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Mega Absol ex
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Your opponent reveals their hand. Choose a Supporter card you find there and discard it.
Mega Absol ex wins by swinging Darkness Claw for 80 damage while stripping the opponent's Supporter card from their hand on every hit, dismantling their recovery options until the board collapses. Hydreigon provides energy support and the deck layers tools and healing to sustain the lone Mega attacker.
Open with Poké Ball on Deino and begin natural draw toward Hydreigon using Rare Candy. With only one copy of Mega Absol ex, protecting it is the primary concern from the start. Mid-game, use Lucky Ice Pop and Rocky Helmet to deter attacks while Hydreigon supports energy continuity. Darkness Claw at 80 damage scores a KO on most non-ex Pokemon in two hits for 1 point each, while the Supporter discard effect compounds over multiple turns. Close out by exhausting the opponent's Supporter recovery while Cyrus and Bombirdier apply additional disruption.
Attack with Mega Absol ex every turn to reveal and discard a Supporter from the opponent's hand. Combined with Cyrus removing a Supporter from hand on your turn, you can strip two Supporters in one rotation. Over several turns, the opponent runs out of recovery options and cannot respond to board pressure efficiently.
Run Lucky Ice Pop to reduce incoming damage and Rocky Helmet to punish attacks against Mega Absol ex. With only one copy in the deck, every point of HP matters. Hydreigon provides energy continuity so Mega Absol ex keeps attacking even after disruption. Sabrina pulls key threats to active when the board state allows a clean KO.
Darkness Claw can only discard a Supporter that is in hand when the attack resolves. Playing Supporters on the same turn you draw them reduces the damage of repeated discard hits. Cycling hand quickly through Professor's Research or Copycat keeps you from being stranded with no Supporters over multiple turns.
Mega Absol ex has 170 HP but is the only attacker. Decks with reliable 80+ damage per turn can KO it before Darkness Claw exhausts their Supporters. Reaching the KO scores 3 points and immediately wins the game. High-HP, high-damage ex attackers are the most direct path to ending the match.
Without Hydreigon providing energy support, Mega Absol ex relies on standard energy attachment rates. KOing Deino on the bench prevents Hydreigon from ever entering play, slowing Mega Absol ex's energy availability and reducing its consistency over long games. This is especially effective in the early turns.
Disruption and hand denial
Damage reduction and tool protection
Threats — Weak Against
Based on type weakness analysis of core cards. View full matchup matrix →
