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Beedrill ex
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Discard a random Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Beedrill ex (170 HP) wins by stripping energy from the opponent's Active Pokemon with Crushing Spear while dealing 80 damage, starving opposing attackers of the energy they need to fire back. The deck pairs Beedrill ex with a Crawdaunt support line to compound disruption.
Open with Poké Ball to find Weedle and Corphish, establishing both evolution lines on the bench. Use Professor's Research and Copycat to draw into Rare Candy, which lets you skip Kakuna and evolve directly from Weedle to Beedrill ex. Once Beedrill ex is active with two grass energy, begin firing Crushing Spear every turn to deal 80 damage and discard a random energy from the opponent's Active Pokemon. Crawdaunt provides a secondary attacker that compounds the disruption plan. Parasol Lady shores up consistency across the mid-game.
Two grass energy power Crushing Spear for 80 damage plus a random energy discard. Repeated use forces opponents to reattach energy every turn rather than building toward their win condition. Cyrus can drag up a benched Pokemon loaded with energy, letting Crushing Spear strip it before it even attacks.
Rare Candy lets you evolve Weedle directly into Beedrill ex, skipping Kakuna entirely. Getting Beedrill ex online one full turn earlier is critical because Pocket games end at 3 points. Use Professor's Research and Copycat aggressively to find Rare Candy in the first two turns.
Crawdaunt provides a non-ex attacker option alongside Beedrill ex. Having a second attacker means you can keep pressure up if Beedrill ex is knocked out. Parasol Lady maintains hand size in the mid-game so you do not run dry when searching for evolutions and energy.
Beedrill ex needs at minimum two turns of setup. A single knockout on a Weedle before Rare Candy fires scores 1 point and removes the evolution line. Bench-sniping tools or cheap one-energy attackers that threaten basics before Rare Candy can be played are the most efficient counters.
Crushing Spear discards a random energy, but if you only attach one energy per turn and attack with it immediately, there is nothing to lose. Fast single-energy attackers deny the disruption value entirely and keep trading efficiently while Beedrill ex's 80 damage base is insufficient to one-shot ex Pokemon.
Grass-type Beedrill ex is susceptible to type-advantage attacks from fire and opposing grass counters. Leafeon ex at 25% favorable win rate against this deck demonstrates that high-damage type-advantage attackers can close out the game before Crawdaunt provides meaningful backup.
Secondary non-ex attacker
Threats — Weak Against
Based on type weakness analysis of core cards. View full matchup matrix →
