Pokémon Pocket tier list: What are the best cards to add to any deck?

If you have played a little Pokémon Pocketyou have probably already unlocked the mode Combat mobile game available on iOS and Android. In the latter, you will be able to use your cards found in the boosters to face other players or more or less difficult AI. To get there, however, you will need to build a good deck. To help you in this task, we suggest you discover our Tier list of the best Pokémon Pocket decks. However, the decks on this list require you to find very specific cards. While waiting to find them, we invite you to discover another Tier list below, this time dedicated to the best individual cards. Since the best Pokémon cards are already more or less covered in the Tier list of the best decks, you will find here a list of cards that can be integrated into any deck.

Tier S: What are the best Pokémon Pocket cards to put in all decks?

Professorial Research

• Type : Trainer Supporter
• Effect : Draw two cards

This card is as simple as it is essential and must absolutely be integrated into any deck in at least two copies. Thanks to it, you will be able to draw more cards in a turn to find the most interesting Pokémon in your deck more quickly. You can find it in the in-game store and purchase it for Store Tickets.

Poké Ball

• Type : Trainer Item
• Effect : Randomly add a Basic Pokémon from your deck to your hand.

Here again, this card is absolutely crucial and must be included in two copies in any deck. In fact, it will be added to the Professorial Research card for draw more cardsespecially since it is an Item card, you can use it in the same turn as Professorial Research. Thanks to it, you will be able to find the basic Pokémon which you will use either to attack directly (Canarticho, Mewtwo ex, Articuno ex, Pikachu ex…), or to start your preparation (Charlamèche, Osselait, Bulbasaur, Roucool…). You can find it in the in-game store and purchase it for Store Tickets.

Morgane

• Type : Trainer Supporter
• Effect : Swap your opponent’s Active Pokémon with one of their Benched Pokémon. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.)

If you might see it a little less often than Professorial Research and Poké Ball, it’s only because it’s rarer than the previous two. But make no mistake: Morgana is an absolutely overpowering card that we advise you to have two copies in any of your decks. Indeed, thanks to it, you will be able to force your opponent to withdraw the Pokémon they were betting everything onor better yet, target the Pokémon he left on the bench because they were too weak to be highlighted. If you’re having trouble bringing down a tank like Mewtwo ex, Florizarre ex, or Noadkoko ex, this is the perfect card to ignore them. You can find it randomly in Charizard boosters.

Tier A: What cards should not be underestimated in Pokémon Pocket?

Roucarnage

• Type : Colorless Pokémon
• Talent : Rout – Once during your turn, you can swap your opponent’s Active Pokémon for one of their Benched Pokémon. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.)
• Attack : Cru-Wings – 70 Damage (2 colorless energies)

If you have trouble finding Morgana in your boosters, know that the best alternative is surely Pidgeot. Thanks to his Talent, you will be able to do the same thing as when you play Morganaor even better since you can do it once per turn. Note that Abilities can be used even by Pokémon that are on your Bench, so there is no need to risk putting Pitch as an Active Pokémon. The only thing that makes us put it in A rather than in S is that Pooping requires a lot of preparation and takes up a lot of space in the deck since it also requires putting one or even two Roucool and Roucoups. You will be able to find Roucool, Roucoups and Poise in Mewtwo boosters.

Vitesse +

• Type : Trainer Item
• Effect : During this turn, the Retreat Cost of your Active Pokémon is reduced by one Energy.

Not everyone may agree on this one, but we strongly advise you to put at least one Speed ​​+ card in each of your decksor even two. Indeed, with only 3 points to score to win, and two points won by Pokémon ex knocked out, games can quickly take an unexpected turn in Pokémon Pocket. To avoid giving your opponent a point, we advise you touse retreat when your Active Pokémon no longer has enough life to resist a future attack. And to avoid this costing you too much in Energy, the best way is to use a Speed ​​+. Note that this card can be used on Pokémon whose retreat cost is one energy to bring it down to zero, don’t hesitate to use it with these cards! You can find it in the in-game store and purchase it for Store Tickets.

Potion

• Type : Trainer Item
• Effect : Heal 20 damage from one of your Pokémon

In the same way that the Speed ​​+ card will allow you to play a little more defensively to save victory points, the Potion card could save a Pokémon for an extra turn. Indeed, even if 20 life points don’t seem like much, it could just allow you to resist at least one additional hit, which could be just what you need to finish off the opposing Pokémon in the next turn. Whether at the start of the game to delay an evolution or at the end of the game to give a little resistance to a central Pokémon in your deck, the Potion is clearly a tool not to be underestimated. We advise you to put at least one or even two in each of your decks. You can find it in the in-game store and purchase it for Store Tickets.

Tier B: What situational cards should you keep in mind in Pokémon Pocket?

Giovanni

• Type : Trainer Supporter
• Effect : During this turn, your Pokémon’s attacks inflict +10 damage on your opponent’s Active Pokémon.

When reading Giovanni’s effect, you might clearly underestimate the card by thinking that 10 points of damageit’s not much. In reality, there are a lot of moments in Pokémon Pocket where this is precisely what you will lack to finish off an opponent. If you want to make sure you score points before a Speed+ is used to retreat, Giovanni is very useful. It’s not necessarily necessary to place one or two in every deck, but if you feel like you’re often missing a little extra puch, consider Giovanni. You can find it in Mewtwo boosters.

Canarticho

• Type : Colorless Pokémon
• Attack : Onion Blow – 40 damage (1 colorless energy)

We’re not going to beat around the bush, if you don’t have a fully optimized deck yet and you are still at the stage where you play a little with what you find in your boosters, Canarticho is an absolute must-have. If you find yourself in this description, you can upgrade Canarticho to Tier A, or even Tier S and add at least two to your deck. The only reason we put it so low in the rankings is becauseit will become much less useful once your deck is truly optimized. As a basic Pokémon, it can be played immediately as an Active Pokémon and start attacking very quickly since its attack only requires colorless energy. In addition, the latter inflicts 40 points of damagewhich is huge for such a low cost. Don’t be fooled by his ridiculous appearance, Canarticho is a monster in the early game. You can find it in any booster from the Genetic Power expansion (Mewtwo, Charizard or Pikachu).

Red card

• Type : Trainer Item
• Effect : Your opponent shuffles their hand into their deck and draws 3 cards

This card is not necessarily the one that will win you a game, but it could well put some serious obstacles in the way of your opponent. Indeed, its effect can be very frustrating if it has just drawn essential cards from its deck. Unfortunately, unless you use Tier C cards (and we don’t advise you to), you will never really know for sure whether you wasted valuable time or not. As such, we advise you to use the Red Card after your opponent has used Professorial Research. With any luck, you’ll take a powerful evolution out of his hands. If you want to add Red Card to your deck, we advise you to only put one so as not to take up too much space. You can find it in the in-game store and purchase it for Store Tickets.

Tier C: What cards should you forget in Pokémon Pocket?

Scrutinize Hand

• Type : Trainer Item
• Effect : Your opponent reveals his hand

In many card games, knowing your opponent’s hand is a significant asset. In Pokémon Pocket, on the other hand, the games are far too short for this to be really useful, especially since apart from the Red Card card, you won’t be able to do much with this information. If you’re really the type who wants to plan your moves based on your opponent’s hand, you can add a Scrute Hand card to your deck. But quite frankly, This doesn’t seem like a very good idea. You can find it in the in-game store and purchase it for Store Tickets.

Pokédex

• Type : Trainer Item
• Effect : Look at the top 3 cards of your deck

Then again, while knowledge can be power in many other card games, that’s not really the case in Pokémon Pocket. Rather than looking at the next cards in your deck, the best thing to do is draw them with Professorial Research or with a Poké Ball. Perhaps this card will become more useful once other cards enter the game, but for now, she should be banned. If you really want to find it, you will have to go through the store and use Store Tickets.