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This guide will show you how to build some of the strongest Entei ex Decks. We'll cover the best Entei ex Deck builds, how to use them, as well how to beat Entei ex Decks, and more!
| The decks on this page reflect the meta around the Ruler of the Skies Expansion. |
List of Contents
| Entei ex Deck Variants | Strengths and Weaknesses |
|---|---|
Mega Charizard Y ex and Entei ex Deck
[★ Best ★] |
Strengths:
• Mega Charizard Y ex can OHKO every Pokemon in the format once it is set up. • Charmeleon synergizes with Entei ex, allowing it to attack early. • Entei ex's Ability increases the deck's consistency in finding necessary evolution cards and Trainer cards. Weaknesses: • Deck requires careful management of resources. • Susceptible to disruptive plays like Sabrina, Cyrus, Red Card, or Mars. |
Mega Charizard X ex and Entei ex Deck
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Strengths:
• Use Entei ex to draw an extra Pokemon card at the end of your turn. • Mega Charizard X ex's attack gets a +80 damage bonus once the card has less than 110 HP left. • Mega Charizard X ex has extermely high HP. Weaknesses: • If Mega Charizard X ex gets defeated, you will instantly lose the game. • Having no non-ex Pokemon in the deck leaves it vulnerable against Pom-Pom Style Oricorio. |
Typhlosion ex and Entei ex
[★ New ★] |
Strengths:
• Entei ex can draw an extra card at the end of the turn. • Typhlosion ex's attack can discard Energy from the opponent's Active Pokemon. Weaknesses: • Typhlosion ex's attack only does a modest amount of damage. • Typhlosion ex needs at least 3 Energy to use its move. |
Mega Blaziken ex and Entei ex Deck
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Strengths:
• Can deal a sizeable 120 damage for only 2 Energy with Mega Burning. • Has a low Retreat Cost of 1, which can get Mega Blaziken ex out of trouble in a pinch. • Huge 210 HP, making Mega Blaziken ex difficult to OHKO. Weaknesses: • Discards an Energy whenever you use Mega Burning, making it difficult to set up other attackers. |
Entei ex and Typhlosion Deck
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Strengths:
• Entei ex's Ability can allow you to evolve Typhlosion early. • Typhlosion's Fire Breath Ability can provide additional damage through Burn. • Magby can accelerate Energy for Entei ex. Weaknesses: • Entei ex needs more Energy to increase its damage. |
Entei ex and Charizard ex Deck
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Strengths:
• Charizard ex can set itself up if it has to using Stoke. • Steam Artillery deals a sizeable 150 damage, which is enough to KO most ex Pokemon. • Entei ex's Ability increases the deck's consistency in finding necessary evolution cards and Trainer cards. Weaknesses: • Charizard ex always needs a turn to use Stoke before it can start attacking with Steam Artillery. • Pokemon in the deck have a shared Weakness to Water. |
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Mega Charizard Y ex is a powerful Mega Pokemon ex from Crimson Blaze that has the ability to OHKO every Pokemon in the game. It comes at the cost of recoil damage, however, so careful decision-making and analysis could prove vital when piloting this deck.
Entei ex helps you draw cards, allowing you to be more consistent in your setup, while being a decent enough attacker in the early game that is capable of knocking out 60 HP Pokemon.
This deck also runs copies of Charmeleon instead of Rare Candy, because of its Ignition Ability being able to accelerate Energy to your Active Pokemon. This makes the deck even more consistent.
Protective Poncho is added into this deck to protect your Benched Pokemon from Greninja snipes, and improve its matchup against Suicune ex and Greninja Decks.
| 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) | Giant Cape x 1 (Dialga Pack) |
| Triumphant Light (A2a) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Shining Revelry (A2b) | Charmander x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack) |
| Celestial Guardians | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| 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 | Entei ex x 2 (Suicune Pack) |
| Mega Rising | Flame Patch x 2 (Mega Blaziken Pack) Copycat x 2 (Mega Gyarados Pack) |
| Crimson Blaze | Charmeleon x 2 (Mega Charizard Pack) Mega Charizard Y ex x 1 (Mega Charizard Pack) |
| Fantastical Parade | Protective Poncho x 1 (Mega Gardevoir Pack) |
| 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 | Wally x 1 (Mega Rayquaza Pack) Rainbow Cave x 2 (Mega Rayquaza Pack) |
| 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. |
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During the Early Game, place Entei ex in the Active Spot while you set up Mega Charizard X ex in the Bench. This will allow you to use Entei ex's Ability to draw an extra card at the end of a turn, drawing the cards that you need in your deck quicker.
Once Mega Charizard X ex is up, switch it to the Active Spot and use it as your main attacker. Use Trainer cards to support and sustain Mega Charizard X ex, such as the Flame Patch to attach extra Fire Energy, and the Protective Poncho to protect Mega Charizard X ex whenever it is in the Bench.
| Expansions | Cards to Get and Packs to Open |
|---|---|
| Genetic Apex (A1) | Charmander x 2 (Charizard Pack) Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack) |
| Mythical Island (A1a) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Spacetime Smackdown (A2) | Rocky Helmet x 1 (Palkia Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack) |
| Triumphant Light (A2a) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Shining Revelry (A2b) | Pokemon Center Lady x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) |
| Celestial Guardians | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| 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 | Entei ex x 2 (Suicune Pack) |
| Mega Rising | Flame Patch x 2 (Mega Blaziken Pack) May x 1 (Mega Blaziken Pack) Copycat x 1 (Mega Gyarados Pack) |
| Crimson Blaze | Mega Charizard Y ex x 1 (Mega Charizard Pack) |
| Fantastical Parade | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Paldean Wonders | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Mega Shine | Charmeleon x 2 (Mega Gengar Pack) Mega Charizard X ex x 1 (Mega Gengar Pack) |
| 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. |
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Set down Entei ex in the Active Spot and use it as your early game attacker while you build your team in the Bench. If you use the Rainbow Cave stadium, you can discard a Fire Energy, then use Flame Patch to put the discarded energy on Entei ex. This puts Entei ex at 2 Energy in the same turn so you can attack right away.
Build Typhlosion ex in your bench. When needed, switch it to the Active Spot to discard the Energy of your opponent's Active Pokemon.
If you want more supporting damage, consider evolving Typhlosion and use its Ability to inflict Burn.
| 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) | Rocky Helmet x 1 (Palkia Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack) |
| Triumphant Light (A2a) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Shining Revelry (A2b) | Team Rocket Grunt 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 | Typhlosion x 1 (Lugia Pack) |
| Secluded Springs | Entei ex x 2 (Suicune Pack) |
| Mega Rising | Flame Patch x 2 (Mega Blaziken Pack) 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 | Cyndaquil x 2 (Mega Rayquaza Pack) Typhlosion ex x 2 (Mega Rayquaza Pack) Rainbow Cave x 1 (Mega Rayquaza Pack) |
| 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. |
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This Mega Blaziken ex deck features Entei ex to help draw the cards necessary for its setup using its Legendary Pulse Ability. This is especially useful for Mega Blaziken ex to increase the chances of getting the cards needed to complete its setup as early as possible.
| 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) | Rocky Helmet x 1 (Palkia Pack) Cyrus x 1 (Palkia Pack) Mars x 1 (Palkia 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 | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Secluded Springs | Entei ex x 2 (Suicune Pack) |
| Mega Rising | Torchic x 2 (Mega Blaziken Pack) Blaziken x 1 (Mega Blaziken Pack) Mega Blaziken ex x 2 (Mega Blaziken Pack) Flame Patch x 2 (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 | Poke Ball x 2 (Promo-A Pack) Professor's Research x 2 (Promo-A Pack) |
| Promo-B | No cards needed from this expansion. |
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Magby is used in the early game to accelerate Entei ex's Energy. Once Entei ex can use its move, it can be switched in to the Active Spot. It is ideal to continue to attach Energy to Entei ex so it can deal 120 damage.
Entei ex's Ability allows the player to draw a card at the end of the turn. This can allow Typhlosion to evolve quickly and do additional damage by inflicting Burn.
| 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) | Giant Cape 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) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Celestial Guardians | Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack) Guzma x 1 (Lunala Pack) |
| Extradimensional Crisis | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Eevee Grove | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Wisdom of Sky and Sea | Cyndaquil x 2 (Lugia Pack) Typhlosion x 2 (Lugia Pack) Magby x 2 (Ho-Oh Pack) |
| Secluded Springs | Entei 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. |
| Alternate Cards | Possible Cuts |
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Entei ex's Ability allows the player to draw a card at the end of the turn. This can allow Charizard ex to evolve quickly and start going for a sweep.
Additionally, Entei ex works as a secondary attacker that only needs two Energy to use.
Heatran from Triumphant Light is a non-ex option against Pom-Pom Oricorio.
| Expansions | Cards to Get and Packs to Open |
|---|---|
| Genetic Apex (A1) | Charmander x 2 (Charizard Pack) Sabrina x 1 (Charizard Pack) |
| Mythical Island (A1a) | No cards needed from this expansion. |
| Spacetime Smackdown (A2) | Giant Cape x 1 (Dialga Pack) Mars x 1 (Palkia Pack) |
| Triumphant Light (A2a) | Heatran x 1 (Arceus Pack) |
| Shining Revelry (A2b) | Charmeleon x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Charizard ex x 2 (Shiny Charizard Pack) Red x 1 (Shiny Charizard Pack) |
| Celestial Guardians | Rare Candy x 2 (Any Pack) Lillie x 2 (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 | Entei 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. |


Entei ex is a mediocre primary attacker, but it boasts a powerful Ability in Legendary Pulse. Having Entei ex in the Active Spot and drawing cards is often a strong strategy that can help you set up a Pokemon on the Bench.
It is also a decent enough backup attacker if you need a Pokemon to hit for 60 damage, or even a surpsie 120 if you can set it up from 2 to 4 Energy using Flame Patch in a single turn.


Entei ex may struggle against Pokemon that can take it out quickly. Pokemon such as Suicune ex or Mega Sharpedo ex have no trouble 2HKOing Entei ex.

Entei ex players would often have plenty of cards in their hand thanks to Legendary Pulse's draw power. Use this to your advantage to expedite your own board state's setup by using Copycat.

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TR Weezing ex |
TR Slowking ex |
TR Raticate ex |
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TR Moltres ex |
TR Wobbuffet |
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