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Pokemon TGC Pocket - Rampardos Best Deck Build and How to Play

This guide will show you how to build some of the strongest Rampardos Decks. We'll cover the best Rampardos Deck builds, how to use them, as well how to beat Rampardos Decks, and more!

The decks on this page reflect the meta around the Crimson Blaze Expansion.

List of Contents

Best Rampardos Decks
Other Rampardos Decks
Strategy Guide
How to Beat Rampardos Decks
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Best Rampardos Decks

Rampardos Deck Variants	Strengths and Weaknesses
Mega Lopunny ex and Rampardos Deck [★ Best ★]	Strengths: • Mega Lopunny ex can OHKO most Pokemon with lucky flips, and Confuse Pokemon don't get KOd. • Rampardos's low-cost attack can OHKO most Pokemon and deal meaningful damage to Pokemon who can tank it. Weaknesses: • Reliant on lucky flips to score KOs, and risks not dealing damage at all if you don't flip heads.
Hitmonchan ex and Rampardos Deck	Strengths: • Quick and efficient Quick Straight Attack, and an inexpensive 1 Retreat Cost. • Can immediately apply offensive pressure, especially against low HP Pokemon. • Rampardos is a strong and Energy-efficient attacker. Weaknesses: • Cannot hit for Weakness. • Can only do 50 damage without damage modifiers. • Rampardos is a Fossil Pokemon that is difficult to set up.
Silvally and Rampardos Deck	Strengths: • Type: Null is guaranteed to be your first Basic Pokemon. • Several cards in the deck can help you quickly evolve Type:Null and the Skull Fossil to their fully evolved forms. • This deck does not require a lot of Energy. Weaknesses: • Silvally relies on using Supporter cards in order to do a lot of damage.
Poliwrath ex and Rampardos Deck	Strengths: • Mantyke can speed up Poliwrath's setup with its Splashy Toss. • Rampardos is a good option for a main attacker if you do not start with Mantyke. Weaknesses: • Both main attackers in the deck are Stage 2 Pokemon. • Poliwrath requires two different types of Energy to deal 140 damage with Hydro Knuckle.
Donphan ex and Rampardos Deck	Strengths: • All Pokemon in the deck are Energy-efficient. • Donphan ex can have access to a high-damage Flail by using Memory Light. Weaknesses: • Donphan ex relies on other cards and being damaged to increase its attacking power. • No reliable way to search for your Fossils besides drawing into them.

Mega Lopunny ex and Rampardos Deck

Rampardos ×2	Buneary ×2		Tyrogue ×2	Mega Lopunny ex ×2
Skull Fossil ×2	Cyrus ×1		Mars ×1	Rare Candy ×2
Copycat ×1	Lisia ×2		Poke Ball ×1	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used		Scan Code Save image to scan in-game.

This is an aggressive Mega Lopunny ex deck that makes use of low-cost attackers, Mega Lopunny ex and Rampardos. Rampardos also serves as a backup attacker that doesn't require flipping for damage, unlike Mega Lopunny ex.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack) Mars x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Buneary x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	Tyrogue x 2 (Ho-Oh Pack)
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	Copycat x 1 (Mega Gyarados Pack) Lisia x 2 (Mega Altaria Pack)
Crimson Blaze	Mega Lopunny ex x 2 (Mega Charizard Pack)
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paldean Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 1 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Hitmonchan ex and Rampardos Deck

Cranidos ×1	Rampardos ×2		Hitmonchan ex ×1	Giovanni ×2
Sabrina ×1	Skull Fossil ×2		Cyrus ×1	Mars ×1
Iono ×2	Rare Candy ×2		May ×1	Red Card ×2
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used		Scan Code Save image to scan in-game.

Hitmonchan ex is played with Rampardos, being a non-ex attacker that can deal significant damage.

This list makes use of a sole Hitmonchan ex and 2 Iono and a copy of May to increase your odds of finding Fossils, Rare Candy, and evolutions.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Giovanni x 2 (Mewtwo Pack) Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Cranidos x 1 (Dialga Pack) Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack) Mars x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Iono x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	Hitmonchan ex x 1 (Mega Blaziken Pack) May x 1 (Mega Blaziken Pack)
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paldean Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Red Card x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Silvally and Rampardos Deck

Cranidos ×1	Rampardos ×2		Type Null ×2	Silvally ×2
Giovanni ×1	Sabrina ×1		Skull Fossil ×2	Rare Candy ×2
Guzma ×1	Gladion ×2		Silver ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used		Scan Code Save image to scan in-game.

Type: Null is guaranteed to be your Basic Pokemon upon starting a match, since it's the only Basic Pokemon in this deck. You should be able to evolve it quickly with the help of Gladion and Professor's Research.

Once you have Silvally on hand, it's recommended to use Supporter cards every turn in order to boost your attack's damage to 100.

Silvally isn't your only source of damage on this deck, though. Rampardos allows you to have a bulkier Pokemon in your deck that can do a lot of damage without too much setup. You can get this Pokemon in this deck by using Rare Candy on a Skull Fossil.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Giovanni x 1 (Mewtwo Pack) Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Cranidos x 1 (Dialga Pack) Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack) Guzma x 1 (Lunala Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	Type Null x 2 (Buzzwole Pack) Silvally x 2 (Buzzwole Pack) Gladion x 2 (Buzzwole Pack)
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	Silver x 2 (Ho-Oh Pack)
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paldean Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards	Possible Cuts
Red (A2b 071)	→ ・Red has a higher damage boost and is good against ex Pokemon.
Mars (A2 155)	→ ・Mars is good against decks who rely on Stage 2 Pokemon.

Poliwrath ex and Rampardos Deck

Rampardos ×2	Poliwag ×2	Poliwhirl ×2	Mantyke ×2
Poliwrath ex ×2	Misty ×1	Skull Fossil ×2	Red ×1
Rare Candy ×2	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Mantyke can generate Water Energy even on the first turn. This can allow Poliwrath ex to deal 140 damage once it has set up.

If you did not draw Mantyke on your first turn, you may use Rampardos as your main mid to late game attacker instead. It can deal 130 damage with only one Energy, making it an efficient finisher.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Misty x 1 (Pikachu Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	Poliwag x 2 (Suicune Pack) Poliwhirl x 2 (Suicune Pack) Mantyke x 2 (Suicune Pack) Poliwrath ex x 2 (Suicune Pack)
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paldean Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Donphan ex and Rampardos Deck

Cranidos ×1	Rampardos ×2	Donphan ex ×2	Phanpy ×2
Leaf ×1	Skull Fossil ×2	Cyrus ×1	Mars ×1
Iono ×1	Rare Candy ×2	Memory Light ×2	Poke Ball ×1
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

This deck uses Donphan ex as an early-game attacker while Rampardos is set up on the Bench. Once Rampardos is ready, it can switch in to the Active Spot and act as a finisher.

Attaching Memory Light to Donphan ex gives it the ability to use Flail. This can be used as a higher damage option if it has taken a lot of damage or if it has less than 3 Energy.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mythical Island (A1a)	Leaf x 1 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Cranidos x 1 (Dialga Pack) Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack) Mars x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Iono x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	Donphan ex x 2 (Ho-Oh Pack)
Secluded Springs	Phanpy x 2 (Suicune Pack) Memory Light x 2 (Suicune Pack)
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paldean Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 1 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Other Rampardos Decks

Other Rampardos Decks
Rampardos and Lycanroc Deck	Rampardos and Lucario Deck	Rampardos and Slurpuff Deck
Rampardos and Aerodactyl ex Deck	Rampardos and Garchomp ex Deck	Dugtrio and Rampardos Deck
Hitmontop and Rampardos

Rampardos and Lycanroc Deck

Rampardos ×2	Rockruff ×2	Lycanroc ×2	Sabrina ×1
Skull Fossil ×2	Pokemon Communication ×1	Giant Cape ×2	Iono ×1
Red ×1	Rare Candy ×2	Lillie ×1	Poke Ball ×1
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Midnight Form Lycanroc is played as a consistent attacker that can always attack for up to 100 damage with Blood Fang. This makes it a perfect early to mid game attacker, threatening the likes of Skarmory and Pom-Pom Oricorio

The deck skips Cranidos entirely to increase the chances of drawing into Rare Candy and Rampardos.

When combined with, Rockruff’s Signs of Evolution helps thin Lycanrocs from your deck, and your odds of drawing Fossils, Rare Candy, and Rampardos further improves. It also ensures you’re ready to evolve and attack next turn.

Use Rare Candy whenever you can to quickly evolve Skull Fossil into Rampardos and KO any remaining Pokemon that go under 130 HP.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack) Pokemon Communication x 1 (Dialga Pack) Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Iono x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Rockruff x 2 (Lunala Pack) Lycanroc x 2 (Lunala Pack) Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack) Lillie x 1 (Solgaleo Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paldean Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 1 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards	Possible Cuts
Cyrus (A2 150)	→ • You can cut Sabrina in favor of Cyrus to give yourself the option of choosing Pokemon to KO.

Rampardos and Lucario Deck

Hitmonchan ×1	Cranidos ×1		Rampardos ×2	Riolu ×2
Lucario ×2	Skull Fossil ×2		Rare Candy ×2	Lillie ×1
Copycat ×1	Korrina ×1		Arena of Antiquity ×1	Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used		Scan Code Save image to scan in-game.

This deck makes use of Hitmonchan as an early-game attacker while Rampardos gets set up on the Bench. Rare Candy can be used to quickly set up Rampardos for an explosive 130 damage Head Smash as early as turn 2. Meanwhile, Lucario manly functions as support on the Bench, boosting the power of your Pokemon by 20. This boost can increase to 40 when there are two Lucarios in play.

The deck runs a single copy of Cranidos who has an inexpensive Attack, and also benefits from Lucario's damage buff.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Hitmonchan x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Cranidos x 1 (Dialga Pack) Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Riolu x 2 (Dialga Pack) Lucario x 2 (Dialga Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack) Lillie x 1 (Solgaleo Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	Copycat x 1 (Mega Gyarados Pack)
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paldean Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	Korrina x 1 (Mega Lucario Pack) Arena of Antiquity x 1 (Mega Lucario Pack)
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards	Possible Cuts
Guzma (A3 151)	→ • An extra Guzma can often ensure that you won't be attacking into Rocky Helmet or Poison Barb. This also helps in getting Pokemon with Giant Cape into KO range.
Pokemon Center Lady (A2b 070)	→ • Pokemon Center Lady allows you to heal your Basics and Stage 1s which Lillie cannot. You can cut a copy of Red to keep your healing card count high.

Rampardos and Slurpuff Deck

Cranidos ×1	Rampardos ×2	Swirlix ×2	Slurpuff ×2
Skull Fossil ×2	Giant Cape ×1	Cyrus ×1	Mars ×1
Iono ×1	Pokemon Center Lady ×1	Rare Candy ×2	Poke Ball ×2
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Slurpuff can hit for a consistent 90 damage with Sweets Relay, setting up 2HKOs for itself or its teammate Rampardos.

Use Rare Candy to evolve Skull Fossil into Rampardos, and attack with it when you're sure to get a KO.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Cranidos x 1 (Dialga Pack) Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack) Giant Cape x 1 (Dialga Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack) Mars x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Iono x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Pokemon Center Lady x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	Swirlix x 2 (Eevee Pack) Slurpuff x 2 (Eevee Pack)
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paldean Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Rampardos and Aerodactyl ex Deck

Aerodactyl ex ×2	Rampardos ×2	Cleffa ×1	Sabrina ×1
Old Amber ×2	Skull Fossil ×2	Giant Cape ×2	Cyrus ×1
Red ×2	Rare Candy ×2	Silver ×1	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

This deck can win or lose fast with your sole Basic Pokemon being Cleffa, who can search out your Evolution cards as early as your first turn. Your single Cleffa runs the risk of getting donked if you do not find your Fossils quickly enough.

It is also very important to find Rare Candy as quickly as possible so that you can immediately start attacking.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	Aerodactyl ex x 2 (Mew Pack) Old Amber x 2 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack) Giant Cape x 2 (Dialga Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	Red x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack)
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	Cleffa x 1 (Lugia Pack) Silver x 1 (Ho-Oh Pack)
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paldean Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Rampardos and Garchomp ex Deck

Cranidos ×1	Rampardos ×2	Gible ×2	Gabite ×1
Garchomp ex ×2	Sylveon ex ×1	Eevee ×1	Skull Fossil ×2
Giant Cape ×1	Rare Candy ×2	Lillie ×2	Poke Ball ×1
Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Rampardos and Garchomp ex are paired with each other, both of which are highly effective and efficient Fighting-type Stage 2s.

Use Rare Candy whenever you can to quickly evolve Skull Fossil into Rampardos, and Gible into Garchomp ex.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Cranidos x 1 (Dialga Pack) Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Gible x 2 (Palkia Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack) Giant Cape x 1 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	Gabite x 1 (Arceus Pack) Garchomp ex x 2 (Arceus Pack)
Shining Revelry (A2b)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack) Lillie x 2 (Solgaleo Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	Sylveon ex x 1 (Eevee Pack) Eevee x 1 (Eevee Pack)
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	No cards needed from this expansion.
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paldean Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 1 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Alternate Card Suggestions

Alternate Cards	Possible Cuts
Gible (A2a 045)	→ • You can switch your Space-Time Smackdown Gible for a Triumphant Light Gible if you expect to face off against more Pom-Pom Oricorio decks than Carnivine or Decidueye ex decks. • The Dragon-type Gible from Space-time Smackdown is notably not weak to Grass. • The Fighting-type Gible from Triumphant Light can deal good damage against Pom-Pom Oricorio.

Dugtrio and Rampardos Deck

Marshadow ×1	Cranidos ×2	Rampardos ×2	Tyrogue ×1
Diglett ×2	Dugtrio ×2	Skull Fossil ×2	Rare Candy ×2
Hiker ×2	Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used

Dugtrio is used as a fast and Energy-efficient attacker in the early game. It can deal up to 100 damage for 1 Energy when discarding a Fighting-type Pokemon card. Hiker can help search for cards more consistently.

While they can be discarded, Rampardos and Marshadow can also be used as finishers. It is good to have at least one of them on the Bench in case Dugtrio gets knocked out.

Expansions	Cards to Get and Packs to Open
Genetic Apex (A1)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mythical Island (A1a)	Marshadow x 1 (Mew Pack)
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Cranidos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	Tyrogue x 1 (Ho-Oh Pack) Hiker x 2 (Ho-Oh Pack)
Secluded Springs	Diglett x 2 (Suicune Pack) Dugtrio x 2 (Suicune Pack)
Mega Rising	No cards needed from this expansion.
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
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Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Hitmontop and Rampardos Deck

Cranidos ×1	Rampardos ×2		Riolu ×2	Lucario ×2
Hitmontop ×1	Sabrina ×2		Skull Fossil ×2	Rare Candy ×2
Copycat ×1	X Speed ×1		Poke Ball ×2	Professor's Research ×2
Energy Used		Scan Code Save image to scan in-game.

Hitmontop and Riolu can both be used as early game attackers. Hitmontop can attack the opponent's Bench during the early game, giving the player an advantage. Meanwhile, Riolu can be a good counter to Basic ex Pokemon that are often set down right away due to its special attack effect.

Rampardos is built in the Bench. When ready, or when the opponent's Active Pokemon is within KO range, use Rampardos to deal devastating damage.

When evolved, Riolu also becomes Lucario who boosts the damage of all Fighting Pokemon, making a devastating combo.

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Genetic Apex (A1)	Sabrina x 2 (Charizard Pack)
Mythical Island (A1a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Spacetime Smackdown (A2)	Cranidos x 1 (Dialga Pack) Rampardos x 2 (Dialga Pack) Riolu x 2 (Dialga Pack) Lucario x 2 (Dialga Pack) Skull Fossil x 2 (Dialga Pack)
Triumphant Light (A2a)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Shining Revelry (A2b)	No cards needed from this expansion.
Celestial Guardians	Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack)
Extradimensional Crisis	No cards needed from this expansion.
Eevee Grove	No cards needed from this expansion.
Wisdom of Sky and Sea	Hitmontop x 1 (Any Pack)
Secluded Springs	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Rising	Copycat x 1 (Mega Gyarados Pack)
Crimson Blaze	No cards needed from this expansion.
Fantastical Parade	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paldean Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Mega Shine	No cards needed from this expansion.
Pulsing Aura	No cards needed from this expansion.
Paradox Drive	No cards needed from this expansion.
Everyday Wonders	No cards needed from this expansion.
Ruler of the Skies	No cards needed from this expansion.
Team Rocket's Ambition	No cards needed from this expansion.
Promo-A	X Speed x 1 (Promo-A Pack) Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack)
Promo-B	No cards needed from this expansion.

Rampardos Deck Strategy Guide

Use Rare Candy to Quickly Set Up Rampardos

Rare Candy can allow Rampardos to start attacking as early as your second turn.

Head Smash's KO Power

Rampardos's Head Smash can do a solid 130 damage. With Red, Head Smash's damage output can go up to 150.

Keep Rampardos Healthy

Because Rampardos takes recoil damage, it is important to keep it out of KO range. Use healing cards like Pokemon Center Lady and Lillie to recover lost HP.

How to Beat Rampardos Decks

Use Bulky Grass-Type Pokemon

Rampardos relies on knocking Pokemon out in one hit, so it may be good to use Pokemon that have high HP and hit this deck's weakness. Surviving a Head Smash not only allows you to attack, but it can also put Rampardos into an HP range where it can get knocked out through recoil if it chooses to do a two hit KO.

Venusaur ex can be particularly good at dealing with Rampardos, as it can survive a Head Smash that is boosted by two Lucario cards.

Knock Out Skull Fossil and Cranidos Before It Evolves

Since Rampardos takes time to set up, you can take advantage of this by knocking out its pre-evolutions. Sabrina and Cyrus can draw them out to the Active Spot, but you can also use cards that can damage Benched Pokemon such as Genetic Apex Hitmonlee.

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TR Articuno ex	TR Zapdos ex	TR Weezing ex	TR Slowking ex
TR Raticate ex	TRA Garchomp	TR Moltres ex	TR Wobbuffet
Mega Garchomp ex	-	-	-

Top Decks in the Meta

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Mega Lucario ex and Hitmonlee Deck	Darkrai and Mega Altaria ex Deck	Hoopa ex and Darkrai ex Deck	-
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Chien-Pao ex and Baxcalibur Deck	Vespiquen ex and Shuckle ex Deck	Mega Sceptile ex and EW Butterfree Deck	Miraidon ex and CB Magnezone Deck
Mega Rayquaza ex and Gouging Fire Deck	-	-	-
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Mega Altaria ex and Greninja Deck	Mega Absol ex and Hydreigon Deck	Mega Sceptile ex and Greninja Deck	Heliolisk and Mega Manectric ex Deck
Mega Charizard X ex and Entei ex Deck	Magnezone ex and Pom-Pom Oricorio Deck	-	-
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Mega Sableye ex and Greninja Deck	Mega Blaziken ex and Greninja Deck	Team Rocket's Weezing ex and Hoopa ex Deck	Mega Altaria ex and Gourgeist Deck
Meowscarada ex and Teal Mask Ogerpon ex Deck	-	-	-
Tier
TRA Garchomp and Mantyke Deck	Ariados and Whimsicott ex Deck	Mega Sharpedo ex and Chien-Pao ex Deck	Hoopa ex and Zoroark ex Deck
Mega Diancie ex and Mega Gardevoir ex Deck	Flygon ex Deck	-	-

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(B4a)	・Team Rocket's Articuno ex ・Team Rocket's Moltres ex ・Team Rocket's Slowking ex ・Team Rocket's Zapdos ex ・Team Rocket's Raticate ex ・Team Rocket's Wobbuffet ・TRA Garchomp ・Mega Garchomp ex
(B4)	・Beautifly ・Hoopa ex ・Mega Gallade ex ・Mega Metagross ex ・Mega Rayquaza ex ・Mega Sharpedo ex ・Rotom ex ・RS Heliolisk ・Swanna ex ・Typhlosion ex ・Vespiquen ex ・Wailord ex
(B3b)	・EW Butterfree ・Dedenne ex ・Hisuian Zoroark ex ・Mega Diancie ex ・Mega Sableye ex ・Milotic ex ・Puppy Pile
(B3a)	・Espeon ・Flutter Mane ex ・Iron Bundle ex ・Iron Valiant ・Koraidon ex ・Miraidon ex ・Raging Bolt ・Terapagos ex
(B3)	・Crustle ex ・Corviknight ex ・Flygon ex ・Inteleon ・Magnezone ex ・Mega Audino ex ・Mega Heracross ex ・Mega Camerupt ex ・Mega Lucario ex ・Mega Sceptile ex ・Vaporeon ex ・Zoroark ex ・Zygarde ex
(B2b)	・Darkrai ・Haxorus ・Mega Charizard X ex ・Mega Gengar ex ・Mega Manectric ex ・Mega Scizor ex ・Mega Slowbro ex
(B2a)	・Armarouge ex ・Baxcalibur ・Bellibolt ex ・Chien-Pao ex ・Gholdengo ex ・Meowscarada ex ・PW Pawmot ・Skeledirge
(B2)	・Alolan Ninetales ex ・Blacephalon ex ・Chandelure ・Galarian Obstagoon ・Gourgeist ・Gigalith ex ・Maushold ・Mega Gardevoir ex ・Mega Kangaskhan ex ・Mega Mawile ex ・Mega Medicham ex ・Mega Swampert ex ・Mimikyu ex ・Teal Mask Ogerpon ex ・Toxtricity ex ・Tyrantrum
(B1a)	・Ariados ・CB Ditto ・CB Heliolisk ・CB Porygon-Z ・CB Magnezone ・Mega Blastoise ex ・Mega Charizard Y ex ・Mega Lopunny ex ・Mega Steelix ex ・Mega Venusaur ex ・Reuniclus
(B1)	・Aegislash ・Dragalge ex ・Greninja ex ・Golurk ・Goodra ・Hitmonchan ex ・Hydreigon ・Indeedee ex ・Jolteon ex ・Luxray ・Mega Absol ex ・Mega Altaria ex ・Mega Ampharos ex ・Mega Blaziken ex ・Mega Gyarados ex ・Mega Pidgeot ex ・Mega Pinsir ex ・Melmetal ex ・Rapidash ex ・Tauros ex ・Whimsicott ex
(A4a)	・Altaria ・Celebi ・Dugtrio ・Entei ex ・Galarian Cursola ・Jumpluff ex ・Latios ・Miltank ・Poliwrath ex ・Raikou ex ・Slowking ・SS Eelektross ・Suicune ex ・Zoroark
(A4)	・Crobat ex ・Donphan ex ・Espeon ex ・Ho-oh ex ・Kingdra ex ・Lanturn ex ・Lugia ex ・Magcargo ・Raikou ・Scizor ・Shuckle ex ・Skarmory ex ・Steelix ・Umbreon ex ・WSS Gyarados ・WSS Tyranitar ・Xatu
(A3b)	・Alcremie ・Dragonite ex ・Espeon ・Flareon ex ・Glaceon ・Jolteon ・Leafeon ・Primarina ex ・Slurpuff ・Snorlax ex ・Sylveon ex ・Umbreon ・Vaporeon
(A3a)	・Alolan Dugtrio ex ・Blacephalon ・Buzzwole ex ・Guzzlord ex ・Lycanroc ex ・Naganadel ・Nihilego ・Pheromosa ・Shiinotic ・Silvally ・Stoutland ・Tapu Koko ex ・Ultra Necrozma ex
(A3)	・Alolan Muk ex ・Alolan Ninetales ・Alolan Raichu ex ・Araquanid ・Banette ・Crabominable ex ・Decidueye ex ・Dhelmise ex ・Incineroar ex ・Kommo-o ・Lunala ex ・Mimikyu ・Passimian ex ・Pom-Pom Oricorio ・Rayquaza ex ・Solgaleo ex ・Tsareena ・Turtonator ・Vikavolt ・Wishiwashi ex
(A2b)	・Beedrill ex ・Bibarel ex ・Dondozo ・Gholdengo ・Giratina ex ・Lucario ex ・Meowscarada ・Paldean Clodsire ex ・Pawmot ・SR Charizard ex ・SR Pikachu ex ・Tinkaton ex ・Wugtrio ex
(A2a)	・Abomasnow ・Arceus ex ・Bronzong ・Carnivine ・Crobat ・Donphan ・Garchomp ex ・Gengar ・Glaceon ex ・Heatran ・Houndoom ・Leafeon ex ・Origin Forme Palkia ・Probopass ex ・Snorlax ・Staraptor ・TL Tyranitar
(A2)	・Bastiodon ・Darkrai ex ・Dialga ex ・Empoleon ・Gallade ex ・Garchomp ・Infernape ex ・Lickilicky ex ・Lucario ・Luxray ・Magnezone ・Mesprit ・Mismagius ex ・Pachirisu ex ・Palkia ex ・Porygon-Z ・Rampardos ・Rhyperior ・Togekiss ・Torterra ・Weavile ex ・Yanmega ex
(A1a)	・Aerodactyl ex ・Celebi ex ・Golem ・Gyarados ex ・Mew ex ・Pidgeot ex ・Scolipede
(A1)	・Aerodactyl ・Alakazam ・Arbok ・Arcanine ex ・Articuno ・Articuno ex ・Blastoise ・Blastoise ex ・Centiskorch ・Charizard ・Dragonite ・Exeggutor ex ・Frosmoth ・GA Charizard ex ・GA Gyarados ・GA Pikachu ex ・Gengar ex ・Greninja ・Kabutops ・Kingler ・Lapras ex ・Machamp ex ・Marowak ex ・Melmetal ・Mewtwo ex ・Moltres ex ・Ninetales ・Omastar ・Pidgeot ・Poliwrath ・Primeape ・Raichu ・Starmie ex ・Venusaur ・Venusaur ex ・Weezing ・Wigglytuff ex ・Zapdos ・Zapdos ex

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Anonymous 9 months

You’re Poliwrath ex and Rampardos Deck has 22 cards … how ?

Anonymous over 1 year

rare candy

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Use Rare Candy to Quickly Set Up Rampardos

Head Smash's KO Power

Keep Rampardos Healthy

How to Beat Rampardos Decks

Use Bulky Grass-Type Pokemon

Knock Out Skull Fossil and Cranidos Before It Evolves

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