Pokemon TCG Pocket's Eevee Grove set has been out for a little over two weeks, and unless players are missing some key cards for their decks, it's a good time to start saving Hourglasses for the next expansion coming at the end of July. It's unclear at this stage what the next set will be all about, but strong candidates are Gen 2 and Gen 3 critters, which have been mostly absent from Pokemon TCG Pocket. Whatever the expansion may end up bringing to the table, the game should finally add some good Fighting cards, as the type has been lacking since Triumphant Light.
This is not to say that there are no good Fighting decks in Pokemon TCG Pocket, but rather that they are a bit stagnant in terms of which cards are used. Currently, only two Fighting decks are being used in competitive matches, and they either focus on cards from Space-Time Smackdown or Triumphant Light, showing that all sets after these two haven't really changed the status quo of the type with their new cards. Lucario Ex from Shining Revelry has seen some play, but not a whole lot, and the only Ex cards since then have been Passimian Ex and Lycanroc Ex. Right now, the best Fighting decks are all about Pokemon TCG Pocket's Rampardos or Garchomp Ex.
One Pokemon TCG Pocket Space-Time Smackdown Card Remains One of the Most OP Ever
Pokemon TCG Pocket has an unbalanced card introduced with Space-Time Smackdown, and it's unlikely to ever change.
Pokemon TCG Pocket's Rampardos Set a High Bar to Clear for Fighting Cards
What is arguably the best Fighting card in Pokemon TCG Pocket, Rampardos has seen a lot of play since it was first introduced in Space-Time Smackdown, all the way back in January of 2025. After six months, it remains one of the best cards in the entire game, and a hard one to top. This is because it has 150 HP as a non-Ex card, and it can hit for 130 damage with just one Fighting Energy. The drawback of its Head Smash attack is not so bad either, as it deals 50 recoil damage to Rampardos if it KOs the opposing Pokemon.
Lucario from Space-Time Smackdown also saw a lot of play in Fighting decks, but it's currently hard to justify in a fast-paced meta.
This is a fast, hard-hitting card that embodies all the themes of Fighting Pokemon perfectly, with the main caveat being that it's a Stage 2 card due to the requirement of playing the Skull Fossil. This is mostly a non-issue thanks to Pokemon TCG Pocket's Rare Candy in Celestial Guardians, meaning that players can hypothetically get Rampardos online and attacking on their second turn, which is incredibly OP. The best combo for Rampardos is Silvally, and while the deck came out with Extradimensional Crisis, it's still going strong.
This is theoretically a "half-Fighting" deck since it uses Rampardos and Silvally as its only Pokemon, with the latter being a Normal-type.
Rampardos is an amazing card, and it's worth opening boosters of Pokemon TCG Pocket's Space-Time Smackdown set for it and other powerful cards. However, it can't be the epitome of Fighting cards in the game, and the next set needs to add something as good as Rampardos if it wants Fighting to be a decent type.
The Second Best Fighting Deck in Pokemon TCG Pocket Still Uses Rampardos
The other popular Fighting deck in the game is tied to Pokemon TCG Pocket's Garchomp Ex, which is also quite old, as it's from Triumphant Light. This card has 170 HP for a Stage 2 Ex Pokemon, and it has two attacks:
- Linear Attack, 1 Fighting Energy - Deals 50 damage to any opposing Pokemon, including those on the bench
- Dragon Claw, 2 Fighting and 1 Colorless Energy - Deals 100 damage
This is a powerful card and makes for an equally powerful deck when combined with Rampardos, which is, once again, the single best Fighting card in the game. Since both Rampardos and Garchomp Ex are Stage 2 cards, they can benefit from Lillie as a Supporter card to heal 60 damage. Pokemon TCG Pocket's Cyrus Supporter also fits perfectly into this deck, thanks to Garchomp, meaning that players can damage an opposing Pokemon on the bench and then force it in the active spot with Cyrus to score the KO.
- Released
- October 30, 2024
- Developer(s)
- DeNA, Creatures Inc.
- Publisher(s)
- The Pokemon Company
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- Yes
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- Digital Card Game
