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Mega Pinsir ex
Special Art Rare
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Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 70 more damage.
Mega Pinsir ex attacks with Critical Scissors for a base 80 damage that doubles to 150 on a heads flip, threatening one-hit knockouts on most ex targets. The deck wins by maximizing the coin-flip swing while using the Alolan Exeggutor line for energy acceleration and defensive buffering.
Open by deploying Exeggcute with Poké Ball and using Will to improve your coin-flip outcomes while setting up Alolan Exeggutor on the bench for energy and board support. Leaf, Quick-Grow Extract, and Fragrant Forest smooth the early turns. Once Mega Pinsir ex is active, attack with Critical Scissors and rely on Will to skew the all-important flip. Leaf Cape adds bulk to Mega Pinsir ex so it can survive a hit and take a second swing. Celebi and Pichu provide low-investment bodies that can score or bait responses. Sabrina and Field Blower handle specific threats that resist the main strategy.
Any ex Pokemon (130 HP or less)
Critical Scissors base 80 + heads flip 70 = 150
150 damage OHKOs most ex targets; Mega Pinsir ex scores 2 points for the KO
Play Will before attacking whenever possible to look at the top card of your deck — this indirectly affects turn flow and card sequencing. Position your hand so that you enter the attack turn with optimal resources. Leaf Cape on Mega Pinsir ex ensures it survives a retaliatory hit and can swing again next turn.
Exeggcute is a Poké Ball-searchable basic that feeds into Alolan Exeggutor, providing board presence and support functions. Quick-Grow Extract and Fragrant Forest support the grass-type engine. Having Alolan Exeggutor on the bench while Mega Pinsir ex attacks gives you a fallback option and maintains board depth.
Mega Pinsir ex is worth 3 points — knocking it out ends the game immediately. Any attacker that can reach 170 damage in one hit, or finish Mega Pinsir ex through accumulated damage plus a second attack, wins the game on the spot. Fire-type decks with type advantage reach this threshold more easily.
On a tails flip, Critical Scissors only deals 80 damage. High-HP Pokemon or those with damage-reduction tools can survive an 80-damage hit and answer back on the following turn. Stringing together several tails results means Mega Pinsir ex never scores the OHKO it needs to win efficiently.
Fragrant Forest and other stadium cards support the Mega Pinsir ex build. Removing the active stadium with Field Blower (the opponent's own copy, notably present in the top build) negates stadium-based bonuses and disrupts the energy or board-support effects the grass engine relies on.
Bench support / secondary attacker
Threats — Weak Against
Based on type weakness analysis of core cards. View full matchup matrix →
