red card to disrupt the opponent’s pace.
How to Play?
- Start by placing a basic Pokemon first which will be Cosmog or the Morelull.
- Search your deck using Professor’s Research if you don't have a good hand. Try to evolve the Morelull to Shiinotic as soon as possible.
- While doing that, place the energies on Cosmog to charge it up.
- As Shiinotic is there, you can draw out the Solgaleo easily. Then, find yourself a Rare candy and evolve the Cosmog into the Solgaleo ex.
- Once Solgaleo is there and charged up properly, you can move him in the front and dish out a crazy amount of damage.
- Now, your main focus should be to evolve the second Cosmog to Solgaleo while eliminating the enemy opponents and disrupting their game with repels and Cyrus.
- You can also go for Red to deal +20 damage as extra damage to the opponent.
Counters
While this deck is considered to be insanely strong, it faces difficulty against the Charizard Ex deck and the Oricorio-Magnezone deck. These two lineups destroy our metal-psychic duo. The Oricorio lineup deals a huge amount of damage while being immune to Solgaleo. So, even after using repels, sometimes it's not enough to defeat the Anti-Meta deck.
Furthermore, the Charizard ex being a Fire-Type Pokemon, has a clear advantage over our Pokemons. The Charizard can inflict up to 170 damage and can one shot our Solgaleo. The Solgaleo-Shiinotic deck also focuses only on Solgaleo to deal damage, so once Solgaleo is taken care of the rest of the cards will be as good as useless.
Conclusion
Pokémon TCG Pocket Solgaleo ex pairs very well with the Psychic-type Shiinotic and has been sticking around together for a while due to its low energy cost, fast setups, and Perfect synergy. Use it to rank up fast and use alternative supports to have a chance against its counters. Make the best out of this deck to claim your pending victories before the other combinations are released making it even less effective in the ranks.
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