Alakazam Deck
0.0% of the meta · Updated September 12, 2026
Signature card
Alakazam
Rare
Strengths
- Psychic attack scales to 150+ damage against energy-heavy attackers, outpacing most defensive HP totals without needing buffs.
- Psychic Suppression spreads 20 damage to every energy-holding benched Pokemon, enabling multi-target pressure from one attack.
- Favorable matchups against Venusaur (64%), Houndstone (63%), and Greninja (60%) reward playing into energy-hungry or spread-weak decks.
Weaknesses
- Magcargo (25%), Magnezone (25%), and Chandelure (28%) — all fire or electric types — counter the psychic type effectively.Matchup
- Psychic attack deals only 60 damage against opponents with zero or one energy — a common opening-turn state before they load up.Tempo
- A 3-list tournament sample makes win-rate data highly volatile; true matchup odds may differ significantly from the stated figures.Consistency
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Key Moves & Abilities
Strategy Guide
Auto-generatedAlakazam wins by punishing energy-loaded opponents with its Psychic attack, which deals 60 plus 30 more damage per energy attached to the opposing active Pokemon, or by spreading bench damage with Psychic Suppression's 20 damage to each benched Pokemon that has energy attached. The deck targets energy-dependent attackers and turns their own setup against them.
Open with Abra and supporting psychic basics like Drowzee, Slowpoke, or Mr. Mime, using Poké Ball to find Basic Pokemon and Professor's Research or Copycat to dig toward Rare Candy and the Kadabra-into-Alakazam line. Mid-game you scout the opponent's energy count: if they are loading energy onto an active attacker, Alakazam's Psychic attack scales sharply — three energy on their attacker means 150 total damage from Alakazam. If they spread energy across the bench, Psychic Suppression spreads 20 damage to each benched target with energy attached. Use X Speed and Lucky Ice Pop to keep Alakazam healthy and positioned correctly.
Damage Math
Opponent's Active with 3 Energy attached
Psychic base 60 + 30×3 energy = 150 dmg
Alakazam needs only 3 energy cost itself to fire Psychic; the opponent's energy count does the scaling
Benched Pokemon with Energy
Psychic Suppression 80 active + 20 to each benched Pokemon with any energy
Punishes decks that pre-load energy onto benched attackers
How to Play
Scale Psychic Against Energy-Loaded Attackers
Watch the opponent's energy attachment each turn. Once their active Pokemon has 2 or more energy, Alakazam's Psychic reaches 120 or 150 total damage — enough to KO or severely wound most attackers. Use Sabrina to pull a partially-loaded benched attacker into the active spot prematurely, before it is ready, then hit it while its energy count is already high.
Spread Bench Damage with Psychic Suppression
Against decks that pre-load energy onto benched attackers waiting to come active, lead with the Psychic Suppression Alakazam variant. Each attack deals 80 to the active and 20 to every benched Pokemon with energy attached. This can spread chip damage across two or three benched targets simultaneously, setting up multi-KO turns with follow-up from Hypno or Slowbro.
How to Beat This Deck
Keep Energy Counts Low on the Active Pokemon
Alakazam's Psychic attack is weakest when the opposing active has zero energy. If you can manage energy attachments — attacking with one-energy moves, retreating attackers before they accumulate extra energy, or using energy-efficient attacks — you keep Alakazam dealing only base 60 damage, which cannot KO most targets.
Use Fire or Electric Type Attackers
The deck's worst matchups are Magcargo, Magnezone, and Chandelure — all types that deal super-effective or at least structurally favorable damage against the psychic-type Alakazam. Running type-advantage attackers forces Alakazam to absorb increased damage while your attackers scale independently of the opponent's energy count.
Target Abra Before Alakazam Evolves
Alakazam requires Abra, Kadabra, and the Stage 2 to all come together — Rare Candy can skip Kadabra but Abra must still be found via Poké Ball or draw. Knocking out Abra early denies the entire line and forces the opponent to rely on Drowzee, Slowbro, or Mr. Mime as secondary attackers that lack Psychic's scaling damage.
Common Substitutions
Secondary attacker
- Hypno:Secondary psychic attacker available without needing the full Alakazam Stage 2 evolution
- Slowbro:Provides an alternative attacking option and early-game presence
- Mr. Mime:Single-card bench presence that can hold the active spot while Alakazam builds
Matchups
Threats — Weak Against
Based on type weakness analysis of core cards. View full matchup matrix →