Live meta · September 2026 · 271 archetypes tracked
Mega Lucario ex Deck is the most-played deck in Pokémon TCG Pocket, at 9.4% of the competitive meta. We rank 271 archetypes from 40,521 tournament lists across 864 events through 3 September 2026, re-measured every night. Each archetype carries its placing decklists, its core cards and the decks that beat it.
Mega Altaria ex Deck6.8% meta · 45% win
Mega Sceptile ex Deck5.9% meta · 46% win
Suicune ex Deck4.8% meta · 47% win
Hoopa ex Deck4.6% meta · 47% win
Miraidon ex Deck4.2% meta · 45% win
Mega Absol ex Deck4.0% meta · 43% win
Mega Rayquaza ex Deck3.4% meta · 46% win
Vespiquen ex Deck3.4% meta · 47% win
Mega Blaziken ex Deck3.1% meta · 46% win
Mega Manectric ex Deck2.7% meta · 43% win
Entei ex Deck2.3% meta · 45% win
Zoroark ex Deck2.2% meta · 46% win
Magnezone ex Deck1.7% meta · 46% win
Mega Sharpedo ex Deck1.5% meta · 45% win
Milotic ex Deck1.5% meta · 45% win
Meowscarada ex Deck1.4% meta · 45% win
Darkrai ex Deck1.4% meta · 44% win
Mega Gardevoir ex Deck1.3% meta · 43% winTier 1 holds 1 deck, from 9.4% to 9.4% of the tournament meta, most often Fighting.
Tier 2 holds 9 decks, from 3.1% to 6.8% of the tournament meta, most often Darkness, Grass, Dragon.
Tier 3 holds 261 decks, none above 2.7% of the tournament meta, most often Psychic, Water, Fire.
Matchup Matrix
Type-based matchup chart for all Tier 1-2 archetypes
Every number on this page comes from 40,521 decklists recorded across 864 competitive events, 4 March 2026 to 3 September 2026. No list is ever excluded for being old.
Instead, results decay exponentially with a 35-day half-life, so a deck people stopped playing slides out of the rankings on its own, and a newly released archetype enters as its sample matures rather than spiking on day-one hype.
Win rate is shrunk toward the global mean with a prior of 150 decayed games. That is why a deck with three recorded matches does not appear at 100%: until an archetype has a real sample, its rate stays close to the field average.
